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EVENING LEDGBB-PHILADlSLPrriA. THURSDAY, MABOH ' 2, I9itf.
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BY
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SYNOPSIS.
Dvld
!nn and ProMMor
Prrv. a
'KJJiit and archseoloitUt,. who bin. In.
KniVa (i rolosiwl teel mcnin, wnion n
"ffi".'Kon Ai"Ti.,v ffivii
throuth
tha new
Siflnint"th.yfih:i .queer Und
InJr heuri of nironr r.d torture bor
5?n upon dfth. Tho principal char;
irtifrntlc" of the new world ar that
f ti no horlion.and triit tho un, an
imrnVw KloSlnic orb, la tat!6nary dlreoU
V IJ! tn ,nit,!!;ll Wih Animals nnd half.
; . " .... nr ttiM nrin in
imiin creatures of a prehlntorlo age,
ivid and Professor Perry nro captured
E
hvnime irofliia-iKa men namru nnnuui
iho are the ieml-slavlsh hunters of a still
irno nro ti -ali01j TnhnrR. Thspft nrn
- .'. s:. - - . - .. - it.
"".SIS V.I.. railed Mahnrs.
There ara
other captives of an entirely prenoisessln;
human appearance, ono especially, named
nian the lleautlful, . of whom David bo-
""" .ai1. hut whnm ha lin-
2nicloiilJ' Insults because of his Ignor-
fher approach the city of tho Mahara,
Wi7 " V .....I nlhan n.linnri kikim
bUBll'IIID .v .. -
Elan and several other prisoners escape,
f CHAPTER V Continued.
t "F THE 12 prisoner" who had been
r J chained nhend of mo ench alternate
I one had been freed, commencing with
1 'Dlan, Hooja wns Bono. Ghak remained.
What could It mean? How had It been
accomplished?
The commander of tho guards wns In
vestigating. Soon ho discovered that tho
rude locks whloh had held tho neckbands
in place had been deftly picked.
"Hooja tho Sly Ono," murmured Ohak,
who was now noxt to mo In lino. "He
has taken the girl that you would not
have," ho continued, glancing at me.
"That I would not havo?" I cried.
'What do ou mean?"
He looked nt me closely for a moment.
"I havo doubted your story that you
are from anothor world." ho Bald at last;
."but yet upon no other grounds could
your Ignorance of tho ways of Pcllucldar
1 be explained Do you mean that you do
not know that you offended tho Beautiful
One, and how?"
"I do not know, Ohak," I replied.
"Then shall I toll you When n man
cf Pcllucldar Intervenes between another
man and tho woman tho other man would
have, the woman belongs to tho victor.
ulan the Beautiful bolongB to you. You
should have claimed her or rolonacd her.
Had you taken her hand It would havo
Indicated your dcslro to make her your
mate, and had you rained hor hand afiovo
hr head and then dropped It, It would
have meant uiui you aw not wish ner tor
a mate, and that you released her from
all obligations to jou. By doing neither
you have put upon her tho greatest af
front that a man may put upon a woman.
"Now sho Is your slave. No mnn will
take her as mate, or may tako her honor
ably, until ho shall havo overcome you
In combat, and men do not chooso slave
women as their mates at least, not tho
men of Pellucldar.'
"I did not know. Glial:," I cried. "I
did not know. Not for all Pellucldar
, would I have harmed Dlan the Beautiful
by word, or look, or act of mine I do
not want her ns my slave, I do not want
her as my "
Put here I stopped. Tho vision of that
stvuftt nnd Innoeont fnrft (lnntprl hnfnrn. mn
Kamld the soft mists of Imagination, nnd
where I had on tho second believed that
, I clung only to tho memory of tho gentlo
i friendship I had lost, yet now It seemed
that It would havo been disloyalty to her
i to havo said that I did not want Dlan tho
Beautiful as my mato.
I- I had not thought of her except as a
fr welcomo friend In a strange, cruel world.
J Even now I did not think that I loved
p her.
&.. I believe Uhak must have read tho truth
c more In my expression than In my words,
i, for presently ho laid his hand upon my
boulder,
t "Man of another world," ho said, "I bo
i lleve you. Lips may He, but when the
heart speaks through the eyes It tells
, only the truth. Your heart has spoken
FARMER SMITH'S
A LITTLE TALK ABOUT THE WILL
t My Dear Littlo People Now what good would a great big locomotive bo
without somebody to run it?
f It seems to me that tho engineer of a locomotive corresponds to our will.
