The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 29, 1921, Page 13

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ GREATEST STORY TARZAN THE TERRIBLE | Begin Reading This Red-Blood Novel Today «8 Oo stenteetsteesereseressesy! 199t, AC Mec tt Coprriaht, (Continued From Yesterday) 1 “Rut Ko-tan, my father, would dette ».|make you bis queen,” cried the gir! The eunuch drew ae rene That. shed -amake “you very tags and Lady Greystroke stepped) i), ‘eithin, Before her was a low-ceiled| “nye it does not,” replied the | foom of moderate size, In each of prisoner; “I love another to whom I 3 am already wed. Ah, Prince@s, if r corners a kneeling figure its the fou! ef stone seemed to be beartng of the weight of the ceiling upon its shoulders, The figures were evidently intended to represent you had known what it was to love and to be foreed into marriage with another you would sympathize with me.” The Princess Oo waa silent for! ¢ “ lorfg moment, “I know," she sald The ceiling |* . n Wasdon = slaves. ned io a con. |Mt Ist, “and Tam very sorry for ftselt was slightly arched © you; but if the king's daughter can-| oy tral dome, which was pierced to @d-/ not save herself from such a fate who may save a slave woman? euch in fact you are.” . | ‘The drinking in the great banquet | hall of the palace of Ko-tan, king of mit light and day, and air. Upon For ene side of the room were many win the other three walls being blank except for a doorway in each s lay upon a pile of The Pabuldon had commenced earlier nged over a t fure which were een al ae the this night than was usual, for the! . jow stone dais in ove king was celebrating the morrow’s betrothal of hiv only daughter to Bu- lot, son of Moar, the chief, whose greaterandfather had been king of Paubuldon and who thought that he should be king, and Mowar was drunk and ¢o was Bu-lot, his son w apartment and waa alone except for ‘ingle Waadion slave girl, who sat ie edge of the dais near her Jane entered O-loa beckoned hee to approach and when she stood t 1 half rose .. is peside the couch = panne . oy |For that matter nearly all of the ss upon an elbow and " : warriors, including the king himself. ; critically. were drunk, In the heart of K | Was no love either for Mowar. Hutot, nor did either of these love the king. Kotan was giving has daughter to Bu-lot in the hope that the alliance would prevent from insisting upon his claims to the throne, for, next to Jadon, Mo-war| was the most powerful of the chiefs and while Ko-tan looked with fear upon Jaxton, too, he had no fear that the olf Lion-man would attempt to seize the throne, tho which wa he would throw hie influence and bis warriors In the event that Moar declared war upon Ko-tan, the king | could not guess. “How Jane smiled, sadly; for she had found that beauty may be ree. “That is indeed a compliment,” “from one so radiant as the Princess O-lo-a.” ean exclaimed the princess de ; “you speak my language! [was told that you were of another pace and from some far land of which we of Pabuldon have never “Ludon saw to it that the priests jastructed me,” explained Jane; “but Tam from a far country, princess; one to ie Lene sy i | Primitive people who are also war: | Tam very) llike are seldom inclined toward [either tact or diplomacy even when | sober; but drunk they know not the | words, if aroused. It was really Bu- jlot who started it, | "This." he said, “I drink to Olea.” and he emptied his tankard at a single gulp. “And this,” seizing full onerfrom a neighbor, “to her | son and mine who will bring back | the throne of Pal-ul-don to its right: | ful owners?” | “The king is not yet dead cried | 'Kotan, rising to his feet; “nor is | Bu-lot yet married to his daughter— | and there is yet time to save Pal-ul don from’ the spawn of the rabbit breed.” The king’s angry tone and his in sulting reference to Bulot’s well ‘known cowardice brought a sudden sobering silence upon the rotstering | company. Every eye turned upon Bu-lot and Mo-sar, who sat together | directly opposite the king. The first was very drunk tho suddenly he seemed quite sober. He was «0 @runk that for an instant he forgot to be a coward, since his reasoning powers were #0 effectually paralyzed | by the fumes of liquor that he could not intelligently weight the conse quences of bis acts. It i# reasonably | conceivable that a drunk and angry rabbit might commit a rash deed Upon no other hypothesis i» the thing that Bu-lot now did explicable. | He rose suddenly from the seat to which he had sunk after delivering his toast and seizing the knife from the sheath of the warrior upon his right hurled it with terrific foree at |Koton. Skilled In the art of throw Safe ng both their knives and their clubs re the warriors of Pal-uldon and t this short distance and coming as For it did without warning there was no \, x Tafants aetense and but one powsible renult RIN Name “Bayer” on Genuine ASP Uniess you see tne fame “Bayer” on package or on tab- [Wet you are not getting genuine | Aspirin prescribed by physicians for fwentyone years and proved safe! Billions. Take Aspirin only as fm the Bayer package for Colds, he, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Toothache, Lumbago and Pain. Handy tin boxes of Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost cents. Druggists also sell larger Aspirin is the trade of Bayer Manufacture of Mo cidéster of Salicylicacid. Horlick’s ~ Rated e COCEING "Food - Drink for All Ages.| Lench at Home, Office, end Ask for HORLICK’S, Ko-tan, the king, lunged forward cross the table, the blade buried in bis heart. A brief silence followed the ansa» ain's cowardly act. White with ter. ror, now, Bu-lot fell slowly back to- ward the doorway at his rear, when suddenly angry warriors leaped with drawn knives to prevent his escape and to avenge their king. Mo sar now took his stand beside his | som. “Kotan is dead.” he cried. “Mo- sar is king! Let the loyal warriors of Pal-uldon protect their ruler’ Mosar commanded a goodly fol lowing and these quickly surround Jjed him and Bulot, but there were | =m many knives against them and now Jadon pressed forward thru those | who confronted the pretender. . “Take them both! he shouted. |“The warriors of Paluldon will choose their own king after the as. sassin of Kotan has paid the pen alty of his treachery.” Directed now by a leader whom [they both respected and admired | those who had been loyal to Kotan rushed forward upon the faction that had surrounded Mo-ear. Fierce and terrible was the fighting, de-| void apparently, of all else than the [ferocious lust to kill and whtle it was at its height Mo-sar and Bu-lot | slipped unnoticed from the banquet hall | To that part of the palace assigned Tl, to them during their visit to A-lur| a Ww To HAVE | they hastened: Here were their wor. | Ric vanta and the lesser warriors of ee, ‘attbetioha their party who had not been bidden wholesome food ‘and }to the feast of Ko-tan. These were tegular | directed wickly for immed exercise, your bi pastsae rWhied, dil; iae: 2¢ thould be Kept pure. 8. 8. enrich the blood and drive the impurities that cause y, and war- the riors of Pal-ul-don require but little} lit did not take long, since impedimenta on the march, they hoot bake moved toward the palace gate. blackheads, boils or | - Suddenly Moar approached his diseases arising from Fe Spreiel Booklet or for indi- init ahetat charhe, |son. “The princess,” he whispered |“Wwe must not leave the city without her—she is half the battle for the | throne." ledical Advisor, He Dep't 440, Atlante, Ga. Bu-lot, now entirely sober, de- at your drugais murred. He had had enough of Let us get Sey and of risk. She would not come without a long.” |Mosar. “They are still fighting in| | dead, long before any will think to! | by Jad-ben Otho. Come!” | father, who first instructed the war out of A-lur quickly.” he urged, “or | j @ e @ | strugsie and that would delay us too “There is plenty of tune,” insisted —— ihe pal-edon-so. It will be long be |look to the safety of the princess. | Bu-lot followed |we shall have the whole city upon | us or Rich, Red Blood fore they miss us and, with Ko-tan | Our time is now—it was made for us | Reluctantly his | | riors to await them just inside the | princess only a handful of warriors were rd, The eunuch» bad retired. here is fighting in the pal-e-don Mo-sar announced in feigned excitement as they entered the pres on or Mo-war | | ence