The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-19

thou know him in nine months more
dan hat known him in 10 yearsf Shall
child stab his fader1'
Dot next day Bertran came to my
house to help me make some wood cases
for der specimens, und he tell me dot
he hat left his wife fiddle while init
Bimi in der garden. Den finish my
cases quick, und say, Let us go to
your house und get trink. He laugh
und say. Come along, dry mans.
His wife was not in der garden.
und Bimi did not come when Bertran
called. Und his wife did not come when
he called, und he knocked at her bed
room door und dot was shut tight
locked. Den he look at me, und his face
was white. I broke down der door init
my shoulder, und der thatch of der roof
was torn into great hole, und der sun
came in upon der floor. Haf you ever
seen paper in der wastebasket or cards
at whist on der table scattered? Deere
was no wife dot could be seen. l tell
you dere was nodings in dot room dot
might be woman. Dere was stuff on
der floor, und dot was all l looked at
desc things und l was very sick, but
Bertran looked fiddle longer at what
was upon der floor und der walls und
der hole in der thatch. Den he began
to laugh, soft und low, und knew u4d
thank Colt dot he was mad He nefer
cried. he nefer prayed. He stood still
in der doorway und laugh to himself
Den he said: She hat locked herself in
dis room, und he hat torn up her
thatch. Fl done Dot is so. We will
mend der thatch und wait for Bimi
He will surely come.
II tell you we waited ten days in dot
house after der room was made into
room again, und once or twice we saw
Bimi coming fiddle way from der
woods. He was afraid because he hat
done wrong. Bertran called him when
he was come to look on der tenth day.
und Bimi come skipping along der beach
und making noises NIT long piece of
black hair in his hands. Den Bertran
laugh und say. FL doncl' shust as if it
was glass broken upon der table, und
Bimi come nearer, und Bertran was
honey sweet in his voice ura laughed
to himself. For three days he made love
to Bimi. because Bimi would not let
himself be touched. Den Bimi come to
dinner at der same table NIT us. und
der hair on his hands was all black und
thick mit-mit what had dried on his
hands. Bertran gave him sangaree till
Bimi was drunk und stupid. und den -
Hans paused to puff his cigar
''And then?' said l.
.'Und den Bertran kill him with his
hands, und l go for walk upon der
beach. 1t was Bertran's own piziness.
When come back, der ape he was
dead. und Bertran he was dying abofe
him. but still he laughed fiddle und
low. und he was quite content. Now
you know der formula of der strength
OF der orang- outang. 1t is more as seven
to one in relation to man. But Bertran,
he hat killed Bimi NIT sooch dings as
.Gott gift him. Dot was der mericle. .
The internal clamor in the cage re-
commenced. "Ahal Dot friend Of ours
haf still too much ego in his cosmos.
Be quiet. thoul''
Hans Kissed long and venomously.
We could hear the great beast quaking
in his cage.
.'But why in the world didn't you
help Bertran instead of letting him be
killed2'' / asked
"My friend. !" said Hans, composedly
stretching himself to slumber, sit was
not nice even to mineself dot l should
LIT after | had seen dot room NIT der
hole in der thatch. Und Bertran. he
was her husband Goot night. md sleep
well.