White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-23

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Challenger might get on, but Summer
Ice and | were in the bill. Their Ian
guage Is more than half signs, and II
was not hard to follow them. So /
thought 1t was time we made a break
for 1t.
$50 l broke away early this mornin',
gave my guard a kick In the tummy
that laid him out and sprinted for tho
camp. There l got you and the guns.
and here we are"
but the professors | cried In con-
sternation.
We'll, we must just go back and
fetch 'em. l couldn't bring 'em with
me Challenger was up the tree, and
Summerlee was not fit for the effort.
The only chance was to get the guns
and try a rescue. OF course they may
scupper them at once In revenge.
don't think they would touch Chal-
lenger. but l wouldn't answer for Sum
merlee. But they would have had him
In any case. OF that I am certain. So
haven't made matters any worse BY
boltin'. But we are honor bound to go
back and have them out or see 1t
through with them. So you had better
make up your soul, young fellah, my
lad, for 1t will be one way Or the other
before eyenin'."
on we started, and when we reached
the edge Of the cliff I looked over and
saw u good old black Zambo sitting
smoking on a rock below us. l would
have given a great deal to have hailed
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 ana
lay still until the sound had passed
away. Our advance therefore was very
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 no
crawled forward himself. In q minute
he was back again, bis face Quivering
with eagerness.
Gomez" said he. "Come quick! /
already"
found myself shaking with nervous
excitement as l scrambled forward
and lay down beside him, looking out
through the bushes at a clearing which
stretched before Us.
A wide, open space lay before u.s.
some hundreds Of yards across, all
green turf and low bracken growing to
the very edge of the cliff. Round this
clearing there was a semicircle Of trees
with curious 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.
The openings of these huts and the
branches of the trees were thronged
with n dense mob OF ape people, whom
from their size I took to be the females
and infants of the tribe. They formed
the background of the picture and
were all looking out with eager inter
est at the same scene which fascinated
and b~ewildered us.
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cliff there had assembled a crowd Of
some hundred of these shaggy, red
haired creatures. many of them of i'm
mense size, and all Of them horrible to
look upon. There was a certain dis
cipline among them, for none Of them
attempted to break the line which had
been formed. In front there stood q
small group of Indians-little, clean
limbed, red fellows, whose skins glow
ed like polished bronze In the strong
sunlight. A tall, thin white mar was
standing beside them, his head bowed,
his arms folded, his whole attitude ex-
pressive of his horror and detection.
There was no m~istaking the angular
form of Professor Summarize.
In front of and around this detected
group Of prisoners were several ape