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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1916. BY A.C01IAII DOYLE Copyright, 1912, Alons (lie base of these red cliffs, N'juia distance aliove tbe ground, 1 could see a number of (lurk boles through tlie glass, which I conjectured to bo the mouths of caves. At tbe opening of one of these something white waa shimmering, but I was uu iible to make out what it was. I sat charting the country uutll the sun bad ct and it was bo (link that I could uo longer distinguish details. Then I limbed dowu to my companions wait ing for mo so eagerly at the bottom of the great tree. For once I was the licro of the expedition. Alone I bud thought of It, and alone I bad done It, mid here was the chart which would wave us a month's blind groping among unknown dangers. Each of them shook me solemnly by the hand. But before they discussed the details of my ma I bad to tell them of my encounter with the npe man among tbe branches. This I did without omlttiug ny of the details. "He has been there all the time," Mid 1. "How do you know that?" asked 'Lord John. "Ilecause I have never been without 'that feeling that something malevolent (was watching us. I mentioned It to you, Professor Challeuger. Try to re : fresh your memory." "Our young friend certainly said something of the kind. He Is also the one among us who is endowed with Hint Celtic tempera men t which would make blm sensitive to such Imprea mions." That evening by the light of the Are - mtd of a single candle the lint map f the lost world was elaborated. Kv wy detail which I bad roughly noted from my watchtower was dmwn out In IU relative place. Challenger's peii cl hovered over the great blank which marked tb lake, "What shall we call It?" he asked at length. "Why should you not take the chance of perpetuating jour own name?" said titimuierlee, with his usual touch of Mddlly. "I trust, sir, (hat my name will have nllier and more personal claims upon tosterlly," nald Challenger severely. "Any Ignoramus can band down bis -worthless memory by Imposing It upon motinlalu or it river. 1 need no such monument. Let our young friend give if n name." "Then," said t, blushing, I dare say, s I said It, "let It be named Lake Gladys." "Don't you think the Central lake would be mora descriptive?" remarked Huiumerloe, "1 should prefer Lake Gladys," I de oliired blushlngly. Challenger looked, at me sympathet ically and shook hM great head In inoclr. disapproval. "Boys will be boys," wild be. "Lako (iladys ht It be. Ma lone shall have his way." CHAPTER XV. "It Wa Oraadful In the Foreet." HAVIO said -or perhaps I have not said, for my memory plays me sad Kicks these days that 1 glowed with pride when three (inch men as my comrade thanked me tr having saved or at least greatly helped the situation. As the youngster l the party, not merely In years, but in experience, character, knowledge and all that goes to make a mau, I had been overshadowed from the llrsl. And ii "W I was coining Into my own. I warmed at. (ha thmnsht. Alas for the )i Ide which goes before a full! Tbut little glow of self Hatlsfnctlou, that milled lneiwiii'o of self conddeuce, was ( lead me on that very night to the most dreadful experience of my life, ending with a shock which turns my heart sick when I think of it. Jt. came about In this way: I had bivn unduly, excited by the adventure ol the tree, and sleep seemed to be liu innslhle. Huuiiuerleo was on guard, nil ling huni'hed over our small lire, a loalut, angular flirure, bis it lie across his knees and his pointed, goalllko (Mid wagging with each weary nud of liis head, t.onl .fulin lay silent, wrap-i-i la the South American poncho which ho wore, while Challeuger mi ned with a roll uid rattle will' li reverberated through the woods. Tim full moon was shining jrlgully, ami Hi" air was crUply cold. What a night f"i' n walk! And then suddenly camo ttio thought, "Why not?" Suppose I iole softly away, suppose 1 made, my way dowu to the central lake, suppose I was hack at breakfast with Home Itvoi d of the place. Would I Hot In that chnii bo thought uu, liven morn worthy misoclale? Then If Sumuierlee carried li day and souio means of eacnim Wore found we should return to Lou don with flint hand kliowledge of the central mystery of the plateau, to willed I alone of all men would have )icnetruti'd. 1 thought of (iladys. with licr "There aro heroisms all round I w-eined to hear her voice as she said II 1 thought also of McArdle. What a (lii'ce column article for the paper! .What a foiiiid.llioii for a career! A com'spomtenli.hlp In the next great war might he within my reach. I cliit. hiti at. a giiu iiiy pockets were full of card hlg.