The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
A TERRIBLE ZOE.
Tsow N. Paul As. DaChaIIfu aet His Ffrst
Gorilla.

rsow NJ. Paul IS. DaChaIIfu aet His First
Gorilla.
DnChailiu was " allxing as was his sUI-
tom. scTne distance in advance of hts
mpaEions. ranged IL single i'll, when
Els eaF- were ssIluted 10y q strange.
hitherto unhcard sound. says LfppiD-
cote Magazine. 1t riyet@6 his atten-
ton ~ once. Gould Il te tho noise OF
some cannibal tribe preparing fOr com
hat. or of an elephant disturbed by his
approach He cast himself down and
with ear pressed TO the earth listened
brcathLessly. Once more the oppressive
silence was broken. this time by a sound
Of swapping timber, loud as q gunshOt,
and then there came crashing 70
the ground great branch Of q tree
- big that he said 70 himself: Good
ness! These must be giants" Another
hgUgh was pitched down and il was
plain, though ne could not see the en-
envy, the enemy could see him. Then
from somewhere aloft there issued q
prolonged. gutteral growl, fun OF mis-
chief, = blood-curdling sound never 70
be forgotten.
lie stopped and made the native sig
nal Of danger peculiar clicking noise
OF the tongue against the roof Of the
mouth lie rot his rifle in readiness.
The boInbardmcnt of boUghs had now
ceased; there was absolute silence, save
Tor the humping OF his heart against
his ribs. II tlumped SO loud that he
feared II would bctray him 10 his uu-
seen and unknown foe. Wait lit
tie, Paul. wait . little, he said To him
self. You are not ready TO fight quite
vet"
Peering into the twilight around and
above him, he was suddenly aware CT
aa object IN his immediate ncighbor-
hood 4 short, hairy, manlil5e Great
ure, with black. hideous visage, fierce,
ztaring eyes under low brops, and
.rormous mouth with huge canine
teeth; his head set on an enormous
e-lcaL and paunch mounted on short,
crooked L. s., and furnished with pair
Ci arms long and muscular enough %
squeeze lion TO death. This was the
being he had come so far TO behold: this
was the creature that no white man,
unless IL was Uanno, two thousand
Gears ago, had ever seen. This was the
.-ori!la.
The brute was near him before he
saw. Il, and now Il tAumPed on its chest
ana emitted another loIg-drawn, ter
r.tlc yell resembling the sound of thun-
.yr ~ the sky. 1t advanced; its black
Us curled away from It's long teeth
ia = savage snarL 1t was not going to
,.ait 70 be attacked Il was eager Tor a
fray, and advancing, beat its breast
with sounds Is from big drum.
DuChaillu was alone. lie drew his
rife % his shoulder. He said to himself
that the nearer the creature came the
better would be his chance of giving il
fatal wound. Savage though II looked.
i must have a vital part. lie waited
until its hairy body was less than twice
the length Of his rifle from tins. rtla-s
Iuuzzle. Then be pulled the trigger.
ziming for sTot OF the heart II was
shot upon which good dead depend
ed Tor the young eXplorer-not To men
ton the gorilla. The smoke hung ID
the stiu AIR, but hc saw that he had sue
cceded- The animal lifted its long
arms and bent forward. uttcriug grOaus
that We're human but fun Of british
ness. Il stumbled forward and fen on
It's ugly face. and was dead in q few
minutes. For" observed DuChaillu,
-'ett j. lucky, though they are 70 strong.
they die very easy" Such was the end
OF his frat gorilla.