Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-12

tendon played across it, which could
not be the case with clayicle."
Then I must confess that I don't
know what it is"
You need not be ashamed to expose
your ignorance. for I don't suppose the
whole South Kensington staff could
give a name to it" He took little
bone the size of a bean out of pill
box 80 far as I am a judge this
human bone is the analogue of the one
which you hold. in your hand. That
VIII give you some idea of the size of
the creature. You viii observe from
the cartilage that this is no fossil spec
linen. but recent. What do you say to
thatT'
surely in an elephant
He WINGED as if in pain.
Don't! Don't talk Of elephants in
South America. Even In these days of
board schools
We'll" I interrupted, "any large
South American animat-a tapir, for
example"
You may take IT, young man, that
I am versed in the elements OF my
business. This is not a conceivable
|. bone either Of a tapir or of any other
! creature known to zoology. 1t belongs
to very large, a very strong and, by
/ all analogy, a very fierce animal which
/ exists upon the face Of the earth, but
has not yet come under the notice of
science. You are still unconvtnced? 2"
Il am at least deeply interested"
Then your case is not hopeless.
feel that there is reason lurking in you
somewhere, so we viii patiently grope
! round for it
I'VE viii now leave the dead Ameri-
can and proceed with my narrative
/ You can imagine that / could hardly
come away from the Amazon without
probing deeper into the matter. There
were indications as to the direction
from which the dead traveller had
come Indian legends would alone
have. been my guide, for I found that
rumors of a strange land were com
mon among all the riverine tribes. 1t
was my business TO find out more"
What did you ydo?" My fippancy
was all gone. TIES massive man com
PEELED ones attention and respect.
Il overcame the extreme reluctance
Of the natives reluctance which ex-
tends even to talk upon the subject
and by Judicious persuasion and gifts.
aided, 1 win admit, by some threats
Of coercion, I got two Of them to net
as guides After many advent .es
which l need not describe, and after
travelling a distance which / viii not
mention, in a direction which I with
hold, we came at last. to a tract OF
country which has uavar- Eoap lie
scribed nor, indeed, visited save by
my unfortunate predecessor. Would
you kindly look at this?"
He handed me n photograph, half
plate size
The unsatisfactory appearance Of il
is due to the fact" said he, that on
descending the river the boat was up
set and the case which contained the
undeveloped films was broken. with
disastrous results. Nearly all of them
were totally ruined-an irreparabIe
loss This is one Of the few which
partially escaped"
The photograph was certainly very
of colored- An unkind critic might
easily have misinterpreted that dim
surface 1t was a dull gray landscape.
and as 1 gradually deciphered the de
tails Of It / realized that it represented
a long and enormously high line of
cliffs exactly HE an immense cata-
ract seen in the distance, with a slop-
ing. tree clad plain IN the foreground.
Il believe il is the same place as the
painted picture" said l.
IL is the sans place" the professor