We often hear mothers say, "My boy has such a strong will." Little does
r' this mother realize that she could not find a better quality Jn her child
' than a strong will. At the same time, this will must be thoroughly under
control. As the starting and stopping of a locomotive depend upon the en
gineer, so the actions which result in our thoughts depend upon tho right
thinking of our minds.
You will often And that the seeming faults of childhood are' the ones in
after life which turn to good account. Napoleon was always wasting (?)
his time drilling the boys in the neighborhood, and it is possible that his
t mother scolded him many timc3 for not attending to his lessons instead of
;, Issuing commands to the littlo boys around him. Yet Napoleon in aftet life
1 became the world's greatest general.
j s What great artist was it who used to get a spanking for drawing his
1; teacher's picture all over the walls?
n What great author was it who used to got punished for writing compo
j Bitions when he should have been studying his arithmetic?
Distinguish between good faults
!, -1110,1, you uko to ao dcsi oi au anu buck
H Success in life is dependent upon
i .and filling it completely.
Kt
The Magic Marble
;Br anANNY WHiailT. of Jtansbsrry
street, a kind old lady who loves the Rainbows
0 much the wrote this sweet story for them.
Children, did vnu avar hour nt a maclo
L'tnarbleT I wilt tell vou of one. It be-
.longed to a poor little boy named Jack.
II had no playthings, but a box of mar
bles. In this box waB ono so big and
bright I Jack loved that marble and that
yhiarbla loved Jack. It waa a "Magio
juiroie," ana wanted to get money for
the poor boy.
' bo one day the Magic Marble Jumped
frcro, the box, rolled under the door, Into
tQft Btreat nnii awav tn n t.lo. tinnn. nn n
,wu. ' " "v""
r There were trees and flowers In the
trrounda around this house. Magic Mar-
otnew a rlcn toy llvecl thera
When Maglo Marble came to the place
e Went In and hid In a bed of flowers.
rf Just than AM t. t.-. . ... kH
STy, :- ?, tu,i ilia iiuuoo WUIIIU uio uu,
Ijwgele. He ran oast the bed of flowers
A oh I was so scared when Maslo Mar-
1 jumped out and said to htm: "I am
"agio Marble. Will you buy ma for
n monvr j.
-Then Magic Marble told nzirls all
iVlt poor Jack
:, W'J' BO to Jack's house with you,
faglc Marble." said tha rich boy.
JJ?W, they hurried along tho road 1
H Reggie said.: "Hello, Jack I I will
uy your wonderful marble for a whole
H 01 rnnnnv "
aS "tw'r? tears ln Jack,, eye". b"t "e
,jp Magio Marble and Heeala went
ron ' Jack hear,J these words:
p s'!'s house I now must go, I now
p toon to Jack I will be back, I will
W4v;jt
A Story of Kindness
(By Mary Schnepkrnnt a im, .11
Bn2LUJ"?n a ,lme ht waa a cat who
vr Muens. One da- while thev
.,,n thelr bd ln too trunk.
nc did nnt n..tind i .. i
trunk 7..C -. msijl B.I1U iuui j
wuaK When the ninths ,.. .ha I
una cr.ed A UtJl tr! who b !
to llu. laintami n.it. . .t... .
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S b lp. f eiw. Con 1 1
b uu a. maa act!
EARTHS (ORE
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS,author ofTArzan11
to mo. I know now that you meant no
affront to Dlan the Beautiful.
"She Is not of my tribe; but her mother
Is my sister. She does not know It. Her
mother was stolen by Dlan'a father, who
came with many others of tho trlbo of
Amoz to battle with us for our women
the most beautiful women of Pellucldar.
Then was her father king of Amoz and
her mother was daughter of tho king of
Sari to whose power I, his son, havo
succeeded.
"Dlan Is tho daughter of kings, though
her father Is no longer kin slnco tho
sadok tossed him and Jubal the Ugly One
wrested his kingship from him. Because
of her llncngc tha wrong you did her was
greatly magnified In tho eyes of nil who
saw It. Sho will never forglvo you."
I asRcd Ohak If there ivas not somo way
In which I could release the girl from
tnj bondage and Ignominy I had unwit
tingly placed upon hor.
"If over you find her, yes," ho answered.
"Merely to raise her hand noove her head
and drop It In tho presenco of others Is
sufficient to releaso her; but how mnv you
over find hor who, are doomed to a llfo of
Biavory yourself in tne burled city or I'liu
tra7" "Is there no escape?" I asked.
