Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1925 — Page 10

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THE LOST WORLD By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

BEGIN HERE A young reporter on the Daily Gazette is deeply in lore with Gladys Hungerton, a proud, cold beauty, who does not show the leasl return of affection. Nevertheless-rtho young man bolsters up courage to propose to her and learns that she will not love him until he is honored by the world for some great accomplishment requiring bravery. With the thought I of becoming worthy of Gladys, he undertakes to find opportunity for adventure. WITH XH e STORY CHAPTER 11. “Try Your Luck With Professor Challenger.” m ALWAYS liked McArdle, the crabbed, old, round-backed, red-headed news editor, and I tather hoped that he liked me. Os course, Beaumont was the real boss; but he lived ip the rarified atmosphere of some Olympian height from which he could distinguish nothing smaller than an international crisis or a split in the Cabinet. Sometimes we saw him passing in lonely majesty to his inner sanctum, with his eyes staring vaguely and his mind hovering over the Balkans or the Persian Gulf. He was above and beyond us. But McArdle was his first lieutenant, and it was he £bat we knew.

“YOU SEEM VERY ANXIOUS TO LOSE YOUR LIFE.”

The old man nodded as I entered the room, and he pushed his spectacles far up on his bald forehead. “Well, Mr. Malone, from all I hear, you seem to be doing very ■well,” 3aid he in his kindly Scotch accent. I thanked him. “The colliery explosion was excellent. So was the Southwark fire. You have the true descreeptive touch. What did you want to see me about?” “To ask a favor.” He looked alarmed, and his eyes shunned fhjne. “Tut, tut! What is it?” "Do you think, sir, that you could possibly send me on some mission for the paper? I would do my best to put it through and get you some good copy.” “What sort of meesion had you in your mind. Mr. Malone?” "Well, sir, anything that had adventure and danger in it. I really would do my very best. The more difficult it was, the better it would suit me.” “You seem very anxious to lose your life.” EPSOM SALTS NOW “TASTELESS” World’s finest Physic now Pleasant as Lemonade No other laxative acts so perfectly, so harmlessly on the bowels as pure Epsom Salts. It has no equal in medicine for constipation, biliousness, sick headache. Doctors and nurses depend upon Epsom Salts. It never gripes or overacts. “Epsonade Salts” is pure Epsom Salts made pleasant with fruit derivative salts —nothing else. It tastes like sparkling lemonade and costs only few cents a package at any drug store- Try it! “Epsonade Salts” is guaranteed by the American Epsom Association.—Advertisement.

SUFFERED WITH INDIGESTION NOW ENJOYS ALL KINDS OF FOOD Louis Weisselberg, Indianapolis, Ind., Says Every Remedy He Tried Failed to Help Him Until He Took Todd’s Tonic.

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“To justify my life, sir.” "Dear me, Mr. Malone, this is very —very exalted. I'm afraid the day for this sort of thing is rather past. The expense of the ‘special meesion’ business hardly justifies the result, and, of course, in any case it would only be an experienced man -with a name that would cortimand public confidence who would get such an order. The big blarfk spaces In the map are all being filled In, and there’s no room for romance anywhere. Wait a bit, though!” he added, with a sudden smile upon his face. “Talking of the blank spaces of the map gives me an Idea. What about exposing a fraud—a modern Munchausen —and making him rideeculous? You could show him up as the liar that he is! Eh, man, it would be fine. How does It appeal to you?” "Anything anywhere I care nothing.’^ McArdle was plunged In thought for some minutes. “I wonder whether you could get on friendly-wn- at f least on talking terms with the fellow,”' he said, at

last. “You seem to have a sort of genius for establishing relations with people —seempathy, I suppose, or animal magnetism, or youthful vitality, or something. /I am conscious of it myself.” “You are very good, sir.” “So why should you not try your luck with Professor Challenger, of Enmore Park?” I dare I looked a little startled. “Challenger!” I cried. “Professor Challenger, the famous zoologist! Wasn’t he the man who broke the skull of Blundell, of the Telegraph?” The news editor smiled grimly. “Do you mind? Didn’t you say it was adventure you were after?” “it is all in the way of business, sir,” I answered. “Exactly. I don't suppose he can always be so violent as that. I’m thinking, that Blundell got him at the wrong moment, maybe, or in the •wrong fashion. You may have bet-ter-luck, or more tact in handling him. There’s something in your line there, I am sure, and the Gazette should work it.” “I really know nothing about him,” said I. “I only remember his name in connection with the police court proceedings, for striking Blundell.” “I have a few notes for your guidance, Mr. Malone. I’ve had my eye on the Professor for some little time.” He took a paper from a drawer. “Here is a summary of his record. I give it you briefly: “‘Challenger, George Edward. Born: Largs, N. 8., 1863. Educ.: Largs Academy; Edinburgh University. British Museum Assistant, 1892, Assistant Keeper of Comparative Anthropology Department, 1893. Resigned after acrimonious correspondence same year. Winner of Crayston Medal for Zoblogical Research. Foreign member of '—well, quite a lot of things, about two inches of small type—‘Societe Beige, American Academy of Sciences, La Plata, etc., etc. Ex-President Palaeontological Society. Section H. British Association’ —so on, so on!—‘Publications: “Some Observations Upon a Series of Klmuck Skulls”; "Outlines of Ver-' tebrate Evolution”; and numerous papers, including “The underlying fallacy' of Weissmannism,” which caused heated discussion at the Zoological Congress of Vienna Recreations: Walking, Alpine climbing. Address Enmore Park. Kensington, W.’ "There, take it with you.. I’ve nothing more for you tonight.” I pocketed the slip of paper. “One moment, sir,” I said as I realized that it was a pink bald head, and not a red face, which was fronting me. “I am not very clear yet why I am to interview this gentleman. What has he done?” The face flashed bock again. “Went to South America on a

