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For once I was the Hero

           "Tellme,now,"headded,withtheairofabishopaddressingaSunday-school,"didyouhappentoobservewhetherthecreaturecouldcrossitsthumboveritspalm?"

           "No,indeed."

           "Haditatail?"

           "No."

           "Wasthefootprehensile?"

           "Idonotthinkitcouldhavemadeoffsofastamongthebranchesifitcouldnotgetagripwithitsfeet."

           "InSouthAmericathereare,ifmymemoryservesmeyouwillchecktheobservation,ProfessorSummerleesomethirty-sixspeciesofmonkeys,buttheanthropoidapeisunknown.Itisclear,however,thatheexistsinthiscountry,andthatheisnotthehairy,gorilla-likevariety,whichisneverseenoutofAfricaortheEast."(Iwasinclinedtointerpolate,asIlookedathim,thatIhadseenhisfirstcousininKensington.)"Thisisawhiskeredandcolorlesstype,thelattercharacteristicpointingtothefactthathespendshisdaysinarborealseclusion.Thequestionwhichwehavetofaceiswhetherheapproachesmorecloselytotheapeortheman.Inthelattercase,hemaywellapproximatetowhatthevulgarhavecalledthe‘missinglink.Thesolutionofthisproblemisourimmediateduty."

           "Itisnothingofthesort,"saidSummerlee,abruptly."Nowthat,throughtheintelligenceandactivityofMr.Malone"(Icannothelpquotingthewords),"wehavegotourchart,ouroneandonlyimmediatedutyistogetourselvessafeandsoundoutofthisawfulplace."

           "Theflesh-potsofcivilization,"groanedChallenger.

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