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Norrrm

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4. The organ grinder's monkey.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:09 PM
Aug 2

The organ grinder's monkey... Our grandfather told a tale of a rented house somewhere down in the area of Goulette's garage and the old shoe shop. The tenants had stopped paying rent and the landlord wanted to take the house back. Apparently the courts would take too long. He could not just go in because they would always leave somebody home even if it was just a kid. He hired an organ grinder with a monkey to set up a street or two away. Everyone in the house cleared out to go see that, which gave him the chance to jump right in and lock the doors. Now he had possession. I don't remember if Grandfather said what year so I'm guessing 1920s or 1930s.

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