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THE LOST WORLDl By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (toutlnurd from l(il<rd>t,) The cave had evidently been water Worn, the sides belhg smooth and the floor covered with rounded stones. It was of such a size that a single man could just fit through by stooping, lor fifty yards it ran almost straight lr.to th* rock, and then it ascended a1, an angle of forty-five. Presently this Incline became even steeper, and wc found ourselves climbing upon (lands and knees among loose rubble whtich slid from beneath us. Sud denly an exclamation broke from Lord Sexton. "It’s blocked!” said he. Clustering behind hint we saw in the yellow field of light a wall of broken basalt which extended to the ceiling. " "The roof has fallen In!” In vain we dragged out some tf the pieces. The only effect was that the lnrgger ones became detached and threatened to roil down the gra dient and crush us. It was evident that the obstacle was far beyond ant' efforts which we could make to re move it. The road by which Maple AVhite had ascended was no longer available. Too much cast drtevn to speak, w 1 Humbled down the dark tunnel and ma<ic our way back to the ramp. One incident occurred, however, be fore we left the gorge, which Is of importance in view of what cr.nie eft erwards. AVe had gathered in a little group Rt the bottom of the chasm, srme forty feet beneath the mouth of the c.ive, when a huge rock rolled sud denly downwards and shgt past us with tremendous force. It was the narrowest escape for one or all of uk. AVe could not ourfcelves see whence the rock had come, hut our iah'-breed servants, who were st.ll the opening of the enve, said that it had flown past them, and must therefore have fallen from the sum mit. Looking upwards, we could see no Bign of movement above us amidst the green jungle which topped the , Mft*. There could be little doubt, however, that the stone was aimed at us, so the incident surely pointed to humanity—and malevolent human ity—upon the plateau. AVe withdrew hurriedly from the charm, our minds full of this new development and its bearing upon our j Sans. The situation was difficult enough before, but if the obstruc tions of Nature were increasing by the deliberate opposition of man, then our case was indeed a hopeless one. And yet, as we looked up at that beautiful fringe of verdure only a few hundreds of feet above our heads, there was not one of us who could conceive the Idea of returning to London until we had explored it to its depths. On discussing the situation, we de termined that our best course was to continue to coast round the plateau in the hope of finding some other f New York --Day by Day _/ By O. 0. M’INTYRE. New York, Feb. 24.—Fifth avenue struggles bravely to preserve its aristocrat# air. But the truth is that rigor mortis is setting in for the avenue's aristocracy. With two 6 and 10-cent stores and three eat and cafes of white tile from 34th ^^iitreet to the Plaza the end is near. Ten years ago the avenue strung its amber lighted way in signless austerity. There was a howl of pro test when a small brass sign reading ■'Delmonico's" was placed inconspicu ously in front of that now dead and gone cafe. While the avenue hasn't as yet any blinking electric eigtrs its windows and facades are piasterpd with gilt and brass heralds of commerce. Out side of Tiffany's and Altman's every house of trade bears a conspicuous sign. Helen Gould's home at the corner of 47th street is the only fine old mansion left in the steady northward march of trade. Even the window boxes blooming with flowers seem to day out of place in the roar and con fusion. One of the largest department stores in town now occupies a block where limousines with liveried foot men awaited grand dames on after , noon .calls. Cheap-John stores are blooming in basements. And across from the cathedral is a walk up one flight and save $10 tailor. There is much speculation ns to •just what is New York's most aristo cratic street. Madison avenue lays claim to the old Murray Hill section where the Morgans and other big hankers have prevented Us spoliation by business. Park avenue with its well terraced mall offers the best possibilities, but shops are springing up there rapidly. Millionaires’ How- is a name only. A dozen of the line homes that graced this strip are being torn down for ornate apartment houses. Fifth avenue continues to strut at the 5 o'clock parade hour. The anaemic young man with the ohrys antemum; the arty young Jady with the swagger stick; the movie star with young ideas; the tweedy youths with monocles, and now and then the lady wjth the coach and four are still to be seen. On Tenth avenue there is a row of houses occupied by clairvoyants and seers who thrive on ttie gullibility of those seeking a tip-off front 1he lie yond. It Is called Fortune Telling How. The briskest trade is after the theater at night, when chorus gills - and others of the stage go there to learn of the future and what It holds. Most of them, It may be said, patron ize the places more In a spirit of ad venture. Joseph Hergenhelmer. James Branch Cabell, Theodore Dreiser and George Jean Nathan have all written ex haustive and critical appreciations of Idlllan Gish, the movie star. Yet at a theater next door Ben Turpin was playing and the box office receipts were higher than those where Mis* Gish was displaying her subtle •rid elusive charms. Chaplin, If any one cares, Is my favorite of all the film folk. Vet I find myself not so red hot of late tn my enthusiasm. He seems in me rib be doing all the old tricks over again. In fact, none of the arts so Heeds a new face or new gestures hi the motion picture. The most enter prising and enthralling thing about the movie today Is the new picture reel. A theater offering an hour of them and nothing else, I venture, could he filled at each performance. (Copyright, lilt.I . / means of reaching the lop. The lino of cliff*, which hart decreased consid erably in height, hail already begun to trend from west to north, end if we could take this as representing the arc of a circle, the whole circuru ference could not he very great. At the worst, then, we should be back tn a few days at our starting point. We made a march that day which totaled some two and twenty miles, without any change in our prospects. That night—t