La Grande evening observer., June 02, 1917, Image 4

SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917,
PGE FOUR
GRANDE
OBSERVER.
LA (TR.ANDE TCVTCNTNtt ORSERVER.
Copyright by Frank A. M unsay Co.
SYNOPSIS
John Carter, who has been translated
twice to Mara, returns to earth and leave
the story of Ills adventures with hla nepb
w, then goea again to Mara
Carter aid a Martian warrior fighting a
horde of plant men. lie discovers In the
warrior an old (rlend, 'i'ur Tarkas.'
Carter and Tarkas escape their enemies
by entering a hollow tree and making
tbelr way to a cliff cave above. j,
They explore the cave, and through a
caret door enter a mysterious chamber.
Unseen voices threaten them.
Thy engage In desperate fighting with
therns, people who Inhabit that section,
and meet an Imprisoned maid, Thuvla,
She tells of her captivity, shoots a thern
and Carter dlsgu.sea himself In the them's
garments.
Carter plans an escape from the mys
terious place. Thuvla leads the way to
till other chamber.
tlfe "snows to the south. Tars Tarkas
follows where John Carter leads. I
hare spoken."
"Let ub go!" I cried. "We must
make the start, for we could not be
further from escape than we now are,
in the heart of this mountain and with-
In the four walls of this chamber of
death
"Come, then," said the girl, "but do
not flatter yourself that you can find
no worse place than this within the
territory of the therns."
Bo saying, she swung the secret panel '
that separated us from the apartment j
to which I bad found her, and we
stepped through once more Jnto the
presence of the other prisoners.
-'There' were in all ten red Martians,
men and women, and when we bad
briefly explained our plan they decided
to join forces with us, though It was
evident that It was with some consld-
The Girl Raised Her Revolver and Firso
Point Blank at Him.
erablo misgivings tbnt they thus tempt-1
cd fate by opposing an ancient super
stition, even though each knew through
cruel experience the fallacy of its en
tire fabric.
One of these prisoners, a red Map
tian boy, particularly attracted me.
Thero was something strangely fumll-
iar about bis face, and yet I could not !
nlnco blin. I nuked l.lm hi. ,.n, n,i
ho said It wns Cnrtliorls.
Thuvla. the Kill whom
I had first 1
freed, soon had tho others at liberty.
Tars Tarkas and I stripped tho bodies '
of the two therns of their weapons, j
which included swords, daggers and
two revolvers of tlio curious and dead
ly typo manufactured by tho red Map
tin 118.
We distributed the weapons as fat
as they would go among our follow
ers, giving tho llreanus to two of the
women, Thuvla being one so armed.
With tho latter as our guido wo set
off rapidly, but cautiously, through a
maze of passages, crossing great cham
bers hewu from tho solid metal of the
cliff, following winding corridors, as
cending Bteep inclines and now and
again concealing ourselves in dark re
cesses at the sound of approaching
footsteps.
Our destination, Thuvla said, was a
distant storeroom, where arms and am
munition In plenty might be found.
fit,A wna rt Innil lia trt flin un, .,..)-
the cliffs, from where It would require
both wondrous wit and tulghtr tight-
Ing to win our way through ti.e vcrv i
heart of tho stronghold of tho holy
therns to the world without.
"And even then. O prince." she cried. !
tha arm nt Hi a hnlv thprn la Inn it 1
reaches to every nation of Barsoom, t
His secret temples are hhUon la the I
heart of every community.
"Wherever we go, should we escae,
we shall find that word of our coming 1
has preceded us, and death awslts us
. : . , ...ll
ue.ore we may puuino tu. u ...... ur
blasphem os. ,
AVe had proceeded for poss tbly an ,
hour without serious Interraptton and
Thuvla had just vhlspered to mtMhatj
we we're approaching our 'first dcstlna-
tfon when on entering a great chamber
wo came upon a man. evidently a
thern.
He wore, in addition to bis leathern
trappings and Jeweled ornaments, a
great circlet of gold about his brow, In
the exact center of .which was set an
Immense stone.
As the thorn saw us bis eyes nar
rowed to two nasty silts.
"Stop!" he cried. "What means this,
Thuvia?"
For answer the girl raised her re
volver and fired point blank at him.
Without a sonnd be sank to the eurtb,
dead.
"Beast!" she hissed. "After all these
years I am at last revenged."
