White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-30
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SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
EDWARD MALONE. newspaper man. is
A. 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-
1snger proclaims Malone an impostor. and
they have a fierce personal encounter.
challenger expresses a liking for Ma
lone when the latter refuses to have him
arrested. The professor then proceeds to
show Malone proofs of a prehistoric land.
Malone reports to McArdle, his city cd
aitor. that Challenger L. not an impostor
ant that he has arranged to be present
at . scientific meeting OF professors.
There's a great demonstration I'm the
hall whom Professor Challenger arrives
Challenger asks for volunteers to go on
an expedition to the prehistoric land.
The meeting finally decides hat Pro-
lessor Summerlee. Lord John Roxton.
zsportsman and traveller. and Malone go to
South America to prove or disproye Chai-
lsnger's statements. On their departure
Challenger gives them a letter to open
o. q certain cate.
When the day and hour arrive the let
eer IL opened. A blank sheet falls out.
They are about to denounee Challenger
when he arrives on the scene.
The party finds a sisnpost and a skele.
tor. The skeleton plainly is that OF Ma
pie White. of whom Professor Challenger
had spoken.
b there Is malevolent humanity on
the plateau is made plain when a huge
-gock crashes by.
The party finally reaches Maple White.
the dreamland. Their way from the out
side world Is cut off by the treachery OF
= half breed.
As the party penetrates Maple White
Land IL Is confronted with all kinds OF
strange plants and animals
Weird looking ape men are found In the
wild country. A strange lake Is named
Lake Gladys. after the girl Malone left
behind In England.
Malone leaves comrades at night for a
ramble through the forest. lie is con-
fronted By a monstrous animal. The beast
plunges after him. Malone falls to bot
tom OF pit.
Getting back 10 camp Malone finds his
companions missing and the camp In
great disorder. Lord John Roxton APP
pears after n time and breathlessly tells
Malone hat tho others have been cap
sureu py the ape men
This time II was Summarize. Two OF
his guards caught him by the wrists
and pulled him brutally to the front.
His thin figure and long limbs strug-
gled and fiuttered like a chicken being
dragged from coop. Challenger had
turned to the king and waved his hands
frantically before him. He was beg
ging, pleading, imploring for his CON-
rade's life. The ape man pushed him
roughly aside and shook his head. II
was the last conscious movement he
was to make upon earth. Lord Johns
rife cracked. and the king sank down,
a tangled red spra wiling thing. upon
the ground.
"shoot into the thick Of theml Shoot,
sonny. shoot" cried my companion.
There are strange red depths In the
soul OF the most commonplace man.
am tender hearted by nature and have
found my eyes moist many a time over
the OF a wounded hare. Yet
the blood lust was on me now. l
found myself on my feet emptying one
magazine. tLen the other, clicking open
the breeclfNo reload, swapping Il to
again, while cheering and yelling with
pure ferocity and Joy OF slaughter rs
did 80.
With our four good guns the WI of
W made a horrible havoc. Both the
guards who held Summerlee were
down, and he vas staggering about
like a drunken man In his Amusement,
unable to realize that he was a free
man. The dense mob Of ape men ran
about In bewilderment, .marveling
whence this storm of death was com
ing or what 1t might mean. They
waved, gesticulated, screamed and trip
ped up over those who had fallen.
Then. with a sudden impulse. they all
rushed In a bowling crowd to the trees
for shelter, leaving the ground behind
them spotted with their stricken com
rades.
All the prisoners were left for the
moment standing alone In the middle
of the clearing.
ChallenGer's quick brain had grasped
the situation. He seized the Devil
dered Summarize by the arm, and they
both ran toward us. Two OF their
guards bounded after them and fell to
two bullets from Lord John. We ran
forward into the open to meet our
friends and pressed a loaded rifle into
the hands OF each. But Summarize
was at the end of his strength. He
could hardly totter. Already the ape
men were recovering from their pnnic.
They were coming through the brush.
wood aud threatening to cut us on.
Challenger aud l a Summeriee along,
n at each OF his elbows. while Lord
John covered our retreat. firing again
and again AZ savage heads snarled at
us out of the bushes. For a mile or
more the chattering brutes were at our
very heels. Then the pursuit slack
souad FOR thav LEARNED mr. M War md