Nebraska Newspapers

    THE LOST WORLD
By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
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(Continued from yesterday.)
i m apenven laughed, too—or at least
.j p'ut up the devil of a cacklin’—
mi they set to work to drag us off
.rjh the forest. They wouldnt
.., ,■![ he guns and things thought
dangeroua, I expect—but they
, , i....i aivay all our loose food. Sunv
,... lnd r got some rough handlin’
, - . 1, as there's my akin and my
. . ,ti„ ( to prove It-for they took us
line through the brambles, snd
, „ui. hides are like leather. But
, , ,iie, ,,T was ell right. Four of
,:l , :l,-rled him shoulder high, and
1 . v, „t like a Roman emperor,
Whit's that"” . . .
i was a strange clicking noise In
’ <• «|».1 nnot unllka caatanet*.
■There they go!" said my compan
, n .-liptdnc cartridges Into the sec
, , 1 double barreled "Express. Eond
, i;,.in nil up, young fellah, my lad.
, we'ie not going 'o be taken alive,
d don't you think It’. That a the
,„,V thev make when they are excited
Its George’. they’ll have something to
excite them If they put. us up. The
stand of the Grays won t he
■ i •with their rifles grasped In theit
i-.IITened hands, ’mid a ring of the
,, ,d and dyln', as some fathead
>iaus. <’an you hear them now?
••Very far away.”
-That litlle lot will do no good.
,, lt 1 expect their search parties are
all over the wood. Well, T 'vns te
ieg vou my tale of woe. They got
soon tn this town of theirs- about
ihousand but* of branches and
leaves in a. great grove of tree, near
the edgeg of the cliff. It’s three or
four miles from here. I he filthy
newts fingered me all over and I feel
ns if 1 should never be clean "ga'm
They tied us up—the fellow who ham
died me could tie like a bo sun-and
* i lie re we lav with our toes up be^
„„ith a tree, while a, great brute
stood guard over us with a club in
hie hand. When T say we ‘ nJ*sn
Summaries and myself• ?1Mfallen
1iri a frep, ea.tin pines huh
^vin’ theTlmeofhtslife. I’m hound
tn ,av that he managed to get S'
r„H to us and with his own hands
be loosened our bonds fl
r^WwlSp^n--".;
„, m that rollin’ bass of bl«.
New York
--Defyby Day
' ~HV » O. MINTVRE
Pari9 March 9-—Watching Pars
home to dinner has the stlmulat
:5lty of a beady wine. It may
he a superficial Join de vlvro but
H contagious. Even the Httle dogs
who run about tn careless freedom
ere barking with flight .
Going home takes on the color o
_ grand promenade, you so
auisltely colffed women, B,nftr‘
n,en in waspish coats, hewhlsk.red
elegante, in silk hats. Young m
wait in front of stores for their
I'.dies who work there. And thej
off hand In band—nearly al
^,„r, .trim along the Champs
K is a Pink tint to a sky UP
lowM Will. «*» *ra>’’ CUmUo"
e eml. And amid all the evening
, tv tftere Is always the serene
~ detachment of some beautiful and
majestic cathedral. They Mem to re
mind you that gay Pares
R.,iety. That there 1, an Ideality
'‘l^judge r-ple and place, by what
,o„r would call non-essentials.
France Phases with little thing*J*
1 write the laundryman W,*J
the laundry tn a prrttY «
w.-s folded and spotless. d
pleasant to lift out. Alt ariang
with so much patience khd care
This morning for *«-«“* there
was a red rose by each pUtte_JJ>«
the morning Taper, were >
foldijV alongside. The val
chambre seems to know when you
have awakened and after rapping
nw a milk track the xvin
gently enters and pull, h*CK r
dow curtain, to It '"’p,,,
*
the most exquisitely ^nlshed bath;
rooms I have ever seen and the hath
towels would make two of the largest
tn America. What Is pleasing to
about this brilliant, romantic and les
endary cltv Is the small town efreeb
par’s ha, the race and manner of
thPs, delightful mld-weatern cltle. o
about 100,000 population. I',f« ^
lived on the run a, It ts ^
York. Puncheon Is
•Parisian, closing up shop from
2 to enjoy themselves
irr.no. is Poor and everybody 1*
out to make an extra -on or so.T ey
pressed a desire to visit a *
tailor. T must have expressed myself
It was overheard. For two dava "
to most tenacious young ma.v h„ he^
* tagging oiv heels to escort me to
thfs tailor and that. It would appear
hi, big Idea in life !■ «• ^ *
,m properly habited. If I «
purchase where be escort, m. ho get*
a franc* ** apourbot*.
