The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-03-29

too weak to keep the apes jaws from
Oft my face.
Now the tiferail was studded with
iron Delaying pins, placed there for
the purpose of Delaying the crossjack
braces. One of these, luckily, was
free. I put mp my left arm and with
it forced Jacko's head against the
wooden rail; then seiziug the iron be-
laying pin with my free hand, [ raised
it aloft and brought it down upon
Jacko's brow with all the strength I
could muster.
The second mate, wondering why l
had not returned to report upon the
side lights, and thinking had prob
ably cat down somewhere and gone to-
sleep, came down the poop ladder
bringing with him one of the poop
buckets; these, by the way, were al
ways kept hung up at the fore part Of
the poop, and in hot weather were kept
filed with water to prevent the wood
from becoming too dry. 1t was the
mates unkind intention to rouse me
in the time-honored fashion by drench-
ing me with its contents. Creeping
stealthily along the deck, he came to
the main fferail, where he saw in the
moonlight sight which caused him
to change his intention.
He told me afterwards he could
never forget the sight even if be lived
to be hundred. Jacko was lying
stretched across the coil of the Gather
crossiack brace, my body being face
downward, stretched across Jacko's,
and a pool Of blood marring the
whiteness of the deck and making
CHASTITY the sight Of our two apparent
ly inanimate forms.
Jacko recovered from the effects Of
the blow I gaze him. He was pre-
sented, believe, to the Palace menag-
e:ie at New Brighton, where, for all
I know to the contrary, he is to this
day. As for me, I bear the marks OF
his teeth upon me yet, and shall be
glad to showthem to such Wide World
readers as care to call upon me be-
tween voyages at my home, near Man
chester. They are rather faint upon
my shoulders, but on my hand is q
scar -fourths of an inch long and
one-fourth of an inch broad. Two Of
the scars upon my left forearm each
measure half an inch in length, and
the distance between them is two and
a qua ter inches-a striking proof Of
the size of Jacko's jaws.
Thinking that Wide World readers
would like to know what became Of
Jacko, we instructed Mr.. Frederick
Bolton, the author's father, to make
inquiries about the ape at the Palace,
New Brighton. We append MI. Boil
toms report: VI
O. Il msae-.5ywssf6e and found,
2sel l4'ce closed during the daytime, |
t being the off season, but I hunted |
lp the caretake:. I explained to him
What was after.
His reply was: I should think 7 !
the brute. You see that
inger?' he went on, showing me
nutilated inger-the middle finger Of
lis right hand. T was going my
ounds one day and was trying the
ate Of his cage when he sprang at me
ike lightning and had my finger in
is ugly mouth like wise before I
new what he was up to. You can
ee for yourself, Sir, the mess he made
f it. Another time continued the
aretaker, the brute got out Of his
age, and it took all the fellows about
be place to cage him again. When /
e first came they put him in with the
tier monkeys, but he killed number
them, so he was placed in q special
age by himself. About II months
60 he got so full Of rheumatism that
ley drowned him.
How high did he stand?' I asked.
We'll, sir, replied my informant,
-ou seldom saw him stretched full
myth, but he was, I should say, from
lree feet to three feet six inches }"
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