; r, t- :, n ' V ' lflV'Tfi' EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1017 "mFC Hff"H TW Yeaaf Lady Acroit the Way ELK f ' - ' 8" f .. IMIIIIB I.... .,.... ik .. -A... Lye" , " urown rrince ncmi 10 oe preuy 1 ,.- -. .- . . .- V tmrwiniilft at Vam mil V. lmHnt 'tho Kaiser will be the la'et of the Haps- burgs. J, The Pest K1' Bull How many clgs d'ye smoke p day? cf Durham Any given number. jMter. Too Bad "Theatre audiences are. gloomy ratherlngs." "Howzat?" "Always In tiers." Princeton Tiger. CLASSIC W- SCHOOL DAYS II". ' -n " ck zv - If . 'c t 5S mlfi' p 3)y- g " 1 4 The game wind Caaaell's Saturday Journal. Driver of carrier's van Now, then I 'Ow much longer "are you goln' to keep that fruit (tall there? Party with wheel off Wot's yer 'urry? 'Ow long 'ave you been drlvln' a bllnkln' Are Injtn? 4T.,. ' m rr - r - ov&J 1 ' irsmss& IF' SbWImm MfeoIlfraBBBlBff v3MI b9 " tWjBhiPBBMbbmbI I; . -SHbbbbbI VrMTING' Aaar Vi nWL V UaVV1 TO SCRAPPLE THE PADDED CELL 1 Mo Hopa, Alp Hope! I X Thirty, thirty five, f F0RTY-HA. Trie. LITTLE OLD RAINY A DAY FUND'S GROWK 7 J all right: ' ' REPARTEE THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT & : VI. ?V !& V : iy.!7'h..j v.' aTiBBBTTSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB c9Liiiikiia BBBs 1 ffV" i Clever Landlady "What Old your landlady nay when sh paw the remnlnH of our tamalo feast on the center table?" ' Oh, shucks !" Longhorn Why It Was Serious UM m. TV Ideas. Mother- I'll teach ycr to tie a kettle to the cat's tall The kid Tt wasn't our cat Mother No, hut It wns our kettle. Sas JiminV urtiun I B6TCH. We got MORB ' M WHT'CIU) Got i I LBTCHAJ " uf ii'.K srxavm rfflim w imim i I y ftfl7l -r. x KRi II Ba y THE AFTERGLOW BDMMAnV OF TRKCKDINO HTORII Allan Mtfrn. a conaulllnt nlnr, and llfalrlte Kfndrlfk, hi lfnntraphr. wako rom a lona alMp In Ma onca in in lowrr ;f tha Metropolitan lAtt Inauranca lulldlnr. w York rllv, lhv look about them I nni whllo aee fhM r.ma Lia.Ia. alln In trav. whtlo tha ofrie "low thev behold a vaat foreat of treat real It la treeB MrhavA fkf. VmkI. .Itu mhaa atrtml evident thai ,h.i. i.n & iatrf throuan renturlea, and that during thla unconacloua lapaa the city haa been deattoyed by aoma paa inr cllr haa been deattoyea vr i areat cataatrophe, They aeem to b J only aurlvora of tha Inhabitant? bl I wearn continent 'lliey cloth th'!""11v "7 .V" xn5 hev rlnthe tnenieirn rrlmitively and aubalat on food, which haa nitimiuou ma ravasra or ceniuri" - After ajlma a Iroop of malformed aavaaea Jf'ffa They atorm the. lower and n rt-s-I'eraie bailie enauea. Hlern and nJJi5 i'J'.t- ."ndln a refuaa In n ruined mn,'.n, ;n the llud.on. After a time they ' fir iloaton In a boat which Btern haa Jiulit. II honea to find the telearone of the H"""1' Unlyeralty by which to rrlfy,ll J'"Vti of tha rarth'a chanaed relations with Ita, aural nelahbora. They reach what once tha city of l'roldence, where ttie And ruily tirearma. allll aenlceablo. and on acrrplane whlth Stern repalra. In an epdulon of ejploratlon In Ij; , machine they are drawn Into ft terrible aliaa, W,.r, th aun nun ahlijea, and "J captured by strange people and condemned ' death. Jn a areat battle Hlern uaea hla firearms and reoela hla caplora' tnemlea. thua i aalnln the r frlmdahlp,. After many further adtenturea Mern and lleatrlio '! from tha abea In tha aeroplane and resaln tha land of the aun Till', RTOItV TIM'S TAIl . Once more on earth. Allan and Healrlca bury the patriarch who waa their friend In the abjaa and who accompanied them to the old world, only to die at the drat touch or the sun. Around the patriarch's hfck Is a chain nnd small locket which contains, in structions where lu find tha records of the list clvlllratlon The paper crumbles as thev Mod, but the twn aalher enouah to direct them. They