THE LOST WORLD
By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
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(Continued from Teeterria;,)
The little red warrior* hung upon
the words of the speaker, and when
he had finished they hurst Into a
roar of applause, waving their rude
weapons in the air. The old chief
stepped forward to tia, and asked ua
tonic questions, pointing at the same
time to the woods. Lord John made
• sign to him that he should wait
for an answer and then he turned
to us.
“Well, Jt'e up to you to eay whal
you will do,” said he; "for my part
I have a score to settle wlth^ these
monkey folk, and If it ends by wiping
them off the face of the earth I don't
see that the earth need fret about it.
T’m gotn1 with our little red pals and
I mean to see them through the scrap.
AVhat d oyou say, young fellah?”
"Of course, I will come.”
“And you, ('’hallenger?”
”1 will assuredly co-operate.”
“And you, Summerlee?"
”\Ve seem to be driftlng very far
from the object of this expedition,
Lord John. I assure you that 1 little
thought when I left my professional
chair in London that It was for the
purpose of heading a raid of savages
upon a colony of anthropoid apes."
“To such base uses do we come,”
said Lord John, smiling. ‘‘But we are
up against it, so what's the deci
sion?”
“It seeme a most questionable
■tap,” said Summerlee, argumenta
tive to the last, "hut if you are all
going, I'hardly see how I can remain
behind.”
‘‘Then it Is settled,” said Lord
John, and turning to the thief he
nodded and slapped his rifle.
The old fellow clasped our hands,
each In turn, while his men cheered
louder than ever. It was too late to
advance that night, so the Indians
settled down into a rude bivouac. On
all sides their fires Jjegan to glimmer
and smoke. Pome of them who hatl
disappeared into the jungle came back
presently driving a young iguanodnn
before them. Like the others, it had
a. daub of asphalt upon its shoulder,
and It was oidy when we saw one
of the natives step forward with the
sir of an owner and gi\e Ills consent
to the beast's slaughter that we un
derstood at last that these great crea
tures were as much private property
as a herd of cattle, and that these
symbols which had so perplexed us
were nothing more than the marks of
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By O. O. MTN1VKK
Paris, March 13.—Montmartre was
hedged In by one of those drizzling
rains. It was after midnight and 1
sat at a marble topped table In a
little cafe In place I’lgalls. The white
coated barman was napping with a
dozing cat on his shoulders.
There was a sprinkling of those
flabby and dropsical women known
as Georgette, Lulu, Gaby and char
lotte. At one table a little aloof was
a long-haired student alternately
writing and dreamily gazing at the
opalescent squares in the street shed
by lights Inside.
It was Interesting to watch the
casual patrons who dropped In at
this late hour. A police Inspector who
sipped coffee out of a glass. A cleri
cal, melancholy looking fellow who
distributed pamphlets on virtue. And
then drank a gin fizz.
A man and a girl. It was evident
a. passing fancy had become a long
drawn out and serious liaison. And
they were bored. I gathered she was
leaving him that night, lie was a lit
tle sorry but his happy relief out
weighed It, Love jells quickly In
Montmartre.
A very old woman with ruffled
white hair who chewed at a short
stemmed clay pipe. She had the face
of a weasel and I Imagine the cun
ning. These old hags pianage some
how to keep on living In a haze of
rum-soaked bliss.
The place reeked with the mingling
smells of coffee, eau de cologne and
tobacco smoke. A sleepy-eyed boy
came out from under the bar where
he was napping and sprinkled saw
dust on the floor. Then with a -hatpin
he picked up the clgaret ends lying
about and pocketed them to sell
later.
Two of the women began to quar
rel. French women cat-spit awhile
and then pull hair, They did this.
And ten minutes later were smiling
and chatting amiably. It was nearing
dawn when I left. Nobody was think
ing of going home. Montmarte likes
company. It does not enjoy being
left alone with its thoughts.
Having remained up so late I de
rided to mako a night of It and
visited chez Marianno in the Boule
vard de Cllehy for breakfast. It is
one of those depraved places that
advertises “les hommes splrituels et
cals" ,and *‘les vrales jolles femmes"
but It la supposed to serve the best
chicken In Paris. Chicken was a little
too heavy so I ordered an omelet. It
was excellent. All through Mont
martre gay parties were on their
way for onion aoup without which
Paris does not believe any hectic night
is complete. The prices on the left
bank are just about half what they
are on the right bank of the Seine
and the food and service are just
as good. Because the right bank Is
considered smart It Is able to double
its price. •
I have written an often of the
beauty of a Parle morning that It
may become ttreaome yet I can think
of only R« thing so awe inspiring—
and that la the New York aky llna
I had the driver take me to Notre
Dame and watch that enduring bulk
as the sun came up for the skies had
dried and the day promised to he fair.
Notre Dame cldtclies the past and
present. Its portals have been stained
by the blood of rovolutlone and pro
fane hands have pillaged It but Its
majestla silhouette, remains. Its
Qothlo mystery and Imagery give
you a sweeping emotion of life and
eternity. I know of an unemotional
business man who saw Notre Dame
one night In the fading flunk and
wept like a child. People In the shab
by quarters and narrow old streets
In the nelghliorhood were arising
from sleep. You could hear singing
and laughter. It Is surprising to
think Perl* has so recently passed
through a calamity.
