The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 30, 1919, Page 4

PAGE 4 THE SEATTI SAlearls. ok Thitee® movel writen by > Jac Lordorm COPYRIGHT STAR—SATURDAY, AUGUST 380, 191 nae chee TS eae Bae ae te Sec a CRDING CHAPTERS A viperine creamed Leonica, | caped times Mrancia fired Sy Nersis oF ry Wealthy young Francia Morgan leaves | Pocogniaing the reptth his pist to the stone mouth, while | New York to search for buried trea And the view recogniat t 4 moaned “Sacrile of his oni Sir Meory Morgan, b the v 1 . cer xt, wrapr his coat around b cancer, in Central America, There ~ 1 and hand, he groped into the Wscovers He he me und pulled out the wounded ned by the tall, With quick swing Chia the air he beat ite hoad to # Jelly i against the godde id weil, ich Prancin . full Wrapping hand and arm again ontea’s f old y " gainst weibility of a second a we wer ve angered Chia, and she has| snake, Francis thrust his hand into HER! HE Menry es a the three Nor . Frar was comfort: | worked gold of th Ape and nize of than ¢ HL escape to Francis’ schooner, They are |). a aliiiead athe vr bare a. ane aa 0d emvarr’ FE tirsned by a posse. After landing, they |[N& Leonica They . art ? eal H} thke to the reugh country, The posse, | Nv al and explainable, What more|man pointed to the ear and Francis | ture Di which landed from a tw tinves /natural than that a viperine should | inserted the key | and 6r' 4 The fugitives tured. | noose a hole in a rock far @ lair? Like a nickelin-the-slot machine, and iif On at for Justice, they are taken to b SEE cava where ‘The treet Daca | It is the way of snakes, What more | he arked, as the key disappeared right i EE weird Judge of pr natural than that a man, bitten by a | from Now what's going to crowd. i i viperir hould step backward’ And/ happen? Let's wateh for the water Anita ne what more natural, with a hole be | to drain suddenly away | trimme 7 a i b he should full t | - n m, that he should full in Re t stream continued to was 70 i ued From Yesterday) it Hage mt un ato eat of the hole {ris Bot 4 t ix just naturel ohe 1 exclama » Torres pointed to the only 7) For the son of the priest, th died anies » stream of crystal | wall, an apparently solid portion of | con be wi » frayed knees, the clock had | Wife. vy a wae a leith cena chases . | “Bot Wtruck. All unaware, he ha “1 i his! of the hole 1 foun ed up in the} The way ¢ id Torres ‘cotty me lst sunrise. No matter wh MP" lair like a er. “He is right? Thru In, as the old man said,” Francia efforts he might ma " the . ‘ s | lasting will, He warned All w u and we iong the day was to be > t he | trom reading the kn arrow nd tne old kre remained on gv ve ¢ 7 tas ya * urne and work B trance, he would beer it abel @ pel cs had arrived - rieat . b vinal pint : " cient Maya priests who invented ther | descending into its original place, and | ii Rut, instead of so remaining, it en-| gods as well as this particular de © priest had to crouct: low tn order ent later it ' fered his cautious, timid soul to/ vice, Somewhere down that hole the | to pass under it. A m 2 HE make a scout out and beyond fc struck the lever that pped in its old position. Se accu sible foes, Thus floodgates. And thug) rately was it contrived and fitted that 4 the daylight under the sky ne some subterranean] it immediately shut off the stream of : Pace of the hands of the « mountain. ‘This | water which had been flowing out of i unalterable, and neither nearer nor/is that water, No goddess wtth a| th farther was his destined end from| monstrous mouth Mke that could him. ever have existed of men. Reauty | While he scouted, Alvarez Torres | and divinity are one. A real and true| Outside, save for a small river and Jose Mancheno arrived at the! goddess is always beautiful. Only | that flowed out of the base of the St ‘ars of the cave opening. The colossal, mother-|man creates devils in all their ugti- | cliff there were no signs of what was How often G, ~ iS if Of-pearl eyes of Chia on the wall of | ness,” nxing the interior of the mountain ha i ank i Mam the cliff were too much for the su] So large was the stream that al-|Henry and Ricardo, arriving, noted! ve