7 THE
WINDOW OF
TONATHIU
Sandu
By SCOTT I. LITCHFIELD
{& by Short Story Pub, Co.)
VERY traveler who has pene-
trated the interior of Mexico to
that stony region, the “pedre-
gal” of Queretaro, has seen, at a
distance at least, that huge cliff which
vuns from north to south and rises
abruptly from the level plain to a
sheer helght of nearly five bundred
feet, and, If of an adventurous dispo-
sition, has even attempted the hazard-
ous and almost impossible task of
climbing to a collection of archale
ruins perched on a wide shelf within a
few yards of the summit, If he has
had the rare fortune of gaining that
nearly inaccessible place he has stood
upon a spot from which few human
beings ever departed alive,
On the morning of Monday, May 28,
1900, James Mason left the camp from
which, the previous noon, he had
studied the distant cliff, attracted by
un brilliant flash of light, which crept
slowly down the face of the precipice
and suddenly disappeared. He was ac-
companied by Mara, an Indian, whom
he had succored In a
in a lava desert. When, at
they reached the base of the cliff,
separated, Mason
ascent
the ruined structures,
sought an easier route promising less
fatigue to his weakened system, not
y#t restored to normal health,
Mason, though a practiced climber,
found the cliff the stiffest bit scal-
ing he had ever attempted. The wall
hard, greenish-black basalt,
the of the fissures,
gave precarious hold,
glossy smoothness. More than
his heart stood still as his
slipped in particularly
places. But by the aid of tough grasses
and cacti growing in the !
worked his way upward
feet him projected
which had formed his objective point
Hanging on by fingers and toes,
tening his body to
gling upward foot
clambered over
jection.
spot, nearly circular in shape and but
a few feet In diameter, and
carpeted by a fine gray dust. As Ma-
son paused to take breath before lift
ing himself over the low rocky parapet
surrounding this hed of dust, he
ticed that the color ef the cliff had
ruptly changed to a dull
where he rubt
to powder.
himself into a secure position,
ing that his upward Journey
ended, In that direction at
the wall above was absolutely perpen-
dicular, and a portion of a ruined
temple overhung his resting place,
The fine gray powder rose in clouds,
irritating his eyes and nostrils, as he
essayed to traverse the narrow ledge
to seek an egress, but at
first step his foot slipped
concealed by the
fell, with a sprained
the crevice so that
not only enused the keenest agony but
bound the imprisoned foot
curel Y¥.
Frantic shouts to Mara brought only
mocking echoes from the cliff, and at
last the explorer lay exhausted
silent on his dusty bed, staring
lessly upward into the intensely
and cloudless sky, feverishly
ing how long it would be before help
came from the Indian, or his comrades
in the distant camp als
He remembered strange looks
and gestures of the native when atten.
tion was first called to the ruins, and
his heart sank with a vague dread
ten o'clock,
choosing i
of
was of a
and even
which
1oros
edges
were of
erevi
till but
the
fifty
above
foot, he at
of the
by
the edge
pro-
no-
ab-
and
gray,
Losing no time, he pul
Was
i
least, for
almost
into a crack
dust, and
ankle pinned into
deep
the least movement
more se-
blue
became irmed,
some
the cliff above and the overhanging |
roof of the temple, on a portion of
whose ancient floor he now knew him-
gelf to be lying. The roof was far
above him, and was of circular form.
composed of huge blocks, surrounding
a central disk of crystal clearness,
smaller than its fellows, It was abont
four feet in diameter, convex, and per-
fectly transparent. A small bird, fly.
ing above, was magnified to enormor,
proportions.
As he lay studying this curlous mo
sale, the sun, in its upward course,
touched with a shaft of light the outer
edge of the great lens, and, following
the golden beam with his eyes, Mason
saw a wonderful sight. When the ray
was cast on the ashy grayness of the
cliff, an elliptical blotch of intense
light sprang up beneath its touch, and
the crumbling wall slowly took on a
dull red glow, such as one sees in a
dying ember. As the sun approached
the zenith the splash of light with its
accompanying glow of heat crept grad-
nally downward and assumed a more
exactly circular shape, decreasing In
size. The blinding spot slowly de
scended the wall, leaving a smoking
wake behind it. As Mason watched, a
lizard ran from its hiding place and,
crossing*the scorching pathway, curled
and smoked and fell to the man’s side,
a brittle cinder,
With a hot but freezing flush of hor-
ror Mason realized that he was lying
in the focus of an [mmense burning
gleaes, fixed in place with flendish in.
genuity In some bygone age! The
shelf on which he rested was the des.
ined converging place of those ter
rible rays!
