The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1913, Page 15

, The Evening World Daily: Magazine, Monday. January 6, 1913 OOOOODOOHDHOS YOOOOOL YOO. IC Dy BHOOOHODOID® HH HOHe: GOODE DOO HOO HHOGONDGGDOIOOODDOOOGOSD IN VITO TIOIIS N OOD ~ . P S ie ee By Edgar Rice Burroughs é Not Like Any Other Story That You Have' Ever Read: |= | Romance of the A “Forest God” = African Jungle, Youth and a Yan. With a Hero Who Kee Heroine Who ' Meti Primitive 7 Grewto Wild Man- World. “Man's Bat- : hood Among the - tle Against Brutes “ - Beasts Before See- in the Dark Con- ingaHumanFace. fren. i tinent. tty BOCK ye months." he explained, “and dy ee” look, t's minaini time we'll have been able te make pelt Le “A thorough search, revenled the fact inhabited coast somewheres and Out to Sea. that nothing had been taken but Olay- ter a bit. Thea I ton’e two revolvers and the amafi supply er'ment'’s notified of ammunition he had saved out for the! them, ® off. As they fell to in an effort to You may be atratghten up thelr cabin Clayton and b» a hard matter Ns his wife simultaneously noticed the cor- zation without @ lot 0’ questions { ner of @ ploce of paper protruding from asked, an’ mone o’ us here has any i beneath the doorway of thelr quarters, convincin’ annwers up our sleeves.’ & | As Clayton stooped to reach for it he Clayton remonstrated against ‘was amased to nee it move further Into pee of janding them the room, and then he realized that it known shore to be left to was being pushed under, the door by of savage beasts, and, @ome one from without. more mavage men, but to ‘Then Clayton stooped and picked it About 3 o'clock in the afterneon up. It wan a bit of grimy, white Paper, came about off a deau (Copyright, 1912, by Frank*A, Munsey Co.) HAD this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other, 1 may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own sceptical dulity during the days taat followed for the balance of the nvivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vint- ced, and so he Unearthed written evidence in the form of dry offictal records of the Brith Corontal Office, to salient features of his remarkable narrative. y the story ia true, for ( did not witness the happenings whiea age had musty manu: support man T do not it portrays The fag however, that In the teliing of it to you I have taken fictitious | pape for the principal case quice tuficiently evidences the sincerity of re, shore opposite the mouth of what ap. my own belief that it may be true, ‘ je peared to be a landlocked harbor. s°4 ae * yellow iniidewed pasen of ae few, If any, ever returned to their fam- with many Black Michael sent @ emall boat Sitede 4 n ol nan long dead and he lem with men to sound the entrance on iontal Oftiee dovet om the Colonts! Office |aPpointed John T & warning to the te aoterating if the Tuwaise coma “layton to a new post in British Weat Claytons to refrain from reporting the ‘ely worke rough entramec. iN, story Africa, but his confidential Mstructions i of the revolvers, or from repeat- In about an hour they returned and is I pleced out from these severai centred on a thorough Investigation of ing what the old sailor had told them— feported deep water through te pas various agencies. the unfair treatment of black British to refrain en pain of death, engo as well as far into the little Besta, | you ig os find tt Cigeotdt Sort subjects by the ‘officers of @ friendly “f rather imagine wo'll be good," Hefore dark the Fuwslde lay pease will at least be as one with me tit European power. waid Clayton with @ ‘rueful smile, fully at anchor he besem of the acknowledging that it is unique, re. Clayton was the type of Englishman “About all we can do is to alt tight and still, mirrorlike surface of the Rerber, markable, and interesting. that one likes best to associate with come.” ‘The surrounding shores were a haa mores ae Sraaiet O(- the noblest monuments of historic CH ir 1 4 fi Mpeg lp a4 verdure, ce and from lead man's diary we achievement upun a thousand victorious y ia tho distance the country’ rose from fiearn that a certain young Eng! battleflelds—a strong, virile man—men- APTER Il. os ocean in hilt and