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1 11 Ju IVILaVIXCJX Author of the TARZAN and MARS STORIES
CIIArxr-n XI (Continued).
AT THE suggestion every head turned to
. wnrd the trull down -which the two
panic-stricken men had come. At the same
moment a hoarse shout arose from the cove
below nnd the Ave looked down to see a
scene of wild activity upon the beach.
The defection of Thorlere's party had
been discovered, as welt as the absence of
the Klrl and the theft of the provisions.
Skipper Slmms was dancing about like a
inndman. Ills bellowed oaths rolled Up the
cliffs like thunder.
Presently Ward caught a glimpse of the
men at the top of the cliff above him.
'There they arel" he cried.
Skipper Slmms looked up.
"The swabs 1" he shrieked. "A stealln
cf our grub an' abductln' of that there poro
filrl. The swabs I Lemme to 'cm, I say!
Just lemme to 'em 1"
"We'd all bettor go to 'em," said iWnrd.
"We'e got a fight on here, sure. Gather
up some rocks, men, nn' come along. Skip
per, you're too fat to do any flghtln' on that
there hillside, so you better ntay here an'
let ono o' the men take your gun."
Ward knew so well the mettle of his su
perior that he much preferred his nbsenco
to his presence In the faco of real lighting.
With the gun In the hands of a braver man
It would bo vastly moro effective.
Ward himself was no lover of a tight,
but ho aw now that starvation might stare
them In tho face with tllo food gone, nnd
overruling be lost with the loss of the ft'rl.
For food nnd money a much more cowardly
man than Bender Ward would light to the
death.
Up tho face of the cliff they hurried, ex
pecting momentarily to be either challenged
or fired upon by those nbove them. Divine
and his party looked down with mixed
motions. They found themselves truly be
tween tho devil and the deep sea.
Ward nnd hla mctr4 wero halfway un tho
cliff, yet Divine had made no move to repel
them. Ho glancod ttmorousy toward tho
dark forest behind from which ho momen
tarily expected to see the savngo snarling
faces of tho head hunters appear.
"Surrender, you swabs t" yolled Ward
from below, "or we'll string the last moth,
ers' son of you to tho yardarm I"
For reply Blanco hurled a heavy frag
ment of rock at tho nssaulters. It wont
perilously close to Ward, against whom
Blanco cherlecd n keen hatrod. Instantly
Ward's revolver bnrked, tho bullet whistling
close by Dlvlno's head.
It. Cortwrlte Dlvlno, cotillon leader,
ducked behind Thorlero's breastwork, where
he lay sprawled upon his stomach, trem
bling In terror.
Bony Sawyer nnd Bed Sanders followed
the oxamplo of their commander. Blanco
and Wilson alone made any attempt to re
pel the assault.
Tho big negro ran to Divine's u!do nnd
matched tho terror-stricken man's revolver
from his belt, then, turning, he fired at
Ward.
Tho bullet, mlsilng Its Intended victim,
plnrcod the heart of n sailor directly behind
him, and ns tho man crumpled to the
ground, rolling down the steep declivity,
his fellows halted their rush and sought
cover,
Wilson followed up the ndvantago with
a shower of well aimed missiles, and then
hostilities ceased temporarily.
"Have they gono?" queried Divine, with
trembling lips, noticing tho quiet that fol
lowed tho shots.
"?ono noth'n', yo' big cowahd," replied
Blanco. "Does yo' suppose dat two men Is
a gwlno to stan' off live? Ef yo whlto
llvcred skunks 'ud git up nn' fight, we
might have a chanct. I'se got n gpod mln'
to cut out yo' cawahtdly heart fcr yo', das
wot I has a lyln' dero on you' belly tcttln'
dnt kin' er exnmple to yo' men"
Divine's terror had placed him beyond
the reach of contumely or reproach.
"What's the use of fighting them?" he
whimpered. "We should never havo left
them. It's nil the fault of that fool Therl
ere. What can we do against tho savages
Cf this awful Island If we dlvldo our forces?
FARMER SMITH'S
ONE WAY TO GET AN
The wagon and the boy got across, but tho little girl didn't I
The Little Girl Who Would Not Obey
By . WENONAII HAINDOW who Umd no
nam.
