The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 18, 1921, Page 9

JULY 18, 1921. * EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ GREATEST STORY TARZAN THE TERRIBLE Begin Reading This Red-Blood Novel Today Coprright, 1821, A C MeClurg & Co. * (Continued From At last Kotan spoke. “Who mys that he is DorulOtho!™ be asked, @asting a terrible look at DakJot. “He does™ almost shouted that terrified noble. “And so it must be true?” queried | ‘Could it de that there was a trace "ef irony in the chief's tone? Otho forint § Dak-lot cast a side glance “At Tarsan—a glance that he intend @d should carry the assurance of his | own faith; but that succeeded only Im impressing the ape-man with the other's pitiable terror. "O Ko-tan! pleaded = Dak-lot, “your own eyes must convince you that indeed he is the son of Otho. Behold his godlike figure, his hands, and his feet, that are not as ours, and that he is entirely tailless, as is is mighty father.” tan appeared to be percetving facts for the first time and) Was an indication that his cismm was faltering. At that moment a young warrior who had his way forward from the te side of the pyramid to could obtain a good look if Tarcan, raised his voice. *Ko-tan,” he cried, “it must be as Dak-lot says..for I am sure that I have seen Dor-uwlOtho Yesterday as we were re with the Kor-ultul prison We beheld him stated upon the Of @ great gryf. We hid in the before he came too near, but i | BAw enough to make sure that he | eer fg rode upon the great beast was other than the messenger who here now.” evidence seemed to be quite h to convince the majority of Warriors that they indeed stood _ the presence of deity-——their § showed it only too plainly, ® sudden modesty that caused to shrink behind their neigh- As thay neighbors were at- ting to cb the same thing, the was a sudden meiting away who stood nearest the ape- until the steps of the pyramid ly before bim lay vacant to Very apex and to Kotan. The iter, possibly influenced as much the fearful attitude of his follow- as by the evidence adduced, now his tone and bis manner in & degree as might comport the requirements if the stran- was indeed the Dor-ul-Otho, leaving his dignity a loophole escape should it appear that he entertained an impostor. indeed you are the Dor-ul 0,” he said, addressing Tarzan, will know that our doubts but natural since we have re- no sign from Jad-benOtho he intended honoring us fears and d Advice of Her ist’s Wife and T. E. Pinkham’s fegetable Compound Sete none Lvwe T; i £ Re. sm ” E i a : ; : g # i 3 Ap HAR CANE OUT AY IN HANDFULS "Had Dandruff and Pimples on Head, Cuticura Healed. 1 had « very bed case of dandruff there were pimpies on my bead. It would itch and burn at night so I could hardly sleep. My hair was dry end lifeless and I could comb it out by the handful. ‘A friend told me about Cuticurs Soap and Oint- ment and I decided to give 8 trial, and when I ae cakes of Soap and three boxes ‘Ointment I was hesied."’ (Signed) é Marshall, Box 373, Indianep- Indians. ure Sosp, Ointment and Ta! all you need for sil toilet Bathe with vg 4, ga with dust with Talcum. eo without mus. honors the god of bis people It is well that you insist that I indeed) | de the Dor-ulOtho before you accord | |me the homage that is my due. Jad | |benOtho charged me specially to ascertain if you were fit to rule his people. My first experience of you | |indicates that Jad-benOtho chose |woll when he breathed the spirit of [® king inte the babe at your motl er's breast.” | The offect of this statement, made | #0 casually, was marked In the ex- | pressions and excited whispers of the now awe-stguck assemblage. was decided by Jad.benOtho the candidate was still a # babe! Wondert this divine creature in whose ence they stood knew all about it. Doubtless ho even discussed such matters with their god daily. If| there had been an atheist among them before, or an agnostic, there was none now, for had they not? looked with their own eyes upon the) son of god? “It ts well, then,” continued the apeman, “that you, should assure! yourself that I am no imposter! Come closer that you may see that | [I am not as are men. Furthermore, | it is not meet that you stand upon a [higher lewel than the son of your! |gou." There was a sudden scrambie | jt reach the floor of the throneroom, nor was Ko-tan far behind his war | riors, the he managed to maintain & certain majestic dignity as he de-| seended the broad stairs that count- less naked feet had polished to a gleaming smoothness thru the ages. “And now,” said Tarzan, as the king | stood before him, “you can have no doubt that I am not of the same| |race as you. Your priests have told | you that Jad-benOtho is tailless. | | Tailleas, therefore, must be the race \of gods that spring from his loins. | | But enough of such proofs as these! | | You know the power of Jad-ben-| |Otho; how his lightnings gleaming | jout of the sky carry death as he | wills it; how the rams come at his j bidding and the fruits and the ber- jee and the grains, the grasses, the [trees and the