The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
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Iord Reinforcement on with his
story
Il think you have had the escape
Of your lie Young fcllah my lad, IL
was catebln those Indians that put
you clean out Of their heads, else
they would have been back to lh"
camp Tor you as sure az fate aud
gathered sou an or course. as you
said. they have been watchln' us
from the bcginnin' out OF that tree,
and they know perfectly wei that
Nc were ono short However they
could think only 81 this new haul, so
u Was I. and not a bunch of apes,
that dropped In on YOU In the morn
ing We'll. we had a horg.l business
afterwards. My God, what a night.
mare the whole thing is' You re-
member tho great hristlc Of sharp
canes down below where we found
the skeleton OF the Americant Well.
that is just under apetown. and
that's the iumpn'-off place ~ their
prisoners. | expect there's heaps OF
skeletons there. II We looked for 'em,
They have sort OF clear parade
ground on the top. and they make a
proper ceremony about H. one ey
one the poor devils have 10 jump,
and tho game is TO see whether they
arc merely dashed TO pieces or
whether they set skrwcrrd on the
cans, They took us out 10 see 81.
and the whole tribe lined up ON the
edge. -Four OF the Indians Jumped.
and the canes went thru 'cm like
kittin' needles thru pat OF butter.
No wonder we found that poor Yam
KEGS skeleton with the canes CROWN
between his ribs. IL was horrible
but il was doccedly intercstin'. too.
We were an fascinated 10 see them
take the dive. even when We thought
Il would be our turn next ON the
spFins board
Well, II wasn't They kept six
OF the Indians w Tor today that's
how / understood it-but / fancy We
were to be the star performers In
the show. Challenger might set off.
but Summerlee and 1 were in tho
bill Their language Is more than
half signs. and Il was not hard 20
follow them. So l thought q was
time we made break Tor u. had
been plottin' Il out a bit. ana had
one or two things clear in my mind
II was all on me. FOR Summarize was
useless and Challenger not much bet.
H.. The only time they got together
they got slangin' because they
couldn't agree upon the scientific
classification OF these redheaded
devils that had got hold OF US. one
said il was the dryopithecus Of Java,
the other said il was pltheeanthro-
pus. Madness. call it-LoonieS,
both. But. as I say. had thought
out one or two points that we're
helpful. one was that these brutes
could not run as fast as man In
the open. They have short. handy
LEGS. you see, and heavy bodies,
Even Challenger could give a few
yards in a hundred 20 tho best OF
them. and you or I would be per-
feet shrubb. Another point was that
they knew nothiu' about guns
don't believe they ever understood
how the fellow l shot came by his
hurt. II we could get at our guns
there was no sayin' what We could
do.
so / broke away early this morn
in. gave my guard a kick in the
iummy THAT laid him out. and
sprinied FOR the camp. There ] got
you and Che guns. and here We are.
But the professors cried. IN
conformation.
well. we must Just 10 back and
fetch EN-. | couldn't bring EN- with
me. Challenger was up the tree. and
Summarizes was not III for the ef-
fort. The only chance was 10 get the
guns and try a rescue. OF course
they may scupper them at once In
revenge. l don't think they would
touch Challenger. but l wouldn't an
swer for Summeriee. But they would
have had him in any case. OF that
am certain. SO ! haven't made
matters any worse by boltin' But We
are honor bound TO go back and have
them out or see it thru with them.
So YOU can make up your soul.
young felIah my lad. for Il viii be
one way or the other before even =
| have tried to initiate here Lord
Roxton's ierky talk. his short, strong
sentences. the haif.humorous, half.
reckless tone that ran thru 1t all
But ne was born leader. As dan
ger thickened his Jaunty manner
would increase. his speech become
more racy, his cold eyes glitter into
ardent life. and his Don Quixots
moustache bristle with joyous excite
ment. His love of danger. his in
tense appreciation Of the drama of