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EVIlMHGr M0OI2E PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 10:K
J
fcI6e SON a TARZAN
jjy EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
AUlnor ul me rzan xaics
svnopsis.
(he nuslan.
from
Akut.
Ron.
...l.(t1l .
Africa to Ixmdon. bringing with him
.r TBT Jn n irienu. jHizHiiv con,
. nKi'uL kn km htAM Irani In Isnr.
iS? rthli father's early life In the Junme.
J,mi ftway Tlth Akut to Africaner the rw
Ki MneX Psulvltch. There Akut kills an
American Bn1 ,he tw0 nee ,nt0 ths
3"S?anne, little daushter of Captain Jacot.
. fhe ForelRn Lesion, hfta been atolen by
f. Arabs, and Jrhsnen n"d Milblhn. two
iiwdei. recognise her In Merlem, suppoied
Slusnter o( tne sheik, ami try to rarry her
in for the reward Jacot has offered
Jack ouleWy finds. his tilnce in the Junale
nrt meets his flrat Ion while hunting; with
iwtm" h lad win; the tltla of Korak. the
Uiiler. In many nUventures. Both blacks
and whites fear him. and drive him away)
12 finally consents to bo with Akut to
the re"t apes.. The two approach the vll
lie ol Akufa kind.
CHAPTER IX Continued
''"lOMEl" ho whispered. "Come slowly.
J follow mc. Do as Akut does."
Then he ndvnnced slowly through the
trees until he stood upon a bough over
banging one side of the amphitheatre. Here
he stood In silence for a 'moment. Then
lie uttered a low growl.
Instantly n score of apes leaped to their
feet Their savage Utile eyes sped quickly
' around the periphery bf the clearing.
The king npo was the flrBt to see the two
figures upon the branch. Ho gave voice
to an onllnous growl. Then he took a few
lumbering steps In the direction of the In
truders. His hair was bristling. His legs
were stiff. Imparting a halting, jerky motion
,to his gait. Behind him pressed a number
of large bulls.
He stopped Just a little before he came
beneath the two Just far enough to bo be
yond their spring. Wary king! Here ho
Jtood rocking hlmsolf to nnd fro upon his
short legs, bnrlng his fangs In hideous grin
i rings, rumbling out an ever-Increasing vol
ume of gtowls, which were Blowly but
steadily growing to tho proportions of roars.
Akut knew thnt he was working him
self up to a pi oner pitch of rage to war
rant an attack upon them. The old ape did
'not wish to fight. Ho had come with the
boy to cast his lot with tho tribe.
T am Akut," he said, "This Is Korak.
Korak is tho son of Tarzun. who was king
of tho apes. Ii too, was king of the apes
who dwelled In tho midst of .the great
waters. We have come to hunt with you, to
fight with you. Wo are great hunters. Wo
arc mighty fighters. Let us come In peace."
The king ceased his rocking. He eyed
the pair from beneath his beetling brows.
Mis' bloodshot eyes wcro savage nnd crafty.
His kingship was very now, and ho was
jealous of It. He feared thi encroachments
of two Btrange apes. Tho sleek, brown,
hairless body of tho lad spoiled "man," and
man ho feared and hated.
"do away!" ho growled. "do away, or
I will kill you!"
Tho eager lad, standing behind the great
Akut, had boen pulsing with anticipation
and happiness. He wanted to leap down
among those hairy inonsters and show
them that ho was their friend, that he was
one of them. Ho had expected that they
would receive him with open arms; and now
the words of the king ape filled him with
Indignation nnd sorrow.
Tho blacks hud sot upon him and driven
him away. Then he had turned to tho
white men to those of his own kind only
tojiear tho ping of bullctM whore ho had
expected words of cordial welcome. The
great apes had remained his final hope. To
them ho had looked for the companionship
nan had denied him.
Suddenly rage overwhelmed him.
The king ape was almost directly be
neath him. The others were formed in a
t half clrclo several yards behind tho king.
They were watching events Interestedly.
TWnrn Akut could cuess his Intention, or
lifij prevent, tho boy leaped to the ground dl-
m rectly in tne paut ,or tne King, who naa
f; now succeeded in stimulating himself to a
irenzy oi iury. i
4,f am KTornk!''.shoiiled thn hov. "I am
IX1?' ... l,.- -r ...L .-..- - - ' 1 -
SK- (,tne,4yiuer. j camo 10 yve,nmons you, as a.
KjP! "frletii You waqt to drive me away, Very
3.