you first ra in § pe jon-reared Caroo. ready the water was about their] the stream, and Henry observed seena every important De you go in.” he told Torres. | ankies. “That's something new. There ° : “1 will wait here+and watch and} “res all right," Francis said wasn’t any stream of water here cast like this— ‘ role— guard.” noticed all the way from the en-| When I left.” , And Torres, with strong in him the | trance the steady inclined plane o! A minute later he was saying, as Blood of the ancient forebear who| the floors of the rooms and passages, | he looked at a fresh slide of rock, | WITH stood faithfully thru the centuries in| Those old Mayas were engineers, and| "This waa the entrance to the cave ; the avenue of the mummy dead, en-|they built with an ear on drainage, |Now there is no entrance. I wonder {ered the Maya cave as courageously | see how the water rushes away out/Where the others are?” as that forebear had entered. thru the passage. Well, old man,| As ff in answer, out of the moun-| ’ And the instant he was out of|read your knots! Where is the treas-| tain, borne by the spouting stream, E F4 re} Bri ‘ CS th rin Cal: rt Th od: re R berts Sight Jose Mancheno, unafraid to| ure?” shot the bedy of a man. Henry| ugene en @ e e ve © oO. o Murder treacherously any living.| “Where is my sont” the old manjand Ricardo pounced upon and | RUBY DE REMER HERBERT STANDING MONTY BLUE Breathing man, but greatly afraid of | countermanded in dull and hopeless |dragged it peniaing it for fhe unseen world behind unexplain-|tones. “Chia has slain my only born, | the priest, Henry laid him face down sy mI MM. De , BOOT! m1 MAN fable phenomena, forgot the trust of/ For his mother I broke the Maya] Ward, squatted astride of him, and CHARLES OGLE COMMANDER EVANGELINE H EDYTHE CHAP’ Watch and ward and stole thru the| jaw and stained the pure Maya blood | proceeded to give him the first aid for of the Salvation Army jungle. Thus the peon, returning re | with the mongrel! blood of a woman of | the drowned | ‘assured from his scout and curious |the tierra caliente. Because I sinned| Not for 10 minutes did the old , ~ fo learh the Maya secrets of his/for him that he might be he is thrice|Mman betray signs of life, and not * * father and of the sacred tassel, found | precious to me. What care I for | Until after another 10 minutes did he Nobody at the cave mouth and him-| treasure? My son ix gone. The wrath |Open his eyes and look wildly about. | 6 My self entered into it close upon the|of the Maya gods is upon me!" “Where are they?" Henry asked [By heels of Torres. THE WATER RISES The old priest muttered tn Maya, | The samen trod petty and cau) “With gurglings and burbtings ana | Uti! Henry shook more thoro eon ee? rer, eee A Cloctoning explosive air bubblings that adver. | *lousnees into him Bresence to those he trailed. Al*o,/ 100 the pressure behind, the water| “Gone-—all gone! he gasped in +} a aye progress was 1 Aieeeadleey fountained high as ever into the air, | Spanish. } any smafheond. egernpe ton roger Leonica wan the first to notice the| "Who?" Henry demanded, shook dead in S a in. the hall of tummies cus |risine depth of the water on the | Memory into the resuscitated one, | @usly he ©: | history had told about, and for whom e missed deat artist Li Jol room | SOMETHING NEW it ENE i and demanded again My son—Chia slew him. Chia chamber floor “It is half way to my knees!” She Bistory had stopped there tn the ante-| aoow Francis” attention sow my gon, as she slew them al | Did she ever dream of the happier days back home? Was there a chance for redemption? Could a true lovel chamber of the Maya gods. Espe “and time t “ “Who are the rest?” fi And Oo get out,” he agreed, ~ a + ae ore te a eeline the] STMDINE the situation. “The drain | ,reliowed more shakings and repe-|i COME to her heart? emi © was excellently planned. perhaps, | “tions of the question | Tauaiblance of him was too striking | °° “** excellently planned. perhar wae sich & rang: grilibo whe be for him not to see, and he could not friended my son, the enemy of the But believe that he was looking upon fich mtingd whe tnen call Torres anal “Fires