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*— — Ithe lost world By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ^ l (Continued frnm Yesterday.) 1 So it seemed to us; and ynt we #ei ie mistaken. We bad hardly closed jbe thornbush door of our zareba, clasped each other’s hand, and thrown tourselves panting upon the ground beside our spring, when we heard a patter Of feet and then a gentle, plain tive i eying from outside our entrance. J.mil Jtoxton rushed forward, rifle In hand, and threw It open. There, pros trate upon their faces, lay the little ted figures of the four surviving In dians, trembling with fear of us and vet imploring our protection. With h it expressive Sweep of his hands one of them pointed to the woods around them, and indicated that they were full of danger. Then, darling for ward, he threw his arms round J.ord John's legs and rested his face upon them. "By George!” cried our peer, pull log at his moustache in great per plexlty, "I say—what the deuce are we to do wilh these people? Get up. Utile chappie, and take your face off in y boots." Summerlee was sitting up and stuf flng some tobacco Into his old briar. "We’ve got to see them safe," said he. "you’ve pulled us all out cf the Jaws of death. My word! it was a good hit of work!’’ "Admirable!" cried Challenger. “Ad mirable! Not only we as Individuals, but European science collectively, owe you a deep debt of gratitude for what you have done. I do not hesi tate to say that the disappearance of Professor Summerlee and tnyself would have left an appreciable gap In modern zoological history. Our young friend here and you have done most excellent work." He beanNid at us with the old pater nal smle, but European science would have been somewhat amazed could P they have seen their chosen child, the hope of #ie future, with his tan gled, unkempt head,this hare chest, and Ills tattered rlothes. He had one of the meat tins between his knees, and sat with a large piece of cold Australian mutton between his fin gers. 'lhe Indian looked up at him, and then, with a little yelp, cringed to the ground and clung to J.ord John’s leg. ’’Don't you be scared, my bonnie boy,” said Eord John, patting, the matted head in front of him. ‘‘Jle * ---- New York --Day by Day _y By O. 0. M'INTYRE. Paris, March 11.—One is always lippalled at the human wrecks to he seen along the Paris boulevards, es pecially those who are your own countrymen. Many of them are left overs of the war and others more recently caught in the web of Paris nights. They drift from cafe to cafe, shivering husks living upon husks. For ihem the piper has arrived with the amazing eompt. They are paying the toll of the furious pace. Their shoes are soli-less and coat collars turned up to hide the Ignominy of a shiftless back. They have become braz.en In their beggary and no rebuff is too much for them. I asked one, a young fellow In his twenties, if he did not long for a home. "Why should 17” he re* plied apparently conscious of the depths to which he hail sunk. Their- sole preoccupation is drink snd shelter. One of their stands Is the American express where Arner* leans go for their mail. The easy hos pitality of Paris prevents any (tolice interference and those who do not give alms are likely to be insulted. Many Americans, sad to relate, hare reached the lowest level of the Parisian social status and have be come guides—those conscienceless creatuhes who tag you at street cor ners to act ns cicerenes for the flood of naughty peep shows. These, peep shows are one of the astounding contrasts of Paris. It seems so incongruous that a city that is the mistress of poets and painters, the city of Victor Hugo, of Halzac. of Du Marnier should counte nance these depraved exhibitions. Almost any gendarme will ^direct you to them a" casualty as be would direct you to an address. I had the pleasure nr meeting a little French boy of six years today. He was the most perfectly man nered rhild I have ever seen. He kisses the ladle's hands when intro spoken to. The French children nre gently raised. They all become what \vi know as a "sweet child.” I asked blm if I might not giva him some toy gimcrack given away as a sou venir. His thanks were profuse but be explained he could not accept II as he had received many, many gifts ® for Christmas. I learned later that It was a breach of manners to offer the French child a gift. The