In a Bpasm of terror he raved and
eurssd hnd prayed, but still the re.
lec tions ' pencil of light grew smaller
J
and brighter, and came nearer ana
nearer! Already he could feel the
heat from the glowing, crumbling wall
His brain rocked with the heat and
the horror and he closed his eyes.
Through his half-closed eyelids he
could still see and feel the glowing
beam of heat, but now, as in a dream.
a haze seemed to intervene, and to
overspread the heavens. Birds, with
frightened cries, flew by with quickly
beating wings. The sky was darkened.
Then all nolses, except that of a trem-
ulous breeze, died away, and a strange,
weird hush fell upon the earth,
Mason opened his eyes. It was not
a dream. The earth was silent, the
heavens dark! The blinding ray of
heat had disappeared, and the wall,
still warm, had lost its threatening in-
candescence, Bewildered and wonder
ing, he lay gazing about him, and was
not conscious of surprise when a por-
tion of the wall at the end of the shelf
moved a little and then swung out-
ward, revealing the mouth of a small
tunnel, framing the pallid face and
bloodstained form of Mara, the Indian.
Speechless he remained, as the na-
tive released him from the durance so
nearly fatal. He could not under-
stand the awful danger escaped, the
strange sllence and darkened sky,
Mara's bloody garments and wild ex-
pression.
The Indian spoke:
“Listen to the volce of Mara, the
last of the Jonaces—the last of the
priests of Tonathiu! Listen In awe,
thanks that you are
these ashes! You saved my life
I have
greater power
himself
the desert: saved yours from a
the god Tona-
permitted
This is his temple,
from
who has me
at noon,
yonder window to kiss that which
here. I knew that you
this spot, and that
or do would stay
another way, meaning
re.
climb to naug
you,
by
but a
at last,
puma attacked
and as I fought I
and promised Ton my
if he would
now! He
and
be
him
thin
only
listened to
his
of a
save yon
Behold him
servant, velled
he shall not cheated sne-
Suddenly
the
four hundred feet below !
the isaltie cliff
had
waving his arms above his
head, last of his race
death,
(iver
light
grim bs
been spreading, gro
Mason till the scene
den sun-
as
gnzed,
wus once more bathed in go
shine, T} knew,
As and stur
the dark passage to safety, It
a pang of for the
ng pagan that
the 28th of May
sun's ec and that
adventure lay in the
of its totality.
Ladies’ : Walking Sticks
wen he
he groped
pity superstitious
he remem-
~the
the
bered the date
of the lipse
The
headed cane
sturdy
many
common,
the
ing sticks
touch of
Canes are by
strictly tal
benuti
and
carried
tolre, a
of
walking
direc long fully
yesterday the
wo
in
and
stick uy
little
women today, have very
yet their origin
Wom are
today to
Was one
Same, en
fur
dress
to the
Re
add a ther
masculinity to their
no means confined
lored,
the Springield
But
the
to back to its orig
no walking stick,
led to a better
by Manche of
mother of King Louls IX.
ed the Saint Toward
the Thirleenth century this
and strong
ered that practically
munity
get
way,
in—and,
or since, wield
purpose
Castile,
also call
WHS ever
3 5
than
Queen
the
minded queen
an entire
church
not
pay
did
taxes,
bring any re
her cane,
ers broke them
captives
Centurles
down and released the
jater many other
the end of the Seventeenth century,
during the heyday of Louls XIV.
ladies of the court carried them regu.
larly. They became as
weapon of flirtation as the fan.
eled or gold handles.
the Eighteenth century,
pastoral plays affected by soclety
called for long shepherd's crooks, each
worth a fortune. The most interesting
detail of these were long, colored rib.
bons, very aptly called “follow me.
young man.”