A
waII It,.. . . ..
shall .' i ""?".?. but before I go 1
trm,. .-."" " ino
-th. i.-eV:"" Wher was before htm
son of Tarsan Is
thnt , ii "n 'ner was netore mm
you!" ' not ttfrft,d ' -ur king or
inL.n" '""'a"' he king ape had stood
no such 4.7"". ?urp.rlse- had expected
of th ii.. j "u" upon wie "art 0l either
nrlsert inlrudr?- Akut was equally sur
t IwJ Vh0J!!e? trfor Korak
cred Trtn. .' f?r " know tht In the sa
to coma .htu0ther V"8 mlht be "peeled
li.10 !h,e, asalt"nce of their king
Hke hlfnn inUt.8l.duer,.th0Un there was small
anco nVu lho h,nR would " R98lsl'
lh iw? e 'h0S8 'nlhty Jaws closed upon
quickly S0 '16Ck' lne end would como
fnJ0i?,a.1,.,0.h.,s re"C"e would mean death
heal nl.,1 ,', V...lne Urilve 0,d a" nov!r
drnnn.i 1 Url8tllnK and growling, he
charge! 8Watd JuSl as lhe k,ng npB
nThif.bea?l'B.httnds hutched for their hold
n.JI i nlmal sl,rft"K upon the lad. The
tlf f awa ,wero wlde distended to bury
,? "?w fanB8 deeply ln the brown hide,
.ol V.t?',leaped tr to meet the nt
2N.1 npd. crouching, beneath the
outstretched arms.
At the Instant of contact the lad pivoted
E?i?.ne .?i' and wllh a" the weight of his
body and the strength of his trained muscles
w?,? a clen:hed flst Into the bull stomach,
with a gasping shriek tho king ape col
lapsed, clutching futllcly for the ngile,
naked creature nimbly side-stepping from
his grasp.
Howls of rage and dismay broke from
the bull apes behind the fallen king as, with
murder In their savage little hearts, they
rushed forward upon Korak and Akut : but
tne old ape waB too wise to court any such
unequal encounter.
To have counseled the boy to retreat now
would have been futile, nnd Akut know It.
To delay even a second ln argument would
have sealed the death-warrants of them
both. Thero was but a Blngle hope, and
Akut seized It. Grasping the lad around
the waist, ho lifted him bodily from tho
ground and, turning, ran swiftly toward
another tree, which swung low brnnchn
above tho arena. Close upon their heal
swarmed the hideous mobj but Akut, oi
though ho was and burdened by tho weight
of the struggling Korak, was still 'fleeter
than his pursuers.
With a bound he grasped a low limb, and
with tho agility of a llttlo monkey swung
himself and the boy to temporary safety,
Nor did he hesitate even here, but raced
on through the Jungle night, bearing his
burden to safety.
For a time tho hulls pursued; but pres
ently, as the swifter outdistanced the slower
and found themselves soparated from their
fellows, they abandoned tho chase, standing
roaring nnd screaming, until tho Jungle re
verberated to their hideous noises. Then
they turned and retraced their way to tho
amphitheatre.
When Akut felt assured that they were
no longer pursued, he stopped nnd released
Korak. Tho boy was furious.
"Why did you drag mo away?" he cried.
"I would have taught them 1 I would have
taught them all! N'ow they will think that
I am afraid of them."
"What they think cannot harm you."
said Akut. "You are alive. If I had not
brought you away you would be dead now,
nnd so would I Do you not know that
even Numa 8llriks from tho path of the
great apes when there are many of them
and they are mad?"
IT '
all
CIIArTEU X
A Rescue
was an unhappy Korak who wandered
Imlessly through tho Junglo tho day fol
lowing his Inhospitable reception by tho
great apes. His heart was heavy from dis
appointment. Unsatisfied vengeance Bmol
dcred In his breast. He looked with hatred
upon tho denizens of his Jungle world, bar
ing his lighting fangs and growling at those
that came within radius of his senses. The
mark of his father's early llfo was strong
uppn him, and enhanced by months of as
sociation with beasts, from whom the Imi
tative faculty of youth had absorbed a
countless number of the little mannerisms
of the predatory creatures of the wild.
He bared his fangs now as naturally and
Upon as slight provocation as Shceta, the
panther, bared his. He growled as fero
ciously as Akut himself. When he came
suddenly lipon another beast, his quick
crouch bore a strange resemblance to the
nrchlng of a cat's back. Korak, the Killer,
was looking for trouble.
ln his heart of hearts he hoped to meet
the king ape who had driven him from tho
amphitheatre. To this end he Insisted upon
remaining In the vicinity! but the exigen
cies of tho perpetual search for food led
them several miles further away during tho
aay,
They were moving slowly down wind, and
warily, because the advantage was with
whatever beast might chance to be hunting
ahead of them, whero their scent-spoor
wns being borne by tho light breeze. Sud
denly the two halted simultaneously. Two
heads were cocked upon one side. Like
creatures hewn from solid rock, they stood
Immovable, listening Not a muscle quiv
ered. For several seconds they rcinnlned thus;
then Korak advanced cautiously a few
yards and leaped nimbly Into a tree. Akut
followed close upon his heels. Neither had
made n sound that would have been ap
preciable to human enrs at a dozen pnees.
Stopping often to listen, they crept for
ward through the trees. Thnt both were
greatly puzzled wns apparent from tho ques
tioning looks they cast nt ono another from
time to time
Finally tho lad caught a glimpse of a
pallsado a hundred yards ahead, nnd be
yond It tho tops of some goatskin tents nnd
a number of thntched huts.
His Up upcurlcd ln a savage snarl,
niacksl How he hated them. He signed
to Akut to remain where ho was while ho
advanced to 'tconnoltre.
