The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-11
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The Bones of a
DinOSaur
They Came Very Near Making
Corpse Of Museum
Curator
BY F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1871.
By F. A. Mitchell
by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

at the other the hunter alter puIleu
treasures, such as the bones OF eyunct
animals or the palaces of kings long
dead. Professor Upton belonged tu
the delivers for fossils. He was barely
thirty years old. small OF stature. a
trife bald ON the forehead and wore
glasses. There was nothing beautiful
about the professor except his smile
and that was beautiful because II was
childlike. One seeing the innocent
parting Of his lips. accompanied by q
soft look that appeared in his eyes. felt
Immediately like taking up the little
man and hugging him.
Now. it having been reported to the
directors of the museum OF which Pro
lessor Upton was curator that the tip
of the tail of some enormous animal
had been struck in digging a well in
western territory. the curator was
directed TO repair TO the spot. take a
look at the protrusion, determine to
what animal IL belonged. whether 1t
was worth digging for and the cost of
exhumation.
In due time the professor reached
a settlement some five or six miles
from where the fosslized bones were
located and. learning that the only way
to reach them would be on horseback.
called for a horse. mounted him and
proceeded on his way. He had pro-
ceeded about half the distance when
he saw ahead OF him what looked like
the dim outline of cowboy, but as he
and the coming object drew nearer he
noticed that the rider was feminine.
"How do?" she said as she refined in
her steed.
The professor had never heard this
form of greeting before and did not
understand it. However. he reined in
his horse and smiled.
The smile was something very new
to the girl. The coarse guffaw of the
plainsman or the diabolical grin of the
Indian was the only expression of a
genial disposition she had ever seen.
what y dom out here. stranger"
she asked.
I'm goin' to the fork of the river"
he replied.
"What y goin there for?"
A reply to an uneducated person was
difficult, but the professor explained
his object as well as he could.
"Y' think it's some kind o. varmint? p
she asked.
II don't know what varmint is.
but / suspect what I'm going to look
at will turn out to be either a masto-
don or a dlnosaur."
"And l don't know what them are.
don't see no shootin' iron about y.
Where do y carry itY'
IL didn't think to bring a weapon.
Do need one?"
"Well, now, " are the most limo
cent kid / ever seen. Need gun?
I'll go with y. 1t would be a pity to
leave little feller like v TO wander
about with not even n toy pistol"
Turning her horses head, she rode
back with Professor Upton. There
was something odd I'm the defenseless
man being under the protection of this
armed girl. He found her especially
useful as guide, for she knew the re-
gion perfectly and took him to the
point he wished to find. There was
no one on the ground to locate the cx-
act spot, but the girl told him she had
seen some men digging and landed him
where they had begun to bore the well.
The moment the professor caught sight
OF few mammoth vertebrae that had
been exposed he clasped his hands.
raised his mild eyes to heaven. and
his lips moved in thanks
Its a dinosaur," said the professor
"Y' don't mean IT.
Judging from these few vertebrae,
1t must be sixty or seventy feet long"
"Goshr
"And. judging from the horizontal
position of what Is exposed. there will
be little cost in getting 1t out"
"Wll it payT
The professor did not hear this cues.
tion. He had picked up q stick lying
near and was scraping away the dirt
How long has it been there?" asked
the girl.
mot Jess than 10000 years."
Don't y think It's rather late in
the day to disturb IT,"
At that moment there was a clatter
OF hoofs in the distance, and n small
party of men were seen galloping to-
ward them.
by gum" exclaimed the girl. ats
Sheriff Glenn Barker! / wonder what
he's afterr'
Hello. Kater' exclaimed Barker as
he rode up. what y dom cavortin'
around with boss theft"
Now. 1t ia time to explain that the
professor. after having left the settle
inent. stopped at farmhouse for a
drink of buttermilk. He had ridden n
gray horse thus far. but when he left
the house mounted roam without no.
ticing the change In color. A man who
had stolen the roam. being nard pressed
by the sheriff and a posse. seeing n
comparatively fresh mount hitched To
a post. changed horses.
He amt no boss thief" REPLIED tho
girl. Hes a What afr v anyway p,
IL am a.
"See here" interrupted one of the
party. ~ may be anything " like. but
that's my boss " been ridin'."