The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 28, 1921, Page 13

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ GREATEST STORY ARZAN THE TERRIBLE Begin Reading This Red-Blood Novel Today Copyright, 1991, AC MeClure & Ow From Yesterday) Fre gras close bealde her now, His in her breast lay hope, laugh grated upon her ears, “Love for life during harrowing | does not kill,” he replied mockingly. | imprisonment and danger! He reached for her arm and at! it had fitfully Mickered | the same instant something clashed | OMly to sink after each | against the bars of one of the win fo smaller proportions than | dows, oraxhing them inward to the| And now it had died out en-| Moor, to be followed Almost simul Waving only cold, charred em: | taneously by a human figure, which | Jane Clayton knew would | dove head foremost into the room, its in be rekindled. Hope was | head enveloped in the skin window) Bhe faced Lucdon, the high| hangings, which It carried with tt in| ih her prison quarters in the | its impetuous entry | of the Gryf, at Adur. Both; Jane Clayton saw surprise and hardship had failed to leave | something of terror, too, leap to the | upon her physical | countenance of the high priest, and the contours of her perfect | then she saw him ring forward | the glory of her radiant love-/and jerk upen a leather thong that | Dad defied them, yet to these | depended from the cailing of the Sttributes she owed the danger | apartment. instantly there droppel Senfronted her, for Lu-|from above a cunfilngly contrived og Air the lesser | partition that fell between thet eon safe, but from |und the Intruder, effectually barrin: She was not safe, for Ludden) him from them and at the sam Tot as they, since the high / time leaving him to grope upon ite) of Paluldou may Ge | opposite side in darkness, since the) from father to son, " only ereaset the room contained was | the king, had wanted her | Upon their wide of the partition, that had co far saved her} Faintly fro beyond the wall either was the fear of each for |J4ne heart a voles calling, b » Dut at Mist Ludon had| Whose It was and what the words = tion and had come | She could not distinguish. ‘Then she tches of the night to/a® Ladon jerk upon anbther thong . HMuughtily had she re | “Md wait in evident expectancy of him, seeking ever to gain | *0me consequent happening, He did tho what time might bring |@t have long to wait. She saw the Of relief or renewed hope she |thong move wuddenly as tho jerked Inst even remotely conjecture |from above and then Ludon smiled. fet lust and greed shone hun-|*Md with another signal put in mo Mpon his cruel countenance tn whatever machinery it was ‘Advanced across the room to | ‘hat ratned the partition again to its ie her. She did not shrink nor | Place in the ceiling. re ie cya there very erect,| Advancing into that portion of the ‘chin up, her level gaze freighited | om that the partition had shut off the loathing contempt she feit {Fem them, the high priest knelt He read her expresison, ana | Yeon Pe aest nad down em a Angered him, it in. | Section t. revi the dark ys ihe Shiamaiees mouth of a shaft leading below was a queen, perhaps a Laughing loudly he shouted into the) fit mate for the high priest.| hole: “Return to thy father, 0 Dor-| pa ja io!" ae, ae te ¥I Making fast the oatch that pre | . vented the trapdoor from opeving - eotoe sified ol PUM | beneath the feet of the unwary until PAINLESS jfuch time as du-don chose, the high ich now ita ane priest rose again to his feet. | “Now, Beautiful One" he cried, : “Jaden! what do you iy to the apartment the mighty figure | tan, | replied Ja-don, “to remov | Utul stranger to the Forbidden Gar- den.” manner waa no sign of either fear or respect for the priest, Ludon well knew why the king had chosen this messenger whose heresy was notorious, but whose powe! | eer cus-'and moved toward the spot where eee ore, |he would have Jadon fol ing| “There is nothing to discuss,” re | Cat-Rate | sane watched them. In the tace Dentists °°4 Sevre of the warrior ane