Wo betide tho unfortunnto villager whom
the Killer came upon now! Slinking through
tho lower branches of tho trees, leaping
lightly from one Jungle giant to Its neigh
bor where the distance was not too great,
or swinging from ono hand-hold to an
other, Kornk camo silently toward tho vil
lage. He heard a voice beyond the palisade,
and toward that he made his way. A
great tree overhung the Inclpsure nt tho
very point from which tho volco came. Into
this Korak crept.
His spear was ready In his hand His
oars told him of the proximity of a human
being. All thnt his eyes required wns a
single glnnce to show him his target. Then,
llghtnlng-llkc, the mlssilo would fly to Its
goal.
With raised spear he crept among tho
branches of tho tree, glaring downward In
search of tho owner of tho voice which rose
to him from below.
At last ho saw a human back. The spear
hand flew to the limit of tho throwing po
sition to gather force that would send tho
Iron-shod mlssilo completely through tho
body of tho unconscious victim. And then
the Killer paused. He leaned forward a
little tp get a better view of tho target.
Was It to Insure moro perfect aim, or
had thero been that ln the graceful lines
and childish curves of tho llttlo body below
him thnt had held In check the spirit of
murder running riot In his veins?
He lowered his spear cautiously that It
might make no noise by scraping ngalnst
foliage or branches. Quietly ho crouched
ln a comfortable position nlong a great
limb, and there he lay with wide eyes, look
Ing down In wonder upon the creature he
had crept upon to kill looking down upon
a little girl, a little nut-brown maiden.
The snarl had gone from his Up. His
only expression wns ono of Interested at
tention he was trying to discover what the
girl was doing.
Suddenly a broad grin overspread his
face, for a turn of the girl's body had re
vealed Geeka of the Ivory head and the rat
skin torso Geeka of the splinter limbs nnd
the disreputable appearance. The little girl
raised the marred face to hers and, rocking
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FARMER SMITH'S
RAINBOW CLUB
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Dearest Children I have had a talk with myself and have asked myself
to ask yourself (of course, that's YOU) what you yourself think of this:
Some of our dear members have sent in poems and quotations asking us to
,print them. It seems to me it would be a good icJea to print each day A
THOUGHT. There are times when we are like an automobile. We STAND
STILL waiting for some one or something to TURN THE CRANK and
START US. '
I want to tell you frankly that there are times when I spend a cent or five
cents or even more to get something which will HELP inc. Our minds need a
change and sometimes that change comes when we meet a friend or when we
see something in a newspaper which changes our thoughts. This is called di-vert-ing
our thoughts.
Of course, I can easily look up a line or two for every day, but it would be
ever so much better if you could put a quotation or two on a postal card and
Bend the card to me. Always put the name of the author on your card and if
you can think of something yourself, that will be still better.
We all need something to push us forward in the battle of life. We pick
up a newspaper and read about the daring things which the soldiers are ooine
in Europe every day, and yet there are things being done daily by children
which are twice as bravo as those done by soldiers or any one else for that
tontter.
Conquer a bad habit and you have done as much as any army that ever
fought. ,
What a great thing it would be if some one of our 50,000 members were
discouraged and was helped by reading a quotation sent in by one of our
memLetSus all bo helpful. Tell me where you think the THOUGHT ought to go.
In our talks or where?' I will show your letters to the kind Printerman. who
puts my words together bo that he may know what I am talking about and then
We will all be helping one another. ... .
By the way, let me know how you like MY thought for today I will put
your name on your thought-credit where, credit is jJJgJSiTH.
Children's Editor, EyENiNQ Ledger.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY"Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer ."-Night
inougnts.
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Carmelta Lazzaro Is the very dear friend
of Madeline Cuneo, a name we are sure
thAt la familiar to every Rainbow. Cawnela,
although a member a
shorter time man
little, chum, has grown
to be quite as Inter
ested as Madeline has
in all the affairs of
the Rainbow. W e
would like both Made
line and Carmela to
commence to answer
iVT. 'Thines to Know
, and Po," questions and
nuzzles again. While
we are on the subject
va will settle a na
tion that comes Ue
mitmllv from Jialu-
CARMEJjJk. iAZZABQgowa. The answer Is
especlaUy for Stella Allen. Willow Grove, , a
member who woi, a prize for P""'8..
ins not long ago, but it applies to all who
have, asked It. The third question which
U marked fpr little folk) t0PCh- In
of nine years and under It may ba an.
wtrecl by older Rainbow If they no choose,
but H l nqt necessary to answer .
The foUowiny chlldrtn have thanked u
Jty prettily for Rainbow h,utto"3l J,S?
Martin, Mary Denote. Charles IwanlcW.
fiUlSrln MeUfer, Jan M&Uwy, 4nre
taltti, J, Ssf al mi 11 Woe. '
V v 9
A"Lty
ay
This is Clean-up Week
Madame Philadelphia Is housecleanlng
this week, but her house Is so big she Just
can't do It all by herself, She needs hun
dreds and hundreds of people to help : espe
cially does she need little people whose
backs don't ache with bending and whose
strong young limbs can stand the extra
8 she wants these young folks to work
systematically. Tomorrow, for Instance, If
they haven't already done t, she would I ke
them to pick up every sliwle paper, brick
and can that a pair of ejfes can possibly
see. She wants them collected In boxes
and placed out In front of the house where
her big wagons may hurriedly scoop them
up and carry them off so they may never
be seen again.