of Faith” tells this human heart story—tells it with superb simplicity—the saving of a beautiful girl from ¢ direct great ancestor of his the yoone Womai of the Gclanes whe 1 : I n é . . - a i a “lus fr slums by the greatest rescue organization the world has ever known—The Salvation Army. I that happened should not have = But that » entrance f rocks at the cliff evidently blocked the |planned way of the water. In the Jother passa A QUEER FANCY water is deeper, of course, than here. | ¥8* the cause of Still gazing and speculating, he| Yet i ready rising here on the|! warned you. Sh ‘was warned by approaching footsteps | general level. And that way lies the Come. Women ar "ind glanced about for some place to| only way out. Come! ply Boggs Sy ror % Hey Es blows le. A sardonic humor seized bim.| Thrusting Leontca to Yead in the See Chia, who is likews X eon 4 Boxing the helmet from the head of |race to safety, he caught the apa. | ¥## Made angry. The tongue of Chia! daring of the white man over @ sav sf SE 2 Fn ag own ancient kin, he placed it on|thetic priest t the hand and/'* @ viperine. By her tongue Chial 2. ang ngrel breed in thin im H Mod Is “Vi Gir 9 f | stocks, with a dozen hours of such | Lieut. Parsons smashed | ss head. Likewise did he drape |dragged him after. At the entrance|sFuck and slew my son, and the| f° 2nd f Oar the Garces te inas e le. ictory or imprisonment atready behind him, | padlock and helped Henry i the rotten mantle about his form and | of the elbow turn the water was boil-| OUNtaln vomited the ocean upon UE] ion Only a man, they could not P |lying on his back asleep. But the! F br while rubbing the dquip himself with the great sword | ing above their knees. It was to the there in the heart of th MAN | icly bul rdason in thelr slow way resident V Woodrow Wilson | sleep was restless, being vexed sub-| back into his feet and a1 and the great floppy boots that al-|waists as they emerged into the | Md all are dead, slain by Chia. Woe). cunerior man, a noble or over-rid se icotively » Bianients éteamna ced font ron, ee " ; nis mountain-imprisoned companions predicament: { t | Most fell to pieces as he pulled them | chamber of mummies jis me! T have angered the gods. Woe ~ qu a h potencies @n. Next, half tenderly, he deposi ng when, equipped wih porn and, objectively: by the stings of | tragic disaster to Leontes | i | being lower, the always a curse her pres A woman, | stance stu to ride into their strength of numbers na fagmed and mutinous mule They «poke a mongrel Spanish in And out of the water, confronting |!# me! Woe fs me! And wor upon |\"* wih. Sau pRe ent oa ¢ ca'a astounded gaze, arose the |#ll Who would seek the sacred treas Prone . countless mosquitos. | cle ~ jjure to filch it from the gods of Maya!” | the nude mummy on its back in the| Ls dark shadows behind the other mum-| helmeted hood and ancient-man ‘nies. And finally, in the same spot|body of a mummy. Not this ist the end of the line, hie hand rest-| would have astounded her, for other fing on the sword hilt, he assumed) mummies were over-toppling, falling whieh he ooxid us the same posture he had observed of and being washed about in the swirl Midway between the outbursting!} what he 1 the the mummy. ing waters. But this mummy moved stream of water and the rock slide | en, disaster in. the sacred mountain Only his eyes moved as he observed |and made gaxping noises for breath, |Henry and Ricardo stood in hurried | had fhe peon venturing slowly and fear-| and with the eyes of life stared into | de fully along the avenue of upright | her eyes Gorpses. At sight of Torres he came) {It was too much for 4 an abrupt stop and with wide eyes} man nature to bear—a lat dread gnuttered a succession of | oid corpse crying the second aya prayers. Torres, a0 confronted. | drowning. Le A screamed, sprang | Managed to extract a rather vaguelthe gringoes Gould, only listen with closed eyes| backward, and fled the way she had |account of what had occurred inside , : and conjecture. When he heard the | come, while Francis, in his own way |the mountain | between God and his will?” they re Jeon move on he stole a look and equally