The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-07-25
NO. l..

opposite the foot Of the bed, to take
the light from the fickering draft, af.
ter which Ben Abbas produced the
books and papers. We bad been en-
gagged over the account half an hour,
when noise out of doors arrested out
attention. Il was chattering sound.
accompanied by SOFT of hoarse grunt.
"Abba, cried the clerk, "that is
surely KalSa."
"And who is Kaka?"
Gle was my masters babuon," re-
piled Ben Abhas. "He ran away more
than week ago" ~.
"Why did he run awayg
"Because Hoosian Kahn whipped
him. He came into this very room
while his master was out and ransack-
cd the clothes from the bed Hoosian
caught him in thevery act, and beat
HIM without mercy. Kalka leaped
from the window and ran away into
the woUds, and has not been seen
since"
As the clerk ceased speaking /
heard the baboon mounting the tree,
and at once extinguished tho lights
and bade my companions back with
me into the extreme corner behind the
table; for | had great curiosity to see
what his babo )nship would do. re-
membered the animal very well, as
had frequently seen HIM about the
promises. Tho zemindar had cap
tured him when young, and reared
him for pet. Up the tree the fellow
came, and presently he swung himself
upon the stool, and thence to the room
The moon was shining brightly, and
as the rays shone in through the win
dow, leaving MS in the shade, we could
observe the movement Of the Interlo-
per without beng ourselves detected,
and you will remember, furthermore,
that we had the table as q screen.
Kaka was one of the lungool species,
standing five and half high when
erect, and presenting o pretty good
specimen Of physical developement.
As saw him enter the room, looking
so ugly aud dangerous, l instlnctively
clapped my hand TO my pistol. Per
haps you will imagine tho suspicion
which had already dashed upon me
This brute an not the khid mutger had
killed the zemlndar. Crouching be
hind the table, and remaining perfect
ly still we watched the fellows move
ments. AS he entered the room be
stood erect upon his legs and gazoc
upon the bed; then he went to the
closet and opened the door and tool
) down the dressing case, the contents
= OF which he overhauled almost as sys
. temntically as n man would have done
, Presentlyhe uttered loud cry, an,
dashed the case upon the floor, ant
then sprang toward the bed. lie seiz
led the clothing and tore it off in quicl
succession, and when the brute founC
that he was only spending his rage up
on inaminate substances, he caugh
one of the pillows and tore it int
{ fragments, seatteringt the feathers ovc
the room.
, / could bear the scene no longer
As tho lungoor moved back, ate
having rent the pillow, he stood di
! rectly iE the moonlight, and l think
never beheld more savage and repul
, sIve looking monster. CAREFUL,
/ raised my pistol above the table an
| aimed it at his head am not apt &
| miss my mark, and 1 did not do so il
! this instance. AS fir ed, the fello'
reeled and clapped both his hands t
. his ears. In an instant l was upo
q my feet, with my sword drawn, an
. before the brute could recover HIM
0 self, had run him through the hear
{ BY this time the family vas aroused
and in a little while we were investi
eating tive subject of the murder unde
/, the light Of these new and wonderfr
Z circumstances look at the fee
of the lungoor enabled me to accoun
- for the curious blood prints which
had attributed to the hand Of n Inal
4 There were the very outlines and pro
n portions which had been stamped upo
a the floor. And now, too, | could n
q count for the breaking of the sham
a and for the mass of HAIR thai had bee
pulled from tho head ofthe murdere
! man. Hoosian'S widow, as soon {
Il she saw the body ofKaka, and hear
!. our story, cried out that the lungot
V had killed her husband. She inform
e ed us that Kaka had been in the hab
!. of seeing his master shave, and tn
+ several times nc had bee found wit
II th > razor in hand standing before Il
k mirror. Then she told us what b.
J. Abbas had already communicated
how that Hoosian had whipped Il
/. lungoor severely, and that the bru
r thoreupon ran into the woods.
# On the following morning the natl
I officers were called in, and after We
|, snort consultation, it was decided tn
\. Gholam was innocent, a2d that q
10 lungoor had done the murderous dee
O. There could be no mistake about it,
d One experiment which had not boz
ID thought ofat the timo of tho trial, W
,e now tried. II had been evident tn
ID the murderer had gained entrance