New Britain herald., 1924-12-08
v - THE BLUE MONKEY
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CorrtEan Is the proprietor or the orang- -Pnteh estate in Borneo. Mill lett. newly arrived from Singapore, Is his third assistant. Awakened early one morning by the mysterious barking of their yellow dog, Panus, Corrigan and Millett so into the sitting room of Corriean's bunga- low for a chat, A magnificent blue monkey leaps into the room and they make 1t captive.
 Later Corrigan learns that a sacred blue monkey has been stolen from the temple of a native religious cult and that thousands of the fanatics are vowlng vengeance on the thief Going back to his bungalow he finds Panus outside with mud-caked body and bloody paws. In the house he first sees the remains of the blue monkey. Mil- let's room is torn up and Millett's bed is empty. The cook-boy lies prone on the floor, hls throat cut from ear to ear. Suspecting Millett has been kidnapped, Corrigan fol- lows the dog Panus into the jungle night.
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 But the dog Panus the hound of nameless race -- seemed to have found a second wind. In the depths Of the virgin jungle, now that the open lands had been left behind, the Engllshman could discover no trace of the native raiders who had spirited his assistant from his bungalow; but the yellow dog clung to their scent with dogEed persis- tence. Times without number. in the long stretches of almost tm- passable undergrowth, seri ous doubts rose In Corrigan's mind as 10 the accuracy of the route by which the dog was leading him - only to find irrefutabe proofs In the soft earth of a clearing, of ! recognized forest track; in the marshy ground by the bed of stream.
 He paused for breath, resting one hand on forest giant, and saw by the dial at his wrist watch that dawn was only matter of minutes away fifteen at the most. Panus raced back llong the path he had been following, seized his trouscrs in his teeth and tugged at him till the material .ore. The planter looked down at the animal from his great height and smiled faintly'
 I'm nearly done, ole son." he muttered, gulring i'll great draughts Of air.
 The dog raised itself on it's hind legs, paved for second in the air, then wheeled once more on to the track. Corrigan braced himself for final effort - and staggered after it.
 A hundred yards - and he halt ed, listening. He thought he had caught sound borne on the breeze - the sound of gutteral voices ris- ing above the incessant murmur Of jungle noises. As the dog came bounding back, he hooked a finger through the ring of his collar and advanced with caution in the direc- ton from which the sound had come. The creature strained like greyhound at the leash -- and Cor rigan shifted his grip On to the broad band of the collar itself.
 He listened again. Somewhere very close at hand, men were talk ing in the discordant Dusun dia- feet he partly understood. Like an inspiration it flashed upon him that the extra sense In which he placed his faith had not failed him; he realized, too, that the night was slipping away and the hour ot dawn was almost come.
 Clinging to two trees that rose with amazing straightness like pill lars fashioned in stone, he gazed before him into an open space, natural temple enclrcled by trunks from which the lower branches had been cut away A score of half nude, skinned natives lay prone before a stone altar, long and narrow, shaped like an Egyptian sarcophagus. At either end rose jagged monolith in which worn metal ring was imbedded. The ring at the right hand end of the altar held only a dozen links of rusted chain; but to the opposite stone was tethAred an enormous blue monkey, a replica of the creature for whom his assistant had caused a house to be made.
 A white man, bare to the waist lsv outstretched in the light Of torch of which the rezinous fumes rose to the heavens. His hands were secured beneath him, Corrigan could see the leathern thongs that gripped his feet. The planters heart stood still. His free hand closed over the handle of his automatic 4 native in a conical hat of plaited rotan held knife. the point ot which rested on Mllletts heeH
 inst over his heart; he appeared to be gazing toward the east and pres ently Corrigan saw that a dark figure swung in the topmost branches - waiting for the hrst bright streak to give the sigma! 10 i the man below.
 Corrigans strength was returning 10 him in great waves. A mist rolled from his brain. He leVeled hls weapon carefully
 The atmosphere was fraught with a sense of hideous expectancy Tn. blue monkey strained at the chain which held him from tearing at the intended sacrifice. Suddenly, as the figure in the