As threatened - - err, I mean, promised, nosey tagalong Gloria Desmond didn't disappear into thin air ....at least not yet.
Well, sister, if it's thrills and adventure you're after, you found it and how!
Bill leads the way across a treacherous ravine, where he is ambushed by a ferocious "monkey-man", with a mighty "EE-EE-YA!"
Professor Kent, after all their recent squabbles, is reassuringly wild with rage and grief at the capture of his adventuring companion!
Bill, meanwhile, is surprised to find that the leader of the monkey-men is a white man - who has been fooled into thinking he himself is a monkey-man because of his long beard.
The law of the Jungle has no time for misdirection, so naturally it's quickly determined that the strange bearded gentleman is Gloria's father...but what's this?
Bill's field medic training (he was a World War I Air Ace, as you recall) leads him to a quick diagnosis!
Heh heh heh. "Unbuckle my cartridge belt." Smooth, Bill! But don't forget the first law of the jungle, Girls Are Gross! Plus, your cavalier flirtation with Gloria Desmond has prompted Professor Kent to start shooting up the place!
Now that Professor Kent has slaughtered the last traces of a previously-unknown-to-science bipedal hominid species, we can wrap up the story and get back to adventuring. Turns out that Mr. Desmond's survival is all on account of his luxurious beard!