"Hooja tho Sly Ono escaped and took
tho others with him," replied Qhak. "But
thoro are no more darn jnaccs on tha way
to Phutrn, nnd onco thoro It Is not so
easy tho Mahars nro very wise. Even
If ono escaped from Phutra, there arc the
thlpdars they would find you, nnd then
" Tho Hairy Ono shuddered. "No,
you will never cecapo the Mahars."
"It was a cheerful prospect. I asked
Perry what he thought about It; but ho
only shrugged his shoulders nnd continued
a prayer ho had been at for some tlmo.
Ho was wont to say that the only re
deeming fenture of our, captivity woo tho
ample time It gave htm for tho Improvisa
tion of prayers. It was becoming an ob
session with him.
The Sngoths hart begun to tnko notice
of his habit of declaiming throughout on
tlre marches. Ono of them aBked him
what ho was saying to whom ho was
talking. Tho question gave me nn Idea,
so I answered quickly, beforo Terry could
say nnythlng.
"Do not Interrupt him," I said. "Ho Is
a very holy man In tho world from which
wo como. Ho Is speaking to tho spirits
which you cannot sec. Do not Interrupt
him or they will spring out of tho nlr
upon you nnd rend you limb from limb
llko that," and 1 Jumped toward tno great
brute with a loud "Boo!" that sont him
stumbling backward
I took a long chance, I realize; but If
wo could make nny capital out of Perry's
harmloss mania, I wanted to mako It
whllo the making was prime. It worked
splendidly. The Sagoths treated us both
with marked lespoct during tho balance
of the Journey, nnd then passpd tho word
nlong to their masters, tho Mahars.
Two marches alter this episode we came
to tho city of rhutra. Tho ontrnnco to
It was mnrked by two lofty tbwora of
granlto which guarded a flight of steps
lending to tho burled city.
Sagoths wcro on guard hero, as well as
at a hundred or move pther towers scat
tered about over a large plain.
As wa descended tho btoad stnlrcase
which led to tho mnln avenuo of rhutra
I caught my first sight of tho dominant
raco of tho Inner world.
Involuntarily I shrank back as one of
tho creatures approached to Inspect us.
A moro hldoous thing It would bo Im
possible to Imagine,
Tho all-powerful Mahars of Pellucldur
aro great reptiles, somo six or eight feet
In length, with long, narrow heads and
great lound eyes. Their beakllko mouths
are lined with sharp, white fangs, and the
backs of their huge lizard bodies are ser
ana bad faults. Mnd out what it is
10 iu
filling the square space allotted to U3
PARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledger.
MONEY PRIZES
The children who send In the an
swer of "Ilo Vou Know This?" are en
titled to compete for the prlies of fl,
SO cnts and the four 35-cent prlies,
to be awarded at the end of euch week.
Uncle Josh Knows Farmer Smith
4m FCT
'"SrVffJnHYOlI
UC rUKNQW
WHO Fftattit.
SMITH
amiZ-oyO
Owen iounu, u'u mantown. an artist
and a young man who la very much In
terested in tha little Rainbows, drew this
cartoon for you. How do you like It?
FAUMER SMITH.
Eveninq Ledoer:
I wish to become a member of your
Rainbow Club, Please send me a beau
tiful Rainbow Button free. I aarea
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY DAY SPREAD A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
THE WAY
Name Age
SaJc
tc&
it,.-, , ro u 1 , 1 Lr Mtnnun I
rated Into bony ridges from their necks
to tho end of their long tails.
Their feet nre equipped with three
webbed toes, whllo from the fore-feet
membranous wings, which nro attached to
their bodies Just In front of their hind
legs, protrudo at an angle toward tho
rear, ending with sharp points several
feet abovo their bodies,
I glanced at Perry ns tho thing passed
me to Inspect him. Tho old mnn was gnz
Ing nt the horrid creature with wide,
astonished eyes. When It passed on ho
turned to me.
"A rhnmphorhynchus of the middle ollt
Ic, David," ho said; "but, Bad, how
enormous. Tho laiKCSt remntns we have
ever discovered havo never Indicated a
size greater than that attained by nn or
dinary crow,"
As we continued on through the mnln
avenuo of Phutra wo saw many thousands
of these creatures coming nnd going upon
their dally duties. They paid hut little
attention to us.
Phutra Is laid out underground with n
regularity Hint Indicates remarkable en
gineering skill. It Is hewn from solid
llmos'ono "tiatn The streets aro broad
I and of a uniform heigh, of 20 feet. At In- ,
tervais tubes plerco thu root of this under
ground city, and by means of lenses and i
reflectors transmit tho sunlight, softened '
and diffused, to dispel what would other- !
wise bo Cimmerian darkness. In like j
mnnncr nlr is Introduced.