Then as she turned toward me, evi
dently with a word of explanation on
her lips, her eyes suddenly widened as
they rested upon me, and with a little
exclamation she started toward me.
"O prince," she cried, "fate Is In
deed kind to us. The way is still d un
, cult, bJt through this vile thing upon
the floor we may yet win to the outer
world. Notcst thou not the remarka
, bio resemblance between this holy
thern and thyself f".
CHAPTER VII.
Through the Golden Cliffs.
HE man was Indeed of my pre
cise stature, nor were bis eyes
and features unlike mine, but
his hair was a mass of flow-
ig yellow locks, like those of the two
i hod killed, while mine Is black and
close cropped.
"What of the resemblance?" I aBked
the girl. "Do you wish me, with my
black, short lmlr, to pose as a yellow
haired priest of this infernal cult?"
She smiled and for answer approach
ed the body of the man she had slain
and, kneeling beside it, removed the
circlet of- gold from tho forehead and
then to my utter amazement lifted the
entire scalp bodily from the corpse's
bead. " ' '
Rising, she advanced to my side and,
placing the yellow wig over my black
hair, crowned me with the golden cir
clet with the magnificent gem. '
"New don' his harness, prince," she
said, "and you may pass where you
will in the realms of the therns, for
Sator Throg wos a holy thern of tbo
tenth cycle and mighty among his
kind."
' As I stooped to tho dead man to do
her bidding I noted that not a hair
grew upon his head, which was quite
as bald as an egg.
"They aro all thus from birth" ex
plained Thuvla, noting my surprise.
"The race from which they sprung
was crowned with a luxuriant growth
of golden hnlr, but for many ages the
present race has been entirely bald.
The wig, however, has come to be a
part of their apparel, and so important
a part do they consider It that It Is
onimo for tho deepest disgrace were a
thern to appear In public without It."
In another moment I stood garbed
In. tho habiliments of a holy thern.
At Thurtn's suggestion two of the
released prisoners boro tho body of the
dead thern upon tbelr shoulders with
,,s ns wo r,,lltlll"i,1 "r Journey toward
the storeroom, which we reached with-
out further mishap.
oro "10 li('.vs wMch Thuvla bore
from ,,lp d0"'1 thor" of ,ho Pson vault
woro tIle of giving us immcdi-
nto entrance to the chamber, and very
quickly we wero thoroughly outfitted
with anus nnd ammunition.
By this time 1 was so thoroughly
fugged that I could go no farther, so I
threw myself upon tho floor, bidding
Tars Tarkas to do likewise and cau
tioning two of the released prisoners
to keep careful watch.
In an instant I was asleep.
ITow long 1 slept upon tho floor of
the storeroom I do not know, but it
must have been many hours. I was
awakened with a start by cries of
alarm, and scarce were, my eyes opened
nor had I yet sufficiently collected my
wits to qulto realize where I was when
a fusillade of shots rang out, rever
berating through the subterranean cor
ridors in n series of deafening echoes.
In an Instant I wns upon my feet A
dozen lesser therns confronted us from
" larK0 d"orwnr at ,he 0PP " f
tlu? 8to,rero"1 from tl,Rt w'lch- nn(J
M,,creJ - A 'out "'."J""! the b0"e9 !
U1V l I'llll'llllH'IIN, Willi llllT I'MTl'lH'll VI
Thuvla. Tars Tarkas nnd Cathorls,
whol llko "J"' ,m,t ,,P0" "S,1"T
IIIU Ut'lT mill IIIUS t'KL'IIi'lll HIW Ul.Tt. Kin'
ln fl' , ' M A x. .
? yW.-the fJ0.?'
distorted In mingled chagrin, conster
' nation and alarm.
Instantly I aroso to the occasion.
i ' .mi, liii'iiub iiimr & vimi i
flm,e lg pnt()r rbrog t0 u
muruered , v ,lg own va881li8r
na magtpr of
one of tho feUows.jvhlle
- 7 -
mo, others uui tutvuru i.iu ..wiuuj
as though to attempt a surreptitious
escape from the presence of tho mighty
one.
"Ask them their mission here," whis
pered Thuvla nt my elbow;
"What do you here, follows?" I cried.
"Two from the outer world are at
large within the dominions of the
therns. We sought them nt the com
mand of the fnther of therns. One
was white with black hair, the other a
huge green warrior."