found | reflected those a le traits of 3S ee on courage and honor that the pro | Feet, Wrinkles, feesion of arms best develops. In| the hypocritical priest there was no/ redeeming quality. Of the two then/| she might best choose the warrior. | With him there wae & chance— with Ludon, none, Eveg, the very Process of exchange from’ prison to another might offer sane possi. dility of escape. She weighed all these things and decided, for Lu don’s quigs glance at the thongs had not gone unnoticed nor unin terpreted her. “Warrior,” she said, addreesing Jadon, “if you would live enter not that portion of the apartment.” Ludon cast an angry glance upon; her. “Stlence, slave! he cried. “And where lies the danger?” Ja- don asked of Jane, ignoring Ludon. The woman pointed to the thongs. “Look,” she said, and before the) high priest could prevent she had seined that which controlled the partition, which shot downward, separating Lu-don from the warrior land herneit. | Jadon looked inquirtigly at her. “He would have tricked me neatly but for you,” he said; “keep me im- prisoned there while he secreted you nese around the eyes, elsewhere in the mazes of his tem Himes around mouth, of | pie. te need by wind of | “He would have done more than will find that these frou- | that,” replied Jane, as she pulled * upon the other thong.’ “This re s vanishes ated a poor complexion, wri It to those eases whe to nd TRIAL covuroN STHMA CO., jeases the fastenings of @ trapdoor Tt ke i ) place. If you cannot obtain. | pit beneath the temple. Ludon has Bu . ¥-\ truth, but he says that a demon of sement. temple,” said Ja-don. “What with it Trial of a Method That Any: hatred among our own people, He u | Matter whether your case is /4M, why you warned mo. Are we| asthma, you should at! Ludon,” she replied: “and you have ome asthma, our method should re- |the possibility that among so many at to and ai) those terribie par: | ment to a stranger within his gates Simply mail coupon below. Do hig queen,” he raid. “That he toid ra aud Hudson Sta, “Why, then, would he make me ogee? agp gy hoe ge . in the floor beyond the partition. at clave, on towards Barer. | When you stepped on that you Sa ie orcreamn and | threatened me with this fate often to ington Street \ n supply YOU the temple is imprisoned there—a| FREE TO "athens | us busy supplying them with prison- 9 | Can Use Without Discom | has had his eyes upon me for a long oon or Loss of Time, time. This would have been his) No matier whether your case i or te velopment, | not all equally your jailers and your enemies?” ‘trial of Ob method. No mai climate you If no atter wh | the appearance of a brave and hon. we you promptly |orable warrior, I could not hope, fe especially wat ‘ fumes, “pal fighting men, even tho they be of raves. io ae MGs Big: another face than mine, there ix one ) —even tho she be @ woman.” Ets a singic aay. Weia' nce’ Jadon looked at her for a lone ie ladda lesa me himself and surely that were honorable treatment from one who queen?” shé asked. | Jadon came closer a tho In fear fream, no other Cream can| would have been precipitated into a| Howard Bros. 457(1 do not know that he epeaks the Drug Co. “There is am gryf within the }ers, for whém Lu-don has conceived | @ method for the contro of | chance but for you. ‘Tell me, wom-| a ther it is present a» hy fever o in| “None could be more horrible than | age OF octupation, if you are tro ea with \for hope has died, and yet there ia Yor end all difficult. breathing, | WhO Would accord honorable tr the method at once. Send no| minute. “Kotan would make you might make you a @lave.” hia words might be overheard. “He believes, altho he did not tell me so} in fact, that you are of the race of | |goda, And why not? Jad-benOtho |is tailless, therefore it is not strange | that Ko-tan should suspéct that only DOINGS OF THE DUFFS COOK, WOULD A COUPLE OF DOLLARS PERSUADE FORGET THAT YOU bi BiB CAUGHT IT OR EVER CMON TAG - LES You AN’ ME 60 OUT ROWIN' @ WHADDYA CL TCU You, me, TRUS, THQ NSIGHBORING Towns ARe GOING To PVvT IT ALL OveR US (© CvGRT ONS OF US Don't CET TOSGSTHER ANO BoosT over own BYRS! A BoostTise 13 ACC RIGHT, BUT IT COGHT To GEGIN AT Home! CicaN UP YouR BacK YARD, O'L YOUR GARAGE Door Hinces AND SCALD CVT YouR SovrR GARBAGE Pale t!