Show fm 71 C Q N arong 9 I 1 4 OF 1 I V it I 1 I 1 to I 1 arm 01 j 9 1 A I i 1 it I 1 I 1 1 by 41 X N 6 WELLS 11 7 4 ika by it IL go G wells SYNOPSIS thlu A f n story of nt lh ill itne age aff ahio ln mail 6 ing nor to w t from cf anil fc u had poo via of rill ht I 1 tn 1 I fh ch and iani ill I 1 li now a W england ash aiom and an end nat a I 1 OWR 0 couple pi halo bounel so to it a colne holne thil llant clr ot of ofil thel their r raci race 1 tn n u alloy 10 here abdoo A atoo 1 hie lv gamt e to tr T abdoo x 1 I an ami hl hi mute aitto come upon into A 01 ro ale an night As thell re lph ac s g nil hla they uy toy ol 01 j lona 1 ax and of to titlark vo ev tho lh tu kr 4 tafv b biml on t iho h ebro hoi nging OM 0 r n thy aba anuno A lof noi execl ahe it w h uio c Z wd irli leml Is aall to ii fl 1110 him pon W d A hc it r are tile tho 1 w a ar r no ho ons hns anoro nor bihun h alzoA that hat t ris another bruan a lo 10 bilth lo 10 1 amson divell a in n leap to one lle kiil 10 gla mikii vo A aa blosl KO ra nuoi ing down to the bonwill of tho the kully gully PART 11 II eudene perceived and ran to the edge and peeled over er for ii d moment man and bear were in 1 a heap together agh lom uppermost and then lie had bad sprung clear and was scaling the iho gully ey fragmin but he hail bail left h ft big fix a laloy up lp he cried and in a moment iu co done was wag preceding him to the top of the cliff in h half if a minute they were ivere at the iho crl creel their baarts pumping noisily with abdoo and his hill life far still nar nars s below them andoci waa vorm sitting on it his haunches 9 both pas at mork ork trying with quick exasperated movements to 10 wipe the blindness out of hla his eyes and the hie she bear stood mood nn an all fours a kilo way war off ruffled in appearance appy arance end and aroune all 1 1 angrily liph lom lluis 1 himself jm g f mai 1 y on the grass pra a an and lay pont pani ing jaff and d ble L d ing walh fill hla his face on 01 his arms for is a second luden eudona a regarded the lcara ill ears then n she came and sat beside bilm fill bt at him presently bhe alia put ut forth her hand timidly and touched him and made the gulf euttu u r rid uund sound that aas 1 as his name naive tie he turned turn e of over and raised himself on oil his arm hl in face was pale like the face ot of one ahe is afraid 1 lie I 1 a looked at her steadfastly tor for a moment room nt and then no aly h he laughed eh ho he eala exultantly R at I 1 I 1 i yh aalde 4 she a simple but bui ex it wio I 1 co conversation ere hr the they 1 I ed C e i 1 I y again these hock headed savages and then abc sh a cr ambled to lier I 1 er feet and won to cautiously over the cliff the bears bare were ere not to be a seen ell she hearda heard a scream and looking at the cliff across a gorge gorce saw naw two ul tures alighting she moved her hand to them I 1 then U bukh gh 1 leml ml came and knelt beide side glicr and on oil hands and knees peered over coer tile the brow and examined the gorge presently ugh lonal rose as one almae mind is malle made up eudena kept close by him end and together they clambered to the ledge edge they took the alre stone slone and a flint and uh ugh lovil vent ent down at t tho he f foot out 0 of f the ih clin cliff very cautiously and fo found U not his ax the they returned to the cl cliff it now dow as aj castl kusiv as they could and nil turning their faces up balram Bl ream ram set bet orr off at a bisk fialk tile ledge atai nt a home no longer with lih such buch callers cail tn vol in n thu the I 1 agli lond car carried led the ax and Etiole eudena nit the th fir firrone tone so simple was vaa a removal they wont cut up stream although it in bight lead to lo the very lair of the ca coc e brar ar because there vas no other no ay to lo co 0 down donn the stream was as tho the it ailbe abe and an d had h ad not bukh leml killed vya and by the stream they had to keep bebau 1 of f drinking so they R ey orn march arched rd through bealo beadi trees with m ith the gorge deepening until the rl er allowed 11 0 led a frothing rapid GOO fot below them one once e a gray apo ape tw chat and 4 vanished ond and all alonia alon the cliff allt e fg vast and even nin iran the spoor or of the th great cave bear and then tho the spoor poor or of tho the bear feu fell 1 aay 0 ou fr from 0 in the clart sh ugh inina l thought b h t that lot hf he came from yome some pla phaoe to in the it ifft t a and nil keeping to the cliffs bedge KC the thy presently antly came to an a end toey the round found tiler delves gelves looking clon p n a great tie acal in circular space caused py ily the th colla collapse of the cliff it had so lashed right across the korep gorge hanhi banki inythe cintr the luo A ater back in a pool w lilt h ovail owed ed in a the nil pita 1 had find it it opened long ago it lea aa grag gragina ind over iver amt ll 11 1 th face uce of tile elifas that t at a about b 0 ut the the aint circle W still almust almont ati ali I 1 I 1 amob looking and hire as a on all lay ili the lork must have broken hrolf n and slid flirt