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By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of tlio Tnrznn Stories
CHArxKIt XIV (Continued).
PIlBSENTIiT I camo to ft place where' flvo
corridors diverged from ft common point
1 hnd hastened along ono of them for somo
little, distance, when suddenly tho faint light
cf the torch disappeared from nbout mo.
I paused to llston for tho sounds of tho
party behind mo, but the sllcnco wna ns
Utter as the sllcnco of the tomb.
Quickly I realized that tho warriors had
taken ono of tho other corridors with their
prisoner, and so I hastened back with a
feeling: of considerable relief to tako up
a much safer nnd more dcstrablo position
behind them It was muoh slower work
returning-, however, than It had been com
ing, for ndw tho darkness was as utter as
the silence.
It was necessary to feel every foot of
tho way back with my hand ngAlnst tho
aide wall that I might not pass tho spot
where tho flvo roads radiated.
After what seemed an eternity to mo I
reached tho place, and recognized It by
groping across tho entrances to the Bovornl
corridors until I had counted five of them.
In not ono, however, showed tho faintest
sign of light.
A faint shuffling sounded behind me, and
as I caBt a hasty glance over my shoulder
my blood frozo In my veins for the thing
I saw there. It was not bo much fear
of tho present dangor as It was tho horri
fying memories It recalled of that time
I near went mad over tho corpse of the
man I had killed In tho dungeons of the
Wnrhoons. when blazing eyes camo out
of tho dark recesses and dragged the thing
that had been a man from my clutches and
I heard It scraping over the stone of my
prison as they boro It away to their terrible
feast
Orasplng my longsword tightly In my
hand, I backed slowly along tho corridor
away.from the thing that watched me, but
over as I retroated the eyes advanced, nor
.was there nny sound, not even tho sound of
breathing, oxcept the occasional shuming
sound as of tho dragging of a dead limb
that had first attracted my attention.
. On and on I went, but I could not escape
my sinister pursuer. Suddonly I heard the
shuffling nolso at my right, and, looking,
saw another pair of eyes, evidently np-
?roachlng from an Intersecting corridor. As
started to renew my slow retreat I heard
tho noise repeated behind mo, and then be
fore I could turn I henrd It again nt my
left.
The things wcro all nbout me. They had
mo surroundod at tho Intersection of two
corridors. Rotreat was cut off In all direc
tions unless I choso to charge one of tho
beasts. Even thon I had no doubt but that
tho others would hurl themselves upon my
bnck. I could not even guess tho size or
nature of tho weird creatures. That they
wcro of goodly proportions I guessed from
tho fact that tho oyes wcro on n level with
my own.
Soon I saw that the matter shortly would
bo taken entirely from my hands, for tho
eyes at my right were moving slowly
nearer me, as were thoso at my loft nnd
those behind and beforo rne. Gradually
they were closing In upon mo, but still that
awful stenlthy sllenco.
For what seemed hours the oyes np
proached gradually closer and closer, until
I felt that I should go mad for the horror
of It. I had been constantly turning this
way and that to prevent nny suddon rush
from behind until I was fairly worn out.
At length I could enduro It no longer,
nnd, taking a fresh grasp upon my long
sword, I turned suddenly and charged down
upon ono of my tormentors.
As I was almost upon It the thing re
treated beforo me, but a sound from be
hind caused me to wheel In time to seo
three pairs of eyes rushing at mo from tho
rear.
- 'With a cry of rago I turned to meet the
cowardly beasts, but as I advanced they
retreated as had their follow.
Another glance over my shoulder discov
ered tho first eyes sneaking on me again.
And again I charged, only to see the eyes
retreat beforo me nnd hear the muffled rush
of tho three at my back.
Thus, wo continued, tho eyes always a
Uttlo closer In the end than thoy had been
before, until I thought that I should go mad
for tho terrible strain of the ordeal.
At that moment I caught another glimpse
from tho corner of my oyo of tho slnglo pair
of eyes at my back making a sudden rush
upon me. I turned to met tho charge ; thero
was a quick rUBh of tho three from the
other direction, but I determined to pursue
the single pair until I should at least have
settled my account with one or tno dcosib,
and thus bo relieved of the strain of meeting
attacks from both directions. ,
There was no sound In the corridor, only
that of my own breathing, yet I knew that
those threo uncanny creatures were almost
upon me. Tho eyes In front wcro not re
treating so rapidly now; I was almost
within sword reach of them.
I raised my sword-arm to deal the blow
that should freo me, and then I felt a eavy
body upon my back. A cold, moist, slimy
something fastened Itself upon my Hhroai.
I stumbled and went down.
CHAPTER XV
Flight and Pursuit
I COULD not have been unconscious more
than a few seconds; and yet I know
that I was unconscious, for the next thing
I realized was that a growing radiance
was Illuminating the corridor about me and
the eyes were gone. I was unharmed ex
cept for a bruise upon my forehead where
it had struck the stone flagging as I fell,
I sprang to my feet to ascertain the cause
of the light
It came from a torch In the hand of one
of a party of four green warriors who
' were coming rapidly down the corridor to
ward me, Thoy had not yet seen me, and
so 1 lost no time In slipping Into the first
Intersecting corridor that I could tlnd.
This time, however, I did not advance so
far away from the main corridor as on
the other occasion that had resulted In
my losing Tars Tarkas and his guards.
The party came rapidly toward the
opening of the passageway In which I was
crouched against the wall. As they passed
by I breathed a Blgh of relief, I had not
been discovered, and, best of all. the party
was the same whom I had followed Into
the pits. It consisted of Ta. Tarkas and
his three guards,
I fell in behind them, and soon we were
at the celt in which the great Thark had
been chained. Two of the warriors re
mained without, while the man with the
keys enteied with the Thark to fasten his
irons upon him once more.