though I ate only the best food obtainable. My digestive organs seemed to be at a standstill. I tried many medicines, but all failed to bring me any real measure of relief. Asa last resort I tried Todd’s Tonic and began to improve from the first. Now, after only four bottles of Todd’s Tonic; my appetite has improved and I enjoy all my meals. I rest easy at night, have gained five pounds in weight and feel better than I have in years. I feel I owe much to .Todd’s Tonic and want to thank you for all the good it lias done me. I strongly recommend it to all stomach sufferers as a sure means of relief."—LOUlS WEISSELBERG, 1421 Charles St., Indianapolis, Ind. Todd’s Tonic,•with its wine-like flavor, is most pleasant to take. For sale at all

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cuutary expedeetion two years ago. Came back last year. Had undoubtedly been to South America, but refused to say exactly where. Began to tell his in a vague way, but somebody started to pick holes, and he just shut up like an oyster. Something wonderful happened—or the man’s a champion liar, which is the more probable supposeetion. Had some damaged photographs, said to be fakes. Got so touchy that he assaults anyone who asks questions, and heaves reporters roun the stairs. In my opinion he’s just a homicidal megalomaniac with a turn for ruience. That’s your man, Mr. Malone. Now, off you run, and see what you can make of him. You’re big enough to look after your! self. Anyway you are all safe. Employers’ Liability Act, you know.” A grinning red face turned once more into a pink oval, fringed with gingery fluff; the interview was at an end. I walked across to the Savage Qub but instead of turning into it I leaned upon the railings of Adelphi Terrace and gazed thoughtfully for a long time at the brown, oily river. I can always think most sanely and clearly in the open air. I took out the list of Professor Challenger’s exploits and I read it over under the electric lamp. Then I had what I can only regard as an Inspiration. Asa pressman, I felt sure from what I had been told that I could never hope to get in touch with this cantankerous professor. But these recriminations, twice mentioned in his skeleton biography, could only mean that he was a fanatic in science. Was there not an exposed margin there upon which he might be accessible? I would try. Copyright, 1912, by A. Conan Doyle. (Continued in Next

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Hoosier Briefs 0 THIEF who broke into the Keller shoe store at Lafayette stole four pairs of women’s silk hose and two pairs of velvet slippers, but overlooked money *ln,a cash register. Busses operating on roads north and east of Frankfort have been ordered to stop until soft roads improve. Noblesville citizens are wondering whether they will go home in the dark since the city council and 'officials of the Northern Indiana Power Company have been unable to agree on a contract for street lighting. Council contends rates are too high. A public hearing will be held at Vincennes on the new Main St. bridge scanning the Wabash. Col. G. R. Lukesh, Government engineer at Louisville, will represent the War Department, which must approve all plans for bridges across navigable streams. A*’—" | RIVER PARK horsethief detective ended an “unsuc- -- cessful liquor raid” in the Mishawaka city Jail under charges of driving an automobile while intoxicated. The detective drove his car into the National Bank building and invited an officer standing nearby to take a ride. Samuel G. Phillips, president of the Alexandria Bank, and Harry M. Adams, president of the Commercial Bank and Trust Company, also of Alexandria, were appointed receivers for the Lippincott Glass Company. About four hundred men and women are Employed at {he factory. The Burch-Wood post. American Legion, at Washington, has petitioned city council to rename Walnut St., where trees were planted to commemorate Davies’ County’s war dead, Memorial Ave. I ILARENCE Westmoreland, I(T I special deputy sheriff of Daviess County, was found not guilty of shooting Harley Summers after the latter had attempted to take gasoline from a State hightway commission tank. Mrs. Sophia A. Ludiers, 66, died from heart failure while returning to Logansport from wedding ceremonies of. her son at/IfidfanapoUs. The automobile she was riding skidded into^tch.

OUT OUR WAY—By WILLT AMS

The Worst Fate Th most challenging of all wastes is the waste of human life. There is no more conspicuous example of that wastage in our modern American life than in the mounting curve of traffic accidents. The gravity of the situation is well illustrated by the fact that the committee on statistics has brough in a report- indicating

Sleeping Bv United Preß r=T|r. MYERS, Fla., Fel?- 13. I p I —Four hours’ sleep is I 1 I enough, thinks Thomas A. Edison, electrical wizard, but his wife says differently. “So I first sleep four hours for myself, after which I wake up and then take two more hours of sleep to satisfy her,” the inventor admitted. Edison celebrated his seven-ty-eighth birthday anniversary at his winter home here Wednesday.

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