Enchanting ns F’jrrls Is t could
never live here permanently.' For
after all America spoils you for
Europe. Many of us should come
ever here more often for a new ep
predation of our own greatness
tCopyrlskt. HIM
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the owner. Helpless, torpid and vege
tarian, with great limbs, but minute
brain, they could be rounded up and
driven by a child. In a few minute*
i he huge beast had been cut up and
slabs ot him were hanging over a
dozen fires, together with great, scaly
ganoid fish which had been speared
In the lake.
Summerlee had lain down and slept
upon the sand, but we others roamed
round the edge of the water, seek
lng to learn something more of this
strange country. Twice we found pits
of blue clay, such as we had already
seen In the awamp of the peterodac
tyls. These were old volcanic vents
and for some reason excited the great
est Interest In Tiord John. What at
tracted Challenger, on the other hand,
was a bubbling, gurgling mud geyser,
where some strange gas formed great
bursting bubbles upon the surface. He
thrust a hollow reed Into It and cried
out w ith delight like a schoolboy when
he was able, orl touching it with a
lighted match, to cause a sharp ex
plosion and n blue flame at the far
end of the tube. Still more pleased
was he when, Inverting a leathern
pouch over the end of the reed, and
so filling It with the gas, he was able
to send it soaring up Into the air.
An tnnaimname gas, and one
markedly lighter than the atmosphere.
I should say beyond doubt that It
contained a considerable proportion of
free hydrogen. The resources of Ci.
E. C. are not yet exhausted, my young
friend. I may yet show you how a
great, mind molds all Nature to Its
use." He swelled with some secret
purpose, hut would say no more.
At earliest dawn our camp was
astir and an hour later we had start
ed upon our memorable expedition.
Our numbers had been reinforced
during the night by a fresh batch
of natives from the caves, and we
may have been four or five hundred
strong when we made our advance. A
fringe of scouts was thrown out in
front, and behind them the whole
force in a solid column made their
wav up the long slope of the bush
country until we were near the edge
of the forest, Here they spread out
into a long straggling line of spear
men and bowmen. Roxton and Sum
tnerlee took their position upon the
right flank, while Challenger and ^
were on the left. It was a host of
the stone age that we were accom
panylng to battle—we with the l#st
word of the gunsmith's art from St.
James Street and the Strand.
Vie had not long to wait for our
enemy. A wild shrill clamor rose
from the edge of the wood and sud
denly a body of ape-men rushed out
with clubs and stones, and made for
the center of the Indian line. It was
a valiant move but a foolish one,
for the great bandy-legged creatures
were slow of foot, while their oppo
nents were as active as cats. It was
horrible to see the fierce brutes with
foaming mouths and glaring eyes,
rushing and grasping, but forever
missing their elusive enemies, while
arrow after arrow burled Itself in
their hides. One great fellow ran past
me roaring with pain, with a dozen
darta sticking from his chest and
ribs. In mercy I put a bullet through
his skull, and he fell sprawling among
the aloes. But this was the only
shot fired, for the attack had been on
the (Center of the line, and the In
dians there had needed no help of
ours in repulsing it. Of all the ape
men who had rushed out into the open
I do not think that one got back to
cover.
But the matter was more deadly
when we came among the treea. Kor
an hour or more after we entered the
wood, there was a desperate struggle
in which for a. time we hardly held
our own. Springing out from among
the scrub the ape-men with huge
clubs broke In upon the Indians and
often felled three or four before they
could be speared. Their frightful
blows shattered everything upon
which they fell. One of them knocked
Summerlee's rlfla to matchwood and
the next would have crushed his
skull had an Indian not stabbed the
beast to the heart. Other ape men In
the trees above us hurled down stones
and logs of wood, occasionally drop
ping bodily on to our ranks and fight
ing furiously until they were felled.
Once our allies broke under the pres
sure, and had It not been for the
execution done by our rifle* they
would certainly have taken to their
heels. But they were gallantly ral
lied by their old chief and came on
with such a rush that the ape men
began In turn to give way. Summer
lee was weaponless, but I was empty
lng my magazine as quick as I could
Are, and on tlie further flank we
heard the continuous cracking of cur
companlona' rifles.
Then In a moment cam# the panic
and collapse. Screaming aad howl
ing, the great creaturea ruahed away
In all directions through the brush
wood, while our allies yelled In their
savage delight, followlng^swlftly after
their flying enemies. All the feuda of
countless generations, all tha hatreds
and cruelties of their narrow history.
*11 th* memories of 111 usage and per
secutlon were to be purged that day.
At last man was to be supreme and
the man beast to find forever his al
lotted place. Fly as they would the
fugitives were too slow to escape
from the active savages, and from
every side In the tangled woods we
heard the exultant yells, the twang
Ing of hows, and the crash and thud
i* ape men were brought down from
ihelr hiding places in the trees.
1 was following the others, when
t found that I.ord John and challen
ger had come across to join us.
“It's over,'* said l<ord John. “1
think tc on leate the tidying up to
them. Perhaps the leas we see of
it the better we shall sleep."
Chnllen t r's eyes were shining with
the hast of slaughter.
We have been privileged, he cried,
strutting about like a gamecock, "to
be present at one of ihe typical dect
she battles of history—the battle
which determined the fate of the
world. What, my friends. Is the con
quest of one nation by another? It
is meaningless. Kach produces the
same result. Hut those fierce tight*
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we ad*anced together through 'he
woods we found the ape men lying
thick, transfixed with spear* or ar
row* Mar* and there a little group
of shattered Indian* marked where
one of the anthropoid* had turned to
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