/ = Ss the gods are thus, His queen is Garden. There you will remain with dead, leaving only @ single daughter. |O-loa, the king's daughter, It will He craves a eon and what more de-|be better than this prison you have sirable than that he should found | otcupied.” a line of rulere for Pabuldon| “And Ko-tan? she asked, a shud descended from the gods?” der passing thru her slender frame, “But I am already wed,” cried| “There are ceremonies,” explained Jane. “Il cannot wea another. I do|Jadon, “that may oceupy several not want him or his throne.”* days before you become queen, and “Kotan is king,” replied Jadon|one of them may be difficult of ar kimply ae tho that explained and|rangement.” He laughed, then, simplified everything. “What?” she asked. “You will not save me, then?” “Only the high priest may per. asked the woman, form the marriage ceremony for a “It you were in Jalur,” he re|king,” he explained. plied, “I might protect you, even| “Delay?” she murmured; “blessed against the king.” delay!’ Tenacious indeod of life ts “What and where is Jaturt she| Hope even tho it be reduced to cold asked, grarping at any straw, and lfeless char—a veritable phoe- “It ia the city where I rule,” he) nix, answered. “I am chief there and of all the valley beyond.” ‘Where is it?” she insisted, and, “is it far away?” “No,” ho replied, smiling, “it is not far, but do not think of that— CHAPTER XV “THE KING IS DEAD” An they conversed Jadon had led |her down the atone stairway that | leads from the upper floors of the you could never reac h it. There are too many to pursue and capture you lit you wish to know, however, it lilies up the river that empties into Jad-bonlul, whose waters kiss the | walls of A-lur—-up the woatern fork }it lies with water upon three sides: {mpregnable olty of Pauul-don alone of all the cities it hae never been entered by a foeman since It |was built there while Jab-ben-Otho a boy | “And there,I would be safe? she anked. “Perhaps,” he replied. Ah, dead hope, upon what slender provocation would you seek to glow again! She sighed and shook her head, realizing the inutility of hope—yet the tempting bait dangled before her mind's eye—Ja-lur! “You are wise,” commented Ja |don, interpreting her stah now, we wilf goto the quarters of the princess beside the Forbidden “Come | Temple of the Gryf to the chambers and the corridors that honeycomb the rocky hills from which the |temple and the palace are hewn, and now they passed from one to the of which two priesta stood guard jand upon the other two warriors |The former would have halted Ja |don when they saw who it was that accompanied him, for well known thruout the temple was the quarrel | between king and high priest for possession of thiy beatiful stranger. “Only by order of Lu-don may she pawn,” snid one, placing himself di rectly in front of Jane Clayton | barring her progreas, Thru the hol }low eyes of the hideous mask the | woman could see th of the priest beneath gleaming with the fires of |fanaticiam. Jadon placed an arm about her shoulders and laid his hand upon his knife. “She passes by order of Kotan, other thru a doorway upon one side ‘THIS FISH AND HAVE I'T SERVED THAT AIN’ He slid into water Pretty soon Marty Mink stuck his head out of his hole on the bank and looked around. Altho it was to dark, Sprinkle Blow and~the Twins saw | him plainly, because they had magic along, you know. Marty looked that way and thin way and up and down (not down | very well, his fat cheeks stuck out | #0) and all around. Then he loolfed at the sky and smiled as tho some: | thing pleased him mightily, “Fine! Fine!" he nodded. “The moon's gone out. That's what it is to be a friend of the fairies, Mr. SprinkieBlow is |the most accommodating person 1 know. Wasn't I wise, tho, to think of hanting Blackie Rass at night \‘stead of