flowery «pring to life lat his divine direction; you bave| |witneswed birth and death, and| |those who honor their god honor! him because he controls these) things. How would it fare, then, with an impostor who claimed to be the son of this all-powerful god? ‘This, then, is all the proof that you require, for as he would strike you down should you deny me, so would | he strike down one who wrongfuily jclaimed kinship with him.” This Une of argument being wn-| janswerable must needs be convince jing. There could be no questioning of this creature's statements with out the tacit admission of lack of | faith in the omnipotence of Jad-den- Otho, Ko-tan was satisfied that he wes entertaining deity, but as to just what form his entertainment should take he was rather at a loss to know. His conception of god had been rather a vague and hazy af fair, tho in common with all primi- tive people bis god was a persona! one as were his devils and demons. The pleasures of JadbenOtho he had assumed to be the excesses which he himself enjoyed, but de- void of any unpleasant reaction. It therefore occurred to him that the Dor-ul Otho would be greatly enter- tained by eating—eating large quan titles of everything that Kotan liked best and that he had found most injurious; and there was also a drink that the women of the Ho don made by allowing corn to soak in the juices of succulent fruits, to which they had added certain other jingredients best known to them- Jeelves, Ko-tan knew by nce that a single draft of this potent Uquor would bring happiness and sureease from worry, while severa! would cause even a king to do things that he would never even think of doing or enjoying while not under the magical influence of the potion, but unfortunately the next morning brought suffering in direct fatio to the joy of the preceding day. A god, Ko-tan reasoned, could jexperience all the pleasure without | the headache, but for the immediate present he must think of the neces- sary dignities and honors to be ac- corded his immortal guest. i] No foot other than a king’s had touched the surface of the apex of the pyramid in the throneroom at A-lur during all the forgotten ages thru which the kings of Pau-uldon had ruled from its high eminence. So what higher honor could Ko-tan | offer than to give place beside him to the Dorul-Otho? And so he {n. vited Tarzan to ascend the pyramid | and take his place upon the stone bench that topped it. As they| reached the step below the aacred pinnacle Ko-tan continued as tho to| mount to his throne, but Tarzan laid a detaining hand upon his arm. “None may sit upon a level with the gods," be admonished, stepping |confiveritly up and seating himself upon the throne. The abashed Ko- tan showed his embarrassment, an iiciecidintetemeceecdiamnhensties ESCROW Queer Word, Is It Not? 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GOING OUT WITH THE GADE AND WE'RE GOING AFTER GET OUT OF IME 61G Ones! “TW Way ALEK = TM GONNA St, 1 > a mn Cammene ce LAlD= ESKIMO GENT TRIMMING THE ICEBERGS ON “THE FRONT Lawn > EVERETT TRUE THAT'S QUITS A FLOWORE YOU HAVS wer W4S You BIECT IN PLUCKING Wee, Give 'eM HERE To MG Gerorse THEY aw WcT ANO You “THeow THEM AWAY {f : ESKIM at Ett DICKIN, BY CONDO | CAD OF WALD KeED ON et) | | LE STAR Olivia Had th \F YOU WANT ‘TO GO FISHING, LADY, PLL TAKE You! WHERE To KETCH 1 KNOW O VAFE SHOPPING FoR A SUMMER SPORT SUTT* HUSBAND IS THE LATE STYUE Fleet didn’t know it but he was Here's what Fleet was thinking: “It's such fine weather that Biddy Bantam will probably start to roost in the plum tree. She does it every year, and every year I plan to have her for my midnight lunch, but something always happens. She's hidden her nest somewhere, too, I'm sure, but I can't find it, smart as I I'l) take a walk down to the around, In the meantime I'll stay near Mike Mole’s houde and see what I can see.” Fleet didn’t know it, but he was talking out loud, and Sprinkle-Blow heard him and so did Nancy and) Nick, for the three of them were | looking around > “see what} as well as to “hear! what they could hear.” embarrasament he feared to voice leet he incur the wrath of the king of kings. “But,” added Tarzan, “a god may honor his faithful servant by tnvit ing bim to a place at bis side. Come, Ko-tan; thus would I honor you in the name of Jad-ben.Otho.” The ape-man’s policy had for its basis an attempt not only to arouse the fearful respect of Ko-tan, but to do it without making of him an enemy at heart, for he did not know how strong a hold the religion of the Hodon had upon them, fgr since the time that he had prevenfed Ta den and Om-at from quarreling over a religious difference the subject had been utterly taboo among them. He was therefore quick to note the evident tho wordless resentment of Ko-tan at the suggestion that he en- tirely relinquish hi» throne to his guest, On the whola, however, the effect had been satisfactory, as he could see from the renewed evidence of awe upon the faces of the war- At Tarzan‘s direction the business | of the court continued where it had been Interrupted