The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-08
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I the fNt travellers tp with them
/ Up with thrmr cried ..nundred
voices. I'm "a moment four figures
shot up above tha crowd. lu vain
they stroyr to break loose. They
were held in their lofty places ut
honor n would have bceu hard 10
let them down NJ o. had been wished
80 dense was the crowd around them.
Regent street, Regent strcctt
sounded tho voices. There was %
swirl lu tho packed multitude, and
a slow current bcBrins tho four men
upon their shoulders made Tor the
door. out n the street tho scene
was extraordinary. An assrmbIus'
0t not less than a hundred thousand
people was waiting Tho close packed
throux extended from the other side
of The Ianghum Hotel 90 oxford
Circus. 4 roar OF reclamation greet
"a the four adventures as they ap
pcarcd high above the heads OF the
people. under tho vivid electric lamps
outside tho hall y procession. A
procession was the ery, In dense
phalanN. blocking the streets from
side 20 side. tho crowd set forth. TAKE
ing the route OF Regent D.. PAN Mail,
ST. James's g. and piccadllly. The
whole central traffic Of London was
held up, and many collisions were re-
ported between the demonstrators
upon the one side and the police ana
taxi eabmen upon the other, Finally
IL was not until after midnight that
the four travellers were released az
the entrance 20 Lord John Roxtons
chambers In the Albany. and that the
eNubcrant crowd. having sung They
Arc jolly Good rellowa' IN chorus,
concluded their program with God
Save the King SO ended ono OF the
most remarkable evenings that Lon
don has seen for considerable
time
SO Oar my friend Maedona. and u
may be taken a. a fairly accurate,
II fjorld. account o. the proceedings,
As 90 the main Incident. Il was a
bowildering surprise 10 the audience,
hut not. l need hardly say, 10 IN.
The reader viii remember how r'ei
Lord John Roxton upon the very
occasion when, ia his protective Grin
oline. he had gone 70 bring the
Devils chick" as he called Il. for
Professor Challenger. have limited
also at the trouble which tho pro
fessor's baggage gave US when We
left the plateau. and had ! described
our voyage | might have said a EoOd
deal bf the worry We had 10 coax
with putrid fish tho appetite % our
filthy companion. II have not said
much about 4 before. IL was. OF
course, that the professors earnest
desire was that no possible rumor OF
tho unanswerablc argument which
We carried should be allowed 10 leak
out until tho moment came when his
enemies we're 90 be confuied
ono word az TO tho fate Of the
London ptcrudactyl Nothing can be
said 10 be certain upon this point,
There l. the evidence Of two fright.
cued women that Il perchcd upon the
roof OF the Queens hail and remained
there like a diaboucal statue Tor como
hours. The next day q came out
In the evening papers that Private
Miles OF tho Coldstream Guards. on
duty outside Marlborough House, had
deserted his post without leave, and
was therefore court,mar,lalcd Pri'
waite Miles account. that he dropped
his rife and took 10 bis heels down
the Mall because on looking up he
had suddenly seen tho devil between
him and the moon. was not accepted
by tho court. and yet Il may. have a
direct bearing upon the point n, Is.
sue. The only other evidence which
/ can adduce Is from tho log Of tho
steamship Fricsland Dutcb-Amori'
can liner. which asserts that al q
o'clock next morning. Start point be
ing AZ the time 10 miles upon their
starboard quarter. they were passed
by something between a dying boat
and monstrous bat. which sas
heading at n prodigious pace south
and west. II rs homing Instinct led
Il upon the right line. there can DO
no doub, that somewhere out in tho
wastes Of the Atlantic tho last Eu.
ropean pterodactyt found its end.
TO lie Continued