New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

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he fell Sprawling among the aloeS.
But this was the only shot fired; for the
attack had been on the center OF our line.
and the Indians there had needed no help
Of ours in repulsing it. Of all the Apemen
who had rushed out into the open, ! DO not
think one got back TO cover.
But the matter was more deadly when we
came among the trees. For an hour or more
after we entered the wood there was a deS-
perate struggle in which for a time We hardly
held our own. Springing out from among
the scrsb, the Apcmcn with huge clubs
broke in upon the Indians and often felled
three or four Of them before they could be-
Speared Their frightful blows shattered
everything upon which they fell. One of
them knocked Summarizes rifle to match
wood. and the next would have crushed his
skull had not an Indian stabbed the beast to
the heart. Other Apemcn in the trees above
us hurled down stones and logs Of wood. OC-
casionally dropping bodily on our ranks and
fighting furiously until they were feled
Once our allies broke under the pressure. and
had it not been for the execution done by our
rifles they would certainly have taken to
their heels. But they were CALAMITY rallied
by Their old chief, and came on with such a
rush that the Apcmcn began in turn to give
way. Summarize was wcaponlcSS; but | was
cmptying my magazine as quickly as could
ilrc, and on the farther flank we heard the
continuous cracking Of our companions rifles
THEN in a moment came the panic and the
collapse. Screaming and bowling, the
great creatures rushed away in all directions
through the brushwood, while our allies
yelled in their savage delight, following
swiftly after their flying enemies MI the
tcuds OF countless generations, all the hatrcdS
and Crucltc; Of their narrow history, al the
memories Of III usage and persecution, were
TO be purgcd that day. At last man was To
be supreme, and the man-bcast to find for
ever his allotted place. Fly as they would,
the fugtivcS were too slow to escape from
the active SdvagcS and from every side in
the tangled woods we heard the cXultant
wells, the twanging Of bows, and the crash
and thud as Apcmcn were brought down
from their hiding places in the trees.
| was following the others, when | found
that Lord RoXton and Challenger had come
across 10 Join Us.
Its over, said Lord Roxton. Il think
We can leave the tidying up to them. Per
hapS the less We see Of ii the better We shall
sleep.
Challcngr's eyes were shining with the
lust Of slaughter. I'VE have been priv
legged, he cried, strutting about ike a game
cock, 40 be present at one OF the typical
decisive battles which have determined the
fate Of the world What, my friends, is the
conquest Of one nation by another, II is !
meaningless. Each produces the same re-
suit But those fierce fights when in the
dawn Of the age the cave jewellers held their
own against the tiger folk, or the elephants
first found that they had q master those
were the real conqucSt-, the victories that
count BY this strange turn Of Fate We have
seen and helped t. decide even such con-
test. Now upon this plateau the future
must ever be- for man.
To be continued next Sunday