The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-05
CHAPTER NNI lContinuoJD

ANlAi AiAN NhA AAniillnu'dl
"rhc entrance ~ tho four heroes
Of the occasion was tho sigual for
a remarkable demonstration 90 wei
come. tho whole audience rising aud
schecrng Tor some minutes. An acute
observer mIght. however have de-
toHcd tomo signs OF dissent amid
thc applause. and gathered that tho
, proceedings were likely 20 become
moro lively than harmonious. n
. may safely DO prophosicd, however
= that nn ono could have fortstrn thr
extraordinary turn which they were
actually TO take.
'Of the appearance of the four
wanderers little need bo said. since
/, JhCir photographs have FOR some
time been appearing IN an tho pa
pers They bear few traces OF the
hariships which they arc said 20
have undergone, Professor Chal-
lengcr's bcard may be more shaggy.
Professor Summarizes features moro
! asoetic, Lord John RoNton's figure
more gaunt and all three may bo
burned TO a darker tint than when
they lcft our shores. but each ap-
pcarcd 70 be In most excellent health.
As 10 cur own representative. the
wellknown athlete and international
Rugby football player. r, d. Malone.
nc looks trained to hair. and as he
surveyed the crowd a smile ~ good
humorcd contentment peryadcd his
homes: but homely face Au right,
Mac, wait tiu got you alouel
When quiet had been restored
.'sIid the audience resumed their seats
after the ovation which they had
siycn 10 the travellers. the chairman.
the Duke % Durham addressed tho
meeting. He would not. he said
stand for more than a moment be-
tween that vast assembly and tho
treat which las before them, 10 was
not for him to anticipate what Pro.
lessor Summerlec. who was tho
spokesman OF the committee, had 10
say TO them but u was common ru.
NOR that their expedition had been
crowned by extraordinary success.
tApplauscl Apparently tho age OF
romance was not dead, and there was
common ground upon which the
Widest imaginings OF the novelist
could meet the actual scientific in
yeStigauons OF the scarcher Tor truth.
He would only add. bcforc he sat
down. that he rcjoieed-and an Of
them would rcioice--that these gem
tlemen had returned safe and sound
from their difficult, and dangerous
task, for Il cannot be denied that
any disaster 10 such an expedition
would have inflicted n wcll.nigh IL.
rcparable loss 10 the cause OF zoologi.
cal science. Great applause. IN
which Professor Challenger was oh,
served TO lolnl
Professor Summarizes rising was
the signal FOR another extraordinary
outbreak OF enthusiasm, which broke
out again az intervals turnout his
address. That address viii not be
given In cxtenso tn these columns.
for tho reason that full account
Of the whole adventures OF the cN.
petition Is being published as n sup
plcmcnt from the pen OF our own
special correspondent. Some general
Indications will therefore suffice.
Having described the genesis or their
Journey. and paid IA handsome tribute
70 his friend. Professor Challenger.
coupled with an apology Tor tho in
crednlity with which his assertions.
now fully yindgr.ateH bat ts.v, -,
ceived, he gave the actual courye OF
their Journey. carefully withholding
such information as would aid the
public In any attempt 10 locate this
remarkable plateau. Having de.
scribed, in general terms, their course
from tho main river up 10 the time
that they actually reached tho base
. OF the cliffs, lie enthrallcd his hear.
ers by his account Of the difficulties
encountered by the expedition in
their repeated attempts to mount