am still speaking of the first day of our circumnavigation of the plateau—a great experience awaited us, and one which forever set at rest any doubt which we could have had as to the wonders so near us. What occurred was this: I.ord John had shot an ajoutl—which is a small, pig-like animal—and, half of it hav ing been given to the Indians, we were cooking the other half upon our fire. There is a chill in the air after dark, and we had all drawn close to the blaze. The night was moonless, hut there were some stars, and one eould see for a little dlstnnce across the plain. Well, suddenly out of the darkness, out of the night, there swooped something with a swish like an aeroplane. The whole group of us were covered for an instant by a canopy of leathery wings, and I had a momentary vision of a long.'snake like neck, a fierce, red, greedy eye, and a great snapping beak, filled, to my amazement, with little, gleaming teeth. The next instant it was fione— and so was our dinner. A huge black shadow, twenty feet across, skimmed up Into the air; for an instant the monster wings blotted out the stars, and then 11 vanished over the brow of the cliff above us. We all sat in amazed silence round the tire, like the heroes of Virgil when the 'Harpies came down upon them. It was Sum nierlee who was the first to speak. “Professor Challenger,” said he, in a solemn voice, which quavered with emotion, "I owe you an apology. Sir, I am very much In the wrong, and [ beg that you will forget what is past. It was handsomely said, and the two men for the first time shook hands. So much we have gained by this rlear vision of the first pterodac tyl. It was worth a stolen supper to bring two such men together. On the sixth day we completed our first circuit of the cliffs, and found ourselves back at the first camp, be side the isolated pinnacle of rock. We were a disconsolate party, for noth ing could have been more minute than our investigation, and it was absolutely certain that there was no single point where the most active human being could possibly hope to scale the cliff. The place which Ma ple White's chalk marks had indicated as his own means of access was now entirely impassable. What are we to do now? Our stores of provisions, supplemented by our guns, were holding out well, but the day must come when they would need replenishment. In a couple of months the rains might lie expected, and we should be washed out of our camp. The roqk was harder than marble, and any attempt at cutting a path for so great a height was more than our time or resources would admit. No wonder that we looked gloomily at each other that night, and sought our blankets with hardly a word exchanged. I remem ber as I dropped off to sleep my last recollection was that Challenger was squatting, like a monstrous bullfrog, by the fire, his huge head in Ills hands, sunk apparently In the deep eat thought, and entirely oblivions to the goodnight which 1 wished him. But it was a very different Chal lenger who greeted us in the morn lng—a Challenger with contentment and self-congratulation shining IrOm his whole person. He faced us as we assembled for breakfast with a depre cating false modesty in his eyes, a.i who should say, *'I know that I de serve all that you can say, but 1 pr.iyou to spare my blushes by not saying it.” HI' heard bristled exult nntly, hts chest was thrown out, and his hand was thrust into the front of Ills jacket. Ho. in ltls fancy, may he. si c himself sometimes, gracing the vacant pedestal in Trafalgar Hituare, and adding one more to the horrors of London streets. "Eureka!" he cried, his teeth shin ing through Ills heard. "Gentlemen, you may congratulate me and we may congratulate each other. The problem Is solved.” "You have found a way tip?” "I venture to think so." "And where?” For answer he pointed to the spite like, pinnacle upon our right. (.ui faces—or mine, at least—fell ns we surveyed it. That it could be climbed we had our companion s as surance. But a horrible abyss lay between it and the plateau. "We can never get across,” 1 gasped. We can at least all reach the summit.” sail) tie. "When we are up I may he able to show yen that Real Folks at Home (The Train Announcer). ' " —————— ( \ HfcL LOO-oo j ( tA* fth~ RY / /KP.-RIS/ - |N6“6-f> - J ■ ■ Kr~l ALL TRA-AA-INS POlMT-S WEST-.SOUTH EAST were be- Hi-i THAivJ U-U USUAL . 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From It he took a coll of the strongest and lightest rope, a hundred and fifty feet In length, with climbing irons, clamps and other devices. L<ord John was an experienced mountain per, nn<l Summerlee had done some rt ugh climbing at various tlnns, ro that I was really the novice at rock work of the party, but my strength and activity may have made up fur my want of experience. It was not In reality a very stiff task, though there were moments which made my hair bristle upon my head. The first half was perfectly May, but from there upwards It be came continually steeper, until, for the last fifty feet, we were literally clinging without fingers and toe- to liny ledges and crevices In the rock. I could not have accomplished it, nor could Summerlee, If Challenger had not gained the summit (it was extraor dinary to see such activity in so un wieldy a creature) and there fixed the rope round the trunk of the consider Ohio tree which grew there. With this ns our support; we were soon able to scramble up the jagged wall until we found ourselves upon the small grassy platform, some twenty-five feet et ch way, which fwmed the summit The first Impression w^ich 1 re ceived when I had recovered toy 1 re.ith was of the extraordinary view ever the country which we had trav elled. The whole HraaUtan plain seemed to he beneath us. extending away and away until it er.ded in dim blue mists upon the farthest skyline. In the foreground was the long slope, slrewr with rocks and dotted with tree-ferns: farther off in the middle d'.strnee. looking over the saddle-oavk Mil. I could just sey the yellow and irre'-1. mas* of bamboo* through which we had passed; and then, gradually, the vegetation increased unt.l It formed the huge forest which extend ed a* far a* the eye could reach, and for a good two thousand mile* be yond. (To H»» Continued Tomorrow.) Hoe want ad* produce result*. THE NEBBS > ROCKS AHEAD. 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