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DEPENDENCE, OREGON. THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, IN The Son of. Tarzan Bj, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS CHAPTER XV Continued. 17 But he was not yet dead. Again he aimed and fired, the bullet splintering the gunwale of the canoe close by Baynes face. Baynfs fired again as his canoe drifted further downstream, and Malblhn answered from the shore, where he lay in a pool of his own blood. And thus, doggedly, the two wounded men continued to carry on their weird duel until the winding African river had carried the Hon. Morison Baynes out of sight around a wooded point. v Meriem had traversed half the length of the village street when a score of white-robed negroes and half castes leaped out upon her from the dark interiors of the surrounding huts. She tried to flee, but heavy hands seized her, and when she turned at last to plead with them her eyes fell upon the face of a tall, grim old man glaring down upon her from the folds of his burnoose. At sight of him she staggered back in shocked and terrified surprise. It was the sheik I The sheik and his party had been marching southward along the river when one of them, dropping out of line to fetch water, had seen Meriem making for the village. The fellow had called the sheik's attention to the strange sight a white woman alone In central Africa and the old Arab had hidden his men in the deserted village to capture her. ; And when at last the woman had walked into the trap he had set for her and he had recognized her as the same little girl he had brutalized and maltreated years before his gratifica tion had been huge. Now he lost no time In establishing the old relations of father and daughter that had ex isted between them in the past. A two days' march brought them at last to the familiar scenes of her childhood, and the first face upon which she set her eyes as she was driven through the gates Into the Strong stockade was that of the tooth less, hideous Mabunu, her one time nurse. It was as though all the years that had Intervened were but a dream. Had it not been for her clothing and the fact that she had grown In stature she might well have believed It bo. - For a time the Inhabitants of the sheik's village who had not been upon the inarch with ttim amused them selves by inspecting the strangely clad white girl whom some of them had known as a little child. - '. Among the Arabs who had come In her absence was a tall young fellow of twenty, a handsome, sinister look ing youth, who stared at her in open admiration until the sheik came and ordered hiin away, and Abdul Kamak went, scowling. At last, their curiosity satisfied, Me riem was left alone. As of old, she was permitted the freedom of the vil lage, for the stockade was high and etrong and the only gates were well guarded by day and night. But, as of old, she cared not for the companion ehip of the cruel Arabs and the de graded blacks who formed the follow ing of the sheik, and so, as had been her want in the sad days of her child hood, she slunk down to an unfrequent ed corner of the inclosiire where she bad often played at housekeeping with her beloved Geeka. Meriem pressed her hand ab.ove her heart and stifled a sigh, and as she did bo she felt the hard outlines of the photograph she had hidden there as she slunk from Malbihn's tent. Now - she drew it forth and commenced to re-examine it more carefully than she had had time to do before. As she sat gazing at.the picture she suddenly became aware that she was not alone ; that some one was standing close behind her, some one who had approached her noiselessly. Guiltily Bhe thrust the picture back Into her waist. A hand fell upon her shoulder. She was sure that It was the sheik, and she awaited in dumb terror the blow that she knew would Immediate ly follow. - No blow came, and she looked up ward over her shoulder into the eyes of Abdul Kamak, the young Arab. "I'saw," he said, "the picture that you have Just Mdden. It Is you when you were a child, a very young child. May 1 1 see it again?" Meriem drew away from him. "Tiwin elve It back,", he said. "I have heard of you, and I know that you have no love for the sheik, your fnthor -Neither have L I will not betray you. Let me see the picture." She drew the photograph from its hidintr Blace and handed It to him. He turned the picture over, dnd as his eyes ' fell upon the old newspaper cutting they went wtae. tie couiu rpnrt French with difficulty, It is true, but he could read it. He had been to Paris! - He had spent six months there on exhibition with a troop of his des-; art fellows. ' : ' '' : Slowly,' laboriously, he read the yel lowed cutting. ; His eyes were no long- fer wtde. s Instead, . they narrowea 10 two slits of cunning. When he had done he