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THE LOST WORLD By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE j (Contained (na Yesterday.) "What you admit, air, or what you do not admit, la really of Inconceiv ably small Importance. I am glad to perceive that the plateau Itself has actually obtruded Itself upon your In telligence.” He glanced up at It, and then, to our amazement, he sprang from hla rook, and, seizing Bummer lee by the neck, he tilted his face Into the air. "Now, sir!" he shouted, hoarse with excitement. "Do I help you to realize that the plateau con tains some animal life?" I have said that a thick fringe of green overhung the edge of the cliff Out of this there had emerged a black, glistening object. As It came slowly forth and overhung the chasm we saw that It was a very large snake with a peculiar flat, spade-like head. It wavered and quivered above us for a minute, the morning sun gleaming upon Its sleek, sinuous mils. Then It slowly drew Inwards and disappeared. Rummerlee had been so Interested that he had stood unresisting while Challenger tilted his head In the air. Now he shook his colleague off and came hack to his dignity. "I should be glad. Professor Chal lenger.” said he, "if you could see your way to make any remarks which may occur to you without seizing me by tile chin. Even the appearance of a very ordinary rock python does not appear to Justify such a liherty "But there Is life upon the pla teau all the some," his colleague re plied In triumph. "And now, having demonstrated this Important conclu sion so that It Is clear to anyone, however prejudiced or obtuse, T am of opinion that we cannot do better than break up our camp and travel to westward until we find some means of ascent. The ground at the foot of the cliff was rocky and broken so that the going was slow and difficult. Sudden ly vve came, however, upon something which cheered our hearts. It was the sit of nn old encampment, with sev eral Chicago meat tins, a bottle labeled "Brandy," a broken tin-opener and a quantity of other travelers’ debris. A rrumpled, disintegrated newspaper revealed ltkelf as the Chi cago Democrat, though the date had been obliterated. "Not mine." said Challenger. "It must be Maple White's." f.nrd John had been gazing curt ouslv at a great tree-fern which over shadowed the encampment. "I say. look at this." said he. "f believe it Is meant for a sign-post.” A slip of hard wood had been New York • •Day by Day ___' By O. 0. M’lNTYRE New York, Feb. 23.—• One of the most appealing things shout New York Is its lack of self-consciousness. You see It among the hand-holding lovers on the bus tops, among fathers who roll on the grass with their children in public parks. It Is not unusual to see the arm of a young swain around his only girl at the theater. Lights come on and there is no effort at conceal ment. Thousands of women stop be fore window mirrors to use powder and other cosmetics. And—business of blushing—some of the flappers do not hesitate to take another roll In their hosa on the paves. In such a hurrying city one. has little time to notice one’s neighbor and even If he does he may never see him again. Along that famed strutting Fifth avenue a man may walk from one end to the other encased In a barrel and few would turn thetr heads. It is only when a crowd gathers that New Tork becomes curious. Let a pedestrian stop to look for a penny and the police reserves have to be called. Yet If the same man wore rings In his nose and ladies pantalettes he would not create a ripple. Animals of all kinds stir the New Tork cur iosity. A pony, an elephant or a camel will block traffic. Although for years midtown New York 1s used to seeing them due to the dally exercising on public streets given the animals quartered at the Hippodrome. A monkey In a window on Forty-ninth street was ordered re moved. The street became Impassable. The Inspirations for these obser vations came today. On Thirty-fourth street I saw a typical comic strip .. Frenchman—high heeled shoes with red tops, a coat fitting vvasptsh at the waist, checkered trousers, silk hat pointing at the top and black mustache and goatee. No one turned to look at him. Three blocks from Thirty-fourth street on Broadway two Chauffeurs began a quarrel. There was a flood of epithets and other Idle chauffeurs clotted around them. In three min ute* three