Gunnison news-champion., 1917-06-01

~ ~ - - I, = - 3 -
sset = ~ peg.sa. ~ = - Gu
Nsv - ~ pu1s - ~ eyu4 -
iag - ~ hrssthsd 1Gke - ~ ~
run far and fast Hi oaust ases ~
scsatched and bloody. NJ elsehss ~
!: inging b rag. and his bat wn4 ~.
stAred n amaxemenf. b1f ~ DnVo
me no chance for questions. He ~
grabbing at our STORES al The tiDa -
spoke.
-Quick. young Fellah. Quickg- -
cried Every moment counts. Get
the rinea. both Of them ] have -
other two. Now all the cartridges zoo
can Eather. FIN up your pockets. Now.
some food Half . dozen tins win d.
That's all right! Don't walt to talk
or think. Get q move ON OF We are
done!"
Still half awake and unable to I'm
agine what = all might mean. I found
myself hurrying -inadly after him
through the wood. = rife under each
arm and pile OF various stores In my
hands. lie dodged In and out through
the thickesf OF the scrub until he came
to u dense clump Of brushwood Into
this he rushed. regardless OF thorns.
and threw himself into the heart OF it.
pulling me down by his side.
There" he painted. Il think We
are safe here. They'll make for the
camp as sure us fate. II will be their
first idea. But this should puzzle
EN-"
ssNhuf Ia 4 ,,-ln 4 I..xu
got my breath. Where are the pro-
fessors. and who is il that is after us p
The ape men!" he cried. My God.
what brutes. Don't raise your voice.
for they have long ears-sharp eyes.
too. but no power OF scent. so far as
could judge. SO don't think they can
sniff us out. Where have you been,
young fellah? You were well out
OF it,
Then he told what had happened in
my absence.
1T was in the early mornin'. Our
learned friends were just stirrin'.
Hadn't even begun TO argue yet. Sud-
denly 1t ralned apes. They came down
as thick rs apples out of II tree. They
had been assemblin' In the dark sup
pose. until that great tree over our
heads was heavy with them. ! shot
one of them through the belly. but be-
fore we knew where we were they had
us spread eagled ON our backs. call
them apes. but they carried sticks and
stones In their hands end jabhered talk
to each other and ended up by tyfn'
our hands with creepers. so they are
ahead Of any beast that ! have seen in
my wanderin's Ape men--thats what
they are-missin' links. and ! wish
they had stayed missin' They carried
OF their wounded comrade-he was
bleedin' like pig-and then they sat
around u.s. and if ever I saw frozen
murder Il was In their faces They
were big fellows. as big ns u man and
II deal stronger Curious glass gray
eyes ther have. under RED tufts. and
they just sat and gloated and i,iOated.
Challenger ls no chicken. hut even he
was cowed. He managed to struggle
to his feet and yelled out NJ them to
have done with II and get II over.
think he had gone n bit OF his head at
the suddenness OF it. for he ragged and
cursed at them like lunatic. Ii they
had been n row Of his favorite press
men he could not have slanged them
worse"
II thought II was the end OF us. but
instead of that Ii started them on q
( new line They all jabbered ard chat
tered together Then one of them stood
out beside Challenger. You'll smile.
young fellah. but pon my word they
might have been kinsmen. | couldn't
have believed 1t II hadn't seen 1t with
my own eyes. This old ape man-he
was their chief-was a sort Of red
-. .cnIer with every one of our
friends beauty points. only just tribe
more 30. He had the short body. the
big shoulders. the round chest. no neck.
great ruddy frill of beard. the tuft-
ed eyebrows. the What do you want.
ing you!' look about the eyes and
ple whole catalogue. When the ape
man stood by Challenger and put his
paw on his shoulder the thing was
complete Summerlee was . bit hys-
terical. and he laughed till he cried
The ape men laughed. too or at least
they put up the devil Of cacklin'. and
they set to work to drag us Oh through
the forest They wouldn't touch the
guns and things thought them danger
ous. expect-but they carried away
all our loose food. Summerlee and
got some rough handlin' on the way
there's my skin and my clothes to
prove it-for they took US bee line
through the brambles. and their own
hides are like leather. But Challenger
was all right. Four Of them carried
him shoulder high. and he went like
Roman emperor.
"They got US soon to this town OF
theirs. about thousand huts OF