Perry nnd I were taken, with Ohak. to
a largo public building, where ono of the
Sia.t . sf '' '""p Vr Run"1 -
plained to a Mnharan official the clrcum-
stances surioundlng our enpturc.
Tho method of communication between
meso two was remarkable in that no
spoken words were exchnnged. They cm
pioyea a spoclCB of sign language.
As I was to learn later, tho Mahars
have no cars nor any spokon language.
Among themselves they communlcnte by
means of what Perry says must bo a
sixth sense which Is cognizant of a fourth
dimension.
I never did quite grasp him, though
ho endeavored to explain It to mo upon
numerous occasions. I suggested tclop
athy, but he said no, that It wns not
telepathy, since they could only com
municate when In each other's presence,
nor could thoy tnlk with the Sagoths or
the other Inhabitants of Pcllucldar by tho
same method they used to converse with
one another.
"What they do," said Perry, "Is to
project their thoughts Into the fourth
-dimension, when thoy become appreciable
to the sixth sense of their 'listener.' Do
I may myself clear?"
"You do not, Perry," I ropllcd.
Ho shook his bond In despair and re
turned to his work. They had set ub to
carrying a great accumulation of Mn
haran lltcratura from ono apartment to
another, and thero ni ranging It upon
shelves, I suggested to Perry that we
wcro In tho public library of rhutra, but
later, as ho commenced to discover tho
koy to their written language, ho assured
mo that we were hnndllng tho nnclent
nrchlvcs of tho race.
Ohak, Perry and I often talked together
of possible ehcnpe; but tho Sarlan was
so steeped In his lifelong belief that no
one could escapo from the Mahars ex
cept by a mlraclo that he was not much
aid to us. His attitude was of ono who
waits fqr the mlraclo to como to him.
At my suggestion. Perry and I fash
ioned somo swords of Bcraps of Iron
which wo discovered among some rub
bish In tho cells where wo slept, for we
were permitted almost unrestrained free
dom of action within the limits of the
building to which we had been asslgped.
So great were the number of slaves who
wnltcd upon tho Inliaoltunts of Phutra
that none of us was apt to bo ovcrbur-
RAINBOW CLUB
Our Postoffice Box
Helen Cullaton. North Hutchinson Btreet
Is plctorlally Introduced to the club mem
bers of "our town" this evening. She Is
treasurer of tho Jef
ferson Street Circle
that has been dolns
so many Interesting
things of late. Tho
elrla havo wondorful
times nt their meet
ings ; they sing, dance,
play games, havo re
freshments and pay
tholr dues, which nre
founding a bank ac
count credited to tho
Jefferson Rainbows.
Charlotte Roden
hausor. Columbia,
Pa says we broucrht
HELEN CULLATON I'M" good uck ; she re
ceived a Rainbow let
ter one morning and on tho vory next mall
the postman brought six valentines. Wil
liam Qulnn, Cedar street, sent In some
very clever color drawings of the Rain
bow. Wo would like to see some black
Ink pictures from this young artist. Wil
liam Blumensteln'8 contribution to tho
George Washington exhibit was very good,
but It arrived too late for publication.
Alice Henson, Carson street, closed her
letter to your editor for a very good rea
sonher mother was calling. How many
Rainbows stop what they aro doing and
tun ivncii muiiier enns? we are sure
Adolph Laskln, of Manton street, does, be
cause he loves his club button so much
that he docs right while he Is wearing It.
(Wo know Adolph never forgets to wear
It.) Gabriel Felnsteln. of South 3d street,
has for her motto. "Laugh and the world
laughs with you." Wa Infer that Gabriel
does not havo much trouble spreading sun
light. Another little girl Is spreading sun
light In a different way, she Is Esther
jjoersenner, j;ast aterner Btreet, and sho
helps her mother just as much as ever sho
can because It makes her mother happy to
think that her daughter Is Interested In
her home, Leonora Dllllnger. Cedar ave
nue, heard your editor speak in Independ
enca Hall and felt so well acquainted with
him that she just naturally had to join
the Rainbow family. Urban Quirk, Ad
dison Btreet, has hopes of forming a
branch Rainbow club. Judging from our
brief acquaintance with Urban we know
that his branch will be a very representa
tive one. Little Janet Thomas, Haddon
field, N, J., Bent your editor tlje loveliest
little story book that she made all herself,
It Is blue and gold and white, Janet made
up tha story herself and pasted In pictures
to Illustrate It, We are going to publish
tha story, but the book Itself Is so precious
we can't even give It to the Rainbows.
