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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1925)
-- - ■■ ■ .... ■ ■ -1 THE LOST WORLD By SIR ARTHUR COY AS DOYLE _J\ (Continued from l'nlwfij.) I v.as still dtlnklng In this wonder ful panorama when the herfvy hand af the Professor fell upon my shoul der. , ** XJr.ls wav, my young friend,” said he; "vestigia nulla retrorsum. Never look tearwards, but always to out glorious goal.” The letel of the plateau, when 1 turned, was exactly that on which we stood, and the green bank of bushes, With occasional trees, was so neat that It was difficult to reaii..e how Inaccessible It remained. \t a rough guess the gulf was forty feet across, but, so far as I could seC, It might • 3 well have been forty miles. I placed one arm round the trunk of the tree and leaned over the abyss. Par down were small dark figures ot our servants, looking up at us. The * wall was absolutely preoipltloue, as was that which faced me. "This Is Indeed curious,” said the creaking voice of Professor Summer lee. I turned and found that he was examining with great Interest the tree to which I clung. That smooth bark and those small, ribbed leaves seemed famlllty to my eyes. "Why,” I cried, "It's a beech!” "Ejfactly,” said Summerlee. “A fel low-countryman In a* far land.” “Not only a fellow-countryman, my good sir.” said Challenger, "but also, If I may be allowed to enlarge yo'ur simile, an ally of the first value. This beech tree will he our savior.” "By George!” cried Lord John, ‘a bridge 1” "Exactly, my friends, a bridge! It is not for nothing that I expended on hour last night In focusing my mind upon the situation. I have some lec ollection of once remarking to our ycting friend here that G. E. C- ir at his best when his hack Is to *h3 wall. Last night you will admit that alt our backs were to the wall. But w here will power and intellect go together, there Is always a way out. A drawbridge had to be found which could be dropped across the abyss. Behold it!" It was certainly a brilliant Idea. * The tree was a good sixty feet In height, and if it only fell thd* right way It would easily cross the chasm. Challenger had swung ths camp ax over Ills shoulder when he ascended. Now he handed it me. “Our young friend has the thews ar.d sinews," said he. "I thing he will be the most useful at this tosk. T must beg, however, that you will kindly ■ refrain from thinking for yourself, and that you will do exactly what you are told.” Under his direction I cut such gashes In the side of the tree as would Insure that it should fall as we desired. It had already A strong, nat ural tilt in the direction of the pla teau, so that the matter was not diffl cult. Finally I set to work In earn est upon the trunk, taking turn and turn with Sir John. In a little over an hour there was a loud crack, the tree swayed forward, and then crashed over. Burying Its branches among the bushes on the further side. The severed trunk rolled to the very edge of our platform, and for one terrible eecond we all thought It was over. It balanced Itself, however, a ,----\ New York --Day by Day— \---——--J By 0. O. M’INTYRK. Sow York, Feb. 25.—New Yorkers, , who know, have come to the point of doubting if the old corner saloon was the scene of as much vicious Cunning as the Aildnlght supper club. Here the high hat and boiled shirt supplants cap and sweater. Five murders and more than a score of sensational Jewel robberies have been traced to these gilded haunts that open at midnight and <lose at dawn. The midnight club Is the "spotting" place of deep laid schemes of those who prey. Women who wear costly gems and men who display hefty bankrolls are spotted and the organized band skill fully jockeys some of their number into their confidence. It may take weeks or months, but the game la always worth It. Bandit taxi men are a part of the rack. It is their Job to find out the addresses and to- be waiting with running motors for tlie quick escape. Some of the head waiters, too, are In on the deals which Include everything from blackmail to robbery. It is said one club was opened for t,he sole purpose of "getting” a cer tain high flyer of Wall street. The hostess was the halt. She was former ly a show girl to whom the man was attentive. She knew nothing of the plot. A big salary was offered her. He came frequently and signed tabs. A • clever forger made out a check on hie bank to her and called her hur riedly one morning as a messenger for him. She was to have the check cached Immediately and meet him at a Jeweler's In Malden I-ane. One of the biggest chains of eating houses now prints the number of calories in each dish It offers on Its menus. They also have an expert dietitian who may be consulted. Eat ing thus becomes a. science except among the few of ua who »*t what we want when we want tt. Personally I don't believe an ap-c petite should he coddled. It should be permitted to have full sway. 1 am one of those who believe that at a well filled table a man should be allowed, If he feels .like It, to wear his teeth down to the gums and snap at the remainder of the food with bis Jaw bones. Tagging one's grave with one's teeth seems to me highly commei*) • able. It take* a long, long time and jou have a lot of fun doing It. A jaunty epitaph for the headstone . would I/e: "Here lies a glutton’." People who nibble at watercress and sip a few teaspoonfuls of orange Jules give me a pain In what I \ laughingly call my neck. They tor ture themselves and everybody • round. My breakfast this morning consisted of a luscious pork chop, two baked potatoes, a tier of flapjacks and eoffeo. I suppose that breakfast fur nished enough calories to make a laughing hyena quit, giggling. The only discomfort. T noticed was ths* an hour later I was restless over the anticipatory pleasuiea of the next ■sent. Someone should foil the. get thin ■ ere with a "More and Rjtter Eaters" campaign. We are paying too much MI ant I on to the right knife and fork at the table and not enough to the food. They are ev en barring the •mail of food In restaurant* ttktorriafc* •-*»** few Inches from the edge, and there was our bridge to the unknown All of us, without a word, shook hands with Professor Challenger, win raised his straw hat and bowed deep ly to each In turn. "I claim the honor." said