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room at home in Lawrence and had awakened 

 here the day before and that he had wandered 

 around in an almost dazed condition. Every 

 thing so strange. He could not tell what to make 

 of it. I then told him our experiences together in 

 the other ages and regions we had explored, of 

 our boat on Mosasaurian Bay, and the many ad- 

 ventures we had enjoyed together and expressed 

 the belief that we would soon find you and we 

 started on the quest. Levi had his pick and cut 

 a way while I dragged out the trees he felled and 

 piled them in the thick jungle. We had not gone 

 a great ways, when we suddenly heard a shout in 

 front of us. 'That is George I know,' cried Levi, 

 'I recognize his voice,' and he raised an answering 

 shout that made the very leaves tremble. We 

 soon reached him and there was Mamma and all 

 the rest of our family. It was a joyful meeting 

 but Mamma would not allow us to remain there 

 talking of our wonderful experience because she 

 was sure you could not be far off. As the boys 

 had their picks they cut a broad path while the 

 rest of us pulled the light trees out of the way 

 and we were progressing famously when we saw 

 your astonished face across the narrow lake." I 

 could only thank God that I had been reunited 

 with my people and that Maud also was there. 

 It would have seemed terrible to remember her 

 sinking into the treacheous lagoon, then sudden- 

 ly find myself separated from it by millions of 

 years. Ethel and little Eaymond had gone off 



