, 1916-11-09

$50 | broke away early this mornin'.
gave my guard a kick in the tummy
that laid him out and sprinted for the
camp. There | got you and the guns.
and here we are"
But the professorsr' I cried I'm con
sternation.
well we must just go back and
fetch EN-. | couldn't bring 'em with
me. Challenger was up the tree. and
Summcrlee was not fit for the effort.
The only chance was to get the guns
and try n rescue. OF course they may
scupper them AT once in revenge. |
don't think they would touch Chal-
lenger. but ] wouldn't answer for Sum
merlee. But they would have had him
In any case. OF that l am certain. So
I 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 our soul, Il fellah. my
lad, for 1t will be one way or the other
before evenin'."
on 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
him and told him how WE were placed.
but 1t was too dangerous lest we
should be heard. The woods seemed to
be full of the ape men. Again and
again We heard their curious clicking
/ chatter. At such times we plunged
into the nearest clump Of bushes and
lay still until the sound had passed
away. Our advance therefore was very
4 slow. and two hours at least must
/. have passed before l saw by Lord
Johns cautious movements that we
must be close to our destination. He
motiOned to me to lie still. and he
crawled forward himself. In a minute
he was back again. his face ~quivering
with eagerness.
hope TO the Lord we are not too late
already"
| found myself shaking with nervous
excitement as ! scrambled forward
and lay down beside him. looking out
Through the bushes at IA clearing which
Stretched before US.
y wide. open space lag before us.
Some hundreds of yards across. all
= green turf and low bracken growing To
he very edge of the cliff. Round this
tearing there was II semlcirclc Of trees
with curious huts built of foliage piled
Pne above the other among the branch.
rs. \ %rookery, with every nest a little
house, would best convey the idea.
The openings of these huts and the
branches of the trees were thronged
with n dense mob of ape people, whom
Prom their size | took TO be the female
nd infants of the tribe. They formed
fhe background of the picture and
were all looking out with eager inter
PSI AT the same scene which fascinated
ind bewildered us.
In the open and near the edge of the
PIN there had assembled n crowd of
tome hundred of these shaggy. red
Paired creatures, many of them of I'M
pense size, and all of them horrible to
fpok upon. There was n certain dis
apline among them, for none of them
Exempted to break the line which had
4een formed. In front there stood a
Hnall group of Indians-little, clean
Hmbed, red fellows, whose skins glow
like polished bronze in the strong
Phlight. a tall, thin white man was
andlng beside them, his head bowed,
= arms folded, his whole, attitude ex-
eSsive of his horror and detection.
here was nc installing the angular
'qrm OF Professor Summarize.
II front Of and around this detected
"up OF prisoners were several ape