slart for their old home on the banks of the Ilulson. only to nnd It occt I'lcd by the hoide The beasi-aTaes de stroy the bulldlna while Allan and lieatrli-e are nttackliw from the rniilllnc. In despair they make for ftorm Klne. the inouniam wnicn is the alKht nf the ereat iiouiio Cathedral Here It Is that soma of tno record- are stored. ... After many trials the twn discover the remains of the records nnd a lesden rnesi which has kept n pluinocraph and s'lcrni records Intact Atnonn the records Is me inarrlaRo stvIcp. nnd there, In the ruins of the old inthfArnl, Allan nnd llatrlce become man and wife. Then they return to the edo of the abjaa, where thev pr'ljrj a rsie on l-euiemeni Willis t it i 1'1,'". Plate that Allan hopes to brlna the Mtru- nans the folk of the bottom of Ihe pit n reirhcs the Mllaae In the chasm snteij. During- hla iibsenco Iljemba. the Klant smith of the folk, hns plotted naaliisl Allan and threatens his eupremacj. Allan in i"e mrnner nf the people, flRhta It mil with n a rual and wins. Ho then starts on Hla jiiurhcy to earth. ('ll.rTi:il Mil (Continued) EAOIHU.Y he sennned the limlxtin. only Just vlHllilo 111 the Mnrshlno Win inly tli rushlns nlKht wind fanned IiIh clieck ; the tnnr nf tlie inotor nnd propeller, pul satlnK ntlfehllly. made music to hit c.ir. Kor It KaiiB, "Moino ai;aln: llcatilce and loe once mnre!" A Many Ionic hours had passed since, his fuel tnnlta replenished from the npiunttus for distilling the crude naphtha. whlci lie had Installed during his llrsl stay In the Abyss, he had risen n second time Into that hcavv. humid, purple-npiirpd nlr , With him ho now bore llioinllu. the ttroiiK, nnd Zanitnmon. most expert of nil the, fishermen. KlunB In the ImrsK.iKO irate nft lav a Urge seine, certain supplies of fish, weed nnd eggs nnd from time to time noisily snuawkliiB flonio linlf-dozeii lit tho stiango sea birds, In n metal basket Tin- pioneers bad Insisted on tnKlnc these Impediments with them to bridge the gap of changed conditions n piecauilon Mem had if cognized lis eminently t-enslbV "OaiJ"' thought he ns tin- I'liulllir purpt Its long, llat-aichfd trajectory tlnouglt the night, "under nny I'lrruinstnnces tins must be n ten Hie wrench for them Talk about nerve! If they haven t got It, who lias? This trip of these subterranean barbarians, thus flung suddenly Into midair, out Into a world of v.hlch they know nbsolutely noth ing, must bn exactly what n Journey lo Mars would mean to me More, far more, to their simple minds I wonder mself at their cournge In taking such a tremendous step" And In his heart n new nnd keener nd miration for the basic stamina of tho Merucanns took root. "They'll do" be murmured ns ho scan ned his lighted chart onco more and cast up reckonings from the dials of his deli cately ndjusted Instruments Half an hour more of rapid flight, and he deemed New Hope llher could not now bo far. "No use to try to hear it, though, with this racket of tho propellent In my cars." thought ho. "Tho searchlight might pos sibly pick up a gleam of water, If we fly over It. Hut even that's n small Index to go by. This signal fire must bo my only real guide nnd where Is It now, that llio?' A ngue uneasiness began to oppress him The fire, ho reckoned, should hive shown ere now In the far distance. With out It, how find his, way? And what of Heotrlce. Ills' uneasy reflections were suddenly In terrupted by a woid from Zangnmon, ut his right. "O Kromno, master, see?" "What Is It. now?" "A fire, very distant master'" "Where?" queried Stern eagerly, his hentt leaping with Jpy "I bee no flro. Your eyes 'used to tho dark places nnd fogs now, far surpass mine, even ns mlno will yours when the time of light shall come Where is tho fire, Znngnmon?" Tho fisher pointed, a dim huge figure In tho star-lit