The two outside started to stroll slowly
in the direction of the spiral runaway which
leads to the floors above, and in a moment
were lost to view beyond a turn in the
corridor.
The torch had been stuck In a socket
beside the door so that Its rays illuminated
both the corridor and the cell at the same
time I approached the entrance to the cell
with a well-defined plan already formulated.
While I dl3llked the thought of carrying
out the thing that I had decided upon, there
seemed no alternative It Tars Tarkas and
I were to go back together to my little
camp in the hills.
Keeping close to the wall, I came quite
close to the door of Tars Tarkas,' u, alul
there I stood with my longsword above my
head, grasped with both hands that I
might bring it down in one quick, silencing
cut upon :,tne skull of the jailer aa ha
emerged.
I dislike to dwell upon what followed
after I heard the footsteps of the man
as he approached the doorway. It Is
enough that within another minute or two.
Tars Tarkas. wearing the metal of a
Warhoon chief, was hurrying down the
corridor toward the spiral runway, bearing
the SYarhoon'a torch to light the way
A doztn paws behind him followed John
Carter; trlu.ee of Hdtum,
The two companion of the man Who
to "Under the Moons
lay beildo the door of the cell that had
been Tars Tarkas' had Just started to
nscend tho runway as the Thark came In
vlow.
"Why so long, Tarn Gama?" cried one
of tho men.
"I had trouble with a lock," replied Tars
Tarkas. "And now I find that I have
left my short sword In the Thark's cell!
Qo you on; I'll return and letch It"
"As you will, Tan dama," replied ho
who had Before spoken. "Wo shall ceo you
above directly."
"Yes," replied Tars' Tarkas, nnd turned
ftB though to rctraco Ms steps to the cell,
but ho only waited Until tho two had dis
appeared at the floor above. Then I Joined
him ; we extinguished tho torch, and to
gether wo crept toward the spiral Incline
that led (o the upper floors of the building.
Together wo threaded the long. hall and
reached .the balcony overlooking the court
yard without being detected.
At our right was tho wlndpw letting Into
the room In which I had seen 'Ian .Oama.
and tho other warriors as they atartod to'
Tars Tarkas' celt earlier in tho 'evening,
Ills companions had returned hero, nnd
wo now overheard a portion of their conver
sation. ,
"What can bo detaining Tan Oama?"
asked one.
"lie cortnlnly could not be all this time
fetching his short Bword from the Thark's
cell," spoke another,
"His Bhort sword?" asked n woman.
"What mean you?"
"Tan Oama left his short sword In tho
Thark's cell," explained the first speaker,
"and loft us at the runway to return and
get It"
"Tan Oama wore no Bhort sword this
night," said tho woman., "It was broken
In today's battlo with this Thark, and Tan
Oama gave It to mo to repair. See, I havo
It hero," and as she opoko sho drew Tan
Gama'a short sword from beneath her sleep
ing silks and furs.
Tho warriors sprang to their feet
"Thero Is something nmlss horT' cried
ono. Jtfr
"'TIs even what I myself ttfXSnt when
Tan Oama left us at tho runway," said
another. "Mcthought then that his voice
sounded strangely."
"Come I Lot us hasten to the pits I"
"Thoro nro five now In the party, Tars
Tarkas," I said "Thuvla, Xodar, Car
thorls, nnd ourselves. Wo Bhall neod flvo
thoats to bear us."
"Carthorls 1" he cried In amazement
"Your Bont"
"Yes. r found him In tho prison of
Shador, on the Sea of Omean, In tho land
of tho First Born."
"1 know not any of these places, John
Carter, no they upon Barsoom7"
"Upon nnd below, my friend J but wait
until we shall have made good our cscapo
and you shall hear tho strangest narratlvo
that ever a Barsoomlan of the outer world
guvo ear to. Now we must steal our thoats
and bo well away to tho north before these
fellows discover how we havo tricked
them."
At length I was successful In reaching
tho side of one great brute, and ere he
knew what I was about I was firmly
seated nstrldo htB glossy back. A moment
later, Tars Tarkas had caught and mounted
nnother, nnd then between us we herded
thrco or four more toward tho great gates.
Tars Tarkas rode ahead, and, leaning
down to tho latch, threw tho barriers open
while I held tho loose thoats from break
ing back to tho herd. Thcn togethor wo
rode through Into the avenue with our
stolen mounts, and, without waiting to close
the gates, hurried off toward tho southora
boundary of tho city.
Thus far our cscapo hnd been little short
of marvelous, nor did our good fortuno de
sert us, for wo passed tho outer purllous of
the dead city and came to our camp without
hearing oven the faintest sound of pursuit.
Hero a low whistle, tho prearranged sig
nal, npprlsed the remainder of our party
that I was returning, and wo were met by
tho threo with every manifestation of en
thusiastic rejoicing.
But little time was wasted In narration
of our adventure. Tars Tnrkas nnd Cnr
thorls exchanged tho dignified and Informal
greetings common upon Barsoom, but I
could tell Intuitively that the Thark loved
my boy and that Carthorls reciprocated his
affection.
Toward noon of the following day we
halted to rest our mounts and ourselves.
The beasts we hobbled that they might
move slowly about, cropping the ochcr moss
like vegetation which constitutes both food
nnd drink for them on the march. Thuvla
volunteered to remain and watch while the
remainder of the party slept for an hour.
It seemed to me that I had but closed my
eyes when I felt Her hand upon my shoulder
"Itlsi, O prince!" she whlHpered. "Thero
Is that behind us which has the appear
ance of a great body of pursuers."
