The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 14, 1924, Page 10

A Story of Seattle and The South Seas “The Beacon Hill ‘Mystery BY FRED V. WILLIAMS Drawings by Clyde Ludwick START HEeRY 5 th r that were the Clark would have prayed he knew how God his own mother had taught a God of mercy Instead he lay sand trying prayed to him te revere, and wis trembl to make up his mind what to do, ald t t this was tw « upon the him that w f Kele w she stood up, st strong, a glorious figure in the moonlight, the weapon in her hand glittering cruvily, This was the stone dagger with which she intended to slay him Three steps Toba took toward he tended vict: then hb 4. She ke im. sTORY 9 not NOW GO ON WITH THE t XV tir, that he was CHA ate t he w 4 her bu st into fresh ned upon the ath 0 deed Bhe ! thing out for ess of the night, Clark raised himself upon an elbow and looked across the cave at her. Her shoulders were heaving convulsively, Truly the hold of his love upon this native girl was a powerful one, yet he had no hope it would stay her hand of sacrifice, The minutes dragged and Toba sobbed into the sand. Clark cautio his feet. He noiselessly to the mouth of w him stretched the sand and the ocean. Life seemed sweet now. The fresh, |cool alr of approaching morning, the| poignant breath of the sea with Its| | tang of salt in his nostrils, the miles Jon miles of rolling land that spread Tt had H@olatry and her heat e than a m ade up her simple f, to win a dise for them both by as was the custom of her generations. What a foot he had been to trust her, to place confidence in her professed love of him, Clark thought. Now, while he lay on the brink of death, Clark almost hated the woman he had married ome night betete. im panorama under his eyes The soft lure of her hnd blinded} 4 mad desire to live came upon | him to the real savage that lurked] nim, to flee sa kk chinan in her heart. Better that he had| wit the beast below, to fight for his Deen killed by the monster in the/iite if need be. He glanced back at Valley below, better that hehad been |the girl ‘The weapon was flung put to death in the volcanic fire at|careleasly behind her He might the foot of the old queen's throne,|” Giark damned the thought as he Better that he had been. slain gave birth to It. He could not strike SUeht or fight than to die this w behind the back of this girl who had at the hands of his bride, a sacrifice |become, in the ritual of her tribe, to an imaginary god of fire. his wife, An enemy? Yes Thru his mind there flashed Toba? past, the things he Ah, should have ¢ mind, way to para ata. sti! to there in his hea was something there, t, with which Clark Sure Way to Get Rid of Dandruff et a want on: = thie] autiful, glossy, silky hair, * - { do by all means’ get rid of dandruff, | YO" Can"t for it will starve your hair and | Comb it ruin it if you don't. Out It doesn’t do much good to try to comb or wash it out. The only sure way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it; then you destroy it entirely, To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night when retirin, enough to moisten the scalp ar it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more applications will com- | hundred times better. You can get pletely dissolve and entirely destroy | liquid arvon at any drug store. 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CHICAGO _— KOOKU “INDIAN FOR BULLY” But | ° Interior | INTERIOR DECORATING E Washington Burean, The Beat 1322 New York Ave I want the bullet Name St. and No. or BR. F. D WRITE CLEARLY—( Interior Decorating,” THE & Jecoration PON HERE DITOR, tle Si Washington, D. ¢ and inclose herewith five cents in loose postage stamps for same. State HIVE FULL ADDRESS st loved yet to reek He alr Toba it now he looked «i his mercy, 1 ft eck and nd maw her at of her the wning curve tehed in r the love of him. No, Clark would take bis chances in flight even tho that flight might In the end mean death with the monster below He picked up the bridal knife. He left the cave and raced down the mountain side. He knew that Toba would not follow. Her fear of the monster was greater than all else, So long as the monster ranged free, the island below was his own. Clark did not know whether Toba ame aware of his absence imme. or not pound came from the cave until he reached the sand on the island floor ho hear a long ery in boyish treble from high on the mountain top. It was Toba. Toba perhaps as sho turned to slaw in sacrifice and found her knife and mate gone, For a full minate the ery lasted, rising and falling, flung neross the island on the quiet of the night Uke the wail of « lost soul, diately afterward wastes There began for Clark now a cau tious reconnolter of tho island. He must find fresh water, pitch a camp near it, keep watch out for the mon ter. He reached at the edge and he drank. He ma of palm leaves and grass and wn to. pla a stream & grove laid There was no way of getting off this island unless ho erected some sort of a signal that might be seen by o passing sh was uncharted con vinced him there was 1! posal. bility of a vessel passing that way. If the professor had remained tn this place 30 years without rescue what chance had he of being aight- ed and picked up? How, in the first place, had ho come to be on the Island? Shipwreeked?. Shanghaied? If shanghaied, was there any pos sibility. of the people who placed him here ever returning for him? And where wna this island? Trop. ies, yes. But where? Clark racked brain, Were ho able to live in Peace on this land, life would not be so bad. There was plenty of food. The climate was ideal. In time, per- haps, with the erection of signals on the mountain top he could be taken off by white men. Clark doxod. Then slept soundly, When he awoke it was day, Palms in the grove shielded him from the heat of the sun. A lethargy seized him. He rolled on one side and atretched and yawned, slowly collect- ing his thoughts. The events of the night passed In review before his mind's eyes. Toba's cry on the mountain-side, her wall of grief at his lose, her— What was that? The rove stirred. It rumbled. The carth shook. Clark leaped blood ran cold. could not. Paralyzed with fright, Clark looked full at the monster. The beast he had ridden the day before wallowed in the sand before him. Now indeed had come his end, he thaught. He wished that he had re- mained behind in Toba’s cave and taken her knife. What a fool he had been to sleep and allow this monster to creep upon him. How easily he could have foretold {ts approach; the very ground shook when It tread. Clark, despite his terror, studied the monster. As the beast slowly raised its head, Clark noted that it had only one eye, a great sleepy heavy-lidded optic, misty and calm, Fascinated, Clark stared at It. Now the monster's great jaws opened and it yawned, apparently unaware of his presence. . In terror Clark gripped the handle of the knife he had taken from Toba's cave so tightly that its rough handle hurt his flesh, his future, to his feet. His He tried to move but (Continued in the next issue.) 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It was Marty Mink The long brown figure slipped into the water without a ripple ami sank from view “Oh, he'll get him! him! sereamed Nancy But her voice frightened the mink, He crawled out of the water on the opponite side of the pond and sneaked off into the grass. ° At that minute the little green } d frog poked up his head. “What's lamond yes wrong?" he croaked. “What did |you scream for? You made me aw. fully nervous." Fach 16-cent package of “Diamond| “The mink was after you,” sald Dyes” contains directions so simple|Nancy. “He nearly got you and if any woman can dye or tint any old,|he had he'd have eaten you at on¢ worn, faded thing new, even if she | bite.” has never dyed before. Drug stores| “Minka! trembled the frogste. “T Advertisement |never heard of such things. Do jthey actually eat frogs? I never DR. WO |knew anything ate frogs except Matera! Remedies | ducks.” ee ee ats || “Ohor’ shouted Nick “That shows compounds you don’t know much. 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