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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Oogie Finds Love + +Author: Berkeley Livingston + +Release Date: May 16, 2010 [EBook #32396] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OOGIE FINDS LOVE *** + + + + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="tr"><p class="center">Transcriber's Note:</p> +<p class="center">This etext was produced from Amazing Stories November 1948. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.</p></div> +<p> </p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img class="img1" src="images/cover.jpg" width="400" height="539" alt="" title="" /> +</div> +<p> </p> +<h1>OOGIE FINDS LOVE</h1> +<p> </p> +<h2>by Berkeley Livingston</h2> +<p> </p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>It took a fierce battle with the prehistoric Cro-Magnons, +and a modern wrestling match with the Russian Bear, before +Oogie, the Caveman, finally won beautiful Sala for his woman</p></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> +<img src="images/image_001.jpg" width="800" height="430" alt="From the caves men appeared, dragging after them the +women who had been clubbed into submission" title="" /> +<span class="caption">From the caves men appeared, dragging after them the +women who had been clubbed into submission</span> +</div> +<p> </p> +<div class="figleft1"><img src="images/image_k1.jpg" alt="K" width="70" height="50" /></div> +<p>ill him...!" "Moider 'im...!" "Tear his arm off!" The cries and +shrieks and boos and confusion were general throughout the auditorium, +and the tenor of them was about the same, that the Russian Bear should +be annihilated. Alas for the public's pleas. Oogie the Caveman was +underneath, and already the referee was on his knees, his head bent +almost to the canvas, his nose almost touching the muscled shoulder of +Oogie who was underneath the Russian Bear. The two wrestlers were +almost in the center of the ring and the nearest of the spectators was +some eight feet off. The front row could see the lips of the ref +moving but none could hear the words, nor even imagine. For what the +ref said, was:</p> + +<p>"Boss wants to see you after the match...."</p> + +<p>Oogie rolled a face toward the ref upon which was writ the tortures +of the damned, and blinked his right eyelid. Then the ref slapped the +Russian Bear on the shoulder and the match was over....</p> + +<p>"... Hi boss," Algernon Allerdyce called in greeting. His nose sniffed +appreciatively at the aroma of coffee.</p> + +<p>"Hi Oogie," Sam Grogan replied without turning from what he was doing, +lifting the cover of the percolator on the electric plate. "Squat +Oog," he directed. "This is just about done. Be with you...."</p> + +<p>The fragrant aroma of Mocha, Java and Brazilian coffee beans, ground, +mixed and blended until they had achieved a perfect harmony, perfumed +the air. Two cups, saucers and spoons lay on the desk. Beside them was +a bottle of brandy. Oogie and Sam shared the same vice, <i>coffee</i>.</p> + +<p>Sam did the honors, and after both men sniffed with the deepest +delight of the brew, he leaned back in his chair and regarded the +muscular man at his side with both affection and speculation. After +all, Algernon Allerdyce, known to the wrestling public as Oogie the +Caveman, had been Sam's own discovery, and he was proud of it.</p> + +<p>A flashback of memory brought a clear picture to Sam's mind: A huge +bulk of a man whose face could have served as a model for the drawing +of <i>Pithecanthropus Erectus</i>, entering his offices at the old +Hippodrome Building. The wonder he felt at the gentleness of the +voice, as the stranger asked:</p> + +<p>"Sam Grogan?" And at Sam's nod, "I'm here in answer to the ad you had +placed in the <i>Sun</i>...."</p> + +<p>That had been the beginning of a strange and very profitable +friendship. For Grogan had advertised for wrestlers and Allerdyce had +been the first of those to answer. It was Sam who gave him the name of +Oogie the Caveman. As such he had achieved fame around the wrestling +circuits, fame and fortune. Sam had learned many facts in the life of +Allerdyce during the three years of their association. How when +Allerdyce was fifteen a truck had struck the bike he was riding and +hurled the unfortunate boy into a tree which mashed his face to a +pulp. How the family had brought the injured youth to a famous plastic +surgeon who had performed surgery on him. The next day it was found +the surgeon was insane, and had been insane when he performed the +plastic work on the boy. The result was the ape-like face he had given +him.</p> + +<p>"... Oogie," Sam said from the depth of his introspection, "I've got +news for you...."</p> + +<p>Allerdyce took another appreciative sip of the brew before bending his +attention to the other. And then it was only with lifted brow and +questioning eyes.</p> + +<p>"... The Big Deal we've been waiting for is on the fire," Sam said.</p> + +<p>"At last, eh?" Allerdyce said.</p> + +<p>"Yep! The big clean-up! A hundred grand guarantee plus a percentage. +It will mean at least two hundred thousand for you...."</p> + +<p>Allerdyce's lips twisted in a smile though to the casual observer, +those lips seemed to snarl. "I can't say I won't be glad that this +long grind is over. Three years of this fakery is enough to try the +soul of a saint. But now that the goal is in sight I can only feel a +sort of fear that maybe...."</p> + +<p>Grogan knew what the other meant. For on that afternoon, long, long +gone, Allerdyce had told him why he had answered the ad. It was to +achieve enough money to permit the building of a dream, a laboratory +of research in plastics. For Algernon Allerdyce had graduated <i>cum +laude</i> from one of the finest technical schools in the country, his +heart set on research, but with his goal closed to him because of his +fearsome appearance. He had tried time and again to enter any of the +phases of his calling but after the first interview there had never +been a second. Sam Grogan had shown him how enough money could be made +at wrestling to do what he wanted to. Allerdyce had not always been +Oogie the Caveman. Once he had been billed as The Gentleman Grunter, +but laughter had only greeted his appearance. As Oogie, he looked the +part and the fans had never failed him.</p> + +<p>"So don't go soft now!" Grogan said sharply. "It's in the bag, +kid...."</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div> +<p>llerdyce leaned back and the chair creaked loudly at the unexpected +movement.</p> + +<p>"What's the set-up, Sam?" he asked.</p> + +<p>"The whole troupe goes; the Bear, the Irishman, the Masked Marvel and +all the others. London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow.... Yep, Oog, all +eighteen of us on the European circuit.... Hey! What's wrong?"</p> + +<p>Grogan had observed the darkening thunderhead of a frown on the +wrestler's forehead.</p> + +<p>"Sam, this may sound a bit childish because the whole thing is +childish, but I don't like Ed Finster.... Now wait! I know we've been +packing them in with our act, the Russian Bear and Oogie the Caveman. +But Ed's been taking the deal a little more seriously than it +warrants. Like tonight. He threw a double hammer on me and <i>really</i> +used pressure. Nor was tonight the first time.</p> + +<p>"A week ago in Omaha he almost tore my ears off with a headlock...."</p> + +<p>Sam Grogan beamed. Allerdyce didn't know it but Sam had been the +motivating force behind the grudge which had developed between the two +men. Finster had complained one night that the public didn't like him, +said that the name he had been given made them mad. Sam had mentioned +the name was Oogie's idea. Finster then took personal exception to it +and made a personal issue out of it. So the grudge begun in jest +developed until it was noticeable to the rest of the troupe.