The girl Blood pointing in tne direction
from where wo had come, and as I arose
and looked, I, too, thought that I could
detect a thin, dark line on the far horizon.
I awoke the others.
Tars Tarkas, whose giant stature tow
ered high above the rest of us, could see
the farthest
"It Is a great body of mounted men,"
ho said, "and they are traveling at high
Bpeed."
Thoro was no time to be lost We
sprang to our hobbled thoats, freed them
and mounted. Then we turned our faces
once more toward the north and took up
our' flight again at the highest speed of
our slowest beast.
As the sun rose on tho second day of
our flight it disclosed the pursuing horde
not a half mile In our rear. As they saw
us a fiendish shout of triumph rose from
their ranks.
Several miles In advance lay a range of
Tillis the farther shore of the deao sea we
had been crossing, coum we nut reacn
these hills our chances of escape would be
greatly enhanced; but Thuvla's mount, al
though carrying the lightest burden, already
was showing signs of exhaustion.
I was riding beside her, when suddenly
her animal staggered and lurched against
mine. I saw that ho was going down, but
ere he fell I snatched the girl from his
back and swung her to a place upon my
own thoat behind me. where she clung with
her arms about me.
This double burden soon proved too much
for my already overtaxed beast and thus
our speed was terribly diminished, for the
others would proceed no faster than the
slowest of us could go.
In that little party there was not one
who would desert another; yet we were of
different countries, different colors, different
races, different religions and one of us
was of a different world,
We were ciulto close to the hills, but the
Warhoons were gaining so rapidly that we
had given up all hope of reaching (hem In
time. Thuvla and I were in the rear, for
our beast was lagging more and more.
Suddenly T felt the girl's warm lips press
tv kiss upon my shoulder,
"For thy sake, O my prince?" she mur
mured. Then her arms slipped from about my
waist and she was gone.
I turned and saw that she had deliber
ately slipped to the ground in the very path
of tho demons who pursued us, thinking
that by lightening the burden of my mount
It might thus be enabled to bear me to the
safety of the hills.
poor child I She should have known John
Carter better than that
Turning my thoat, I urged him after her,
Roping to reach her side and bear her on
again in our hopeless flight.
Carthorls must havo glanced behind htm
at about the same time and taken in the
situation, for by the time I had reached
Thuvla's side he was there also; and,
springing from his mount, he threw her
upon lu back and turning- tne animal's head
toward the bills, gave the beast a sharp
crack across the rump with tne tux of his
sword.
Then ha attempted to da the same with
mine.
Toe boy's act ot self-sacrifice filled me
with pride, nor did I care that it bad
wrested from us our last frail chance for
escape, P
MAPJ
of Mars"
The Warhoons were now close upon us.
Tars Tarkas nnd Xodar had discovered
our absence, and wera charging rapidly to
our support Everything pointed toward
a splendid ending of my second Journey to
Barsoom.
As Carthorls was not mounted, I slipped
from the back of my own mount and took
my placo at his sldo to meet the charge
of tho howling devils bearing down upon
us.
A moment later Tars Tnrkas and Xodar
ranged themselves on either hand, turning
their throats loose that wo might all be on
an equal footing.
The Warhoons were perhaps a hundred
yards from Us when a loud explosion
sounded from above nnd behind us, and
almost nt the same Instant n. shell burst
In their advancing ranks.
Al onco all was confusion. A hundred
warriors toppled to tho 'ground.
Itldcrless thoats plunged hlthor and
thither among tho dead nnd dying,
Dismounted warriors wcro rnmplcd un
derfoot Iti the stnmpedo which followed.
All semblance of order had left the ranks
of tho green men, nnd, ns they looked far
nbovo our heads to trace tho origin of this
unexpected attack, disorder turned to ro
treat and retreat to a. wild panic
In nnother moment they wero racing as
madly nwny from un as thoy had before
Been charging down upon us.
Wo turned to look In the direction from
whero the first report had came, and thero
we saw Just clearing the tops of tho nearor
hills a great battleship swinging majestical
ly through the air.
Her bow-gun spoke again even as wo
lfcokod. and another shell burst among tho
flcolng Wnrhoons.
As she drew nearer I could not repress
a wild cry of elation, for upon her bows I
saw the dovlco of Helium.
CHAPTER XVI
Under Arrest
S CAnTHOUIS, Xodar, Tnrs TarkaB.
and I stood gazing at tho magnificent
vessel, which meant bo much to all of us,
we eaw a second and then a third top the
aummlt of tho hills and glide gracefully
nfter their sister.
Now n scoro of one-man nlr-scouts were
launching from tho upper decks of the
nenrer vessel, nnd In n moment more wore
spoedlng In long, swift dives to the ground
about us.
In nnother Instant wo wero surrounded
by armed sailors, and nn officer had stepped
forward to address us when his eyes fell
upon Carthorls.
With an exclamation of surprised pleasure
ho sprang forward, nnd, placing his hand
upon tho boy's shoulder, cnlled him by
name.
"Carthorls, my prlncol" he cried. "Kaor!
Kaor! Ilor Vastus greets the aon of DoJah
Thorla, Prlncoss of Helium, and of her
husband, John Carter. Whero have you
been, O my prince? All Helium has been
plunged In sorrow. Terrible have beon tho
cnlamttles that havo befallen your great
grandslrei mighty nation Blnco the fatal
day that saw you leave our midst"
"Grlovo not, my good Hor Vastus," cried
Cnrthorls, "since I bring not back myself
nlono to cheer my mother's heart and tho
hearts of my beloved people, but also one
whom nil Barsoom loved best her greatest
warrior and her savior John Carter,
Prince of Helium!"
