The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 21, 1925, Page 12

—ersemmewir geben 0 saegghile at denn = een pen PAGE 12 J} Published by Arrangement With First National Pictures, Ine., and Watterson R. Rothacker 2 cr HAPTER NIL—Continued if ‘ could ha orn m: my head in my des I rea zo how I I was lke a nd powerle I| that rope > in the which erelgn nadia s much } what sudden 1 d have befallen my oc The whole dis nd, ¥ nh touch veside the fir search rour any aces of my} had been asleep | unhappy ume. » cases of ammunition ar of food were scattered about in aj CHAPTER NUT | ‘wild Utter, together with our unfor “A Sight Which I Shall Never | tunate cameras and pilate-carriers, | Forget” | ut none of them were missing. On| s netting upon | the other hand, all the exposed pro-| that melancholy ii 1 saw the} visions—and I remembered “that| lonely figure of tb; Indian upon the} there were a considerable quantity) vast plain beneath me, and I watched | of them—were gone, They were ani-| him, our one hope of salvation. mals, then, and not natives, who had/ until he disappeared tn the rising made the inroad, for surely the latter | mist# of evening which lay, rose: | would have left nothing behind. | tinted from the setting sun, between | But if animals, or some single ter-| the far-off river and me. rible anima}, then what had become} It was quite dark when I at last of my comrades? A feroclous beast | turned back our stricken camp, would surely have destroyed them|and my last vision as I w and left their remains. It is true) the red gleam of Zambo's fire, the that there was that one hideous pool! one point of light in the wide world which told of violence. Such | below, as was his falthful presence eras had pursued me during | in my own ed soul, And yet t could have carried away a} I felt victim as easily as a cat would a| this crush mouse, In that case the others) me, for it good would have followed in pursult world she know then they would assuredly have tak- | done, so that at the worst our names en their rifles with them. The more| should not perish with our bodies. T tried to my con-| but s » down to po 5 lens could te ible explanation. 1 in the forest, but cks which could help | ever mce I lost my-| nt wast han I had done sin blow had fallen upon think that the what we had self, and it wa and after an hour of wander! Zfound the camp oncé more ut exhausted natu Suddenly a thought came to me/| declared that I» c #hd brought some little comfort to/ of the kind. I climbed up on' my heart. I was not dbsolutely alone| limb of the great ginko tree, in the world. Down at the bottom | there was no of the cliff, and within call of me,{ rounded surface, was waiting the faithful Zambo, 1| tain ave fallen off and ‘went to the edge of the plateau and neck the moment I began to doze. 1} 4 svar Sure enough, he was}got down, therefore, and pondered | . tting among his blankets beside! ov n what I should do. Finally, I Anis fire in his little camp. But, to} cle t the door of the z ‘my amazement, a second man was) three separate fires in a triang! ‘seated in front of him. For an in-| having eaten a hearty supper drop- | fant my heart leaped for joy. as I| ped off into a profound sleep, from] thought that one of my comrades} which I had a strange and most wel- had made his way safely down. But} come awakening. In the early morn-| A second glance dispelled the hope.