`` Jack could n't be with me always , as Sanch was , and I could n't keep him if I had him . '' Ben tried to be grateful , but nothing short of Lita would have healed his wounded heart , and she was not Thorny 's to give , or he would probably have offered her to his afflicted friend . `` Well , no , you could n't take Jack to bed with you , or keep him up in your room , and I 'm afraid he Would never learn to do any thing clever . I do wish I had something you wanted , I 'd so love to give it to you . '' He spoke so heartily and was so kind that Ben looked up , feeling that he had given him one of the sweetest things in the world -- friendship ; he wanted to tell him so , but did not know how to do it , so caught up his hoe and fell to work , saying , in a tone Thorny understood better than words , -- `` You are real good to me-never mind , I wo n't worry about it ; only it seems extra hard coming so soon after the other -- '' He stopped there , and a bright drop fell on the bean leaves , to shine like dew till Ben saw clearly enough to bury it out of sight in a great flurry . `` By Jove ! I 'll find that dog , if he is out of the ground . Keep your spirits up , my lad , and we 'll have the dear old fellow back yet . '' With which cheering prophecy Thorny went off to rack his brains as to what could be done about the matter . Half an hour afterward , the sound of a hand-organ in the avenue roused him from the brown study into which he had fallen as he lay on the newly mown grass of the lawn . Peeping over the wall , Thorny reconnoitred , and , finding the organ a good one , the man a pleasant-faced Italian , and the monkey a lively animal , he ordered them all in , as a delicate attention to Ben , for music and monkey together might suggest soothing memories of the past , and so be a comfort . In they came by way of the Lodge , escorted by Bab and Betty , full of glee , for hand-organs were rare in those parts , and the children delighted in them . Smiling till his white teeth shone and his black eyes sparkled , the man played away while the monkey made his pathetic little bows , and picked up the pennies Thorny threw him . `` It is warm , and you look tired . Sit down and I 'll get you some dinner , '' said the young master , pointing to the seat which now stood near the great gate . With thanks in broken English the man gladly obeyed , and Ben begged to be allowed to make Jacko equally comfortable , explaining that he knew all about monkeys and what they liked . So the poor thing was freed from his cocked hat and uniform , fed with bread and milk , and allowed to curl himself up in the cool grass for a nap , looking so like a tired littie old man in a fur coat that the children were never weary of watching him . Meantime , Miss Celia had come out , and was talking Italian to Giacomo in a way that delighted his homesick heart . She had been to Naples , and could understand his longing for the lovely city of his birth , so they had a little chat in the language which is all Music , and the good fellow was so grateful that he played for the children to dance till they were glad to stop , lingering afterward as if he hated to set out again upon his lonely , dusty walk . `` I 'd rather like to tramp round with him for a week or so .
Could make enough to live on as easy as not , if I only I had Sanch to show off , '' XXXXX Ben , as he was coaxing Jacko into the suit which he detested .
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