Just this one thing she wants done to
morrow. For further orders watch this
space In Tuesday's Evening J.edokb,
Work hard ! Off 'with tho coats, boys. On
with the aprons, little girls. Let's all pitch
In and help dear, busy Madame Philadelphia
.houseclean.
Things tq Ifnow and Do
1. Make three Avords from the three
Utters N WO.
3, Make a motto of two words from:
"Awl I pers'vere."
3. What word Is there, which, when, you
take from It th letter F. you have the
amount of men" 7m wnt The comnUi
yjcsd la m. ft at the year, '
THE LAND OF PURPLE DREAMS
By Farmer Smith
You understand thnt this Is not a new
dream 1 nm telling you about, but Is the
same dream I was telling you about a few
nights ago, nnd Willie Wide-Awake Is tho
one who is dreaming, not you nor I.
Well, the Good Dream Fairy and Willie
Wide-Awake had sailed on pastj the Moon
and had said "Howd'y" to Jupiter, when
they came to the most beautiful sight Wllllo
had ever seen. The air was purple Instead
of blue and the grass was purple, too, and
the flowers were all white, so that every
thing Willie could see was either white or
purple.
"Oh!" was all Willie could say. but ar
soon as he said It the word turned Into a
purple Dove, which eat on the limb of a
tree nearby and sang In the sweetest of
voices:
"Oh! Willie, Willie, you must know.
As through the Land of Dreams you go.
Words are thoughts, and thoughts nr
things
Just speak a word and It has wings',"
Willie was so amazed that he could do
nothing but sit still and look at the purple
Dove. At length he ventured to speak once
more, nnd all he said was a tiny sentence
but, see what happened:
"How funny!" exclaimed Willie.
At this a Blue Jay flew up and sat be
side the purple Dove and Bang:
Tommy does. Willie do,
For I must sing a song that's new.
My song Is gay my life Is sunny;
So please don't say again 'How funny!"'
Willie was so surprised he couldn't Bpeak,
but his little mind was busy all the time,
and he was thinking: "How I should lovs
to live here all the time. I am sure I
should never set tired of It."
You must remember Willie hndn't said a
word this time, However, a cute little Owl
flew up on the limb of the tree and sat be
side the Blue Jay. He put his head on one
side and sang;
"To-wlt, to-woo!
How do you do? y
Pray, why not smile, Instead of Scowl,
You MAY stay here and be an Owl."
For the first time In Willie's life ho
stopped thinking. He Just couldn't thlnK,
no matter how hard he tried.
Suddenly he felt something tickling his
nose, and looking up he saw his mother
bending over him. He looked around for
the Purple Dove, the Blue Jay and the Owl,
but they were gone,
'Well, my precious, where have you
beent" . '
To the Land of Purple Dreams," an
swered Willie.
But he did not tell his Mother about the
Dove, the Blue Jay or the Owl. That was
HIS secret. Let It be yours until you hear
what happened a few nights afterwards!
FARMER SMITH.
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fiorsolf backward nnd forward, crooned o
plaintive ArAb lullaby to the doll.
A softer light entered the eyes it the
Killer. For ft lohg h6ur that passed Very
quickly to him, Korak lay with axe riveted
upon the playing child. Not'.once had he
had a view of the girl's full face. Fof the
most part, he saw only n mass of wavy,
blACk hair, ono brown little shoulder ex
posed upon the side where her single robe
was caught beneath her arm, and a shapely
knea protruding from beneath her garment
as she sat, cross-legged, upon the ground.
A tilt of the head as she emphasized some
maternal admonition to the passive Oeeka
revealed occasionally a rounded check or a
plquAnt little chin. Now sho was shaking
A slim finger nt Oeeka reprovingly, and
again she crushed to her heart this only
object upon which sho might lnvlh the un
told wenlth of her childish affections.
Korak. forgetful of his bloody mission,
permitted the fingers of his spear hand to
relax a little their grasp upon the shaft
of this formidable weapon, it slipped, al
most falling; but the o6currcnce recnlled the
Killer to hlmsejf. It reminded him of his
purpose In slinking stealthily upon the
owner of the voice that had attracted his
vengeful attention,
He glanced at the spear, with Its well
worn grip, and cruel, barbed head Then
he lot his eyes wander again to the dainty
form below him. tn Imagination he saw
the heavy weapon shooting downward Ho
saw It pierce the tender flesh, driving ItH
wny deep Into the yielding body. He caw
tho rldlcutoui doll drop from Its owner's
nrms, to lie sprawled and pathetic beside
the quivering body of the little girl
The Killer Bhuddered, scowling nt the In
animate Iron nnd wood of tho npcnr as
though they constituted a sentient being
endowed with a mnllgnnnt mind
Kornk wondered whnt the girl would do
wcro he to drop suddenly from the treo to
her side Most likely sho would screnni
nnd run nway. Then would como the men
of the village with spenrs nnd gunt nnd
set upon him. They would either kill him
or drive him awny.
