The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-22
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Published by Arrangement with First National Picture and
Matter~on X. Rothacker.

laughed am Dc cried The spomru
/ laughed. too -or at least they pat
up the dovil OF a olckIiu' and they
SET 10 work GO DRAG us of thru tho
forest They wouldn't touch the
GUNS and things thought them dan,
gcrous. / expect but they carried
away an our loose food Summer
lee and I got some rough handllu'
on the Vay-thgrcs my skin ana
my clothes 90 prove it-for they
took us beo limo thru the bram
Ncs, and their own hides arc like
leather But Challenger WAS all
right. -Four OF them carried him
shoulder high, and DO went like a
Roman emperor what's thatr'
Il was "a strange clicking noise
in tho distance not unlike cas,a
nets.
There they Eor' said ms com
panion. slipping cartridges into tho
second double harroled Express"
Load them all mp. young fcllah.
ms lad, for we're not going 10 bo
taken alive, and don't you think
h. That's tho row they make
when they are excited, by Georgel
they'll have something 90 excite
them II they put us up, The last
stand Of the Gaya' won't he IN II.
With their rifles Erasped In their
stiffencd hands. mid a ring of tho
dead and dyin'.' ns some fathcnd 4
sings, Can you hear them nowF
Every far away
'srhat little lot viii DO no good .
but ] expect their search parties arc I,
an over tho wood Wei, / was
telling you my tale or woe. They
got us soon 20 this town Of theirs
about thousand huts u branches
and leaves Ia Erelt grove OF trees
near the edge OF the eliff. lts
three or four miles from here, The
filthy beasts fingered mic all over.
and feel as N I should never b.
clean again. They tied Us up-the
fellow who handled me could ito
like "a ho'sun and there we lay
with our toes up. beneath a tree.
while great brute stood guard
over us with club in his hand.
When say I'VE I mean summer
lee and myself Old Challenger was
up tree. eatin pines and hayin
the time OF his life. I'm bound to
say that he managed TO get some
fruit 10 us. and with his own hands
no iooscned our bonds. IL you'd
seen him sitting up in that tree
hot-nobbtu' with his twin brother
and signln' ia that follln' bass 81
his. Ring out. Wild BELLS cause
music OF any kind seemed 20 put
'cm IN good humor you'd have
smiled. but We weren't In much
mood for iaughin' as yeu can
guess. They were inclined. within
limits. TO lei him DO what he liked
but they drew the line pretty sharp
~ az us. II was a mighty eonso
lation 20 us all 10 know tina, you
were runniu' loose and had tho
archives in your kecpin
well. now. young fnllah, III toll
you what win surprise you. fon
say you saw signs o. men. and
fires. traps and the like Wen
We have seen the natives them
selves. Poor DEVILS they were
down.faced little chaps and had
enough to mako them 50. II seems
that the humans hold one aide Of
this plateau over youder where
you saw tho caves ard the ape
men hold this side. aud there Is
bloody war between them an the
time. That's tho situation. so far
as could follow It Well, ycstor
day tho ape men got hold Of a
dozen OF the humans and brought
them Ia as prisoners. You never
heard such n jabbcrin' and shrickin'
In your life. The men wcra little
red fellows, and had hacn bitten and
cinwed 50 that they could hardly
walk. The arc men put two Of
I them TO death there and then
/ fairly pulled the arm Off enc OF
I them II was perfectly bcas'iy
Plucky little chaps they are. and
I hardly gave a squeak But u turn
Cd rs absolutely sick. summorlco
tainted. and oven Challenger had
as much as he could stand !
think they have cleared. don't
you?'
We listened lntcntly, but nothing
save the calling OF the birds broke
the deep peace Of tho forest.
ITO he Continucdl