Sometimes he would bring them back again. Sometimes Mrs. Brown would have to find them herself. This gave her a good deal of trouble. At last Billy acted so badly, that Mrs. Brown told Sammy that she could not have him in the house any longer. One morning Mrs. Brown went away to spend the day. She thought the monkey was fastened out of the house. But he got in through a window. When Mrs. Brown came home she did think of Billy. She opened the door of her pantry. She saw a dreadful sight. She knew at once that Billy had been there. He had moved the dishes all about, from one shelf to another. He had poured milk and sugar over the floor. He had emptied bottles of medicine into clean dishes. He had broken up a whole loaf of cake and scattered it around. He had eaten out the middle of a pie, and turned it over in the plate. Mrs. Brown could not find her spoons and forks anywhere. But she found them afterwards in the cellar. Now Mrs. Brown had to go right to work and clean her pantry. After she had put that in order, she made a fire in the stove. All this time Billy was not seen anywhere. [Illustration: {BILLY POURING MILK ON THE FLOOR.}] The fire had been burning a few minutes, when Mrs. Brown heard a terrible scratching in the oven, and out jumped Billy as spry as ever. He ran out of doors. He was not seen again until the next morning. Then Mrs. Brown told Sammy that the monkey had made so much work for her, that she could not have him any longer. Sammy saw that his mother was very much in earnest. So he sold Billy to a pedler who came along the next day. The pedler gave him fifty cents for Billy. Sammy was sorry to let him go, but he wanted to please his mother. M. M. H. [Illustration: {AN OWL.}] [Illustration: {A COTTAGE, BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES.}] BESSIE IN THE MOUNTAINS. Bessie Lee was six years old when she went to the mountains of North Carolina with her father. What Bessie liked best of all were the nice donkey rides every morning. The poor donkeys didn't get much rest, for the little folks kept them busy all day. Bessie was kind to them, but some of the children were not. Bessie liked a donkey named Kate best of all. [Illustration: {KATE IS UNHAPPY AT BEING RIDDEN.}] One day Bessie's father put her in the saddle, and Kate kicked up. When Bessie was lifted off, and the saddle removed, a great bleeding sore was found on the poor donkey's back. Bessie felt very sorry for poor Kate, and said, "Papa, I don't want to ride to-day, but please do not send Kate back to the stables." "Why not, Bessie?" said Mr. Lee. "O, papa, the man will let her to some of the rough boys, and they will hurt her back." Mr. Lee was pleased to see his little daughter's kindness to the poor dumb donkey; but he wished to know if Bessie would deny herself for Kate. "Well, Bessie," said her father, "if you have any money, give it to the man when he comes for the donkey. Tell him you wish to keep Kate all day."