Identifier: fourhandedfolk00mill2 (find matches)
Title: Four-handed folk
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Miller, Harriet Mann, 1831-1918
Subjects: Animal behavior Monkeys
Publisher: Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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-,and readily put the napkin to its proper usewhen necessary, though occasionally his memoryneeded jogging by his keeper, who was at themoment table-w^aiter. Mr. Crowley! wdiere syour napkin ? sternly asked, never failed tobring the proper response. The soup-plate emptied, and tipped up to
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A RELAPSE INTO MONKEYISM THE CHIMPANZEE. Ill scrape the last drop, it was removed, and therefollowed a plate of fruit, sliced, but not smallenouah for mouthfuls. Here the knife and forkcame in, and Mr. Crowley was as skillful in cut-ting pieces and thrusting them into his mouth —always with the fork — as any person. He evenwent so far in imitation of the manners he hadseen, as to pause now and then with a mouthfulheld up on his fork, ready to shove in as soonas he had made room in that very capaciousreceptacle, his mouth. After fruit came a cupof milk, which he took by the handle and drank,and lastly the cod-liver oil, and a lick or two ofthe spoon while his keeper was replacing thecork, and so not looking. When on his good behavior, he retired fromthe table like a gentleman, and perhaps spranginto his waiters arms to be held while dinnerwas removed by help of an assistant outside, ormounted the table and danced a jig while hisattendant beat time for him. But if in a mis-chievous

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