Gunnison news-champion., 1917-04-20

\ slI: u hardwood had been nailed
So DO" uv,. Ia such way rs TO point
I'd the west ward
Most rer,al.Iy sigupost sal
challenger. What else Finding him
SELF upon dangerous crruud. our pln
ucrr has left this sigu 80 that any
party which follows him may know
the way be has taken. PERHAPS W
shall come upon some other iudiCa
iiUu- a. We proceed
We did indeed. but they were Of
terrible and mos, unexpected nature
Immediately beneath the clIT there
grew a considerable patch Of high
bamboo. like that which We had tray
erScd In our Journey. Many OF these
stems were twenty feet high. with
sharp. strong tops. 80 that even as they
stood they made formidable spears
We were passing along the edge of
this cover when my eye was caught
by the CLEAN OF something white with
In IT, Thrusting In my head between
the stems. | found myself gazing at
a teshiess skull The whole skeleton
was there. but the skull had detached
itself and lay some feet nearer to the
open.
With II few blows from the rnachetes
OF our Indians we cleared the spot and
were able to study the details OF this
old tragedy. Only few shreds OF
clothes could still lie distinguished. but
there were the remains OF boots upon
the bony feet. and II was very clear
that the dead man was a European. A
gold watch and n chain. which held y
stylosraphic pen. lay among the bones
There was also n silver cigarette case
with j. G.. from A. T.. s." upon the
lid. The state OF the metal seemed to
show that the catastrophe had occur.
red no great time before.
who can he be-" asked Lord John
Poor devil. every bone In his body
seems TO he broken"
And the bamboo grows through his
smashed ribs" said Summerlee at is
fast growing plant. but 1t Is surely
inconce!vable that this body could have
been here while the canes grew TO he
twenty feet In length"
AS to the mans identity" said Pro
whatever upon that point. As made
my way up the river before reached
you ut the fazenda | instituted very
particular Inquiries about Maple White
At Para they knew nothing. Fortu.
nately. | had a definite clew. for there
was Il particular picture In his sketch
book which showed him taking lunch
UT Tot,
This priest l was able to And. and
though he proved a very arguments
tive fellow. who took II absurdly amiss
that ! should point out to him the cor
rosive effect which modern science
must have upon his beliefs. he none TIL.
less gave me some positive informa-
ton. Maple White passed Rosario four
years ago, or two years before | saw
his dead body. He was not alone at
the time. but there was a friend. an
American named James Colyer. who
remained in the boat and did not meet
this ecclesiastic. | think. therefore.
Tat there can be no doubt that we are
now looking upon the remains Of this
James Colver''
WI S.iiu tneEe mucn
doubt rs to how he met his death. He
has fallen or been chucked from the
top and so been impaled. How else
could he come by his broken bones and
how could he have been stuck through
by these canes with their points so
high above our heads?"
We moved OF In silence and contin-
ued to coast round the line of cliffs.
which were as even and unbroken as
some Of those monstrous Antarctic ice
fields which I have seen depicted as
stretching from horizon to horizon and
towering high above the mastheads of
the exploring vessel
In five miles we saw no rift or break.
And then suddenly we perceived some
thing which filed us with new hope.
In a, hollow Of the rock. protected from
rain. there was drawn n rough arrow
in chalk. pointing still to the west
ward
maple White again." said Professor
Challenger '.He had some present.
ment that WORT footsteps would fol