The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19
Ope Of Kpii1g,s Besf.
. BIMI."
.HH eranx-ousaax In the big iros

nxtMrdy hot and a Hans Brett
Daun aad passed him. dragging our
& hoddtng 70 he fereeeak 81 The steamer.
- rouaed hsnsels and shattered obscene
u. He hid been caught somewhere Ia
- MAlayxn Archlpenxo. and was 80
- 70 Enx1snd 20 bs exathitsd ~ sksi-
1T would 10 wei FOR yos. mine friend.
Ia you wAs q Hddse s1Asick,s said Hans
1ssifmana. paExsng By the cage "yca
III too Uuch ESQ In ycur Coanex
Tae oTAug-outangss arm Sid Cat uegfi-
would have believed that IL would make a
Gssdden snAke-isks raae ~ the Germans
breast The thin silk Of the sleeping suit
eoSe cut Hans ssepped back uncsncsrn-
oily, to DtEck = banana from . bunch
hanxsng close 20 one ~ the boats.
Too much Ego" naid be- pee1iug the
erult sxsd Offering IL 70 the Gagged devil.
Who was rendtng the six to f3stsrx-
III he vas cut row dsre would not be
much o1 - icf; hereaooufs.~ said Hans.
Lastly. He screams good See. row, how
I ahAll tans him when he stops himself"
There y&s pause in the outcry. and
from Hang mcufh came an imitation Of .
snakes hiss. 50 perfect THAI / almost
sprung TO my feet. The sustained murder
ans sound ran along the deck. and the
Nren@aiug IT the liars ceased. The oT4ug-
outanx was caaidnx In an ecssasy u pure
terror.
.sDOs stop him" said Hans. .T learned
Got trick In Aogouux Txnjong when was
collecting h1die monkeys for some peoples
ie Berlin. Are you asleep. or win yoH lis
Ten, ard wall tell . dale DOT you shall not
pefefys'
'There IL no tale tn the wide world that
can't believe said.
Coed. when was collecting dose Id
ale rnoaksys--is was In - or Sc und
I'll - -
ever deere In der aAFks'--he pointed south
ward % New Guinea geEeraiiy-''Nsi
Cotft I would sooner collect life red
Devils than Eeaie moskeys. vas deere
for nearly year. und deere found man
Got wax called Bertrsn. He was = French
man. and he WAS good mar -nasuraiist
90 the bone DEFY said he was an escaped
convict. bat he was a natur aiist. and dot
Was enough for me. He would call all
Ger life beasts from der forests. und dey
Veuid CONG
lind dot man. who was king OF beasts
inner m1n. he had In der house shuyh
bueh aaoder al dot dcsfi-anImai In der
cAxe-a great orang -outAng dot thought
be was man. He hAf found him when
Was child and brother and opera comiqua
Ill round 10 Bsrtran. He had hts room In
dot heuse-nos cage. bat a roorn-mit a
bcd and sheets. and be would go to bed
and get up In der morning and smoke his
cigar und eat his dinner init Bertran. nnd
walk mir him hand In hand. which was
most horrible. Gotts He was not beast.
- was q man. and he tassrd to Bertran,
und Bertrxn eomprehsnded. for ] have
seen den. -Tpd he was always pclifefuf
90 me eHcoct when I talk too long 10
Bertran urd say holdings at all TO him.
Den he would pal. nae away--s3is great,
dark devil. nit his enormous paws-shush
~ II was q child: und Binai. der orang-
Cusang haf understood us both, nit his
cigar between his big dog teeth uud der
blue gum.
Il VAS deere a year-~dere und IL der oder
Islands sometimes for monkeys and some
6tmes for butterflies und orchsts. One
time RsrtraH says 70 me- dot he will be
married. because he has found a girl do,
has goot- Den he so on cnurting der girl
--she was half caste French Kirl-very
pretty. HAs you got new light for my
caxarr oof: Very pretty. Only say:
sHaf you thought Of Bimi.' by dot dime
had learned Something's about der moa-
hey peoples Shoot himv says Bertran.
He II your beast I said. IL he was mine
he would ~ shot now
.4rsca s~ss at der hack OF my neck der
naxers AZ Hiui. Meth Colt, tel, you do,
be talked through dose ss1Eers II was der
deaf ard dumb alphabet all complete. He
slide his hairy arm round my neck and he
ct up my chin und look into my face,
onus; TO SEQ " understood his talk so well
% he understood mine.
. ser row tere,' says Bertran. sund You
would shoot him while he Il cudsiling you ?
les Is der Teuson ingrase.
'.Fsut knew dot 1 had made gimt a
HES enemy pscauSe his fingers hat talk
murder through thu back OF my neck
Next dime ses nirat dere was pistol In
my belt. nnd he touch 1t once. and open
DER hreeeh TO show him II was loaded. He
haf SEEN der iissdie monkeys killed in der
Ncods una he understood.
so fsersran ne was married. und he for
tot clean about Bsmi dot was skippn'
alone on der beach mil der half OF hu.
man soul in his body. was see him skip,
und he took big boagh und thrash der
Sand I'LL he has made q great hole like q
grave. So says To D~rsran; Fer nay
s3kes. ksn Hinsi. He IL mad nit der ieal-
cuss.'
'.Rertrsn hat said: lie IL not mad at
ali lie hat obey and love my wie~. unss
1f sae speaks he VIII get her slippers,' una
- locked at his wife across der ruoas
ehe was very pretty girl
'.pen l said 30 him. sSheot him when he
comes 10 Der house. fer ae hat der light
an his eyes Dat means ksiiing-una killing
tsini cctssa 10 der hesisa. bat deere was no
lighs IN hi. eyes. II Was all pat away.
eunninx~so susninx-eaad he fetch der GIRL
her slippers and Rsrtrsn turn Ia ma ussd
say 'rsost thou know him In nine manths
more dan I hat known him Ia twelve
years, Shall child stab his sadsr.-
.-rsos next day Rertran came TO ms
house to help nae make souse weed eases
Ger der specimens ana he tell me sies he
haf ieft his wife 81 tidase while nit giml
In der garden. Dan 1 finish nav cases
quick. agi ] say. Let as SO Ia your
hons. unsi SET trgnk' He laugh und
Say Genie along. dry mans
Ills wife WAS not i'm der xarfea. ara
tsfrli did ret come when EartYan Called
tnd his sifs aid not come when he called
bad no Knocked ct Der Bedroom aoar una
Sat Was shat tsghs-scckes -een NJ les,s
a. me. uGd hts face vas white. / broke
down der assar nsis aay shoulder. nna der
taateh 81 der roof was tern snse a great
hole. una Ger caE8e IN upon der fsasr,
ysaf YEA ever seen paper in der waste
basket. or cards a. whist On der sahIs
seMttoreae iswrw wAa no wife Dot ea,sEa ~
yeess. | tell yea ssera WAS ssc~tesns. sn Sc.
rcnfn 1ss might Ia wsesnaa Deere efa
staT ca der ftser Uai GOT was al
tesskea at desc tAsass nnd I VAS very
n<s4 Has n a ~ a..