</p> + +<p>Grogan chuckled and in a few words made clear how the thing started. +But the smile was wiped from his lips at Allerdyce's words:</p> + +<p>"Too late now, Sam. I'd just as soon forget it but not Ed. He's got +that excuse for a brain thinking the whole thing is real. I'd suggest +you get to work on him before it's too late altogether...."</p> + +<p>"That bad, huh? Maybe I'd better straighten the yuk out...."</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_f.jpg" alt="F" width="32" height="40" /></div> + +<p>light 243 was well out over the Atlantic, thirty thousand feet below. +The super-cruiser <i>Orion</i> of the <i>TWP</i> lines held a full complement of +passengers among whom was the wrestling circus of Sam Grogan and his +partner Algernon Allerdyce, more affectionately known to the +wrestling public as Oogie the Caveman.</p> + +<p>The hour was for sleep and everyone but two were observing it. These +two, Allerdyce and Finster, were in the lounge, playing gin. Finster +had challenged Allerdyce to a couple of games to pass the time. But +those two games had long been played. Finster played a wild and woolly +game, never remembering discards, or trying knocks when they would be +to his advantage, but always playing for gin. So it was that Allerdyce +had won almost every game. And since they were playing for a cent a +point, Finster was out money. That was why they were still playing +while the rest had gone to bed.</p> + +<p>"... I'll knock with two, Ed," Allerdyce said.</p> + +<p>"Now why the hell didn't you give that ten!" Finster yelled. He held +up the discard and looked at it with savage eyes. "That would have +ginned me...."</p> + +<p>Allerdyce shrugged his shoulders and replied:</p> + +<p>"That's what I figured. Well, Ed, let's call it quits, huh?"</p> + +<p>"Sure! Call it quits when you got me stuck for dough. But that's the +way you operate. Why you yellah...."</p> + +<p>It was at that instant the horror descended on the <i>Orion</i>. There was +a screaming cacophonous whirlwind of sound, a shriek of metal parting, +flames suddenly bursting into full bloom, and the thin voices of men +and women in mortal fear. Above all there was a <i>whooshing</i> noise, as +though a giant hand was gripping them. Finster and Allerdyce felt +themselves lifted from the depths of the ship and plunged into a +maelstrom of storm in space.</p> + +<p>For a full ten seconds Algernon Allerdyce looked into the face of +terror beyond words, then unconsciousness descended on him....</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div> +<p>he air was hot and damp and the slight breeze which fanned his cheek +was of little solace. Allerdyce turned his head from side to side; a +quiver stirred the heavy frame of his body, and awareness came in a +rush to him as he opened his eyes. He sat erect and looked about him.</p> + +<p>A figure lay sprawled on the ground some ten feet away. It was that of +a man and one glance showed Allerdyce that the man was Ed Finster and +that he was alive, though not yet conscious. Allerdyce rose to his +feet and grunted at the effort. It seemed as if every bone and muscle +creaked and groaned in protest. Awe and amazement made his brows lift +and his eyes widen as he looked about. The two men had fallen among +some ferns in a shallow glade bound about by dense jungle growth. +Allerdyce caught a glimpse of hills in the near distance. Then he saw +Finster stir and he stepped to the other's side.</p> + +<p>"Wha-what happened?" Finster asked while he turned his head from one +side to the other.</p> + +<p>"I don't know exactly," Allerdyce replied in a low voice. "But I'm +going to make a guess, fantastic as it may sound. I think we fell or +were sucked into a space fault. From the looks of this jungle and from +the feel of the atmosphere, I'll bet we've landed in a time long +before the dawn of men such as we know...."</p> + +<p>And as though in corroboration there came to their ears a low, +grunting sound. Instantly Finster leaped to his feet and jumped the +several feet to the side of the other. The sharp movement brought +another coughing grunt, this time from the opposite side. And as they +watched, a huge striped shape stepped into the open from the depths of +the thick jungle growth. It was fully ten feet long and high as their +shoulders, and the head of it was that of a tiger but such as they had +never seen, for twin tusks, a foot long protruded down the length of +the jowls....</p> + +<p>"A saber tooth!" Allerdyce whispered hoarsely.</p> + +<p>Ed Finster could only stare in open-mouthed horror at the thing. His +muscled jaws began to quiver as the tiger began a sinuous advance +toward them, and then, as the animal suddenly crouched in preparation +for its leap, Finster screamed.</p> + +<p>But the tiger never moved from his crouch. As if by magic a half dozen +spears pierced its sides and two found a resting place in the tiger's +throat. Then the silence was broken by the hoarse shouts of human +voices, and a dozen men leaped into the glade and advanced on the two.</p> + +<p>"Cro-Magnons," Allerdyce said aloud.</p> + +<p>They were tall, broad-shouldered, deep of chest and long of limb. The +skins of wild animals covered their nakedness. Their faces showed +intelligence, though it was all too apparent that it was limited. But +whatever speculations about their origin was in Allerdyce's mind, were +wiped from it by their attitudes. They were definitely hostile. Most +of them were armed with spears, as if those they had hurled were just +one of a number they carried. Those who bore no spears, held clubs +from the heads of which wooden spikes stuck out in vicious fingers of +anger.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div> +<p>llerdyce acted from instinct. His right hand shot up to the height of +his head and stuck out in front of his face. At that the advancing +cavemen stopped and looked at each other. There were gutteral sounds +of consultation, then the largest most-fearsome stepped forward and +moved toward the two until he was at arm's length.</p> + +<p>"Who are you?" he asked. "What do you here in the land of Ugg the +Mighty? From whence come you?"</p> + +<p>Allerdyce's mind worked at lightning speed. The solution to their +problem lay in but a single direction, whatever their position. He +looked up to the cloudless, sun-scorched sky and said:</p> + +<p>"From the Great Spirit we come. For see ... are we not different than +you? So we were sent to look into the affairs of the Great Spirit's +children...."</p> + +<p>The caveman knitted his brows, shook his head in wonder, then, as a +child does at an elder's invitation to inspect a doll, he stepped +forward and fingered the suiting of the two men. Little clucking +sounds came from the lips as he did so. Then whirling, he shouted:</p> + +<p>"The Great Spirit has sent them! Let us do them honor...."</p> + +<p>At the same time Allerdyce whispered, "Don't act scared," to Finster.</p> + +<p>Their leader's words were as a signal for the rest. They came forward +in dancing steps, raising their spears and clubs on high and shouting +gleefully words of exultation and praise of their leader Ugg. They +surrounded the two strangers and after their leader stepped in the +lead they started on a march through the brush. The way seemed endless +and after a while Allerdyce shed his upper garments, leaving only his +trousers to cover him. Finster followed suit. Oddly, there was a +complete absence of insect life.