A lump rose lu tho boy's throat Ho
craved tho companionship of his own kind,
though ho hardly realized how greatly. Ho
would have liked to slip down beside tho
llttlo girt nnd talk with her, though lie
knew from tho words ho hnd overhcnnl
thnt she spoke a tangunge with which he
wnq unfamiliar.
They could havo talked by slgni a little.
That would have been better than nothing,
nesldes, he would hnvo been Bind to sec
her faco. Whnt ho had glimpsed asiurcd
him thnt she was pretty; but her strongest
appeal to him lay In the nffectlonato nature
revealed by her gentle mothering of tho
grotesquo doll
At last ho hit upon a plnn. Ho would
attract hor attention nnd reassure her by
a BrqUIng greeting from a greater dlstnnce.
Silently ho wormed his wny back Into the
tree. It was his Intention to hall her from
beyond tho pallRade, giving her tho feeling
of security which he Imagined tho stout
barricade would afford.
Ho had scarcely felt his position in the
tree when his attention was attracted by n
considerable noise upon tho opposite side of
the village. By moving a little ho could
see tho gate at the far end of the main
street.
A number of men, women nnd children
were running townrd It. It swung open, re
vealing the bend of a caravan upon tho
opposite side. It trooped ln motly organi
zation black slaves nnd dnrk-hued Arabs
of tho northern deserts; cursing camel driv
ers urging 011 their vicious charges; over
burdened donkeys, waving sadly pendulous
cars while they endured with stoic patience
the brutalities of their masters; goats,
sheep, and horses.
Into tho vlllngo they all trooped behind
a tall, sour old man, who rode, without
greetings to those who shrank from his
path, directly to a Inrge, goatskin tent ln
tho centro of tho village.
Here he spoko to a wrinkled, black
hag.
Korak, from his vantage spot, could see
It all. He saw tho old man asking ques
tions of the hlnck woman, nnd then he saw
the latter point In tho direction of tho tree
beneath which the llttlo girl plnyed.
This was doubtless her father, thought
Korak. He had been away, and nis nrsi
thought upon returning was of his llttlo
daughter. How glad she would bo to see
him. How she would run and throw her
self Into his arms,, to bo crushed to his
breast nnd covered with his kisses!
Korak sighed. Ho thought of his own
father nnd mother far away In London.
Ho returned to his place in the treo
above' tho girl. If he couldn't have hap
piness of this sort himself, ho wanted to
enjoy tho happiness of others. Possibly if
he mado himself known to tho old man ho
might be permitted to come to the village
occasionally as a friend. It would be worth
trying. He would wait until the old Arab
had greeted his daughter, then he would
make his presence known with signs or
''"he Arab was striding softly toward the
girl. In a moment he would be beside her.
and then how surprised and delighted sho
would be! Kornk's eyes sparkled in an
ticipation nnd now tho old man stood be
hind the little girl. His stern old face wns
still unrelnxed
The child was yet unconscious or his
presence. She prattled on to tho unre
. .,! nM,n ThAn the old man coughed.
, With a start tho child glanced quickly
over his shoulder. Korak could see her
full face now. It was very beautiful In its
sweet nnd innocent childishness all soft
and lovely curves. He could see her great,
dark eyes. He looked for the happy Jove
light that would follow recognition; but It
did not come. Instead terror stark, par
alyzlng terror was mirrored In her eyes,
In the expression of her mouth, In the tense,
cowering attitude of her body!
A grim smile curved the thin, cruel lips
of the Arnb. The child essayed to crawl
away; but before she could get out of his
reach, the old man kicked her brutally,
sending her sprawling upon the grass.
Then he followed her up to seize nnd strike
her as was his custom.
Above them. In the tree, a beast crouched
where a moment before had been a boy a
beast with dilating nosti Us and bared fangs
a beast that trembled with rage.
Tho sheik was stooping to reach for the
girl when the Killer dropped to the ground
at his side. His spear was still ln his left
hand, but he had forgotten It. Instead his
right fist was clenched, and as the sheik
took a backward step, astonished by the
sudden materialization of this strange ap
parition apparently out of clear sky, tho
heavy fist 'landed full upon his mouth,
backed by the weight of the young giant
and the terrific power of his more-than-human
muscles.
Bleeding and senseless, the sheik sank to
earth. Korak turned toward the child.
She had regained her feet and stood, wide
eyed and frightened, looking first up into
his face and then horror-struck at the re
cumbent figure of the sheik. In an Invol
untary gesture of protection the Killer
threw an arm about the girl's shoulders and
stood waiting for the Arab to regain con
sclousness. For a moment they remained
thus, then the girl spoke.
"When he regains his senses he will kill
me," she said In Arabic,
Korak could not understand her. He
shook his head, speaking to her, first In
English and then In the language of the
apes; but neither of these were Intelligible
to her.