by his advent. It consisted principally in the settling of disputes between warriors. There | was present one who stood upon the step just below the throne and which Tarzan wag to learn was the place reserved for the higher chiefs of the allied tribes which made up Ko-tan’s kingdom, The one who at- tracted Tarzan's attention was a stalwart warrior of powerful phy sique and massive, llon-like features He was addressing Ko-tan on a quer tion that is as old as government |and that will continue in unabated | ly to be assured of what his keen |importance until man coases to ex ist, It had to do with a boundary | dispute with one of his neighbors, The matter itself held little or no interest for Tarzan, but he was im- pressed by Wie appearance of the speaker and when Ko-tan addressed him as Jadon the ape man’s inter-| est was permanently crystallized, | for Jadon was the father of Ta-den. That the knowledge would benefit him in any way eeemed rather a remote powaibility since he could not | reveal to Jadon his family relations with his son without admitting the falsity of his claims to godship. When the affairs of the audience were concluded Ko-tan suggested that the son of Jad-BenOtho might wish to visit the temple in which were performed the religious rites | coincident to the worship of the| great god. And so the ape-man was conducted by the king bimself fol lowed by the warriors of his court, | thru ths corridors of the palace to | | ward the northern end of the group | of buildings within the royal inclo- sure, The temple Itself was really a part) of the palace and similar in architec-| ture. ‘There were several ceremonial | places of varying sizes, the purposes of which Tarzan could only conjec ture, Each had an altar in the west) end and one in the east and all were | oval in shape, thelr longest diameter lying due east and west. Bach was excavated from the summit of a smal! hillock and all were without roofs, The western altars invariably | were a single block of stone the top of which was hollowed into an ob- jlong basin, Those at the eastern lends were similar blocks of stone | with flat tops and these latter, un- like those at the opposite ends of | the ovals were invariably stained or | painted @ reddish brown, rior did | ‘Tarzan need to examine them close nostrils already had told him—that| the brown staing were dried and dry- Ing human blood, Below these temple courts were corridor® and apartments reaching far into the bowels of the hills, dim,) | gloomy jof a man. passages that Tarzan glimpsed as he was led from place to place on his tour of inspection of the temple. dispatched by Kotan to announce the coming visit of the son of Jad- ben-Otho with the result that they were accompanied thru the temple by @ considerable procession of priests whose distinguishing mark of profession seemed to consist in gro- tesque headdress; sometimes hideous faces carved from wood and entirely concealing the countenances of their wearers; or again, the head of a wild beast cunningly fitted over the head The high priest alone wore no such headdress. He was an old,man with close-set, cunning eyes and a cruel, thin-lipped mouth. At first sight of him Tarzan re alized that here lay the greatest danger to his ruse, for he saw at a glance that the min was antagonis-| tic toward him and his pretensions, | and be knew too that doubtless of all the people of Pal-uldon the high priest was most likely to harbor the truest estimate of Jad-ben-Otho, and, therefore, would look with suspicion on one who claimed to be the son of a fabulous god. No matter what suspicion lurked within his crafty mind, Lu-don, the high priest of A-lur, did not openty question Tarzan’s right to the title of Dor-ul-Otho, and it may be that he was restrained by the same doubts which had originally re: strained Kotan and his warriors—- the doubt that ts at the bottom of the minds of all blasphemers even and which ts based upon the fear that after all there may be a god. So, for the time being at least Lu- don played safe, Yet Tarzan knew as well ag tho the man had spoken aloud his inmost thoughts that it was in the heart of the high priest to tear the veil from his imposture. (Continued Tomorrow) A mossenger had been) e Real Guide— DAT A Girt! ‘ou GOT IM BAREFOCTED ON HOT DAYS, ESKIMO MOTHE! LET EM “TAKE OFF “THEIR MITTENS » talking aloud The fairyman nodded wisely to the children and being rather wise them- selves, they nodded back understand. ingly. But nobody said a word and | Fleet never knew they were there. By and by he wandered away, That night the moon came up, | peering curiously over the hilltop. He | wanted to see what was going on in the world, and he always sees plenty of things to satisfy him. He stares and stares and stares, perfectly un- ashamed. Mr. Moon is the one per- | son without manners whom we all | love. One thing Mr. Moon saw was! Biddy Bantam perched on the lower | limb of the plum tree, another thing he saw was Fleet Fox slipping out | of his hole, still another thing he! saw was little weenty Cutle Cotton- tall