The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-11
CHAPTER N.-Centlnued


looked az my comrades Lord
John was standing q gaEe with his
FINGER AZ the trisEer o. his elephant.
Gun. his eager hunters soul shining
from his fierce eyes. What would
NJ not give FOR one such head TO
place between the two crossed oars
above the mantclpircc in his snug
Esry az the Albany Aud yet his rea-
son held him IN, Tor an our oNplor-
ptlon 81 the wonder Of this unknown
land depended upon our presence
being concealed from It's inhabitants
The two Professors were IN silent
scstacy, In their excitement they
had unconseiously seized each other
by the hand, and stood Ike two little
children In the presence Of a marvel
Challenger's cheeks punched up into
a seraphic smile, and Summarizes
ssrdonic face softening for the mo.
ment into wonder and reverence
= "Nuno dimlttis he cried AZ last
"vhat viii they say In England q
this
My dear Summarize. win tell
you with great confidence exactly
what they viii say in England" said
Challenger. They viii say that you
are an Internal liar and a scientific
rharlatan. exactly as you and others
said OF me
In the face OF photographs
FAXED, Summarized Ciumsily
faxed
TN the face OF specimens
Ah. there we may have ,hem'
Malone and his filthy street crew
may be an yelplng our praises yet
August the ss,h-the day We saw
i've live isuanodons IN a glade o.
Maple White Land. Put u down Ia
your diary, my young friend. and
send Il 10 your rag
And be ready 70 get the toe.end
OF the editorial boot In return. said
Lord John. Things look a bit diff
ferent from the latitude Of London.
young fellah my lad There's many
- man who never tells his Rdven.
lures. for he can't hope 10 be be.
lieved. Who's TO blame them7 For
this viii seem a bit Of a dream TO
ourselves in month or two. What
did you say they were.
"Iguanodons. said Summerlee
You'll find their feotmRrks ali over
the Hastings sands. in Kent. and in
Sussex. The South OF England was
alive with them when there were
plenty OF good lush green.stuff 10
keep them going. Conditions have
changed. and the beasts died Here
81 seems that the conditions have not
changed. and the beasts have lived.
IL ever we get out Of this alive,
] must have head with me" said
Lord John. Lord, how some Of that
Somallland Uganda crowd would
turn a beautiful pea-greeu IL they
saw IL, don't know what you chaps
think. but Il strikes me that we are
On mighty thin ice all this time"
! had the same feeling OF mystery
and danger around Us. In the gloom
of the trees there seemed a con-
slant menace and as We looked up
into their shadowy foliage vague ter.
rors crept into ones heart. II is true
that these monstrous creatures which
I'VE had seen were numbering. inof-
fensiye brutes which were unlikely
10 hurt anyone, but In this world Of
wonders what other suryivals might
there not be-what fierce. active
horrors ready 70 pounce upon US
from their lair among the rocks or
brushwood? / knew little OF prehis-
ioric life. but bad clear renem.
brancs Of one book which had read
in which II spoke Of creatures who
would live upon our Hons and tigers
as a cat lives upon mice. What "
these also were 10 be found IN the
woods Of Maple White Land.
IL was destined that on this very
morning - our first in the new
country-we were 10 find out what
strange hazards lay around US. II
was a ioathsome adventure, and one
of which hate 20 think. II. as Lord
John said, the glade OF the iguano-
dons will remain with Us as dream,
then surely the swamp Of the ptsro-
dactyls will forever be our night
mare. Let me set down exactly what
occurred.
We passed very slowly thru the
woods. partly because Lord Roxton
acted as scout before lie would let
Us advance, and partly because at
every second step one or the other
OF our professors would fall. with a
cry Of wonder. before some flower
or insect which presented him with
a new type. We may have Travelled
two or three miles in all. keeping to
the right OF the line OF the stream.