One morning little Elizabeth awakened
quite late. Her mother called to her and
Elizabeth, murmuring a sleepy "All right,
mother," lay back In bed again.
Now If she did not get up In Uma for
school that meant one demerit, but sleepy
Elizabeth thought but little of that that
morning.
Suddenly a huge, gaunt figure came walk
ing over the floor and a terrible voice cried,
'Is this the girl that won't obey her
mother T"
Grinning faces looked at her from all
directions and suddenly two figures seized
her In their arms and flew away. In vain
did Elizabeth kick and scream. That ugly
figure looked at her out of deep eyes that
eemed to pierce her very soul through,
and he exclaimed In a voice of thunder;
'Elizabeth, you'll be late for school.'
Her mother called and Elizabeth awoke to
find herself on the floor of her bedroom with
tho bedclothes half covering her, so she
hastened to get dressed and her mother,
corning up the stairs, heard her say; "Well,
even If It was only a dream, I'll certainly
profit by It."
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They wilt pick us off n few at a time. Just
as they picked oft Miller and Swenson,
Therlere and Byrne. Wo ought to tell Ward
about It and call this foolish battto oft I"
"Now you're talkln'," cried Bony Saw
yer. "I'm not a goln' to squat up here any
longer with my friends a shootln' at me
from below nn' n lot of wild heathen creep
ing down on me from nbove to cut off my
bloomln' head."
"Same hare I" chltned In lied Sanders.
Blanco rooked townrd Wilson. For his
own pftrt the negro would not have been
averse to returning to the fold could the
thing be accomplished without danger of
reprlr.al on the part of Skipper Slmms
nnd Squlne-Eye Ward J but ho knew the men
so well that he feared to trust them e'en
should they seemingly acquiesce to such a
proposnl.
On tho other hand, he reasoned, It would
be as much to their ndvantage to have the
deserter's return to them ns It would to the
deserters themselves, for when they had
heard tho story told by Bed Sanders nnd
Wilson of the murder of the others of the
party, they, too, would reallzo the neces
sity for maintaining' the strength and In
tegrity of the little company to Its fullest.
"I don't see that we're goln' to gain
nothln' by flgntln' 'cm," said Wllpon.
'There ain't nothln In If any moro nohow
for nobody since the girl's corn. Let's
chuck It nn' nee wot tcrmi we can make
with Squint-Eye"
"Well," grumbled tho negro, "I can't
fight 'cm alone. What yo' doln' derc,
Bony7"
During tho conversation .Bony Sawyer
had been busy with n stick nnd n piece of
rng, nnd now as he turned tdwnrd his com
panions once more they saw that he had
rigged a white flag of surrender.
None Interfered ns he rnlsed It nbovo the
edgo of tho breastwork.
Immediately tlicro was a halt from bo
low. It was Ward's voice.
"Surrcndcrln", eh? Comln' to your
senses, are you?" he shouted.
Divine, feeling that Immedlato danger
from bullets was past, raised his head
nbove tho edgo of tho earthwork.
"Wo have something to communicate, Mr.
Wnrd." he called.
"Spit It out, .then ; I'm a Hstcntn'," called
back tho mate.
"Miss Harding, Mr. Therlcro, Byrne,
Miller nnd Swenson have been captured
nnd killed by natives," said Divine.
Ward'B eyos went wldo, nnd ho blew
out his checki In surprise. Then hla face
wont black with nnger.
"You sco what you done now, you
blltherln' fools, you I" he cried. "You gono
nn' killed tho goose what laid tho golden
eggs. Thought you'd got It nil. didn't you?
And now nobody won't get nothln', unless
It's the hnlter. Nlcu lot o' numskulls you
be, nn' whlmperln' round now expcctln' us
to tnko you back I Well, I reckpn not
not on your measly lives I" And with that
ho raised his revolver to fire again nt Di
vine. Tho society man toppled over backward
Into tho pit behind tho breastwork before
Ward had a chance to pull tho trigger.
"Hoi' on thoro. mate!" cried Bony Saw
yer : "there ain't no call now for gcttln'
excited. Wnlt until you hear nil wo gotta
nay. You can't blamo us poro sallormcn.
It was this here fool dudo and that
scoundrel Thorlero thnt put us up to It.