| ing, Just as day was breaking, a ‘he rising sun shone red upon the| hand was laid upon my arm, and| man's skin. He was an Indian. I} starting up, with all my nerves in a} shouted loudly and waved my hand-| tingle and my hand feeling for a kerchief. Presently Zambo looked) rifle, I gave a cry of Joy as in the up, waved his hand, and turned to| cold gray light I saw Lord John| acend the pinnacle. In a short time | Roxton knecling beside me. } the was standing close to me and} 11 was he—and yet it was not he. distening with deep distress to the/ 1 had eft him calm in his bearing, story which I told him. correct in hia porson,” prim in his} “Devil got them for sure, Massa| dress. Now he was Malone,” said he. “You got into the| eyed, gasping « devil's country, sah, and he take you | one who has ‘all to himself. You take advice,| gaunt face wa Massa Malone, and come down} his colthes we quick, else he get you as well.” | his hat was gone. I stared in “How can I come down, Zambo?"| ment, but he gave me no chance for = “You get creepers from trees,| questions. He was grabbing at our {Massa Malone. Throw them over stores all the time poke jhere. I make fast to this stump.) “Quick, young fe Quick!” he and. so you have bridge. cried. ery moment count * “We have thought of that. There| the rifles, both of them. I are no creepers here which could} other two. Now, all the cartridges bear us.” | you can gather. Fill up your pockets { “Send for ropes, Massa Malone.” | Now, some food. Half a dozen tins Who can I send, and where?” | wil! do, That's all right! Don't wait “Send to Indian village, sah. Plenty | to talk or think. Get a move on, or hiderope in Indian village. Indian| we are done!’ down below; send him.” (Continued in Our Next Issue) T eoveasurer OF PHS PUNE ; & Olive Roberts Barton ; NO. 14—MRS. RAZOR-BILL’S EGGS ” “My goodness!” cried Mrs. Kittiwake. “It's going to storm. Are you sure those eggs of yours are perfectly safe? | "Mrs, Kitliwake and Polly Puffin, “‘Why, yes, if you please, Mra, And Mrs, Razor-Bill ate and ate and|Razor-Bill,’ sald Polly Puffin, "They Ai § aro so nice, fresh and everything! ate,” said Penguin as he 1 fe ogeodtl aioe Mrs, Razor-Bill, don't you keep went on with his story, "They| your eggs pretty close to edge of were at Mrs, Hazor-Bill's to tewand|this rock! If a good puff of wind she had s0 many good things to| came along they would roll right off eat, they ate like pigs, and get smashed, Then you wouldn't “Do you have another clam!’ | have any children,’ aid Mrs, Razor-Bill to Polly Puffin} ‘Oh, they are all right,’ sald und Polly didn't have to be coaxed | Mrs pr-Bill carelessly, ‘Do have. tveice. a scallop! | “So Polly had a scallop and Mrs, (Advertinement) Kittiwake had # scallop and they LEG SORES |")! itn. If you puffer from happened ne Uloors, 1 will| K eagorly eter Penguin looked at them ly out of his funny little eyes, | I'm coming to that,” Peter asked | net 4 for wll time by using my remarkable painless treat ment. It is different from anyghing | eu. over heard of, and the re of he remark Then he went on “Well, while they were eating, a ver Ih years speciatixin nd your name. and. addres Mttle breeze sprang up, At first J. WHIT! ite 46 no one noticed it much, but by and | JOE QUINCE BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES {to tell the THE SEATTLE en On _ 5-1) YOO BOUGHT A NEW DRESS AND You WANENT GOT _ENOUOH MONEY To Gay | -OW SAY, CORA =| GoT S| SOMETHIN TVELL You ! GURSS WHAT — gg —— ed SIGSIE ONES. ES “IT'S GOOD To HAVE iF LA | t SPoxe rT r unt You BUST A LEG = SPRAIN NY WAY TC HAD A Toot — Bite Your GET RIO OF ACCIDENT TONGUE STUB ‘YOUR 5 ae Guys | vi THAT AP AN Ss. wee STAR 34 WASTED! To BUY AN } POLICY FROM D 1 KNOU NE ComecT! j NAW ! JACK AN | WERE OUT RIDIN’ TODAY AN’ WE SAW ANNA BELLE King FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS | _ GOODNESS At! Le THAT MRS. PEET AGAIN: SHES ALWAYS BRROWING A J POT OR A PANeT Just } KNOW SHE WANTS AY § DOUBLE BOILER so WOE IT AND THEN _ TEX KER THAT BoRRow YouR f E BOLER? MOM’N POP SAY WHY THE Deuce DON'T YOU LOOK WHERE ATTORNEY YOURE GOING?