Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-07-13

Inoa hn0w nImf III nine months more
dan hat known him in 10 years Shall
a child stab his faderi'
dot next day Bertran came 10 my
house to help me make some wood cases
for der specimens, ind he tell me dot
ne bat left his wife hddle while NIT
Bimi in der garden. Den finish my
cases quick, und | say, Let us 60 10
your house ind get trink He laugh
ind say, Come along, dry mans
"His wife was not in der garden,
ind Bimi did not come when Bertran
called Und his wife did not come when
he called und he knocked at her bed
room door ind dot was shut tight
locked Den he look at me, und his face
was white / broke down der door nit
my shoulder, md 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 Dere
was no wife dot could be seen. | tell
you dere was holdings in dot room dot
might be a woman. Dere was stuff on
der floor. und dot was all looked at
desc things und ! was very sick, but
Bertran looked a 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 und
thank Colt dot he was mad He nefer
cried. he nefer prayed. He stood still
in der doorway ind laugh to himself
Den he said She hat locked herself in
dis room, und he hat torn mp her
thatch. ri done Dot is so We will
mend der thatch und wait for Bimi
He will surely come.
4 tell you we waited ten days in dot
house after der room was made into a
room again, und once or twice we saw
Bimi coming a Hddle way from del
woods He was afraid because be hat
done wrong Bertran called him when
be was come 10 look on der tenth day,
ind Bimi come skipping along der beach
md making noises nit a long piece Of
black hair in his hands. Den Bertran
laugh und say. Fl doncr shust as if il
was glass broken upon der table. ind
Bimi come nearer, ind Bertran was
honey sweet in his voice und 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 init US, ind |
der hair ON his hands was all black ind |
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 q said l.
"Und den Bertran kill him with his
hands, ind | go for a walk upon der
beach. II was Bertran's own piziness
When | come back, der ape be was
dead, und Bertran he was dying abofe /
him, but still he laughed fiddle md
low, ind 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,
be haf killed Bimi NIT sooeh dings as
Jott gift him. Dot was der mericle.
The Internal clamor in the cage re-
"Aha Dot friend of ours
1af still too much ego in his cosmos
Be quiet, thou
Hans Kissed long and venomously.
We could hear the great beast quaking
n his cage.
"But why in the world didn't you
lelp Bertran instead Of letting him be
Iilled p / asked.
MY friend. " said Hans, composedly
tretching himself to slumber "it was
lot nice even to mineself dot should
If after had seen dot room NIT der
lole in der thatch. Und Bertran, he
vas her husband. Goot night. und sleep
veil