White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-16
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SYNOPSIS


howard MALONE. newspaper man Is
~ In love with Gladys Hungerton. She
tells him the man she loves must do some
brave act. Malone gets an assignment to
interview Professor Challenger. explorer.
When Challenger and Malone meet Chal-
1enger proclaims Malone an impostor. and
they a a fierce personal encounter.
challenger expresses a liking for Ma
lone when the latter refuses TO nave him
arrested. The professor then proceeds to
show Malone proofs of a prehistoric lan
Malone reports to McArdle. his city ed
ftor. that Challenger Is not an impostor
and that he has arranged to be present
at . scientific meeting OF professors.
There's a great demonstration IN the
hall when Professor Challenger arnvest
Challenger asks for volunteers to 20 on
an expedition to the prehistoric land.
The meeting finally decides that Pro-
fsnsor Summerlee. Lord John Roxton.
sportsman and traveller. and Malone go TO
South America to prove or disprove Chal-
lsngers statements. On their departure
Challenger gives them a letter to open
on q certain date.
When the day and hou arrive he let
Ter IL opened A blank sheet falls out
They are about to denounce Challenger
whAn he arrives on the scene.
The party finds a s'snpost and a skeie-
ton. The skeleton plainly Is that of Ma
pie White. of whom Professor Challenger
had spoken.
That there Is malevolent humanity on
the plateau Is made plain when a huge
rock crashes by.
The party finally reaches Maple White.
tho dreamland. Their way from the out
side world Is cut of by the treachery OF
a half breed.
As the party generates Maple White
Land IL IL confronted with all kinds of
strange plants and animals.
In the morning 1t was not long be-
fore we discovered the source OF the
hideous uproar which had aroused Us
IN the night. The iguanodon glade was
the scene of "A horrible butehery. From
the pools Of blood and the enormous
Jumps of flesh scattered I'm every d.
rection over the greensward we i'm
agined at first that a number of ami
mails had been killed. but OIL examining
the remains more closely we discov-
cred that all this carnage came from
one OF these unwieldy monsters. which
had been literally torn 10 pieces by
some creature not larger, perhaps. but
far more. ferocious. than itself.
Our two professors sat In absorbed
argument, examining piece after piece.
which showed the marks of sayage
teeth and of claws.
'0ur Judgment must still be In
allegiance said Professor Challenger.
with a huge slab OF whitish colored
flesh across his knee. THE indica-
tons would be consistent with the
presence Of a aber toothcd tiger. such
as are still found among the breccia
of our caverns. but the creature actu-
ally see was undoubtedly of a larger
and more reptilian character. Person
ally l should pronounce for ~allosaurus."
"Or megalosaurus.s said Summarize.
Exactly. Any n of the larger
~canivorous dinosaurs would meet the
a Among them are to be found
all the most terrible types of animal
life that have ever cursed the earth or
iNcn "a IIC iuuSutu tOuV-
rously at his wi eonceit. for. though
he had little sense Of humor, the crud-
est pleasantly from his own lips NOV
ed him always to roars of apprecia-
tion.
'.rhe less noise the better" said Lord
Roxton CURLY. I'VE don't know who
or what may be near MS. II this fellah
comes back for his breakfast and
catches Us here we won't have SO much
20 laugh ut"
That morning We mapped out a small
portion OF the plateau. avoiding the
swamp Of the p~terodactyls and keeping
TO the east Of our brook instead Of to
the west In that direction the coun
try was still thickly wooded. with 30
much underground that our progress
was very slow.
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