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. -
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