gloom. "There, master. On thv left hand, thus." Stern shifted his courso to southwest by west, nnd for some minutes held' It true, so that tho needlo hardly trembled on the compass dial Then nil nt onco bo, too, saw tho welcome signal, a tiniest pln-prlck nf light far on the edgo of the world, no different from the sixth-magnitude stars that hung Just aboo It on the horizon. sao for its redness. A gush of gratitude nnd loo welled In tho fountains of IiIh heart "Home1" ho whispered. "Horn? for where you nre that's home to me I Oh. Beatrice, I'm coming coming homo to you !" Slowly at first, then with greater and ever greater swiftness, the signal star crept nearer; and now even the flames -wero visible, and now behind them he caught dim sight of the rock wall. On and on, a very vulture of the upper air, planed the Paulllac. Stern shouted with all his strength. The girl might possibly hear him and might come out of their cae. Sfcn might even signal arid the nearness of her presence mounted upon him like a heady wine. He swung the searchlight on the canyon as they swept above It He flung tho pencil of radiance In n wide sweep up the cliff nnd down along tho terrace. It gavo no sight, no sign of Beatrice. "Sleeping, of course," he reflected. And now, Hope Jllver past and the canyon swallowed by the dense forest, he Hung his light once more uhend. With It he felt out the rocky barrens for a landing place, Not more thnn twenty minutes later, fol lowed by Ilremllu and Zangamon, Stern wnsamaktng way through the thlck-laced wood nnd Jungle. , Awed, terrified by their first. sight of trees and by the upper world, which to them wns naught but marvel and danger, the two Merucaans followed close behind their guide, Even so would you or I cling to the Martian who should land us on that ruddy planet and pilot us through soma huge, In choate and grotesque growth of things to us perfectly unimaginable. ''Oh, roaster, we shall see the patriarch soon?'1 asked Ilremllu, In a strange voice a voice to him astonishingly loud In the clear air of night upon the surface of the worldi "Soon shall wa speak with him and ' "Hark 1 'What's thatt" Interrupted Btern. .pausing, the while he gripped his pistol 'fighter. - h From afar, though In which direction he could not say, a vague, dull roar mado It self heard through the forest Sonorous, vkbrant, menacing, It echoed and died ; and (hen again, as once before, !.s la.aaj . I. A M.BAM1VA ttr.ll.. liMnlHlna OlfJIJI iiumu iiwi, tiw.aiBC, nviiue mvuiiiiiib, as of soma mighty drum struck by a muffled Oft.. ' J-V , , S -t.r." - t-. . J (,,'" Jt . lmstc onco more pushed through the vague path ho nnd Ilentrlce had mado from tho barrens to Settlement Cliffs. Presently, followed by tho two colonists who dared not let him for a moment out of Ihelr sight, ho reached tho brow of Ihe canyon. His hand flashlnrnp shotted him tho rough path to the terrace. With fast-beating heart be ran, down It, unmindful of tho tinprotecled edgo or the shcor drop it) tho rocks of New JIupo lllwr, far below. Ilremllu and Znngamon, seeing perfectly In the gloom, hurried close behind, with words of it we, wonder nnd admiration In their unit tongue. "Uetnt Oh, llenlrlce! Home attaint" Stern shouted triumphantly.' "Wbeto nro )ou, Ileta? Come' I'm homo again!" Quickly he scrambled itluiig the broken terrace, stumbling In bis hasto oer loose rorks and debris, Now ho had reached tho turn.rho fire was In sight. "Ileta I" ngnln ho hailed. "O-hel Heatrlce!" Still no answer, nor nny sign from her. As ho came lo tho flro ho noted, despite his sttong emotions, that It had for J,lie most part binned down to glowing embeis Only one or two resinous knots still flnnied. It could not lint a been replenished for snmn time, peihsps luo hours or inure. Again, his quick eye caught the