Hor Vantus turned In tho direction indi
cated by Carthorls and as his eyes fell upon
mo ho almost collapsed from sheer surprise.
"John Carter I" hs exclaimed, and then a
sudden, troubled look came into his eyes.
"My prince," he started, "whero hast
thou"
And then ho stopped, but I know tho
question that his lips dared not frame The
loyal fellow would not bo tht one to force
from mine a confession ot th terrible truth
that I had returned from the bosom of Iss,
the river of mystery, back from the shore
of the lost Sea of Korus and the Valley
Dor.
"Ah, my prince," ho continued, as though
no thought had Interrupted his greeting,
"that you are back Is sufficient, and let Hor
Vastus" sword have the high honor of being
first at thy feet"
With these words the noblo fellow un
buckled his Bcabbanl nnd flung his sword
upon the ground before me.
Thoro was but one response possible. I
stooped and lifted the sword from the
giound, raised the hilt to my lips, and then,
stepping to Hor Vnatus, 1 buckled the
weapon upon him with my own hands.
"Hor Vastus," I said, placing my hand
upon his shoulder, "you know best the
promptings ot your own heart. That I
shall need your sword I havo little doubt,
but accept from John Carter upon his
sacred honor the assurance that he will
never call upon you to draw this sword
other than in tho cause of truth. Justice
and righteousness."
"That I knew, my prince," he replied,
"ere ever I threw my beloved blade at thy
feet."
As wo Bpoke other fliers came and went
between the ground and the battleship, and
presently a larger boat was launched from
above, one capable of carrying a dozen
persons perhapu, und dropped lightly near
us. As Bhe touched, an officer sprang from
her deck to the ground and, advancing to
Hor Vastus, saluted,
"Kantos Kan doslres that this party
whom we have rescued be brought Imme
diately to the deck of the Xavarlan," he
said.
The first man to greet me was Kantos
Kan himself. My old friend had won to
the highest place In the navy of Helium,
but ho was still to me the same brave com
rade who had shared with me the priva
tions of a. Warhoon dungeon, the terrible
atrocities of the great games, and later the
dangers of our search for DeJah Thorls
within the hostile city of Zodanga.
Then I had been an unknown wanderer
upon a strange planet and He a simple
padwar In the navy of Helium. Today he
commanded all Helium's great terrors of
the skies, and I was a prince of the house
of Tardos Mors, Jeddak ot Helium.
,He did not 'ask me where I had been.
Like Hor Vastus, he, too, dreaded the truth,
and would not be the one to wrest a state
ment from me. That It must come some
time he well knew, but until It came he
seemed satisfied to but know that I was
with him once more.
He greeted Carthorls and Tars Tarkas
with the keenest delight, but he asked
neither where he had been. He could
scarcely keep his hands off the boy,
"You do not know, John CarUr," ho
said to me, "how we of Helium love this
imn of voura. It Is as though alt the
great love we bore his noble father and
hs poor mother had been centred in him.
When it became known that he waa lost ten
million people wept"
"What mean you, Kantos Kan," I
whispered, "by his poor mother?" for
the words had seemed tq carry a sinister
meaning which I could not. fathom,
.He drew me to one side,
"For a year," he said, "ever since Car
thoris disappeared. Dajih Thorls has
grieved and mourned for her lost boy. The
blow of years ago, when you did not return
from the atmosphere plant, was lessened
to soma extent by the duties of motherhood,
for your son broke his white shell that
very night
'That she suffered terribly then all
Helium knew, for did not al) Helium sufrtr
with her the loss of her lordt
"But with the boy gone there was noth
ing left, and, after expedition upon ex
pedition returned with the same hopeless
tale ot no clue as to his whereabouts, our
beloved princess drooped lower and lewer
until all who saw her felt that It cjuld
be but a matter of days ere ah wr.t to
Join her loved ones within the precinct,
of the Valley Dor.
"As a last resort Mora Kajak. her
father, and Tardos Mors, her grandfather,
took cqmmand of two mighty expeditions,
and a month ago sailed away to explore
every Inch ot ground la the southern
hetslspuere ox oanoom
CONTINUED ON MONDAY.
I I
VARE REJECTS PATENT SWEEPER;
PREFERS VOTES TO SAVING LABOR
Senator Admitted Machine
Might Do 200 Men's
Work, but He Would
Bather Employ the 200
Men
Henry Pezzeltl didn't figure on politics
when ho Invented tho Pezzettl Automatic,
Sanitary, Dustless, Street-sweeping and
Cleaning Mnchlno. That's probably Why tho
city of Philadelphia did not grab Henry's
Invention at once. But If his adopted city
failed In this respect, It furnished him with
some Interesting data nnd Henry is using
It to advantage to oell his machines In
cities which own their own street-cleaning
ami gnrbago disposal equipment
As a time, labor and money-saving de
vice, Peztettl admits his machine Is "it,"
but oxpSrlonco has also taught him, ho ad
mits, that It Is a vote-saving device, nnd
hence the Vnrcs of South Philadelphia havo
no Use for It In their business. Tho ma
chine, by the way, proposes to clean tho
atrocls with the nld of but one man, tho
operator, nnd It nlso proposes to savo tho
good housekeeper tho trouble of working
from sun to sun, becauso the prcsont typo
of atrcct sweeper fills her house with dirt
every time It parses tho door.
Fezzettl lives down In the 34th Ward,
1608 Dickinson street. Ho votes there and
he knows only two friends of the "common
peepul" In Philadelphia they aro tho Vnres.
When Henry, Impelled by a dcslro to boo
his wlfo doing less dusting around tho
house, nnd Incidentally to make money,
constructed a working model of tho Auto
matic Street Sweoper, he sought financial
nld from Senator Vara
"I know what a good thing I got" ho
told a reporter, "but I no have tho money to
build tho machine. I see Meester Vnro'n
superintendent and show him my machine.
