Some excited individual had, rung the fire-bell.

The firemen attached the hose to a plug, and came on, hydrant in hand.

It required all the Professor's energies, supplemented by the frenzied protestations of Kit See, to prevent them turning a full stream of water on the gorilla.
The crowd was now a large one, gathered far out on the road, where a good view of the roof was obtainable, and when the excitement occasioned by the fire men had subsided, a fresh outburst was provoked by the appearance of another huge monkey, the great bulk of which came up slowly over the left ridge.

The second monkey, which was much larger than the gorilla, sat upon the apex of the roof, jabbered at Ammonia, and the gorilla turned towards him, baring his teeth in a hideous grin of malice.
"Keep still!" yelled Professor Thunder.

"Keep quiet, for the love of heaven! Mahdi, the Missing Link, will save the che--e--ild! Mahdi, the animal that approaches nearest to man, captured by me in the dark jungles of Darkest Africa.