Here the fellow cast a suspicious
glance toward Tars Tarkas.
"Here, then, Is one of them," spoke
Thuvla, Indicating the Thnrk, "and If
you will look upon this dead man by
tho door perhaps you will recognize
the other. It was left for Sator Throg
and his poor slaves to accomplish what
the lesser therns of the gunrd were
unable to do we bave killed one and
captured the other. For this bas Sator
Throg given us our liberty. And now
In your stupidity have you come aud
killed all but myself and like to bare
killed tbe mighty Sator Throg bim
self."
Tbe men looked very sheepish and
very scared.
"Had they not better throw these
bodies to the plant men and then re
turn to tbelr quarters, O mighty one?"
ashed Thuvla of me.
' "Yes. Do as Thuvla bids you," I
said.
As the men picked up the bodies I
noticed that tbo one who stoeped to
gather up the late Sator Throg started
as bis closer scrutiny fell upon the up.
turned face, and then tbe follow stole
a furtive, sneaking glance in my dl
rectton from the corner of his eye. '
That he susplcioned something of
the truth I could have sworn, but that
It was only a suspicion which he did
not dare voice wag evidenced by bis
silence.
Again, as be bore tbe body from the
room, he shot a quick but searching
glance toward me, and then his eyes
fell once more upon the bald and shiny
dome of the dead man In his arms."
The last fleeting glimpse that I ob
tained of his profile as he passed from
my sight without the chamber reveal
ed a cunning smile of triumph upon
his lips.
Only' Tars Tarkas, Thuvla and I
rere left. The fatal marksmanship of
the therns had snatched from pur com
panions whatever slender chance they
had of gaining the perilous freedom
of the world.
So soon as the last of tho grewsome
procession bad disappeared the girl
urged us to take up our flight once
more. ' 1 ' 1
She, too, had noted the questioning
attitude of thevthern who had borne
Bator Throg away. ''
"It bodes no good for us, O prince,"
she said, "for,, even though this fel
low dared not chance accusing you In
error, there bo those above with power
sufficient to demand a closer scrutiny,
and that, prince,' would Indeed prove
fatal.'' v . . .
I shrugged my shoulders. It seemed
that in any event the outcome of our
plight must end In death. I was re
freshed from my sleep, but still weak
from loss of blood.
I was discouraged. Never hod a
feeling of such utter hopelessness come
over me In the face of danger. Then
the long, flowing yellow locks of the
holy thern, caught by some vagrant
draft, blow about my face.
Might tbey not still open the way
to freedom? If we acted In time.
A Continuous Line of Impregnable For
tifications Circles the Outer Slopes.
might we not even yet oscapo before
tho general alarm was sounded? We
could at least try.
"What will the fellow do first, Thu
vla?" I asked. "How long will It be
before they mny return for us?"
"ITe will go directly to the father
of thorns, ohl Mntai Shang. He may
have to wait for nn audience, but since
he is very high among the lesser
therns In fact, a thorlan among them
it will not bo long that Matal Shang
will keep him waiting.
"Then. If the father of therns puts
credence In his story, another hour
will gee tbe galleries and chambers,
the courts and gardens filled with
searchers."
"What we do, then, must be done
within an hour. What Is the best way,
Thuvla, the shortest way out of this
celestial hades?"
"Straight to the top of tho cliffs,
prince," she replied, "and then through
tho gardens to the Inner courts. From
thero our wr.v will lie within the tem
ples of the therns. and (cross them to
tho outer courts. Then the ramparts
0 prince, It Is hopeless! Ten thousand
warriors could not hew a way to lib
erty from out this awful place!
"Since the beginning of time, little
by little, stone by slone, .have the
therns been ever adding to the de
fenses of their stronghold. A continu
ous line of Impregnable fortifications
circles the outer slopes of the moun
tains of Otz.
"Within tbe temples that lie behbid
the ramparts a million fighting men
are ever ready. The courts and gar
dens are filled with slaves, with worn?
en and with children.
"None could go a stone's throw with
out detection."
"If there is no other way, Thuvla,
why dwell upon the difficulties of this?
We must face them."
"Can we not better make the at
tempt after dark?" asked Tars Tarkas.
"There would seem to be no chance
byday."