I explain the machine do tho work of two
hundred men. Ho think It flno nnd fix
It bo I meet Meester Varo.
Bo one day I see Meester Varo. 'Meester
Vare,' I say, 'thlsa machlno save you much
money. It savo city money. It now cost
$1,300,000 year for clean street My mn
chlno do work of 200 men. It coat $100,
000 to build 100 machclne, nil other ex
penses. Including plant bring total up to
3248,000. Thon $1,052,000 la saved by my
machine.'
"Well, Meester Varo ho look at my ma
chine nnd aay, 'Henry, that a fine thing.
But I no can use. I can use not cef you
give mo tho machine freo for nothing.'
"I was discourage, I go back to Meester
Varo superintendent nnd say 'Why don't
you buy machlno anyway?' Ho Bay Mr.
Pezzottl, cef Moestcr Vnro say no, I can
not buy ono. I llko to buy one. for It In
a good machlno, but you don't understand
Meester Vare's position. Da machlno would
take too many men off tho street Meester
Vare he would lose votes, because the mon
would be out of work. Ho would not gt
ao much money for tho contract, then
Meester Vnre ho would loso money too.
Yes, that's a great machine, Pezzettl, but
Moester Vnro he never could use It, ho
lose too much.' "
HAGERSTOWN MAY BOY FARMS
FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT
Mnryland Town Asks Permission to
Make Largo Investment
HAQERSTOWN, Md July 8. lingers
town may go Into the irmlng business
temporarily. It will be Incident to tho pur
chase of a site for a sewago disposal plant,
which will bo part or the $750,000 system
authorized bv recent referendum.
To got tne proper site ut a reasonable
prlre It has betrn proposed to buy tho 192.
acre farm of Jacob Iloenncr, former Btrcet
commissioner, at $70,000, and tho 101-acre
farm of Jon Eldrldgc, at $22,000, nnd ob
tain legislative authority to resell portions
that are not needed.
Action will be takon by tho Sewago Com
mission Monday night, after the return to
Hagerstown of tho president, William Win
gert Inasmuch as the county recently paid
$2750 an acre for a school site In Hagers
town, farther from tho centre of the town
than the two farms but In a different sec
tion, the proposed deal Is looked upon as a
good Investment.
Minister to Discuss War Here
The Rev. Herbert Adams Gibbons, author
and writer of articles on the European war,
will preach tomorrow morning nnd evening
In the Arch Street Presbyterian Church.
Doctor Gibbons was in Europo at the time
of the outbreak of the war. Ho Is a native
of this city, his father having been pastor
of the Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church
for 30 years prior to his death In 1910.
Doctor Gibbons expects to return to Europe
soon.
GARDEN. QUERIES ANSWERED
By JOHN BARTRAM
Plants for the Seashore
ALMA, You will find the summer hydran
gea a very suitable subject for the porch
front of your summer cottage. It Is dim
cult to get a good representation of bloom
ing flowers at the shore, but a display of the
herbaceous hydrangeas will be attractive
and will flourish from year to year If the
plants are given protection of some coarse
manure and Btraw In the winter. The
plants can be bought now In pots at about
75 cents or $1 each. For annuals you can
have lantana, alyssum, ageratum and the
aster novae Angllae (New England aster).
Gladiolus
S, T. Y. It Is too late to plant gladioli
now. You have deferred too long. To
make your bed attractlvo now, I would
advise getting good-sized scarlet sage or
geraniums. These will cost about $1 a
dozen. You will need half a dozen each
for the space. Put the sage In the back
ground and the geraniums In the front,
about a foot apart. You might have an
edging of coleus In some red tint The
price is about the same.
Geranium
READEB- General A. Nutt and Albion
are two excellent varieties of geranium.
Fall Daffodils
' S. B. L. Fall daffodils are very satis
factory for your purpose. They are planted
up to the 20th of this month.
Planting for Succession
F. D. S. When peas are through yon can
put In carrots. After your first beans have
withered down it Is all right to put In
corn of one of the early varieties. Or In
this place you can put in celery also in
place of peas. Carrots will come to matur
ity if put in right after the maturing of
the peas. Late cabbage may be trans
planted from the seed bed In the rows that
are through with peas, beans or even corn,
as the cabbage will stand a few light early
frosts. It Is a good idea to put In rows
vacated early, say by the 15th of July,
such root crops as beets, winter carrots
or turnips. All of these wilt keep over
winter. In the rows that are not vacated
so early It is the best plan to put In
celery for winter use. This can be taken
out after it has undergone several frosts and
stored In dry sand, upright in boxes.
Radish
N. B. The variety of radish you eat at
the hotel and which you would llko to grow
In your home, garden Is In all probability
the French BreaJcfast It la oval la shape,
ud in color is red, of a bright hue. with
whit bass. A Quick growth la necce&nry
for good rults with radishes. This means
that th ground should be mellow and well
I fertilized. Pick the r&dUbes before they
coma ta full maturity and, they will fce tea-
v3?t ,rW ji - oP rf
HJ3NRY PEZZETTI
Pezzettl leaned bnck In his chair and
lit a cigarette. "Some day they need my
machine In Philadelphia," ho mused. "I
could hnvo sold ten machines onco, but
didn't have them. Now I got a company
wo soon have the' money rnlscd ; then we
build tho machine. Cnmdcn city wnnt
four; Clovoland write mo nice letter, ask
nbout ten; so do Cincinnati, But Phila
delphia well Bomo day maybe.
