The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-01-26
Difficulties OF a
Scientist
ue Narrowly Escapes
Hanging
Bv F. A. mitchell

...sor Dibbley was In his room In
,.,Tersity hall examining some theses
ndonts ON the antiquity OF man
! sweep entered and deposited a
Wv When 1t was opened 1t was
p0l. - contain a lawbone and let
Y, p-ofessor Dibbley dropped the letter
I'd snatchcd up the bone.
.Tbonk heaven, the teeth are pre-
--.d,r he remarked as he flashed his
:, ...s On them, and, taking up mi
..osoona he brought it to bear on
- .rsrv tooth. every protrusion of the
bone. - -,
There was knock at the door
..rora, knocks before the professor
s.ara any Of them. SO intent was he
- bis treasure. Finally he bade the
snorker enter. Professor HOLSTER
came IN.
@Holister." cried Dibbley excitedly.
arbat do YOU suppose Bowers has sent
rss The jaw of prehistoric man.
They've struck one Of those caves that
abound in Europe and have added
0ra iavhone-the first discovered in
,,nnrt.a-to the worlds collection of
raIirs OF the men of the old stone
age.
aWhat race?"
@yerv like the Neanderthal."
"How do you known
@By the teeth. They are all in place"
"Let me see, where do you archaeo-
logic gentlemen place the Neanderthal
man
"He hOurished at least 25,0O0 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 Dib-
bley, taking up another paper which
| be had not noticed.
Professor DibHey reported the find
| and the same evening was on a train
Speeding westward. So long as he
was in a car under the care of the con-
ductor and the porter. with dining
car next forward from which to draw
food, the professor was all right. He
was SO engrossed in bones and stones
tile students called him Archie, which
they Considered an abbreviatlon or
' archae logist-that he was utterly deli
| Client Of the common affairs Of life. A
facetious sophomore asserted that he
must be of the canine species himself,
be was so addicted to bones. But
when Professor Dibbley was put out
| Of the train in the Rocky mountains to
shift for himself he was like a child
who had not learned to walk. There
we're q few houses near the station,
Ml before one of them horse, sad
died ana bridled, stood without 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
amouse and assured him that 1t could
brief interview followed, at the end
Of which Dibbley gave the man S5 and
took the horse on which to ride to the
. cave.
The professor mounted the beas
with difficulty and set out on a jos
trot, stopping occasionally to hold hi
directions up against his glasses. 81
had difficulty in following them, and
meeting a girl of the country mounte'
On mule, he appealed to her for infor
nation. An interview ended In he
Offering to show him the way.
What Y goin' thar for?" she asked.
That cave" said the professor. II
the beginning remembering that h
was talking to ignorance, but soon fol
getting 1t, contains the bones of
man Of great antiquity, at least 25,OO
years"
That beats the old feller in the B
Ole, don't it?"
Several races occupied Europe SUI
cesSiyey," continued the professo
some Of them being hundreds of tho'
sanls OF years.
LaFd, save us! What kind OF lookil
hiivs was they?'
something like an ape, small faci'
als.e, heavy protrusions over Il
eyes But the latest race of men WI
Ayel IN the stone age were not so u
HAe modern civilized men as might !
Supposed"
low old was they?"
They are placed by archaeologis
az 10000 to 5000 years."
Geewillikins, Was the women tn
old toof"
of course"
lhe girl looked sidewise at the pr
'essor pityingly She wondered ho
person with an upset brain had be-
permitted to get off by himself to ia
@ooat people thousands of years ol
.'esently there was sound of horse
.ools galloping behind them. The g
~. .hed and saw a horseman comil
aeAety split. When he reached {
w Wayfarers he refined In. Th
ar rafd an ominous click and the wor