startled, let her go past as he| “Only his son was bitten and fell| gaw ifm pause with apprehension at| drew } the narrow cibow turn of the passag So it was, twisting and squirming “I Jove that Francs? and striking at the winged pests, hé/ o1uded. “He is the dead awoke to full consciousness of his! soe We're more like predicament. And this awoke the| must be distantly related: full expression of his profanity. Irri-| the senorita, not only 401 tated beyond endurance by the pol-| nue 1 am engaged to son from @ thousand mosquito bites, | Now wil you help? be filled the dawn so largely with bis! cine? Tt takes @ long curses as to attract the attention oft, the Maya mountain }& man carrying a bag of tools. | mul : if you This was a (rim figure, eagle-taced | mUe Deck: but if 3a young man, clad in the military|time along with ® guard of an aviator of the United | o¢ aynamite, which you oll States army. He deflected his course | cure for me and with which 1 #0 as to come by the stocks, and|biow the side out of that paused and Releeeny and stared with | ang drain off the water.” quizaical admiration “Friend,” he said, when Henry "aay. yor gnon: ay mB | ceased to catch breath, “last night, | ey pleaded. when I found myself marooned here (Continued Menday) with half my outfit left on board I] copyrigne, 1919, Internation did a bit of swearing myself, But) ~ Service, Inc.) it Was only a trifle compared with | — yours, I salute you, sir. You've an| he first known use of army teamster skinned a mile, Now,| 0 in the manufacture 6% jit you don't mind running over the/ for the ncient Roma |string again, I shall be better| — | equipped the next time I want to do| jany cussing.” “And who in hell are you?” Henry demanded. “And what are you doing here NOT A BIT OF BLAME “I don't blame you,” the aviator lerinned. “With a face swollen like that fou've a right to be rude, And who beat you up? In hell, I haven't ascertained my status yet. But here nd. ar 1 hin Spanish | | CHAPTER XVI ha gg pyaar aren concerning » effect of rousing them. With ate. Beside them, crouched on the | impassive faces, shrugging shoulders wrayed the last|o¢ utmost indifference, they lixtened ind, moaned and ordinary hu-| priest of the Maya a rescue and at werved to| promise of high pay for their tim oid head, Henry had] «1¢ q mountain has swallowed up rom him, by}to his pre ouregnturids: | numerous shakings death by | clear his addled then is it the will of Goa, 1 who are we to interfere | plied. “We are poor men, but we aw But the | into that h Henry reasoned hope | care not to work for any man, nor mummy, éin in the swift | full n : | do we care to make war upon Ge Which he must venture next. Torres | rush of the current, cried out | “That's right,” Ricardo concurred.| ‘sigo, {t was th aw bis chance and swung the swo “Don't shoot! It te Torrent 1|"Ma'eaee Gv aah anaes throne St forthe biow that would spllt|neve just came back from the e le never saw any damage, tf alot ] j ust con from the en-|a wetting, to the rest of them a aa hiasin aiacks ion 0 Oe the peon's head in twair trance iassthing ben’? ? Tho this was the day and the very |The entr four for the 4 Wad not yet ticked. Not ringos’ fault, This is not their country. They have no on are be ppened.| “And they m © is blocked. The water | up above the be, right now, h mountains, Their tro’ Nood in some chamber,” | tween them and God. We have trou r than} Mbnry went on. “Now, if we could|} 16 enough of our own and our ce and rocks are falling!” |attack the slide, we might open up| wives are unruly.” And your way is blocked in thix|the cave and drain the water off. It| Long after the siesta hour, on his direction” Francia said, aiming the| they're alive they can last for many | third and most reluctant mule, Henry er at him. | This the last second |ig over one’s head and hi the entra han 4, for lack of water is what kills no time for quarreling!” | quick and they've ce ed. “We must save rode into sleepy San Antonio, In the tainly more|/ main street, midway between the - they know what to do| court and the jail, he pulled up at 4 afterward, if at hey can get along without Jefe politico t the latter met up with his father.