"You know Jim Ervln? Fine feller,
clean streotn In West Philadelphia. Big,
flno man, wear much Jewels. Nlco big
dlnmond on finger Ho come to me, down
to house nnd look over tho machine. .'Flno
thceng,' he say 'I llko buy same, but I
got a contract. Contract specify this and
that thing, nnd a lot of other things, hard
tu change contract. Maybe I can use the
machlno somo day.'
"IIo want to do something for mo, but
he nil tied up. Then on day hla men go
on strike. Ho get way behind. City aay
'clean up or pay line.' Ho no ran get mon.
Thon he como to mo. 'Henry,' ho say, 'I'll
hut 10 machlno from you.' I say, "Sorry
Meostor Hevorn, I don't have money to
build ten machines.'
"That's all satisfaction I get. But I know
thoy -vnnt my machine, so I organize Pez
zettl Corporation. Wo got somo money now
and ahtn wo get somo more, wo start to
make machines.
"It's a great machlno," was his parting
Bhot, "for saving monoy, but It nlso lose
Vnres votes In Philadelphia. I never
thought of that when I Invent It, but then
wo lenrn each day."
42 PIIILADELPHIANS TO SAIL
Will Leave on Now York for Liverpool
Today
With 42 Phlladelphlans among her cabin
passengers, the American Lino steamship
New York will sail from Now York today
for Liverpool. Tho Phllndclphtans who havo
booked passago on tho liner are:
Miss Ethel M. neos
CJeorsp Klernnn
Mra. M A. Klornan
H. If. Billion
Hwlnc I,. Miller
MIkh rcilznbotri IlrnJIo
Minn v.. Irrdall
Gilbert Wntson
A. G. Warren
Miss Acnes Walsh
Sister Jtnry McMnster
Sister Teresa Uhada-
wny
Slstsr Ann Tluhe
Miss Mnry Oarrlty
Miss Katherlne Oarrlty
Ml Margaret Mc-
frnddtn
Miss Fanny Mcl'adden
John Kocki
John Mnrkta
Miss Elizabeth Cum-
mlskey
John Ganley
Miss Mary McNeils
Mrs. Mary B. Kelly
Miss Mary Kellv
,Mlss nilzaboth Kellv
?tlss Katherlna Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. D.llld
Klllln
Miss Klllln
James Klllln
Miss Ida Uolrnvd
Mrs Amy McManus
Walter MeManus
Mlehael nurns
Miss llofto Hajrley
H lleschbenko
K llanaauk
Hush Dixon
John Dixon
Cormaeh Kodjtera
James Rodffera
John Iloblnson
Appointed to City Hall Jobs
City Hall appointments Include Norman
M. Itolston. 1802 SouUt Bernard street
photographer, salary $1000; William Pulh,
1107 North Orlanna street. Inspector, Bu
reau of Highways; salary $1300; Albert E.
Fry, 1G1D South Taney street, and Eugeno
W. Boamley, 4926 Germantown avenuo. In
strument Installers In tho Electrical Bureau,
salaries $1000; John S. Caster, 2416 Holly
wood street. Inspector, Bureau of Water,
salary $1000, and Eugene II. Stevenson,
2120 South 16th Btreet, chauffeur in the
Bureau of Police, salary $1000.
der and not too hot or pithy. Never grow
radishes for "size" but for flavor.
Striped Beetle on Cucumbers, Etc.
D. W. The striped beetlo Is a terror
when It once gets a start among the cucum
bers, squashes, melons nnd pumpkins. Those
of your vines that are pretty bad in con
dition it will be well to root up. The depre
dation of the striped beetle consists In
eating the pith of tho stalks and shortly
the leaves yellow, curl and wither. The
remedy Is simple. Dust tho stems and the
vines with powdered air Blaked lime. Do
this after tho plants have been watered
In the evening or else In the morning when
they are damp with dew. Repeat the op
eration several times, as Indeed should be
done with all sprayings and powderings,
slnco there aro several generations of In
sects on the plants at the same time and
It Is necessary to kill them all oft In their
various stages of metamorphosis or change.
New Varieties of Dahlias
VINCENT L Those who know only the
old fashioned dahlias will find the new kinds,
particularly the peony flowered dahlias, u
revelation. They are fine for garden decora
tion or for cut flowers, as they last a long
time In water. Among the preferred varie
ties are American, a very frec-flowerlng
shrimp pink with golden suffusion; Gari
baldi, a brilliant scarlet; Leo XIII, a deep
canary yellow, very florifcrous. and a dis
tinct type, largo In size and perfect In form ;
Popo Plus, a beautiful white ; Lorna Doone,
one of the best of the whites, large flowering
and borne on stiff stems, hence Ideal for
Indoor decorative purposes, and Geisha, one
of the showiest and most distinctive of the
family, in an effective combination of scar
let and gold with pocularly twisted and
curled petals.
Something' for Poor Soil in Rockery
C, D. S. There are several plants that
succeed In the poor soil of a natural rock
ery. Hernarla or Turks Herb is a closely
tufted moss-like plant with small flowers;
the dark green foliage turns to red In win
ter. Heucherla, also called alum root or
coral bells, will do well In a rockery. The
plants are dwarf, bushy and compact. They
bear In July and August loose, graceful
spikes of crimson, raspberry or white flow
ers in great profusion. Both of these
plants come at 25 ctnts each. You should
plant a few of each to make a showing
They are hardy perennials and do not ne.ed
renewing each year. If you want annuals,
you can plant portulaca If the situation Is
sunny. Nasturtiums also, of the trailing
kinds, will cl&mber over the rockery,
Funkia
EMILY JAMESON The leaf which you
end is that of the funkia, which has spikes
of blue or white flowers, according to va
riety It U very decorative for its. foliage,
and the flowers are hJghly fragant You are.
in luck to tuve two of tbts In your summer
rioted cottage,
MAIL TUBE PLEA RENEWED
Business Men Hero Ask Congress Com
mitteo lo Savo Syslem
The Philadelphia Bourse nnd the Com
mercial Exchange, which have been leading
thn, fight for the retention of the pneumatic
mall service. In Philadelphia, have carried
their fight to the members of tho Confcrcnco
Committee on PostofTlccs nnd Pot Roads, of
Congress.
