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t flashed into his mind and induced him to change his plans. Throwing his spear dexterously he transfixed the monkey and brought it down. Returning with great caution to the bush into which Disco had fired, and gliding with the noiseless motion of a snake the latter part of the way, he placed the dead monkey on the ground and left it there. It was by that time too late to overtake his comrades. He therefore waited until they returned, and then joined the party in rear, as though he had followed them from the camp. The same wild exhibition of delight was about to be enacted when the party came trooping up, but Disco quickly checked it by the astounding announcement that he thought he had shot a lion, or somethin' o' that sort! "You don't mean it!" said Harold, rather excited. "All I know is," said Disco, "that I heerd somethin' uncommon like a lion growl twice in yonder bush, an' saw the bush move too, so I fired a broadside that seemed to finish him at once, for there was no more rustlin' after that." "An' no more growlin'?" asked Jumbo, with much simplicity of countenance. "Not a growl, nor nothin' else," answered Disco. "Well, get your guns ready, lads," said Harold, "and stand by to fire while we go and search the bush." So saying, Harold and Disco advanced together with their rifles ready, while the natives, who were more or less alarmed, according to their respective degrees of courage, scattered in a semicircle well in rear. Kambira, armed with a spear, kept close to Harold, and Jumbo, with unwonted bravery, walked alongside of Disco. Antonio, quietly retiring, took refuge in a tree. "Yoo's _sure_ you hit um?" inquired Jumbo in a whisper. "Can't say I'm _sure_," replied Disco, "but we'll soon see." "Was um's growl very bad?" asked Jumbo. "Hold yer long tongue!" said Disco testily, for he was becoming excited. "Look! see dere!" exclaimed Jumbo in an energetic whisper. "What? where?" "Look! right troo de bush. Dis way. Dar, don' you zee um's skin,-- t'other side? Fire!" "Why, eh!" exclaimed Disco, peering keenly through the leaves, "yellow hair! yes--its--" Stopping abruptly he pointed his gun at the bush and poured the contents of both barrels into it. Then, clubbing his weapon and brandishing it in the air, he uttered a wild cry--went crashing through the bush, and next moment stood aghast before the yellow monkey, whose little carcase he had almost blown to atoms.
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