Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

smile: but European science would have
been somewhat amazed could it have seen
its chosen child, the hope of the future. with
his tangled. unkempt head, his bare chest,
and his tattered clothes He had one of the
meat tins between his knees and sat with
large piece of cold Australian mutton be-
tween his fingers. The Indian looked up at
him, and then, with little yelp, cringed to
the ground, and chung to Lord Roxtons leg.
Don't you be scared, my bonny boy.
said Lord Roxton, patting the matted head
in front of him. "He can't stick your appear
ance, Chalenger-and- by George. | don't
wonder. All right, little chap, he's only a
human, just the same as the rest of US.
"Really, Sir" cried the professor
"Well, it's lucky for you, Challenger, that
you are little out of the ordinary. If you
hadn't been SO like the King
upon my word, Lord Roxton, you allow
yourself great latitude."
"Well, it's fact"
II beg, Sir, that you will change the sub
iect Your remarks are irrelevant and I'M
ineligible. The question before us is what
are we to do with these Indians. The OBJ
vious thing is to escort them home, If we
knew where their home was
"There is no difficulty about that, said |.
@They live in the caves on the other side OF
the central lake
"Our young friend here knows where they
live. gather that it is some distance"
"A good twenty miles, said |.
Summerlee gave groan. Il for one could
never get there Surely | hear those brutes
still bowling upon our track.
As he spoke, from the dark recesses OF the
woods we heard far away the jibbering cry
of the Apemen. The Indians once more set
IN feeble wall of fear
ave must move, and move quick. said
Lord Roxton. "You help Summarize. young
fellah. These Indians will carry stores. Now
then, come along, before they can see us
TN less than half an hour we had reached
our brushwood retreat and concealed our
selves. All day we heard the excited calling
of the Apenen in the direction of our ola
camp; but none of them came DIR way, and
the tired fugitives, red and white, had long,
deep sleep. | was doing myself in the even
found Challenger lneeling beside me-
@You keep a diary of these events. and
you expect eventually to publish it, Mr.
Malone" said he with solemnity.
IL am here only as a press reporter, |
answered.
Exactly You may have heard some
rather fatuous remarks of Lord Roxton's
which seemed to imply that there was some
some resemblance
Eyes, heard them
Il need not say that any publicity given
to such an idea, any levity in your narrative
of what occurred, would be exceedingly
offensive to me-
81 will keep well within the truth.
"Lord Roxton's observations are fire.
quently exceedingly fanciful, and he IS capa-
BILE of attributing the most absurd reasons
to the respect which is always shown by the
most undeveloped races to dignity and char
acter. You follow my meaning
Entirely
Il leave the matter to your discretion
Then after long pause he added, THAT
King of the Apemen was really creature
of great distinction, a most remarkably
handsome and intelligent personality. Did
it not strike youo'
"A most remarkable creature" said |.
And the professor, much eased in his
mind, settled down to his slunber once more.
To be continued next Sunday