policemen had to come on the run from Herald Square to disperse the gathering. A Broadway eo«mettq shop adver tises a "Beauty In Distress Pack age.” It contains an eyebrow pencil, lipstick and box of rouge. He comes every night to one of the tearooms in Fiftieth street. He has graying pompadoured hair and the swarthy complexion of the Turk. His mustache la waxed and a gold rimmed monocle rests In one beady eye. In a rather startling way he 1* handsome, yet one has the Idea he Is either a fanatic or a .dreamer. Th* few limes I have talked to him hf discussed his collections. He has pick ed up tits of Persian porcelain and many Turkoman rugs. On the little finger of his left hand he wears s huge cabochon emerald. Whenever he talks ho turns the stone In to th* palm of his hand and when he has finished he turns It out again. It Is no doubt somo superstition. Bom* day I’m going to muster courage to ask him. Th# bed of th* dramatlo rsvlewer la not always heaped with roses. Fred fitone onco threatened to whip Percy Hammond although they are now friends. The late Acton Davies had hla thumb bitten by the angry bus band of an actress he had panned. George Jean Nathan has had hla ear tweaked and Burns Mantle has been aassed In public. Most of the attacks ore verbal but now and then the belligerents tako to the physical. Of course, If It la a lady there Is nothing th« gentleman reviewer can do but artand the lashing whether It b* a tongue lashing or ons with a horse whip. (esmiffcl tin-) r m nailed to the tree In turh a way as to point to the westward. "Moat certainly a sign post," said Challanger. "What else? Finding himself upon a dangerous errand, our pioneer has left this sign so that any party which follows him may know the way h« has taken. Perhaps we shall come upon some other indica tions as we proceed." We did, indeed, hut they were of a terrible and most unexpected na tuxe. Immediately beneath the cliff there grew a considerable patch of high bamboo, like that which we had traversed in our Journey. Many of these stems were twenty feet high, with sharp, strong tops, no. that even as they stood they made formidable spears. We were passing along the edge of this cover when my eye was caught by the gleam of something white within. Thrusting in my head between the stems, [ found mvseif gazing at a fleahless skull. The whole skeleton was therp, hut the skull had detached itself and lay some feet near er to the open. With a few blows from the mh chetes of our Indians we cleared the spot and were able to study the de tails of this old tragedy. Only a few shreds of clothes could still be distinguished, but there were the re mains of boots upon the bony feet, and it was very clear that the dead man was a European. K gold watch "by Hudson of New York and a chain whiclt held a stylographic pen lay among the bones. There was also a sigaret case, with "J. C.” from A. E. S.," upon the lid. The state of the metal seemed to show that the catas trophe had occurred no great time befor®. "Who ran he be?" asked Lord John. "Poor devil! every hone in his body seems to he broken." "And the bamboo grows through his smashed ribs," said Summerlee. "It is a fast growing plant, but It is surely inconceivable that this body could have been here while the canes grow to be twenty feet In length.” "As to the man's identity." said Professor Challenger, "I have no doubt whatever upon that point. As I made my way up the river before I reached you at the fazenda I insti tuted very particular Inquiries about Maple White. At Paris they knew nothing Fortunately, I, had a defi nite clew, for there was a particular piciui-p in his sketchbook which showed hltn taking lunch with a cer tain ecclesiastic a.t Rosario. This priest 1 was able to find, and though he proved a very argumentative fel low. who took it absurdly amiss that T Should point out to him the corro sive effect which modern science must have upon his beliefs, he nonetheless gave me some positive information. Maple/White passed Rosario four years ago. or two years before I saw his dead body, lie was not alone at I lie time, but there was a friend, an American named James Colver, who remained in the boat and did not meet this ecclesiastic. I think, therefore, that there can be no doubt thnt we are now looking upon the remains of this James Colver." "Nor," said Lord John, "is there much doubt as to