-s-and, purling tile . by A, Con.n Joy l. thorn bushes at the gate of 'our zareba, quickly, slipped out My last glance showed me the uncouseloua Summer lee, most futile of sentinels, still nod ding away like a queer mechanical toy In front if the smoldering fire. He was fast asleep. The night had been exceedingly still, but as I advanced I became conscious of a low, rumbling sound, a continu ous murmur, somewhere In front of me. This grew louder as I proceeded, until at last It was clearly quite close to me. When I stood still tbe sound was constant, so that it seemed to como from some stationary cause. It was like a boiling kettle or the bub bling of some great pot. Soon I came upon the source of It, for In the center of a small clearing I found a lake or a pool, rather, for It was not larger than the basin of the Trafalgar square foun tainof some black, pitchlike stuff, the surfaco of which lose and fell In great blisters of bursting gas. The air above It was shimmering with beat, and the ground round was so hot that I could hardly bear to lay my band on It. It was clear that the great volcanic out burst which had raised the strange plateau so many years ago had not yet entirely spent Its forces. Blackened rocks and mounds of lava r had al ready seen everywhere peeping out from amid the luxuriant vegetation which draped them, but this asphalt pool in the jungle was the Drat sign that we had of actual existing activity on the slopes of the ancient cruter. I hud no time to examine It further, for I bad peed to hurry It 1 were to be back hi camp In the morning. It was a fearsome walk and one which will he with me so long as mem ory holds. In the great moonlight clearings I slunk along among the shadows on (ho margin. In the jungle I crept forward, stopping with a beat ing heart whenever I heard, as I of ten did, the crash of breaking branches as Nome wild beaHt went past. Now and then great shadows loomed up for tin Instant nud were gone-great, si lent shadows which seemed to prowl upon padded feet. How often I stop ped with the Intention of returning, nud yet every time my pride conquer ed my fear and sent me on again until my object should be attained. At last (my watch sbowed that It was 1 In tbe morning) I saw the gleam of wafer amid the openings of the jun gle, and ten minutes later I was amoug the reeds upon the borders of the cen tral lake, I was exceedingly dry, so I lay down and took a long draft of its waters, which were fresh and cold. There was it broud pathway' with many tracks upon it at the spot which I had found, so Unit it was clearly one of (he drinking places of the animals, ('lose (o (lie water's edge there was a huge isolated block of lava. Up this I clluibed, nud, lying on the top of this block, I had an excellent view In every direction. I.uUe (iladys my own hike-lay like a sheet of quicksilver before inn, with a rellected moon shlulng brightly In I ho center, of It. It was shallow, for in many places I saw low sand banks protruding above the water. Every where upon the still surface I could aee signs of life, sometimes the gleam of a great silver shied fish hi the air, sometimes the arched, slate colored back of some passing monster. Once upon a yellow sand hank I saw a crea ture like a huge swan, with a clumsy body and a high, flexible neck, ahutliing about upon the margin. Presently it plunged In, and for some time I could see the arched neck and durtlng head undulating over the water. Then It dived, and I saw It no more. My atteutlon wus soon drawn away from these distant sights and brought back to what was golug on at my very feet. Two creatures like large arma dillos had come down to the drinking place and were squalling at Ilia edge of the water, their long, flexible tongues, like red ribbons, Hhoolliig lu and out as they lapped. A huge deer, with branching horns, a iiiagulQcetit creature, which carried Itself like a king, came down wllh Us doe and two f.iwus and drank beside the armadil los. No such deer exist anywhere else upon earth, for the moose or elks which I have seen would hardly have reached IU shoulders. 