fact that clndeis, iislies nnd half-hurticd stlcki lay scattered about In strange disorder. "Why, llealrlcn neier iniikei n lire lllfo that!" tho thought pierced through his mind. And though ns yet on no very dofliille piounds ii quick prescience of catastrophe button il nt bis heart. "What's this?" Something lying on I bo inch-ledge, near the fire, caught his ce dlo snatched It up "What whn ran this incnii?" The colonists stood, frightened nnd con fused, prciing nt him In tho dark. Ills fuc In the tudrty fire-glow, ns lie studied tho thing he now held In IiIh hand, must hate been very terrible "Cloth ' Torn' Hut but then " lie Hung from him Hip bit of the girl's cloak which, ripped mid slncilded ns though by n powerful hand, cried dlrtister. "Beatrice"' In- shouted. "Where are you? Heatrlce'" To the doorway In the dirt ho ran," shaken and trembling Tho stone had been pushed away; It lay .Inside the cave. Ominously the black en trance seemed staring nt Mini In the dull gleam of the fliellRht On hands and knees ho fell, nnd hastily trawled thiotigh. As he wont, he flashed his lamp bole, theie cer where. "lio.itih'o: Heatrlce '." No answer In tho fur comer still flickered some re mainder of the cooklng-flre. "Hut there, too, ashes ami lialf-liuiued sticks lay scat teted all about. To the bed bo inn It wns empty nnd cold "Heatrlce' t)h. my (lod '" A glint of something metallic on the Hoor diew his bewllileied, ti-i roi'-smjtteii gaze. lie sprung, sol.cil the object, and for a moment stood staring, tihllo nil about him the eiy universe seemed thundering and crashing down. The object In his hand was the girl'n gun une cartililgc, nnd only one, had been ex ploded The barrel had been twisted almost off, ni though by the wrenching clutch of a hand Inhuman In Itp ghastlv pnwci. On tho stnok. illstlurtly 'nicked Into tho bard rubber as Stern held tho Hash-lamp to It, wero tho unin!slitl.ahlo Imprints: of tcelh With a groan. Allan stinted backward. The tevolier fell with a clatter to tho cne floor Ills foot slid in Mmiethlng wet, something stick "Hloml '" he gasped Half-crazed, he leeled towind Hip ilnnr The Hash-lamp In his hand Hung Its white bruMi of radiance along the wall. With a chattel lug ciy he 11 colled. Tbeie. lotighly jet unmistakably Imprint-' cl on the white limestone rurf.iee, he saw tho print, In crimson, of a huge, u honlble, u btutally dlbtutled hand CIIAI'TIIli MV On Hie 'trail nf flic .Monster STi:ilJ'S crj of lion or us be sciniiilded fiom tho r.inged, desecuitcd cave nnif the ghastly honor of his face, seen by the firelight, brought Z.ingamon and Uiemllu to him. In tenor. "Master". Master! What " "My Ood! The ghl sho's gono!" ho A STORY FOR SPARE MOMENTS Yotifig Mr. Gau ROHl.HT Oay was anything but Jovial and for this reason bis name wns u sotiico of nmusement to his fi lends, espe cially to hla fellow cleik In the village bank . "Young Mr day," ns they called him, and as he was the least voting nnd tho least gay of them nil, there was hardly u day on whleji somo sott of fun was not made of him Hut Mr. (lay was not Illnalured ; on tho contrary, he wan patient nnd never became nngry with the constant Jests. And yet ho often wondered why ho happened to have been born a flay The "Young Mr. day" wns easily explained, because hla father beforo him had been In tho bank, and after he hail passed away the name of tho Junior member of the fumlly had be come so well established with tho "young" prefixed that tho man himself III mly be lieved that If be Hied to bo four score and ten he would still bo known as Young Mr At less than half th.it age Young Mr. I (lay had occasion to take actlvo Intel est in u village political question, and when elec tion day came aiid bo felt his pet appropila Hon almost nsure success, he was standing nbout the