Show cat Ac adopted opted by monkey queer companionship in suburb of cap cago little foundling has been a of jocko from her early UT in washington heights chicago there is a tat i at that knows all about the strenuous life in fact it baa has never hied any other kind several months ago before ita its eyes had been opened to the great worlds indifference the cat was a bittle title waif left on tho the doorstep doorn tep of david miller the misery of the kitten bitten at first at traded no atten tion then at a time when assistance was badly needed a friendly hand was outstretched and since then pisa has bad a surfeit of attention J the kitten became berame a foundling the ward of the queerest homell est foster parent that ever lived an african monkey with a record for killing chickens and stealing eggs jocko during the three years of his life had been accused of almost everything else ele but being sentimental he ile ran at little girls with pink frocks who passed on their way to school he lie made faces at the boys and ran away with hats bats and mittens tops and marbles jocko fought everything that of u battle and came out of a bund hund r e d encounters with scarcely a cratch scratch the kit bit ten s misery soft ened the heart of the little beast whom every one supposed wa waa in c curably u r a b ly vicious every day the mankey supplied the kitten with food sometimes from its own ra lions and bome times by a stealthy foray into the panty pant y or some house where jocko had a calling acquaintance in the crisis that must come into the life of any ordinary kitten jocko was a valiant and ever ready chain plon pion when mischievous boya boys or passing doga dogs threatened it with real or fancied danger the monkey made horrible gri grimaced macea and pelted them with stones when the battle grew too hot jo ko would tuck ue lie kitten under its arm and ascani to the top of the house when aroused to a frenzy fie the monkey often shook the kitten at its tormentors threatening to hurl hurt puss at them dut but ho he never did at so and the kitten thrived on when night came jocko jocka took his little to bed going to bed involved a leap of a dozen feet to a little cage in th fork of a tree and this matter of retiring has always been a strain upon the nerves of the kitten while tabby was yet a kitten it could not have wished tor for a more playful livelier acquaintance T together 0 the strange companions while away many a long summer day their antics usually at tr acting the atten tion of passersby but 1 the time came when natural in in lined the cat to dignity and gravity of ee e meaner it longed for the time to come when it could sit by the ire fire ur or doze and think all day on a boft sofa cushion to ita its surprise and unit apparent disgust the monkey insisted that they be chil dren forever there was no doubt in jo bockos acko a mind that giant swings up in the branches of tho the trees or headers fiant the top ot of the house were ere as enjoyable for cats as they were for monkeys and therein he made a great mistake the cat was as a victim of too much xa and showed it but for too many hal hair raising esca escapades the cats i fur would have been fine and glossy a q lift silk As it was there were so many terrors connected with the pranks of the monkey that its hair from constantly being raised upon end became stiff and bristly like a hairbrush A favorite sport of the monkey we wr to seize the cat and jump out of a window its agility and probably some share of luck generally prevented in juries to either and cats are nerv nery oua ous and monkeys aro are not and that Is the reason one was happy and the oth er was miserable with all theartic flee of animae per suasion the cat bought sought to convince PO the monkey that the time of the parting of the vaya ways had come jocko resorted to the if we must part let us go together and several times when the cat eft home jocko went and brought her back quarrels between the two became so frequent that mr air miller decided to get rid of one or the other so the monkey was sold last week to a dealer in chicago but when poor jocko had been carted off the old o 0 is came back and the cat ept kept miserably ably for two whole nights the cat kept up a pathetic call for the absent one then mrs felt so sorry for the lonesome cat that she site cried too al though she has since confessed that a liking for jocko jocka also bad had something to do with the matter so sat arday mr miller was hustled off to the city with ith instructions to buy him back this he did mr miller sold the monkey for 10 less j than he had paid for it originally and on the second pinc base aso paid 10 more than he bold old it for jocko li Ps very cry popular in dashington heights on sunday moin mornings ings he goes up town and helps the bootblacks shine hoes shoes customers enjoy the novelty of these monkey shines and pay the usual price for them |