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

At last man was to be supreme and
the man-beast to find forever his allot-
ted place. Fly as they would, the
fugltives were too slow to escape from
the active savages, and from every
side in the tangled woods we heard
the exultant yells, the twanging Of
bows and the crash and thud as ape
men were brought down from their
hiding places in the trees.
I was following the others when
found that Lord John and Challenger
had come across to join u.s.
"It's over" said Lord John. 81 think
we can leave the tidying up to them.
Perhaps the less we see of it the bet
ter we shall sleep"
Challenger's eyes were shining with
the lust Of slaughter.
1t needed a robust faith in the end
to justify such tragic means. AS we
advanced together through the woods
we found the ape men lying thick,
transfixed with spears or arrows. Here
and there little group Of shattered
Indians marked where one of the an
thropoids had turned to bay and sold
his life dearly. Always In front Of US
we heard the yelling and roaring which
showed the direction of the pursuit.
The ape men had been driven back to
their city, they had made last stand
there, once again they had been broken,
and now we were in time to see the
final fearful scene of all. Some eighty
or hundred males, the last survivors,
had been driven across that same little
clearing which led to the edge of the
cliff, the scene of our own exploit two
days before. AS we arrived the In
dians, a semicircle of spearmen, had
closed in on them, and in a minute it
was over. Thirty or forty died where
they stood. The others, screaming and
clawing, were thrust over the precipice
and went hurtling down, as their prls-
oners had Of old, on to the sharp BAN
boOs 600 feet below. 1t was as Chal-
lenger had said, and the reign of man
was assured forever in Maple White
Land. The males were exterminated
Ape Town was destroyed, the females
and young were driven away to live
in bondage, and the long rivalry Of un.
told centuries had reached its bloody
end.
For us the victory brought much ad
vantage. Once again we were able to
visit our camp and get at our stores
Once more also we were able to com
municate with Zambo, who had beer
terrified by the spectacle from afar Of
an avalanche Of apes falling from the
edge Of the cliff.
"Come away, Massas; come away
he cried, his eyes starting from hi,
head. "The debbil get you sure If you
stay up therem
1T is the voice of sanity" said Sum
merlee, with conviction. 1--WE have
had adventures enough, and they art
neither suitable to our character ol
our position. / hold you to your word
| Challenger. From now onward yoU
devote your energies TO getting us ou
of this horrible country and back once
more to civilization"
We had returned across the plateau
with our allies two days after the bat
tie and made our camp at the foot OF
their cliffs. They would have us share
their caves with them, but Lord Johr
would by no means consent to 1t, con
siderlng that to do so would put us in
their power If they were treacherously
disposed. We kept our independence
therefore, and had our weapons ready
for any emergency while preserving
the most friendly relations. We ais,
continually visited their caves, whlcl
were most remarkable places, thougl
whether made by man or by nature
we have never been able to determine
They were all on the one stratum, hel
lowed out OF some soft rock which In,
between the VOLCANIC basalt formln,
the ruddy cliffs above them and th
hard granite which formed their base