| we must, then quarrel we will!” |food for a to an get along without) sight of the Jefe politico and the Zeonica and Francis just as Franct Francis hesitated |mo is how Was demanding the priest to run the| ‘nots again for fuller information of the how and what that would open the ear of Hzatzi herue “Put your hand into glowly lowered the point to the floor, while t water tha rrel| with time, But what gets] netle fat judge, with, at their heols, | Torres got inside with) a dozen gendarmes and a couple of | hat is happening to Leonica?" | them.” wretched prisoners—runaway peons manded, # | ly. “I saw her| “Wonder if he wasn't responsible! from the Henequen plantations at jefe ented etened to Henry's tale and appeal ncouted the idea for help, the jefe gave one slow wink sale we are making reductions on— are PLATE May she not be in danger |for that attack of Caroos ypon us,"|gantos, While the judge a | Ricardo sug | But Henr Letting Torres live. 4 dra Chia and draw forth the t nd © Old man by the ar cis i? y."" he said, “that is 10 | 7 - is judge, his Who went about obeying him most idols, followed by Torres, Here. at|tion is: How to get inside that moun ey way rtainly we will help you,” Lieut. Parsons. I am not doing any- Or CHES gingerly. {Might of him, Leonica screamed her | tain on the chance that they are still|the jefe said at the ond, stretching qoing tk HAN On 96k; et, hove Sk Foe CLOCKS Tees aren Mane | horfor: again. uiive, You and I couldn't go thru| nig arms and yawning NEW YORK, Aug. 30—No, not the model, but # life size reproduction | dey trom the Atlantic t the Pacite || SEWELRY rancis laughed at him in Spanish It’s only Torres!” Francis r that slide in a month. If we could| « eth fin bronze will be pre: to; Pre: Production | day from the Atlantic to the Pacific. a The Maya gods are never stone,” | sured he He gave me a devil of| get 50 men to help, night and day ee ee tate, ae ee | Shag irl,” Phe ep nent Wilson. It's to be named “The| ts there any way I may serve you A $5.00 cut, oF a ae old man repyoved him The self when I first saw | shifts, we might open her up in 48 pop varies sgh Stil ence touch A to th cue 63 bvesh gag ‘ : aeica ee etl Eee ane | Detore I etart? nigherede wate dT fern to be stone, but they are alive t he's real flesh. He'll bleed|hours. So the primary thing is to| “usa ton th » are very bosy—«| irene Wiley, one of the Mack Bermott bertclon mee be earn, model in|; “Burel” Henry nodded. “Takes tool nd ever alive, and under the stone, |if q knife is stuck into him, Come,|get the men PE gece age sla nah eBoy Org go re Mack Bennett beauties, and he wouldn't part with | out of that bag of yours and smash and thri,the stone, and by the stone, | old man! We don't want to drown| “Here's what we must do: I’ll take| jr» replind with lasy Insolen is - ~ this pediock, 1'll get rheumation if as always, work their everlasting | here like rats in a trap! This is not|a mule and beat {t back to that Carqo| 7” “°PUCd With laay Insolence | suit . a a T have to stick here regen leviger, ay i wilt.” ll of the Maya mystery! Read the|community and promise them. the| PERHAPS BY CHRISTMAS a at ws pe | mitted—am T right, judge?” said the| name's Morgan, and no man has| Leonica shuddered away from him | tale of the knots and get us out of|contents of one of Francis’ check We very busy,” the judgela ae FES NEM Ow: aret’ be) sete. beaten me up. Those are mosquito! and clung against Francis nd | thing" books if they will come and help.| yawned into Henry's face. bceare tine ete This Is a treah offense,” the judge | bites!” On his arm, as if for protection The way 1s fot out, but in,” the| Falling that, I oan get up @ crowd|” “Too busy fora time” the jofolninn the judge cAutioned | took the cue promptly. “This gringo ne I know that something terrible is | priest quavered lin San Antonio |went on. “Wo regret that not to-| "tena; & ' dog has biasphemed against the law going to happer he nad, DAs Ween hat Patticciaded jong | “Bo bates Where % pull ov au thal totem nor hast ae arall oe welk nap my finger at you!" Henry Then shall he be tried, now, right don’t like this the