South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-08

lie interrupted himself to acquaint
with his discovery his two brother
keepers who came running up. nav
ing recaged the Hamadryas baoo0n
That had attracted attention TO him
I self by screaming from the gallery.
But what kind Of an ape was
Babo p" asked Poe feeling privi-
legged through his work in assisting
/ with the recaging OF the monkeys.
"Oh he was a bad one. said the
/ first keeper We haven't had him
more than a week. He was 70 be
/ shipped TO America He was big
brute. four feet high, an Orang-
utan: strong enough 10 twist off
that big lock 20 his cage. you will
notice. Weighed one hundred and
forty pounds. Just came from
Borneo. seemed 20 be half tame.
/ but vicious: You never can tell about
those orang-utans They fought
him from a native. The largest ever
caught. worth "A thousand dollars
or more. II will mean our jobs, the
losing Of him"
And here's another little loss,
answered Poe soberly. taking the
rod from the second keeper and
pointing 10 the hole in the croco-
dies head
"Aein Gott"' cried the head keep
or. the second keeper and the as
sistant in a commissioning chorus.
liz was easy TO see how the ami
mai had been killed.
"Ach." cried the head keeper,
.Babo must have twisted off his
lock. released his monkey friends
i'm the big vivarium and then leap
ed for the window in the back.
through which ne escaped. He must
have stumbled over the low fence
Co the sunken pond here; I have al
ways feared it myself The croco-
die. excited by the fire and all,
must have snapped at him ard Ba-
DO. maddened. struck him through
the head full force with the steel
rod he had jerked from the win
dow"
But that means BabO must have
gone 10 the window first ant pro
cured the steel bar" objected Poe
you can't explain it that way; he
wouldn't be likely to go to the win
dow and take out the steel bar and
come back to kill the crocodile
with it
no 1t doesn't seem so. But. ach,
cried the head keeper, here Is an
other five hundred dollars gone. 1t.
is "a rare Asiatic crocodile, lives only
in salt water"
Better hoist it out warned Poe,
as the crocodiles were still flashing
about. now and again striking with
their tails the dead carcass, "or the
hide won't be worth mounting
The suggestion was acted upon at
once and a few minutes later, by
the aid of pole or two and some
rope tackle. the monster lay with
out the enclosure.
Poe suddenly found himself alone
beside the ugly form on the floor
The keepers had been interrupted
by policemen and interested agents
of the company, who had been adj
mitted TO the building AS he
stopped to examine the mouth he
gave a sudden start Where the
/ scalloped edges of the jaws joined
ne had noticed blood and thought it
came from the wound But now he
realized his mistake and. looking
around TO make sure that ne was
not observed, carefully took the
clean end of the window bar and
pried open the huge mouth. He
swayed back at the astonishing
sight that presented itself. Then,
controlling himself in a second, aft
er passing a wavering hand through
his hair. the helmet having topped
off. ne made a quick convert mo-
ton. SOCK something from between
the ugly jaws of the monster, wrap
ped the object dexterously in two
handkerchiefs and slipped il into
| his coat pocket, a strange thought
/ full expression coming into his in
tense violet eyes, lips and eyebrows
/ twitching in thought.
/ TO BE CONTINUED WEDNESDAY
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