The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01

the Jungle have no dealings with them. We
| do net drink where the monkeys drink; we do
| not 60 whore the monkeys 20; we do not hunt
where they hunts We do not die whore they
die Hast thou ever heard me speak Of tn.
bandar-loR TIL to-dayr'
| NO" said MowGli In = whisper. for tn.
forest was very still now Baloo had finished.
| The iunRle people pat them out Of their
mouths and out Of their mind. They nre very
many. evil dirty. shameless. and they desire. II
they have any nxed desires, to he noticed by
the Jungle people. but we do not notice them
even when they throw nuts and branches on
| our heads"
He had hardly spoken when q shower OF
nuts and twiEs spattered down through IN.
| branches; and they could hear coughinzs and
howlings and angry jumpings high NJ in the
| air among the thin branches.
Tho monkey people arc forbidden" said
| Baloo. to the Jungle people Remember"
Forbidden p said BaGheera but | still
| think Baloo should have warned thee"
IL How was I to guess he wo uld rl.y
with such dirt? The monkey people. Faughv"
A fresh shower came down on their heads.
and the two ttotted away. taking MowRli with
thcm. What Baloo had said about the m nkeys
was perfectly true. They belonged to the tree
tops and as beasts very seldom look up there
was no occasion for the mo nkeys and the
jungle people to cross each others path. But
whenever they found a sick wolf or q We unded
tiger or bear the monkeys would torme ut him.
and would throw sticks and nuts at any beast
for fun and in tho hope OF being noticed Then
they would howl and shriok senseless songs
and invite the Jungle people to climb up their
trees and light them. or would start furious
battles over nothing among Themselves
ard leave the dead monkeys whore the
jungle people would see them. They
were always Just going to have a leader and
laws and customs OF their own. but they never
did. because their memories wonld not hold
over from day to DAY and 80 they compromised
things By making up or saying: What the ban
dar-og think now the jungle will think later"
and that comforted thom q great deal None
Of the beasts could reach them hut. on the
other hand. none OF tho beasts would notice
them. and that Is why they wers SO pleased
whom Mowgll csmo to play with them and
they heard how angry Baloo was
They never meant to do any more the
bandar-log never mean anything at .all-but
one OF them had what seemed to him n brilliant
idea. and lie told all the others that Mowgu
would be useful person to keep In the tribe
because he could weave sticks together for
protection frsm the wind; so IL they caughs
him they could make him teach them. or
course MowglL as wood cutters child. inher-
tied oil sorts OF instincts and used to make
little huts OF fallen branches without thinking
how he came to do It. and the monkey people
Watching In the trees considered his play most
wonderful. This time. they said. they were
really going to have n leader and become the
wisest people In the iunRie-so wise that every
one else would notice and envy them. There
fore they followed Baloo and Bagheera and
Mowgli through the Jungle very quietly till It
was time for the midday nap. and Mowgli, who
was very much ashamed OF himself slept
between the panther and the bear. resolving to
have no moro to do with the monkey people.
The next thing he remembered was feeling
hands on his legs and arms hard. strong lit
tie hands-and then q swash OF branches In
his face. and then he was staring down
through the swaying bouRhs as Daioo woke
the Jungle with his deep cries and Bag heers
bounded M the trunk with every tooth barred
Then there broke out the most awful clamor
the Jungle ever heard. The bandar-iog howisd
with triumph and bounded away to the upper
branches. where BaRheera dared not follow
shouting: " He has noticed US! Baehsera has
noticed us. All the Jungle people admire US
for our skill and our cunning" Then they
began their flight; and tho flight Of the mon
key people through troe-land IL one OF the
things nobody can describe. They have their
regular roads and crossroads. up hills and
down hills. all laid out at from nifty to seventy
or hundred feet above ground. and by these
they can travel even In the night ~ necessary.
" ~" eaoHss'' i"nAe's oAushs
MowRli under the arms and swung
of with him through the tree
g.. .....u ., :. :. A,,.s NJ AZ -
'ops' twenty ieet ~ oounu' hsa they peen
alone they could have gone twice as fast but
tina boys weight held them back Sick and
eISdv =. MAIN vss n. .onid M, hsIn sr;nr-
Ing the wild rush. though the glimpses Of
earth far down below frightened him. and the
,.rrihi. ,ha,L ID 80 =, ,ho "a q, ,h. s-inr
torripie check anu JERK at the emu OF the SWING
over nothing but empty air brought his heart
bet ween hls teeth His Ascort would rush him
up a tire. I'M h. felt the thinnest topmoss
branches eraskls and bSnd under them. ana
.,', "p w.
themselves ih'o 'he sn oe."Ara ana uo"h-
ward and bring up hanging by their hands or
faat 10 this linn h. Of the n.xt tras SomatImsS
j. oon,d s.a To- ,,i,.s .nJ nil. ov.. Oh. ..IlI
no couio sec iof mice anu hhos over the s'i'
green Jungle. as q man on the top OF a mast
can see for miles across the sea. and then the