Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13

nose to the end of It's stubby tail Il was
fully twelve feet in length.
AS It sighted the Sagoths It emitted a
most frightfu roar, and with open mouth
charged full upon them. with cry of
terror the foremost gorllaman turned to
escape, but behind him he ran full upon
his onrushing companions
The horror of the following seconds is
indescrlbable Tho Sagoth nearest the
cave bear, finding his escape blocked,
turned and leaped deliberately to an awful
death upon the jagged rocks 900 feet be-
low.
Then those giant Jaws reached out and
gathered in the next-there was a sick
eninE sound of crunchng bones, and the
mangled corpse was dropped over tho
cliffs edge. Nor did the mighty beast
even pause in his steady advance along
the ledge
shriekng sagoths were now leaplng
madly over the precipice TO escape him,
and the last 1 saw he rounded the turn,
still pursuing the demorallzed remnant of
the man-hunters.
For long time I could hear the horrid
roaring Of the brute intermingled with the
screams and shrieks of his victims, until
finally the awful sounds dwindled and he
disappeared.
Later I learned from GhalS. who had
finally come to his tribesmen and returned
with party to rescue me, that the ryth,
as Il Is called, pursued the Sagoths until
1t had exterminated the entire band.
Ghak was, Of course, positive that had
fallen prey to the terrible creature which.
within Pellucldar, Is truly the king of
beasts.
Not caring to venture back into the
canyon where I might fall prey either to
the cave bear or the Sagoths, l continued
on along the ledge. believing that by fol-
lowing round the mountain l could reach
the land Of Sari from another objection.
But I evidently became confused by the
twisting and turning of the canyons and
gullies, for 1 did not come to the land of
Sari then, nor for n long time thereafter.
with no heavenly guide, II Is little Won
der that I became confused and lost in
the mazes of those mighty hills. What In
reality did was to pass entirely through
them and come out above the valley upon
the farther side, l know that 1 wandered
for n long time until, tired and hungry 1
came upon n small cave In the face of the
limestone formation which had taken the
place of the granite farther back.
The cave which took my fancy lay half.
way up the precipitous side of lofty cliff
The way to II was such that I knew no
extremely formidable beast could frequent
1t, nor was it large enough to make n
comfortable habitat for any but the small
er mammals or reptiles. Yet It was with
the utmost caution that 1 crawled within
its dark interior.
Here l found n rather large chamber
lighted by narrow cleft in the rock above
which let the sunlight filter in in sufficient
quantities to partially dispel the utter
darkness which had expected.
The cave was entirely empty, nor were
there any signs of its having been recently
occupied The opening was comparatively
small, so that, after considerable effort
l was able to lug up boulder from the
valley below which entirely blocked II.
Then returned to the valley for ar
armful Of grasses, and on Ihis trip was
fortunate enough to knock over an orthopi
the dimlnutive horse of Pellucidar, little
animal about the size of fox terrier
which abounds in all parts of the inner
world. Thus, with food and bedding l re.
turned to my lair, where after a meal o
raw meat, to which / had now become
quite accustomed. l dragged the boulder
before the entrance and curled myself