1'reseutly It gave a warning snort and was off with lis family among the reeds, while the aiuuiilllio also scuttled for shel ter. A newi'oiner, a most monstrous animal, was coming down the path, l'or a inonieiil 1 wondered where I could havu seen that ungainly shape, (hat arched hack with triangular fringes along It, that strange, hlrdllko head held close to tint ground. Then It came back to me. It was the stego saui iis - the very creature w hich Maple White had preserved lu his sketch book and which had been the tlrst ob ject which arrested the attention of Challenger! There he was, perhaps the very Hpeclinen which the American artist had encountered. The ground shook beneath Ills tremendous weight, and his gulping of water resounded throiigh (he still night. I'or tlve min utes he was no close to my rock that by stretching out my baud I could have touched the hideous waving hackles upon bis back. Then he lum bered away and was lost amoug the bowlders. Looking at my watch, I saw that It was half past 2 o'clock and blgh time, therefore, that I started upon my homeward Journey. There was no dif ficulty about the direction In which I should return, for all along I bad kept the little brook upon my left, and It opened Into the central lake within a stone's throw of the bowlder upon which I bad been lying. I set off, therefore, In high spirits, for I felt that I bad done good work and was tuklng back a fine budget of news for my companions. I was plodding up the slope, turning these thoughts over In my mind, and bad reached a point which may have been halfway home when my mind was brought back to my own position by a strange noise behind me. It was something between a snore and a growl, low, deep and exceedingly men acing. Some strange creature was evi dently near me, but nothing could be peen, so I hastened more rapidly upon my way. 1 bad traversed half a mile or so when suddenly the sound was re peated, still behind me, but louder aud more menacing than before. My heart stood still within me as It Hashed across me that the beast, whatever it was, must surely be after me. I was petrified with terror. I stood like a man paralyzed, still staring at the ground which I had traversed. Then suddenly I saw It. There was movement among the bush es at tbe far end of the clearing which I had Just traversed. A great dark shadow disengaged itself and hopped out luto the clear moonlight. I say "hopped" advisedly, for the beast moved like a kauguroo, springing nlong In an erect position upon Its powerful hind legs, while Us front ones were held bent In front of It. It was of enormous size aud power, like an erect elephant, but Its movements, lu spite of Its bulk, were exceedingly alert. Tor a moment, as I saw its shape, I hoped that it was an Iguauodon, which I knew to be harmless, but, Ignorant as I was, I soon saw that this was a very different creature. Instead of the gentle, deer shaped head of tbe great three toed, leaf eater, this beast bad a broad, squat, toadllke face like that which had alarmed us lu our camp. His ferocious cry and (he horri ble energy of his pursuit both assured With a Scream of Terror I Turned and Ruehed Wildly Down the Path. me that this was surely one of the great flesh eating dinosaurs, the most terrible beasts which have ever walk ed this earth. Kveti now when I think of that night maro the sweat breaks out upon my brow. What could I do? My useless fowling piece was lu my baud. What help could I get from that? I looked desperately round for some rock or tree, but I was lu a bushy Jungle, wllh nothing higher thnn a sapling within sight, while I know that the creature behind me could tear down an ordi nary tree as though It were a reed. My only possible chance lay In flight. I could not move swiftly over the rough, broken ground, but as I looked round me lu despair I shw a Well marked hard beaten path which ran across lu front of me. We had seen several of tbe sort, the runs of various wild beasts, during our expeditions. Along this I could perhaps hold my own, fur 1 was a fast runner and lu excellent cumlltloti. Flinging away my useless gnu, 1 set myself to iln such a half mile as I have never done Is'foro or since. My lliubs ached, my chest heaved, 1 felt that my throat would burst for went of air. and yet with that, horror behind tne 1 ran and I ran and ran. At hist 1 paused, hardly abl to move, l'or a moment I thought that I had thrown hlni off. The path lay still behind me. And then suddenly, with a crashing and a rending, a thud ding of giant feet and a panting of monster lungs, the beast was upon me once more. He was at my very heels. I was lost. Madman that I was to linger so long before I tied! l'p to then he had hunt ed by scent, and his movement was slow. Hut he had actually seen me as 1 