</p> + +<p>The way led straight toward the hills they had glimpsed. The wall of +jungle ended with startling abruptness and they entered on a rolling +plain which after a while became more and more rocky as the upland +sweep began. Quite suddenly Ugg stopped, his head tilting to one side +in a listening attitude and one hand held in warning.</p> + +<p>The others, with the two strangers in their midst, crowded close.</p> + +<p>"Sobar!" Ugg grunted hoarsely. "He is after our young and women. +Listen...."</p> + +<p>They heard it then, shouts and screams from up above. But what was +going on was hidden from them. Ahead lay a narrow cleft between two +sides of sheer rock some fifty feet high. The way on the right was +clear though at a strong angle. Ugg motioned for Allerdyce to follow +and the two climbed to the top of the rock where they lay on their +bellies and looked slightly downward at the scene. Ahead were some +dozen caves and a common compound. Men were struggling here and there +but for the most part those were few. The screams came from the caves. +In a matter of seconds men appeared, dragging after them the women and +some children. When a woman failed to go along too readily or when one +of the men lost his patience, the club was used. Ugg nudged Allerdyce +and motioned with a silent shake of the head for them to return.</p> + +<p>"... It is the tribe of Sobar," Ugg explained to his men. "They must +have learned I sent my son, Ugg the Younger, on a hunting expedition +with most of the tribe and that we few went on the hunt for the +saber-tooth. They are too many for us...."</p> + +<p>"But they must come through the cleft in the rock," Allerdyce said. +"We can lie in wait for them. Hidden, they cannot know how many we are +and when the spears are thrown they will think they have been +ambushed."</p> + +<p>"But there are only the few of us," Ugg objected.</p> + +<p>"Even a few will be enough."</p> + +<p>But Ugg had an even better idea:</p> + +<p>"They will not fear us. But the Spirits.... They will run from you +after they see how little their weapons do against you...."</p> + +<p>Now we're in for it, Allerdyce thought. Right in the middle. If we +don't, these boys will let us have it. If we do, the others will. And +what is worse we can't ask for weapons.... H'm! Maybe.... An idea had +come to him, a silly idea. Yet if it succeeded....</p> + +<p>"Come on, Ed," he said, turning to Finster. "Follow my lead, fellah. +Otherwise...."</p> + +<p>He didn't have to finish. The other understood.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div> +<p>llerdyce felt the quiver in his legs and arms as they reached the top +of the cleft. One look and he saw the enemy tribe was about to +descend. They saw the two men at the same time. For a long moment the +modern and the prehistoric stared at each other. It was the modern who +made the first move:</p> + +<p>"Men of Sobar!" Allerdyce shouted. "Hear me!"</p> + +<p>There were a full fifty of them. Three of them stepped forward, spears +held ready for the throwing. One of them was a giant of a man, a full +seven feet tall and wide as a barn door.</p> + +<p>"Who calls Sobar," the giant asked.</p> + +<p>"I do," Allerdyce replied. "The messenger of the Great Spirit...." He +hoped Sobar knew of this Great Spirit. "He has sent me because Sobar +has displeased him...."</p> + +<p>For a few seconds silence reigned. Then the giant stepped forward a +few more steps, and his brow tight in a scowl of anger, asked:</p> + +<p>"I do not believe you. You look like one of the swamp people, face of +an ape...."</p> + +<p>Allerdyce felt the brittle coldness of a terrible anger sweep through +him. He had been called ape before. And always the one who had done +the calling had suffered for his temerity. But mixed with his anger +was the knowledge that death could be the result of an unwise move or +word. Yet time was not on his side, for Sobar was taking the +initiative and was stepping even closer and behind him the other two +were also coming toward him in imitation of their leader.</p> + +<p>"Hold!" Allerdyce suddenly called in a ringing, imperative voice. "You +do not believe me, then, eh? A test, Sobar...?"</p> + +<p>The other was silent, waiting for the stranger to continue.</p> + +<p>"Drop your weapon," Allerdyce said. "You and I, unarmed, to the +death...."</p> + +<p>Then gone was the scowl, gone the furrowed brow. Here was meat to +Sobar's liking. Here was something he was not frightened of. Spirit or +man, Sobar was not afraid of combat of arms. Flinging the spear to one +side Sobar motioned for the other to come to him.</p> + +<p>Allerdyce made a feint to come in low but the other merely waited, +arms wide, legs spread, and body shifting from the waist. Once again +Allerdyce feinted, and as Sobar's body shifted to the side the other +seemed to want to come from, Allerdyce leaped forward and grabbed +Sobar by his right wrist and using the hand as a lever pivoted on it +until he was behind the giant. Then Allerdyce began to exert pressure +in a hammerlock.</p> + +<p>All the while he had been moving the giant had been still, as if +confused. But as pain came in a rush to his shoulder blade, he moved. +Never had Allerdyce felt such strength. For though the wrestler was +using all his strength on the grip, Sobar broke it with one gigantic +movement of his huge body.</p> + +<p>Allerdyce knew then that the rules of fair play were out. This +prehistoric baby was dynamite.... Allerdyce staggered away from the +other but recovered quickly as the giant came in, both arms +outstretched. And once again Allerdyce grasped one of those huge +wrists. Only it was in a judo grip this time, a grip where when a man +tries to break it, pressure simply multiplies until either the arm +breaks or one cries quits. In this case Sobar waited too long.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_e.jpg" alt="E" width="34" height="40" /></div> +<p>ven as his face contorted in pain Allerdyce whipped around to one +side and delivered a blow with the side of his palm to the side of +Sobar's neck. The crack of the breaking neck was like that of a branch +breaking. Sobar pitched to his face and lay still.</p> + +<p>Instantly Ugg leaped to Allerdyce's side.</p> + +<p>"Your chieftain was bested in fair play!" he shouted to the warriors +of Sobar's tribe. "By our laws you have now become our prisoners."</p> + +<p>"But not by mine!" a strange voice yelled.</p> + +<p>And before Allerdyce could do more than turn, Finster was on him. What +made Ed Finster do what he did was never explained. Perhaps the +realization of what had happened came to the man. Perhaps his mind, +twisted by jealousy and hate snapped at that moment. Whatever the +reason, he turned on Allerdyce. It was the signal for a general +battle. For of all the cavemen who were present, only one was +quick-witted enough to take advantage of the situation. This one was +one of the two who had come forward with Sobar.</p> + +<p>He yelled:</p> + +<p>"Gomar is now chief. One of the Spirits is on our side.... Kill Ugg +and his...."</p> + +<p>Had it been one of the cavemen attacking, Allerdyce would have managed +to get away for the moment he needed to recover. But it wasn't. It was +a trained wrestler, one who knew all the tricks, who had leaped at +him. So Finster worked his surprise vantage for all it was worth.</p> + +<p>But even then Allerdyce might have won out had it not been for Gomar's +call to arms. His men forgot the booty they had taken, the women and +children and leaped forward with savage shouts, spears and clubs used +indiscriminately. Allerdyce had broken Finster's first hold, and was +turning to get a grip on the other, when a club thrown by one of the +cavemen caught him a blow on the temple and stretched him senseless to +the ground.