Show A LIVELY TIME AT SEA wh when the tha huge ape broke loose and tried to run the ship among the thrilling experiences that have happened on shipboard the ono one that befell captain 11 II L mckay is not the least remarkable captain mckay recounts the story himself in the new york world we were trading from singapore pon Bong akong kong and sm san francisco ata at a small place in borneo we had taken on a consignment of animals among which was a a huge orang eutana boutang that stood six feet on his bia hind bind legs I 1 thought the bars of his box were not very strong but the man in char charge 0 c of the animals lam laughed hed at my fears I 1 like lika all big apes captured in maturity Itu rity this fellow was stubborn and not eat cat the hungrier he got th the e more h he e raved and tore at his bars on the fourth day we ran nto a terrific hurricane it almost set the boat on its beam ends the I 1 storm increased the orang ou tangs fury and his yells became louder land louder about madni midnight 0 lit I 1 left the bridge 0 i jin in charge of lowrie the first mate jand and went below to try to get a wink of sleep I 1 had hardly closed my eyes when one of the sailors on watch carne came rushing in with his face ns as white as chalk the big apes broken loose I 1 he cried 1 I snatched up my gun gim and rushed on deck the wind almost took me off my feet and the seas were washing across the decks occasional flashes of lightning 0 lit ht up the night 1 I looked down from the brit bridge brithae lae 1 but could see no sign of the orang ou on tang then I 1 heard a terrible commotion and cries for help lies hes breaking into the galley said lowrie trying to get the cook the rest of the crew have locked themselves up in the fo casle the man in charge of the animals bad come on deck by this time and gun in hand band lie he started toward the ape A moment later a shot rang out then came a scream and another shot then a flash of lightning lit up the deck and I 1 saw that the orang I 1 boutang had the keeper round the w aist and was dragging him aft I 1 told old lowrie to take his gun and follow me the second mate had come up p an and we left the bridge in his e we clattered down the lad ler der to the deck and ran after the ipe ape I 1 fired at the animals broad back ack but the shot made no impression then lowrie fired and I 1 fired a again 0 bain one of the shots hit the nark mark for the orang boutang dropped big ais burden and swung round on us still birin firing 0 lowrie and I 1 began to retreat along alona the swaying deck lowrie ran up the bridge ladder ahead of me and I 1 had just grasp ed id the hand rail when the orang orang ou tang ang got hold of me by the 6 sleeve 1 aeve of if my coat I 1 thought my end had 1 ome come I 1 but just as the beast caught me a wave rave came over the side bide of the ship that hat fairly smothered me I 1 clung with rith all my strength to that hand rail ail I 1 could still feel that viselike rip grip clutching my coat then sud bud lenly enly I 1 felt tle the grip torn loose I 1 turned just in time to see the huge oran arang boutang thrashing his long arms furiously about washed over the he side of the ship the animal keeper was not seri asly bously hurt and I 1 escaped with a bad ad shaking up but I 1 never want to 0 carry ano another t mr e orang boutang on any ny vessel of mine |