The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26

At last the fever abated, and the boy
commenced TO mend. No complaint
passed his tight set lips, though the
pain Of his wounds was exc~ruciating.
A portion of his chest was laid bare
to the ribs, three OF which had been
broken by the mighty blows of the
gorilla: one arm was nearly severed
by the giant fangs, and Il great piece
had been torn from his neck, exposing
his jugular vein, which the cruel jaws
had missed but by a miracle.
After what seemed an eternity to
the little sufferer he was once more
able to walk, and from then on his re-
covery was rapid, so that In another
month he was as strong and active as
ever
During his convalescence he had
gone over In his mind many times the
battle with the gorilla, and his first
thought was to recover the wonderful
little weapon which had transformed
him from a hopelessly outclassed
weakling to the superior Of the mighty
terror Of the jungle.
Also he was anxious to return to the
cabin and continue his Investigations
of the wondrous contents.
So early n morning he set forth
alone upon his quest. After a little
bones of his late adversary, and close
by, partly buried beneath the fallen
leaves. he found the knife, now red
with rust from its exposure to the
dampness Of the ground and from the
dried blood Of the gorilla.
He did not like the change In its for.
mer bright and cleaning surface, but
1t was still a formidable weapon and
one which he meant to use to advan.
tage whenever the opportunity present,
ed itself. He had In mind that no more
would he run from the wanton attacks
of old Tublat.
In another moment he was ut the
cabin. and after a short time had again
thrown the latch and entered. His first
concern was to learn the mechanism Of
lu6 iOth, uDu thlo nC olu W CAuhtiiiiiS
It closely, while the door was open so
that he could learn precisely what
caused 1t to hold the door and by what
means 1t released at his touch.
He found that he could close and
lock the door from within, and this he
did so that there would be no chance
of his being molested while at his In
vestigations.
He commenced a systematic search
Of the cabin: but his attention was 0 o
riveted by the books which seemed to
exert a strange and powerful influence
him, so that he could scarce attend
to aught else for the lure Of the won
drous puzzle which their purpose pre-
scented to him.
Among the other books were a
primer. some child's readers, umerou
picture books and a great dictionary.
All Of these he examined; but the pic.
lures caught his fancy most. though
the strange little bugs which covered
the pages where there were no pic.
lures excited his wonder and deepest
thought.
In his hands was a primer opened
at a picture Of a little ape similar to
himself. but covered. except for hands
and face, with strange colored fur. for
such he thought the jacket and trous-
ers to be.
Beneath the picture were three little
bugs:
BOY.
And now he had discovered In the
text upon the page that these three
repeated many times In the same
sequence.
Another fact he learned. and that
was that there were comparatively
few individual bugs. But these were
repeated many times, occasionally
alone. but more often In company with
Slowly ne turned the pages. scan
ming the pictures and the text for q
repetition Of the combination boy.
Presently he found Il beneath a picture
another little ape and a strange
animal which went upon four legs like
the jackal and somewhat resembled
him. Beneath this picture the bugs
appeared as
a Soy AND a Oo0.
There they were. the three little
bub1 which always accompanied the
And Z - progressed very. very