of the guards. “The king de sires you to come at once and has sent us to guard the apartments of Third Ave NIVERSITY ly- You MAY GIVE ME A CHOCOLATE ce CREAM ) | ders dangerous common fighting men disciplined in the rough school of tribal warfare, DOINGS OF THE DUFFS TOM THis [5 AN AWFUL STORM SHUT THE THE SEA T WONT! WONT! WONT? wont! wont! 4 EI - THE CRAZY QUILT EVERETT TRUE WHat sS MOV RS, PLEASE 4, BUT WHICE GETTING IT WiLe KEEP THE HAIR OUT OF Your EES, | AND THE LOOSE ONGS lOouT OF MY CREAM i | the princess. manded as the men hesitated. ‘The warriors knew him and that on the morrow the princess was to |be betrothed to Bu-lot, there was trouble what more natural than that Mo-sar be intrusted. with the safety of the princess Mo-sar a powerful chief to whose or disobedience thing? moment | gateway of the palace, Rapidly the| “O-lo-a two approached the quarters of the| know the Within the entrance-way| you will king. And ur fo! news for you uprising in | the Jare drunk their way out of A-lur at once moment to lose. the has been slain here Make hast with liquor and Witt! Wel. SEE IF VA TOSSING — HAIR = BACK, + ibe’ WEAR MY HAT to he com. his son. If and Bu-lot sbould then, too, was not might They prove were but but they had learned to obey rior and so they depar banquet hall—the place-where-men eat. Barely waiting until they had dis appeared Mo-sar crossed to the hangings at the opposite end of the entrance-hall and followed by made his way apartment of OJo“a and later, without warning, the two men toward th sleeping moment burst in upon the three occupants lof the room. At sight of them |O1o-a sprang to her feet “What is the meaning of this?” she demanded angrily Mo-sar advanced and halted before |her. Into his cunning mind had en tered a plan to trick her. If it suc ceeded it would prove easier than taking her by force, and then his eyes fell upon Jane ¢ on and he almost gasped in astonishment and admiration, but he caught himself and returned to the business of the cried, “when y of you jon wad our n We There has been have and Ko-tan The rebelw palace now on there is not a al | Bu-lot | “My father dead!” 4 O-loa, and suddenly her eyes went wide. Then my place is here with my peo ple,” she cried. “If Ko-tan is dead I am queen until the warriors choose a new ruler—that is the law of Pal-ul-don none And m if I am queen wed whom I do can make TTLE STAR AND Va “V4 Q ancy and } the Weathern the Willow Tree Pool, Marty Mink had slid quietly the muddy water. They hadn't n. "LL GO DOWN SEE THE GO TROUGH THE SAME MOTIONS, AND BOTH ARE HARD after into for gotten that Cob Coon had also tele phoned that he had an engagement with Blackie Bass at nine o'clock that evening, and they wondered what had suddenly made Blackie so popular But SprinkleBlow was suspicious, knowing Marty and Cob so well } Pretty soon Cob came snooping | along the lower branches of the wil low-tre and looked down. ‘Good! | said he ot only has Mr, Sprinkle | O-lo-a to the floor and selz by the hair drew his and The | parted curtains behind him sud) In two swift bounds a figuye crossed the room and b the knife of Bu-lot reache his wrist was seized from goal | hind and a terrific blow crashin \the base of his brain dropped | lifeless, to the floor. Bu-lot, {traitor and died | knowing who struck him down, assassin, Pan knife dently lithe d its 1 be ng to him Mi T'S RAINING AND Pretty soon Cob came sneaking along. ok and Mr, Sprinkle-) Blow watched | Blacks | without | not wish to wed—and Jad-benOtho | gee know, I never wished to wed thy] Ay pargan of the Apes leaped into | Gownstly Got’ She pointed @| the pool in the gryf pit of the tem slim finger imperiously toward the} 1. ‘at Aur one might have ac-| doorway lcounted for his act on the hypo-| Mo-sar y that neither trickery |thesig that it was the last blind nor persuasion would avail now and| urge of self-preservation to delay, | every precious minute counted. He/eyen for a moment, the inevitable | looked again at the beautiful wom-|tragedy in which each some. day | an who stood beside O-loa, He had] rust play the leading role upon his | never before seen her but he well] iittie stage; but no—those cool, gray knew from palace gossip that she | eyes had caught the sole possibility could. be no other than the god-like |for escape that .the surroundings at ger whom Ko-tan had planned|and the circumstances offered—a to make his queen. tiny, moonlit patch of water glim “Bu-lot,” he cried to his son, “take | mering thru a small aperture in the you your own woman and I will| cliff at the surface of the pool upon |take—mine!” and with that helits farther side With — swift |sprang suddenly forward and seiz-|strokes he swam for speed alone ing Jane yut the waist lifted her| knowing that the water would in no In 0 that before Oloa deter his pursuer. did it might even guess his n heard the great splash as the he had disapepared thru the| huge creature plunged into the pool hangings near the foot of the dais| behind him; he heard the churning and was gone with the strang waters as it forge rapidly onward woman struggling and fighting in/in his wake. He was nearing the hie grasp. opening—-would it be large enough And then Bu-lot sought to se! to permit the pa of his body? O10", but O-loa had her Pan-atl That portion of it which showed fierce little tiger girl of the aavage|above the surface of the water most Korul-ja—Panatlee whose name| certainly would not, His life, then, belied her-—and Bu-lot found that|depended upon how much of the with the two of them his hands|uperture was sub ed. And now were full When he would ve}it wae directly bef him and the lifted O-loa and borne her away Pan-|gryf directly behind, ‘There was no nt-lee seized him around the legs andj alternative--there was no other strove to drag him down. Viciousiy | hope The aper threw all the he kicked her, but she would not | res of his great strength into desist, and finally, realizing that he | the few strokes, extended his We must get you|might not only jose his princess but| hands before him us a cutwater, be 0 delayed as to invite capture if] *ubmerged to the Water's level and Come, and quick he did not rid himself of this claw. ing, scratching she-Jato, he hurled shot forward toward the hole, (Coutinugd Tomorrow) The Clerk Never Lost an Argument HEY, CLERK! waKe up! ITS LEAKING IN MY Room! Tey, YOu SAY YOUR PRAYERS Gost MAW= WHAT DO YOU WANT ME To EAT BREAD FoR Now, AFTER I'VE HAD 6 EARS OF CORN? can't see me, but he has} blown out the moon, All I have to do is to hang onto a low branch and reach down. 1 know actly where Mr me.” Bass Fish is, but he can't see And Cob rolled up his sleeves and} tucked in his cuffs so they wouldn't; et wet. “I do hope my claws are good! und sharp for holding on,” he| said to himself, “for really old Blackie is the slipperiest thing.” [| Wait here, kiddie said Mr.} Sprinkle-Biow, “I'm going to tell) Blacki mething. I'll be right! back.” In an fitstant the little fairyman got on his magic umbrella and dis appeared under the top of the water, but almost at once he was back, nodding and smiling “I told him about Marty and Cob,” he whisper The sleepy old thing was dozing. Thought there danger because he couldn't see. He's behind big rock now, safe and 1 Us seesWhat happens.” pyright 1921 by ttle Star) (To be Continued), was no a | | ade the water muddy so that} | AND THE NUT BROS-CHESS WAL- * * “No, that escaping seemed to blow the I ROOM-IT'S DAMP NOT SAFE To SLEEP IN! IT NOT GOING TO SAY MY PRAYERS UP HERE=— I'M ON MY PAGE 13 BY ALLMAN THAT'S THE SAFEST, ROOM IN THE HoTEL! SUPPOSIN® THE PLACE | WOULD KETCH OM FIRE! BY BLOSSER BY AHERN ca! Kr By Mabel C eland— ES Page 428 THE ALARM steam which ittle Indians off the earth was not the end of the story. “Like all Indians, those little mischiefs had good memories and they loved a joke and were good sports. “They kriew I had got the best of them on the sand.on-the-track deal, be, best.” And I'm not but their motto seemed to ‘He who laughs last, laughs | saying they didn't bave the last laugh. “We got the railro to things were sad put thru Wilkeson and Burnett and running smoothly, tho I can't say we had any great rush of bu: cal] one trip we made when we | siness. I re- had only one passenger all the way and he was a ‘dea the total amount of sisted of one empty be@r keg be | ing returned free of charge to| d-head,’ and freight con Wolf S#ieffer’s brewery at