They sent telegrams to Representative
John A. Moon, of Tennessee, chairman, and
to other members of tho commltteo yester
day, urging that tho tubo contractu bo re
newed for one year nnd that new lines bo
ndvertlsed for. Tho Conferenca Committee
la now considering n. six months' exten
sion of the lenses, which the two com
mercial organizations declaro Is not enough
time to Insuro ngalnst possible suspension
of the service
SUMMER EVANGELISTIC
SERVICES TOMORROW
Eighteenth Annual Session to Con
tinue Six Weeks
Tho summer ovnngcllstlc Bervtces ot the
Presbyterian Evangelistic Committee will
begin tomorrow. It will bo tho 18th annual
season and will continue for six weeks.
Tho Rov. Thomas Houston, tho blind
ovnngcllst. will preach nt the tent on B5th
Btreet below Baltimore avenuo. The Rov.
William Barnes Lower, I) D will conduct
services In tho tent nt 2d and Clearfield
streets Billy Sunday trail hitters will bo
In charge of the scrvlcei In tho tent nt 24th
nnd Reed streets Wllllnm D. Laumnetor
will speak every evening at the open-nlr
meetings nt Ontario and H streets. Tho
Rev Arnold Staslo will have charge of the
Rtcreoptlcon service-) nt 10th nnd Kimball
streets. The nev Nicola Muccl wilt havo
charge nt 61th Btreet and Westminster ave
nuo. Noon meetings will ho hold nt Frank
lin nnd Washington Squares.
On Monday morning 14 dally vacation
Blblo schools will open their doors for tho
Bcason. The locations of the schools nnd tho
teachers are ns follows: 61th nnd Reed
Ftrcets. R. B. Lutz, Miss E. It Nnphoys,
Miss M. R. Johnston. Miss R. Flxter. Mrs.
A. B. Cooper; 2d and Clenrflcld Btrcets, L.
R Binder. Miss II. II. Boyd, Miss II. Archi
bald ; 85th, street and Thomas avenuo, W.
Bruggemann, Miss K. A. McAllister, Miss E.
Recder; 10th nnd Klmhnll Btrcets, Miss A.
Mngnrvey, Miss V. K. McAllister. Miss V.
Kellett; 64th Btreet nnd WeRtmlnster nvo
nilo, Miss E. D. MncDowell, Miss A. L. Rose,
Miss H. N. McKnln; 17th and Fltzwatcr
streets, Mrs. J. W. Lee. Miss C. Dlx, Miss
H Savoy, Miss J. Walker. Miss M. Sykes;
8th nnd Wolf Btrcets, tho Rev. S. W. Sails
bury. Miss M. Lnnnrd. Miss S Campbell ; On
tario nnd H streets, Miss E. C. Wetter, A. H.
Wetter, Miss A. E. Wlnton; Franklin nnd
Thompson. E. Murny, Mrs. J. Lauterbauch ;
06th street and Lnnsdowne avenue, Miss M.
Forgy, Miss M. K. Jones, Miss Elizabeth D.
McAllister; 6th and Buttonwood streets,
Miss II. O. Robinson, Miss S. Crooks, Miss
M. Selscr; Coulter street nnd Pulaski ave
nue, MIbb H. Snowden. Miss R. Sundellus,
Miss L. Downs; Richmond Prcsbyterlnn
Church, W. C. Hopkins. Miss H. V. Paul,
Miss R. J. Patterson; Hebron Presbyterian
Church, It. L. Logan, Miss G V. Smith, Miss
F. Fcssler.
IlIDDLE BIBLE CLASSES
PLANNING WARD COMMITTEES
Lenders of Organization to Discuss
Project on July 17
Plans aro being made for the meeting
of tho Stnto directors, chief directors, super
intendents, directors nnd leaders of the
men's classes of tho Droxel Blddlo Blblo
Classes of Philadelphia, for the organiza
tion ot ward committees. Tho meeting will
tako placo on Monday night. July 17, In
Holy Trinity parish house. The Rev. Floyd
W. Tomklns, International chaplain, will
preside.
Edward H. Mills, State director of New
Jersey, has been appointed director of the
religious work of the Drexcl Blddlo Blblo
Classes of tho United States. Ho will retain
his olllce as State director of New Jersey.
Tho New Jersey classes aro active In the
various missions of Camden and -vicinity.
Tho Gospel crew has Just finished n season
In which It was called upon to hold meetings
during 75 per cent, of tho nights of winter
and spring.
RELIGIOUS BREVITIES
The Ilev Corre J. Walenta, rector of St. Sim.
eon'a I. K. Church, will deliver an adildresa on
Th Fourth Dimension" in the North llninch
Y. M. C. A. tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Open-air meetings will be held next week
under the ausplcea of (h North llranch T. ii.
C A. in co-qperatlon with the Qaaton rreaby
terlan and Bethlehem llaptlat Churchca. A
meeting will be held In r'otterall aquare on
Thuraday evening- and In Iieyburn aquaro on
Friday evening.
The Ilev. Edwin Heyl Delk. rector, will preach
In St. Matthew'a Lutheran Church, Ilro.ii! and
Mount Vernon atreeta. tomorrow at 11 o'clock
on "A Loe Gift."