Pueblo Art
The Pueblo Indians have been adept
for centuries In pottery making and
embroidery and thelr designs have
become famous, but there was feat
that it would be allowed to die, ns
other fields of labor seemed to be
more attractive from a remunerative
standpoint. The government has taken
a hand to prevent this, and a special
effort will be made to encourage the
art of the Pueblos, under the super
vision of the bureau of Indian affairs
A supervisor of native art has been
appointed and, according to the pres
ent plans, material to be used will
be issued to the Pueblos and after
they have completed the articles @
market for the goods will be found
“Grouch” Under Handicap
Where one man gets only so far and
stops to growl about something that
isn’t exactly pleasing, another good
natured man goes ahead with the task
The chronic grouch ls seldom a “fin
Isher” even of mediocre tasks. —Grit
fs
rm Mil
MRS. SPIDER GETS ADVICE
T'S see, where was 17" sald
“1. E
Mrs. Spider, as she settled down
on a plece of moss beslde Cheerups
for a good long talk.
“You were just telling me about
your wonderful house,” replied Cheer-
ups; “how you dig a tunnel two feet
deep and hide all the earth you have
dug out, 80 no one will discover where
you are building.”
“Yes, that's the very
didn't I promise to tell how 1
furnish my little home, Well, |
Just line the tunnel I have dug with
place; and
You
too?
a
red
I Have It, Mrs. Wire. Bpidart™
two sheets of silk which | spin myself.
kind of silk of which
spiders make their
lining next the earth Is
waterproof, but the one [nside
and soft. That
doesn’t It?" sald Mrs. Spider prot
iy say * eried
forgetting the
same
ther
webs
and
is very
Coarse
sounds comfy,
diy
80,"
should Cheerups,
fare trapdoor
That seems to me the most jerful
part of all.”
“Oh, no, I'm not forgetting
sald Mrs. Spider. “I'm ju
eaving the best till
won
Mr
wt
frost
the last, like
ing. you know. First I have to meas-
ure the doorway with my feelers, then
I spin a little silken pad exactly the
right size and shape, which I make
sticky with my own special kind of
glue, This pad I sprinkle with bits of
earth; then comes another pad of silk
and so on, until I think the door is
thick enough. It's quite a layer cake.”
“Well, whatever {t's like, it's cer-
tainly very remarkable,” sald Cheer-
ups, his eyes round with wonder. “And
then how do you fasten It on?"
“Why, with a hinge, of course,
silly,” piped Mrs. Spider, “a hinge of
silk, and I put it on the outside, too,
the door will of its own
weight after me. 1 don't believe In any
more work than necessary. But I
far to cover my front
with bits of dirt and tiny stones,
unless I am Just coming
would know it from the
ground.”
“Now I
sald Ci
80 close
80 ns
no
of the
out,
rest
eall that very
admiringly ;
snug little
could nr
“Yes, it
and yet,”
complete I”
“just a per
What
eeriups
home!
oer
more
want?
that, sir;
sighed Mrs,
as it sounds.
wanted to come and pull
could, In spite of
wething lacking, but I ean
it ; Yes, something
Yohie
is it's all of that,
Spider,
If an ut
“it's not
visitor
the
There's son
up
me
nt
door he
think what is lack-
ing.”
“Mmmmmm,”
“Let me
Theerups
Npider
murmured (
1 have It, Mrs
ds of slik, fasten them
door, and
you
Hew 1
Spin some th
to the insie your
ends when
urbed.”
sit on
ant
IIHR an
tre
sironges
Irene Rich
deeded fefeeeieieeed
Popular Irene Rich, the “movie”
| star, is a prime favorite with the mil-
{ tures,
{| especially written for her. This
; one of her very latest pictures.
pulled open my doo
{ never hold it 4
“Then b
with those threads
y s
nild a unnel lead
astonish me.”
Iwas
and
By H. IRVING
KING
N
BBREVIATED
STORY
THE CAMEL'S BACK
scene of today's story, just for
change, is the wild Harbar
Abyssinia
The natives were In a state of the
wildest for their
were proving too much for them,
a revolution was brewing. Yet
Harhar savages were a caution
and Blubjaw, their champion
and worker-up, harangued them
vain to take the decisive step
Squx eraw Dimbo splaw!” he cried
“King Dimbo is a tyrant and should
dethroned. He allows us only six
wives apiece and imposes ruinous taxes
for every additional wife!™)
“Skrix shrox™ (“No use acting hasti-
iy"), muttered the populace.
“Kincan yaybo wimbo yan!
ungles of
disorder,
and
the
in
“ (“He
day while he eats seven!”) cried Blab
jaw,
“Dithy rambus” (“Don't
rash”), murmured the mob.