"They told us thnt you nnd Skipper
Slmms wan n flxln' to double-cross us nil,
nn' leave us here to ntarvo on this Gawd
forsaken lslan'. Therlere said that ho was
with you when you plnnned It. That you
wanted to get rid of nB many of us as you
could so that you'd havo more bf the ran
som to divide. So all we dono was In self
defense, as It were.
"Why not let bygones be bygones, an'
all of us Join forces ng'ln' theso murderln'
heathen? There won't be nny too many of
us nt best Bed nn' Wilson seen more'n two
thousan' of the man-eatln' devils. They're
a crecpln' up on us from behln' right this
minute, an' you can lay to that. The
chances arc that tlioy got some special kind
o' routo Into that there cove, nn' maybei
they're a wntchln' of you right now I"
Ward turned an apprehensive glnnco to
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either side. There was logic In Bony's pro
posal. They couldn't spare ft man now.
later he could punish the offenders at his
leisure when he didn't need them any
further.
"Will you swear on the book to do your
duty by Skipper Slmms an' me cf we take
you back?" asked Ward.
"You bet," answered Bony Sawyer.
The others nodded their heads, nnd Di
vine sprang up and started down toward
Ward.
"Hot' on, you!" commanded the mate.
'This hero arrapgement don't Include you J
It's Jest between Skipper Slmms nn' his
sailors. You're n rank outsider, nn' you
butts In an' starts n mutiny. Ef you come
bnck. you gotta stand trial fer that see?"
"You be'ltcr duck, mister," advised lied
Sanders. 'They'll hang you sure."
Divine went white. To fnce trial before
two such men ns Slmms and Ward meant
death, of that he was positive. To flee Into
the forest meant death, nlmost equally cer
tain, and much more horrible.
The man fell to his knees, lifting suppli
cating hands to the mate.
"For God's sake. Mr. Ward 1" he cried,
"be merciful! I was led Into this by
Therlere. He lied to me Just ns ho did
to the men. You can't kill me! It would
be murder. They'd hang you for Itl"
"We'll hang fo:' this musi you got us
Into anyway, ef we re over caught," growled
the mate. "Ef you hadn't a carried the
girl oft to be murdered, we might have hud
enough ransom monoy to have got clear
some way; but now you gone and cooked
the whole goose for the lot of us I"
"You can collect rnnsom on met" cried
Divine, clutchl.'g at the hint. "I'll pay you
n hundred thousand tnysolf tho day you set
mo down In a civilized port snfe and free."
Wnrd laughed In his face.
"You nlnt got n cent, you four-flusher,"
ho cried. "Clinker put us next to that long
before wo sailed from Frisco."
"Clinker lied I" cried Divine. "Ho doesn't
know anything about It I'm rich I"
"Wot's do use ob chewln' do rng 'bout
nil dls?" snorted Blanco, seolng where ho
might easily square himself with Ward
and Slmms. "Docs yo' take, back nil us
sallormen, Sir. Ward, nn' promise not to
punish none of us ef wo Bwenr to stick by
jo-all In de future?"
"Yen," replied tho mnte.
Blanco took a step toward Divine.
"Den yo' como ntong. too, as n prisoner,
whlto man," nnd the burly black grasped
Divine by the scruff of the neck nnd forced
him before him down the steep trail toward
tho cove.
So tho mutineers returned to the com
mand of Skipper Slmms, nnd L. Cortwrlte
Divine went with them ns n prisoner,
chnrgod with n crime, the punishment for
which has been death since men have
sailed tho seas.
CHAPTER XII.
Oda Yorlmoto.
I
N THE filthy don of her captor, Barbara
Harding heard again tho command of the
halfbrecd Japaneso who clutched her arm.
"Comol" he said.
One of the women awoke at the sound
of tho man's voice. She looked up at Bar
bara In sullen hatred. Otherwise sho gave
no Indication thnt sho saw anything unsunl
transpiring. It wan as though an exquisite
American bello were a dally visitor at the
Oda Yorlmoto home.
"What do you wnnt of me?" cried the
frightened girl In Japanese.
Ora Yorlmoto looked at her In astonish
ment. Where had tho white girl learned to
speak his tongue?
