Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-01

dians 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,
as you said, they have been watchin'
us from the beglnnin' out of that tree,
and they knew perfectly well that we
were one short. However, they could
think only Of this new haul. So it was
! and not a bunch Of apes that drop
ped In on you Ia the morning. Well,
we had q hOrrid business afterward.
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 jumpin' off
place OF their prisoners. expect
ihere's heaps of skeletons there, If we
looked for 'em. They have a sort Of
tlear parade ground on the top, and
fhey make proper ceremony about It.
one by one the poor devils have to
jump, and the game Is to see whether
they are merely dashed to pieces or
whether they get skewered on the
canes. They took us ont to see it,
aod the whole tribe lined up on the
edge. Four OF the Indians jumped
aud the canes went through em like
luittin needles through pat Of but
tee. No wonder we found that poor
Yankees skeleton with the canes
gcowin' between his ribs. 1t was hOr-
ribIe-but it was doocedly interestin'
600. We were all fascinated to see
them take the dive, even when we
thought 1t would be our turn next on
the springbOard,
We'll. it wasn't. They kept six of
tue Indians Up for today-that's how I
understand it-but 1 fancy we were to
be the star performers in the show
Challenger might get off, but Summer
iee and l were in the bill Their Ian.
gage is more than half signs, and it
was not hard to follow them So
thought it was time we made break
Goc it,
so broke away early this mornln,
gave my guard a kick in the tummy
That laid him out and sprinted for the
camp. There l got you and the guns,
9n1 here we are"
Gut the prOfessorsw l cried In con
ptenatlOn.
Well, we must just go back and
fetch 'em. | couldn't bring 'em with
me. Challenger was up the tree and
Eummerlee was not fit for the effort.
The only chance was to get the guns
nud try rescue. OF course they may
an0pper them at once in revenge.
don't think they would touch Chal.
Ieuger but l wouldn't answer for sum
meree But they would have had him
iu any case. or that am certain So
J haven't made matters any worse by
boltin' But we are honor bound to go
back and have them out or see it
through with them. SO you had better
make up your soul, young fellah, my
Iad, for it will he one way or the other
before evenln'."
OF we started, and when we reached
the edge OF the cliff looked over and
saw our good Old black Zambo sitting
smoking on a rock below us | would
have given a great deal TO have hailed
hjm and told him how we were placed,
but 1t was too dangerous lest we
should be heard The woods seemed to
bc full OF the ape men. Again and
again we heard their curious clicking
cultler. At such times we plunged
iajo the nearest clump Of bushes and
lay Stlll until the sound had passed
away Our advance therefore was very
slow, and two hours at least must
have passed before | saw by Lord
JOINS cautious movements that we
must he close to our destination. He
motioned to me to lie still, and he
crawled forward himself In a minute
lac was back again, his face Quiyering
with eagerness.
Come" said he. "Come quick,
hope to tho Lord we are not too late
aicaadyw
/ found myself shaking with nervous
OK 'itement as l scrambled forward
anI lay down beside him, looking out
through the bushes at a clearing which
stcetched before us.
A wide, open space lay before us,
s0me hundreds of yards across, all
GCecn turf aud low bracken growing to
tue very edge of the cliff. Round this
clearing there was 4 semlcirCle of trees
with curlnus huts built OF foliage piled
one above the other among the branch
es A rookery, with every nest a little
house would best convey the idea.
Tue openings OF these huts and the
branches Of the trees We're thronged
with dense mob Of ape people, whom
from their size took to be the females
anj infants Of the tribe. They formed
tba background Of the picture and
were all looking out with eager inter.
c-i at the same scene which fascinated
nul bewildered us
va the open and near the edge Of the
Ciif there had assembled n crowd OF
Fome hundred Of these shaggy red
hnjrcd creatures. many Of them of i'm
Ipeuse size. aud all Of them horrible to
lo,'I upon. There was a certain dis
cipiine-smoug them, for none OF them
attempted to breSk the line which had