The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-19


lake GLADYS -ul own lake iaY
IKE . sheet o. quicksilver before
me. With a reflected moon snIHIas
brightly n tbe renfeg - v
AS shallow. FOR ia mauy places
I s4w los ssndbsnk= prot-u3lDs
above ne water lNerYwbrrv upoa
thr silt surface I eyuld ssa signs
% llfo. sometimes uisrs unsa aud
ripples In the water. sometimes me
Siczm % q srrat sltcrsided rsA
ia the air. sometimes the arehet.
slatn ea'slrt hack ~ some passing
monatsr ouye uron a yellow sand
hank I saw creature like q huge
sNsn. with clumsy body and a
hiEh flexible necs. ahufnins atouE
uron the marKfn Presently d
plunged IN ara Tor some time I
eauld see the srchsd neck ard dart,
ting head unduiattnk over tho water,
Then t diys1 and saw be no
mere
Ny attention was aeon drawn
away fram these Hlsfan, sights and
brought hack 30 What Vas xoink on
az my very feet. Two creatures
i.kc hrxp armadl.ios had come
down 10 tho drinking piacr. and
were slua,tins a. The edge ~ the
water. their long. flexible tongues
IKE rrd rlftpns ahoetlnE ln and
out as they lspPed huse dcsr.
with branching hofHA uiaEplfi.
cent creature which ssfried itself
IKE a klns. came down with IS
doc and tao fswna aui drank BE-
slide The armaIiioa 40 such deer
exist anywhere risc upen earth. Tor
che ucoae or ellis Nhlth I have
seen Nouid hardly have reached ,ia
shoulders Presently Il gave a
warning snort. and vas OF with rs
family among the reeds, while ,he
armadilios also scuttled Tor shelter
\ newcomer. moal monstyous
animal. WAS coming down the path.
For a moment wondered where
I could have seen that uuzalfly
ashape. that arehcd back with IN.
angular frtnSex along e. that
strange hirdlikr head held s'oss 90
the ground Then Il csma back
20 NE Il VAS the stcxesaurus
Trio very creature whEh Maple
White had preserved ia ha sketch,
hook. ard whtch bad been tbs first
ohject which arrested thr attsntiaa
OF Challenger There be was pr
hsps the VERY speein,sa whieh the
American artist had encountered.
me ground shook beneath his tfv.
mendoms weight and hfs gulpiaks
~ water Feaoanded thru TIE atill
night f'og Two minutes he was 90
close 90 uty rpsk that by stretch
ia< out my hand could hsts
touched the htieoua waving baektss
upon bis back Then hu numbered
away and was lost among tbe beai
dsrs
Looking AT my watch. J siw that
e was half-pas1 o'cinek and hiEh
tine. therefore. mat I started upon
my h9rnewar4 Journey Tueye was
no difficulty ahaut tbs direction in
which atoui1 rstgru. sof All
along rad kept ths uttlr brock
ripou my I'm. and tt opened into
the central take within stone
throw ~ the boulder apoa wh.eh
had been lysnx SRI or. thcfv
4. fore. IN high spirits Tor feIt that
= had doue good WoFE and wsi
bringing back fns be8Eei q,
news Tor my companions F9getgos'
et al. q eourse. weFv fhe sight d
Tht fiery caves Rhi ths eertaiaty
that soma tr0EioGytie face inhahisee
them tus besides that could
speak from expsrssues ~ tire cen
trial Lake could testify that #
vas full % strange creatures. and
L had seen several land forms d
primeval lifc which wa Rad not be
fore encountered refJe ted "a
walked that fsw men Ia the work
could have spent stranger nigh
OF added more 20 human kaowlsdx,
IN the course % Il.
was ploddinE up the slope
turning these thoughts over Ia ms
mind and had reached point
which may have been halfway Il
home, when ms mind was broukhr
hack 70 my own position by {
stranE. noise behind ms. II va
something betwssn snore and Z
rrnwI. low. deep. and exceedingly
.Enenacing. Some strange creatur
--vas evidently near ms. but nothing
could be sean. 70 FASTENED NOR
rppjdiY upon my way. had ira
.gsrsed half mile or 10 whsl
suddenly the sound was repeated
stIIi behind me. but louder and nlor'