Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY %, 1912


lust then the officer hurrying along. Hello,
Thompson. he said. coming up Whats all this row.
Il want this to go with me to the wireless station
the pier. explained the messenger for help. Hes
wanted there urgent business. There animals
loose a ship YOU know trouble
"The fellows crazy, Officer.
Better along" said the patroman "Thomp-
may have gone daft but he used to lie enough,
all right. III go Animals loose out at sea. That
sounds funny. You haven't been seeing things:
Gone along! snapped Thompson
Without further talk the three breasted the ind and
hu led toward the big piers she'd The wat hinan
waiting, ae.t now Interested wondering He too
seemed of events at the end Of the pier. Some
thing mysterious was doing out there, certainly. \ po
cernan, and Thompson, and suspicious looking char
acter al breathless all hustng through the tunstles
at two in the morning and such morning! He would
go along and see for himself A lifted its slender
fang the rail and drenched them. They hudclled
together for moment before going on and then made
final dash down to the yellow glowing partition of the
glass station, set like gem the long, thin finger Of
the pier
THEY found the operator strangely excited as had
seemed Thompson. He had covered several sheets
with disointed sentences, and at that moment
sending. When he threw back his switch, he began
hurried explanation of all that had transpired during
Thompsons absence:
Hes up against it enough. The steamer is
old tub and the engine is in bad shape When she
thrown about breaks happened ell at once. They had
their hands full trying to patch the steering gear when
the gorilla got loose lie decklt tore
free and smashed open. The t. led to fight the
least-thTee were wiped out in tvinsling, and the
rest broke for boat The engineer and stokers
barricadcd Glow; but they to lie parayzed with
fear The Captain was chased from the bridge to his
cabin. He got gun; but only wounded the brute.
Made him worse. | took all that from the operator
while the Captain getting his The Captains dead.
st niger IS sending from storage battery-the dy-
namo went out of commission with other breaks. \
feree situation Haven't heard anything from him in
twenty minutes. Afraid his Juice is running out. He
q beln
and the beast has the deck to himself Now here's the
chance, which explains his n,any crazy messages
long he keeps sending, he's all right The brute IS
afraid of the fash see' Twice the ape has up to
his window but each time has heen scared off.
Base9n tor the fist time regarded the crowd "lou
This, answered thompson, is Klueppcl the animal
man. known Prince Leonard the Lion King Now.
if you're real king of beasts Krueppe get busy think
ing how that operator rid himself of that gorilla
lr2agine yourself in his position like this
the pier ships deck, nothing hand to do murder
with. and a gorilla proving around outside. What
would you do! Tell us and Bascomll tell him. But
be quick about it,"
"if he can hold out till the Gladiator comes up
said Ras>om. "Eut she's fighting gale and can make
rnoIen ten miles hour
kueppel gized them stupidity. a was in that fix
once he said, with lion; but had five men to
help empty cage, ropes, and derrick; also
tn ned the hose on him..
ale hasn't an thing but such stuff is in this very
room, said Bascon, shaking his head ruefully "heres
gale hand too. remember that. If he could get in
think, Man Think pleaded thompson catching
the trainers shoulder give hundred miles there is
a helpless, waiting, and YOU advise him. It's
a miracle that we know of his plight. Now he's alone
facing that problem; and any minute in may break
that beast. Think! Use your head"
a don't know anything about wireless, said krueppel
timidly Couldn't he rig up something to
Hold on" commanded Baseon. Quiet
Thompson stood ready, pencil in hand but Bascom
wrote only word or two, and then leaned back
"Ihose chaps below have started the DYNAMO and
ready to send him current. He hasn't cut his
storage; but has rugged wire and short crcuited the
dynamo current to his window ratings. Getting ready