he, "ip be the first to cross to the unknown land—a fllting subject, no doubt, for some future historical palming." He had aproached the bridge when X.ord John laid his hand upon his coat. "My dear chap," said he, “I really cannot allow it.” ■T'annot allow It, sir!" The head went back and the heard forward. "When It is a matter of science don't you know, I follow your Iruu because you are by way of icin’ r mgn of science. But it's up to you tq follow me when you come into my department.” "Tour department, sir?" "We all have Our professions, and soldierin' is mine. We are. accordin' to my ideas, invadin' a new country, which may or may not be chockful of enemies of sorts. To barge blindly into it for want of a little common sense and patience isn't my notion of management.” The remonstrance was too reason able to he disregarded. Challenger tossed his head and shrugged his heavy shoulders. "Well, sir. what do you propose?" "For all I know there may be a tribe of cannibals waitin’ for lunch time among those very bushes," said Lord John, looking across the bridge. "It's better to learn wisdom lief on yon get, into a cookin' pot; so we wdl content ourselves with hopin’ Hint there Is no trouble waitin’ for us, and at the same time we will act. as if there were. Malone and I will go down agaJn. therefore, and we will fetch np the four rifles, together with Gomez and the other. One man can then go across and the rest will cover him with guns, until he secs that, it is safe for the whole crowd to come along.” Challenger sat down upon the cut stump and groaned his Impatience, but Summerlee and X were of one mind that I,ofd John was our leader when such practical " details were in question. The climb was a more simple thing now that the rope dan gled down the fs£ee of the worst part of the ascent. Within an hour we had brought up the rifles and a shot gun. The half-breeds had ascended also, and under I<ord John's orders they carried up a bale of provisions In case our first exploration should he a long one. We had each bandoliers of cartridges. "Now. Challenger, If you really in sist upon being the tli^t man in, ’ said Lord John, when every preparation was complete. "I am much indebted^ to you for your gracious permission," said the angry Professor; for never was a man so intolerant of every form of author ity. "Since you are good enough to allow It, I shall mcujt certainly take it upon myself to act as pioneer upon this occasion.” Seating himself with a leg over hanging the abyss on each side, and his hatchet slung upon his back, Chal lenger hopped his way across the trunk and was soon at the other side "At last!" he cried; "at last!" I gazed anxiously at him, with a vague expectation that some terrible fate would dart at him from the cur tain of green ltehind him. But all was quiet, save that a strange, many colored bird flew up from under his feet and vanished among the trees. Summerlee was the second. His wiry energy- is wonderftfi In so frail a frame. He insisted upon having two rifles slung upon his back, so both Professors were armed yvhen he had made his transit. I came next, and tried hard not to look dow n into the horrible gulf over which I was passing. Summerlee held out the butt-end of his rifle, and an instant later t yvas able to grasp his hand. As to Xord John, he walked across— actually walked without support! He must have nerves of iron. And there we were, the four of us, upon the dreamland, the lost world, of Maple White. To all of us it seemed the moment cf our supreme triumph. Who could hane guessed that it was the prelude to our supreme disaster? Let me.say in a few words how the crushing blow fell upon us. We had turned away from *h$ edge, and had penetrated about fifty’ yards of close brushwood, yvhen there name a frightful rending crash from be hind u«. With one Impulse we rushed back the way we had come. The bridge was gone! F'ar down at the base of the cliff X saw. as I looked over, a tangled mass of branches and splintered trunk. It was our beech tree. Had the edg^ of the platform crumbled and let it through? For a moment this ex planation was In all our minds. The next, from the farther side of the rocky pinnacle before us a swarthy face, the face of Gomez, the half breed, was slowly protruded. Tee. It was Gomez, but no longer tltejGomez of thp demure smile slid the mask like expression. Here whs a fare with Hashing eye? and distorted features, a fa* e ronvulsed with hatred and with the mad joy of gratified revenge. ‘ Lord Roxton!’* he shouted. “Lord John Roxton!'’ .V shriek, o'f laughter came across the abyss. _ "Ie». there you are. you English dop. Viud there you will remain! I have watted and waited, and now has come my* chance. You found it hard to pot up; you will And it haffler to pet down. Von cursed fools, you are trapped, every one of you!" We were too astounded to speak. We could only stand there staring in amazement. .A preat broken bough I upon I lie grass showed whence he” had gained his leverage to tilt over our bridge. The face had vanished, but presently it was up again, more frantic than before. •‘VYe nearly killed you with a stone at the cave." he cried, “but this is better. It is slower a ml more ter rible. Tour bones will whiten tip there, and none will Know where you 'lie or com* to coyer them. As you lie dy ing, think of Roper., whom you shot five year* ago on the Putomayo RIv. e>■. 1 am his brother, and, come what will I will die happy now, for hts memory has been avenged." A furi ous band was shaken at us, and then all was quiet. Had (lie half breed simply wrought hie vengeance and then escaped, all might hate been well with him. It was that foolish. Irresistible t.atin Impulse to be dramatic, which brought his own downfall. TCnutoii, the man who had earned himself the name of the Klail of the l.ord through three countries, was nut one who could 1> safely taunted. The half breed was descending on the farther side of the pinnacle: but beto:a he could reach the ground T.ord John had run along the edge of the plateau and gained a j>olnt. from which he ,-ould see his man. There mi « single crack of Ills ride, and, though we saw nothing, we heard the scream and then the distant thud or the fall ing hod.'. Itoxton came hack to u» with a face of granite. 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