The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-28

bring q MONKEY to MS senNch I
II will take him over 10 Singapore next MeeE
said Lc.ohn and from there will get boat u
Colombo and then ship BY the Messageries Mari
times to Paris Five thousand francs week. Dutch
men, You VIII read OF me. Mon Dieu! .Gesiu, J qu
will read OF Pierre Lesohn-ProessoF Pierre Lesohn
and his trained oran outang seg ,..e
Schreiber halted in Ris recital \ wind came out
OF the China sea charged down upon the jungls
and ,lashed the frouds of the big palms like reg'
ment Of cuirassicr, laundering through space. II
died away suddenly leaving an atmosphere Of weird
expectancy that put one nerves tension. The
night seemed to listen for something that it knew
coming
Go on" | cried, cxcitedy Tell me- Tell me
what happened
-Four days after that night said Schneider, quiet
H. Il pulled down The Samaritan When cames1n
front of esohns bungalow called out TO him, but
got no answer. lie is in the forest said to my
self, i will go UP the hut and get drink II was
q mighty hot day and the Samaritan is not suni-
mcr resort Mem 1t is not.
Did YOU eve feel that silence be too much
silence Sometimes u the Jungle feel a hush that
is NOT nice 1t WAS here night when the veriniliQh
snake escaped. Often in the forest it chokes tht
whistle Of the cieada aud it to stop the little
blades OF grass from waving jah! 1t is arrange
afraid but know that other things that can ftel IN
a way that cannot feel much afraid
at was that kind Of silence that feel when
wa, going mp the path to Lesohn's bungalow. II was
like ice upon my spine. Il came around me and
touched me like then thousand cold hands. am nor
imaginative no but in the jungle one gets skin
that feels and sees and hears And my skin mas
working overtime just then 1t was telling my brain
something that my brain could not understand
a walked on my toes through the mangtoss
bushes at the top of that path. know nor why
bur did was near to making discovery
knew that ! stopped and peeped through tht
branches and saw something tiott! Yes saN
something that made me reach ont for the news that
nv skin was trying tell me. ! knew, ana did
not know Do you understand chased that thing
all around in my brain and getting closer 70 i
each minute The things thought OF made il cone
closer and my lips got dry. ! thought o wat
Iesohn had done that orang, how ht bad ted iir
10 the tree and frightened him into 1T with tlie
cold stare OF that scaly-hacked crocodile and "1He
thought Of that watched the veranda OF the bune-
allow ! seemed to see that monkey tied to the tree
aad that iccle eye Looking at him from the mud and
thcn-why knew! 1t came on me like nash !
fell as if was hit with a sandbag
For three minutes could not move, then stag,
gered toward the veranda DO you know What wa.
with the Frenchmans rife and he was crying like
hdman
"'Whcrc is I.c ohm cried out Where is h"
And then ! laughed ike a msdnan at my own qnes-
ton Ny skin, flat was all eyes and ears, had told
me where Iesohn was, Jah' 1t was so.
Tile big miss sprapg pp on his feet and he looked
nj me iust as II he understood every word said. My
lees were as weak as two blades ol grass, had not
seen the thing done Ach 1t strange !
thought had dreamed about it. but then knew
hadn't 1t wa the silence and the crying ras, aud
something inside me which told me Is not good "
teach brute too much Where IS he' cried ont
again. Show me where he Is
"rbe oraug wiped the tears from his ugly blue
nose and touched nc with his BIG, hairy arm, spa
then he started 10 ,iamble towatd the uud banks
Where the Frenchuan had tied him 10 give him thai
litlr lesson in obedience
Il was sick then That atmosphere turned me al
inside down | knew what had happened Yes, !
knew My mind had peced things together like ttt
pieces OF picture puzzle ! knew what Lesohn has
done to the brute ! knew the initiative says d the
MAS and knew that Pierre was often drpnk--ytrt
onen drunk And theu there was the knowedss
whcl my skin had strained out Of the silence =
cold swear ran from me followed the orang, aHd
clutched the rifle tight as got near the mud bank
and looked around for something 10 conttm me
horror tia, my soul had sensed And the proof va
there 1t was coat sleeve tied to the tree where
the Frenchman had tied the mlas week before aud
Tie sleeve wasn't empty Nein The cords had beev
tied around tile wrist Of Pierre Lesoha. and the cord.
we're very strong They had stood The strain Of tps
null and--and it was there proof Of what had
happened
1T was ali 81 plain to Lesohu must have beer
drunk see Well while he was drunk it had CONT.
into the ugly head Of that brute 10 let Pierre sttls
thrill from the cice eye Of the scay backed devils IN
the mud He had tied I.e4ohn to the tree, and then
he got the rife and copied the Frcnehman by sIlhg
ON the veranta TO watch for the first one Of thosh
things that would find out that Pierre was helpless
+, was plsl--oh 50 plain 10 me But the Frensh-
man in educating that oranR. had forgotten TO teach
him how to load rifle 1t was unfortunsta WAS Il
not? The rife was empty, and when the dirty brates
came out OF the mud, the uas could nothing.
Gott no! He just fumbed with the breech and cFN
like human being i'll came along and then ii wss
too late ~