"I nm the dalmlo, Oda Yorlmoto," he said.
"Theso are my wives. Now you nre ono
of them. Como!"
"Wnltl" cried the girl, catching nt a
straw. "If you do not hnrm me, my father
will reward you fabulously. Ten thousand
koku he would gladly glvo to have me re
turned to him safely!"
Oda Yorlmoto shook his head.
"Twenty thousand koku!" cried the girl.
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"Vu ha plenty of feet," said Gruff Gruff.
"Ho had six pairs of feot, all different cojors.
That was the reason that Santa Claus made
him a Jack-ln-the-Box."
"What do you mean. Gruff Gruff?" asked
Tulip Heart.
' I menn," snld the old nurse, "thnt my
papa was punished for taking Ave pairs of
ftot from Toyland and wearing them
around In Cloudland.
You see, my papa was a carpenter nnd
made wooden soldiers. He macio millions
and millions of wooden noldlns. He made
all the feet for the wooden soldiers and
painted nil their red, bluo and green uni
forms on them.
"He was very proud of the feet he made
for his wooden soldiers, for they were
stralghter and firmer than any of the feet
that any of the other carpenters who
worked In Toyland made for their soldiers.
"One day my papa fell down and hurt
one of his feet and couldn't walk. I was a
very little girl then arid he sent me to Santa
Claus to ask him If he could have a pair of
the beautiful feet he made for his wooden
soldiers to wear himself.
"Santa Claus said yes, but to take only
one pair. Sly papa took one pair and put
them on. Ha took a blue pair of et with
a blue soldier's pants painted on them. But
he didn't like them and without asking
Santa Claus he changed them to a brown
pair.
'That wouldn't have been so bad If he
had returned the blue feet to the wooden
soldier who was waiting for them, but he
didn't. He kept the blue pair of feet and
when he got tired of wearing the blue feet
he would wear tho brown ones. Then ha
made a pair of red feet for a general of
the wooden soldiers and liked them so much
he took them for himself and hid the gen
eral away In the cellar of his toolhouse.
'The general kept crying out for his
feet all the time, but my papa wouldn't give
them to him. To got awrully greedy for
different kinds of feet, and finally Santa
Qlaus heard about how he had taken the
general's feet and the feet of a lot of other
wooden soldiers without permission.
"Santa Claus was very angry then and
turned my papa Into a Jack-ln-the-Box for
six years, and that I why I don't like
doors."
(To be Continued.)
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Bent la by JAMES O'NEILL. N. 10th itrMt.
The sun'U not a-btd when I
At night upon my pillow lie;
Still round the earth his way he takes.
And morning after morning makes.
White here at home, In shining day,
We round the sunny garden play,
Each little Indian sleepy-head
I being kissed and put to bed.
And when at eve I rise from tea,
Da dawns beyond theAtlantic Sea
And all the children in the West,
Are getting up and being dressed.
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Stilt the datmlo shook hli head neg
atively. '
"A hundred thousand name your own
price, If you will only not harm me."
"Sllencel" growled tho man. "What nro
even n million koku to me, who only
know the world from tho legends of my
nncestors. We have no need for koku here,
nnd had we, my hills a.j full of the yellow
metal which measures its vnlue. No, you
nre my woman. Comol"
"But watt! I wIbIi to speak with you
nway from nil these women," nnd she
turned her eye toward tho door at the op
poslto side of tho chamber.
Oda Yorlmoto shrugged his shoulders.
That would be easier than a fight, he
argued, nnd so ha Ud tho girl townrd tho
doorwny that she had Indicated.
Within the room nil was dark, but tho
dalmlo moved as one nccustomed to the
placa, and ns lin moved through the black
ness the girl nt his side felt with Btealthy
fingers nt the man's belt.
At last Oda Yorlmoto reached the far
side of tho long chamber.
"Well?" he said, nnd took her by the
shoulders.
"Well I" answered the girl In n low, tense
voice, nnd ht the same Instnnt Oda Yorl
moto, Lord of Yokn, felt a quick tug nt his
bolt. Before he guessed whnt was to hap
pen, his own shortaword had pierced his
throat.
With n gurgla thnt could not hnvo been
heard outstdo the room, tho dalmlo slumped
gently to the floor.
