Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-25
.GUNHIns one one

which We had examined In the morn
lug- What this phenomenon meant We
could not imagine.
We saw many small animals such as
pprCurlnss. a scaly anfeatsr and o
Wild ptr. rieiali in color and with
long. curved tusks- Once. through a
break in the trees We saw a clear
shoulder 0. green hill some distance
away. and across this a larre dun col
ored animal was travelling at 4 cOGsL-
cradle pace IL passed SO swiftly that
We were unable TO say what II was.
but II Il were a deer. as wls claimed
by Lord John. il must have bepn as
large rs those monstrous Irish elk
which re still dug up from time TO
time In th. b,-s II my native and
Ever since the mysteriJrE visit
which had been Iad TO our camp We
AWAY, returned to It with SON. mis-
giving However. on tbs nrrasiDn
We found everyt'iInE in order
II was about this time that | had al
inspiration Nr eyes chanced 10 light
UPON THE eu"rmouS gnarled trunk o.
fh, c4u-Ep tree which cast it, huge
hrau,l,-~ over Us Surely II i,. bole
c1c..-lcI that ~ all others IL height
mu-r ., Tie saline. II the rim u the
plateau wa indeed the highe~r point,
then why should this mighty rrr,. not
prove :" 70, a warrhtOwer VIII. com
mauI.,l IN" whole country Now.
ever sine" ran Wild as lai .u Ire
land lave lccn a bold and .kiIlcd
,rc" .r.u.'"r Ny comrades m,-hr be
nv u.n,rr-- nu the rocks, but knew
that ! would l,e supreme amor those
branches '"ud | only get my ',-.s on
10 the lowest Of the giant OF ,npofs
then d would he strange indc,l II I
could not max" NV way to The top.
Nv rumrad,-> were delighted nj my
idea
our young friend" said Cha longer.
punching up the red apples ~ his
chccks. "l~ cHuahle of acrobatic cNcr-
riuu~ which would be imposs!blo To
man ~ more solid though possibly
Of more commanding appearnnrr. I
applaud his resolution"
BY George young fellah. you put
your hand on Il, said Lord John clap
ping me on tho tack How we never
came t" think Of 1t before I car, i'm
agiuc There's not more than sn hour
or daylight left but II you tax your
notebook you may lie able to get some
rough sketch OF the place. n W. put
these three ammunition cases under
the branch / will soon hoist you on
TO il"
He stood on the boxes while I IN ed
the trunk and WAS gently raising me
when challenger spranc forward and
gave me such thrust with his huge
hand that be fairly shot me into the
tree. with both arms clasping he
branch. scrambled hard with my feet
until had worked. first my body and
then my knees. On to ii. There were
three excellent orshOOts. like huge
rungs Of ladder. above my head end
a tangle Of Cuul cuient branches be-
yond so that clambercd onward with
such speed that | soon lost sight of
the ground and had nothing hut foil
age beneath me. Now and then en-
countered check. and once | had to
shin up a creeper for eight or ten
feet. but ! made excellent progress.
and the booming Of Challenser's voice
seemed TO he great distance beneath
me. The tree was. however enor-
nous. and. looking upward. could see
no thinning of the leaves above my
head. There was some thick. bushlike
clump which seemed TO be parasite
upon branch up which was warm
Ing. l leaned my head round 1t in OF.
der to see what was beyond. and
nearly fell out Of the tree In my sur
prise and horror at what | saw.
A face Was gazing into mine at the
distance of only u foot or two. The
creature that owned 1t had been
crouching behind the parasite and hAd
looked round 1t at the same Instant