polling booths wlfli other vlllugers and the usual election day crowds. "Young Mr. (lay nlm9St deserves his name today, boys," laughed n fellow-bank clerk , . , , "Does him good to get out nnd hustle for the good of his village," said another. A third man stepped Into the group nnd put a hand on Hobcrt Oay's shoulder; With tho other hand he pointed across the street to a small window In wfjlch hung u yellow, banner, '-'Jf Young Mr. (Jay feels so good, maybe he lias the nerve to go across the street, there, nnd tell those fair ladles that It Is unlawful for them to have their club open today. They are within 100 feet of the polls." . . "What of It?" asked Mr. any. "Is It a political organization?" "Woman Suffrage Club see the banner i Thirteenth Assembly district! Head It!" Mr, flay did read the words. Himself, he had never been Interested In whether or not women had the right to vote. He had no women folks of his own and the few friends he. had were not Interested In tho question, , "Who wants the club closed 7'1 he naked,, looking about. "All of us, but well, It's a rather dell cate thing to have to do. And yet women can vote on these particular questions to day questions of appropriations, school matters, etc., and there Is no reason why those women cannot be electioneering Inside those rooms. Do you seel" The man was growing a little excited. "Why don't you go ydu seem to havo the courage of ybur convictions?" aBked Mr, day, seriously. "Oh you'd do It so much better and you don't know any of the members." "Dd go, aay," urged another. And finally, without; the least Idea that he was doing what was right, but because he was coerced Into going, Young Mr, (lay crossed the street and entered the little c)Ubroom. A charmingly appointed room lay be fore him. Ho could hear voices behind a, large screen at the far end. Presently a wcir-dressed, handsome woman stepped ..Mr- f ,TVki ' is .to1 jJerer tk-d, Mr. A Sequel to stammered, leaning ngalnst.the eilff In mor fal anguish, v "Oonc, master? Where?" "(lone! Dead, perhaps I Kind her for mo I IMiid her I You can sec In tho dark I I I nm Jis though blind! Quick, on the trail" "Hut tell us" "Something has takfn Jier! Somo sav age thing! Homo wild man! Kven now he may be killing her! Quick after them! Ilremllu stood stsrlng for n, moment, un able to grasp (his catastrophe on the very moment of nrrlinl, Hut Zangamon, of swlfler wit, had already fallen on his knees, there bv the month of tho rae, and now seeing clearly by the dim light which more than sufficed for him was studying the traces of the struggle. Stern, meanwhile, clutching his head be tween both hands, dumb-mad with agony, was choking with dry sobs. Master' See'" Jnngamon held up a piece' of splintered wood, with tboxbark deeply scarred by teeth J Stern snatched It "Part of the polo I gave her to brace the rock with," he realized. "Kven that wns of no n.nll." "Master this way they went!" Zangainon pointed up along tho rock terrace. Stern's eyes could distinguish no slightest trace on tho stone, but the Mem ennn spoke with certainty. He added! "Thcro was Hghtlnar Mil tho way along bete, master And then, here, the girl was dragged." Stern stumbled blindly nftcr him as he led the way "There was fighting here? She strug gled?" "Vrn, master" "Thank (lod' She was nllve, here, any how She wasn't killed In tho cave. Maybe, In the open, she might " "Now there ts.no more flghtlng, master. The wild thing carried her here." He pointed at the rock. Stern, trembling nnd Very sick, Hashed his electric lamp upon II. With eyes of dread and horror he looked for blood stains What? A drop! With a dull, shuddering Kloiiii he piesscd forward again. Out ho Jerked his pistol and fired, straight up, their pienrrauged signal! One shot, then n pause, then two Somo bare