down and starkly ex cx I 1 ishm lotti od and black under u n der tile feet of 0 these i alff aers the ma mouths t hs of sever caves land and as an obey ihry stood saoul stoul there looking at the dirice and disinclined dis inclined to skirt it because they thought the blonts lair lay on the left they saw suddenly first ono one bear and then iwo no up thi gra lope elope to tile right 1 I and going t the he amphitheater f toled the eaves cavm abdoo afta v as first and hp P dropped P a little on hla him fore oro foot fact and his Is mien w afta deo ondene and the she bebr ar to came e abu if behind alit anti and indeed I 1 net or hal much buch n morning ino ing you deserved to I 1 lod 0 your cie outright my dear said bait P t the title a fitly to 10 relieve her I 1 hance aba was van quite out or of ter ear t rl shot of her more udona anti and ati uh h leml stepped quite quilt of aly bar bark from tile the cliff cleft intili until their could just wf ne the belice over ili ih e y berge then len gonril stopped tup pd eu delta pulled alfi lit ann but hf he gunnil ii 11 ith a ealure en lure and h her k 1 hand an 1 dropped ifie auml blood b 1 ng t th h li l i 1 with lit hla 11 1 in his hl hand until t A tiler they hal ani angshed shed into tavo ahr cave tie tic growled loftly and shook the ax at the iho bihn bearn re rrell reding nt quarters qu arlera thou their to 1111 3 nas terror instead of cri off v T ith hh her he lay lint dewill anti ami Ift Viled forward into such euch it a position partition that he e could ill just so sec r tho ile anc A il 11 as 3 lie and he did lid atas it an calm calmly I 1 y as aa it it had been rabbits ho he os as watch ing ile to lay still hlll like a barked log loff still of dappled in tho the chadow of the trees ile H was v thinking and eudena had lc arnd en uha blittle a ari that hat ha beu birli taj egl lonii become still like trtat at j jawbone a wb n c on j I 1 list novel things presently began to haipt n i it 11 lies ai an hout hou before the thinking tt was as over ever it tt ad noon v hen the two lit clr sav nis hal had found their way nor to the cliff lirow brow that avei huni the rave and lilt the long afternoon they alicy faught tight with a great botill der ot of chalk trundling it with nothing hut but their muscle ivi front from the gulls where ahro it hod hall hung like a loo tooth toward the cliff top it was waa full two yards about it 11 stood as high as w bodo Judo 0 naw maist it was obtuse col and t toothed embed with flints anti hon hn thi the sun pun set it va poised three inches inched from tho the edge above the cave of tile great creat cave hear bear in ili tile the convers eltion languished during the afternoon the sho nho bear sulkily in her corner anti and andon it on was busy thu the side ado of his p paw aw an 1 I ning MR face to cool the P smart mart and inflammation oc at hla his wounds 11 too P 11 4 io i oto I 1 5 N I 1 1 I 1 4 az 5 I 1 I 1 0 4 that abdoo was killed was beyond her believing A afterward etere ard lie U cut anti ami pat mit jua n within athin the mouth of the he cave blin blinking kinK ell out t lit at the afternoon sun with hs hid u uninjured ju eie and thinking 1 I noer ner was no me startled in my life he said at last they are tho the most extraordinary braik At attacking taLking me mea 1 I dont like thorn them said aliu lie she ahe bear out of the darkness dark neya behind ia A feebler sort or of beast I 1 never llever saw I 1 can t think vo what hot tile the world la Is coming to scraggy v weedy cady legs wonder vender how holy they keep warm in win v inter very likely they dont said paid the bhe he bear wi I 1 suppose its a sort ot of monkey gone cone w rong ong its ita a change said the she bear the advantage he had was ties merely accidental cel dental said mild abdoo these things u at times 1 I cant understand why w by you let go sold the she boar bear the matter had been before and settled ett lid so abdoo being a bear ot of experience kemal lenial ned silent client for a space then lie ho resumed upon a dir dif ter aernt nt aspect poet of the matter ile he hui hai a sort soil of claw ri a long claw that lie seemed to hale hac first on one pan and then on the other oher jast one i law ilaw very odd things the bright thing too they seemed to have like that t I 1 that thai cornea comes lit in the sky eky in daytime only it jumps about its a root too tike a grass when iv hn it ii Is u indy doc it ilie I lie naked asked the she licar bear I 1 if it bit it can t be a plant 4 11 1 Z I 1 I 1 I 1 fkr arl I I 1 I 1 ii i I 1 I 1 I 1 1 2 1 alzza I 1 0 1 li zoo 1 I 1 I 1 30 io i i cr C r I 1 it 11 1 it 74 to t L she came cama and sat beside him ni r l dont donl know said abdoo but it iak lous anyhow T 0 1 r if they tire are good eating wh alic bald alic e plic alho beir t they look it stal tall I abdoo with or ap petit 0 tho the two bearo fell into a meditation far a space then abdoo resumed big simple attentions to his eye tile sunlight up the smell slope elope before the cave crew warmer in tona toile and arm or lint until it was vaa it a ruddy amber