The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-04-13

Copyright 1905 by W. G. Chapman)
Copyright in Great Brittany
The animal-capturing season is pref
ty near over, and we have had meet
Ing OF all the white men connected
with the expedition and decided to
break up the camp and take our ami
mails to the coast and sail back to
Europe and to the States.
It was decided that Pa and l and
the cowboy and the negro dwarf be-
longing to tribe we have been trying
to locate should start for the coast
In the airship, and the rest of the
crowd should go with the cages, and
all round up at place on the coast
in three weeks, when we could catch
boat for Hamburg. Germany. So
we got the airship ready and made gas
enough to last us week, and filled
the tank that furnishes the power for
the screw wheel with gasoline. and in
a couple of days we were ready to let
her 60 Gallagher.
1t was sad parting for Pa, cause
all the captured animals wanted to
shake hands with him, and some OF
acted more human than solne of the
white men, and when the cages were
all hitched up and ready to move, and
the negroes had been paid off, and
given drink of rum and zebra sand
wich, Mr.. Hagenbach embraced Pa
and Pa got up on the framework of
the ship and took hold Of the gear,
and we got on and Pa told them to cut
her loose, and a little after daylight
We sailed away towards the coast, and
| left the bunch we had been with so
long with moistened eyes. Pa sa-
luted the crowd and throwed kiss
to the big ourang-outang, which had
become almost like brother to Pa,
the driver whipped up the horses and
oxen hitched to the cages, and as the
procession ratified along to the main
road going south, Pa said "Good-by,
| ill we meet again." and just then the
wind changed and in spite of all Pa
could do the airship turned towards
The north and run like a scared wolf
The wrong way.
The procession had got out of sight
Or Pa would have pulled the string
|
down to the ground, but he realized
that if we landed alone we would
starve to death, and be eaten by wild
animals, so he let her sail, right away
from where we wanted to go, and we
oil said our prayers and prayed for
the wind to change.
Gee, but we sailed over a beautiful
| try fCr fUn nd
valleys and all kinds of animals in
sight all the time, but now we didn't
want any more animals cause we had
no place to keep them. But the ami
mails all seemed to want u.s.. The lions
we passed over would roar at us, the
tigers would snarl, the hyenas would
laugh at Pa, the zebras on the plains
we passed over would race along with
us and kick up their heels like colts
in pasture, and the cowboy stood
straddle of the bamboo frame and
Just itched to throw his lasso over a
fine zebra, but Pa told him to let 'em
alone, cause we didn't want to be de
tanned
We passed over rivers where hippo
poiamuses were as thick as suckers
in a spring freshet, and they looked
at JUS as though they wouldn't do g
thing to the airship if we landed ir
their midst.
We passed over rhinoceroses with
horns bigger than any we had ever
seen, and we passed over herd o
more than 100 elephants, and they al
give us the laugh.
We passed over gnus, and spring
boks and deer of all kinds, and wher
d they heard the propeller of the air
ship rattle they would look up ant
snort and run away in all directions
Some CRATES were feeding in the tree