The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
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rested large. purplish grape AS
tunishcd az the sight, ] leaned for
ward 90 pick it OF, when 10 my hor
TOR, il burst between my flngcr and
thumb, squirting blood In every a.,
rcclion. My cry OF disgust had
brought tho two professors TO my
side.
Most interesting" said summer,
Ice, bending over my shin. An
enormous blooduck. as yet be,
iieve, unclassiried"
The ftrst-frults OF our labors,
said Challenger IN his booming pc.
dantic fashion 1--WE cannot do less
than call II lNodcs MalonL Tho very
sman Inconvenience OF being bitten,
my young friend. cannot. | am sure,
woigh with sou as against the
glorious privilege OF having your
name inscribed In tho dcathless roll
or zoology unhsppily you have
crushed this fine specimen at the
moment Of satiatlon,
"Filthy Nermin" / cried
Professor Challenger raised hiss
great eyebrows In protest, and placed
a soothing paw upon ms shoulder
You should cultivate the scientific
eye aud the detached scientific mind,
said he. TO a man % philosophie
temperament Ike myself the blood,
tick. with It's lancotlike proboseis
and IFS distcndlng stomach. Is as
beautiful a work OF Nature, as the
pcltcogk or, for that matter. the
aurora horeails II pains me TO hear
you speak Of IL In so unappreeiativr
fashion, No doubt. with due dill
Ecncc. We can secure some other
specimen
'Thcre can be no doubt OF that
said Summarize, grimly, 'for ono has
just disappeared behind your shirt
collar
Challenger spranE into the air bel,
lowing like BUN. and tore frantic.
ally at his coat and shirt 10 get them
of. Summarize and laughed so
that we could hardly help him. Al
last we exposed that monstrous torso
90 inches, by tho tailor's tapel Ills
body was All matted with black hair,
out OF which Jungle We picked the
wandering tick before il had bitten
him. But the bushes round were FUN
OF these horrible pests. and IL was
clear that We must shift our camp.
but first OF all II was necessary TO
make our arrangements with the
faithful negro, who appeared pres.
entity on the pinnacle with n number
ul tins Of cocoa and biscuits. witch
/ he tossed over TO us. or the stores
which remained below he WAS or
dcred 10 retain as much as would
keep him for two months The In,
dLns were to have the remainder as
a reward FOR their services and ps
payment FOR taking our letters back
20 the Amazon. Some hours later We
saw them In single file far out upon
the plain, each with a bundle on his
head. making their way back along
the path wc had come. Zambo oc
cup!ed our little tent at The base OF
the pinnacle. and there he remained,
our one link with the world below.
And now we had 10 decide urou
our immediate movements We
shifted our position from among the
tick-Iadcn bushes until VIC came 70
small clearing thickiy surrounded
b. trees upon ali sides There were
some fiat slabs o. rock In the center.
with an excellent we'll close hy. and
there we sat IN cleanly comfort while
we made our first plans Tor the IN.
vaEon Of thia new country Birds
were calling among the foliage
A especially one With peculiar whnap-
ing cry which wss new To us-but
beyond these sounds there were no
signs Of NE.
our first care was 20 make some
sort Of list Of our own stores, so
that wc might know what we had
to rciy upon What with tho Things
We had ourselves brought up and
/ those which Zambo had sent across
on the rope. wc were fairly well
supplied. Most important OF al. IN
view ot the dangers which might
( surround Us, VIC had our four rifles
and 900 roundH also q shotgun. but
not moro than $50 medium pellet
cartridges. In tho matter Of pro
{ visions $50 had enough 10 last for
/ several weeks. with q sufficiency OF
I tobacco and few scientific imple-
ments, including large telescope
and a good fleldglasg All these
things We collected together in the
clearing. and as first prscaution.
we cut down with our Ratchet and
knives n number Of thoruy bushes,
which we piled round In n circle
some Is yards in diameter This was
to be our headquarters for the time
-our place Of refuge against sudden
danger and the guardhouss for our
stores. Fort Challenger. we called &.
CONTINUED in Our Next Issuel