OKDEK II. Ql'AlMa.MANA. IJ 



" Kaka was of a large species, standing five awl a lialf feet high wlicn 

 erect, and presenting a pretty good s]iccinien of pliysical dcvehipmcnt. As 

 I saw him enter the room, looking so ugly and dangerous, I instinctively 

 clapped my hand to my pistol. Perhaps you will imagine the suspicion 

 which Iiad already Hashed upon me. This Ijrute, and not the knidmutger, 

 had killed the zemindar. Crouching behind the taMc, and remaining per- 

 fectly still, we watched the fellow's movements. ^Vs he entered the room 

 he stood erect upon liis legs and gazed upon the bed ; then he went to the 

 closet, and opened the door, and took down the dressing-case, the contents 

 of which he overhauled almost as systematically as a man would have done. 

 Presently lie uttered a h)ud cry, and dashed the case upon the floor, and 

 then sprang towards the bed. He seized the clothing and tore it off, chat- 

 tering'' and gnashing his teeth in a most frightful manner. Coverlets, 

 sheets, pillows, and mattresses came oft" in quick succession ; and \\li(ii 

 the brute found that he was only spending his rage upon inanimate sub- 

 stances, he caught one of the pillows and tore it into fragments, scattering 

 the feathers over the room. 



"I could bear the scene no longer. As the ape moved back, after 

 having rent the pillow, he stood directly in the moonlight, and I tliinlc I 

 never beheld a more savage and repulsive looking monster. I carefully 

 raised my pistol above the table and aimed it at his head. I am not apt to 

 miss my mark, and I did not do so in this instance. As I fired, the fellow 

 reeled and clapped both his hands to his ears. In an instant I was upon 

 my feet, with my sword drawn, and before the brute could recover himself, 

 I had run him through the heart. 



"By this time the family was aroused, and in a little while wc were 

 investigating the subject of the nuuxlcr under the light of this new and 

 wonderful circumstance. One look at the feet of the ape enaljled nic to 

 account for the curious blood prints which I had attributed to the haml 

 of a man. There were the very outlines and proportions which had been 

 stamped upon the floor. And now, t(jo, I coulil account for the breaking 

 of the shank, and for the mass of hair that had been pulled from the head 

 of the murdered man. Iloosian's widow, as soon as she saw the body of 

 Kaka, and heard our story, cried out that the ape luid killed her husliand. 

 She informed us that Kaka had been in the habit of seeing his master 

 shave, and that several times he had been found with the razor in hand, 

 standing before the mirror. Then she told us what Ben Abl)as had already 

 communicated — how that Hoosian had whipped the ape severely, and that 

 the brute thereupon ran into the woods. 



''On the following morning the native ofllccrs were called in, and after a 

 very short consultation, it was decided that Gholam was innocent, and that 



