Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-01-21

| Aec 1ot iuc, laiu IN wait Tor the mother
which knew would return. KEEP: nj,
gun oeside me, though l hoped to cap
ture her alive. IL about an hour sh
came, and, swinging herself up into til
tree, began to look for her children. No
hndins them, she sprang from limb t,
limb, until she had seayched the en,ir
tree, utterin. low, moaning cries. end a
last sitting down under the tree, locking
"p into it and weeping aloud for her los
dar!ings. l declare the creatures gre
'oucned me SO that had hal nv Va.
would have run and gotten them for h.r
out as yet she had no. rcnturel into \.
mcsaes OF the net, and when she did $,
ana was captured I mcaat to restore ths
babies to her, both for humanity
sake and because wished 10 preserv
tne A'tic things alive, as it woull ali to
tue value Of the capture, aud calcu
late ! on getting ovc- $3.50 for thc trio.
Bat as watcaei me lnournia. m,,hc
she began to scent the air, and pres.
entity ieaped to her feet VITA q roar q.
tnry, and knew she hal scented the
presence OF human beings, anj raisiny =
my gun aimed at ncr breast in case a.
her discovering me and attacking me be-
fore she fell into the ret. But as sh.
walked around the tree, cvidently seek.
ing some clue to her enemy, her .ect be-
came wrapped in the coris aud s.c lc,
heavily TO the ground. Thinking .ac
scared her, I shouted aloul for tho na.
tlves to come and help nc to tie ker
out, seeing n- prize, they a lvanccl sc
slowly that | had 10 threaten to yith.
aold their wages if they did not come at
,nce, as the oraug-outang was struggling
20 violently that 1 feared she would
make her escape ere I could secure her.
At this threat the men came on, but still
'Lowcd no disposition to touch the
Heature, which was uttering shrill cries
,f fury and fear and gnashing her long,
'ormidable teeth at us; SO, pulling out
ny bottle Of ether and the sponge /
,scd in capturing the moro dangerous
.nmals, tied it to a long cane, which
. thrust under the animals nose. she
ell at once. and rne men coming up
helped me TO secure her with stout
rope.
The young orang outanss were then
LIBERATED, and on the mother coming TO
herself she went to them. I knew tho
little fellows were not likely to run away
IS long as they were with their mother.
Camp was struck and VIC started on our
homeward way, going slowly because Of
the necessity Of tying the oran3 3-ou'a1g's
feet so that she could not escape, thou IN
leaving them SO that she could walk, lei
behind a horse. We had gone several
miles when sort Of roar was heard in
the woods at some little distance behind
US, and from having heard it tlat day
when the orang -outany was eau yht, |
recognized it as the cry of another OF the
animals. TIE captive heard it also AMI,
raising hef dropping hea gave sarlI
answer. 1t was evidently her mate,
who, on coming home, had foul his
family gone, aud had at once stars,i
after them. TIE natives turned palIii
and broke and ran IN Insane terror
Most OF them plunged into the river,
while two sou 5ht refuge in the branches
of tree growing on the bank. AS for
me- looked to the loa alin, Of nv rul
and got out my knife, crouching be
meath the trunk of giant sago tree, aad
waited for the great ape that7came run
ming. leaping, swinging himself from
limb to limb Of the trees as best suited
the, speed he vas making. Whea he a.
last caught sight of the young oraa5-
outangs and their maaaclel mother he
gave scream, half of JOY, half of rage,
At the sight, aud, running to hi. lovei.
ones, began to hug them aad lick their
faces with his great rel tongue. This
over with, Le cast his eyes ab51.
% ascertain the enemy who had
done all this, and catching
ylinpses of the mea in the tree saa.
himself up into the branches. Seeing
MS, the unfortunate wretchcs climbed
ato the highest limbs, into which the
weight OF the oraag-ouaag would pre-
ven: him following them, but they hal
aos counted on the cunning of the beast.