pos sibility existed and that she still might llo(nml henr nnd know that rescue came If It could coino before it waa eternally too late! "On, on'" cried Allan. "Oo on, Zanga moil ! Quick ' Lead mo on the trail !" The Mcrucaan. now nlded by Ilremllu, who had recoeied his wits, scouted ahead like a bloodhound on tho spoor of u fugi tive. Ono gripped his stone ax, the other n Jn cllii. llent half double, scrutinizing In tho dark tho stony path which Allan followed be hind them only by the nld of his flash, thoy proceeded cautiously up toward tho brow of the cliff ngaln. Hut ete they reached the top they branched off on to another lateral path, still rougher and mom tottuntls, that led along the hi east of the, canyon "This way. master. It was here, most sut py the thing cm led her." "What kind of maiks? Did you see signs of claws?" 'Claws? What nre claws?" "Shaip. lung nails, llko our nails, only much Lit ger nnd longer. Do you seo any such marks?" Zniigamou paused u second to peer "I seem to seo mat Us as of hands, master, but " "No matter! On' We must find her! Quick lead tho way !" , KInc minutes of agonizing suspense for Allan lu ought him, still following the guides, without whom all would have been utterly lost, to a kind of thickly wooded dell that descended sharply to the edge of the canyon, Into this the trail led. 1-Aeti bo himself could now here and there mako out, by the aid uf his light, a bioken twig, tiampled feius nnd down-crushed grass. Unoy he distinguished a blood-stain on a limb fresh blood, not coagulated, A groan burst fiom between his chattering teeth. He turned his llfjht on tho grass beneath. All at once a blade muied. "Oh. thank (lod!" he wheezed. 'They passed hero onlya few minutes ago. They can't be far now!" .Something drew his attention. He snatched at a sapling ' "Hair!" Caught in u roughness of tho bark a few dent of the club." Sho stepped nearer to tho sti.inger. "Well ah that Is, I believe you nre violating tho law by having these rooms open today within lOu feet of tho polls," Mr. (Itay managed to stammer. The smllo faded from the face of the woman nnd the conversation behind the eei ecu ceased. It was an awkward mo zi'.ent for llobcrt Ony, "I'm sure we didn't know It," the woman began earnestly and without a particle of linger. "If that Is the case why, of course, we'll close. It," she looked around her at the dainty tea tables, at tho percolators steaming and emitting the fragrant whiffs of lueHliig'coffee "It Is too bad we didn't know It before wo made preparations. You see, we aro open every day as a tea room, and wo prepared t'xtra things today be uium: wo thought a number of the men who weio lu the village to vote might want a cup of coffeo nnd. some of our, home-made dainties. I I'm so soiry, bpt, of couiee, if we're trying to get n voice In the making of laws we mustn't begin by breaking them must we?" She smiled again ,nnd -.Young Mr. (lay smiled In'roturn. "Perhaps that is. If you will Just re move your banner from-the window I can Induce the men across tho street who havo made tho protest to withdraw It. I'm very "Oh," said tho woman graciously, "that would be so nice but don't get ourself Into trouble over It." - Hobeil (Jay assured her that he would not. ami as ho bowed himself out he had a feeling of regret at leaving, hcn ho returned to the little group of men a lawyer had Joined them an" he had been explaining, during the absence of Mr (lay. that no law could close those clubl roo.iis: ,1Bt n was not yet recognized by tho State as u political organization. .uii rfall'.8ll0"'l opologlze," llobert Gay sa Id when he had heard the decision. Oh. never mind, (Jay. It won't hurt them," his fellow clerk said. " t Vut.,n "" follwing afternoon at s:S0 Itobert (lay entered the little tearoom and was disappointed not to find the president of the club there. The little maid said that Mr. Oay did not like teabut he'ordered a 'aW of M' t0RC,.,er wltl1 "e mumns an,i he never was known to eat between ... "" u ih ot tea, small pot of It. together with some mum meals In time he was rewarded by a sight of Miss Tracy, entering th little clubroom He arose and went toward her. "Miss Tracy, I have come to apollglze f6r my " terference of yesterday." r n" Tnicy waved away his trouble. "Don't i beg of you. you were so nlc. and we had a splendid day." 