great playground of the children Is In the gardens of Luxembourg. Here In charge of the pretty nurses they sail boats and fly kites and there is never any quarreling among them. In Toulgl's, where I like to go tot their apodal dlslf—a jellied pig's foot concoction—X saw an old fellow who had been pensioned by a New York newspaper publisher with a salary of f.O francs a week. That was In the days before the franc began to ■ In ink. Yet he continues to live not on hla few dollars a week hut on sheer nerve, lie neveia offers to pay for Ills meals and he Is welcomed In a hundred cafes because of his bril liant aptitude for conversation. He manages to buy hla own clothes and pay for humble quarters on hla sal ary. He is eahl not to havs paid for a meal In ten years. I find myself understanding Fiench. People who come here say that, in three months without lessons they are able to understand and con verse fairly well. The Imperfections of the telephone systems her* gtvs us a wholesom* respect for the American telephone. Five minutes Is the averag* tlma to get a connection. But thera Is com pensation In the telegramma pneu mstlqus—which delivers a letter as speedily as a telegram for 60 cen times. ► . 1 missed the legless beggar so well known In Plaee Vendnm*. Ills smile and ''nun Jour” are known to thou sands of Americana. Kach winter he goes to Monte Carlo, where he Is a figure at. the gaming tallies. *<|t|an 4«ilng the fruits of his beggary. (Copyright. 1H2M can’t stick your appearance, Uhallen ger; and, by (leorge! I don’t wonder. All right, little chap, he's only a hu man, just the same as the rest of us.” "Really, sir!" cried the Professor. "Well, it’s lucky for you, Challen ger, that you are a little out of the ordinary. If you hadn't been so like the king—" "Upon my word. T)ord John, you allow yourself great latitude." "Weil, it’s a fact." "1 beg, sir, that you will change the subject. Your remarks are irrele vant and unintelligible. The ques tion before us is what are we to do with these Indians? The obvious thing i« to escort them home, if we know where their home was." "There is no difficulty aboqt that,” said 1. "They live in the eaves on the other side of the central •like." "Our young friend here knows where they live. 1 gather that it is some distance." A goou twenty nines, sam j. Hummerlee gave a groan. "I. for one, could never get there. Surely 1 hear those brutes still howl ing upon our track." As he spoke, from the dark re cesses of the woods we heard far away the jibtiering cry of the ape men. The Indians once more set up a feeble wail of fear. "We must move, and move quick!" said Lord John. "You help Summer lee, young fellah. These Ipdians will carry stores. Now, then, come along before they can see us." in less than half an hour we had reached our brushwood retreat anil concealed ourselves. All day we heard ttie excited calling of t lie ape-men in (he direction of our old camp, but none of them came our way, and the tired fugitives, red anil white, had a long, deep sleep. 1 was dozing my self In the evening when someone plucked my sleeve, and I found Chal lenger kneeling beside me. "You keep a diary of these events, and you expect eventually to publish it, Mr. Malone," said lie, with solem nity. "1 am only here as a Press report er," I answered. "Exactly. You may have heard some rather fatuous remarks of Lord John Roxton s which seemed to Imply that there was some—some resell, hlance—" "Yes. I heard them." "1 need not say that any publicity given to such an idea—any levity in your narrative of what occurred— would he exceedingly offensive to me." i "I will keep well within the truth." "Lord John's observations are fre quently exceedingly fanciful, and he is capable of attributing the most absurd reasons 1o the respect which Is always shown by the most unde veloped races to dignity and charac ter. You follow my meaning?" "Entirely." "1 leave the matter to ynur dis cretion." Then, after « long pause, he added: "The king of the ape-men | w■-s really a creature of dreat dis iln, tlun—a most remarkably hand .,:ne and intelligent personality. Did | ii not strike you?" "ev most r •markable creature,' Ann the Professor, much eased In his mind, sealed down to Ills slumber once more. We hud imagined that our pursuers* ape men, knew nothing of our Piushwnod hiding place, but we were soon to hltyl out our mistake. There was