- LOOK AT REYANT MY REAR FENDER® SR WHOSE CHAUFFEOR ARE You? 1 DRIVE FoR S.MSGOOSEY ,COAD ‘| ARS PRET, BUT THE 3) (_ BOTTOM CAME OFF LAST” J ULL JUST LET ON IMA CLIENT ASK! FOR INFORMATION AND SEE WHAT HE a BY, GONDO | Asbestos Sure Can Throw Hints a ities - / S Post WHAT A Y'WERE To OH, 1 Don'T KNowW ‘Boul THAT, Bi || FS RAISE! COULDN'T /\ ABoutt. You COLLECT ——" “~~ f \ THEN? ER ~The Idea! YES sin! THEY WERE NAC RIOMT AKEAD OF US—AN' | SAw ANNA BELLE a) Kies Him I. Ey YOU GAW ANNA BELLE Kiss WELL ~ OID Sissi sonts | You EVER ! HAND ME A \) You TALICING THI 21, 1995 WELL, If THAT AN'T AN ACCIDENT- / WHAT 1S? s>—— J SHOULD SAY NoT— | NEVER EVEN HAD A Why, THA AUIFULLY SORRY 1 AGT ANO Im SO NTED FOR ‘ bas I WANTED TO MAKE ~ RicE FoR MY . ’ horace’ 7 YES MR. GUNN ~ LT'S APPARENT THAT IT WAS THE OTHER DRIVER'S FAULT AND YOU ARE ENTITLED To DAMAGES THAT HIT People BerrerR iF — BETTER WITH PEOPLE a3 - All the Scotland, _—— tight places aren't in shrimp right out the shrimp dish. “My goodness!” cried Mra, Kittl wake, ‘It's going to storm, Are you sure those eggs of yours are perfectly safe, Mrs, Razor-BIll? “'Porfectly,’ sald Mrs, Razor-Bill calmly. “Have another prawn They are quite fresh. 1 gathered them myself this morning.’ “But if you been there, my dears,” said Peter Penguin, “you wouldn't have wondered at tho la- dios belng nervous, Tho eggs were rolling this way and that like mar: bles, almost on the edge of the very rock whore they were sitting, And not so much as n loaf to keep them from going right over the onto the stones below!" walt A MINUTES — YoU MOAN SOT ACQUAINTED Witt How did you happen to hear| - yout it? asked Doctor Bill "1? erled Peter Ponguln “Why, “Did the eggs go over?" truth, T saw it all for} Nick myself, 1 was sitting on a high "No," sald Petor amiling. “They | Mrw. rock right beside them and saw| kept rolling around every time the and heard rt, Ai th Street. Kansas City, by it blew so hard that it blew a happened exactly asl to Mra. Kiltiwake got so nervous they INH Mijh HVT wall) i ht AR tilt AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, MISTER SHULER A PERSON COULD GET ACQUAINTED WIth YOU DON’T MEAN ‘GET ACQUAINTED Ww PEOPLE BETTGR” YoU MEAN "GET DEBIAN asked | could not “But every time they said a word, | 8ot smashed were all the whole affair, It] wit blew until Polly Puffin and}another limpet or scallop and went you." right on eating, herself, as tho it) od 4 eat another bite | . HES Too BIG For, | Sq seLFrrsing| ODR. JAIL, I'D HAVE | To TURN Loose didn't matter if a dozen hatehings; mother! “Look Bill just said the ogge| “Minally Polly Puffin could stand | Raxor-Bil), right and offered them}it no longer, ‘IL can't stay another |exeited about. minate, Mra, RaxorJaill,’ she scream ’ ALLRIGHT COME ACROSS WITH FIFTY BUCKS- IT WAS YOUR CHAUFFEOR. TILL MAIL You A CHECK, INTHE MORNING - BOT MY FEE FOR AOVICG IN THIS MATTER WILL BE $75" here, "There is ne " ae © i nothing (0 Bet} Fist’ try to roll ato) Of mae They can't roll off, 1 think you are a heartless} ed ike tops and roll around tn oir: AFTER TAKING ONE GOOD Look, MARSHAL. OTEY WALKETe MADE UP HIS MIND IT WAS USELESS TOARREST THE STRANGER WHO HITCHED HIS HORSE To THE NEW == LAMP POST ON UPPER MAIN STREE le ti footly sateen ay cles. ‘They are perfectly ladles,’ sald Mrs. | ett was true, langhed Potot Tee guin, “rE knew tt all the bea My eggs are safe, They are shap: and seo what happens” (To Be Continued) i (Copyright, 1926, Ne By As were