Gunnison news-champion., 1917-05-04

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We saw the shimmering slaty CLEAN
Ur their skins between the tree trunks
and their heads uHdulat!ug high above
the b-ushw"Dd Then they vanished
from our slEht
/ looked al my comrades Lord John
was standing at Eaze with his finger
on the trigger u hi. elephant gun. hi
eager hunters soul shining from his
hero- eye. What would be not give
Tor one such head 10 plarr between
tl- two rTu--.-L naFS above the man
trID.c. q IN his suUg.cry al the Albany,
And get his r-a -pu held him In fpr all
our exploration II the wonders II this
unknown land dcpcIded upon our
pr,-"rre being concealed from its In.
LaHirauts The two professor werr
In silent ecstasy In rh-Ir excitement
they bad un.uuscIpuslv seized each
u'Aer hg I'll" hand and stood Hk" wv"
lit'I" children IN the pr'--"ure ~
marvel. Cha'I"ugcr.s 'Lcss- punched
up .nro "A -"5nphi- smile ant summer
lees ~arluulr fa.c snfrrnIH- fnr tn"
moment Iu'" wonder aud reverence
"Nuu- dlml''l-,~ he cried a. last
What will they say In England Of
this"
MY dear Snmu"-Iec will tell Won
Will grra, con. ".lru.e "rne'ls what
they VIII say m England said Chnl
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John Things look h.t different
from the IniIud" of London. young
rclaH my lad Thr1n.s mans n mrn
VIII never tells hIs adventures for h
can't HOY" to %" l"1.cl"l WHO'S to
nInue them Fer rhl- wifi, seem bit
~ Il dream 20 Ourselves ia n month or
iwo What DID You say they wcrc"'
"Iguanoduu-." sail SUmmcrlc". You
will find their footmarks all over the
Hastings sands in Kent and In Sussex
The south Of England was alive with
them when there was plenty OF good
lush green stun TO keep them going
Conditions have changed. and tn"
beasts died Her" II seems that the
conditions have not changed. and III"
beasts have lived"
III ever we get out OF this alive |
must have head with me. said Lord
John Lord. how some OF that Soma
Hand Uganda crowd would turn n
beautiful pea green II they saw IT |
don't know what you chaps think. but
IL strikes me that We are un mighty
thin Ice all this time"
II was destined that on this very
morning-our first In the new country
we were to find out what strange
hazards lay around us 1t was loath
some adventure and one Of which |
hate To- think. II. as Lord John said
the glade OF the iguanodons viii re
main with us rs a dream, then surely
the swamp Of the pterodactyls will for
ever be our nightmare. Let me set
down exactly what occurred.
We passed very slowly through the
woods. partly because Lord RoNton
acted as scout before he would let us
advance and partly because at every
second step one or other OF our profes
sors would fall with cry Of wonder,
before some flower or Insect which pre-
sented him with new type We may
have Travelled two or three miles in all.
keeping to the right of the line Of the
stream. when we came upon consid
erable opening In the trees. 4 belt OF
brushwoOd led up to a tangle OF rocks
The whole plateau was strewn with
powders. We were walking slowly to
ward these rocks. among bushes which
reached over our waists. when we be
tame aware OF II strange. low gabbllng
and whstling sound. which flied the
air with constant clamor and ap
peared to come from some spot imme
] l<'lu JblH up
his hand as a signal for us to stop. and
he made his way swiftly, STOPPING and
running. to the line of rocks. We saw
him peep over them and give n gesture
OF amaZement Then he stood staring
As II forgetting us. so utterly entranced
was he by what he saw. Finally he
waved us to come on. holding up his
hand as signal for caution. His whole
bearing made me feel that something
very wonderful. but dangerous, lay be
fore us.
Creeping to his side. we looked over
the rocks. The place into which We
gazed was pit and may in the early
days have been one of the smaller vol
canic blowholes OF the plateau. 1t was
bowl shaped. and at the bottom, some