La Grande evening observer., July 12, 1917, Image 3

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
PAGE SEVEN
Copyright by Frank A.iMiin.y Co. I
. !j SYNOPSIS
Johnj Carter, who baa been translated
iwlce io Mara, returns to earth and leavea
the story ot his adventures with Ills neph
ew, thfcn goes again to Mara ' ' t '
Carter aids a Murtlun warrior fighting a
horde pf plant men. lie discovers In the
warrior an old friend, Tars Tarkaa.
Carter and Tarkaa escape thelrenemlea
ty entering a hollow tree and making
their, way to a cliff cave above.
They explore the cave, and through a
eoret.door enter a mysterious chamber,
Vnaeen 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
nd Carter disguises himself in the thern'a
Carmen ta. ... ;
Carter plans an escape from the mya--terlous
place. Thuvla leads the way to
still other chambers.
Theth'erns are attacked by an aerial
fleet of Black Pirates, and during the bat
tle Carter, Tarkas, Thuvia and a young
male prisoner, Carthorls, escape in an air
"u J:; : ij ;n i;;. ;. w.t
Carter discovers that Carthoria Is bia
on by his Martian wife, Dejah. Thorls,
princess, i A fleet from Helium, 'Carter's
.principality, meets his airship.
Carter is accused of blasphemy by Zat
Arras, governor of Helium during Carter's
absence. Cnrtcr is condemned, but saved
by powerful friends. i .
Carter ' Is escorted to his palace. He
learns that Dejah Thorls Is held a prisoner
fcy the Black Pirates. '' , '
Carter and his friends assemble a huge
air fleet and fly to the rescue of Dejah
Thorla. ii t 1 . ..' ; ' '
A fearful aerial battle takes place. Car
ter is ulso attacked by an air tleet under
Zat Arras, who is defeated. !. .. .
Carter: attempts to reach Dejah Thorls
ty subterranean paisages, which are sud
denly flooded, and great difficulties are
-encountered. , , i . ', i ,' i i ;
Carter find Dejah Thorls In a chamber,
hides her and plunges again In the battle.
Tarkas charges and the battle Is won.
Dejah Thorls has been taken from her
hiding plaoo by Issus, Goddess of the
Black Pirates, and Imprisoned in a revolVr
Ing chamber. ' Carter cannot rescue her
and Is borne away almost .unconscious by
his men. '
Together "for a year .they will medi
tate within the temple of the Sun, but '
-ere the year is quite gone there will be;
no more food for them.; ,nn-ah! What '
divine entertainment!", and she licked
the froth from her cruel lips. "There
' will be no -more i food except each
other. . Ha-ah,! , Ha-ah!'; 1 1 .-.v-vi
The horror of the suggestion nearly ,
paralyzed ;me.' To this awful fate the
creature ; within ; my 1 power had con
demned my princess. I trembled In the .
ferocity of my, rage. .. u , ,
' As a t'erHer 'shakes a tai I shook Is-'
bus, Goddess of life Eternal. 1 -nl I iv
"Countermand your' orders!" I cried,
"Recall, the condemned. .Haste or you
dier " ;" '
"It is too late.' iHa-aii! iHa-anl" .7 1 '
She again commenced, her glbbprbagi
and shrieking. v i,,,s,,' ,.... ,..
Almost of It's 'own' volition my Bag
ger flew; up above that wicked heart.
But something stayed my hand, and I
am glnd now that it did. It Is a ter
rible thiiig to have struck down a wo
man with one's own band. But n litter
fate occurred to me for this false deity.
"Black Pirates," I cried, turning to
those who stood within the chamber,
"you have seen today the lmpotency of
Ibsus the gods are omnipotent. Issus
iB no god. She Is a cruel and wicked
old woman, who has deceived and
played upon you for ages. Take' her.
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the waiting "clutches" oT Tier "Defrayed
and vengeful people. v, , i t 1 r
Spying Cartliorls among the officers
of the red men, r called to him to lead
mo, quickly to the,t;einpl0,of .the, Sun,
and without waiting to leurn what fata
the Black Pirates would wreak upon
their goddess I rushed from the cham
ber with Carthorls, Hor Vastus, Kan
tos Kan' and a score of other red
nobles. ;- 1 t lit ' 1 ; (, i
Carthorls led us rapidly through the
Inner chambers of the temple until we
stood within the central court, a great
circular space paved with a transpar
ent marble of exquisite whiteness. Be
fore us rose a golden temple wrought
In the most wondrous and fanciful de
signs, Inlaid with diamond, ruby, sap
phire, turquoise, emerald and the
thousand nameless gems of Mars,
which far trausceud in loveliness and
purity of ray the most priceless stones
of earth.
. "This way," cried Carthorls, leading
ns toward the entrance to a tunnel,
which opened In tho courtyard beside
the temple.i , , ,ii , . j ii , ' . . ..
, ,As we were on the point of descend
ing we heard a deep toned roar burst
from. tho temple of Issus, which wo
had but Just quitted, and then a red
man, DJor Kiintns, . pud war of the
fifth utan, broke from a nearby gate,
crying to us to return. '
."The blacks have fired the temple,"
he cried. "In a thousand places It Is
burning now. Haste to the outer gar
dener you are lost" 'I'-' 1
As he spoke we saw smo!;e pouring
from a dozen windows looking, out
upon the ; courtyard of the temple of
the Sun, and far above the highest
of thirty Coleridge was broken down.
minaret of Issus hung au ever growing's "d he died a wreck at sixty-two,
pall of suioiie,
"Go back, go back!" I cried to those
who had accompanied me. 'The wiiy,
Carthorls: point the way and leave
me! I shall reach my princess yet.". ;
"Follow me, John Carter," replied
Carthorls, and without waiting for my
renly.ho. dashed .down Into the tunnel
ft our feet
At his heels I ran down through a
half dozen : tiers of galleries until at
last he led mo along a level floor at the
end pf which I discerned a lighted
chamber. 1 1 :
, Massive bars blocked our further
progress, but beyond I saw her my In
comparable princess, and with her was
Thuvla. When she saw ine she rushed
toward the bars that separated us. Al
ready'the chamber1 had turned upon Its
slow way: so. far that but a portion of
(the opening In tbtpinple.wallwas op
posite tlie burred end of the corridor.