For five ladles Skirt, .r. shorty
tb.,n rv er downs remain on «lmp1e.
g . aceful Hues. There 1. little trim
f„lng and the expense Is chiefly n
!ue fabric end on. The
„f the light filling cloche variety.
And the ears are showing.
• Paris is going "Per Eondon’a
,,,,,i| honors for men a* well
women. The celebrated dressmakers^
j.anvin and r-tou have cpened up
t ill,,ring establishment, for flentje
Patou recently visited New
York carrying 100 or more nit. of
clothes, changing from on. V*
,,i |,(.r several times a day. This >•
,.,,W regarded ns s. publicity stunt, for
,h- new Paris drive ^ m«n. Mto»
, , here are waspish at the
, ■ , , ;,m1 wide at the shoulders. The
, long and fir.re out from h
V, U I. Unless you watch them 'he
,,,.its. will be doodaded up with hut
tons and the trouser, billowy w-lth
pleats.
There Is a French public school
.. ,ny quarters. Each morning st
in there Is a mumbling roar. The
children are at recess and It seems
..to nothing but shout with hep
if my body Is' found In the Heine,
if lhe,. may he a reason. Today I
, ,| ,.u ,,vcr Paris and In a stop St
p ,1. , inn ui store came out and in
;,d\i i iciiUy took another cab. The
pom f.-llow Is no doubt scouring
i for me And the entire trip cost
less :h,in rule dollar. In New York
tl, ,i * tourney would total more
than $10.
cCturlim. U«lt>
out, wild bells.’ ’cause music o? any
kind seemed to put ’em In a good
humor, you'd have smiled; hut we
weren't In much mood for laughin',
as you can guess. They were in
clined. within limits, to let. him do
what he liked, but they drew the line
pretty sharply at us. It was a mighty
consolation to u* all to know that you
were runnln’ loose and had the nr
chives In your keepin'.
"Well, now. young fellah, I'll tell
you what will surprise you. You saj
you saw signs of men .and fires,
trap*, and the like. Well, we have
seen th# natives themselves. Poor
devils they were, downfaced little
chaps, and had enough to make them
so. It aeems that the humans hold
one side of this plateau—over yonder,
tyhere you saw the caves—and the
apemen hold this side, and there Is
bloody war between them all the lime.
That's the situation, so far as I could
follow it. Well, yesterday the ape
men got hold of a. dozen of the hu
man* and brought them In as prison
ers. You never heard such a jabber
In' and shriekin’ In your life. The
men were little red fellows, and had
been bitten and clawed so that they
could hardly walk. The apemen put
two of them to death there and then
—fairly pulled the arm off one of
them—it was perfectly beastly.
Plucky little chaps they are, and
hardly gave a squeak. But it turned
ns absolutely sick. Summeriee faint
ed. and even Challenger had as much
as he could stand. I think they have
cleared, don't you?"
We listened Intently, but nothing
save the calling of the birds broke
the deep peace of the forest.
liord Roxton went on with his
story.
"I think you have had the escape
of your Ilfs, young fellah, my lad
It was catehln' those Indians that
put you clean out of their heads, else
they would have been back to the
camp for you as sure as fate and
gathered you In. Of course, ns you
I said, they have been watchln' us from
the beginnln' out of that tree, and
they knewr perfectly well that we
were one short. However, they could
think only of this nevv haul: so it
was I. and not a hunch of apes, that
dropped in on von In the morning.