Again and again Barbara Harding
plungodthe sword of the brown man Into
hla body, until sho was ccrtnln that hor
enemy wns forover powerless to Injure her.
Then slid sank, exhausted nnd trembling,
upon tho dirt floor beside tho corpse.
For several mtnutcs Barbara Harding lay
whero she had collapsed. Sho was In n half
Btupor that took cognlzanco only of a freez
ing terror and exhaustion.
Presently, however, sho became awaro
of her contact with the corpse besldo her,
and with a stilled cry sho shrank away
from It
Slowly tho girt regained her self-control.
nnd with It came tho realization of the
extremity of her danger, She rosa to a
sitting posturo and turned her wldo eyes
toward the doorwny to the ndjolnlng room.
Tho' women and children seemed yet
wrapped In slumber. It was evident that
the man's choking gurgle had not disturbed
them.
Barbara gained her fcot and moved softly
to tho doorway. She wondered If she could
cross tho Intervening apace to the outer exit
without detection. Once In the open she
could flee Into the Jungle, nnd then there
wns a chance, at least, that she might find
her way to tho coast nnd Therlere.
She gripped tho shortsword which she
still held, and took a step Into the larger
room. One of the women turned and half
nrouscd from sleep. The girl shrank back
Into the darkness of the chamber she had
Just quitted.
The woman sat up nnd looked nriund.
Then Bho rose nnd threw some sticks upon
the flro that burned nt one side of the
dwelling. She crossed to a shelf and took
down a cooking utensil.
Barbara saw that she wns about to com
mence tho proparntlon of breakfast.
All hope of escapo was thus ended, nnd
the girl cautiously closed the door between
the two rooms. Then she felt nbout the
smaller apartment for some heavy object
with which to barricade herself; but her
search wns fruitless.
Finally sho bethought herself of the
corpse. That would hold tho door against
the accident of a child or dog pushing It
open It would be better than nothing. But
could sho bring herself to to-.ch the loath
some thing?
The Instinct of self-preservation will
work wonders, even with a frail and deli
cate woman. Bnrbara Harding stoeled
herself to the task, nnd after several mo
ments of effort she succeeded In rolling
tho dead man against tho door. The scrap
ing sound of the body as she dragged It
Into position sent cold shivers up and down
her splno.
She had removed the main's longsword
and nrmor before attempting to shift him,
nnd now Bhe crouched beside the corpse
with both tho swords beside her. She
would sell her life dearly.
Therlere'o words came back to her now
as they had when she was struggling In
the water after tho wreck of tho Half
moon: "But pardleu, I shall go down fighting!"
Well, she could do no less.
Sho could hear the movement of several
persons In the next room now. The voices
of women and children came to er dis
tinctly. Many of the words were Japa
nese, but others were of a tongue with which
she was not familiar.
Presently" her own chamber began to
lighten. She looked over her shoulder and
saw the first faint rays of dawn showing
through a small aperture near the root and
at the opposite end of the room.
She rose and moved quickly toward It.
By standing on tiptoe and pulling her
self up a trifle with her hands upon the
sill she was able to rales her eyes above
the bottom of the window frame.
Beyond she saw the forrst. not a hun
dred yards away; but when she attempted
to crawl through the opening she discov
ered, to her chagrin, that It was too email
to permit the passage of her body.
And then there came a knocking on the
door she had Just quitted, and a woman's
voice calling her lord and master to his
morning meal,
Barbara ran quickly across the chamber
to the door, the longsword raised above
her head In both hands.
Again the woman knocked, this time
much louder, and raised her voice as she
called again upon Oda Yorlmoto to come
out.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW )
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great help to you now If you have been born
In the right place.
For Instance, little girls born In the city
of Philadelphia or In Montgomery County,
Ight next door to tho city, will bo given
preference over all other llttlo girls. They
will talto you In first.
After all these little girls are nt homo
at Cnrson College tho Orphant Annies
born In tho Stoto of Pennsylvania will be
welcomed. And thirdly, nil tho llttlo, girls
from nnywhero In the United States will
knock nt tho big brass knocker on the
wrought door of the college. When you'ro
qulto sure, little Orphant Annie, or what
ever your name may be, that you wnnt
to grow up In Cnrson College send to the
trustees In the Wltherspoon Building for
the application blank. Thcro are almost a
mllo of questions they will put to you on
tholr application blank.