looked at the girl. "You have read this?" he asked. "I have not had the opportunity," she replied. . , A wonderful idea had sprung to Ab dul Kflmak's mind. It was an Idea that might be furthered If the girl were kept in Ignorance of the contents of that newspaper cutting. It would certaiuly be doomed should she learn Its contents. - "Merteui," he whispered, "never un til today have my eyes beheld you, yet at once they told my heart that It must ever be your servant. You do not know me, but I ask that you trust me. I can help you. You hate the sheik. So do I. Let me take you away from him. Come with me and we will go back to the great desert where my father is a sheik mightier than is yours. Will you come?" Meriem sat In silence. She hated to wound the only one who hnd offered her protection and friendship, but she did not want Abdul KamaVs love. De ceived by her silence, the man seized her and strained her to him. but Mer iem struggled to free herself. "I da not love you !" she cried. "Oh, please do not make me hate you! You are the only one who has shown kind ness fward me, and I want to like you, but I cannot love you!" Abdul Kamak drew himself to hU full height "You will learn to love me," he said, "for I shall take you, whether you will or no. You hate the sheik, and so you will not tell him, for If you do I will tell him of the picture. I hate the sheik, and " "You hate the sheik?" came a grim voice from behind them. Both turned to see the sheik himself standing a few paces from them. Ab dul still held the picture in his hand. Now he thrust it within his burnoose. "Yes," he said, "I hate the sheik." And as he spoke he sprang toward the older man, felled him with a blow and dashed on across the village to the line where his horse was picketed, sad dled and ready, for Abdul Kamak had been about to ride forth to hunt when lie had seen the stranger girl alone by the bushes. V Leaping into the saddle, Abdul Ka mak dashed for the village gates. The sheik, momentarily stunned by the blow that had felled bim, now stag gered to his feet, shouting lustily to his followers to stop the escaping Arab. '."'- s- A dozen blacks leaped forward to In tercept the horseman, only to be rid den down or brushed a,slde by the muz zle of Abdul Kamak's long musket, which he lashed from side to side about him as he spurred on toward the gate. But here he must surely be inter cepted. Already the two blacks sta tioned there-were pushing the unwieldy Her Heart Leaped In Pride and Joy. "Korak!" She Cried. portals to. Up flew the barrel of the fugitive's weapon. With reins fly ing loose and his horse at a mad gal lop, the son of the desert fired once, and one keeper of the gate dropped in his tracks. An instant later the other had been ridden down. ' " "" With a wild whoop of exultation, twirling his musket high above his head and turning in his saddle to laugh back into the faces of his pursuers, Abdul Kamak dashed out of the vil lage of the sheik and was swallowed up by the Jungle. . , CHAPTER XVI. A Strange Meeting. Sometimes lolling upon Tantor's back, sometimes roaming the Jungle In solitude, Korak made his way slowly toward the west and south. He made but a few miles a day, for he had a whole lifetime before him and no place In particular to go. Possibly he would have moved mo,re rapidly but for the thought which continually haunted him that each mile he traveled carried him farther and farther away from Mer iem no longer his Meriem, asbf yore, it is true, but still as dear to him as ever. , Thus he came upon the trail of the sheik's band as it traveled down river from the point where the sheik had captured Meriem to Its own stockaded village. Suddenly he came to the camp of the renegade Swede Malblhn, whose black attendants fled In terror at sight of Tantor and Korak. . "Malblhn lay in a hammock beneath a canopy before his tent. His wounds were painful, and he had lost much hTnnrt. TTa -whs verv wpnk. He looked I up in surprise as he heard the screams of his men and saw them running to ward the gate. And then from around the corner of his tent loomed a huge bulk, and Tau ter, the great tusKer, towered above him. Malbihn's boy, feeling neither affec tion nor loyalty for his master, broke and ran at the first glimpse of the beast, and Malblhn was left alone and helpless. The elephant stopped a Couple of paces from the wounded man's hammock. Malblhn cowered, moaning. He was too weak to escape. He could only He there with staring eyes, gazing in horror into tho blood rimmed, angry little orbs fixed upon him, and await his tleath. Then, to his astonishment, a man slid to the ground from the elephant's back. Almost ut once Malblhn recog nized the strange figure as that of tho creature who consorted with apes and baboons the white warrior of the Jun gle. Malblhn cowered still lower. It