daytime as I usually do? | | the king,” he enid, “and by virtue ot | | Sate Stand asid | The two warriors upon the palace | | side pressed forward. “We are here, | und @ Jalur,” said one, addressing Jadon, “to receive and obey your commands.” ‘The second priest now interposed. “Let them pass,* he admonished his lcormpanion “We have received no | direet commands from Lu-don to the contrary and it is @ law of the temple and the palace that chiefs and priesta may come and go with out interference.” ) “Rut I know Laden's wishes,” in- sisted the other, “He told you then that Ja-don | must not pass with the stranger?” “No-—but—" ‘hen let them pass, for they are three to two and will pass anyway —we have done our beet.” Grumbling, the priest stepped aside, ‘“Ludon will exact an ac: counting,” he eried angrily. Jadon turned upon him, “And get it when and where he will,” he snapped. ‘They came at last to the quarters of the Princess O-loa where, in the matin entrance-wny, lottered a small guard of palace warriors and several stalwart black eunuch belonging to the princess, or her women. To one) of the latter Jadon relinquished bis} charge. a “Take her to’ the princess,” he commanded, “and see that she does not escape ‘Thru a number of corridors and apartments lighted by stone cressets | the eunich led Lady: Greystroke, | naiting at last before a doorway: con: Jeealed/by hangings of Jato skin, | where the guide bent with bis staff upon the wall beside the door. “Olo-a, Princows of Pal-aldon,” he ontled, “here is the stranger woman, the prisoner from the temple, “mid her enter,” Jane heard sweet voice from within command. (Continued Tomorrow) a the fact that Jadon, the chief, ls het |) Fe MR DUFF YOUR REGULAR WAITRESS ISN'T HERE THIS EVENING SO CLARENCE WILL WAIT OM You! HELL “TAKE GOOD CARE SUUCKS = S’ MUCH. with scarcely a ripple With no moon, fe can't possfoly see me When I dive down under the water, but I know exactly where Blackie ts, and I'll have him in fo ume. I wonder if my teeth are good and sharp, for he's the alipperiest thing?’ And Marty gave his teeth an extra polish on a big stone, Pretty soon he slipped ever so quietly right Yown to the water's | edge and yeeped in, but the instant) he saw how it looked (even in the} dark it was muddy and yellow), he| was completely amazed. “Why, It} was os clear 48 @ wishing-ball this | afternoon!’ he said to himself in a} puzzled voice. “What could have | muddied {t #0? There's no rain, or | flood, or anything but a litte wind.” | And he thought and thought, “Oh, see," ho said finally, “Mr. Sprink- le-Blow haa done it to help me. Now, | all I have to do ls to dive down un- der Blackie, then reach up and nab him. He'll never see me at ail.” He slid into the water with scarce. ly @ ripple. (To Be Continued {Copyright 1921 by Soattie Btar) BY ALLMAN tz SO COULD T, IF T MAD STMINK < NATURE MADE THOSE ALL BY at aX CANAAN MeTD yOOETaaL- Page 427 AN EARLY-DAY RAILROAD STORY Tt was quite too bad that Grand- mother was not well enough to go, but she told Daddy that hé simply must go Just the same and let the children have the joy of meeting #0 many pioncers whose names they knew but whom they had never met face to face, It was @ pienic at Point Defi- ance park in Tacoma, and pio- heers from three counties in Washington were there as well as several from Portland, So David and Perry added new stories to thelr memory store and came home an excited pair. “Just think! David said. “Five of those people we met were little boys and girls who came over the Nachez pass in the very first wagon trains.” Pegey answered, “Yes, and 7 did see Mr. Himes (you know. Da- vie, he used to be that little George who Was #0 good to his mother and baby sister when they got to t ‘jumping off place,’ *member?)" And David had met the daugh- ter of Gov. Stevens, the first gov- ernor of Washington territory, and oh, 0 many*others! One of the new stories they heard was about the funny times they had running tho train over the Yirst_raitroad between Taco- ma and Wilkeson, At Wilkeson and