She leaned forward and touched the hilt
PENNSYLVANIA'S DELEGATION AT SECOND CHEVY GHASE QAM V
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Chnnning Way, Ellen Newbold, Mrs. Archibald Hubard Mrs. Henry M. Watte, NaUtlio Barnes, Dorothea 1 Ober
teuiTcr, Betty Elliot, Kathcrine Field, Mrs. C. W. Bisphart, Miss Casey and Misa Nancy . Rh. Seated,
Josephine Foster, Gcorgene Butler, Susanno Lcvick, Catherine Lcnnig, Elizabeth Dercum, Mrs. Garl Williams,
Louise Rnwle, Marlon Sharpless, Marion Grant.
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of tho long knife thnt tho Arab wore. Then
she raised her clasped hand above her head
and drove an Imaginary blade Into her
breast above her heart
Korak understood. Tho old man would
kill her.
The girl came to his aide ngnln and stood
thero trembling. She did not fear him.
Why should she? Ho had saved her from
a terrible beating at the hands of the sheik.
Never, In her memory, had another so be
friended her. She looked up Into his faco.
It wns a boyish, handsome face, nut-brown
like her own Sho admired tho spotted
leopard skin thnt circled his lithe body
from ono shoulder to his knees.
Tho metal nnklets nnd armlets adorning
him aroused her envy. Always had shp
covelcd something of the kind; ,but never
hnd lho sheik permitted her more than tho
single cotton garment thnt barely sufllced
to cover her nakedness. No furs or silks
or Jewelry hnd thero ever been for llttlo
Merlem.
And Korak looked at the girl. He had
alwnys held girls In a species of contempt.
Boys who nssoclnted with them were, in
his estimation, mollycoddles. Ho wondered
what lie should do.
Could he leave hor hero to be nbused,
possibly murdered, by tho villainous old
Arab, No! But, on tho other hand, could
ho tako her Into tho Junglo with him?
What could he accomplish burdened by a
weak nnd frightened girl? Sho would
scream at her own shadow when the moon
camo out upon tho Junglo night and the
grent beasts roamed, moaning and roaring,
through the darkness.
He stood for several minutes burled ln
thought. Tho girl watched his face, won
dering what was pnsslng in his mind. She,
too, was thinking of the future.
Sho feared to remain and suffer tho
vengeance of the sheik. There was no one
In all tho world to whom she might turn
than this half-naked stranger, who had
dropped miraculously from tho clouds to
save her from ono of the sheik's nccus
tomed beatings. Would her new friend
leave her now? Wistfully sho gazed at his
Intent face. Sho moved a llttlo closer to
him, laying a Bllm, brown hand upon his
nrm.
The contact awakened the lad from his
absorption. Ho looked down at her, and
then his arm went nbout her shoulders once
more, for ho saw tears upon her lashes.
"Come." ho said, "the jungle Is kinder
than man. You shall live ln tho Jungle,
and Korak nnd Akut will protect you."
Sho did not understand his words, but
tho pressuro of his arm drawing her, away
from tho prostrate Arab and tho tents was
quite Intelligible. Ono little arm crept
about his waist, and together they walked
townrd tho pallsado.
Beneath tho great tree that had harbored
Korak while he watched the girl nt play
he lifted her in his arms and, throwing her
lightly ncross his shoulder. leaped nimbly
Into the lower branches. Her arms were
about his neck, and from one little hand
Geeka dangled down his straight, young
back. '
And so Merlem entered the jungle with
Korak, trusting, In her childish innocence,
tho stranger who had befriended her; and
perhaps influenced in her belief by that
strange Intuitive power possessed by
woman.
She hnd no conception of what the future
might hold. Sho did not know, nor could
sho have guessed, the manner of lite led
by her protector. Possibly sho pictured a
distant vlllngo similar to thnt of the sheik
In which lived other white men like the
stranger. Thnt sho was to be taken Into
the savage, primeval life of a jungle-beast
could not have occurred to her.
Had It. her little heart would have palpi
tated with fear. Often had she wished to
run away from .he cruelties of the sheik
and Mabunu; but the dangers of the jungle
had always deterred her.
The two had gone but a short distance
from tho vlllnge when the girl spied the
huge proportions of the great Akut. With
a half-stilled scream she clung moro closely
to Korak, and pointed fearfully toward the
ape. 1
Akut, thinking that the Killer was re
'turning with a prisoner, came growling
toward them a little girl aroused r.o more
sympathy In the beast's heart than would
a full-grown bull apo. She was a stranger,
and therefore to be killed. He bared his
yellow fangs as he approached; and to his
surprlso the Killer bared his likewise, but
he bared them at Akut, nnd snarled menac
ingly. "Ah," thought Akut, "the Killer has
taken a mate!" And so, obedient to the
tribal laws of his kind, he left them alone,
becoming suddenly absorbed- In a fuzzy
caterpillar of peculiarly succulent appear
ance. The larva disposed of. he glanced from
tho corner of an eye at Korak. The youth
had deposited his burden upon a large
limb, where she clung desperately to keep
from falling.