was from Malbihn's dying lips that Korak learned of the Swede's en counter with Baynes and how Meriem was again in the camp pf the shclk. Korak lost no time In seeking her. When speed was required Korak de pended upon no other muscles than his own, and so it was that the moment Tantor hnd landed him safely upon the same side of the river as lay the village of the sheik the ape man de serted his bulky comrade and took to the trees In a rapid race toward the south and the spot where the Swede had told him Meriem might be. It was dark" when he came to the palisade, strengthened considerably since the day that he had rescued Meriem from her pitiful life Within Its cruel confines. No longer did the glnnt tree spread Its branches above the wooden rampart, but ordinary man made defenses were scarce considered obstacles by Korak. Loosening the rope at his waist, he tossed the nodse over one of the sharp ened posts that composed the palisade, A moment later his eyes were above the level of the obstacles, taking in all within their range beyond. There was no one In sight close by, and Korak drew himself to the top and dropped lightly to the ground within the' In closure, Then he commenced his stealthy sear of the village. First toward the Arab tents he made his way, sniffling and listening. He passed behind them, searching for some ign of Meriem, Not even the wild Arab curs heard his passage, so silently he went a shadow passing through shadows. Naked but for his leopard skin and his loin cloth, Korak the Killer slunk Into the shadows at the back of the tent, where his keen scent told him Meriem was. His sharp knife slit a six foot opening in the tent wall, and Korak, tall and mighty, sprang through upon the astonished visions of the Inmates, Meriem saw and recognized him the Instant that he entered the apartment. Ues heart leaped in pride and Joy at the sight of the noble figure for which it had hungered so long. "Korak 1" she cried. "Meriem I" He uttered the single word as he hurled himself upon the Inmates of the tent Three negressea leaped from their sleeping mats, screaming. Meriem tried to prevent them from escaping, but before she could succeed the terrified blacks had darted througlT the hole in the tent wall made by Korak's knife and were gone screaming through the village. Korak turned toward Meriem, .and at the same moment a bloody and disheveled apparition leaped Into the .apartment. "Morison 1" cried the girl, For It was Baynes, who, despite his wounds, had made his way to the sheik's village. Korak turned and looked at the new comer. He had been about to take Meriem in his arms forgetful of all that might have transpired since last he had seen her. Then the coming of the young Englishman recalled the scene he had witnessed in the little clearing, and a wave of misery swept over the ape man. Already from without came the sounds of the alarm that the three negresses had started. Men were run ning toward the tent. There was no time to be lost.-:'- "Quick 1" cr.'ed Korak, turning to ward Baynes, who had s rce yet real ized whether he was facing a friend or foe. "Take her to the palisade, fol lowing the rear of the tents. Here Is my rope. With it you can scale the wall and make your escape." "But you, Korak?" cried Meriem "I will remain," replied the ape man "I have business with the sheik." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Cigar Lighters In Italy. The Italian substitute for the neat and convenient cigar lighter found in every American cigar store is a long rope lighted and placed outside of the tobacco shop. It is made of cheap hemp, of rope waste, and even ot rags twisted roughly into shape and held together by. strings of twine. The Im provised lighter Is made by the. store keeper himself. Popular Science Monthly. Another Player's Bad Legs Caused Walter Maranviuu to Become Great Shortstop 'A pnlr of bml legs made. K Mnranvlllo the great -.o-' declared Will' J'-rl'"'' ?t "! New Kngland hanc,, " government ' H"i"' . Mliriin. vllle." he aiWeii, looked pur..led. .....i,,!,, "No," Harrliraii woni on -- he bad legs boIoiiK-tl to Krank ( on- U wus u" Mill the nuughton, way you wo OmnnuKhton was l-laylnc for New Hertford and Murnnvtlle was - .., . ii bill nut in i" ,M- MUM I, J"-". " till' 111 Jl villi" ni.i Vnuik couldn't cover ground, so the KaM.lt. I"' began to help Mm out on hi terri tory. Before me wu" along. Maranvllto was w" the work In both position, u , don't believe It look up "" r.