"There would be a little better
chance by night, but even then the
ramparts are well guarded, possibly
better than by day. There are fewer
abroad in the courts and gardens,
though," said Thuvla.
"What Is the hour?" I asked.
"It was midnight when you released
me from my clialns," said Thuvla.
"Two hours later we reached the store
room. There you slept for fourteen
hours. It must now be nearly sun
down again. Come; we will go to
some nearby window in the cliff and
make sure." " '
So saying, she led the wa$ through
winding corridors until at a sudden
turn we fame upon an opening which
overlooked tht valley Dor.
At our right the sun was setting, a
huge red orb, below the western range
of Otz.
A little below us stood the holy thern
on watch upon bis balcony. His scar
let robe of office was pulled tight about
him In anticipation of the cold that
comes bo suddenly witb darkness as
the sun sets.
. So rare Is the atmosphere of Mars
that It absorbs very little heat from,
the sun. ' During the daylight hours it
Is always extremely hot;, at night It
Is intensely cold. Nor does the thin
atmosphere refract the sun's rays or
diffuse Us light as upon earth. -
Tbe declining sun lighted brilliantly
the eastern banks of Korus, the crim
son sward, the gorgeous forest. Be
neath tbe trees we saw feeding many
herds of plant men.
Thuvla lost 30 time In leading us to
ward' the corridor which winds back
and forth up 'through the cliffs toward
tbe surface" thousands of feet above
the level on whlch'we had been. '
Twice great banths, wandering loose
through " the galleries, blocked bur
progress, but la each Instance Thuvla
spoke' a low word of command,' and
the snarling beasts slunk sullenly
away. "
If you can dissolve all our obsta
cles as easily as you master these fierce
brutes I can see no difficulties In our
way," I said td the girl, smiling'. "How
do you'dfl It?' " v ' ' ' '
Bhe laughed and then shuddered.
"I do not quite know," she said.
"When first I came here I angered
Sator Throg because I repulsed him.
Ho ordered me thrown Into one of the
great pits In the Inner gardens. It
was filled with banths.
"In my own country I had been ac
customed to command. Something in
my voice, I do not know what, cowed
the beasts as they sprang to attack me.
"Instead of tearing me to pieces, as
Sator Throg had desired, they fawned
at my feet. So greatly were Sator
Throg and his friends amused by the
sight that they kept me to train and j
handle the terrible creatures. I know
them all by name.
"There are many of them wandering
through these lower regions. They are
the scavengers. Many prisoners die
here In their chains. The bnnths solve
tbo problem of sanitation, at least In
this respect
In the gardens nnd temples above
thev nro kept In pits. The therns fear
them. It is because of the banths that
they seldom vontnre below ground ex
cept ns thejr duties call fhem."
An idea occurred to me, suggested
by what Thuvla had Just srUI.
Why not take n number of bnnths
and set them loose before tis above
ground?" I asked.
Thuvla laughed.
"It would distract attention from us.
I am sure," she said.
She commenced calling In a low sing
song voice that was half purr. She
continued this ns wo wound our tedi
ous way through the maze of subter
ranean pnssnges aud chambers.
Presently soft padded feet sounded
close behind us, nnd as I turned I saw
a pair of great green eyes shining In
the dark shadows nt our rear. From
a diverging tunnel a sinuous, tawny
form crept stealthily toward us.
Low growls and angry snarls as
sailed our ears on every side as we
hastened on, and one by one tho fero
cious creatures answered the call of
their mistress.
She spoke a word to each as It Joined
us. Like well schooled terriers, they
paced tbe corridors with us, but I
could not help but note the lathering
Jowls nor the hungry expressions with
which the terrible beasts eyed Tars
Tarkns and myself.
Soon we were entirely surrounded
by some fifty of the brutes. Two
walked close on either side of Thuvla.
ns guards might walk. The sleek sides
of others now and then touched my
own naked limbs.
Jt was a strange experience, the al
most noiseless passage of linked hu
man feet ami padded paws; the golden
walls splashed with precious stones;
the dim light cast by tho tiny radium
bulbs set at considerable distances
along the roof; the bnge, maued beasts
of prey crowding with low growls
about us; the mighty green warrior
towering high .above us aU; juyself
crowned with iuo anlcoless diadem of
a holy thern, aud lending the proces.
slon the beautiful girl Thuvla.
I shall not soon forget It.