Two more little Jersey Rainbows ara heard
from In the persons of Philip and Lock
hart Boos. They live In Audubon and we
rather suspect that pretty soon we will
hear about an Audubon branch club, Both
of these boya expect to join the artists'
squad. New Brunswick, N. J., Is rep
resented by a dear little flve-year-old
named Eva Louise Thompson. If Eva
can write a letter we would dearly love to
see one from her own small hand,
NOTICE
our cuss in pnysirai culture, under the
direction of I'rofeuor C'olllas. will tUri
Saturday at 10 a. ni. sharp.
uh In .arnMt will rnnri
UOVH Mho
to farmer
Hmltt) on that dar and hour
Do You Know ThisT
Write a story about a newsboy!
What Js t. monarchy T
WANTEP
OirtCS BOV Caa an brtlht, with but ef
rJfVrtates l tarctef 1 u U e 15.
Cai VfH-Mt Ssisu iiaSk, Ktttm ItL
THE CHEERFUL CHEW
-
T 1nuv to JorU.Xkfl COrOVcn
I love Ihb world oF
noise. tjrd triret
1 tlwc.V5 hve.
suck -troubles
mv
T - v
could be bored
vitk life.!
1HW
dencd with work, or wcro our masters
unkind to us, l
Wo hid our new weapons beneath the
skins which formed our beds, nnd then
Perry conceived tho Idea of ranking bows
nnd arrows weapons apparently unknown
within Pcllucldar. Next came shields; hut
theso I found It ensler to steal from tho
walls of the outer guardroom of tho
building.
Wo had completed theso arrangements
for our protection after leaving Phutra
when tho Sagoths who had been sent to
rocapturo tho escaped prisoners returned
with four of them, of whom Hooja was
ono. Dlan nnd two others had eluded
them.
It so happened that Hooja was con
fined In tho same building with us. He
told Ohak that ho had not seen Dlan or
4 1 A AlllfkSiH n 4 AM e-AtjmnlMr A 1ft t fru al41tl
tho dark grotto. What had become of
.i,., i- t,.i - .1.. ..i.... .i
them ho had not tho faintest conceDtlon.
They might bo wandering yet, If not dead
from starvation.
I wni now still further apprehensive
ns to the fate of Dlan, and nt this time,
I Imagine, camo the first realization that
my affection for tho girl might bo
prompted by moro thnn friendship. Dur
ing my waking hours she wns constantly
tho subject of my tHoughts, and when I
slept her dear faco haunted my dreams.
More than over wns I determined to es
cape tho Mahara.
"Perry," I confided to tho old man,
"If I hnvo to search ovory Inch of UiIb
diminutive world, I nm going to llnd
Dlan tho Beautiful and right tho wrong
I unintentionally did her."
That was tho oxcuso I made for Terry's
benefit.
"Diminutive world!" he Bcofrod. "You
don't know what you are tnlklng about,
my boy," nnd then ho showed me a map
of Pellucldar which ho had recently dis
covered among the mnnuacrlpt ho wns
arranging.
"Look!" ho cried, pointing to It. "ThM
Is evidently wnter, and nit this land. Do
you notlca tho general configuration of
tho two nreas? Where tho oceans nro
upon tho outer crust Is land hero. These
relatively small nrens of ocean follow tho
general lines of tho continents of tho outer
world.
"Wo know that the crust of the gloho
Is five hundred miles In thickness; then
the Inside diameter of Pellucldar must bo
seven thousand miles, nnd the superficial
area something more than ono hundred
and sixty million square mllea. Three
fourths of this Is land. Think of It! A
land area of one hundred and twenty-four
million square miles!
"Our own world contains but fifty-three
million square miles of land, tho balance
of Its surface being' covered by water.
Just as wo often compare nations by
their relative land areas, so. If wo com
pare these two worlds in tho snmo way,
we have tho strange anomaly of a larger
world within n smaller ono!
"Where within vaBt Pellucldar would
you search for your Dlan? Without stars
or moon or changing sun, how could you
find her, even though you knew where sho
might bo found?"
The proposition was a corltcr. It took
my breath away; but I found thnt It left
mo all the moro determined to attempt It.
"If Ghak will accompany us, wo may
bo able to do It," I suggested.
Perry and I sought him out and put
the question straight to him.
"Ghak," I said, "we aro determined to
escape from this bondage. Will you ac
company us?"
