Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Alice gave a gasp. Oh, Tom, look! look! What shall we do? Her skirts lifted with both hands and her nose in the air Madame Burnett was the Hrst to tread the gang-plank. After her came her maid' and her brother, a small man and completely under the control of Madame. She, the lady, was tall and fleshy, with a corn- rnanding ,air, and just now a stern resolve to carry out certain deep- laid plans. Tom hurried Alice away, only stopping to say, laughing: I won- der how much she paid them ,to let her ride on that ship. They reached their boarding- house only to iind that Madame had liked its name and had decided to stop there. A good-sized fee prompt- ed a native to bring their trunk out the back door, and, cramming the mon- key into the cage, they followed their property to another place, half a mile away. ' It doesn't matter, said Tom, calmly, if they are here. In this big place we shall proba- bly not meet them again? 1 V k, - 1-L rj, ' -fa--:f?' ' W Z ,sf X ' W , I I 17,2719 f ef f fff' lf? ,wi ! Madame Burnett was the Hrst to tread th gang' plank. But at nrst fate was against them. Madarne's stern resolve had been- taken and was going to be carried out. They saw her A trti p

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not on speaking terms with the head cook's pet rooster. On the passenger decks what he did not do was the unknown part of the question. Meanwhile his benefactress was taking life seriously in her QLXMH . A- - . .. in Y ' i i' l kd Lim .L R iff-H+ ' liiluli iii i ' viii-4 'ie 4 si , . f tw X X . 1 X! ,f 4 0 asf A 'fx xf ' v. 1 y XX it t 1 fx stateroom, and did not appear until the last day of the voyage. Tom, who was only sick the first part of the ntime, spent the last three days in amusing Alice and in shortening every so often the chain he got from the 'captain for Tipsey. India's coral strand was finally reached, and they disembarked at Bombay, with no idea Where to go next. As to this last, they- did not care for themselves, but they wished to ind a a safe place to stow ' ' Ewi- - '- 1 Tipsey and the trunk Mr. and Mrs. T. W. were waving a last fare- well tothe chimneys of Liverpool. when they did not Want them.l For the trunk this was easy enough, but as monkeys were by no means a rare article in the country, they could ind no place in which Alice could feel sure that Tipsey would ,receive fair treatment. So he went with them. For a week they had a most enjoyable time. It would not be in keeping to expect anythingelse during a honeymoon. They would go on tours of investigation from the city for two or three days at a time, never going far, but living a happy-go-lucky life, with no excitement except what Tipsey caused. One day they stopped on the wharf to see a freight vessel from England come in. The great ship slowly glided up to the landing and a few passengers stood ready to leave it. Suddenly

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at every other corner. Once-she saw them, and they had a lively time getting away. She went to every English and American establishment in Bombay and inquired about them, describing them at great length and generally getting angry at the same time. It did not take her long to find out that they had been where she was then staying, but she had no clue to trace them by beyond the fact that they were in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Watts at last decided to go on as they had gone before, and proceeded to do so with perfect equanimity. But once they made a mistake and left Tipsey behind. Now, if they had known certain things they would not have done this, but they W., ffv 1 i 1 -.X Tipsey was deeply moved by the coquettish ways of one of his own race. were ignorant. Tipsey had been deeply moved by the charming and coquettish ways of one of his own race who lived near the house where they had first staid. Also he had left some choice bits of food in a little cubby-hole known only to himself. He watched his chance, and when it came, set out for the abode of his queen. Having found his fruit and divided it with her, he would have started back had not Madame Burnett just then entered the