tableland, almost bieman, whom we shall call Joh The Savage Home. formily clothed by cetmevel fore JOR did they have long to walt, No ‘Mgns of habitation were for the next morning, a@ but that the land might esall; Clayton was “emersing on human Mfe was evidenced deck far & customed. walls befote breakfast, a shot rang out, and then another and another. sight which met his eyes con- firmed his worst fears. Facing the Ii knot of officers was the entire motley Orew of the Fuwalda, and at thelr heed wat the ett volley. from the oMgace e y iy “ ’ the men ran for shelter, and from pomt of vantage behind te, whecthouse and cabin they returned the fire of the five men who tepresented the hated au- thority of the ship, Two of thiir number had gone Gown before the captain's revolver, and ther lay where they had fallen between the combatants. . Presently the first mate lunged for ward upon his face, and at a ory of command from Black Michael the bloodthirsty ruMfans charged the re- maining four, ‘The orew had deen able to muster but ix firearms, so most of them were armed with boathooks, axes, hatchets and crowbars, The captain had emptied his morally and physically. ature he was above the average height; his eyes were gray, his features regular and strong: his carriage that of Lurosean, power wan Perfect, robust health influenced by hts known tc cruiting soldiers for its “ears of army training. army, which latter {t- used solely for When he recelved this appointment the forcible collection of rubber aad he Was both elated and appalled. The tvory from t e tribes along the Preferment seemed to him in the nature ‘ of @ wellemerited reward for pains- Ing and Intelligent service, and as atone to posts sf and responsibility d been married to the condiiions in a African colony from whose The batives of the Br! plained that many of thelr were enticed away through the medium of fair and glowing promises, but thot other hand, he New P “Cheer Up” a Depressing, Dreary Farce. me wae made. The second mate's gun had jam. med, and so there were but two weap- ons opposed to them as they rapidly approached the officers, who now started to give back before the infurt ated rush of their m ‘Both ald e cursing a@®@ swear. BY CHARLES DARNTON. I IKE its title, Mary Roberts Rinehart's farce “Cheer Up" ts all in vain. Nothing could be more hopeless than this alleged “optimistic comedy i two clouds and a silver lining.” There's no mistaking the clouds, be the th silver lining must be confined to the stomachs of the unhappy actora who are Nd Aye a th Feaidence in thelr n compelied to take large doses of mineral water before and after nearly every| cond gor gource the rule, Her officers were swarthy a great bull neck aet between massive Ing that it bore his welght, turned to gether with the rep aad’ Seca Werk ine speech. vy, You?” and ¢t tes of tho| three months, and ‘ was the thought bulltes, hating and hated by thetr shoulders. Slagtes with Wo 1 of gruff thank and the screams and groans of the Biack Micheel was ‘The play ts @ sad reminder of “What Afls You?" and the inmates of taking this fair young girl into the crew. As he saw his mate go down he m the second day wounded, turned the deck of the Fu- nothing belonging to the sanatorium are more like symptoms than characters, These include a youthful] fi ncurs and isolation of tropical — Tt was on the morning of the se crouched and, with a snarl, sprang upon ing of Black Michael, Clayton walda to the likeness of a madhouse. should be left on’ board, priate, tall, thin and ghastly, who appears to be on the verge of @elirium | q¢rica that appalled him. day that there was forged the first link the captain, crushing him to his knees on deck just in thne to see the Before the officers had taken a dozen of compassion for them, or in o ce to ilmh clgarette and ‘0 ould have refused in a chain of circumstances that ended with a single mighty blow. body of one of the crew being o: backward steps the men were upon ance of his own interests, i tremens, 39. projects Ginselt into Bh ores Sones Peet hee fate | te ae ee eee Would aot ins Sife for one then Unborn uch a® “From acariet, the oMlcer’s face went below by four of his fellows, while