"Thoy will Bet the thlpdars upon us,1'
he said, "and then we shall be killed;
but" he hesitated ,t would take tho
chanco If I thought that I might possibly
escape and return to my own people."
"Could you find your way back to your
own land?" asked I'eny. "And could you
aid David In his search for Dlan7"
"Yes."
"But how," persisted Perry, "could you
travel a strange country without heaven
ly bodies or a compass to guide you?"
Ghak didn't know what Perry meant
by heavenly bodies or a compnss; but
he assured us that you might blindfold
nny man of Pellucldar a.nd carry him
to tho farthermost corner of the world,
yet ho would be abla to como directly
to his own home again by the-shortest
route.
He seemed surprised to think that we
found anything wonderful In It. Perry
said tt mustt be somo sort of homing
instinct such as Is possessed by certain
breedB of earthly pigeons, I didn't know,
of course, but It gave me an Idea.
"Then Dlan could havo found her way
directly to her own people?" I asked,
"Surely," replied Ghak: "unless some
mighty beast of prey killed her before
she completed her Journey."
I was formaking the attempted es
cape at once, but both Perry and Ghak
counseled waiting for somo propitious
accident which would Insure us some
small degree of success. I didn't see
what accident could beta!! a whole com
munity In a land of perpetual daylight
where the Inhabitants had no fixed habits
of sleep.
Why, I am sure that some of the Ma
hars never sleep, while others may, at
long Intervals, crawl Into the dark re
cesses beneath their dwelling and curl up
In protracted slumber. Ferry says that
If a Mnhar stays awake for three years
ha will make up all his lost sleep In a
long year's snooze.
That may be all true, but I never saw
but three of them asleep; and it was the
sight of these three that gave me a sug
gestion for our means of escape.
I had been searching about far below
the levels that we slaves were supposed
to frequent possibly EO feet beneath the
main floor of the building among a net
JHflTflilMB irtwiii ! i
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2l
WW THE FUR PRICE
W REDUCTIONS
ijBRv Still Continue
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work of corridors nnd apartments, vhcn
1 came suddenly upon three Mahara curled
up upon a bed of skins.
At first I thought that ther were dead,
but, later, their regular breathing con
vinced me or my error.
Like a flash the thought came to me
of the marvelous opportunity these sleep
ing reptiles offered as a means of eluding
the watchfulness of our captors and tha
Sagoth guards.
CHAPTER VI.
THE BEGINNING OF HORRORS.
HASTENING back to Perry where he
pored over a musty pile of, to me.
mennlnglcss hieroglyphics, t explained my
plan to him. To my surprise he was hor
Hfied. "It would be murder, David!" he cried.
"Murder to kill a reptilian monster?" I
asked In astonlihmcnt.
"Hero they nro not monsters. David,"
ho replied, "Hero they nre tho dominant
race; wo aro tho 'monsters' tho lower
orders. In Pcllucldar evolution has pro
gressed alpng different lines than upon
the outer earth.
"There terrible convulsions of naturo
time and tlmo again wiped out tho existing
species; but for this fact some monster of
the Snurozolc epoch might rulo today upon
our own world. Wo see hero what might
well have occurred In our own history had
conditions been uhat they havo been
here.
"Life within Pellucldar Is far younger
than upon tho outer crust Hore man ha-
hut reached a stage nnalogous to the stono
nge of our own world's history, but for
counties millions of years theso reptiles
havo been progressing. Possibly It Is tho
sixth senso uhlch I nm sure, thoy possess
that has given them an ndvanlngo over tho
other nnd more frlghlfuly armed of their
rellows; hut this we may never know.
"They look upon us ns we look upon
tho beasts of our fields, and I learn from
their written records thai othor races of
Mahars feed upon men They keep them
In great droves, as no keep cattle. They
breed them most carefully, nnd when they
aro qulto fat they kill nnd cat them "
I shuddered.
"What Is thoro horrible about It,
David?" tho old man asked. "Thoy un
derstand us no better thnn wo understand
tho lower animals of our own world. Why,
I havo como across hero very learned dis
cussions of tho question ns to whether
gllnks that Is, men havo nny menns of
communication.
"Ono writer clnlms that wo do not oven
reason; that our every oct Is, mechanical
or Instinctive. Tho dominant race of Pcl
lucldar, David has not ct learned that
mon convcrso among themselves, or rea
son. Because we do not convcrso ns they
do, It Is beyond them tn Imnglno that
wo converse nt all. It In thus that wo
reason In relation to tho brutes of our own
world.