"She will accompany us," said Korak to
Akut, jerking a thumb In the direction of
the girl. "Do not harm her. We will pro
tect her."
Akut shrupged. To be burdened by the
young of man was in no way to his liking.
He could see from her evident fright at
her position on the branch, and from the
terrified glances she cast in his direction,
that she was hopelessly unfit,
By all the ethics of Akut's training and
Inheritance the unlit should be eliminated;
but If the Killer wished this she, there was
nothing to be done about It but to tolerate
her.
Akut certainly didn't want her of that
he was quite positive. Her skin was too
smooth and hairless; quite snakelike In
fact, and her face was most unattractive,
Not at all like that of a certain lovely she
he had particularly noticed among the apes
In the amphitheatre the previous night.
Ah, there was true feminine beauty for
you a great, generous mouth; lovely, yel
low fangs, and the cutest, softest slde
whlskers. Akut sighed. Then he rose, expanded his
great chest, and strutted back and forth
along a substantial branch, for even a puny
thing like this she of Korak's might admire
his fine coat and his graceful carriage,
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
MARK "DOLLY MADISON DAY"
20,000 WOMEN INVADE
NEW YORK FOR MEETING
OF FEDERATED CLUBS
Boy Scouts Receive Visitors and
Escort Them to Hotels Ses
sions of Convention
Begin Tomorrow
MAY CLASH OVER DRESS
CHEVY CHASE GIRLS
STIRRED BY THE SPIRIT
OF REAL PATRIOTISM,
"Rookie," Impressed by Week in V
Camp, Writes of Its Value in
Arousing Love of
Country
JUST LIKE S'OLDIERS tt
Women Democrats Hold Luncheon
in Honor of Anniversary
Members of the Women's Democratic
Club observed "Dolly Madison Day" today
with a luncheon at the Rlttenhouse Club,
The club has taken a leading part tn
furthering plans for a, national observance
of the day. which Is given over to the
memory of, the plucky wife of James
Madison, President during the War of Ml.
Dolly Madlaoi Day la to Democratic wom
as, ,);ks2ri Day u to VW W'1 Psojocj
NEW YORK. Mny 22. An army of 20.000
women, mobilized from the ranks of 2,000,
000 clubwomen In every State and posses
sion of tho United Stntes, began the Inva
sion of Manhattan Isle today for tho open
ing of the 13th biennial convention of tho
Federated Women's Clubs of America In
tho Seventh Regiment armory hero tomor
row. As the squads, companies, regiments and
battalions of handsomely gowned femininity
troop along the platforms from tho long
trains puling Into Grand Central, Pennsyl
vania Station and Hudson Terminal, from
California, Florida, Malno and other parts
of the country, they are taken ln hand by
Boy Scouts In khaki, who see them safely
"delivered" to their appointed places. Other
Bcouts go around afterward and give them
printed and oral Instructions about getting
hero and there In Now York. Still other
scouts look nfter their luggage.
Thanks to these lads and the hard work
ing arrangements committee, under the di
rection of Mrs. North McLean, of tho Now
York Federation, tho 20,000 will bo com
fortably settled In New York town and on
their way to hear Mrs. Percy V. Penny
backer, of TexaB, bang the big gavel on the
steel Bounding board that will call tho con
vention to order.
Today's program for the delegates was
largely social. There was a. big luncheon
and there will be an equally big dinner,
with the purely routine task of registering
and organizing the convention on tho side.
Presidential politics referring to tho presi
dency of the federated clubs and not the
Presidency of tho United States was al-'
ready bubbling over today. It will bo the
East against the West In this struggle
Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath, of TlfUn, O., against
Mrs. Joslah Evans Cowles, of Los Angeles.
Some fervid forensic forums are predicted.
From the moment tno convention Is
called to order until the night of June 2,
the women leaders of the nation will
make this old town hum with speeches
and squabbles and social affairs and all
those other exciting events that Women
bring about when they get together. They
will give the world their official opinion on
government and goulash, food and light
ing; marriage and millionaires, babies and
bnnttng, health and halrdresslng, short
skirts and short ballots, big wives and
little husbands, prizefights and teaflghts,
and many, many other matters of general
interest.
There has been evidence of some rather
sharp feeling between the city and country
delegates over the matter of stylo which
may crop up In some form during the con
vention. The only open display of feeling pn the
point thus far comes from the Indiana dele
gation, whose members have expressed
themselves as being quietly determined to
Ignore advice and Instructions from New
York, distributed gratis through tho Fed
eration's magazines telling how to dress
while here.
CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 22.
Dear Molly;
Ono week In camp enables me fairly .-wsll
to Judge, nnd I must say It certatnljf Is ths
flnost thing to arouso the love of country
and Implnnt In tho minds of all these future
mothers tho necessity of military training,
both In boys and girls.