“Slux nindo yithter wow!” (“He has
forbidden us to smoke!™),
“Osh kosh!™ ("We'd better not
anything reckless™).
*“Tooral Chaplox ninski Fairbinx!
I" (“He's ordered all the ‘movies’
let's be
do
see Charlie Chaplin or Doug Fairbanks
any more!")
There was a mighty guttural roar
the long-suffering public rose to
arms and rushed toward King Dimbo's
{iE by George Matthew Adama. )
DEATHS NEVER SINGLE
TIS a
over
ratoer
the
distri
common superstition
in
“never
country, especially
that
all
the rural deaths
1%,
In
f one person in a
come singly some sections they
gay that |
there will }
ily
section
dies
at fam
is out, In other
1s th two deaths. Those
who believe In the superstition do not
limit
family
w three deaths in th
before the year
ey
wn)
the operation of the omen to the
J——
(® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
; meaning; whence it
y day an lucky jewel
EVE
T IS fitting that Eve, the oldest
name in the English language,
should mean “life.” “The mother of
all living” was originally called by
the title Chavva, which the Alexan-
drian Jews, coming upon in their
translation, rendered as Zoe. Later it
was Latinized as Heva and finally
becomes Eve on English lips.
Curiously enough, Eve has never
been a popular name in England. On
old parish registers it appeared in
isolated instances when a pair of
twins was christened Adam and Eve,
But the Latin form, which became Eva
in Ireland and Scotland, also flourished
in England and became popular in
Germany,
In this country, Eve has had great
er prevalence than Eva. The former
Is a far more euphonious name, as
well as the finest of the old Biblical
appelintives—a fact which appenled
strongly to the Puritans. We have
also revived the title of the Alexan.
drian Jews and Zoe Is frequent In
modern times,
Jade is Eve's tallsmanic stone. It
is the Chinese gem of life and is be-
lieved to bestow upon its wearer the
blessing of the gods, which is health,
wealth and happiness. Sunday is
Eve's lucky day and 4 her lucky num-
ber,
(® by Wheeler Syndivate,)
BE ME
{ ALINE O' CHEER :
By John Kendrick Bangs 3
Se ee sets
DEPARTING SUMMER
HE summer may be gone ds
some do say,
Yet, seoms to me, she lingers
on the way,
And as she slowly moves along
her track
1 feel she sort of wistfully looks
bac
And smiles on all about her quite
as though
She really wished she did not
have 10 Row
And maybe that Is why Septem
ber days
Still hold so much of summer in
thelr ways.
(@ by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
fhe
deceased
any
their
reiative
opinion,
prognostic
This
the
superstition
of
the re
the liv ing
idea of the
its origin
with
Mations existing be
and the dead
needs
conception the ancients
regard to
tween
their
ments of the world
tion has
and
anag
and require
of shades. Atten
been called to the idea
man that the spirits of
desired companionship: that
the “great darkness”
ught to be accompanied
who were near to
of
journey into
One them in
Hie
i Were
$ :
Attila
| have on
slaughtered
in order that
the stygian
for
upon the grave
his spirit
shore
of
might
ippropriate
¥
Indian
funeral
#0 great a king: and
met death upon the
of their husbands in or-
der that the departed rajah might be
on
i
|
3
nsoled beyond the vell,
I
widows
pire
There appears also to have been
when
bestowed the
idea that
not
these
spirit of the de-
| tain circumstances,
of summoning companionship
the living world; and
tories of the
now and then ghosts that will not rest
until human sacrifice has been made,
actually or by substitution,
{© by MeClure Newspaper Byndlicate. )
WHO SAID
“Labor conquers
all things.”
in the classic
IS =aid that when Homer, the
great epic poet of ancient Greece,
alive he lived in poverty and
place to place
those who would shelter him for
the sake of hearing his adventures
related. Years after his death, when
his work began to be properly appreci-
ated, no less than seven cities of
Greece fought for the hosor of calling
him a native of their locality, And to
this day it remains a mystery where
the man’s real home was located. *
Modern knowledge of Homer rests
upon his known works. When he was
born is as much a mystery as where
he was born. Historians agree in fix-
ing the year of his birth sometime be.
tween 1000 and 700 B. C., and bis
birthplace “somewhere In Greece”
The poet's best known works are his
Nliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad is
the story of the siege of llllum, or
Troy, and relates the attempt to res.
cue Helen, wife of the king of Sparta,
whom Paris, son of the king of Troy,
had abducted,
The Odyssey concerns (teelf with
the adventures of Odysseus or Ulysses,
ag he is better known. on his way
home from the battle of Troy and of
hig welcome hy his faithful wife, Penel-
ope, and the punishment of her pre
sumptuous suitors.