A. J. Drexel niddle will addrean the men's
clam of Holy Trinity Episcopal Sunday school
tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock In the pariah
house. 317 South 2uth street.
Robert Ilethel will he charge of the Drcifl
niddle Night at ths Galilee Mlaslon on Thursday.
at 8 o'clock.
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J?""":" .l.-l'i..... i iiianm.il i .,, i 'linen ..Tim s
Berens Travels
To Somewhere Else
REMEMBER the hard times you had doing
irnut- "enmt" jrnn vnn vtrir litr-lpr .-Dn
your
auitia eYftii.il
you recall how you wished there were no schools,
no homework and that you were in a Far-off
Land?
That's what little Berens wished- jHe
couldn't "get" his 'rithmetic, became peevish, and
wished he was Somewhere Else. Just then the
Dissatisfied Bug took him and his little 'dog
away I You'll learn what happened to them in
TOMORROWS
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MENDS, IN CAPE MAY
SESSION, MIX PLAY
WITH SERIOUS WORK
Second Day's Sesaion Marked by
Numerous Addresses Beach
Gymkhana Has Quatnt
Costumes
TALK ON EDUCATION
01 a Staff Correspondent
CAPE MAY, July 8. That all work and
no play makes Jack n dull boy Is evidently
an old ndago well understood by th
Friends, who aro assembled here for the
biennial conference. The youngsters and
the young married members came Into
their own this morning, when an able com
mittee of men and women planned a most
Interesting ad amusing beach gymkhana,
which took placo from 10 a. m. until 12
o'clock, The feminine members of the com
mittee wore white skirts and waists and
cunning pnper caps made In deep yellow,
green and blue In the stylo of our grand
mothers' Quaker bonnets. Then, tho men's
garb was really very funny. They donned
their bathing suits and stovepipe hati made
of red nnd green crepe paper, There were
racen of every kind, Including 100-yard
dash, pebble race, Back race, three-legged
race, lenp.frog race and human wheelbar
row raco. Among tho participants were
Miss Etlznheth Blddle, Mlsn Sarah Pratt,
MIrb Cnrollno Llpplncott, Miss Margaret
Vnll, SIlss Margaret Walton and others.
The committee In charge Included Amos
J. Pcaslee, chairman! Mr. and Mrs, Ralph
Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer I Cox e,. .Mr.
J. Walter Keller, E. Russell Perkins, Mrs.
Elizabeth Koller, P.uth Vcrlenden, Dorothy
Young, MIeb Irene Russell.
Devotlonnl meeting took place this morn
ing nt 8:30' a, m. In the Methodist Church,
after which George H. Nutt. pf George
School, epoko on "Frlnclplos 6f Friends."
At 3:30 deorgc A. Walton's topic was
"Tho Development of tho Religious Life."
From 4:30 to B:30. Wilson S, Doan leo
tured on "Friends and Citizenship," and
Inter Elbert llusscll made an address, his
BUbJect being "The Christian Mesrago of
the Synoptic Gospels."
Probably tho most stirring speech of the
first day of the conference wus made by
Thomas Mott Osborne, a great nephew of
I.ucretla Mott, and wlw undoubtedly In
herits some of his grent ancestor's fine
characteristics. ,
Mr. Osborne Is tho author of tho much-talkcd-of
book, "Within Prison WallB," nnd
In warden of Sing Sing prison. In his
speech he Bald prison reforms should
consist of two alma: first, to reform our
selves ; and second, to create conditions un
der which the men may help themselves.
Building up of the society from Its young
peoplo wns discoursed upon by William
Byron Forbush.
VACATIONISTS BEGIN EXODUS
First Saturday of Great Season Sees
Busy Movement of Crowds
This Is the first Saturday of the great
vacation season and thousands of Phlla
delphlnns left today for the country and
seaside resorts. All railroad depots were
crowded as early as 7 o'clock this morning,
and the river boats, conveying passengers
to Buch nearby points as Wilmington,
Chester and Trenton, are enjoying great
buslnesa
Department stores are closed all day, and
many of the smaller shops have followed
their example. At Atlantic City and other
seashore places, hotel proprietors expect as
much business as they enjoyed on July 4.
The cottage season Is now In full swing
nnd many hundreds of residents of this city
nro spending their week-ends by the sa.
nrxioious notices
Mantis
CIIKSTNIJT STKKnT BA1TIST CHURCn
Chestnut Ft. west of 4f'tb..
GKOKUt: D. ADAMS. D. t Pastor,
0:4.1 a. m. -Hrotherhood-of A. and P.
111-30 a. m Worship and Sermon by Pastor.
2:30 p. m Bible .School. '
B p. m. Worship and Sermon by Paator.
Brethren
rntsT cituucit of Tim dretiiben
Ounker). cor, Carlisle and Dauphin ate.
Preaching 10:30 a. ra. and 7MS p. m.
Sunday School 3SJ0 n. m.
Prayer Meeting each Wednesday wntnr.
Dlfclplea of Christ
TJIIl'.O CHItlSTIAN ciiimcu
Lancaster ave . Holly and Aapen ata.
T. K, -WINTER. Paator. Q:S. 11. T. 8.
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS
HIE SALVATION- AIOIV. Inc.
Philadelphia Headquarters,
lransportatlon llulldlng.
SO South 13th street.
Colonel it. E Holt In command.
Telephones, Bell. Spruce 0S2-3.
Rare 572ll A.
Keys ton.
Yonng Men's Christian Association
DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS. Popular
forum discussion Sunday. July O, 3:20 p. m..
Central Y. M. C. A. Leader. Hon. Harry rhiU
lips. x-Mayor E. Iondon, Eng.
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