{"id":3318,"date":"2019-05-22T00:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T05:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2021-01-28T18:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T00:58:29","slug":"the-monkeys-paw-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/22\/the-monkeys-paw-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monkey&#8217;s Paw, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By W. W. Jacobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">format by Captivated Chat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monkeys-Paw-part-2-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Last night&#8217;s fancies do seem silly in the light of day.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I suppose all old soldiers are the same. But the idea of our listening to such nonsense! After all, how could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Might drop on his head from the sky.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Morris said the things happened so naturally, that you might, if you so wished, attribute it to coincidence.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Well, I&#8217;m off. Don&#8217;t break into the money before I come back. I&#8217;m afraid it&#8217;ll turn you into a mean, avaricious man, and we shall have to disown you.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Ha, ha, ha. Have a good day, Herbert.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Eight hours later.)<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Herbert will have some more of his funny remarks or he&#8217;ll tell us a scary ghost story, I expect, when he comes home.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I dare say. But for all that, the thing moved in my hand; that I&#8217;ll swear to.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> That is, you thought it did.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I say it did. Certainly I had no thought about it \u2014- But what&#8217;s the matter?\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A visitor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> The matter? That man by our gate peering through the window just then. Appeared to be trying to make up his mind whether to come in.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He&#8217;s finally deciding to come up.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Come in, sir.\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I, uh, I\u2014was asked to call. So I came to tell you, from Maw and Meggins.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Oh, no! Is anything the matter? Has anything happened to Herbert? So what is it? What is it?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> &nbsp;There, there, mother. Sit down, and don&#8217;t jump to conclusions. You&#8217;ve not brought bad news, I&#8217;m sure, sir.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Above all, I&#8217;m sorry\u2014 .\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But, is he hurt?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Badly hurt, but he is not in any pain.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Oh, thank God! Thank God for that! Thank&#8211;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You mean?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> &nbsp;He was caught in the machinery.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Caught in the machinery. Yes.  (taking his wife&#8217;s hand between his own)\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But he was the only one left to us. So it is hard.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> (Coughing) Finally, the firm wished me to convey their sincere sympathy with you in your great loss. But I beg that you will understand I am only their servant and merely obeying orders.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Oh.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility. They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son&#8217;s services, they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> H-H-How much?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valet-e1558706098834.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Stranger<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Two hundred pounds.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I-Aiii!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(The old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor.)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look for part 3, the finale of the scary ghost story, The Monkey&#8217;s Paw <\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By W. 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