-i-.w-. for I think he had about n .." In 120 games that season, which was going some. "So I say It was onmwum"" legs that made the namm " Road Work Is Nationwide Concrete Construction ! Well Under Way; No Wiit'fo, Lower Pncei Walter Maranvllle. nhortstnp. If lie hadn't hud to help Conny out he mlK'ht never have be come the ground coverer he developed Into." . Then Hurrlgan went on to tell how he tried to Induce Arthur Irwin to buy Maranvllle. Irwin went to New lletl ford on his suggestion, he says, to look the Rabbit over. OU Arthur took one look at the little fellow, according to Harrlgan, and said In disgust: "What? That kid for a major lengtie hall club? Why, he's not big enough to play on a high school nine. Let him grow a couple of years before he plays professional bull." Overdoses of Sugar Cause of Throat Disturbances Is Statement of Medical Man Singers frequently complain of cu tarrh and nearly alwuys Maine tin American climate for their trouble. Do the singers, however, sufficiently consider the food they eat? Wc have been Informed by a medical expert, whom we respect as nn authority, that most of tho throat disturbances In the United States are caused by overdoses of sugar. He says he has proved his statement on a number of vocalists of various temperaments and physical characteristics by Inducing tliein to eat excessively of sugar ami sweet diet late In the evening and then to ob serve most carefully the condition of their throats and tongues In the morn ing. After he had brought on on tarrhal troubles through the abuse of sugar he invariably restored the vocal chords to their normal condition In putting his patients on a salt diet and prohibiting the sugar diet. We are but quoting a doctor's con versation and we do not for a moment pese as medical experts ourselves. We believe, however, that the doe tor's advice-should at least receive careful consideration. Kxehange. Historic Pens Preserved In a Showcase in French Foreign Office Museum In the French foreign ofiice tliore Is a small collection of historic pens preserved in a showcase. Thesa range from the pen with which lilsmarck and Jules Fnvre signed the armistice at Versailles January !H, 1871, to that with which Muley Iiutld signed tho treaty in March 30, 11)12, giving the French a protectorate over Morocco. Tho collection also includes tho pen used by President McKlnley and M Cambon when they arranged the pre liminaries of peace between Spain and the United States, and tho one with which Gainhetta wrote announcing the reslgnatioa of "le Grand Minl.stere." In the Berlin museum may he seen two historic pens that with which Queen Louise of Prussia signed her last will and testament, side by side with the pen used by William I of Prussia in his famous letter to Queen Augusta, Informing her of the victory of Sedan. ' l'u 11 nenl ulu'ii'lt - ' .i i .., hnt i milliner tho ncn in hiurhu- J ill li m i -t o . " vvuBiniflj H over tl.o coui.lry. Khihm'wIIjt is thin truo of roncrvto wwwlrurttoi, V sumy of recent eonm-to highway lotting iliwhmo 8 marked 4U.n,.y (ovu.nl full lHvd clH-a.1 ill roa.l work. Wl.ilo thu totm,m,y not t-o apparent nhort time p ii i no uro than miK,t U Wp and bciir- out the wynsU't nation of thow qunliflul to HHk ft,M defluiti' knowledge of inuteriul owta thut wajting tot a .Irnp-j,, would result only In n wbmc h umo arm a miunvmiifr oi me amntrudi, ... to the emit disadvantage of tho public nt lirgv. Contractor who have jHTtnittod thenwlvoii to U affwtwlbj policy of delay ami who hnve a a result lojwvd in organizing their'a wnl and labor forces for tho mmm'it work will b Ktirpriml h fc,, iho extent to vthiih wnrrcto rood work U contracted for or i!najj under way. ... Awards have been itunliffor conrrvia roatis lit mo jiiHtrict of Coins, bin, Connecticut, V'M Virginia, (icortfiii, Jllinoi, Indiana, Knan, tuc'ky, Muliipin, Minnesota, Mifwmri, New Jersey, Kvw York, 1' vnnia, South Carolina, Virginia and other tte. Tin- 'oo of territory reHirtin cuiitrart tdiow that the rati tir.n of highway work in not confined to any particular territory h:-, Iwvd niH.it Jul rely local condition and ncifHhitien-but is, in Diet, ftatl)a, wide. Tho total yardage to date for the firtt three Months of 19Y) wa.s uppniviniutt'Iy .1.500,(100, more than three times the 4-4 of yardage laid during the entiro twtdv month of IDO'J, wheu twni road coii.-trui'tion hrt began to get under way. Also of gnat xignilinince to the highway contractor is the hdh tho movement for permanent hard-surfm-ed trunk-line highways tlm'. cut the United States is an inijH'rsonal one. .That i to say, it itm, l-ient that lias hack of it primarily an economic force w-cking in onto to market that will not place such a heavy drain ujx.n the products transit as to le- n the net profit to tho producer and increase thw to the consumer by reason of exectwiva and altogether uimeeessarj nig costs in reaching that market. Mending With Alum. ' An excellent way to mend china and glass ia to melt alum In an old iron spoon over the fire and apply to the broken parts.. When dry these articles can be washed in hot water and the cement will hold rigidly. Mother's Cook Book p Th .trtM lhln ! In