the them. An axe in the hands Of & Negro cult to ead. wh Oa performe on a corkscrew staircane, as (he Author dilly distressing by the contor-| have M40. Instead, she insisted that has probably never been paralleled in white, for thie iwas mutiny: and mutiny frat mate, « heavy belaying-pin In his cleft the captain from forchead to chin, ‘There tm no question but that the flashes of humor, This pitiable Agure, made ei 2 he accept, and take her with him. the history of man, ho had met and subdued before In hie hand, stood glowering at the little and an instant later the others were presence of property of a missing Bri tlons of Alan Brooks, 1s enough to give any one the horrors, ne] We now that on a bright May — ‘Two sailors were washing down the brutal career. Without waiting to rise, Party of sullen sailors. down, dead or wounded from dosens of ‘vessst to Mrs. Rinehart gas mixed her drinks with deplorable judsiment. She might]. oo cie in isss, John, Lord Grey- decks of the Fuwalda, the first mate he whipped @ revolver from his pocket | It was mid-afternoon that brought the biows and bullet wounds. ameerae 4 hetter have siuck to unineral water, Weak as it is, even the Hope Springs | stoke, and Lady Alice sailed from ‘on duty, and the captain had stop: and fired pointblank at the great moun- little old sallor, who had been felled by short and grisly had been the work Of plain in any civilised nee w Drariety 1 strong as her characters and as exhilarating as her humor, some) Hover on their way to Africa. ‘4 to speak with John Clayton and tain of muscle towering before him. the captain a few days before, to Whore the mutinecre of the Fuwalda. and "fe seatowe was lay’ ie ae Pe wich is-vaigar without being funny. Her sense of farce must have deserted | A month later arrived at Free Lady: Alles icing backward Quick a2 he was, John Clayton was Gay 'oo and Ne mite sioce be, he Foley through it all John Clayton had stood’ carry out Ale tatentions that he ineietes j vine! e a e e1 were wor! = jek, rf alle: n be put, lean carelens| enide e compam- v her with Avery Hopwood, who helped her write “Seven Days.” Tht has|town, where they chi a & small ‘The men ‘were working backward almost A@ quick, po; thet the bullet (ne, ee arent battleship. The oid jeanien y upon the return of Clayton's revelvers atively upon his to him by the saflors in whose ges and as he tine been but wateR- gession they fi x e1 ft. Tt’ falied even to write a story that holds one's Interest ’at any pour talking about. What is there to #ay of a play that has for its funniest situation hear them to thelr final t acene In which a window ts opened to let in cold alr tha: causes hopelessly | | ind here, donne, hn sailing vessel, the Fuwalda, which was toward the Mttle to bear them to their final sailors, Cloner and heart lodged In the sailor's leg instead, fellow was polishing brass until one of them Was for Lord Greystoke had struck down (ame clone to Clayton ho anid in & 10" ing gn indifferent cricket match Sige dig: Aas her agate rec has urna tami procs gs he ha’ den the tone! With a loud roar, Black Michael at- gait meats and biscuit, with o gman { ; n “*EI's to pay, air, on this ‘ere craft, toes ‘beane, invalids to shiver? yi ‘the knowledge moment he would have passed by, nd weapon flash in the sun, ‘ i ‘weil’ tracted the attention of the others, and eupply of potat and matches uninteresting invalids to sbiver? sy clay is given by @ company that has no | ‘0m the e708 and from the knowledge 1 Mirange narrative bad never been "Words passed between Clayton and an’ ipark my word for Mt, aire “HI'8 t9 pointing to Lord and Lady Greystoke and cooking vessels, & chest of A ite Walter Hampden, for example, ts clearly out of his element a8|°'nwo months after they weighed an- recorded. the captain, and the former made wh - i ood fel- orted: and the old aalis which Black i Bean ails (lag pg ieee ‘of the cheerless sanatorium, Miss Bybilla|onor and cleared from the port of _ But just that instant the captain niain that he was disguated with the at do you mean, my © bs Thene here are my friends, and they had promised them. 4 " vare swung round to leave Lord and Lady brutaity displayed