The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
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venture of two midshipmen or appren-
ticess aboard the British steamship
Kaisenga of the Buckneli line, which
docked yesterday after a trip from
Africa, was related by the mate of
the freighter and confirmed by the
midshipmen, Gerald II Griggs. who
offered his photograph as evidence,
and Clarence w Home. They ask
ed respectfully forglgcopies of the
newspapers that might print the pic
ture and spin theHyarn. which the.-
suspected was a. pretty good one.
In the seven days the Kalsenga was
anchored off Monbasa the midship-
men had little or nothing to do and
they decided to go into the jungle
and capture a few wild creatures to
sell in this port. Horne had a rifle,
but Griggs was unarmed. They had
penetrated the wi1ds several miles
when a troop of more than hundred
baboons, some seemingly four feet
tailor long--rushed out ut them.
Horne fired a ftw ineffective shots
and ran In a moment Griggs. who
lis only 19 and had had therefore few
sea adventures, was surrounded by
the troop. He shouted for his friend,
but the latter was out of hearing,
bound for the shore to get help.
They Were a Friendly Crowd
Griggs says he noted that the ba-
boons were not inclined to modest
him so long as he made no effort to
leave them. The moment he at
tempted to follow his shipmate they
barred his way and made uncanny
noises, showing their teeth and
thrusting their arms out at him.
Their leader, an enormous ape, nearly
as big as gorilla made signs to
the troop, and they started marching
into the jungle. Griggs decided mas
much as he was surrounded, that he
had better move with the procession,
and thus one OF his majesty's mer-
chant midshipmen was abducted.
That night Griggs slept in the
Jungle with the troop around him.
They seemed to regard him as a SUI
perior sort of baboon ana made no
effort to harm him. They plucked at
his clothing occasionally and that
was the only thing they did do ex-
cepr to block his way when he tried
to shape course toward the coast.
He began to wonder whether he
might not be able to get along as the
king of the balloons. In the morning
the troop set out again with ,Griggs
in the midst of them.
A good looking girl baboon who
nad taken a fancy to the midshipman
supplied him with fruit. He says it
is not true that the girl baboon by
the light of the moon had habit OF
combing her golden hair. In the first
place, old chap, the baboon had no
golden hair, and in the second place,
she had no comb; and there, you see,
the statement is absurd on its face.
Pipe All Hands to the Rescue
When Horne got back to the ship
and told how the balloons had carried
away Griggs, Chief officer Wallace
Webster organized a searching party,
including a band of natives, and they
got on the trail of Grggs. They were
equipped, the mate says, with Rom
an candles, skyrocketh and cayenne
pepper. The fireworks were to scare
the baboons, and the pepper was to
be burned to make them sneeze
When a baboon sneezes, it appears,
it loses all interest in life except the
enjoyment of the a-choee-God bless
you.
1t was daylight when the searching
party came across the troop, so 1t
was not necessary to set off fire.
works. They burned the red pepper,
and while the balloons were making
the welkin tremulous, Midshipman
Griggs walked off and joined his
friends. They wanted to shoot a
few baboons, but Griggs asked them
please not to, as he didn't like the
dea of killing the kind little baboon |
he golden hairless one that had fed
lim with bananas.
To all of which doth the mate GER
.ify.