Well, we had a horrid business after
wards My God! what a nightmare
the whole thing is! You remember
the great bristle of sharp canes down
below where we found the skeleton
of the American? Well, that is just
: under ape town, and that's the jump
In-off place of their prisoners. 1 ex
pert there's-heaps of skeletons there
If we looked for ’em. They have a
sort of dear parade ground on the
top. and they make a proper cere
mony about if. one by one the poor
devils have to jump, and the gamo
Is to see whether they are merely
dashed to pieces or whether they get
skewered on the canes. They look
us out to see It and the whole tribe
lined up on the edge. Four of the
Indians jumped, and Ihe caties went
through 'em like knittin’ needles
through a pat of butter. No wonder
we found that poor Yankee's skele
ton with the canes growln' between
his ribs. If was horrible hut It was
dooredly interestin', too. We were all
fascinated to see them take tue dive,
even when we thought it would be
our turn next on the springboard.
"Well, It wasn't.—They kept six of
the Indians tip for today—that s how
l understood it—hut I faney we were
to be the star performers of the show.
Challenger might get off, hut Sum
meriee and I were in the bill. Their
language is more than half signs, and
it was not hard to follow them. So
I thought it was time we made a
break for it. I bad been plottln’ It
out-a bit, and had one or two things
clear in my mnd. It was all on me,
for Summeriee was useless and t'hal
lenger not much better. The only
time they got. together they got slang
in’ because they couldn't agree upon
the scientific classification of these
redheaded devils that had got hold of
us. One said It was Ihe dryoplthecua
of Java, the other said It was plfhe
canthropus. Madness. I call it —
Loonies, both. But, as I gay, I had
thought out one or two points that
were helpful. One was that these
brutes could not run as fast as a
man In the open. They have short,
handy leg*, you aee. and heavy bod
ies. Even Challenger could give a few
yards in a hundred to the best of
them, and 3'0U or T would b» a per
fect Shrubb. Another point wax that
they knew nothin’ about guns. 1
don't believe they ever understood
how the fellow 1 shot came by his
hurt. If we could get st our guns
there wna no Bayin' what we could
do.
"So T broke away early thla morn
In', gave my guard a kick In the
tummy that laid him out. and sprint
ed for th* camp. There I got you
and th# guna. and here we are."
"But th* professor#!" I cried, In
consternation.
"Well, w# miMt Just go hack and
fefcch ’em. I couldn't bring 'em
with me. Challenger was up the tree.
and Sunimeriee nai not flt for the
effort. The only chance tv a* to set
the guns and try a rescue. Of course
they may scupper them at once In
revenge. T don't think they would
touch Challenger, but l wouldn't an
swer for SurnnierFbe. But they would
have had him in any case. Of that
l am certain. So I haven't made
matters any worse by boltin'. But
we are honor hound to go hark «n<J
iia\e them out or see It. through with
them. So you can make up your
soul, young fellah my lad. for it will
he one way or the other before
evenin’.*’
1 ha\e tried to imitate here Lord
Koxton’s jerky talk, his short, strong)
‘-entenees, the half-humorous, half
reckless tone that ran through it all.
But lift was a born leader. An dan
ger thickened his jaunty manner
would increase, his speech become
more racy, his cold eyes glitter into
ardent life, and his l>on Quixote
mustache bristle with joyous excite
ment. His love of danger, his in
tense appreciation of the drama of
an adventure—all the more Intense
for lifting held tightly in ids consist
ent view that every peril In life Is a
form of sport, a fierce game betwixt
you and Fate, and Death as a forfeit,
made him a wonderful companion nt
such hours.
"By George'" he whispered, “here
they cornel"
From where we, lay we cotdd look
down n brown aisle, arched with
green, formed by the trucks and
branches. Along this a thirty of the
ape men were passing. They went In
single tire* with bent logs ami round
rd back?, their hand# oootisionall>
touching the ground, their heads tut u
ing to left ami light ns they trotted
along. Their crouching gait took
away from their height. but I should
put them at five feet or s<•. with dong
arms and enormous chests. Many oi
them cur tied Mink*, and at 11; * • ■* *
tain *» they looked like a line » f \§r>
hairy and deformed human bclni;*.
For a moment I rau^ht t111 • t*,ar
cliiopse of them. Then they were le-t
a Ilium* the hu>hew.
(To lie t ontlnuetl Tmimmiw .)
Who pui kl v dt esses minor t<h
os i.« not t'e one the nur^eon pat. hen.
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LOVE BITES AND TICKLES.
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• Copyright 19251
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j; AND l WAS all THE TIME TALKING to
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