White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-13

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audience expressed Its indigna-
ton at such a slur upon the travel.
ers by noisy shouts of dissent and
cries of Don't put itr Withdraw!
Turn him out.' On the other hand.
the malcontents--and 1t cannot be de
MED that they were fairly numerous
cheered for the amendment, with cries
of .Order.' Chair! and Fair p!ayr
A scufle broke out in the back
benches. and blows were freely ex-
changed among the medical students
| who crowded that part Of the hall. It
was only the moderating influence Of
the presence Of large numbers Of ladies
which prevented an absolute riot. Sud.
denly. however. there was q pause, q
hush and then complete silence. Pro
fessor Challenger was o. his feet
1T will he within the recollection Of
many present. said Professor Challen-
ger. that similar foolish and unman-
nerly scenes marked the last meeting
at which I had been able to address
them. On that occasion Professor Sum-
merlee was the chief offender. and
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trite. the matter could not be entirely
forgotten. I have heard tonight SINH
lar. but even more offensive. senti
ments from the person who has just
sat down. and though It IL q conscious
effort of self effacement to come down
to that persons mental level, l will
| endeavor to do SO I'm order to allay any
I,,,I .r,l.s.t~ <1..iA sx..oofhIu
exist in the minds of any one Laugh
ter and in%terruption.l 4 need not re-
mind this audience that. though Pro
fessor Summarize. rs the head of the
committee of Investigation. has been
put up to speak tonight. still 1t Is !
who am the real prime moves In this
business. and that II Is mainly to me
that any successful result must be
ascribed. | have safely conducted these
three gentlemen TO the spot mentioned
and | have. as you have heard. con
WINGED them Of the accuracy of my pre-
vious account We had hoped h a we
should lind upon our return that no
one was so dense as to dispute our
joint conclusions. Warned. however,
by my previous experience. | haye not
come without such proofs as may con
vince a reasonable man. As explained
by Professor Summerlee. our cameras
had been tempered with by the ape
men when they ransacked u camp,
and most of our negatives ruined.
Ulcers. laughter and Tell us another!
from the back.t i have mentioned the
ape men. and | cannot forbear from
saying that some OF the sounds which
now mee my ears bring back most
wildly to my recollection my expert
ences with those interesting creatures.
tLaughter.b In spite of the destruction
of so many invaluable negatives. there
still remains In our collection q certain
number of corroboratiye photographs
showing the conditions OF life upon the
J plateau. Did they accuse them of hav
ing forged these photographer "a
voice, Yes and considerable Interrupt
ton which ended In several men being
put out of the hallD The negatives
were open to the inspection of experts.
But what other evidence had they?
Under the conditions of their escape 1t
was naturally impossible to bring a
large amount of baggage. but they had
rescued Professor Summerlee's collec.
| lions Of butterflies and beetles contain
ing many new species. Was this not
evidenceT Several voices. MOI Who
said nor
"Dr. Illingworth (rising)-'Our point
Is that such a collection might have
been made In other places than a pre-
historic plateau fApplause.)
Professor Challenger-'No doubt,
sir. We have to bow 10 your scientific
authority. although l must admit that
the name Is unfamiliar. Passing. then.
both the photographs and the entomo-
logical collection, l come to the varied
and accurate information which We
bring with us upon points which have
never before been calculated. For ex-
ample, upon the domestic habits OF the
p~terodactyl' "a voice. 'Bosh.' and up
roar)-'I say that upon the domestic
habits Of the pterodactyl we can throw
a food OF light. | can exhibit to you
from my portfolio a picture of that
creature taken from life which would
convince you
"Dr. mingworth-'No picture could
convince us of anything
Professor Challenger-'You would
require to see the thing itselfr
"Dr. mingworth-'Undoubtedly.'
Professor Challenger And you
would accept thatT
"Dr. mingworth 0aughing)-'Beyond
! a doubt
at was at this point that the sensa-
ton of the evening arose, a sensation
sc dramatic that 1t can never have
been paralleled In the history Of scien-
tiic gatherings. Professor Challenger
! raised his hand In the air as a signal.
and at once our colleague. Mr.. Il. ID.
! Malone, was observed to rise and to
make his way to the back Of the plat.
form. An instant later he reappeared
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