'Will you prove that you bear no 111 will by Joining me In a cup of tea?" Mr Oav w iatorilshed to.hear himself saying bJutt" llity TrnCy "P'M. " andtitVttwi.sdUth1enWnhne,,v U,?.,ert th ' ?0 WlT hom. thrnn110U,hte0 ?T nD'' wlt.rtl.e .te.,denhtr0fa,Pr'a"r, ? that wait. h. ri-l. . . .' ".'!" ".""" and to let he?elj' him of the woVk of Z women. "w women, And now, Instead of laughing at the vl" JJH Mwlhrouih.the, bank in .which And ZT ZZi a 1 . "" ""msst, commend "Beyond the Great Oblivion1 By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND short, stiff, wiry hairs, reddlsh-bron-i. . ' twisted. n " n "One of the Horde?" he stammered A lightning-flash of memory carrlad tu back to Madison Forest, more than a vS ago. He seemed to see ngaln the obuifS that monster advanced upon the girl clot,?, lug, supremely hideous. ' "" "The hair! The same kind of hair I t the power of the Horde 1" he gasped ft A mental picture of extermination ihusu. before his mind's eye. Whether th2J lived or died, he knew now that hla i2 work was to Include a total sUusht j the Anthropoids. The destruction ht Ku already wrought among them was tw child's play to what would be. And In his soul flamed the fnreknowlaaW. of a hunt a I'outrance, to the bitter end, long as one, n single one of that foul br2 should, live, he would not rest from klUhu? "Master I Thla wv! liar. ....".ll Tho voice of Zangamon tent him one. 1 inn.... teatahl.tre ttiemi-.!. tt,., Ii.a.i. -. vs I questing guides. Again ha fired the i!fui shot, and now with the full power e iJI lungs he yelled. , Hla voice rang, echoing, through the buk and tangled growths, startling the nlrtt life of the depths. Something chlpptM overhead. Nearby a serpent slid away, hte. Ing venomously. Death lurked on trtrr hand. btern took no thought ot It, but prastid forward, shouting the girl's name, hallta. Ing, beating down the undergrowth ' mad fury. And here, there, all about,' ks flung the light-beam. Perhaps she might yet hear his halls t,.. naps sne mmm even caicn some Ounsajj glimmer of his light arid know that 1Y was coming, that rescuers were flghtlng aa ward to her. Silent, lithe, confident even among then new and terribly strange conditions, thart, men of the Folk slid through the Jungle (CONTINUED TOMORROW) Farmer Smith's Column nn -vnTHiNft! My Dear Children Many times this qw tlon Is hurled at me: "What would TOT do?" , Why do you suppose this question It asked me? Because the ones who atk It expect mo to draw from my own expsrUao) nnd tell what I would do If such and rue a thing happened. For Instance, a boy asked me what 1 would do if. I were In an office, and walk ing with a lot or boys wno snoot ruM bands when "the boss" happens to be out " I explained very carefully that I would do nothing. It Is a mistake to think latt "the boss" will not And out, what Is gol&ft I might say you are the only person Jon' can "fool," and when you stop foollni yourself then you will be promoted, no mU.',' ter whether you are In school or In an offlct1 When you nre In doubt what to do, DO4 SWl JIl.MJ. When you are In doubt what to say, BAT NOTHINO. Hut smile. The great power of knowing whit NOT to do Is Just ns great as the ability to knair what to do. And, after all, YOU are the judge of whit Is