Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-07-14

except for an enormous shock Of
bristly hair upon its head.
The thing. which more nearly re-
sembled our earthly men than It did
the Martians I had seen, held me
pinloned to the ground with one huge
foot while It jabbered and gesticu-
lated at some answering creature be-
hind me. This other, which was evi-
IDENTIFY its mate, soon came toward us.
bearing q mighty stone cudgel with
which It evidently. intended to brain
ne.
The creatures were about ten or
fifteen feet tall. standing erect, and
had, like the green Martians. an inter-
mediary set of arms or legs. midway
between their upper and lower limbs
Their eyes were close together and
non-protruding; their ears were high
set, but more laterally located than
those Of the Martiaps, while their
snouts and teeth were strikingly like
those Of our African gorilla.
The cudgel was swinging In the arc
which ended upon my upturned face
when a bolt of myriad-legged horror
hurled itself through the doorway full
upon the breast of my executioner.
with shrek of fear the ape which
held me leaped through the open win
dow, but Its mate closed In q terrific
death struggle with my preserver.
which was nothing less than my faith
full watch-thing; cannot bring myself
to call SO hideous creature q dog.
AS quickly as possible Il gained my
feet and backing against the wall I
witnessed such battle as 1t is vouch-
safed few beings to see.- My beast
had an advantage In his, first hold,
having sunk. his mighty fahgs far into
the breast Of his adversary; but the
great arms and paws Of the ape. back
ed by muscles far transcending those
of the Martian men T'haAssseen. had
locked the throat Of my Euardian and
slowly were choking out his. life, and
bending back his head and necH upon
his body. where / momentarily ex-
pected the former,to, fall. limp et the
end of broken neck -,
Back and forth up6nrt the. aaee they,
rolled, neither one. emitting q soGnd'
of fear or pain. PreseHtly'1 saw-the
great eyes of my beast iSulgine. COM
pletely from their sockets and blood
flowing from its nostrils. That he
was weakening perceptibly wins iexi,
dent, but 80 also was the ape, whose
struggles were growing >m.omentarily
less. W i"s :. ::
Suddenly I came to myself, and, with
that strange instinct which seems ever
to prompt me to my duty, seized the
cudgel, which had fallen to the floor
at the commencement Of the, battle.
and swinging 1t with all the power Of
my earthly arms crashed 1t full upon
the head Of the ape. crushing his skull
as though It had been an egg shell. :,
Scarcely had the blow descended
when I was confronted with new
danger. The apes mate, recovered
from its first shock Of terror. had re-
turned to the scene Of the encounter
by way Of the interior Of the building.
was standing near the window
and knew that once In the street
might gain the plaza and safety
before the creature could overtake me;
at least there was chance for safety
in flight. against almost certain death
should I remain and fight, however
desperately.
\ had turned to make for the win
dow. but my eyes alighting on the form
Of my erstwhile guardian threw all
thoughts Of flight to the four winds.
He lay gasping upon the floor Of the
chamber. his great eyes fastened upon
me In what seemed pitiful appeal
for protection. could not Withstand
that look. nor could I. on second
thought, have deserted my rescuer
without giving as good an account in
his behalf as he had In mine.
Without more ado, therefore. I
turned to meet the charge of the in
furiated bull ape. He was now too
close upon me for the cudgel to prove
Of any effective assistance, SO mere
ly threw 1t as heavily as could at
his advancing bulk. 1t struck him
just below the knees. eliciting howl
Of pain and rage. and SO throwing him
of his balance that he lunged full up
on me with arms wide stretched to
ease his fall.
Again, us Ou tHc pTcCeuius uuys
had recourse to earthly tactics, and
swinging my right fist full upon the
point of his chin followed 1t with
smashing left to the pit Of his
stomach. The effect was marvellous.
for, as lightly slde-stepped. after de-
livering the second blow. he reeled
and fell upon the floor doubled up
with pain and gasping for wind. Leap
ing over his prostrate body I seized
the cudgel and finished the monster
before he could regain his feet.
As delivered the blow low laugh
rang out behind me, and, turning,
beheld Tars Tarkas, Sola and three
or four warriors standing in the door
way of the chamber. As my eyes met
theirs I was. for the second time, the
recipient Of their zealously guarded
applause.
My absence had been noted BY Sola
On her awakening and she had quickly