"They know thnt the Sngoths havo a
spoken lnngunge, but yet they cannot com
prehend It or how It manifests Itself, slnco
they have no nudltory apparatus. They
bollovo that the motions of tho lips nlone
convey tho meaning. That the Sagoths
can communicate with us Is Incompre
hensible to them.
"Yes, David," he concluded: "It would
cntnll murder to enrry out your plan "
"Very well then. Perry," I replied. "I
shnll becomo n murderer."
Ho got mo to go over the plan again
most caiefully, and for some reason which
was not at tho time clear to mc, Insisted
upon a very careful description of tho
apartments and corridors I had just
explored.
"I wonder, David," he said at length,
"If, ns you aro determined to enrry out
your wild scheme, If wo could not accom
plish something of very real nnd lasting
benefit for the human raco of Pellucldar
at the samo time. Listen I havo learned
much of a most surprising naturo from
theso archives of tho Mahars. That you
may apprcclato my plan, I shall briefly
outline tho history of tho race.
"Onco tho males were all powerful; but
ages ago the fomales, little by little, as
sumed the mastery. For othor ages no
notlceablo chnnge took plnco In the raco of
Mahars. It continued to progress under
the Intelligent and beneficent rulo of the
women.
"Science took vast strides. This was
especially true of tho sciences which wo
know as biology mid eugenics Finally a
certain female scientist announced the
fact that sho had discovered a method
whereby eggs might bo fertilized by chem
ical means after they were laid; all true
roptlles, you know, are hatched from eggs.
"What happened? Immediately tho
necessity for males ceased to exist tho
race was no longer dependent upon them.
More ages elapsed, until at tho present
time we find a raco consisting exclusively
of females.
"But hero Is tho point. Tho secret of
this chemical formula Is kept by a single
raco of Mahars. It Is In tho city of
Phutra; and unless I nm greatly in error,
I judgo from your description of tho
vaults through which you passed today
that It lies hidden ln tho cellar of this
building.
"For two reasons they hldo It away and
guard It Jealously. First, because upon It
depends tho very life of tho race of Ma
hars: and second, owing to tho fact that
when It was public property, as at first, &o
many were experimenting with It that tho
danger of overpopulation became very
grave.
"David, If we can escape, and at tho
samo tlmo take with us this grent secret,
what will we not havo accomplished for
the human raco within Pcllucldar."
Only tho Sagoths would then stand be
tween them and absoluto supremacy, and I
was not quite suro but that tho Sagoths
owed all their power to tho greater Intelli
gence of the Mahars; I could not believe
that the gorilla-like beasts were tho mental
superiors of the human race of Pellucldar.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Oicftif to the fact that the Evening
LRDaicn is cottafandy atkrd questions
relattno to matters of etiquette, tt hai
been decided to Open a column in
iohich queries of this kind may bo an
swered. The cotumn is edited under a pseu'
ttonym; but it is, nevertheless, edited
by an authority on social conventions,
who ii prepared to answer clearlv,
carefully and conclusively atty query
tohich may be propounded.
Oood form queries should be ad'
dressed to Deborah Hush, written on
one side of tho paper and sinned with
full name and address, though frtlMnl
ONLY will be published upon request.
Invitations for dances may bo sent on
letter paper or on n card Unless It Is a
very Bmall nnd very Informal nffalr It Is
not proper to wrlto theso by hand. Tho
card to bo quite correct should be white
and the engraving preferably In plain
script.
For a more formal nffalr or n large
danco It Is bettor to uso small letter or
note paper. In this case also tho paper Is
smarter white nnd the engraving should be
ns plnln ns possible In style.
Should One Shake Hnnds?
Dear Deborah flush I was present
when n young man was Introduced to two
girls. Ono of them shook hands with him
nnd tho other simply bowed politely.
Which Is correct7 A. D. T.
It Is considered tho correct thing for a
lady to bow graciously when a mnn Is
presented to her. When men nro Intro
duced to each other It Is usual for them
to shake hands.
What la Used for Ice Crcnm
Dear Deborah Rush Should you cat Ico
cream, with a. spoon or fork?
ANXIOUS.
It Is good form lo use either. Tho Intcst
fashion Is a combination nffalr shaped
much llko a spoon, but having prongs llko
a fork, thoso nt the outer edge being
wider and flatter than thn others Tho
ordlnnry fork Is seldom used.