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div> +<p>llerdyce's awakening this time was not as pleasant as before. Someone +was kicking him in the face. He opened his eyes, one of them anyway. +The other was closed shut. He was in a cave. It was a smelly cave, the +walls blackened from the smoke of many fires. Nor was he alone. He +tried to move his arms and discovered he had been securely bound. +Suddenly from behind, a foot came swinging out and pain shot up the +side of his jaw as the bare toes connected with it.</p> + +<p>"Enough," a voice called.</p> + +<p>"Aah! I've been wanting to do this for a long time," Ed Finster said.</p> + +<p>There was disgust in Gomar's voice as he replied:</p> + +<p>"The Great Spirit has small men for messengers.... Remove the other's +bonds."</p> + +<p>"Hey!" Finster yelped in protest.</p> + +<p>But no one paid attention. Hands tore the fibre ropes loose from about +Allerdyce's figure and helped him to his feet where he stood swaying +like a tree in a high wind.</p> + +<p>"The Great Spirit sent two messengers," Gomar said. "But He had a +reason. One was sent to conquer Sobar so that I could become chief. +The other was to conquer you. The light is clear.... Take him to the +women...."</p> + +<p>Only Finster laughed at the edict. He had reason for the laughter. In +all the years of their association Allerdyce had never been known to +go for the fillies. And now he was to be thrown to a pack of them. +With that puss, Finster thought, they'd throw him right back.</p> + +<p>Spear points pressed against his back, a rope around his wrists, and +while the rest walked behind, one man led Allerdyce from the cave into +the open, across a level stretch of ground and into a very large cave. +Here his wrists were unbound and to the jibes and laughter of the +warriors who had accompanied him, Allerdyce was shoved into the cave +proper itself.</p> + +<p>The cave was immense, and seemed to be filled entirely with women and +children. For a second there was silence. Then as their eyes saw this +almost naked stranger, a wild shriek of laughter went up. Hands went +out, pointing to his shorts which seemed to be all the clothing he +had, to his face, puffed into a gargoylish mask, and to his hairy +chest, which looked like the stuffing of a mattress.</p> + +<p>Allerdyce stared in horror at the women, turned and started for the +cave entrance. But the cavemen had anticipated his move. They stood +guard, spears thrust point forward, and after a few hesitant seconds, +Allerdyce turned back.</p> + +<p>But now they were no longer scattered about the cave. They came over +in a rush, forcing him to the wall, his hands pawing in futile +attempts to prevent them from touching him. For some reason this made +them angry. Their hands clenched and spiteful words came from their +lips, and several turned aside and called something to the children, +who after a moment returned, with stones and sticks.</p> + +<p>"Hey!" Allerdyce called in alarm. "Take it easy...."</p> + +<p>The alarm in his voice was the signal for them to attack. In a moment +he was the center of a mob of women all bent, it seemed, on his +destruction. He fought at first as gently as he could. But as some of +the stones hit and some of the clubs struck vulnerable parts of his +anatomy, he fought with less gentleness. Finally, he was forced to +club one of the women with his fist. She went flying backward and +landed flat on her back.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_i.jpg" alt="I" width="19" height="40" /></div> +<p>nstantly the attack ceased.</p> + +<p>He watched them move away from him and wondered why. His question was +answered as the woman he had struck crawled to him and embraced his +legs. He tried to withdraw her hands but she held only tighter and +said:</p> + +<p>"We are mated. You made the choice. I am Sala...."</p> + +<p>"You're nuts!" Allerdyce said sharply. He turned to call the guards to +help him with the woman when he discovered that they were gone.</p> + +<p>"Are customs different in your tribe?" Sala asked. "Do you not mate +with a woman in this manner?"</p> + +<p>The beginning of a hope came to him in a rush as he realized the +consequences of what had happened. He was free now. He tried to put +the proper authority in his voice, when he said:</p> + +<p>"Go woman! Find me a corner and bring me food...."</p> + +<p>Without the slightest hesitation Sala rose and trotted to a far corner +of the cave. Allerdyce followed and squatted beside her. He had always +been a shy man and had never known many women, especially women with +as little clothes as Sala wore. She was beautiful by any standard he +thought. But only for a moment. His thoughts for the first time +centered on his predicament.</p> + +<p>His mind allowed for but a single conclusion. That the plane had run +into a time-fault and that he and Ed Finster had been drawn into it. +The others must have died in the plane crash. Since the giant ship was +over the Atlantic at the time of the crash it was reasonable to assume +that time only was involved and not space. Therefore, by the same line +of reasoning, he and Ed were to be here for the rest of their lives. +That is unless somehow they found the same fault again. But that was +not probable, he realized.</p> + +<p>For a moment fear lay heavy on him. Then the scientist came uppermost. +What an opportunity he had. A man of science among these children. The +chance to build a civilization. It could be done with his knowledge. +But first he had to get the power over these people.</p> + +<p>Sala came back just then with what looked like the leg of a rabbit. It +was very underdone but Allerdyce didn't quibble. If he were going to +live as they did then he might as well start right there.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div> +<p>hree days went by and nothing changed. He learned all about his mate. +She had been one of Ugg's tribe. Now she was part of the tribe of +Gomar. It was that simple. She was a tigress when she thought another +woman was even looking at her mate and fought with the savagery of a +beast for him. And he had been granted his freedom with his +acquisition of a mate. He learned to hunt as the others did, with +spear and club. But already he had fashioned his first bow and arrow, +and knew it would be a matter of time before he was taught the rest. +There was but one fly in the ointment, Ed Finster. As yet he had no +mate. And he looked with avaricious eyes on Sala.</p> + +<p>It was on the fourth day.</p> + +<p>Allerdyce had returned from the hunt. He had killed an animal with his +arrow and the tribe looked on him with respect. As he neared his cave +he heard shrieks of pain and anger. And as he watched with amazement, +Ed Finster appeared, dragging Sala by her hair. His action was +instinctive. Rushing forward, he threw his bow to one side and knocked +Ed to the ground.</p> + +<p>Immediately a circle of warriors were drawn about the two men and +Gomar stepped forward.</p> + +<p>"It is time," he said. "I have wondered about this. A combat of arms +will settle it. Whoever wins will have the woman ... and his freedom."</p> + +<p>As they stood facing each other, Finster turned aside as though to say +something to Gomar. Allerdyce relaxed naturally. But Finster had done +it with that view in mind. Like a flash he whirled on Allerdyce and +grabbed a headlock. It would have ended right then had not both men +been barefoot. For Allerdyce had not stiffened his neck muscles. But +Finster stepped on a thorn and the shock made him loosen his grip for +an instant. It was enough for Allerdyce to break free.</p> + +<p>There were no more surprises.