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Show HAD THE CAP AND MESSAGE Monkey's Fun With Messenger Boy Was Altogether One-Siried, for a Period, at Least. A clerk on. the fifth floor of the hall of records at New York saw a dark object ob-ject flit by a window and opened the window to investigate. As he poked his head out he saw a fairly large-sized large-sized monkey chattering and scolding from the next window sill. Down below be-low a crowd had gathered, attracted by the unusual sight, and among the most interested was a hatless messenger mes-senger boy. His interest was explained by the fact that the monkey held his hat in its paws and seemed about to tear it up, number plate, and all. "Run along, sonny, and deliver your message," said a stout man, who was among the watchers. "I'll stay till the monkey is caught and keep your cap for you." "Dat's all right," said the messenger, "but de message is In me cap." The monkey ran from window to window trying to evade the volunteers who rapidly organized a pursuit and finally captured it. Its collar bore the name of William H. Benjamin of 56 Pine street. Over the telephone Mr. Benjamin said he bought the animal from a South American sailor recently, and it had escaped by unfastening its hain in his office before he could take it to his home at Morristown, N. J. Mr. Benjamin called at the hall of records later and got his monkey. |