right and best to do for yourlf. l nope that After you have read what I hlri written for you so often about your won-. derful self you will be able to Judge quleklj ) anu vviaf;i.r wnat to do or what NOT tt do. Think before you act. Your loving editor, FAnMEn SMITH. f BILLY AND MRS. OPOSSUM By Farmer Smith Thump Thump Thump ! Mrs. Opossum heard a noise outalds lbs' 1llalt,v, 1r,a nn.1 lt.at.MU, MMsa.,tw .Sill w,.u.,r.u,,t iiviim nu lUUUBiii, t;u.icw-l, MM Mr. Woodpecker was at work. Hut te noise awakened her twelve btbltt. whom she had named after the month! of the year. January Opossum, called "Jin" by his mother, was the biggest of them all' and the greatest wtggler. Every tlms Mr. , Woodpecker tapped on the tree Jan Oposium began to squirm and stick his sharp clawi In the walls of the Opossum nursery, which , was nothing more or less than the pocktt with which Mother Nature has provide! , I every good and kind mother opossum. "Ston it. 1 anv 1" aalrl Mrs (liKisaum. After all was quiet again, Mrs. Oposnisv shook the children and the whole tw!Yi' of them crawled on her back as aha climbed, out of their cozy home and started on trip in search of something to eat. , Mrs. Opossum had not none far whin SM saw a pair of horns and two big eyes look'' lug at her. ' "Quick I Quick 1" shs shouted to the chil dren, and quicker than a wink she ttA all the babies were down on th frOUM with their paws sticking up in the air M though thev were oulte dead. Through tbt tall grass 'came Billy Bumpus hunting tot, something to eat. When he saw, ju , Opossum lying there on the ground ho wrtt un and uokert her with hla noae. "All. me," said Hilly, to himself. "I so sorry Mrs. Opossum Is dead dead dM and all her beautiful children, too. To bad! A whole family dead at once. I will have to burv them at Ihe font iif a DtrtUJ.- mon tree and put little pawpaw stloks at me Head of their graves. Boo-hoor Mrs. Dnnaaum heai-rTuhat ttlHv was Str ing nnd she tried hard to play dead, but he was so runny that she could not ons laughing. Hlllv waited a. little whlll M then went on : "I just passed a big pertlw- 4 I mon tree over yonder and I know tbU ,1 Jack Froat kissed the persimmons and mae , them ripe not long ago." Mrs. Onoaaum bnd her- llttl children Uf as still as they could, but there was J, u nine iwinKie in Airs, upoiium ,. j "Now. Mrs. Opossum. I know all abow,"; you why don't you get up and let m JJ"? you a funny story T Judge Ooat cams ' to our house a couple of days ago ana ., some stolen brickbat soup. Wasn't " ; lunnyj- . "YES I" shouted Mrs. Opossum to let"' th.t It made Billy Jump. -.V; "Oh. he. I" said Hlllv -Un voll Wr Wi, daad at all. T p-l.. fni nnthlnr. Jl When the twelve little opossum nH their mother's voice thoy jumped up '; na il flash and .-.n...-.,.! .in ft. long MsT . on her side to a place on her back. '-am us where that persimmon tree It," til VTa-ai f,.a "How happy you thould bo. Mrt. Of" turn." said Billy at he started for. J ' persimmon tree with Mrs. Opotsum ,- I dozen little children following him. , " ,'l have no rent to pay and you carry a" ' oamngs orsyours along witn you - go hunting for something to eat" . Whtn tho persimmon trot ?n haka down a Uvr perlmmont for i t fM sav.m. go.nu, th. tre. 5 J? b.ab1"' Th' " "' ' n0'?1 ifcj"? .h .-.. . VIII toon . sleep for tho winter," ( "Don't you get anything to oat J you're asleep" asked filllm wondering).-' "Not a thing," replied Mrs. Oposown. , -inavn wnai miKM It to eaey 1 . winy laugneo. "My, but you 100 - ., moving van," ho. said. "Hold on tight & those shoestring tails of yours." . ."Ji "I wish vnli wnuM run slang and MUA r ' bUtt U U0. but Juai ma . bit It ?"". " HSUOTsWHW IM thouaht ,u nwam I .. !..- . - -- T.-' . 4. ." T I Jja-r wa .HM.J
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