The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
Tramp Steamers Cook Adopted
by Balloons in Africa.
Rescued by Boats Crew-Later He
Disappears and Is Believed to
Have Answered to the Call
of the Wild.

New York.-Here is yarn for your
whiskers, mate. Believe it or not, but
all the Off GERS of the British Tramp
Midair. which few days ago was ly-
ing over in South Brooklyn, are willing
to take oath as to it's truthfulness.
They declare that the strange events
as related by Second Mate Brownlee,
acting as spokesman for the rest. are
Just as they happened.
I'VE had a cook" began the second
mate. 81 say had for he is not with
us now. But this hero cookie. who
was Hindu, was the best cook we
ever had. 1t took us some time to
get used to his countenance, for never
did a man wear such a mask for
face as that Hindu boy. And 1t was
because of this face of his'n that
brought about this strange adven-
ture.
I'VE touched In at Zanzibar, on the
West African coast, and the cook and
three of the Lascar crew went ashore
In search fsome herbs that they
use for making medicine for them
velves. WE'LL the day wore along.
and no sign of the cook and the
Lascars
The old man finally got worried
about not having a cook, and told me
20 take a couple of men and go find
cookie. We started out toward the
Jungle, thinking that the cook and the
Lascars. having got tired picking
herbs, curled up and went to sleep
Just as we arrived on the edge OF
the jungle we saw the two Lascars
who had accompanied the cook run
ming toward us with their eyeballs
sticking out of thei rheads.
1t seems as how the cook and the
two Lascars were searching about
for herbs when they heard LOUD
chattering about them, and wher
they looked up they saw about Al
balloons sitting in row and watch
ing them.
The balloons were particularly In
terested In cookie And | might sa!
right here that cookie was the near
est approach to baboon In human
form that | have ever beheld. H,
was that missing link Darwin wa
looking for. The balloons did no
pay much attention to the tw,
Lascars.
Suddenly the leader of the baboon
ran over and took hold of cookie an
4 began to yammer away in baboo
lingo. All the other balloons cam
over to cookie and completely SUI
4 rounded him. They paid no after
| ton whatever to the two Lascar'
When the Lascars tried tc rescu
cookie the balloons went after theI
like fury.
The next morning we started OF
a big party to find cookie. Into tn
Jungle we went for about five mile
g yelling our lungs out. Finally far
p the distance we heard an answerin
shout and knew that we were nea
: ing the kidnapped one. Finally W
It came into a clearing in the jungle an
there in the center of an admiring CT
Gle of balloons sat cookie. In frol
of him wasNa pile of nuts and fru
that those balloons had gathered ar
/
Y sort of baboon king.
" He had found that they would NJ
hurt him, and the baboon life so
Of appealed to him. We had to sa
j. into those balloons right smart befo
% they would bulge an inch, and | &
cookie by the back of the neck al
II started back for the ship.
ut was not long before all the {
.. Hcers on the ship were wishing tn
we had left the cook with the baboor
u He got SO he didn't care how
l. cooked any more. Those balloons hi
&c spoiled him sure. He felt Of great Il
portance, and the old man decid
IL he would get another cook at the fir
port we made.
4 well. we put in up the coast
and that very night cookie went ov
the side and disappeared. He new
d showed up again. and we didn't mai
any effort to dad him. We have cor