</p> + +<p>Bit by bit Allerdyce wore the other down. At last he straddled +Finster, who lay face down on the ground. Then Allerdyce grabbed the +other by the shock of black hair, pulled his neck up until he could +get his arm under it. Then slowly, using all his strength, Allerdyce +pulled back until after a moment there was a sharp crack. Finister +would be no more trouble.</p> + +<p>Algernon Allerdyce rose and throwing his head back let out a bellow of +triumph, and knew then he was no longer Algernon Allerdyce. He was in +fact Oogie the Caveman, replete with wife. For Sala had been the first +to rush to his side. And as he threw his arms around her he knew love +had come to him. She was his and woe betide the one who tried to take +her from him.</p> + +<p>But when Gomar stepped to his side and asked:</p> + +<p>"This sliver of wood you made and the bow of elk thong.... Could you +make another for me...?" Oogie the Caveman knew his life had begun in +earnest....</p> + +<h3>THE END</h3> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Oogie Finds Love, by Berkeley Livingston + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OOGIE FINDS LOVE *** + +***** This file should be named 32396-h.htm or 32396-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/2/3/9/32396/ + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Oogie Finds Love + +Author: Berkeley Livingston + +Release Date: May 16, 2010 [EBook #32396] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OOGIE FINDS LOVE *** + + + + +Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + Transcriber's Note: + + This etext was produced from Amazing Stories November 1948. Extensive + research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this + publication was renewed. + + + OOGIE FINDS LOVE + + + by Berkeley Livingston + + + It took a fierce battle with the prehistoric Cro-Magnons, + and a modern wrestling match with the Russian Bear, before + Oogie, the Caveman, finally won beautiful Sala for his woman + + * * * * * + + + + +[Illustration: From the caves men appeared, dragging after them the +women who had been clubbed into submission] + + +"Kill him...!" "Moider 'im...!" "Tear his arm off!" The cries and +shrieks and boos and confusion were general throughout the auditorium, +and the tenor of them was about the same, that the Russian Bear should +be annihilated. Alas for the public's pleas. Oogie the Caveman was +underneath, and already the referee was on his knees, his head bent +almost to the canvas, his nose almost touching the muscled shoulder of +Oogie who was underneath the Russian Bear. The two wrestlers were +almost in the center of the ring and the nearest of the spectators was +some eight feet off. The front row could see the lips of the ref +moving but none could hear the words, nor even imagine. For what the +ref said, was: + +"Boss wants to see you after the match...." + +Oogie rolled a face toward the ref upon which was writ the tortures +of the damned, and blinked his right eyelid. Then the ref slapped the +Russian Bear on the shoulder and the match was over.... + +"... Hi boss," Algernon Allerdyce called in greeting. His nose sniffed +appreciatively at the aroma of coffee. + +"Hi Oogie," Sam Grogan replied without turning from what he was doing, +lifting the cover of the percolator on the electric plate. "Squat +Oog," he directed. "This is just about done. Be with you...." + +The fragrant aroma of Mocha, Java and Brazilian coffee beans, ground, +mixed and blended until they had achieved a perfect harmony, perfumed +the air. Two cups, saucers and spoons lay on the desk. Beside them was +a bottle of brandy. Oogie and Sam shared the same vice, _coffee_. + +Sam did the honors, and after both men sniffed with the deepest +delight of the brew, he leaned back in his chair and regarded the +muscular man at his side with both affection and speculation. After +all, Algernon Allerdyce, known to the wrestling public as Oogie the +Caveman, had been Sam's own discovery, and he was proud of it. + +A flashback of memory brought a clear picture to Sam's mind: A huge +bulk of a man whose face could have served as a model for the drawing +of _Pithecanthropus Erectus_, entering his offices at the old +Hippodrome Building. The wonder he felt at the gentleness of the +voice, as the stranger asked: + +"Sam Grogan?" And at Sam's nod, "I'm here in answer to the ad you had +placed in the _Sun_...." + +That had been the beginning of a strange and very profitable +friendship. For Grogan had advertised for wrestlers and Allerdyce had +been the first of those to answer. It was Sam who gave him the name of +Oogie the Caveman. As such he had achieved fame around the wrestling +circuits, fame and fortune. Sam had learned many facts in the life of +Allerdyce during the three years of their association. How when +Allerdyce was fifteen a truck had struck the bike he was riding and +hurled the unfortunate boy into a tree which mashed his face to a +pulp. How the family had brought the injured youth to a famous plastic +surgeon who had performed surgery on him. The next day it was found +the surgeon was insane, and had been insane when he performed the +plastic work on the boy. The result was the ape-like face he had given +him. + +"... Oogie," Sam said from the depth of his introspection, "I've got +news for you...." + +Allerdyce took another appreciative sip of the brew before bending his +attention to the other. And then it was only with lifted brow and +questioning eyes. + +"... The Big Deal we've been waiting for is on the fire," Sam said. + +"At last, eh?" Allerdyce said. + +"Yep! The big clean-up! A hundred grand guarantee plus a percentage. +It will mean at least two hundred thousand for you...." + +Allerdyce's lips twisted in a smile though to the casual observer, +those lips seemed to snarl. "I can't say I won't be glad that this +long grind is over. Three years of this fakery is enough to try the +soul of a saint. But now that the goal is in sight I can only feel a +sort of fear that maybe...." + +Grogan knew what the other meant. For on that afternoon, long, long +gone, Allerdyce had told him why he had answered the ad. It was to +achieve enough money to permit the building of a dream, a laboratory +of research in plastics. For Algernon Allerdyce had graduated _cum +laude_ from one of the finest technical schools in the country, his +heart set on research, but with his goal closed to him because of his +fearsome appearance. He had tried time and again to enter any of the +phases of his calling but after the first interview there had never +been a second. Sam Grogan had shown him how enough money could be made +at wrestling to do what he wanted to. Allerdyce had not always been +Oogie the Caveman. Once he had been billed as The Gentleman Grunter, +but laughter had only greeted his appearance. As Oogie, he looked the +part and the fans had never failed him. + +"So don't go soft now!" Grogan said sharply. "It's in the bag, +kid...." + + * * * * * + +Allerdyce leaned back and the chair creaked loudly at the unexpected +movement. + +"What's the set-up, Sam?" he asked. + +"The whole troupe goes; the Bear, the Irishman, the Masked Marvel and +all the others. London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow.... Yep, Oog, all +eighteen of us on the European circuit.... Hey! What's wrong?" + +Grogan had observed the darkening thunderhead of a frown on the +wrestler's forehead. + +"Sam, this may sound a bit childish because the whole thing is +childish, but I don't like Ed Finster.... Now wait! I know we've been +packing them in with our act, the Russian Bear and Oogie the Caveman. +But Ed's been taking the deal a little more seriously than it +warrants. Like tonight. He threw a double hammer on me and _really_ +used pressure. Nor was tonight the first time. + +"A week ago in Omaha he almost tore my ears off with a