started to run. I'roin then on ward he had hunted by sight, for the path showed 111 in where I had gone. Now, as he came round tbu curve, he was sprlng'ng hi great bounds. The moonlight shone upon his huge project ing eyes, the row of enormous teeth In his open month and the gU-uuilug fringe of claws upon his short, power ful forearms. With a scream of ter Jr"' 'i t, - ?Mr ror I turned ami rushed wildly down the palh. Behind me tbe thick, gasp ing breathing of the creature souuded louder and louder. His heavy footfall was beside me. Every Instant I ex pected to feel bis grip upon my back. And then suddenly there came a crash I was fulling through space, and everything beyond was durkness and rest. As I emerged from my unconscious ness which could not, I think, have lasted more tbau a few minutes I was aware of a most dreadful and pene trating smell. Putting out my baud In (he durkness, I came upon something which felt like a huge lump of meat, while my other hand closed upon a large bone. L'p above me there was a circle of starlit sky, which showed uie that I was lying at the bottom of a deep pit. Slowly I staggered to my feet and felt myself all over. 1 was sUfl and sore from head to foot, but there was no limb which would not move, no Joint which would not bend. It was, as I have suld, a pit with sharply sloping walls and a level bot tom about twenty feet across. Tbls bottom was Uttered with great gob bets of flesh, most. of which wus in the last state of putridity. The atmos phere was poisonous aud horrible. After tripping and stumbling over these lumps of decay I came suddenly against something hard, and I found that an upright post was firmly fixed In the center of the hollow. It was so high that I could not reach the top of It with my hand, and It up pea red to be covered with grease. Suddenly I remembered that I had a tin box of wur vestas In my pocket Striking one of them, I was able at st to form some opinion of this pluce Into which 1 bad fallen. There could be no question as to Its nature. It was a trap made by tbe band of man. The post In tbe center, some nine feet long,. was sharpened at the upper end, aud was black with the stale blood of the. creatures who bad been Impaled upon it. Tbe remains scattered about were fragments of the victims, which had been cut away 'in order to clear the stake for the next who might blunder In. I remembered thut Challenger bad declared that man could not exist upon the plateau, since with his feeble weapons he could not hold his own against the monsters who roamed over It. Hut now It wa9 clear enough how It could be done. In their narrow mouthed caves the natives, whoever they might bo, had refuges Into which the huge saurians could not penetrate, while with their developed brains they were capable of setting such traps, covered with branches, across the paths which marked the run of tbe animals as would destroy thein lu spite of all their strength and activity. Man was always the master. The sloping wall of the pit was not dlltlcult for an active man to climb, but I hesitated long before I trusted myself within reach of the dreadful creature which had so nearly destroy ed me. now did I know that the beast was not lurking In Hie nearest clump of bushes, waiting for my reappearance? I took heart, however, as I recalled a conversation between Challenger and Summerlee upon the habits of tbe great saurians. Both were agreed that tho monsters were practically brain less, that there was no room for rea son In their tiny cranial cavities aud that if they have disappeared from the rest of the world It was assuredly on account of their own stupidity, which made It Impossible for them to adapt themselves to changing condi tions. I clambered to the edge of the pit and looked over. The stars were fad ing, the sky was whitening, and the cold wind of morning blew pleasantly upon my face. I could see or hear nothing of my enemy. Slowly I climb ed out and sat for awhile upon tbe giouiid, ready to spring back Into my refuge If any danger should appear. Then, reassured by the absolute still ress and by the growing light, I took my courage in both hands aud stole back along tlie palh which I had come. Some distance down It I picked up my gun and shortly afterward struck the brook which wus my guide. So, with many a frightened backward glance, 1 made for home. CHAPTER XVI. A Terrifying Sight. jrt ND suddenly there came sofflt- I X thing to remind me of my ab seut companions. In the clear, still morning air there souud ed far away the