Gunnison news-champion., 1917-06-15

ehss ana ssses.s sue.~-.-
sAExlsa. could saccseA 91eh srsovs
vess of uafjA svan to IT, hunter whs
attached thseeast hecausfheir actSsa
In that toGps4 cigculAticu Was slsw. end
befors ID psvsu fails1 Il csa1s. Ger
tninly ovefnke anA saay n aslnnans
But pow. - the two Doasoers hounded
- 10 the vesy eoot oe The stair1 . drift
e darts caue whisaiias from evesy
chink In the eii6 above them In .
minnte they were feathesed With them
and yet With - sign q pain- they
ciawed and slabbersd with impoten,
nEe At the steps whicA would lead
then 10 their vtcsins. Doanting elum
saly up for . eew yards ana thes sid
Ing down again b the krosnA b
st last the potssa worked One AZ
them gave . deep rumbliug Gruan and
dropped bis huge squat head on TO thr
Oarth The other bounded aruund In
an eccentric circie. with shrill. wall
ing cries. and then. lying down. writh
ed In agony for sOme minutes before II
also stifened and lay still With yeil>
Of triumph the Indians came nocking
down from their caves and danced .
frenxied dance Of victory around the
dead bodies. In mad Joy that two more
of the mos; dangerous Of all their enc
mics had been slain That night they
cut up and removed the bodies. not to
eat. for the poison was still active. but
lest they should breed 4 peSf!lence
The great reptiiian hearts- however
each as large rs cushion. still h.:
there. beating slowly and steadily
with Q gentle rise and fall In hs,rrible
independent life. u was only upon
the third day that the Eanglia san
down and the dreadful things werc
still.
One fact We had very speedily dis
covered-the lndiaas would do noth
ing to help Us t. reach the. outer world
In every, other, way they were our
friends-00e might almost say .Our de
voted slayes-but when Il was suggest
ed that they should help w to make
and carry q plank which would bridge
the chasm or when we wished to get
from them thongs Of leather or liana Z"
weave ropes which might help us we
were met by good humOred but an
invincible refusal. They would smile
twinkle their eyes. shake their heads
and there &as the end of T. Even the
old chisf nes Us with the same obstt
nate denialo ard II was only Asretas
the fyouDgsser whom We hnd saved.
who looked wistfnlIy at ~ and told Us
by his gestures that be was grieved
for our thwnrtcd wishes. Ever since
their crOwning triumph with the ape
men they looked upon us as supcrnieii.
who bore victory in the tn6es Of Strapge
weapons. and they, believed that -
long as We remained with them good
fortune would be theirs. "A little red
skinned wife and cave Of our owl
we're freely offered TO each Of ~ n we
would but forget our own people, and
dwell forever upon the plateau. 81
far all had been kindly. however far
apart our desires might be. hnt We felt
well assured that our. actual -planR .of
descent must be kept secret. for We
had reason 10 fear that at the last they
might ny TO hold ~ BY force.
10 spite Of the danger from dino
sauEs (which n not ageet saye II, sight.
for. ~ may hnve saId besuFs. they
arr mostly nostpEnal In their hahlts'.
have tSvte4 - the last three weeks
been over 10 our old camp In order 70
see our negro. who still kept watch and
ward below the cli6., Ny eyes strain
Cd eassrsSl SlAeroDeh a. Ssest pialn In the
hoIe. .of aesipg. .afar, or .the .,help for
'whtch We had prayed. But the, long.
|fmclnss GstrsxBs leysla stiilo Strstched
swty. :emptyT and .bers. to the Distant
lime aof the csnebtik& =
vill,somi epnss uDvso llasss
Aalqps. Before ,spothes week.-mrs. In
diaa' come back and sbring fobs and
fetch pee Ao4n ,SsDaelp Nas tte.rhsery
cry u our excellent zAMbo.
had one strange experience a. I
game fppQ this second visit which bad
IIyel1p being 1RpxS(ps5a night
koe q lpsnlss wse ptsrn
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