headlock...." + +Sam Grogan beamed. Allerdyce didn't know it but Sam had been the +motivating force behind the grudge which had developed between the two +men. Finster had complained one night that the public didn't like him, +said that the name he had been given made them mad. Sam had mentioned +the name was Oogie's idea. Finster then took personal exception to it +and made a personal issue out of it. So the grudge begun in jest +developed until it was noticeable to the rest of the troupe. + +Grogan chuckled and in a few words made clear how the thing started. +But the smile was wiped from his lips at Allerdyce's words: + +"Too late now, Sam. I'd just as soon forget it but not Ed. He's got +that excuse for a brain thinking the whole thing is real. I'd suggest +you get to work on him before it's too late altogether...." + +"That bad, huh? Maybe I'd better straighten the yuk out...." + + * * * * * + +Flight 243 was well out over the Atlantic, thirty thousand feet below. +The super-cruiser _Orion_ of the _TWP_ lines held a full complement of +passengers among whom was the wrestling circus of Sam Grogan and his +partner Algernon Allerdyce, more affectionately known to the +wrestling public as Oogie the Caveman. + +The hour was for sleep and everyone but two were observing it. These +two, Allerdyce and Finster, were in the lounge, playing gin. Finster +had challenged Allerdyce to a couple of games to pass the time. But +those two games had long been played. Finster played a wild and woolly +game, never remembering discards, or trying knocks when they would be +to his advantage, but always playing for gin. So it was that Allerdyce +had won almost every game. And since they were playing for a cent a +point, Finster was out money. That was why they were still playing +while the rest had gone to bed. + +"... I'll knock with two, Ed," Allerdyce said. + +"Now why the hell didn't you give that ten!" Finster yelled. He held +up the discard and looked at it with savage eyes. "That would have +ginned me...." + +Allerdyce shrugged his shoulders and replied: + +"That's what I figured. Well, Ed, let's call it quits, huh?" + +"Sure! Call it quits when you got me stuck for dough. But that's the +way you operate. Why you yellah...." + +It was at that instant the horror descended on the _Orion_. There was +a screaming cacophonous whirlwind of sound, a shriek of metal parting, +flames suddenly bursting into full bloom, and the thin voices of men +and women in mortal fear. Above all there was a _whooshing_ noise, as +though a giant hand was gripping them. Finster and Allerdyce felt +themselves lifted from the depths of the ship and plunged into a +maelstrom of storm in space. + +For a full ten seconds Algernon Allerdyce looked into the face of +terror beyond words, then unconsciousness descended on him.... + + * * * * * + +The air was hot and damp and the slight breeze which fanned his cheek +was of little solace. Allerdyce turned his head from side to side; a +quiver stirred the heavy frame of his body, and awareness came in a +rush to him as he opened his eyes. He sat erect and looked about him. + +A figure lay sprawled on the ground some ten feet away. It was that of +a man and one glance showed Allerdyce that the man was Ed Finster and +that he was alive, though not yet conscious. Allerdyce rose to his +feet and grunted at the effort. It seemed as if every bone and muscle +creaked and groaned in protest. Awe and amazement made his brows lift +and his eyes widen as he looked about. The two men had fallen among +some ferns in a shallow glade bound about by dense jungle growth. +Allerdyce caught a glimpse of hills in the near distance. Then he saw +Finster stir and he stepped to the other's side. + +"Wha-what happened?" Finster asked while he turned his head from one +side to the other. + +"I don't know exactly," Allerdyce replied in a low voice. "But I'm +going to make a guess, fantastic as it may sound. I think we fell or +were sucked into a space fault. From the looks of this jungle and from +the feel of the atmosphere, I'll bet we've landed in a time long +before the dawn of men such as we know...." + +And as though in corroboration there came to their ears a low, +grunting sound. Instantly Finster leaped to his feet and jumped the +several feet to the side of the other. The sharp movement brought +another coughing grunt, this time from the opposite side. And as they +watched, a huge striped shape stepped into the open from the depths of +the thick jungle growth. It was fully ten feet long and high as their +shoulders, and the head of it was that of a tiger but such as they had +never seen, for twin tusks, a foot long protruded down the length of +the jowls.... + +"A saber tooth!" Allerdyce whispered hoarsely. + +Ed Finster could only stare in open-mouthed horror at the thing. His +muscled jaws began to quiver as the tiger began a sinuous advance +toward them, and then, as the animal suddenly crouched in preparation +for its leap, Finster screamed. + +But the tiger never moved from his crouch. As if by magic a half dozen +spears pierced its sides and two found a resting place in the tiger's +throat. Then the silence was broken by the hoarse shouts of human +voices, and a dozen men leaped into the glade and advanced on the two. + +"Cro-Magnons," Allerdyce said aloud. + +They were tall, broad-shouldered, deep of chest and long of limb. The +skins of wild animals covered their nakedness. Their faces showed +intelligence, though it was all too apparent that it was limited. But +whatever speculations about their origin was in Allerdyce's mind, were +wiped from it by their attitudes. They were definitely hostile. Most +of them were armed with spears, as if those they had hurled were just +one of a number they carried. Those who bore no spears, held clubs +from the heads of which wooden spikes stuck out in vicious fingers of +anger. + + * * * * * + +Allerdyce acted from instinct. His right hand shot up to the height of +his head and stuck out in front of his face. At that the advancing +cavemen stopped and looked at each other. There were gutteral sounds +of consultation, then the largest most-fearsome stepped forward and +moved toward the two until he was at arm's length. + +"Who are you?" he asked. "What do you here in the land of Ugg the +Mighty? From whence come you?" + +Allerdyce's mind worked at lightning speed. The solution to their +problem lay in but a single direction, whatever their position. He +looked up to the cloudless, sun-scorched sky and said: + +"From the Great Spirit we come. For see ... are we not different than +you? So we were sent to look into the affairs of the Great Spirit's +children...." + +The caveman knitted his brows, shook his head in wonder, then, as a +child does at an elder's invitation to inspect a doll, he stepped +forward and fingered the suiting of the two men. Little clucking +sounds came from the lips as he did so. Then whirling, he shouted: + +"The Great Spirit has sent them! Let us do them honor...." + +At the same time Allerdyce whispered, "Don't act scared," to Finster. + +Their leader's words were as a signal for the rest. They came forward +in dancing steps, raising their spears and clubs on high and shouting +gleefully words of exultation and praise of their leader Ugg. They +surrounded the two strangers and after their leader stepped in the +lead they started on a march through the brush. The way seemed endless +and after a while Allerdyce shed his upper garments, leaving only his +trousers to cover him. Finster followed suit. Oddly, there was a +complete absence of insect life. + +The way led straight toward the hills they had glimpsed. The wall of +jungle ended with startling abruptness and they entered on a rolling +plain which after