By all of the great poetry critics of
the world Homer's work is ranked as
among the finest. His memory has
been further kept alive by numerous
busts~all of which, of course, are
wholly ideal. Wayne D. McMurray.
4B oy George Matthew Adams;
a
(85, 1025, Western Newspaper Union.)
Age cannot wither her, nor custom
stale
Her infinite variety,
cloy
The appetites they feed,
makes hungry
Where most she satisfies
~Bhakespeare,
Other women
but she
NICE FOODS
A pretty dessert which will be good
to serve when a light a dainty dish
is Dieded |
Trilby y rSam.sTiile
one pound of mashmal-
lows, one can of pineap
ple, one cupful ot whip-
ping cream, Cut
marshmallows {nto quar-
ters, using shears dipped
into cold water
rie
the
occ axion
from
cut-up
ally to keep them
sticking. Put
marshmallows in soak in
of the pineapple juice. Cut the
into small bits and drain.
cream and when stiff add the
and pineapple,
ut meats or
candied cher-
cups witn a
the
BOE
pineapple
Beat the
chopped valn
and
sherbet
almonds
in
top.
Serve
of
the
Casserole of Ham. Take a slice
¥
rather thick, Place
Yin #1 11
apm cut
b in of asserole with
sliced season with salt and
£11
i if the
peppy
ham Is n
not be needed
{resi the
oven hour,
small
can
nush-
well o«
de Luxe Take
of ®] aghet
ne
wd green pepper and
and bake
Spaghetti
wvered one
can 03
rf
pi
Prune Al mond Jel ly 80a)
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I nie ' ni
ver nied
ove night
ater
Serve whip
Bread Fritters —{"ut
dered suga
add
and well
Beat
* ofl and the
> CLES, stiff. Di
d fry in deep fat
Baked Cheese Sandwichus..-St
teat
tla
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well, add one
wi
3
heaten p the
finely grated cheese
white sauce. Cut ‘read .
spread with th @
sauce, heaping it weil up In the center
Place the bread In a hot oven to toast.
Ham may be used In place of cheese
Tasty Tidbits,
A few pieces of good-flavored cheese
(grated) will add =a to many
dishes. When pre
paring loped
potatoes, add :
bit of
cheese
butter and
zest
escal
grated
To scram
bled eggs, to mac
aroni with white
sauce, on crack-
ers, grated over
pumpkin ple, In fact numberiess ways
will occur to the cook who likes to
Homemade Cream Cheese.— When
cheese has become dry or is In unat-
tractive pieces, grate it and stir it
into a half cupful or more of bolling
hot cream. Add enough cheese to
thicken, stir and beat well, add cay-
enne pepper, a bit of chopped pimento
or any seasoning liked. Pour into a
Jar and set away In the lice chest
Serve as any cream cheese,
Cottage Cheese Salad. — Arrange
well-seasoned cottage cheese In shape
Iy spoonfuls on head lettuce, sprinkle
with chopped nutmeats and at the
side place a spoonful of good salad
dressing. A bit of colored jelly may
be used as a garnish to the cheese,
if preferred to the nuts
Cheese Savory. — To one cream
cheese add a tablespoonful of soft-
ened butter, one teaspoonfnl of
minced chives, one-half teaspoonful of
minced parsiey, one-third of a tea
spoonful of worcestershire sauce and
anchovy essence, with salt and pap-
rika to taste. Press into a glass and
serve with salted wafers,
Cream cheese mixed with a table
spoonful or two of chopped green and
red pepper, made into balls and served
with salad dressing on lettuce, makes
a pretty as well as a nourishing salad.
Cheese Supper Dish.—~This has ap
peared hefore, but will never grow
old, as It Is so well liked: Spread
bread with butter, sprinkle with
chopped cheese, making as many lay-
ors as needed In a baking pan. Pour
over a cugrard, using a pint of milk
to two egos, and salt to thste. DBaks
In & moderate oven until the custard
is set, Serve hot
Woitis Weprwal