Burnett there were the big coal mines just as there are now, but the trains ran only once a day, and from Puy- allup to Tacoma there was but one train a day, which left Ta coma at 5 in the evening and re turned at 6 the next morning. ‘The first engineer on this toad told them the story about the In- dian children. “Those kidaf* he sald “There” never was a white child with @ keener sense of humor than those ~ Siwashes. “About once every so often they amused themselves by pil- ing gravel and sand on the rail road track and hiding in the bushes to Watch us stop the train and work like beavers to t away their mischief. “We got pretty tired of happened so often, so one said to the fireman, ‘You wait! I'l teach kids a les son; I'll show them. that better have a little more respect, for a locomotive engine,’ “So we bided our time and the, next time we found sand on thé. track I stopped as usual and a the fireman coax the children out of their hiding place to see the big engine “They came up ¢autiousty, their black eyes snapping with interest and mischief, and listened open-mouthed to what the fire mao told them. “Then when I was sure their attention was all on him, Sp-p-e eezi I opened up the blowoff cock and nearly scared them to death, That hissing steam did the work; in less than a minute there wasn't @ litle Indian in sight!* : But that's not the end of the story. (To Be Continued) b dadindinding Confessions of a Husband | “I'm sorry You didn’t tell that hor rible person my name” Edith sald to me a few moments after our un- welcome visitor had. left, “1 didn't think you'd want me to,” T explained. “But she'll find ft ont anyway; you've Just made it a little harder and a little more interesting for her. It sounded so suspicious the way you put it. Dot has gone out with ‘a friend,’ ‘It you had said with Mr, George Slocum and given his address and his telephone number and his bust | ness and then told her that it was Mrs. Slocum who was waiting here with you, she-might not have looked at me that way.” “Oh, she's proBably forgotten about It by now," I tried to reassure adith. “No she hasn't; I know her, sort.” “I'll be mighty sorty if this proves to be the source of any embarrass. ment to you," I added, “Dot and I are both under very real obligations to you.” “Nothing of the sort.” “On the contrary, we both know that we are. Not to mention any: thing else, this position that you got (Copyright, 1931, by Beattie Star.) EDITH for me with you father—* “Fiddlesticks!* “Well, it's easy to say fiddiesticks, but just the anme we both appreciate what you've done.” “Why do you think T did it?" “Because you and Dot are such good friends.” , “Guess again.” “Suppose you tel me.” “Don't you know?” There was a pause, “It was because T liked you." There was the hint of a challenge in her tone, I started involuntarily. It was a mew Edith that I saw be- fore me. I had usually considered wer pretty; now she was beautiful. There Was a strange light in her eyes, Her hand touched mine. “T think you like me a little, too," she said “Of course I like you.” I tried to speak calmly and easily, but my heart was beating rupidly “T don't moan that way—not the way you put it.” 1 hardly know what I was going to say. It was almost as tho I were awaiting with curiosity to find out what my own words would be. Vaguely I thought of Dot—of the child asleep in the other room, But 72. ' they seemed far away. Edith was near me, Vibrant, appealing. Our eyes met for an instant. Then Edith averted her glance. “at's terrible for people to think you #0 wicked,” she said faintly. “It almost makes me feel as tho nothing mattered, and that I might as well be wicked as to have people think soa, “But you don't think I'm wicked, do you? Or would you rather that I were a little—wicked?”" ‘That moment I heard a piercing scream from the rear of the apart. ment, (To Be Continued Fearful Eczema We tmmodiate reliet—try one bot Tet DnB: Dron cor marantea’ Soe, 60g | $1.00. ‘hey Ds D. D. Soap, too, igat r.P?.@2. BARTELL’S DRUG STORES OPPORTUNITY, STAR WAN TADS