The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-09
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Published by Arrangement National Pictures aud
Il Matterson H. Rothackcr.

Georgr this must he the uall OF the
father OF an birds"
An enormous three toCd track was
imprinted IN the soe mud before az.
The creature, whatever it WAS, had
crossed the swamp aud had passed
on into the forest. We an stopped
Go examine that monslrous spoor IL
q were Indeed "a hini-and what ani-
mai could leave such mark lts
foot was 40 much larger than an
osJriehs that its height upon the
same scale must hc enormous. Lord
John looked eagerly round him and
slipped two cartridges into his Gle.
phaut-guu
"I'll stake my good name as %
shlkarrec." said he, that the track
is fresh one. The creature has not
passed 10 minutes Look how the
water is still oozing into that deeper
print, BY Ioyc See, here is the
mark Of little one
Sure enough, smaller tracks or the
same general form were running par
allsl 60 the large ONES,
"Rut what du you make OF thise"
cried Professor SummcrIrc, ulum,
phautly. pointing 60 what looked ike
the huge print ot a ~flvy-fingcrcd
human hand appearing among tho
threr-toed marks
"wealden" cried Challenger. in an
ectasy, "I've seen them In the We,
alden clay, u Is a creature walking
erect upon thrce-toed feet. ana oeoa-
sionaUy putting ono OF It's five I'm,
grrsd fore paws upon the ground,
Not a bird, my dear RoNion-not n
bird"
No a rcptilc-a dinosaur Moth
ing else could have let such a track.
They puzzled worthy Sussex doctor
some 30 years aso. but who In the
world could have hoped hoped-to
have seen sight like thatg"
Ills words died away Into a wills
per. and We all stood Ia motionless
amazemcut Following the tracks.
We had left the morhss and passed
thru screen OF bruzhwood and
trees. Beyond was an open glade
and Ia this were five OF the most
extraordinary creatures that I have
ever seen Crouching down among
tho bushes. We observed them az our
leisure.
There were. as say. five Of them.
two being adults and three Young
ones, In siEc they were enormous.
Even the babies we're as big as Gle.
plants. whllc the two large ones
were far beyond All creatures have
ever seen. They had sintc-colorrd
skin. which was scaled like a iEnrd's
and shimmsred whore the sun shonc
upon a. All five were sitting up.
balancing themselves upon their
broad. powerful tails and their huge
thgvr-tocd hind feet. while with their
small fvc,fingrrcd frOnt,tcet they
pulled down the branches upon
which they hrowsed. | DO not know
that can bring their appearance
home 20 you better than hy saying
that they looked like monstroua
kangaroos. 20 feet In length. and
with skins like black crocodiics.
do not know how long We stayed
motionlesS gazing az this marvellous
spectacle. 4 strong wind blew to-
wards Us aud We were well concealed,
SO there WAS no chance OF discovery
From time TO time the little ones
played round their parents in un
wleldy gumbols. the great beasts
bounding into the air and falling
with dun thuds upon tho earth The
strength OF the parents seemed 10 he
limitlcss. FOR one OF them. having
some difficulty in reaching a bunch
OF foliage which grew upon con.
siderable.slzed tree. put his fore legs
round the trunk and tore II down "a
II Il had been a sapllnE The action
seemed. Ms / thought. 10 show no,
only the great development OF its
muscles. but also the small one Of
its brain, for tho whole weight camo
crashing down upon the top OF Il.
and II uttered a series OF shrill ycips
TO show that. big as 1t was there
was a limit to what IL could endure.
The incident made Il think. appar-
emily. that the neighborhood was
dangerous. for Il slowly iurched of
thru the wood. followed by it's mate
and rs three enormous infants. We
saw the shimmering slaty CLEAN OF
their skins between the tree-truuks.
and their heads undulatinE the high
above the brushwood Then they
vanished from our sight.
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