Presently we approached a great
chamber more brightly lighted than
the corridors. Thuvla baited us.
Quietly she stole' toward tho entrance
and glanced within. Then she mo
tioned us to follow her, '
The room was filled with specimens
of the strange beings tbnt inhabit tills
underworld, a heterogeneous collection
of hybrids the offspring of the pris
oners from the outside world, red and
green Martians and the white race of
therns.
Picking our way carefully, we
threaded a winding path across the
chamber, the great banths sniffing
hungrily at the tempting prey spread
before them In such tantalizing and
defenseless profusion.
Several times wo passed tbe en.
trances to other chambers similarly
peopled, and twice again we were com.
polled to cross directly through them
In others were chained prisoners and
beasts.
"Why Is it that we see no therns?"
I asked of Thuvia.
"They seldom traverse the under
world at night, for then It Is that the
great banths prowl tbe dim corridors
seeking their prey. The therns fear
tbe awful denizens of this cruel and
hopeless world that they have fostered
and allowed to grow beneath their very
feet.
"The prisoners even sometimes turn
upon them and rend them. Tbe thern
can never tell from what dark shadow
an assassin may spring upon bis back.
"By day it Is different. Then the
corridors and chambers are filled with
guards passing to and fro.' Slaves
from the temples above come by hun
dreds to the granaries and storerooms.
All Is life then. You did not see it be
cause I led you not In the beaten
tracks, but through roundabout pas
sages seldom used.
"Yet It is possible that we may meet
thern even yet They do occasion
ally find It necessary to come here
after the sun has set Because of this
I have moved with caution.
But we -cached the upper galleries
without di .ectlim. and presently Thu
vla halted us at the foot of a short
steep ascent' " ' ' '
CHAPTER VIII." "
The
w
The Blsok Pirates of Baraoom.
BOTE us," Thuvla said, "la a
doorway which opens on to
the ' Inner gardens. I have
brought you thus far. From
here on for four miles to the outer
ramparts our way will be beset by
countless dangers. '' '
"Guards patrol the courts, the tem
ples, tbe gardens. Every Inch of the
ramparts themselves Is beneath the
eye of a sentry."
I could not understand the necessity
for such an enormous force of armed
men about a spot bo surrounded by
mystery and superstition t;hat not a
soul upon Barsoom would have dared
to approach It even had they known Its
exact location. ' ' a
I questioned Thuvla, asking her
what enemies the therns could fear in
their Impregnable fortress; '
Wo had reached the doorway now,
and Thuvla was opening it '
"They fear the black pirates of Bar
soom, O prince!" she said. "From
whom may our first ancestors preserve
us."
The door swung open. The smell of
growing things greeted my nostrils;
the cool night air blew against my
cheek. .
The great banths sniffed the unfa
miliar odors, and then with a rush
they broke past us with low growls,
swarming across the gardens of the
therns beneath the lurid light of the
nearer moon.
Suddenly a grent cry arose from the
roofs of the temples, a cry of alarm
and wnrnlng that taken up from point
to point, ran off to the east and to tho
west, from temple, court nnd rampnrt,
until it sounded as a dim echo In the
distance.
The grent Tbnrk's long sword leaped
from Its scabbard. Thuvla shrank,
shuddering, to my side.
"Whut Is It?" I asked of tho girl.
For answer she pointed Into the sky
I looked, and there, above us, ',
saw shadowy bodies flitting hither and
thither high over temple,, courts and
garden.
Almost Immediately flashes of light
broke from these strango objects,
There was a roar of musketry and
then nnswerlng flashes nnd roars from
temple and rampart.
"The Black Tlrates of Barsoom, O
prince!" said Thuvla.
In great circles the air craft of the
marauders swept lower and lower to
ward the defending forces of the
therns.
Volley after volley they vomited
upon the temple guards. Volley on
volley crashed through the thin air
toward the fleeting and illusive fliers.
As the pirates swooped closer to
ward the ground thern soldiery poured
from the temples Into the gardens and
courts. The sight of them In the open
brought a score of fliers dartlug to
ward us from all directions.
The therns fired upon them through
shields affixed to their rifles, but on,
steadily on, came the grim black craft
They were small fliers, for the most
part, built for two tj three men. A
few larger ones there were, but these
kept high aloft, dropping bombs upon
the temples from their keel batteries.