Dear Dcboiah Ruih I heartily ngrcn
with "Iconoclast" tlyit tho "canons of
good-brooding" do not require tho taking
off of ono's hat In tho presenco of ladles
In a public clovator. Rather, tho habit
stamps one ns a provincial; It tndlcntes
good Intentions, perhaps, but shows a lack
of knowledge.
A hotel elevator is not a public but a
prlvato ono. Hence, ono riding In tho
latter always takes off his hat In tho pres
enco of Indies. A department store ele
vator, however, Is moro akin to a storo
than to a private room, nnd that fact Is
recognized In New York, London, Boston
and in other leading cities. Wo do not
tako off our hats whllo buying goods df
a salcswomau.no matter how many women
may ho purchasing goods nt tho same
counter !
Tho law of good breeding Is rational.
It nsks nothing for which thero Is no valid
reason. True chivalry can bo shown and
tha proper dofcrenco exhibited without
ostentatious effort. Wo all know the typo
of mnn who upon seeing a womnn enter
a "skyscraper" elevator ostentatiously
snatches off his hat and proceeds to ad
monish nil tho "Ill-bred" fellows who do
not follow suit with a crushing stare. 1110
"Ill-bred" fellow may be tho true gentlo
man nt heart. He Is broader and knows
customs In the world sense, while tho youth
who has false conceptions shows his lack
of broadness by criticising others who
have a flno senso of tho proprieties.
If thero wero no othor reason for keep
ing one's hat on In public elevators, tho
canltary 0110 of guarding against cntchlng
cold would bo sufficient. Besides, tho prac
tice Is not only unnecessary and uncalled
for, but unpractlcablc. In crowded public
clevntors. COSMOPOLITE
It Is a courteous thing to do neverthe
less, though not rcqulrod by etlquettov
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LANCASTER, Pa., March 2. At a
meeting of City Councils an ordinance
was passed which practically legislates
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bond of $2500 from each driver Is re
quired, and graded license fees for Jit
neys of various passenger capacltyi
So many other restrictions are Imposed
that Jitney owners say It means their
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spite of expressed public sentiment against
It.
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It sounds llko a fairy story to say that
keeping accounts for the Woman's S11N
frage Bell outfit on Its tour this summer
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secretary, Miss Elizabeth McShnne. But
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feminine characteristic she possesses,
LnBt winter you might or might not
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dnlnty, five-foot orator holding forth nt
tho corner of 9th nnd Chestnut streets
on the merits of woman suffrage. You
might havo conceded to yourself, If you
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thnt sho wan decidedly good to look nt,
with her fluffy blonde hair curling about
her faco In tempting disarray and her big
blue eyes sparkling with enthusiasm. It
wan this, perhaps, that made her took so
charming when she spoke about her ex
perlenccs with tho bell. That waa Mls
McShnne,
"Wo woro gone for months, and every
day I had to send nn Itemized account of
the speeches, minutes, collections, ex
penses nnd nil tho Innumerable expendi
tures which such a campaign entails," sho
said "Of course, It was great fun, trav
eling through tho small counties and
'stumping' for suffrage. It was In thla
way I met a member of the brokerage
firm with which I am now connected. Sho
brought mo Into hor department, and for
weeks I did nothing but study financial
conditions, securities, 'bond-brokering
Blocks nnd such things. No, It wasn't
ensy. I had to study from 0 In tho morn
ing until 10 at night, sometimes. Then
tho men woro awfully nlco to me." Of
courso they wero, that goes without say
ing. "My personal ambition," Bho confossed,
"is to mako tho business woman realize
how she can Increase her Income not by
speculation, for If I find a woman wants
to speculate I do not deal with her but
by Judicious Investments. Most women
nro at a loss when It comes to Investing
money. They know nothing about tt, and,
naturally enough, nro too timid to learn.
"You toe," Bho. said, "most people think
that nn Investment must lnvolvo hundreds
of dollars Thoro are many business men
and girls who nro perfectly willing to
speculate with (50, and they would laugh
nt this sum as an Investment. 'I wish J.
could demonstato to tho working girl how
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opportunities aro open to her If sho would
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comes from babyhood up. Somo one.
cither father, brother or husband, will do
It for them. And what happens? When
tho time comes to do the managing of tho
estate tho women of tho family aro at
tho mercy of every fake Investment
promoter who comes along. No wonder
tho men think we shouldn't have the
vote, when we can't even keep our ac
counts straight.
"Thoro aro plenty of mon who are born
with no knowledge of business. They have
learned what they havo got by mingling
with tho business world. A woman can
not do this, Hor knowledge of finance
Is acquired from what her malo relations
tell her, and you know how much that-lflr1-
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