lh n.l. In lilrlKlahlp. In tmalnoaa. In polltlra. In avwry ciftr.lttl iwnut una ph of llf. ItKlfti Wtdo TUB Cooling Foodi for Hot Day. iMirlni; the hot weather Hiieculent vegetables, frozen desxerts iMid CiMillnir leverage appeal to the appetite rath'- er than the heavier, heartier roods. .Small green oiiIoiim, looked topn and nil and nerved on buttered toiott with a white sauce as one dm- UKpnritKUN, makes h dainty and preyy dish. When mnkliii; xulad of any kind of vegetable a cupful more or lens of cot tage cheese will add to the quantity B well as palatiibllty. Cucumbers are one of the most re freshing of vegetable when served rlsp and cold. The method um-d by many cooks of snnklng them In salt water !. most undesirable as the wlll ed product Is touch ami unpalatable. If they must be soaked, let It be In cold utisiiltcd water. Slices of cucumbers covered with a lit of dressing as filling for Hand made and served whim they cold and crisp, are most agree- wlches me st II aide. Tomato Salad. f'ut thick slices of uniform sized to matoes, nfter removing the peeling, cover each slice with finely chopped celery, cucumber and a bit of onion. Serve on lettuce with a spoonful of iniiyoYimilse on top of each slice. The chopped vegetable limy be marinated for a half hour In a French dressing, which will Improve the flavor. Plain Ico Cream, Tin; simplest and easiest Ice cream to mnko us we us (in- least expensive Is one with a custard foundation. Use three egg, one cupful of sugar, four cupfuls of milk, a tublespoonf'ul of va rllla and one-fourth tenspoonful 'of :-alt. Cook ns for custard, adding tho vanilla when cold; freeze as usual. A' pint of cream added Just before freez ing Is n great improvement. Lemonade. Jioil two cupfuls of sugar and four cuptuis of water until a rich sirup Is formed. Add one cupful of lemon Juice and put In the ice chest. Dilute with Iced water for lemonade. A llttlo united lemon rind boiled with the Blrup add.s an attractive flavor. Orangeade. P.oIl two cupfuls of siiKnr and two of water until a rich sirup m made, then ndd two-thirds of a cupful of or ange Juice (m,i one-thin of a cupful nf lemon Juice, with Iced or chilled wa ter to dilute. Serve a slice of orange In ench glass. Iced Tea. Prepare the tea. using a teaspoonful to a q.mrt of water; when cold chill with ice and serve with slices of lemon ; add sugar to sweeten. Cabot Discovered the North American Continent in 1497 On the 24th ot!7M, M97, John Ca- n,vi , . U, S0, S"bUn. Venetian navi-mtors In the service of England, govern, th0 N()rth Amt,rIpanBconti: nent nt a point In Labrador, on St. 'd ne,y;,N ono,l yet reach J ; nd Cabot called the te he hud discovered Prima Vista. ROOM IN THE POULTRY HOUSE Tha majority of ifrowcm pt many fowls together In oo k':; house, A hntiHff ten feet squat As! rrnt contain over n dozen UrcrM ainl IS sinnll one. Pur MO few i house 10 by 00 and divided lotnm or thrwt apartments will ttw If two apartments are uiwd tlwr; be 50 In a flock, tho mc Mtij .TO feel for .V) fowls, An .' plan It a liotme lit by 82 fert.dnHn Into two compartments 10 tj mm ouch, with 23 hens In each dtj. merit. Tho space gives ample m for scratching under shelter in An extra nhed for wraU-hlnit bo appreciated by the lieaa. It re ¬ built at a smnll cost and m " ample room. In summer the t can roost tinder the sliwls. The yards should he about Into"! the space- or. the notisen, nm i the better, and the' deeper thet'. and hIumKS, that Is. depth to Wm on tho ground the timre .comfort i Each house can a tlo yard, so ns to change toy i 'one yard to tho other. APJ tha fowls, doub from In front nnd one In tho rear h6 ccllent idnn. Tho beat wny to estimate hens to keep In n building , (Iply tho width by the lngfh vide by ten. For Instance, if i Is 0 by Ifl feet, multiply l'11" ures together, making in m". j divide this by ten, and th.re l lion over ii. j v"' 15 bene In such a house. . HERE AND THERE Press is sometimes ' of form nnd form Is oft ter of dress. ' If a man calls on a wofl is plcased-elthcr cornea or goes. ' , Ilrevlty Is said to be the J of wit, but the mail who in doesn't feel funny. A wise -man UnnRlnei tw Is engaged In a gnme o t tlon until be wakes up w himself married. iinueu nun i -.- M(f Addition to self and f tinn rrnm 0111119 0 of men's solo knowieufco niptte. Meaning of the symbol which has been from prehistoric tlmcfc J ' (M ,r a talisman or charm, W- t y neaun, xong our, i,i(.m -parity. As rcllS-oM J cf Christian era. it n vyyi in ..'lirisiian era. - , .bout the middle of ' "d; was in use amom. - ot America, Peacock' f Just Like the Although tho American e llttlo bird only '";tr,li,i: inches long, . It has one won with the ffZlvv cock, namely,' that H fond of Its handsome PntJi continually pprenu ni, n era. says tne elation, Washington. - .... i.-jL'TxsasssvrM ...