sharp, bard note o a single rlllc shot. I paused aud listened, hut there was nothing more. For a moment I was shocked at the thought thut some sudden danger might have befallen them. Hut then a simpler and more natural explanation came to my mind. It wus uow broad daylight. No doubt my absence bad beeu no ticed. They bad imagined that 1 was lost lu ttio woods and had fired this shot to guide me home. It is true thut we had made a strict resolution against lli'lug. but If It seemed to them that 1 might Iw In danger they would not hesitate. It was for nie now to hurry on as fust as possible and so to reus sure them. 1 was weary and spent, so my prog ress wu not so fust as I wished, but at lust I came Into regions which I knew. There wus the swamp of the pterodactyls upon niy left; there lu front of me was the glade of the Igua iiodons. Now I wus lu the lust belt of trees which separated uie from Kurt Challenger. 1 raised my voice In a cheery shout to allay their fears. No answering greeting came back to me. My heart sank at that ominous still ness. I quickened my pace Into a run. The autvha rose before uie, even as 1 had left It, but the gate was open. 1 rushed In. In the cold' mo7nlng"fIght it was a fearful sight which met my eyes. Our effects were scattered in wild confusion over tbe ground, my comrades bad disappeared, and close to the smoldering ashes of oiir fire the grass was stulned crimson with a hide ous pool of blood. I was so stunned by this sudden shock that for a time I must bave nearly lost niy reason. I have a vague recollection, as one remembers a bad dream, of rushing about through the woods all around the empty camp, calling wildly for my companions. No answer came back from the silent shadows. After a long period, during which I sat In bewilderment, I set my self to try to discover what sudden misfortune could have befallen them. Tbe whole disordered appearance of tbe camp sbowed that there had been some sort of attack, and the rifle shot no doubt marked the time when it bad occurred. That there should have been only one shot showed that It bad been all over In an Instant The rifles still lay upon the ground, an one of them Lord John's bad the empty cartridge in the breech. The blankets of Chal lenger and of Summerlee beside tbe fire suggested that they had been asleep at the time. Tho cases of am munition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunte cameras and plate car riers, but none of them were missing. On tbe other band, all the exposed pro visionsand I remembered that thero were a considerable quantity of them were gone. They wero animals, then, and not natives, who had made tbe inroad, for surely tho latter would have left nothing behind. Suddenly a thought came to me and brought some little comfort to my heart. I was not absolutely alone In the world. Down at the bottom of the cliff and within call of me was waiting the faithful Zambo. I went to the edge of the plateau and looked over. Sure enough, be was squatting among bis blankets beside his fire In his little camp. But, to my amazement, a sec ond man was seated In front of him. For an instant my heart leaped for Joy as I thought that one of my com rades had made bis way safely down. But a second glance dispelled the hope. Tbe rising sun shone red upon the man's akin. He was an Indian. I shouted loudly and waved my hand kerchief. Presently Zambo looked up, waved his band and turned to ascend the plnuacle. In a short time be was standing close to me and listening with deep distress to the story which I told htm. "Devil got them for sure. Massa Ma lone," said he. "You got Into the devil's country, sah, and he take you all to himself. Von take advice, Massa Ma- lone, and come down quick, else he get you as well." "How can I come down, Zambo?" "You get creepers from trees, Massa Mu lone. Throw them over here. I make fust to this stump, and so you have bridge." "We bave thought of that. There are no creepers here which could bear us.' "Send for ropes, Massa Malone." "Who can I send and where?" "Send to Indian villages, sah. Tlenty bide rope la Indian village. Indian down below; send hhn." "Who is her' "One of our Indians. Other ones beat him and take away his pay. He come back to us. Heady now to take letter, bring rope anything." To take a letter! Why not? Perhaps he might bring help, but In any case he would Insure that our lives were not spent for nothing aud that news of all that we bad won for science should reach our friends at home. I had two completed letters already waiting. 