General George Barnett was telling us
one-tenth of the applications for the marine
corps failed In their physical examination
he also said that onet-enth of the youths of
Amerlca were physically weak. More) ath
letics should be taught, coupled with mH
tary training. He finished by saylngl "Tfio
national spirit Is not alive, few recognize
our national anthem, and when they da
m
PLANS FOR OUTDOOR OPERA
"Aida" to Be Given on Franklin Field
June 6
Specific plans for the outdoor perform
ance of "Alda," to be given June 6, on
Frnnklln Field, were announced today by
George Nltzsche, recorder of the University
of Pennsylvania. Only the eastern half of
the field will be used and a high stage, 200
feet wide and 100 feet deep, will be erected
In the centre of the playing field. The stage
will slope In such mnnner that every one
will bo able to see and huge Invisible
sounding boards wilt be constructed. An
orchestra of 158 pieces will occupy a space
In front of the stage. The best seats will
be those on the field between the stage and
the east stand.
Tickets will range from 3 to $1. All of
these seats will be sold at private subscrip
tion sale at the recorder's office at a reduc
tion of 60 cents until the opening of the
public sale at Qlmbel's, on May 29.
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rise because others do It It Is not 'at at
tention, as It should be, but ln a slipshod;
sort of way. Oilr beloved flag should ba
flnliitpri everv time we rjass It."
The sergeant ln chargo of my company la
stationed here at tho marine barracks. Ha
Is a German by birth and a dandy drllt-
mnster. Like the other sergeant, he was
ordered to report at the service camp; he,
hated to do it. but was obliged to obey
orders. He only said to me this morning
after drill, "I could do .better, work with
this company if you ladles were only men.
In thatcase, when you do wrong over and
over again I could Bay things which would
make youi remember."
Poor soul, I think he has the patience
nf TrtV. Onlw nni-a linvA T MiM1 him fthOtoT
inhoynnce. This morning hof stamped his '1
foot and snapped his Angers. I.don't blame , -'I
him, for It seems Impossible ror some women
n V.A tn,.ht ffinlr fln-h nnd thftlr lfift band? .
ono mistake throws tho whole company
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TIT .. .... lKHHln. mrmttA MAVAMIflfn. H
Vt3 411 U (lUn 1C.&I tll.lfe PHUM4 ,,iw. w.. .,
and what a mess wo do get ourselves lntd,. '
We drill ln an open lot on a sloping' hill; J
n march, rnuntermarch and .all. our CthfJU
maneuvers takes brain and' jierve. We gaiia
ihrnmrh ii n much' In two weeksjta the'orol-.;
nary recruit in three months, deneraf Bar-iJ?9
nett told me tnat, aiso my sergeant,
At least men recognize that women have
brains.
As you enter the camp grounds you sea
two District policemen on guard, two more
stand ready to relieve them, and about 13
marines patrol the grounds night and day,
So we are well protected.
We have a charming doctor ln camp.
Sick call sounds twice a day; those who
are aching fall ln line and march to the
Red Cross tent chaperoned by our matron,
who is the general mother of the camp.
She looks after the laundry, supervises tha
water and lavatory supplies, watches the
tents to see If they' are clean, and generally
looks after the girls.
Opposite the camp Is a frame house
where Is served hot tea and coffee, lemon
ade, milk, sandwiches, cakes, candles, etc
The day pupils go there for lunch, and after
supper the place Is Bwarmlng with camp "Hi
girls.
One day It was so cold that we all -wore v
top coats over our unitorms. a cup or,1npt,J i
coffee relt very comioriaoio ai 7 a, rp
As I came from my telegraph lesson yes
terday I heard sobs coming from one qf tha f-M
tents. I peeped In, and there Bat the sad-
aof ct,-l T avai- hhAlri. T want tin in ht-
and she Just cried her heart out. Sho Is Vfl
two ana one-nuii- uuya juuriiey iron nome,
and naturally she Is lonely. Z tried to
brace her up the best I could, reminding
her of the old rhyme, "The King- of France
with 50,000 men drew their swords-5and
put them up again." She smiled through
her tears and said, "I came here because I
love my country and want to b useful.
but even soldiers get homesick, don't theyt"j
I told her that Indeed they did, and fre
quently the bravest suffered the very worst
attacks.
Mrs. George Harnett looks dear In her
uniform, with the general's military cays
thrown over her shoulders. She is out
most every day. Your soldier friend.
i
l'OLLY.
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SPECIAL
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CONTINUED
THREE DAYS
MORE
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in order that those who have not yet taken advantage of this-the greatest
bargain in butter offered this season may avail themselves of thl
moncv-savlne onDortunltv. Peoole freauentlv judge a grocery store .by
the quality of butter sold therein, and we are very willing to have cur-
stores judged on the basis of the butter values we give, for they repressqt
us faithfully and favorably. It always pays to buy butter and al yoaf
groceries in "The Stores Where Quality Counts."
special ogH
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the highest grade of freshly-churned butter made.
Hy-Lo Butter, 33c lb-
Fancy Creamery Butter that is
equal in quality to most of the
higher priced "BEST" butters sold
elsewhere.
GOLD SEAL BUTTER
j
Ca-Ro Butter, 30c
Absolutely Pure Butter oi good
quality. Like all our Butters,
bargain at its price.
Place your order at an R. & C. store this week. We want to der.
onitrate how well we can satisfy you and how much we can save you,
Robinson & Crawford
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