a while became more and more rocky as the upland +sweep began. Quite suddenly Ugg stopped, his head tilting to one side +in a listening attitude and one hand held in warning. + +The others, with the two strangers in their midst, crowded close. + +"Sobar!" Ugg grunted hoarsely. "He is after our young and women. +Listen...." + +They heard it then, shouts and screams from up above. But what was +going on was hidden from them. Ahead lay a narrow cleft between two +sides of sheer rock some fifty feet high. The way on the right was +clear though at a strong angle. Ugg motioned for Allerdyce to follow +and the two climbed to the top of the rock where they lay on their +bellies and looked slightly downward at the scene. Ahead were some +dozen caves and a common compound. Men were struggling here and there +but for the most part those were few. The screams came from the caves. +In a matter of seconds men appeared, dragging after them the women and +some children. When a woman failed to go along too readily or when one +of the men lost his patience, the club was used. Ugg nudged Allerdyce +and motioned with a silent shake of the head for them to return. + +"... It is the tribe of Sobar," Ugg explained to his men. "They must +have learned I sent my son, Ugg the Younger, on a hunting expedition +with most of the tribe and that we few went on the hunt for the +saber-tooth. They are too many for us...." + +"But they must come through the cleft in the rock," Allerdyce said. +"We can lie in wait for them. Hidden, they cannot know how many we are +and when the spears are thrown they will think they have been +ambushed." + +"But there are only the few of us," Ugg objected. + +"Even a few will be enough." + +But Ugg had an even better idea: + +"They will not fear us. But the Spirits.... They will run from you +after they see how little their weapons do against you...." + +Now we're in for it, Allerdyce thought. Right in the middle. If we +don't, these boys will let us have it. If we do, the others will. And +what is worse we can't ask for weapons.... H'm! Maybe.... An idea had +come to him, a silly idea. Yet if it succeeded.... + +"Come on, Ed," he said, turning to Finster. "Follow my lead, fellah. +Otherwise...." + +He didn't have to finish. The other understood. + + * * * * * + +Allerdyce felt the quiver in his legs and arms as they reached the top +of the cleft. One look and he saw the enemy tribe was about to +descend. They saw the two men at the same time. For a long moment the +modern and the prehistoric stared at each other. It was the modern who +made the first move: + +"Men of Sobar!" Allerdyce shouted. "Hear me!" + +There were a full fifty of them. Three of them stepped forward, spears +held ready for the throwing. One of them was a giant of a man, a full +seven feet tall and wide as a barn door. + +"Who calls Sobar," the giant asked. + +"I do," Allerdyce replied. "The messenger of the Great Spirit...." He +hoped Sobar knew of this Great Spirit. "He has sent me because Sobar +has displeased him...." + +For a few seconds silence reigned. Then the giant stepped forward a +few more steps, and his brow tight in a scowl of anger, asked: + +"I do not believe you. You look like one of the swamp people, face of +an ape...." + +Allerdyce felt the brittle coldness of a terrible anger sweep through +him. He had been called ape before. And always the one who had done +the calling had suffered for his temerity. But mixed with his anger +was the knowledge that death could be the result of an unwise move or +word. Yet time was not on his side, for Sobar was taking the +initiative and was stepping even closer and behind him the other two +were also coming toward him in imitation of their leader. + +"Hold!" Allerdyce suddenly called in a ringing, imperative voice. "You +do not believe me, then, eh? A test, Sobar...?" + +The other was silent, waiting for the stranger to continue. + +"Drop your weapon," Allerdyce said. "You and I, unarmed, to the +death...." + +Then gone was the scowl, gone the furrowed brow. Here was meat to +Sobar's liking. Here was something he was not frightened of. Spirit or +man, Sobar was not afraid of combat of arms. Flinging the spear to one +side Sobar motioned for the other to come to him. + +Allerdyce made a feint to come in low but the other merely waited, +arms wide, legs spread, and body shifting from the waist. Once again +Allerdyce feinted, and as Sobar's body shifted to the side the other +seemed to want to come from, Allerdyce leaped forward and grabbed +Sobar by his right wrist and using the hand as a lever pivoted on it +until he was behind the giant. Then Allerdyce began to exert pressure +in a hammerlock. + +All the while he had been moving the giant had been still, as if +confused. But as pain came in a rush to his shoulder blade, he moved. +Never had Allerdyce felt such strength. For though the wrestler was +using all his strength on the grip, Sobar broke it with one gigantic +movement of his huge body. + +Allerdyce knew then that the rules of fair play were out. This +prehistoric baby was dynamite.... Allerdyce staggered away from the +other but recovered quickly as the giant came in, both arms +outstretched. And once again Allerdyce grasped one of those huge +wrists. Only it was in a judo grip this time, a grip where when a man +tries to break it, pressure simply multiplies until either the arm +breaks or one cries quits. In this case Sobar waited too long. + + * * * * * + +Even as his face contorted in pain Allerdyce whipped around to one +side and delivered a blow with the side of his palm to the side of +Sobar's neck. The crack of the breaking neck was like that of a branch +breaking. Sobar pitched to his face and lay still. + +Instantly Ugg leaped to Allerdyce's side. + +"Your chieftain was bested in fair play!" he shouted to the warriors +of Sobar's tribe. "By our laws you have now become our prisoners." + +"But not by mine!" a strange voice yelled. + +And before Allerdyce could do more than turn, Finster was on him. What +made Ed Finster do what he did was never explained. Perhaps the +realization of what had happened came to the man. Perhaps his mind, +twisted by jealousy and hate snapped at that moment. Whatever the +reason, he turned on Allerdyce. It was the signal for a general +battle. For of all the cavemen who were present, only one was +quick-witted enough to take advantage of the situation. This one was +one of the two who had come forward with Sobar. + +He yelled: + +"Gomar is now chief. One of the Spirits is on our side.... Kill Ugg +and his...." + +Had it been one of the cavemen attacking, Allerdyce would have managed +to get away for the moment he needed to recover. But it wasn't. It was +a trained wrestler, one who knew all the tricks, who had leaped at +him. So Finster worked his surprise vantage for all it was worth. + +But even then Allerdyce might have won out had it not been for Gomar's +call to arms. His men forgot the booty they had taken, the women and +children and leaped forward with savage shouts, spears and clubs used +indiscriminately. Allerdyce had broken Finster's first hold, and was +turning to get a grip on the other, when a club thrown by one of the +cavemen caught him a blow on the temple and stretched him senseless to +the ground. + + * * * * * + +Allerdyce's awakening this time was not as pleasant as before. Someone +was kicking him in the face. He opened his eyes, one of them anyway. +The other was closed shut. He was in a cave. It was a smelly cave, the +walls blackened from the smoke of many fires. Nor was he alone. He +tried to move his arms and discovered he had been securely bound. +Suddenly from behind, a foot came swinging out and pain shot up the +side of his jaw as the bare toes connected with