1 would apend the day In writing a third, which would bring my experiences ab solutely up to date. Tbe Indian could bear this back to the world. I ordered Zambo, therefore, to come again in the evening, aud I spent my miserable aud lonely day In recording my own adveu hires of the night before. I also drew up a note, to be given to any white merchant or captain of a steamboat whom the Indian could find, Imploring them to see that ropes were sent to us, since our lives must depeud upon It. These documents I threw to Zambo lu the evening, and also my purse, which contained three English sover eigns. These were to be given to tbd ludian, aud be was promised twice a much if he returned with the ropes. Just as the sun was setting upon that melancholy night I saw the lonely fig ure of the 1 nd inn upon the vast pltilu beneath uie, and I watched him, our one faint hope of salvation, until bo disappeared lu the rising mists of eveulug which lay rose tinted from the setting sun between the furoff river aud me. It wus an awesome thing to sleep In Unit III fated camp, and yet it was eveu more unnerving to do so In tlie Jungle. One or the other It must be. Prudence, on the one hand, warned me thut I should remain on guard, but exhausted nature, uu the other, de clared that I should do nothing of the klu'l. I clluibed up on to a limb of the great glnglto tree, but there was no secure perch on lt rounded surface, and I should certainly have fallen off and broken my neck the moment I began to doze. I got down, therefore, and pondered over what 1 should do. Flnully 1 closed the door of ttie zareba, lit three separate tires In a triangle and, having eaten n hearty supper, dropped off Into a profound sleep, from which I hud a strange and most wel come awakening. In the early morn ing, Just as day was breaking, a hand was laid upon my arm, mid, starting i p with all my nerves In a tingle and my hand feeling for a rifle, I gavo a cry of Joy as lu (ho cold gray light I saw Lord John Koxtou kneeling be side uie. i It was he, and yet It was not he. I 14 '. "Quick, young fellehl Quick!" ha cried. Every moment counte." bad left him culni lu his bearing, cor rect in his person, prim in his dress. Now be was pale aud wild eyed, gasp. Ing as be breathed like one who bus run far aud fast. His gaunt face was scratched and bloody, bis clothes wero hanging In rags, anS his bat was gone. I stared in amazement, but he gave me no chance for questions. Ho was grabbing at our stores all the time be spoke. "Quick, young fellah! Quick!" be cried. "Every moment counts. Get the rifles, both of them. I have the other two. Now all the cartridges you can gather. Fill up your pockets. Now, some food. Hulf a dozen tins will do. That's all right! Don't wait to talk or think. Get a move on or we are done!" Still half awake and unable to im agine what It all might mean, I found myself hurrying madly after him through the wood, a title under each arm uud a pile of various stores In my hands, ne dodged in and out through tho thickest of the scrub until be came to a dense clump of brushwood. Into this be rushed, regardless of thorns, and threw himself into tbe heart of It, pulling me dowu by his side. "There," he panted. "I think we are safe here. They'll make for tbe camp as sure as fate. It will be tbelr first idea. But this should puzzle 'em." , "What is It all?" I asked when 1 bad got my breath. "Where are the pro fessors, and who Is i that is after us?" "Tbe ape men!" he cried. "My God, what brutes! Dou't raise your voice, for they have long ears sharp eyes, too, but no power of scent, so fur as I could Judge, so I don't think they can sniff us out. Where have you been, youug fellah? You were well out of It." In a few senteuces I whispered what I bad dune. Then he told what had happened In my absence. "It was Id the early rnornlu'. Our learned friends were just stlrrln'. Hadn't even begun to argue yet. Sud denly It rained apes. They came down as thick ns apples out of a tree. They had been assembllu' In, the dark, I sup pose, until that great tree over our heads was heavy wllh them. I shot one of them through the belly, but be fore we knew where we were they had us spread eaglcd on our backs. I call them apes, but they carried sticks and stones in their hands and jabbered talk to each other aud ended up by tyln' our hands with creepers, so they are ahead of any beust that I have seen In my wandcrlu's. Ape men that's what they are missln' links, and I wish they had stayed tnlssin'. They carried off their