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A Sight which I shall Never Forget

           Icallthemapes,buttheycarriedsticksandstonesintheirhandsandjabberedtalktoeachother,andendedupbytyin’ourhandswithcreepers,sotheyareaheadofanybeastthatIhaveseeninmywanderin’s.Ape-menthat’swhattheyareMissin’Links,andIwishtheyhadstayedmissin’.Theycarriedofftheirwoundedcomradehewasbleedin’likeapigandthentheysataroundus,andifeverIsawfrozenmurderitwasintheirfaces.Theywerebigfellows,asbigasamanandadealstronger.Curiousglassygrayeyestheyhave,underredtufts,andtheyjustsatandgloatedandgloated.Challengerisnochicken,butevenhewascowed.Hemanagedtostruggletohisfeet,andyelledoutatthemtohavedonewithitandgetitover.Ithinkhehadgoneabitoffhisheadatthesuddennessofit,forheragedandcursedatthemlikealunatic.IftheyhadbeenarowofhisfavoritePressmenhecouldnothaveslangedthemworse."

           "Well,whatdidtheydo?"Iwasenthralledbythestrangestorywhichmycompanionwaswhisperingintomyear,whileallthetimehiskeeneyeswereshootingineverydirectionandhishandgraspinghiscockedrifle.

           "Ithoughtitwastheendofus,butinsteadofthatitstartedthemonanewline.Theyalljabberedandchatteredtogether.ThenoneofthemstoodoutbesideChallenger.You’llsmile,youngfellah,but‘ponmywordtheymighthavebeenkinsmen.Icouldn’thavebelieveditifIhadn’tseenitwithmyowneyes.

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