Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-02-09
Difficulties Of a
Scientist
He Narrowly Escapes
! Hanging
By F. A. mitchell

Professor Dibbley was in his room In
University hall examining some theses
of students on the antiquity Of man
when sweep entered and deposited q
box. When Il was opened II waa
found to contain lavbone and a let
ter.
Professor Dibbley dropped the letter
and snatched up the bone.
Thank heaven, the teeth are pre-
servedr' he remarked as he flashed his
eyes on them, and, taking up a mi
croscope, he brought 1t to bear on
every tocah, every protrusion Of tho
bone.
There was knock at the door
several knocks before the professor
heard any Of them, 80 intent was he
on his treasure. Finally he babe the
knocker enter. Professor HOLSTER
came In.
"Hollister," cried Dibbley excitedly,
"what do you suppose Bowers has sent
usf The jaw of prehistoric man.
They've struck one Of those caves that
abound in Europe and have added
one jawbone-the first discovered In
America-to the worlds collection Of
relics of the men Of the old stone
age"
what racer"
every like the Neanderthal."
How do you know"
"By the teeth. They arc all in place"
"Let me see, where do you archaeo-
logic gentlemen place the Neanderthal
MANI"
HE fiourished at least $4,000 years
ago, probably further back than that"
You'll have to go out there and ex-
anime the cave yourself. We must re-
port the matter at once"
There are explicit directions as to
the location Of the cave" replied Dbl
bley, taking up another paper which
he had not noticed.
Professor Dibbley reported the And
and the same evening was on train
speeding westward. SO long as he
was In car under the care of the con-
ductor and the porter, with a dining
car next forward from which to draw
food, the professor was all right. He
was so engrOssed In bones and stones
the students called him Archie, which
they considered an abbreviation OF
archaeological that he was utterly def
Client of the common affairs of lifG A
facetious sophomore asserted that he
must be Of the canine species himself,
he was so addicted to bones. But
when Professor Dlbbley was put out
Of the train In the Rocky mountains to
shift for himself he was like child
who had not learned to walk. There
were n few houses near the station,
and before one of them a horse, sad
died and bridled, stood without a mas
ter. A rough looking man came along,
and the professor asked him II the
horse could be hired The man gave
him glance such as cat would give
mouse and assured him that It could.
A brief interview followed, at the end
OF which Dibbley gave the man SIS and
took the horse on which to ride to the
cave.
The professor mounted the beast
with difficulty and set out on a log
trot, stopping occasionally to hold bis
directions up against his glasses, He
had difficulty in following them, and,
meeting u girl OF the country mounted
on mule, he appealed to her for infor-
nation. An Interview ended In her
Offering to show him tho way.
What y goin' thar forf" she asked.
THAT cave" said the professor, in
the beginning remembering that he
was talking to ignorance, but soon for
getting 1t. contains the bones OF
man Of great antiquity, at least $4,000
years"
THAT beats the old Teller in the BIZ
BILE, don't It."
Several races occupied Europe sue.
cessively," continued tho professor,
Some Of them being hundreds of thou.
sands Of years.
Lord, save us! What kind OF lookin'
things was theyf"
Something like an ape, small facial
angle. heavy protrusions over the
eyes But the latest race OF men who
lived In the stone age were not 80 I'm.
like modern civilized men as might be
supposed"
How old was theyl
"They are placed by nrchaeologists
ut 10000 TO 5000 years"
"Geewilliklns! Was the women that
old tooT"
"Of course"
The girl looked sldewise ut the pro-
fessor pltylngly. She wondered how
person with an upset brain had beon
permitted to get Off by himself to talk
about people thousands Of years old.
Presently there was sound OF horses
ho0fs gall0plng behind them. The girl
turned and saw horseman coming
lickety split. When he reached the
two wayfarers he refined In. They
heard an omlnOus click and the words
"Iiands up!' The professor turned
aud looked Mt n ferocious party cover.
Ing him with an immense revolver
The girl spurred her horse between tho
professor and his enemy and made
signs TO the latter to deslst from shoot.
Ing the former, who didn't know
enough TO put mp his hands when told
10 do so.
what Is II, Martw said tho girl.
What II IT. Why he's tuck my
horse"
She appealed to the professor, who