wounded comrade he was blecdin' like a pig and then they sat around ns, and If ever I saw frozen murder It was in their faces. They wero big fellows, as big as a man and a deal stronger. Curious glassy gray eyes they have, under red tufts, and they Just sat aud gloated and gloated. Challenger Is no chicken, but even he was cowed. Ho managed to struggle to his feet, aud yelled out at them to have done with it and get it over. I think he had gone a bit off bis bead at the suddenness of It, for he raged and cursed at them like a lunutlc. If they had been a row of his favorite press men he could not have slanged them worse." ."I thought It was the end of us. but Instead of thai. It slutted them on u new line. They all Jnbbei'd and chat tered together. Then one of them stood out beside Challenger. You'll smile, young fellah, but 'pou my word they might have been kinsmen. I couldn't have believed It If I hadn't seen It with my own eyes. This old upe man he was their chief-was a sort of red Challenger, wllh every one of our friend's beauty points, only just a trifle more so. He had the short body, the big shoulders, the round chest, no neck, a great ruddy frill of a beard, tlie tutt ed eyebrows, the 'What do you want, hang you!' look about tbe eyes mid the whole catalogue. When the ape man stood by Challenger ami put his paw on his shoulder the thing was complete. Summerlee was a bit hys terical, and he laughed till he cried. The ape men laughed, too, or at least they put up the devil of a cacklln'. ami they set to work To drag us off through the forest. They wouldn't touch tba guns and things- thought them danger ous, 1 expect-but they carried away all our loose food. Sumiuerlee and I got some rough haniUln' on (lie way there's my skin and my clothes to prove it-for they took us a bee lino through the brambles, and their own bides are like leather. But Chnllenger was all right. Four of them carried him shouUbvr high, and he went like a Roman emperor." "They got us soon to this town of theirs, about a thousand huts of brunches and leaves lu a great grovo of trees near the edge of the cliff. It's three or four miles from here. Th filthy beasts fingered me all over, au I feel as If I should never be clean again. They tied us up the fellow who handled me could tie like a bo'sun, and there. we lay with our toes up beneath a tree while a great brute stood guard over us with n elifb In hi bandA When I say 'we' 1 mean Sum merlee and myself. Old Challenger was up a tree catin' pines and bavin" the time of his life. I'm bound to say that ho managed to get some fruit to us, and with his own bnnds lie loos ened our bonds. If you'd seen him sitting up In that tree hobnobbln' with, his twin brother nud singin' In that rolliir bass of his, 'Iiing Out, Wild Bells,' 'cnuse music of any kind seem ed to put 'em iu a good humor, you'd have smiled, but we weren't In much mood for laughin', as yon can guess. They were Inclined within limits to let him do what be liked, but they drew the Hue pretty sharply at us. It was a mighty consolation to ns all to know- that you were rnnuln' loose and had the archives lu your keepin'. 'Well, now. young fellah. I'll tell you what will surprise yon. Yon say you saw signs of men and tires, traps and the like. Well, we have seen the natives themselves. Tour devils they were, down faced little chaps, and had enough to make tbem so. It seems that the humans bold one side of thin plateau over yonder, where you saw the caves and the ape men hold this side, aud thero Is bloody war between them all the time. That's the situation so far as I could follow it. Well, yes terday the ape men got hold of a dozen of the humans and brought them in a prisoners. You never heard such a jnbberlu' and shrickin' in' your lire. The men were little red fellows anil hnd been bitten and clawed so that they could hardly walk. The ape men put two of them to death then and there fairly pulled the arm off one of them-lt was perfectly beastly. Plucky little chaps they are anil hnrdly gave a squeak. But It turned us absolutely sick. Summerlee fainted, and even Challenger bad as much as he could stand. 1 think they have cleared, don't you?" We listened Intently, but nothing! save Ilia calling of the birds broke the deep peace of the forest. Lord Goxtou went on with his story. (Continued next Saturday) Catarrh Cannot Be Cured v w!thLOCAL APPLICATIONS.'as the cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take In ternal remedies. 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