The Washington times., 1934-06-20

ing OF the chest was omlnouS-a
would be different in q gorilla tn
and subject to discipline. He sal
The trouble is we're not his
master" she objected. THAT
big brute may think we've
made way with him."
It was not q pleasant Situa-
ton. Linda would be afraid to
leave the premises and she would
not let Jerome leave her. The
nights would be still more filled
with terror for her. The father
Of the tribe was evidently not
satisfied with the new Adam
and his Eve as caretakers for
their Garden Of Eden.
Linda said dismally, "If I so
much as take q nap here on the
verandah one Of the bad boys Of
the family is apt to slip up and
yank off what little clothes
have left. Not that it would
matter much"
Jerome was thinking hard.
"'You stand well with mother
and the two younger children.
The chances are that papa and
the older boys, If any will hear
about the handout and come
round to cadge a little sugar."
"It'S a. wonder they don't get
after the chickens and eggs and
fruit"
It'd say they'd been trained to
leave the premises alone. They
might not be able to resist tools
and things though"
Linda nodded. There was
something about the way
mother slapped her older little
boy and then cleared out: AS
if she really had no business
here and knew it. I'll bet that
nobody has ever been as glad
to see this proprietor as I'll be
when and if he comes back"
Don't worry, Linda. He's
probably taught these pets Of
his to behave. He may be work.
ing on some theory to develop
their intelligence. Stealing our
clothes looks like that. And
wearing them, still more So"
Constant Threat
They got their breakfast and
the day wore on. But now they
found themselves confined close
ly to the premises with the
feeling that these would be
sanctuary, at least from hostile
violence. No place, however
beautiful, to which one may be
limited can long preserve its
attractiveneSS. There was not
enough to do. Linda was not
interested in the library Selec-
tion. She was reassured when
Jerome found some descriptive
matter about gorillas and read
it to her. These great apes had
been maligned by African ex-
plorers and hunters. Later re.
ports on their character were
far more encouraging. Baboons
were the only real bad actors
Of the Simian family.
Linda was taking her siesta
with Jerome on guard reading
when his prophecy about the
elder males was fulfilled. He
had not heard a sound. Even
the big macaw that did not
seem to care for their society,
but came and went as if feeling
obliged to keep an eye on them
occasionally, had flown off with
disparaging cries.
The first that Jerome was
aware Of any visitor was the
strange musky smell that he
had got through jealousies the
night before. It was not the
fetid odor In the monkey house
Of q zoo but more like that Of
some Sickish sweetly noxious
plant. Yet one knew instantly
that its origin was not vege-
table but animal.
jerome could feel his hair
criSping a little at the nape Of
his neck. Standing nearly erect
and almost within reach Of him
stood an enormous and mag
nificent specimen Of Equatorial
African gorilla. The huge brute
must have been a full six feet in
height when drawn up straight,
and its dimensions Of chest and
limbs and abdomen were, from
the human scale, diSpropor-