When were your father and mother mar
ried and where? And when wero you born7
And are you sound In mind and body,
which means nre you very well?
When nnd where did your mother nnd
father die nnd of what dlscase7
And did they leavo you anything when
they died? And, If so, what?
And who's been taking care of you ever
slnco?
And nre there nny more of you In your
family, brothers nnd sisters?
That's nil, but It must seem a lot to a
llttlo girl.
The third turn In the road to Carson
College Is nn examination by tho trustees'
doctor. If tho board by this tlmo thinks
you nre Just tho right little girl to bring
up In their home, they will send you to
their physician. Becauso every llttlo girl
must be poor, white and, above all, healthy.
Then the finishing touch Is nn Interview
with somobody, and nobody knows Just
who that somebody or somebodies will be.
nnd that somebody will mako the final de
cision If you, llttlo Orphant Annie, Is com
ing to stay.
There are soveral questions that may puz
zle the guardians of little Annie. If either
mother or father died of tuberculosis,' will
the tubercular tendency, usually considered
posslblo by students of heredity, be con
sidered a sign of HI health? Is a tendency
a foreboding?
And will the little girl who has never
known her father be considered eligible
when her mother Is dead? Is n father who
has never been a father to bo considered
dead?
A father, they say, might have to be
proved legally dead, though It's not certnln
that a legal certificate ns to his domlse
will take the place of tho ordinary death
Certificate.
And It doesn't matter how the mother
or father died, be a scandal what It may,
It won't deter tho board from passing nn
unprejudiced opinion on the merits of the
child Involved. Eighty llttlo girls already
have their applications on file nt tho office
In the Wltherspoon Building.
And In the meantime they nre getting
ready the myriads of little dresses, for the
founder of Carson College decreed that
no three little girls In his home should be
dressed alike. And the little girls need not
even wear a hair ribbon like the other
little girls. In fact. It was the request
of tho founder, the late Robert N. Carson,
that the little girls in his home be dressed
In becoming clothes. Llttlo girls, he folt,
must not be labeled by their method of
wearing their hair ribbon or the style in
which their pigtails aro manipulated.
Each little girl will be dressed In the
style most becoming to her type nnd each
little girl will be educated according to her
ability.
So every little Orphant Annie had better
watch out!
CHILD'S FRIENDS FIGHT FLY
Federation Asks Co-operation in De
stroying Insect's Breeding Places
Alt citizens whq know of the existence
of manure pits In any section of the city
are urged to communicate the fact to the
Child Federation. 1524 Chestnut street. Be
cause nies are the known carriers of many
Infantile diseases, as well as being suspected
of being the carriers of Infantile paralysis,
medical experts plead for every precaution
to be taken against the Insect.
The Bureau of Health and Charities, un
der whose supervision the routing out of
manure pits that are contrary to law
comes, is unable to properly protect the city
through lack of appropriations to employ
sutnclent inspectors. In this contingency
the Child Federation has offered to look
after this work.
Every citizen who discovers a manure
pit or hears of one la asked to notify the
federation, and the case will be Investi
gated Immediately. In this way the medical
authorities believe that much of the danger
of an epidemic may be avoided.
Red Cross Extends Work
An Interesting exhibit at the headquarters
of the Philadelphia County Auxiliary of the
American Red Cross, 1428 Walnut street, is
a maternity outfit, of the type now being
made and packed by members of that or
ganization fur the wives of soldiers, Mrs.
Reed A Morgan, chairman of the commit
tee, is organizing women who will assist in
making these outfits to be distributed by the
Home Relief Division of the Emergency Aid
Committee, at 1(19 Arch street.
Reward for Missing Aged Man
Relatives of James McN'ulty, 76 years
old, of Sharon Hill, who disappeared from
his home In this borough, have offered a
reward of 3100 for him. The man was seen
In Broad Street Station, phlladelph a. the
day he disappeared. Several days later
there wcrq reports that he was seen at
Sixty-ninth street terminal, Philadelphia;
Ridley Park and other places. Since then
no word has been heard concerning him.