Steila. coom. “One night when our train lay | at Puyallup the crew went to a| |] dance in the hop warehouse in the neighborhood. “We slept (the crew, I mean) in big store, it w i} o« room over and the night ra of the dance my turn to keep watch, so 1 was in bed when the rest of the VERE ED pretty | Meeker’s | boys got home about 5 o'clock the next morning. “We didn't have ifitermittent alarms and such things then, and as I was a sound sleeper, there was sometimes a little difficulty in getting me up in time to make that 6 o'clock start for Tacoma. “There has been many a joke played under similar circum. stances, but I doubt if many sleepy-heads have been routed out of bed in the way ‘fn which those fellows «waked me. “Ezra Meeker had a pet mon- key and when the boys got in,” ripe for mischief, it struck them }a8 a great scheme to put thet monkey in bed with me and watch results. “They did. “And I'm here to tell you that no ‘Big Ben,’ or any other noisy, buzzing alarm clock bell, ever brought about more perfect re sults than that soft, lairy, skin- |ny little animal on ay face. 1 let out a yell whiel; would have shamed an Indiaw war-whoop, and went straight thru the gyin- dow “Straight thru the window we }both went, man and monkey, each as badly scared of the other as possible. “I need only add that the train for Tacoma left that morning ON | TIME." (To Be Continued) 73. “What can that be?” Edith asked in alarm. “It must be Bobbi 1 Jumped to my feet some gaod reason for him crying like that. “I-1'll go with you,” said Edith when I had my hand on the door, Her eyes that had shone so brightly a moment before held no challenge now, Her voige quavered. For my own part, my hand trem bled; my steps were unsteady. 1 had ‘been shaken in my innermost being I knew now that our ultra-modern idea of exchar one evening might have consequences hope the little fellow hasn't had had almost » relap I said slowly ured tones, as we went k toh room, Only by an effort could 1 peak calmly We found the child sitting up in hed ere was no need of a ther mometer to tell that he had fever. His flushed cheeks, his wild spoke for themselves. When he Saw us he was silent fow do you fee! I asked stu vidly “Hine,” he replied mechanically, He had gotten used to telling us ng better halves for | in meas: | eyes (Copyright, 1921, by Seattle Star.) Confessions of a Husband A STRANGE, UNHAPPY NIGHT My first impulse for Dr. Harris ' While 1 was trying to a lith was attempt his temperature As luck would have i was out-—at theatre house where T was unk ‘There was|the telephone was working again. I called up tl that during his convalescence, to telephone the Lord, get the num ing to make t, the doet told he had one only four blocks away; he had to bed, but he promised to dress and come to the house imme lee gone Rocking Bobbie and cuddling him, @ more comfortable and to take | soothing him and trying to keep him quiet, giving him water and telling him stories—that is how we passed the evening in a fashion altogether gone, but he had omitted to leave | different from what we had antici- number the returned home I went back to Bobbie rprised, It was absolutely impossible to think of anything vise. Every other mo: ment he called for water | dith wrapped him in a blanket and held him in her Bobbic clung to her, tho he kept calling for | ‘mamma.” Now 1 tried to get another doctor.) EF |fearing that it might house. It seemed that called was out. Finally 1 succeeded box | re was no way to reach him until office, and Edith told I was not be too late | when our own physician reached the | everyone in locating | pated j It seemed ages while we were in |the apartment alone. “1 was afraid |the doctor would never come, It t the thermometer showed a|would have been some consolation if n over 102 degrees. even Dot and George had returned, but Edith and T had to remain there The child was cross and fretful. |alone with the sick child And suppose my son had not got- ten i? What would | have said to Dot when she came home? And what would I say to her now? (To Be Continued) | Coffee down again nest prices, 40c and $8e. Lowest price, 20c Lunch with me wholesome food M. A. 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