curious Cur loun sort art of thing day said paid till cave bar lot tou too much ot of it I 1 think quite unsuitable for hunting dazzles dairies rno me al albos walts I 1 cant smell amell nearly so BO well by lay day thy the she nhe bear did not answer but bul there came a mea stured crunching round out of the darkness she had turned up a bone andon dawned yawned me lie PL rolled to the cae mouth and stood abood fifth him head sun surveying eying the amphitheater lie he found hf he had to turn hla his head completely round to see objects on lila bill recht land hand side bide no doubt that eye would bould bo be all right tomorrow lie yawned dawned again there VOM mas a tap copil lead and a bjur mass masa of fit chalk 0 out U from ili the cliff taw facto dropped a ir ard 1 in it front or of his hid nom name anti starre ff tarred d li into ito ii a ol 01 lian boozel t v ul alual it s marih ar I deim d him at when he had ed a little flom b as hot it hewat hev M ned ami on unified 1 faed at the tai i pt or if P an they hal had EL a distinctive fl floour nour oddly reminiscent of tile the two tio dral animals or of the lodge lie pat al up and p pance d tile the larger lump anti anil walked lal sc roun round 11 t overal times when night had come lie in went ot off do dott n the river gorge to tn see it ho he could riot tit oft off cathor of 0 tile hie ledges lock lo dK occupants the ledge was atrall ere empty aty there bhore were TC no sina signs or of the red nd lillne liln ill but BK as b 10 wag va rather hungry hv ho ill alil d no nul bolier conff lliel a night lout lint liveried on to afternoon pl pick it up a led ical do derr er fawn fath n the next hernoon ter noon curlo uKly 8 enough the very follow fellow uc of the th farat 2 w ethll hite rock liell ell and smashed pre lire ackely ac e to precedent the aim al 1 1 of ill iu third that fell the lh night aae atler r however liuM vcr was aa better it lilt hit anio ft a skull I 1 lilt it crack th that I 1 lioyd lio pd up the lie cliff anti and the it hire f ment dancle lanc lne to all the alie pints of tin tile compari tin she sha he hinr t r coming after him lalni and 9 oili cui no emsly it ay a at t him found aund him I 1 liloff in in an ad odd sort bort of with hla his huftil bet and all out of shape site she was us a young the he bear lint and inexperienced anti haing sniffed abou about t him tor for some time anil and licked him a little and so forth site she decided to leave bahrt until the add addi plead had and nent tt ont on her hunting trion alone C she looked looke I 1 up the tb fawn of the red d doo they had killed two nights ago and found li it lint hut it t ma mas lonely hunting without aldno und find she nho retained ca vevard venard before down the baky nag 11 aa gray anti anil overcast tin ill up tip tile tho got go wore were black and unfamiliar anti and into her ter ursine mind came it a dim sense 0 if f strange and didamy happenings she I 1 lifted up tip her voice anti and called anano ba b kanii fk 11 the ables of the gorge ic echoed her As an she he approached the cave she pile saw in tile the hilf light and heard a couple or of jackal jackala ambulo off and after a hydria homlok liow iad and it a dozen doxen blumy bulks went up the slope elope anti and ol d and yelled derision lord of the rocks and ac a ita came doun the th wind mind the dismal leeling feeling in hi the lh phe ithe bea beara r mind became suddenly acute she shuffled across the amphitheater ya ha to said the hy timot retreating ya ta hit ha to the cave bear wal wai riot not 13 bine ing quite lit in the he same attitude aUl lude because the lie hyena had bull ben busy ot ey dotted over tin turf about him lay lie he punished fragments of the hie thi great lumps of chalk the alic bear sto stopped ped lend lead even now that thai tile the great and mondor ful an do duo wu wua killed was waa beyond her bolhov ing then site alic headd aenid far bead a son round nil a 11 cluzel sound a like thu the to shout hour ot of a airna but bat ruller fuller and lower in pitch she ohp looked up vo with lilt her lilt little e daw claw n blinded eyes seeing little her nostrils norl li and there on oil the cliff edge far above her against the bright pink of tin dann artio two tivo little 8 baggy round dark things tile the heads of eudena end and ush ugh lunia as thy they iti der lilon ol at her but though ili fhe c could not HOP them she could hear and dielly she kho began to apprehend A novel feel iniz all aa of benj strange ei 0 lla its came fit into to her hart h art bac he began to examine e t the he smashed flag fragment ment of chalk that 1 lay ay 1 bout about t anfee for a space othe hc stood flood e still till looking about her and making it a low co continuous n sinuous sound pound that was almost IL a moan mean then she went bick back incredulously to abdoo to make one last effort to rouse him thus it n was as in tile the claw dawn it of time that the great croat bears aho vho he were ft ere thi the lords of 0 the rocks and eaves beran began their acquaintance qu ain tance mith man mail THE END |