Assistant Dentist Named
Director Krusen, of the Department of
Health and Charities, today appointed Dr.
Louis Michael, 6J3 Pine street, an assistant
dentist, at a salary of f 700 a year. Doctor
Michael will be aaxlgned to the new city
dental dispensary which opened a few days
ago at TweirtA ana carpenter streets. He
will work exclusively among; th poor chll
dr en, ot th city.
HOW MEN FROM THE
UPON THE GREAT WAR IN THE WES1
Great Conflict Has Brought
Ends of Earth Closer
Than Ever Before
By ELLEN ADAIR
Written specially for Evening Ledger.
LONDON, July 14. It was at a London
garden party yesterday that I met three
dusky but Interesting units of the great
war a Maori, a Gurkha' and nn Egyptian
gentleman.
They had Just arrived from Egypt nnd
were shivering In the chilly ntmosphere of
English summer time. With their heavy
military coats buttoned to the chin, they
paced the damp and rain-sodden wntks with
n look which clearly signified surprise nt the
strango ways of English entertainment.
"But Is tho weather nlways of such cold
ncna?" Inquired tho big Mnorl soldier.
Raid the fierce-eyed little Gurkha In his
broken English, mid with n smile that
showed all hl.i shnrp little teeth. "The
British aro splendid people but now I
learn why they smile not often. It Is be.
mute tho rains como much and the sun
but seldoml"
The Eyptlnn gcntlomnn was nil affabil
ity. He seemed quite n domesticated chnr
ncter, lamenting the nbsenco of his 13
wives. The taking bnck of suitable pres
ents to theso ladles was greatly exercising
his mind. "It Is n difficult matter, this
present choosing," he confided nrtlessly,
"for women nre naturally Jealous, nra they
not?" r
An unfortunate moment arrived when the
same gentleman, nctuated by motives of poi
llto Interest, Inquired of n stern Baptist
pnraon ns to tho number and quality of his
particular harem?
Wo pretended not to hear the query. But
the Baptist parson, with the total lack of
all humor peculiar to many of his type. Im
proved tho occasion by rebuking the Egyp
tian gentleman and Included a short lecture
on tho sin of polygamy.
The Mnn of Many Wives relapsed Into a
puzzled sllcnco. But nfter a while ono
could hear him murmur solemnly: "A
strange, sad rncc, tho English I"
He told mo of the thronged military
stntlons through which, day In, day out,
wind tho leisurely nnd Imperturbable cara
vans of tho East Ho spoke of the llttlo
palm-dotted towns where vociferous Egyp
tlnns bnrter nnd clnmor In their crowded
nllcyB, nnd whero great British monoplanes
roar overhead through tho hot, resonant
air.
"It Is life In the East that Is most won
derful," he said : "the nolsoo nre so strango!
Across the desert comes tho sound of tho
big guns at practice. Canal dredgers clank
and rattlo. Dispatch riders whirr by on
their motorcycles. Motorvans filled with
ammunition clatter along the lakeside
roads."
"But," he added naively, "I do not llko
tho Arabs' eyes. They look coldly nt us.
They do not caro for Intruders In their de
sert. Thoy como out from the lonely places
on their camels or horses nnd watch us
curiously. And then they slip Bllently
nway."
Said a young British officer home on
leave from Egypt: "We have all nationali
ties of men working busily In our military
camps along the Suez Canal. But the
dusky, childlike, disreputable Individual of
thieving propensities nnd Incurable Indo
lence who serves In the Egyptian Labor
Corps is always known ns 'Johnny,' "
" 'Johnny' does the fatigue' work of the
nrmy. If you havo a camp to clean up, a
goods train full of Btorles to unload, a com-
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known to thousands and thousands of the most particular people in this
city and for miles and miles around. Along with Superior Quality goes
Lowness of Prices. 'It is an undisputed fact that in no other stores in
this city can you get such Superior Quality groceries at such Low,
Prices as you can get at "The Stores Where Quality Counts and Low
Prices Prevail."
It Pays to Buy ALL Your Groceries at an R. & C. Store
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hs. GOLD SEAL
V Ci-ssS-
HY-LO BUTTER, lb., 33c
Equal in quality to most of the
higher-priced "Best" butters sold
elsewhere.