it. + +"Enough," a voice called. + +"Aah! I've been wanting to do this for a long time," Ed Finster said. + +There was disgust in Gomar's voice as he replied: + +"The Great Spirit has small men for messengers.... Remove the other's +bonds." + +"Hey!" Finster yelped in protest. + +But no one paid attention. Hands tore the fibre ropes loose from about +Allerdyce's figure and helped him to his feet where he stood swaying +like a tree in a high wind. + +"The Great Spirit sent two messengers," Gomar said. "But He had a +reason. One was sent to conquer Sobar so that I could become chief. +The other was to conquer you. The light is clear.... Take him to the +women...." + +Only Finster laughed at the edict. He had reason for the laughter. In +all the years of their association Allerdyce had never been known to +go for the fillies. And now he was to be thrown to a pack of them. +With that puss, Finster thought, they'd throw him right back. + +Spear points pressed against his back, a rope around his wrists, and +while the rest walked behind, one man led Allerdyce from the cave into +the open, across a level stretch of ground and into a very large cave. +Here his wrists were unbound and to the jibes and laughter of the +warriors who had accompanied him, Allerdyce was shoved into the cave +proper itself. + +The cave was immense, and seemed to be filled entirely with women and +children. For a second there was silence. Then as their eyes saw this +almost naked stranger, a wild shriek of laughter went up. Hands went +out, pointing to his shorts which seemed to be all the clothing he +had, to his face, puffed into a gargoylish mask, and to his hairy +chest, which looked like the stuffing of a mattress. + +Allerdyce stared in horror at the women, turned and started for the +cave entrance. But the cavemen had anticipated his move. They stood +guard, spears thrust point forward, and after a few hesitant seconds, +Allerdyce turned back. + +But now they were no longer scattered about the cave. They came over +in a rush, forcing him to the wall, his hands pawing in futile +attempts to prevent them from touching him. For some reason this made +them angry. Their hands clenched and spiteful words came from their +lips, and several turned aside and called something to the children, +who after a moment returned, with stones and sticks. + +"Hey!" Allerdyce called in alarm. "Take it easy...." + +The alarm in his voice was the signal for them to attack. In a moment +he was the center of a mob of women all bent, it seemed, on his +destruction. He fought at first as gently as he could. But as some of +the stones hit and some of the clubs struck vulnerable parts of his +anatomy, he fought with less gentleness. Finally, he was forced to +club one of the women with his fist. She went flying backward and +landed flat on her back. + + * * * * * + +Instantly the attack ceased. + +He watched them move away from him and wondered why. His question was +answered as the woman he had struck crawled to him and embraced his +legs. He tried to withdraw her hands but she held only tighter and +said: + +"We are mated. You made the choice. I am Sala...." + +"You're nuts!" Allerdyce said sharply. He turned to call the guards to +help him with the woman when he discovered that they were gone. + +"Are customs different in your tribe?" Sala asked. "Do you not mate +with a woman in this manner?" + +The beginning of a hope came to him in a rush as he realized the +consequences of what had happened. He was free now. He tried to put +the proper authority in his voice, when he said: + +"Go woman! Find me a corner and bring me food...." + +Without the slightest hesitation Sala rose and trotted to a far corner +of the cave. Allerdyce followed and squatted beside her. He had always +been a shy man and had never known many women, especially women with +as little clothes as Sala wore. She was beautiful by any standard he +thought. But only for a moment. His thoughts for the first time +centered on his predicament. + +His mind allowed for but a single conclusion. That the plane had run +into a time-fault and that he and Ed Finster had been drawn into it. +The others must have died in the plane crash. Since the giant ship was +over the Atlantic at the time of the crash it was reasonable to assume +that time only was involved and not space. Therefore, by the same line +of reasoning, he and Ed were to be here for the rest of their lives. +That is unless somehow they found the same fault again. But that was +not probable, he realized. + +For a moment fear lay heavy on him. Then the scientist came uppermost. +What an opportunity he had. A man of science among these children. The +chance to build a civilization. It could be done with his knowledge. +But first he had to get the power over these people. + +Sala came back just then with what looked like the leg of a rabbit. It +was very underdone but Allerdyce didn't quibble. If he were going to +live as they did then he might as well start right there. + + * * * * * + +Three days went by and nothing changed. He learned all about his mate. +She had been one of Ugg's tribe. Now she was part of the tribe of +Gomar. It was that simple. She was a tigress when she thought another +woman was even looking at her mate and fought with the savagery of a +beast for him. And he had been granted his freedom with his +acquisition of a mate. He learned to hunt as the others did, with +spear and club. But already he had fashioned his first bow and arrow, +and knew it would be a matter of time before he was taught the rest. +There was but one fly in the ointment, Ed Finster. As yet he had no +mate. And he looked with avaricious eyes on Sala. + +It was on the fourth day. + +Allerdyce had returned from the hunt. He had killed an animal with his +arrow and the tribe looked on him with respect. As he neared his cave +he heard shrieks of pain and anger. And as he watched with amazement, +Ed Finster appeared, dragging Sala by her hair. His action was +instinctive. Rushing forward, he threw his bow to one side and knocked +Ed to the ground. + +Immediately a circle of warriors were drawn about the two men and +Gomar stepped forward. + +"It is time," he said. "I have wondered about this. A combat of arms +will settle it. Whoever wins will have the woman ... and his freedom." + +As they stood facing each other, Finster turned aside as though to say +something to Gomar. Allerdyce relaxed naturally. But Finster had done +it with that view in mind. Like a flash he whirled on Allerdyce and +grabbed a headlock. It would have ended right then had not both men +been barefoot. For Allerdyce had not stiffened his neck muscles. But +Finster stepped on a thorn and the shock made him loosen his grip for +an instant. It was enough for Allerdyce to break free. + +There were no more surprises. + +Bit by bit Allerdyce wore the other down. At last he straddled +Finster, who lay face down on the ground. Then Allerdyce grabbed the +other by the shock of black hair, pulled his neck up until he could +get his arm under it. Then slowly, using all his strength, Allerdyce +pulled back until after a moment there was a sharp crack. Finister +would be no more trouble. + +Algernon Allerdyce rose and throwing his head back let out a bellow of +triumph, and knew then he was no longer Algernon Allerdyce. He was in +fact Oogie the Caveman, replete with wife. For Sala had been the first +to rush to his side. And as he threw his arms around her he knew love +had come to him. She was his and woe betide the one who tried to take +her from him. + +But when Gomar stepped to his side and asked: + +"This sliver of wood you made and the bow of elk thong.... Could you +make another for me...?" 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