no sbund In the woods—not a leaf ntoved upon the trees, and all was peace around us—but we should ha,xe been wanted by our first experi ence how cunningly and how patient ly these creatures can watch and watt until their chance comes. What ever foie max* be mine through life, I am very sure iliat I shall never he nearer death than 1 was that morning. But I xx’ill tell you the thing irf Its due order. We all awoke exhausted after the tertlfic emotions and scanty food of yesterday. Sommerlee xvas still so x.eak that It was an effort for him to stand; but the old man xvas full of a sort of surly courage which ft ould r.rxer admit defeat. A council w*.n held, and it was agreed that we should xvalt quietly for an hour or two whorf» wp were, v e our nuieii needed breakfast, and then make our xxay across the plateau and round tin- central lake to the raves whete niv observations hud shown that ilte Indians lived. We retied upon the r.d that we cotiltj count upon <be J:o id word of those whom we hud tc - ■ tied to Insure a warm welcftme from their fellows. Then, xvllh our mis sion accomplished and possessing a fuller knowledge of the secrets of Maple White l.aml, we shmild turn our whole thoughts to the vital pmb l*o of our escape and return, j.xerr ( halli ngcr was ready y» admit that xxe should then have 'done all for x.hlch we hade come, and that ottr first duty from that lime onwards was to carry hack to civilization Ilte amazing dlscoxertrs we had made. We xx*ere able noxv in lake a more leisurely view nf (he Indians whom w* had rescued. They were small men, wiry, active and well-built, with lank black hair tied up in a bunch behind their heads with a leathern thong, and leathern also were their loin clothes. Their'faces were hap less. well formed and good-humored. I The lobes of their ears, hanging rag ged and bloody, showed that they had been pierced for some ornaments which their raptors had torn out Their speech, though unintelligible fco us was fluent among themselves; and a.« they pointed to each other and id *< red the word “Accala" many three over, we gathered that this was the name of the nation. Occasionally, With faces which were convulsed with :^r and hatred, they shook the!. " /TWAS TURkJED DOWkT\ ,iri, ...MiTtnn FOR MEMBERSHIP IN \ S.uSn THE ARtSTON CLUB YOUR NMMO,OLD SOME TIME AGO SO r i bought the l/acamt / PROPERTY WEX.T DOOR / /TS© i-w I DON'T WANT YOU MAKE. TO QO OUT WITH ME! tiICK- You T^FCn°^T ' ''M NEVC(^ WfrU TOCOWlTh il ' , ;x ^ ome that lP,£l WYuibH • r =/ V L { r~rr~ • (M, MAC , i Must tell l_ yb you - Mv gentleman. eriemd'--n \ heard LMHO. ANKiOUWCtS AT STATIOtO | vonR X.Y.Z I FfeiEMO SAIO that] AWtoOUMCE HE WOULD f LAST AJk5Ht LET MB ) ---y BROADCAST -^ •So Ml! / \ t.me ! Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling By BRIGGS \a/hen You call on The swjeeTesr thing (n The world and You find her alone AND You’ve <5ot a Clear field • ALL To Yo'JR-Spcr I i-: -And Just'AS CvCRr- * Thimg' is PRoGR€'S5inS 3rv\oorHLV Ths : Door. BRU. RINGS ' AnO Then You He*p Hesr?. MAKinS EXCUSES ArslD Te L LI W<J. HlAA vSHE 3 So 3oR«Y ne. Cam t stay etc.', exc. -amp Then 5hb Coime..s "Back amd Annoumces That «Shc Got r(d of him f W. -AND bOY Ain't it a CR R RanD and GlQR-R Rious FEEL VnJ ‘ ? Fa Tis r a TYa* clenched hands at the woods round j and cried. "Doda! Doda*!” which war avrely their term for their enemies. "What do you make of tjiem, Chal lenger?” asked Lord John. "One thing is very clear to me, and that is that the little chap with the front of Ida head shaved is a chief among them.” "The type of these people,” said he in his sonorous fashion, "whether judged by cranial ctpacjties, facial angle, or any other test, cannot be regarded as a low one; on the con trary, we must place it as consider ably higher in the scale than many South American tribes which 1 can mention. On no possible suppose! on can we explain the evolution of stub a race in this place, i/or that matter so great a gap separates these ape ■:!* n from ihe primitive animals whl< it have survived upon this plateau, that it is inadmissible to think that they could hare developed where we tinri them." Professor Summerlee for onre was ttoo depressed to argue, though ne shook his head violently as s token of general disagreement, txird .John merely scratched his sesntv look* THF NFRRS - THE PLOTTER. 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