saying good-by to his mama and | skedaddling for the sass-patch garden | beside the orchard where the plum | tree waa, and still another thing he! saw was Chris Crow following Cutie |llke a shadow. There was going to be a mixup. (To Be Continued) The next morning I found a letter in the box. It was from Edith’s father. I had almost given up all idea of getting that position in his new com: ‘ervously I tore open the let d to inform me * * * new |field * * * immense opportunities * © © $6,000 a year—I could have hoped for nothing better. That was my first reaction to the letter, Then it occurred to me that this would probably mean seeing Edith oftener and oftener, being thrown with her mdre intimately, re- |viving the associations that I was ‘anxious to forget. If I took this position could I tell Det the truth about that affair? If |she knew, wouldn’t It be impossible | 16 associate myself with the other woman's father? I was more than tempted to tear up the letter and, without saying janything to Dot, write a curt re fusal, But just at that moment she came up. Seeing the opened letter in my hand she took tt from me and I did not try to prevent her. No sooner had sho glanced at its contents than she threw her arms (Copyright, 1921, by Seattle Star) Confessions of a Husband @bout me and kissed me cathusiasti- THIS 1S THE’ ONLY LAKE THAT I'M ACQUAINTED WITH! AROUNO HERE! Jil ~ BY AHERN Page 418 END OF THE NOAH STORY (Chapter 5) “And that," said motherdear, “is about the last of the story.” “When the magic tree was cut down it fell and carried with it all that was harmful and evil among the animals and destroyed them, and that is why even the barmiess.” “But, motherdear,” said Peggy, “the cougars are not good. Don’t you remember-bow many | - Pioneers did have to fight them?" David said, “Pooh! I'll bet 1 know how that was I'l) bet any- thing Mr. Sayler just forgot to tell about it, You see the cougars can leap from awf'ly high limbs, and bs Just bet when the tree began’ to wobble the old cougars jumped and got saved.” 7 “Maybe,” motherdear replied, “maybe. I wouldn't wonder a bit if that is a forgotten part of the tradition. “And when the vultures felt the tree swaying beneath them, they spread their strong wings and flew away. his leg, one of the wise old ratte” snakes. “When they had crossed the mountains the birds were so tired that they flew dowd to the earth to rest. selves from the forced carriers and into the tall grass. “So always after that, the mountains ,there snakes but the harmless iit and on down to now, of that one pair which the vultures carried across at the time of the flood.” “It ts quite much like Noah and the ark in the Bible, isn’t itt” Peggy said. “Quite much,” motherdear smiled. “The Indians have many legends and traditions which are singulagy like our Bible stories. “They do not know how old their stories are, and no man can say whether some pre-historic priest or voyager may have told them Bible stories and they have “Far and far they flew across) puilt on those or whether some the flood-swept earth, across the | long, long ago event took place muddy valleys and spoiled hills, On they flew, and on, and each vulture bore, coiled tightly about (Copyright, 1931, by Beattie Star) cally, “Isn't this fine, Tom! she ex- claimed. “Just when we need the money so badly! It ends all our troubles! Bobbie's well again, and we can grt out of debt. What's the) joff and think about your wife and matter? Why aren't you as glad as 1 am? “II don't Know,” I replied slow: ly. “I was wondering whether, if you knew all the circumstances—" “Why, what do you mean? It's an honest business, isn't it?” “Of course it’s honest.” I laughed jerkily. ‘It isn’t the business 1 ob- ject to—it's other things.” “Well, please, Tom, don't be so mysterious about them. Whaf is it that's worrying you? Goodness knows, I've been worried enough myself these past weeks, not know: ing where the money was coming from to pay the rent or the doctor.” I saw thgt she was telling the truth and for the first time T really appreciated under what a strain she had been suffering. I was ready to sive in then and there, but she went on: “And now, just when you get a wonderful offer that will mean we can pay our bills and live in comfort #guln—just when tat happens and on which they base their fascin- ating tales.” “Fascinating 1s right,” gala David fervently. 63. I WANT TO REFUSE $6,000 A YEAR anyone would think you'd be tickled to death to grab it, here you have to go and think up a lot of objec tions to it. “I don't know what's on your mind, but for heaven's sake get it your child a little bit” “All right, dear,” I said.a lttle wearily. “I'll take the position and I only hope we aren't sorry later.” “The man's talking in riddles,” was my wife's comment. “If 1 had a couple of servants I could bother trying to guess answers, but as it is I'm too busy.” (To Be Continued) Coffee down again. Highest prices, 400 and 38. Lowest price, 20c, Lunch with me—Quick service, wholesome food, . 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