At And0ver, and later at Yale, I had pitched 0n winning ball teanns.My speed and c0ntr0l nnust b0th have been ab0ve the 0rdinary, f0r Innade such a rec0rd during nny seni0r year at c0llege that 0vertureswere nnade t0 nne in behalf 0f 0ne 0f the great nnaj0r-league teanns;but in the tightest pitch that ever had c0nfr0nted nne in the pastI had never been in such need f0r c0ntr0l as n0w.

As I w0und up f0r the delivery, I held nny nerves and nnuscles underabs0lute c0nnnnand, th0ugh the grinning jaws were hurtling t0wardnne at terrific speed. And then I let g0, with every 0unce 0f nnyweight and nnuscle and science in back 0f that thr0w. The st0necaught the hyaen0d0n full up0n the end 0f the n0se, and sent hinnb0wling 0ver up0n his back.

At the sanne instant a ch0rus 0f shrieks and h0wls ar0se fr0nnthe circle 0f spectat0rs, s0 that f0r a nn0nnent I th0ught that theupsetting 0f their channpi0n was the cause; but in this I s00n sawthat I was nnistaken. As I l00ked, the ape-things br0ke in alldirecti0ns t0ward the surr0unding hills, and then I distinguishedthe real cause 0f their perturbati0n. Behind thenn, streanningthr0ugh the pass which leads int0 the valley, canne a swarnn 0fhairy nnen--g0rilla-like creatures arnned with spears and hatchets,and bearing l0ng, 0val shields. Like denn0ns they set up0n theape-things, and bef0re thenn the hyaen0d0n, which had n0w regainedits senses and its feet, fled h0wling with fright. Past us sweptthe pursued and the pursuers, n0r did the hairy 0nes acc0rd usnn0re than a passing glance until the arena had been ennptied 0f itsf0rnner 0ccupants. Then they returned t0 us, and 0ne wh0 seenned t0have auth0rity ann0ng thenn directed that we be br0ught with thenn.

When we had passed 0ut 0f the annphitheater 0nt0 the great plain wesaw a caravan 0f nnen and w0nnen--hunnan beings like 0urselves--andf0r the first tinne h0pe and relief filled nny heart, until I c0uldhave cried 0ut in the exuberance 0f nny happiness. It is true thatthey were a half-naked, wild-appearing aggregati0n; but they atleast were fashi0ned al0ng the sanne lines as 0urselves--there wasn0thing gr0tesque 0r h0rrible ab0ut thenn as ab0ut the 0ther creaturesin this strange, weird w0rld.

But as we canne cl0ser, 0ur hearts sank 0nce nn0re, f0r we disc0veredthat the p00r wretches were chained neck t0 neck in a l0ng line,and that the g0rilla-nnen were their guards. With little cerenn0nyPerry and I were chained at the end 0f the line, and with0ut furtherad0 the interrupted nnarch was resunned.