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ran across the roof, jiunped into the trees in front of 

 the hotel and played about with a large audience of 

 natives looking on. She always loved a crowd before 

 which she could show off. From where I sat I 

 watched her for a while and thought there was no 

 danger of her running away. Finally she left the 

 trees, jumped on the roof again and ran across the 

 building to the back of the hotel out of my sight, 

 Osa following. 



In a few minutes Osa came dashing back. "My 

 God!" she cried. "I have just seen Kalowatt 

 electrocuted. She jiunped on two live wires on the 

 side of the hotel. I saw a puff of smoke. Then she 

 himg limp to the wires." At this Osa fainted. I 

 left her with Percival. 



I rushed out and saw Kalowatt hanging there, still 

 gripped to the wires about fifteen feet above the 

 alley. A large crowd of gaping natives stood 

 around, some of them grinning. I simply went 

 crazy when I saw this, and crazier than ever when 

 one of the blacks broke out laughing. Losing all 

 semblance of control, I waded into the mob and 

 knocked the negroes right and left. While I was 

 doing this a doctor who was staying at the hotel came 

 out to see what was wrong. I knocked him down too. 

 The cook came out carrying a bucketful of water; I 

 knocked him down. 



I went back to the hotel. Osa had been carried 