heart of |as we get aw But how can we|run. In the meantime you can work|able to try and rescue your gringos Spasag i by digs mination gia a Pepa rier We will not 1 lean s thous, doatbee tt irate Sr vas Se niae Fod ohn wo pin toy : ne am 4 ardoned man by | bother to go back and reopen cou ; old things. I like the blue of the sky| “From the mouth of Chia to the petin Nien and rm “bees ? tl 4 sp ch Talitwsa.' h hae had eee Te a cee Srna: | Wereballitey bins dnd en we have Te order to introdiee cur new (whelehend Dante, whlch othe ; and the balm of the sunshine and the | ear of Hzatzl,"" was the answer Also keep your ears to the cliff—they | suggested eas the judge) And this is what you ane: You are disposed of him we shall proceed, | @nd strongest plate knowa, covers very little of the Page ag? { Midespreading wea. Something terri-| Francis wag struck by a sudden|might start signaling thru it with| ne red the jefe, with a] euebreedit, You are mongrel pigs!” | havo a very good bottle of wine ‘you can bite corn off ble {x going to happen, 1 know that! grotesque and terrible thought sain Yeu." concurred the jefe, with @| “Pray, proceed, senor,” wald the| “IE care not for wine,” the judge| teed 16 years. : fomething terrible is going to hap-| “Torres,” he said, “there is a key | ASTONISHED NATIV Some QFOURO.GiA Mes Wor ande it hel tee sce Tye politeness of |discliimed ‘hastily, “Ming ehall be EXAMINATION d or something: inside that stone lady’s| Into the village of the Caroos Hen-| pressure of our affairs ‘ hy ana a pager donb,” moseal, And in the meantime, and $15.00 Set of Teeth, ranci# reasst her the|}mouth there. You're the nearest.|ry forced his mule—much to the re-| eased, then, may sibt hait| s You've neither the virtues of the | now, having been both witness and $10.00 Set Jast seconds of the last minute for | stick ur hand in and*get 1t.”’ luctance of the mt Wad: ednitiy [HAR 16 Genanian? che Mee all) Spaniird nor of the Carib, but the| victim of the offense and th ng the peon were ticking off. And when,| Leonica gasped with horror as #he|as much to the astonishment of th, cts tb Athenee to pale Mout begin-|vices of both thrice compounded. |no need of evidence further than| MRE SIL bin anuiage he tyrves [oitinel Piece vem Co nal fo. {hut aan trent of the) ning to attempt to raixe the expedi-| Mongrel pigs, that’s what you are,|what I already pousess, I find the his hand into the mouth he pulled| ‘Torres t no notice, and gayly| hold invaded single-handéd by one ‘of Hensciien: peed Oat to aa, eect SR ee roe BE sere Le there angghing | Back his hand and gazed at the! waded toward the uying,|the party they had attempted to >| Moreante) oon Gay to you, Senor) “Are you finished, senor—quite fin-| you would suggest, Senor Matiano Wrist, where a tiny drop of blood | “On! glad to be of service nihilate SD: | Moraan : ished?” the Jefe replied softly Vercara ¢ Hijos? AWAD) morning and get teeth same day. @xuded directly above an artery, The And dben Francis’ sense of fgir| The quatted about their d | WCRI MAT eet At the samme monient he gave stp Twenty-four hours in the stock a a Re eg Mottled head of a snake thrust forth | pia} betkayed him Petal spk! inh eee r doors) ed, with wrathful face nal to the gendarmes, who sprang|to cool his heated gringo re : eee pel eter derisive tance eck top!" he ‘wommanded, harshly, | gioafed in the sunshine, under a} ‘rhe very face he must have worn |upon Henry. from behind und. dis-| Jefe unswered BONA” WS Sationta who have tested our wo! Grew back and disappeared in thel himself wading to the idol's mide hingnt tint tingled thre Send |trecon cerulenin rn | armed. Hitt “Such is the sentence,” th tge'| OPO SF AO RES Bees oe te Estkness of the mouth of the y poet ran Patty nie... lenient tant, ingled | neu them and treucherously from the back,” the| “Even the president of the repub:|affrmed, “tot Roary coger quiet Open Sundays From 9 te 12 fer Working ess. puzzlement, saw what he had ce. ‘As has been ever tho way, the very har Sitye aeane ce tabens ik | rs oan eee thal pareeg im prisoner away sndarmes, and put OHIO CUT-RATE DE DI com: him in the stocks.” | a7 OUSIVERSITY ST.