The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-19
BIlVII.
By RUDYARD K1pL1Ne.

cage dashed to the sheep pen began the
discussion. The night was stiAingly
hot, and as Hans Breitmann and pass
ed him. dragging our bedding to the
fore peak of the steamer, he reused him
self and chartered obscenely. He had
been caught somewhere in the Malayan
archipelago and was going to England
to be exhibited at shilling head.
ut would be we'll for you, mine
friend, if you was a fiddle seasick, !"
said Hans Breitmann, pausing by the
cage. "You hat too much ego in your
COSMOS
The orang-outang' arm slid out neg
llgently from between the bars. No one
would have believed that it would make
a sudden snakelike rush az the Ger
man s breast The thin silk of the Sleep
ing suit tore out Hans stepped back
unconcernedly to pluck banana from
a bunch hanging close to one Of the
boats.
''Too much ego' said he, peeling
the fruit and Offering it to the Gagged
devil. who was rending the silk to tat
| tiers.
eff he was out now, dere would not
be much of us left hereabouts, said
Hans lazily. "He screams good. See
now how shall tame him when he
stops himself. -
There was pause in the cutlery, and
from Hans mouth came an imitation
of a snakes hiss, SO perfect that 1 al
most sprang to my feet. The sustained
murderous sound ran along the deck,
and the wrenching at the bars ceased.
The orang-outang was quaking in an
ecstasy of pure terror
.'Dot stop him." said Hans .sI
learned dot trick in Mogoung Tanjong
when was collecting fiddle monkeys
for some peoples in Berlin. Are you
asleep. or will you listen, und 1 will
tell dale dot you shall not pelief?"
There is no tale in the wide world
that can't believe" said.
"Goodl When was collecting dose
fiddle monkeys-it was in 1879 or 1880
-und was in der islands of der archi-
pelago, over dere in der dark he
pointed southwark to New Guinea gen
erally-"mein Gott would sooner
collect life red devils than fiddle mon
keys l was dere for nearly year, und
dere found man dot was called Ber-
tran. He was Frenchman, und he
was a good mania turalist to der bone
Dey said he was an escaped convict, but
he was naturalist, und dot was enough
for me. He would call all der life beasts
from der forests, und dey would come.
"Und dot man, who was king of
beasts tanner men, he had in der house
shust such anoder as dot devil animal
in der cage-a great orang-outang dot
thought he was man. He hat found
him when he was child-der orang-
outang-und he was child und brother
und opera comique all round to Ber-
tran. He had his room in dot house
not cage, but a room-mit bed und
sheets. und he would go to bed und get
up in der morning und smoke his cigar
und eat his dinner nit Bertran und
walk nit him hand in hand, which was
most horrible. Gottl He was not
beast He was a man, ind he talked to
Bertran, und Bertran comprehended.
for / hat seen dem. Und he was al
too long to Bertran nnd say holdings at
all to him. Den he would pull me away
dis great. dark devil. NIT his enor-
nous paws-shust as if was child.
und Bimi. der orang- outang, hat un-
derstood us both, nit his cigar between
his big dog teeth und der blue gum.
II was dere year-dere und at der
oder islands sometimes for monkeys
und sometimes for butterflies und or
chits. One time Bertran says to me dot
he will be married, because he hat
found girl dot was goot. Den he go
off counting der girl-she was half
caste French girl-very pretty. Half you
got new light for my cigar3 Oofl
Very prettyl Only l say: 'Haf you
thought of Bimii If he pulls me away
when / talk to you, what will he do to
your wife? He will pull her in pieces.
If was you, Bertran, would gif my
wife for wedding present der stuff fig
ure of Bimi By dot time l had learned
Something's about der monkey peoples.
Shoot him?' says Bertran He is your
beast. said. If he was mine he would
be shot now.
Den felt at der back of my neck
der fingers of Bimi. Mein Gottl tell
you dot he talked through dose fingers
1t was der deaf und dumb alphabet all
complete. He slide his hairy arm round
my neck. und he tilt up my chin und
look into my face. shust to see if I'M
derstood his talk SO well as he under
stood mine.
"'See now dere' says Bertran .Und
you would shoot him while he is cud-
ding you? Dot is der Teuton migrated
"But knew dot hat made Bimi
life's enemy. because his fingers hat talk
murder through der back of my neck
Next dime l see Bimi dere was pistol
in my belt und he touch it once. und l
open der breech to show him it was
loaded He hat seen der fiddle monkeys
killed in der woods und he understood
$50 Bertran he was married. und he
forgot clean about Bimi dot was skip
ping alone on der beach NIT der half of
a human soul in his belly. was see