how he met his death. He has fallen or has beep chucked from the top, and so been impaled. How else could he come by his broken bones, and how could he have been stuck through by these canes with their points so high above our heads?” A hush came over us as we stood round these shattered remains and realized the truth of Lord John Rox ton's words. The beetling head of the cliff projected over the cane-brake. Undoubtedly he had fallen from above. But had he fallen? Had it been an accident? Or—already omi nous nnd terrible possibilities began to form round that unknown land. We moved off in silence, and con tinued to coast round the line of cliffs, which were as even and unbroken as some of those monstrous antartio Ice fields which I have seen depicted as stretching from horizon to horizon and towering high above the mast heads of the exploring vessel. In five miles we saw no rift or break. And then suddenly we per reived something which filled us with pew hope. In a hollow of the rock, protected from the rain, there was drawn a rough arrow In chalk, point ing still to the westwards. "Maple White again." said Profes sor Challenger. "He had some pre sentiment that worthy footsteps would follow close behind him." "He had chalk, then?" "A box of colored chalks was among the effects I found In his knapsack. I remember that the white one was worn to a stump." ,, "That is certainly good evidence, said Kummerlee. "We can only ac cept his guidance and follow on to the westward.” We had proceeded some five more miles when again we saw a white arrow upon the rocks. It was at a point where the face of the cliff was for the first time split into a narrow cleft. Inside the cleft was s second guidance mark, which pointed right Movie of a Man Who Decides He Won’t Shave Today. By BRIGGS Looks ■, in^'mirRor - Face '3'sg.m.s smooth-'1? DFCIOti /SGWIKJST 3MAV/IW6 ’nothin^ IMPORTPmTjOW' I eiuTew. j ii ocpict,1-. Conscious* t» 5Tjewoiv siloow/ oo 5 s wt c r iiapjof AM D^SPAKJ f - r '.'mssts^fhicmd at, tuNJcwlvuMo BeAUTlFUL'.GlRLr,. ’x?iJTLM6uisweo. ^ J CL*I2MT^VI SITS; * ~ ‘‘o^^i c.e' I ’** ABIE THE AGENT Drawn for The Omaha Bee by Herthfield \ .k» xt nn r. .__—i— -—t BIS IS NAORRtfc 1 SAY \ <INt>-HOw ABOUT NO? 1 fm k ><IN<i POKET3 AT LUCKY,TOC" ' house tonight- s-^r a? ^r^rar\ w-S'J up it with the tip somewhat ilevatea. as .If the spot indicated were above the level of the ground. It was a solemn place, for the wall.' were so gigantic and the slit of blue sky so narrow and so obscured by a double fringe of Verdure, that only a dim and shadowy light penetrated to the bottom. We had had no food for many hours, and were very wear;. with the utony and irregular Journey, but our nerves were too strung to al low us to halt. W# ordered the camp to be pitched, however, and. leaving the Indians to arrange it, we four, with the two half-breeds, proceeded up the narrow gorge. It was not more than forty feet across at the mouth, but it rapidly closed until it ended in an acute angle, too straight and smooth for an ascent. Certainly it was not this which our pioneer had attempted to indicate. We made our way hack— the whole gorge was not more than a quarter of a mile deep—and then suddenly the quirk eyes of Lord John fell upon what we were seeking. High up above our heads, amid the dark shadows, there was one circle of deep er gloom. Surely it could only he the opening of the rave. The base of the cliff was heaped with loose stones at the spot, and it wag not difficult to elamher up. When we reached it, all doubt was removed. Not only was it an opening into the rock, but On the side of It there was marked once again the sign of thp I arrow. Here was the point, and tills the means by which Maple White and his ill-fated copirade had made .their ascent. We were tno excited to return to the camp, but must make our first exploration at. once. T.ord John had nn electric torch In his knapsack, and this had to serve us aa light. Hf advanced, throwing his little cleat circlet of yellow radiance before hm while In single flle we followed et hla heel*. (Tn Re ronfieoerl Tomorrow.) Anglers Organize. Srottsbluff, Feb. 28.—Devotee# «* ■tngllnc met at the American Legion hall tonight to organize a local chap ter of the Iznak Walton league. .ye THE NEBBS_ LIFE’S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL. 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