, 1922-12-11

after the two men had de
parted and he was alone In
the tent with tho sleep ng
L<tu-c. that C-hauvannes saw
his creature He says IL was ABOUT
I O'Clock in h morning He han
been awake through the entire night
hts eyes usually closed. He does NOT
know how he happened 10 open them.
il was precisely II minutes 70 .. by
the watch which he wore on his wrist
he opened his eyes precisely at the
moment when the reature entered
the tent-a thing Il did ithou dis
furblnx the flap and without makins
any sound whatever.
sChairannes says that he saw II
distinctly. II paused fer a
after Il had entered. remaining Tor
some seconds quite motionless- He
says that ia proportion to The other
parts OF the creatures body The head
was enormous. 1t was cubicsi IN
contour. The outline was perfectly
clear. but what we would all fea-
lures we're hardly distinguishnble'
The thing seemed 10 lack features
That was enc OF the distinguishing
horrora OF ia head Zig in proper
ton 10 its body. cubicai IN outline
and lacking f~eatureHl The chest ana
abdomen were also big. estimating h
creature by its own proportions Inc
limbs were long. narrow and tointed'
The whole creature was or a re
pulsive. reddish color, and Without any
~ the usual covering OF animals with
which The human race is famii ar
-rbe body seemed TO DO OF some hard,
red substance. c-hauvannss sad
frozen and polished flesh. after h
sldn had been removed, was the idea
he got.
oThe creature remained only a
moment visible TO him then it dis
appeared. II seemed TO Chauvannes
that II disappeared merely by turning
about. IL was unable TO see IL again
although The NORWAY where II entered
was clear in the moonlis hit. and there
WIS only the grass floor OF the tent
Monsieur Jonquelle stopped here in
his narrative like n who would wish
a hesrer to grasp the whole conception
Of the story before he went on But
he did not seek n comment. The man
beyond him waited for him to go on
and ne presently continued;
IT shall not follow the detail OF all
the experiences noted down by Chau'
yannes, and which, finally, Srousn
him TO the conclusions at which ne
pt length arrival ne VI" uoN1
ibis night, TO observe the creature and
a number Of it's companions. although
the man Leturc, who was always with
him seems never to have observed II.
.IIe was also able to discover al
. though he does not give all h de-
tails OF that discoery in the Journal,
that these creatures lived under
ground. and that one Of their under
ground cities WAS very close TO
camp. He had. in tact. by some
sinister hazard, put down his cahp
almost at the doorway OF the under-
ground hnbitat of these extraordinary
beinEs-ir one could call a creature OF
this character a being in our sense.
..Now. these are among the dis
tineuishlng Incidents of C~hauvannes
Journal that led Your ExcenencS. ana
The Paris authorities. to Selieve that
cheuannes was mad. The elimination
Of events seemed TO establish II.
You know how the journal goes
en-. giving the minute details that
Chauvaunes observed during the week
that he was alone with Lecture Whie
the American beachcomber DIX and
the FINN made heir journey 10 the
Nyanza- And you know how Chau'
yannes finally anne TO the conclusion
that the seven great emeralds. wh1ch
Is he carried sewed up in the lining oil
his waistcoat, were the things that
set these creatures on him.
The emernlds are in the uvr
They are seven of the most eztraor-
binary Jewels in the world They are
larger and purer than any other
known emerald. They are cut in a
manner of which We have no knowl
edge. and the backs OF them are
covered with a hieroglyphic writing
that e~nteddtes any language that We
know. n which. so far, has haffleo
every effort TO translate,
al any rate. although the French
man Leturc was with C~hauvannes all
the time-on the very day before the
return ot DIX and the Finn, the
emeralds disappeared
"-chnuvannes wrote It down in de-
tail in the Journal.
He was certain, accurate, without
any trace Of doubt; the emeralds-no
longer in his possess4on-were in the
underground habitat OF these cISS-
lures. And the opening TO This habitat
was close beside the very place OF the
camp.
1t was hardly any wonder thai tho
men with nm considered him mad.
especially Wheu one rSanS AAs Sihs
pages OF the journal. He takes, in
writing, an elaborate ard tender fare
well Of the three men. He thanks
them IN detail Tor tneir courage, their
unfailing Kindness to him and their
devotion TO the expedition, No mar
could nave written a higher testimonial
Of the hdelity Of his companions. He
points out that bis death is impending
and certain. He beEs that n sour.
nal may os carried 20 Frarce. and