toward the crew, . are to be left alone. D'ye understand? As though himeelf fearing Pope stands around waiting for some one to love her, Effingham Pinto 1s posl-| Freetown, a half-dozen British war. Gcavniokar & an He did 00, tripped poe tieolaye intenmnce anything Be a “Tm captain of thie ship now, an’ thi pore by Glisten eae he a y 0 the South Atlan- tively Infantile as a boy-Dridegroom, and others come and go without doing any. | vosselx wore solute the Hulitie ves. axainst the sailor and sprawied head- fursner of the kind imhile he and Lady by Saved grate tse oes,” he added, Then to Black “Michael accompanied them 80 1 Doats were also teades wit ng orthy of attention, Miss Frances Nordstrom keeps up the wa’ long upon the deck, overturning the Ree AB syne Bp Mn By capting | an e : to yourselves and no- petite t le of put the work 1s so heavy that there 1s no Ha! Hal in her |# I and ae yee. Rinieet Semone ey water-pall so that he was drenched in Serstene ene STR Int ct cake dlgomin’ lights outer "art the crew? Sn x, ¥ snore, ond wee ime last to leave thems c Minnie Watere—it I'may make @ bad pun serve a good purpose, No one should | oro) eat Helena which convinced {dirty contents, ing an angry reply, but, thinking better Pn: PM ion he The Clayton heeded Black Michael's poy peg He tf Saving Sen oe be held responsible for what he says after a visit to the Harris Theatre, To 602) 110 world t the Fuwalda had one eet) Rat Shin tor pas tateal: “Cheer Up" is to be cast down, down with all on board, and thus the vojey of awful oaths, his face suffused of it, turned on his heel and strode, new agin an’ e inatructions ao well that they saw bUt pushed out toward the Fuwalda a Ipoh Sad ecw uOk terwert - nd for it, not ‘e; an’ mark my word little of the crew and knew foviing ot he the beats moves slewiy over on yas st © cares wariet er je did not care to antagonize an Eng- for it, wir.” the plans the men were making. smooth waters of the bay, Shun MOE SOREAR IE ASAIN nn the erty oe Renae east, ane Geh official, for the Queen's mighty arm hen Clayton and his wife went be: On the fifth day following the mur- his wife stood allently wat ‘Gate. The Fawalda, a barkentine of about With a terrific blow felled the sailor to Wielled a punitive instrument which low they found their quarters in a bad der of the ehip's officers, the lookout departure, in the breasts of both @ Geat- Y and which he state of disorder. Clothing from their sighted ther jaland or. main- pending disaster and etter Y open boxes and bag strewed the litte land, Bl did not know, but T (PLUNKVILLE. GROUCHY. HALLOWEEN AT ' * ow, Mi t you takes part in the] Grinder—I sce that a fellow over in| one dred tons, was a vessel of the the d he could appreciat arte ee he 14 : . Hee dakar iar eoanitel 0 man wa small and rather old, so feared—England’s far-reaching 2 ng|type often seen in coastwise trade in ‘pt appieyabbin conse horre : i woman Oe Ae a Naapeuie the far southern Atlantic, thelr crews that the brutalty of the act was thus The two sailors picked themselves up, apartnient, and even their beds had he announced to Clayten ‘that tf inves @e TRtR 0-0 PIR. RIEEY Cae ee ring mud on pedestrians, composed of the offscourings of the accentuated, the older man ai been torn to pieces tigation showed that the place was hab: “Who, me?” from spatterning On pe ns. | gea—unhanged murderers and cut- ‘The other seaman, however, was comrade. The “Hvidently some one was more anx- table, he and Lady Greystoke were to ‘Denease ‘es, and not swaller no apples at a] Grouch—But what's mud for?—Cleve-| throats of every race and every nation— netther old nr smail—a huge bear of @ known among his mates as Black Mi- tous about our belongings than we,” be put ashore with thelr belongings. shaggy brows. land Plain Dealer, and the Fuwalda was no exception to man, With flerce black mustache, and chael, tried his leg gingerly, and, find- sald Clayton. “By Jove, { wonder what “You'll be all night there for a fow (To be continued.) "Courier-Journal. WADIATOR ITH HoT! MAYBE DA TIRE Of NO, THE, ITH PUNCHERD » TIPE 15 ALL aa: RIGHT HELLo WILLIE, WHAT ITH MATTAH a mA pe Seay 1 KNOW WHAT (TH DE MATTAH Q DING THA DING DINE