White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-09

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fierce y What would he not give
for one such head to place between J
the two crossed oars above the ma
telpiece In his snuggery at the Albany
And yet his reason held him In. for all !
our exploration of the wonders of this
unknown land depended upon our
presence being concealed from its In
habitants. The two professors were
i'm silent ecstasy. In their excitement
they had unconsciously seized each
other by the hand and stood like two
little children In the presence Of q
marvel. C~hallenger's cheeks punched
up into a seraphic smile and Summer
lees sardonic face softening for the
moment into wonder and reverence.
"Nunc dimittis." he cried at last.
what will they say In England OF
thisf"
my dear Summerlee. I win tell you
with great confidence exactly what
they will say In England" said Chal-
lenger. They will say that you are
an internal liar and a scientific charia-
tan, exactly as you and others said of
me-"
Elm the face of photographer
FAXED. Summarized! Clumsily fax
cdr
I'm the face of specimensr
"Ah. then we may have them! Ma
lone and his filthy Fleet street crew
may be all yelping our praises yet.
August the 2Sth-the day we saw i've
live iguanodons In a glade Of Maple
White Land. Put 1t down In your
diary, my young friend. and send It to
POUR rag"
"And be ready to get the toe end Of
the editorial boot In return" said Lord
John. Things look = bit different
from the latitude of London. young
fellah my lad. There's many . man
who never tells his adventures. for he
can't hope to be believed. Who's 70
blame them? For this will seem = bit
Of q dream to ourselves In q month or
two. What did you say they werer'
"Iguanodons," said Summarize. You
win ind their footmarks all over the
Hastings sands in Kent and In Sussex.
The south Of England was alive with
them when there was plenty Of good
lush green stun to keep them going
Conditions have changed, and the
beasts died. Here 1t seems that the
conditions have not changed, and the
beasts have lived"
~If ever we get out of this alive II
must have a head with me-" said Lord
John. Lord. how some Of that Soma
Hand Uganda crowd would turn al
beautiful pea green Il they saw It! II
don't know what you chaps think. but
1t strikes me that we are on mighty
thin ice all this time"
1t was destined that on this very
morning-our first in the new country
we were to find out what strange
hazards lay around us. 1t was a l0ath-
some adventure and one Of which
hate to think. If. as Lord John said.
the glade of the i~guanodons will re
main with us as a dream, then surely
the swamp Of the ~pterodactyls will for
eve be our nightmare. Let me set
down exactly what occurred.
We passed very slowly through the
woods, partly because Lord Roxt0n
acted as scout before he would let rs
advance and partly because at every
second step one or other Of our profess
sors would fall. with a cry Of wonder.
before some flower or insect which pre-
scented him with a new type. We may
have Travelled two or three miles In all,
keeping to the right Of the line Of the
stream, when we came upon q consid-
cradle opening in the trees. A belt Of
brushwood led up to a tangle Of rocks
The whole plateau was strewn with
powders. We we're walking slowly to-
ward these rocks, among bushes which
reached over our waists, when we be-
came aware Of a strange, low gabbllng
and whlstling sound, which filed the
air with a constant clamor and up
peared to come from some spot imme
diately before US. Lord John held ~
his hand as a signal for us to stop, and
he made his way swiftly. STOPPING and
running, to the line of rocks. We saw
him peep over them and give a gesture
Of amazement. Then he stood staring
as IL forgetting us. so utterly entranced
was he by what he saw. Finally he
waved us TO come on. holding up HIS
hand as a signal for caution. His whole
bearing made me feel that something
very wonderful, but dangerous, lay b.
fore US.
Creeping TO his side. we looked over
the rocks. The place into which "