CLIQUOT CLUB GINGER ALE, I. 10c
Cliquot Club is the Quality Ginger Ale of America.
Olives, pi. or stfd., bot., 8c, 12c, 20c
Royal Salad Dressing, bot.. 8c, 20c
Imported Olive Oil, bot... 15c, 23c
10c bot. Vanilla or Lemon Ext., 8c
25c bot. Vanilla or Lemon Ext., 20c
BEST NEW ONIONS, 3 ?0rdi 10c
PRIDE OF KILLARNEY
India TEA Ceylon
lb., 45c
ls-lb. Tin, 23c y4-lb. Tin, 12c
Pride of Killarney is a blend of
the choicest Teas grown in India
and Ceylon, selected for their ex.
ceptionally fine drinking qualities.
In such few stores as tea of this
quality is sold it would cost you
80c to $1.00 the pound. Iced Tea
made with Pride of Killarney is a
most delicious and thirst-satisfying
beverage.
23d SUGAR .b. 8c
Best quality Granulated Sugar in
full-weight sealed cartons.
&!- POTATOES b-m 40c
Peck, 10c Peck, 5c
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pound to rope In or anything necessl
but dull to do, you telephone and ask
a quantity of 'Johnny,'
"Next morning nt the appointed hour-i
will find squatting beneath the dusty a
cms outside your camp the required qu
tlty of 'Johnny.'
"Ills clothing Is scanty In the oxtreij
Seldom has he n complete shirt. A
flapping rnga of Backing constitute his ctol
Ing except for a long blue winter overc4
of old scrvlco pattern, which he regards vrl
prtdo as his uniform, nnd however Interi
tho hent, only discards with the utmost
luctance.
"Yet, cheerfully lazy ns he Is, 'Johnd
ffMn thrniiffli an ftTtrnnrrilnnrv nmnllnt
work. He Is so constituted musoularly aha
he cannot lift nny considerable weight, bus
when n load Is placed aptly on his baotuj
ho will mnrch oft with n.ivelght twice
heavy ns the averago white man coum
carry.
"But the maerlo that alone can makl
'Johnny' work Is the maglo of chanting
With each gang goes a chanter, ana tn
better the chanter, the better the work.
Allah-he' from the chanter, 'Allah-Utah.'
from tho chorus.
"Tho chant Is Interminable, In a minor
scale nnd rising nnd falling monotonously.
To Its rhythm I have seen scores of trains
loaded. Tho chant moves tho heaviest
weights, clears away the most desperate
obstacles. 'Allah-he' they sing In tho bak
ing sunshine. 'Atlah-lllah 1'
"It has many variations, this chant, from
tha n,nf nlmti Mrtnlfnm tn fhn vlIftAt ht.
phrases. But whatever the words, 14
steady, relentless lilt there Is a myi
of race that the white man can never,
derstand, and there Is the solemn maglq
tho desert
"Sometimes In some commonplace task
such ns tho stacking of ammunition boxes,
the chanter will swing his tollers Into a veri
table hysteria of chanting. Then they work
in a frenzy of energy as If they" were tak
ing part in como mystic ritual, some delwlsh
ceremony of nn obscure and violent faith.
"They stop exhausted. The task Is done.
'Johnny' flics out of camp, squats pf tb
roadside and .falls asleep In the shade of th
acacias."
CRAWFORD
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BUTTER lb'3D
When you buy "Gold Seal" you get the
purest, sweetest, freshest Butter, made from
the richest golden cream, and you get 16
ounces of Butter to every pound,
CA-RO BUTTER, lb., 29c
Absolutely Pure Butter of good
quality at a very low price.
Gold Seal Peaches, can ,15c
Fancy Sliced Pineapple, can, ., 12c
Gold Seal Early June Peas, can, 10c
Choice Tender Peas, can 7c
FANCY BEETS, can 10c
GOLD SEAL EGGS
carton, 32 C
We are always particular about
the care and handling of all the
Eggs sold in "Our Stores."
Whether the weather be hot or
cold, you can always depend on
getting "The Best" Eggs Whertu;
Quality Counts.
Selected EGGS, doz,, 29c
Every Egg guaranteed good.
A very special price on this high
grade Condensed Milk.
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