At length, with a concerted rush, ev
ldently in response to a signal of com
mand, the pirates In our immediate vi
cinity dashed recklessly to the ground
In the very midst of the thern soldiery.
Scarcely waiting for their craft to
touch, the creatures manning them
leaped among the therns with the fury
o? tleinous.
a.inh flchtinsl Never had I witness
ed Its like bofore. I had thought tho
Martians, tbe most ferocious
On, 8teadily on, Cama ths Grim Black
cratt.
warriors In the universe, but the aw
ful abandon with which the Black PI
rates threw themselves upon their foes
transcended even-thing I ever before
had seen.
Beneath the brilliant light of Mars'
two glorious moons the whole scene
presented Itself In vivid distinctness
The golden haired, white skinned
therns battled witb desperate courage
In hand to hand conflict with their
ebony skinned foemen.
A little to one side stood Thuvia, tbe
Thark, and I. The tide of battle had
not reached us. but the fighters from
time to time swung close enough that
we might distinctly note them.
The Black Pirates interested me Im
mensely. I had heard vague rumors
little more than legends they were-
durlng my former life on Mars, but
never had I seen them uor talked witb
one who had.
They were popularly supposed to In
habit the lesser moon, from which they
descended upon Barsoom at long Inter
vals. Where they visited tbey wrought
the most horrible atrocities and when
they left carried away with them fire
arms and ammunition and young girls
as prisoners. ' ' s
Ail about us In the garden lay their
sinister craft, which the ' therns for
some reason,' then uiiaccouhtablo to me,
made no effort' to Injure.' Now and
again a black Warrior would rush from
a nearby temple bearing a young wom
an In its arms. Straight for his filer
he would leap, while those of his com
rades who fought near by would rush
to cover his escape.
The therns, on their side, would
hasten to rescue. the girl, and In nn In
stant the two would be swallowed In
a maelstrom of yelling devils, backing
and hewing at one another.
But always, It seemed, were the
Black Pirates of Barsoom victorious
aud the girl, brought miraculously un
barmeu through tho conflict, borne
away Into the outer darkness upon the
deck of a swift filer.
Fighting like that near us could be
heard in all directions as far as sound
carried, and Thuvla told me that the
attacks of the Black Pirates were
usually made simultaneously along the
entire rlbbou-llke domain of the therns,
which circles the valley Dor on the
outer slopes of the mountains of Otz.
As tho fighting receded from our no-
sltion for a moment Thuvla turned to
ward me -with a question.
"Do you understand now. O prince."
she seld, "why a million warriors
guard the domains of the holy therns
Dy day and by night?
The scene you are witnessing now
Is but a repetition of what I have seen
enacted a score of times during the
fifteen years I have been a prisoner
nere. ifroin time immemorial tho
Black Pirates of Barsoom have preyed
upon tne boly therns.
"Yet they never carry their cxnedl
Hons to a point, as one might readily
believe It was In their Dower to do.
where the extermination of the race of
therns is threatened. It is as though
tuey put utilized the race as play-!
things, with which they satisfy theirj
ierocious lust for fighting, and from
whom they collect toll lu arms and
ammunition nnd in prisoners."
"Why don't they Jump In and de
siroy cuese tilers?" I usked. "That
would soon put a stop to tbo attacks.
or at least the blacks would scarce be
so uoiu. W hy, see how perfectly un
guarded they leave their- craft, as
though they were lying' safe ln tnelr
own nangors at home!" ,
"The therns do not dare. Thov
tried it once, ages ago, but the next
night aud for a whole moon thereafter
a thousand great black battleships clr-
t. iub mountains of Otz pouring tons
of projectiles upon the temples, gar
dens and courts until every thern who
was not killed was driven for safety
Into the subterranean galleries.
"The therns know that they live at
all only by the sufferance of the black
men. They were near tn PTtmii,.tin
that once, and they will not venture
risking It agnln."
As she ceased talking a new plcmpnr
was instilled into the conflict It came
from a source eauallv nnlnnka
either thern or pirate. The great
banths which we had liberated ln the
garden had evidently been awed at
first by the sound of the hnrMo h
yelling of tho warriors and the loud
report of rifle and bomb.
But now they must have honm .
gered by the continuous noise and ex
SLJteine smell of new .Wood, for all
(Continued next week.)
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