The Cairo bulletin., 1914-08-22

IF It weren't for his shocking clotneS
and his horrid beard | really believe ne
would bc-handsome." mused Pauline.
"A very low sort OF person, I'm afraid
commented Hicks. a bad man, if I'm
judge OF one"
"He seems TO agree with you He sings
a song to that effect. Hank! l think he's
singing II now"
And, as they listened, there came from
the open door Of the cabin the cooks eX
pressive voce-a voice with poses, move
ments and scenes in 1t that gave bll,ter
and go' to the llmsy little song:
There is nothing much absurder
Than the ban we put on murder;
If do not STAY a score or more year,
It's because I am so busy
With the kidnapping of frizzy
Queens and princesses when papa isn't
near"
With the last line the voice sounded
nearer and the desperate prisoner Of the
galley" came shutting along the deck, his
total abandonment OF all sprightly graaes,
his utter shabbiness making a queer con-
trast to the vivid voice.
"Heyi l thought that Teller was locked
in the stoke hole. This amt right Keep
him off me-" whined Boyd.
The cook kept on until his face was
close to the pirates, while the latter
trembled in abject fear,
Dinner ready" said the cook softly.
Next moment he was dragging his lazy
feet off down the deck, while the incon-
gruous voice sounded the chorus:
I'm a bad-mad my dear.
I'm a spotter and plotter and know the
use of queer
But to bogus pirates. mostly, | delight to
tie the can.
Pm a bad--ma-a.d mani"
The cook had become an ominous and
impressive figure on the yacht.
81 see why he wanted to frighten US
so," said Pauline as she meekly put aside
the nicely burned fish that Filipo had
placed before her. "IIe doesn't know how
to cook, and he is protecting himself"
They managed to get through the meal
by the aid of the canned meats and vege-
tables.
"As was sayin'. about the gorilla be-
gan Boyd WHO had the freedom Of the
wine cups with his dinner and become in
spired with the ardor OF Narration, "he
was two ton weight IL he was a pound
and oyercomed him."
No one made sound and Boyd grasped
his opportunity.
you remember me tellin' ye, Miss, how
the Baraboo was wrecked off West Afriky
an all on board-barrin' meself-Went
down.
We'll amt sayin' where that coast
o. Afriky Is, becuz | don't know; but |
know / run straight into the anumal king
DOM mean queendom. For she WAS
queen"
"Who was q queen?" asked Polly.
DOLORES, the Queen O. the Monkeys"
replied Blinky. ''The most amazing beau
tiful woman, Miss-barrin' yerself-.hat
ever walked this here world"
sand how did you meet herr"
81 met her through her guardjian-I
was proper INTERRUPTED" said Boyd.
~ was surprised an sad, Miss, to have
saw nothin' but monkeys In three days
walkin' through the jungle. SO when
aears yell, like a livin vcice--hut not
much like It'll gets inqustiye
"'Sun-dub. Sun-dub, Sun-duD,' yells the
voice.
$50 I answers It the same way. Sun
dub, Sundub.' says. I'm hU~ is there
anythin' in the icebox, or h. her ben
home?'
Suddenly feels meself & bed by
me ankles an mex minute I'm whizzin
round the head O. the biggest gorilla We
ever seen.
~ am preparin' calm to be throwed
over to the coast or ct alive when hears
another voice-a lady's voice, from away
back in the jungle.
"'Sun-dub, it calls. 'Sun.dub.'
1.-THE beast drops me an goes scramblin'
into the bush. comm back quick with a
lady leadin' him, quiet as lamb.
"She comes over to me an, by the way
she talked to Sun-dub, ! knew she was
rebukin him fer his manners.
"She was tall-almost as tall as Sun
duh an her akin Was hrOWO an her drpcq
was a buno4 . leaves. She tells me TO
come over 10 the house an have bite
to eat"
"Oh, then you could speak her Ian.
guage?" asked Pauline.
mot quite, Miss but we tried every
thin either of us knowed, an We found
five or ten words o Portuguese that AID
the trick.
Her house was in the top OF tree
some half-mle high, / should say. Sun.
dub carries me up, bein' very polite ell OF
a sudden A thousand monkeys, all sizes
and shapes, Is iabberin' and chatterin' on
the ground.
"Well, Miss, / lived there fourteen
months, an by then I knowed enough and
she knoWCd enough, so we talked together
She was the Queen of that there monkey
country, so long as she stayed. She'd
been left there-she didn't know when
an the beasts they captured her. They
thought their country nd go to wreck if
she left EN-. So they had Sun-dub watch
her.
"'IIed kill me in minute she says,
If l started to CO.
Il didn't care nothn. fer meself: but
/ did want to save that innocent young
child from beiH' a Queen any more. Be-
sides me clothes was were out aE | vas
wearin q nice suit o leaves, like hers, an
| was accumulatin' a most tremeniu3
thirst like now, Miss, only muc worser.'
laughing