. St. Nicholas [serial] . to hide behind the door, we couldcatch every one of them. Will you give us the monkeys if we catchthem ? asked Menito. Yes, said she, you can take them; but,please, dont be too hard on them. Why not? They are my only neighbors, you see, saidMrs. Yegua, and I should not like to get theminto trouble if I could help it. Why ? What would you do with them ? I meant to lock them up and keep them onfair rations, said she. If they run at large, theytake about ten times more than they need; theysomehow seem to have no principles at all. Very well, Mrs. Yegua, said I. I 11 send
. St. Nicholas [serial] . to hide behind the door, we couldcatch every one of them. Will you give us the monkeys if we catchthem ? asked Menito. Yes, said she, you can take them; but,please, dont be too hard on them. Why not? They are my only neighbors, you see, saidMrs. Yegua, and I should not like to get theminto trouble if I could help it. Why ? What would you do with them ? I meant to lock them up and keep them onfair rations, said she. If they run at large, theytake about ten times more than they need; theysomehow seem to have no principles at all. Very well, Mrs. Yegua, said I. I 11 sendMenito over at any time you like. Yes, please send him early, said she; we11manage it between us two. I know I can fightthem if I have them under lock and key. The next morning we dispatched Menito at day-break, and, after helping Daddy to pack the mule,we all went down to the farm to witness fight with her monkey-neighbors. (To be continued. ) i;8o.) WILL O THE WISP. 117 WILL O THE WISP. By Laura E. Will O the wisp, Will o the wisp,Show me your lantern true !Over the meadow and over the hill,Gladly I 11 follow you. Never I 11 murmur, nor ask for rest,And ever I 11 be your friend,If you 11 only give me the pot of goldThat lies at your journeys end. And after the light went the brave little boy,Trudging along so bold; And thinking of all the fine things he d buyWith the wonderful pot of gold : A house, and a horse, and a full-rigged ship,And a ton of peppermint drops,And all the marbles there are in the world,And all the new kinds of tops. Will o the wisp, Will 0 the wisp,Flew down at last in a put out his lantern and vanished awayIn the evening chill and damp. And the poor little boy went shivering home,Wet and tired and had come, alas ! to his journeys end,But where was the pot of gold ? n8 A CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH THE MAN IN THE MOON. [December, A CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH THE MAN IN THE MOON. By Washington Gladden. HM ! growled Uncle Jack. W
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