Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-04
CHAPTER XVI (Continucd)

xr >y,S fortunate that the darkness was
| deep enough to hide Miranda from obserVa-
ton else his dancing figure and the gestures
of delight with which he accompanied ,his
announcement would have brought upon MIN
more attention from the enemy thah might
have been to his liking
Another fact in his favor, besides the
darkness, was that the fght!ng hau urilttu
away from this corner of the cave, leaving
tho explorers quite alone, in an obscurity
that shrouded them from danger, but that
still revealed to them enough of the outlines
of the cave In the distance to snow tneil'
where they were and how they mlshl pest
steer their way in safety through the Condor
Gate as Miranda had at first proposed. Anu
now all we're eager to corrohorate the eN-
traordinary news that Herran was still allVe'
True 10 his professional instincts, Miranda
nlumped down on his knees at the FeheI"iS
side and commenced a series OF problngs'
nummelings and rubbngs in his search Tor
amnds mortal or otherwise. lie worked
with his usual feverish haste, ana II was not
long before his activities drew from iierrah
protests that became more ana more ulstih't
and emphatic Then Miranda remembered
that he had seen the cavemans CLUB desceho
,,non the Generals head, so that II thefe
We're any wounds to be attended TO they
would be in that part OF ms anatomy anu
nowhere else. And there, sure enough uhder
IIorran's battered hat and his smashed MN
80 lann was a missive lump that testiiled
20 the magnitude of the blow that had
crumpled him up Indeed. had It not been
for the hat and the lamp, serving IN ms
600. as "A buffer even Herrans IRON skuh
must have yleldeu u'ioe' '"e "e' "
caveman's attack.
A, first Miranda thought that the skull
.,ra,v was fractured and thereupon inVestl-
gated the lump on op OF II. rms ne uiu
With so much earncstness ana nicely Oh ue
vi Not be was soon rewarded by series
o. 20 ,,ch vigorous oaths and threats as 10
80 no doubt in his mind OF his victims
ability to look out for himself
Hes all right, this General of Panama
ho exclaimed gleefully. His brains Is not
s,,a shed But perhaps he have headache'
Soon he fight again. And now we go 10 the
queen .,,,o or,in,is,ic a.,,rances
80 m with a groan. blinking his eyes saw
acely at his companions VINO were now
orowded around him, and wlplhg dlsgusteuiy
80, his face some of the Kerosene OIL that
Ia ,r,ckled down from the mangled miners
iamn and that Miranda had hrst taken ior
Herrans blood 90, -, , ,,,,a ,,
IND completely absorbed again in the prob
nm mn, oS extricat!ng himself and his compan-
IONS from the dangers OF the pattienelu'
.,rhev not see us, We save our lie ana go
,n this queen. You are all rlght ueherai-
10 II not o?" he added impatiently
The other looked at him venomously ana
araaned. Then. shaking himself like a dog
Sho has been temporarily worsted IN
rough-and tumble fight he got 10 his ieet ana
stapkered along for Few PAGES
"Yes Caramba! | am all right he SAID
l., snanish, with painful sarcasm IT is a
headache, as you say, that is an Let us
goHN ro,, -, yrrrtod Miranda
aph pbt first Herran was somewhat uncertain
n, his footing. But Miranda helped him un-
"a, he got over his daZed feeling sufllciently
" ~. ,valk alone Then they all followed along,
~ atyi irti the edge OF the darkness,