Slowly' the interval was closing: ' 'In a
short time there would be but a tiny
crack, and then that even, would be
closed,; and for a long Barsoomlan year
the' chamber1 wtiiild'slOwly revolve un'
of smoke to our nostrils.' ; '. . ,
Presently we heard shouting at the
far end of tho corridor and hurrying
feet
"Come back', John Carter: come
baekr cried a voice. "Even the pits
are burnbsg." j
Iu a moment a dozen men, broke
through the now blinding smoker, to my
side. There were Carthorls and KuiKos
Kan and Hor Vastus, with n few 'more
who bad followed me' to the temple
court , 1 ,
"I shall remain here hesldnj, my prin
cess, until a merciful death; releases
me from my anguish." 1 declared. "I
care not to live." , 1
Dejah Thorls stood as closely to the
crack as she could, whispering words
of hope and courage to mo and urging
mo to save myself. ;
The smoke floured away, und wc
stood gazing upon a blank wall.' The
last crevice had closed. " '
They urged me to leave.
"In a moment It will bo too late,"
cried Kantos Kan. "Tbero Is, m fact,
but a bare vhunio that wo enn get
through' to the, outer garden ullve.
even' now. I have ordered the pumps
started, and in (lve nilnutcs the pits
will be'flooded. If ye would not drown
llko rats In a trap wo must hasten
above and make a dash for safety
through the burning temple." , 1
' "Go,"' I urged them. "Let' me die
hero besldo my priucess. There Is no
hope or happiness elsewhere for mo.
When they carry her dead body from
that terrible placo a year hence let
them find the body of her lord await
ing her." - .
Of what happened after that I have
only a confused recollection. It seems
as though I struggled with many men
and then that I was picked bodily
from the ground and borne away.
I do not know. '
TUE END.
Genius and Insanity. 1 .
Mony of the men whose nnmes we
revere tdduy lii science, art, literature
and poetry suffered from emotional
disturbances, resulting In nerve storms
or outbursts of mental violence which
can only be described as' superacuto
mania. The poet Cowper bud strong
suicidal tendencies, yet he roto "John
Gilpin" when suffering from intense
melancholia. Shelley had an insane
ancestry, and at . Eton he was called
"Mad Sholiey." Charles Lamb bad to
be placed in tin asylum, and bis sister
Mary stabbed h(r mother to the heart
while Insune. Wordsworth and his
sister Dorothy are nlmost a parallel to
Charles and Mary Lamb.' At the age1
Soutbey came Of an Insane stock. The
mother of Richard ,Briiisley Sheridan,
the dramatist, died dpmented at forty
two, ! Pope was deformed and rickety,
and Keats was neuropathic to bis fin
ger ' tips, ' Byron-'s mother was unbal
anced, and so was his maternal grand
father. London Globe.' ' '
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned have been constituted the
executors of the estate of S. F, Rich
ardson, deceased, late of Union coun
ty, Oregon, All persons having
claims against said estate will pre
sent the same with proper vouchers
to the undersigned at La Grande,
Union county, , Oregon, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice.
Dated at La Grande, Oregon, this
July 3, 1917.
. tJOEL H. RICHARDSON, and
, GEORGU B; RICHARDSON.
Executors of the Estate of S. F,
Richardson, Deceased. ' '
D. July 5-12-19-26 Aug. 2-9.
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NOTICE TO. CREDITORS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
the county court of Union county,
state of Oreeon, has duly.' appointed
th nndersiimed Administratrix .of the F. S. IVANHOE,
estate of George May Huckin, de- j ' Attorney for Administratrix,
ceased; and that all claims against Daily 7 12-19-26. . 82-9.
said estate must be properly itemized
and verified, and filed witn we under
signed, at the store of E. E. Kirtley, ,
La Grande, Oregon, or at the office of
V. S.' Ivanhoe, - her . attorney,' La
Grande, Oregon, on or beforo , 1 six
months from and after the 14th' day
of July, 1917. ' -.' '
GOLDIE CAMPBELL,
Administratrix of the estate of .
George May Huchin, deecased. ,
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"Where la Dejah Thorla?"
John Carter, prince of Helium, would
.not contaminate bis hand with ber
blood."
With that I pushed the raving beast
whom a short half hour before a
whole world had worshiped as divine,
from the platform of her throne Into
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' vvfl" ' l!''"'"' ''' ' ' 1 :
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When She Saw Ma She Rushed Toward
' the Bars That Separated Us.
til once more for a brief day the aper
ture In its walls would pass the corri
dor's end. -
But In the meantime what horrible
things would go on within that cham
ber! I stood and talked with Dejah Thorls,
and she stretched ber dear band
through those cruel bars, that I might
bold It until the last moment
Thuvla came close also, but when she
saw that we would be alone she with
drew to the farther side of the cham
ber. For a few minutes we stood thus,
talking In low tones. Ever smaller and
smaller grew the opening. In a short
time now It would be too small even
to permit me to see the slender form of
my princess.
i Above we co.ild hear the faint echoes
j of a great tumult It was the multl
I tude of blacks and reds and green men
' fighting their way through the Are
from the burning temple of Issus. A
draft, torn, above, brought the fumes
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