The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-29
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WV WIN HhNhNlltttAA WINS 10 llillr
Nc with tho last word of tho gun.
smiths arr from ST James at.
ana tho Strand.
We had not long 20 walt Tor our
enemy. a Wild shrln clamor rose
FROM The edgo OF the wood sudden,
ly a body or ape men rushed out
with clubs and stones. and made FOR
tho center OF the Indian line II
was "a valiant move hut a foolish
one. Tor the great handy leggcd
creatures wcrc slow OF foot. while
their opponents were as active as
cats, Il was horrible In SEQ tho
ficrrc hrutes with roaming mouths
and glprlng eyes. rushing and
srasplng but forever missing their
elusive enemies. while arrow after
arrow buried itself In their hides,
one great fellow ran past me roar.
ms with pain. with "A dozen darts
sticking from his chest and ribs.
In mercy | put a bullet thru his
skull, and he fell sprawlng among
tho Rloos But this was the only
shot fired. Tor the attack had been
on the center OF tho line. and the
Indians there had needed no help OF
ours In rcpulsiRg IL, or all tho ape.
men who had rushed out into the
open, do not think that one got
hack TO cover
But the matter was more deadly
when We came among the trees.
-Four an hour or more after we en-
tered the wood. there was des.
peratc struggle IN which FOR time
We hardly held our own. Spring
ing out nom among the scrub the
ape men with huge clubs broke lR
upon the Indians and often felled
three or four before they could be
spcared. Their frightuII blows shat.
tered everything upon which they
fell One OF them knocked sum,
mcrlee's rifle 10 matchwood and
the next would have crushed his
skull had an Indian not stabbed the
beast TO the heart other ape men
IN the trees above Us hurled down
stones end logs OF wood. occasion.
ally dropping bodily on 10 our ranks
and fighting furiously until thcy
were fclled once our allies broke
under pressure. aud had Il not been
for tho execution done by our rifles
they would certainly have taken 10
their heels Hut they were gallant
- rallied by their old chief and
came on with such a rush that the
ape.men began in turn 10 give way
Summarize was weaponlsss. but
was omptying my magazine as
quick as | could fire. and on the
further flank We heard the con.
tinuous cracking OF our eompanions'
rifles.
Then In moment came the panic
and the collapse, Screaming and
howling. the great creatures rushed
away IN all directions thru the
brrshwood. while our allies yelled in
their savage delight. following swift
~ after their flying enemies. All
the feuds % countless generations,
all the hatreds ana crueltles OF
their narrow history. all the mem,
Dries % inusuage and persecution
were 10 be purged that day. At
last man was 20 be supreme and
the mau-beast to find forever his
allotted place. Fly rs they would
the fugitives were too slow 10 eS.
cape from the active sayRges. and
from every side in the tangled
woods We heard the exultant yells.
the twanging OK bows. ard the
crash and thud as apemen were
brought down from their hiding
places in the trees.
was following the others. when
1 found that Lord John and Chal.
lenEer had come across TO Join Us.
Its over" said Lord John. 4
think VIC can leave the ,idying up
to them. Perhaps the less we see
OF II the better we shalt sleep
Challenges eyes were shining
with the lust OF slaughter.
Eve have been privileged" he
cried, struttinE about like game
cock. ito be present at ono Of the
typical decisive battles or history
the battles which determined the
fate Of the world what, my
friends. Is the conquest OF one M
ton by another? IL Is meaningless.
Each produces tho same result. But
those fierce fights. when in the
dawn OF the ages tho eaye.dwclIcrs
held their own against tho tiger
folk. or tho elephants first found
that they had a master. those were
the real conauests- victories
that count BY this strange turn
OF fate we have seen and helped to
decide even such contest. Now
upon this plateau tho future must
ever be for man"
ITO Re Coutiuuedl