The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-12

Tho Abyssinian goats. In their
sheds, babe him good evening with n
little bleat OF understanding which he
alone took In and which he answered
by Just breathing through his nos
trils, without stopping In his walk
The great waders, tho tall hsrons
played him "a sly little tune on the
castanets IL their long beai !.
But he would not 40 near the nor.
rlblo tribe Of low class monkeys with
prchensile tails, who were the scum
and tho disgrace Of the animal world
Every race has it's disgraccs. Amons
the members of the human race are
disgraceful troGlodytes who live In
with hair coming down to their heels
even as there arc astounding Eskimos
with sealskin legs and thighs.
But the low class monkeys with the
prehensile tails were the greatest dis
grace OF all! A man ape can mix with
all creation, from the highest to the
lowest. without losing caste; but not
with those! II he, . pithecanthrope
from the Forest Of BandonR, were "a
do that, no Oriental anthropoid would
ever forgive him: and Gabriel, II he
came 20 hear Of II. would snub him
f,atly.
H0 went TO the u-nOuo0. Tno IN
mates know that II was he by the
way In which he turned the koy IL
the lock. And there was n general
hs cot foot In the corridor. However
IL they were expecting. that evening
to have . good old palaver with
Balaoo, who always told Thorn such
extraordinary man-storiss. they w~rt
mistaken. His visit was brief. They
had hardly time to say how-do.you-
do and goodby. Balaoo walked out
again, leading by the hand . COM
panion Of almost his own size.
II was Gabriel. the great Asiatit
ape.
At first there was not a word OK
changed between them. Gabriel coult
Judge by Balaoo's attitude and silence
that his friend was full Of sorrow ant
trouble. He squeezed Balaoo'e hand
gently, to convey to him that, without
knowing the cause, he felt for him II
his grief.
A they turned by tho ssa-lions
pond, Gabriel tried to ask question
but Balaoo closed his mouth with Z
curt and impatient Woop! which
Gabriel, sesinG bis friend % upset
souesssd his hand once more. hsrdsl
"rouroo! IT'S good to feel Ii,
grasp Of . friends hand" though
Balaoo.
Balsoo had NO friends, no chums
among men. He dreaded familiarit,
AZ the greatest danger that threat
ened him. He hid his shame under ~
Incorporating pride.
Latterly. especially since tho las
two months. Il seemed to him q
though the time which no spent Will
Madeleine was being measured GU
to him grudgingly.
When he was not with Coriolis, VIII,
was his master, with Gertrude, VIII
was his servant, or with Zoo, who wa
his little slave. he was all alone-al
alone with tho thought OF MADELEINE
and his own shame.
Tho nights were terribly hard
OncC, when he had been finding som'
consolation In the company OF thu
great cats In tho lion-house. Gabriel
a newcomer behind the bars Of civil,
isation, lent n hattering ear to al
that Balaoo had said: and the though
occurred to Balaoo to make q frient
and comrade OF tho ape. He got OF
we'll with him. had much loss dim
Guilty than with the others In trans
lating what he called his man
thoughts into animal language. They
had common turns of speech. common
idioms that delighted them and
brought them within q milo OF theil
Forest Of Bandong.
Java, their wild and \mysteriou,
mother. had sent the Same blood
flowing through their veins.
Another thing that attracted Balaot
was that no realized. at the flrs
glance. all that could be made OF ar
tailor. To begin with, there Ii Z
cloLer resemblance between your an.
thropoid ape. with his straight noss
and his long. oval face. and a West.
ern man than between o Chinese. 10,
instance. and . gentleman from
Tunis. But this particular apo I,
found only In the Far East, near tho
Forest OF Bandong. and IL q cousin
OF the missing.link. or course. thu
latter Ia superior. for he unitei
within himself the three greatest
qualities In the world: the dexterit,
OF the Java apo. the strength OF Tho
gorilla and the intelligence OF man.
THE pithecanthropa In as handy
tho African gorilla. but not AZ clever
a. man." thought Balsoo. quite
java ape"
Gabriel believed everything that
Balaoo told him. and accepted hi
lead without question. This more.
over. was tho only condition or
which Balaoo consented. occasion.
ally. to take Gabriel out. In the might
OF men. to amuse him. And Gabrie
was not to growl when he got back
Once. when Gabriel did Rrowl. Oh
returning TO his cage. BalaoO gave
him q good shaking and swOre that
he should not see him again for two
months.
Balaoo did not want to have any
bothers. He could not take Gabrie
to COriOiis's. could he? And Gabriel
once outside hts cage. Was helpless
without Baiaoo. 80 no nonsense
Settled, once and for all. Touroo! Al
right!
PAlaoo was still holding Gabriel b,
the hand. Together they stole to the
dead.butterfiy house. Tho two Of
them had spent hours here chatting
sure OF remaining undisturbed. Il
was hero that Balaoo. before ventur.
Ing TO let Gabriel take his FIRST stepi
In tho night OF mon. gave him hi,
ANAL instructions and impaired hi
last lessons In behavior before q
pier glass that dated back to Nine
de Pompadour. And II was In an ole
wail-cupboard, In which Cuvier, al
likely az not, had kept his thinRp