HOME AGAIN. 



Standing over the prostrate figure, the gorilla stared around In the jungle, uttering 

 his resonant roar, as if to say that if there were any more human beings who wished 

 to dispute his sovereignty of the jungle he was ready for them. 



He did not have to wait long, for it so happened that Jack Harvey was pushing 

 his way among the trees, drawn thither by the cry of the gorilla, which was quite near 

 him. 



As he came in sight he saw the creature standing over the motionless figure, 

 and he needed nothing more to tell him that poor Hargo was beyond all suffering. 



The beast still held the gun, and, as if in the pure wantonness of strength, he bent 

 it over in a half circle, apparently with no more effort than if it were a thin pipe of 

 lead. 



The Texan stopped while fifty feet distant, and leveled his Winchester at the 

 gorilla, which began advancing toward him. Jack did not wait for him to lessen 

 the space, but let fly the instant he was sure of his aim, and with such accuracy 

 that the first ball bored its way through the heart of the monster, who went to the 

 earth very much as the victims of Bob Marshall's marksmanship had done a brief 

 time before. 



The hunter ran forward and stooped over the figure of Hargo. He knew before 

 doing so that he was past help, and he was stirred with sorrow for the unfortunate 

 victim of the animal's ferocity. 



In order to protect the body from wild beasts, Jack decided to stay by it until it 

 could be removed. He uttered the signal agreed upon, and had to wait only a short 

 time when, to his astonishment, Gyp and Bob appeared, carrying the captive gorilla 

 between them, suspended in the net supported on a pole, with the little one as savage 

 and defiant in its way as its parent had been. 



Gyp and Bob were shocked by the fate of their attendant, but he was killed 

 beyond remedy, and all that remained was to carry his body to the boat and thence 

 down the river to King William. 



It was a difficult task, but it was accomplished at last, the party reaching the 

 town the following day with the remains and the young gorilla in good con- 

 dition. Bob and Jack distributed a liberal sum of money among Hargo's nearest 

 relatives, whose gratitude seemed to be more pronounced than their grief for the 

 loss of their friend. 



The two hunters decided that their work in Equatorial Africa was finished, and 

 they now desired to leave the country with the least possible delay. They were 

 hopeful of finding some vessel bound across the Atlantic to America ; but they were 

 disappointed, and, after waiting several days, took ship to the Cape of Good Hope. 

 There they secured passage by way of Calcutta for England. 



At Cape Town, the horses which they had left were taken on board, and the run 

 up the Indian Ocean was begun in the highest spirits on the part of both. " Dick," the 

 chimpanzee, and " Bob," the gorilla, were in excellent condition, and theis captors 

 were hopeful of landing both in America in the best of health and vigor. 



The gorilla seems to be absolutely untamable. My old friend Du Chaillu telk 



