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ar • BCll;LIlCCll Burman
-THIS HAS. HAPPENED . •
M•
• Attempts 'have been made upon the.
life of Elise hlarbei . , .owner of large
plantations neer Porto Verde, Brazil.
Vilak,'her cousin and protector, and.
' Lincoln Nunnally, elderly chemist, be-
lieve Oaylerd Prentiss is responsible.,
.• They rescue Prentiss from being mur-
•dered by the natives. The next day
Tinky,' Elise's •two-year-old orphaned'
nephew, is stolen. Prentiss • has been
seen entering the jungle with a child.
"An e5t'pedition ie.formed which follows
Prentiss. Through disaster ands doer -
tion only the three are able to con-`
.time, ,,and finally,., emerge, from the
jaangle anthe outskirts of a Strange•
old Inca city. They are—captured—and
made prisoners :by :Carlos,D'Albeeltere,
whore theyhadknowiein Porto, Verde
as aengineer. •D'Albentara per
. suades the rulerof.•the city that they
should be . killed. ' , • °
;NOW 3BEEYN THE STORY. •
• . CHAPTER, :CLT. •
Through, the.apertt.res in the stones
which . served as windows Vilak and
Nunnally could look: down' on the
court thr'ough'lwhich they had passed
a moment before, a 'court .enclosed by
a ruined colonade or :gallery.
.From it rose the gigantic .. stone
figure with the' fire 'before it which
they had noticed from the mountain, a
figure ivhtieh on this closer view seem
•ed to be .grotesquely carved in the
shape of one of those fantastic crea-
•euresso Common in the are of earlier
civilizations; half human; 'half bird;
with short -a. eMe.and-Claws. stretching.
'out to the east. ,. ' • • .
On either side rose. two shafts of
stone. On one of these' was, fixed a
rusty Spanish, arquebus on the other
paa of a Spajli- -h rack.
fl.. At the.foot of the great figure Vilak!
could ' now perceive a ,.smaller' one.
About the size cit a man, it was obvi-.
Deily a crude .and .reeeneeattenipt to.
copy the impressive stone figure over-
shadowing it It had none of the stoic
Egyptian ltkedigntty_ firer -the its
head was unlrouth,, .with great wide-
open 'rnouth•,like the negro fetishes
from the Zambesi. It dad but a single
roughly chiseled. arm, which began at
the chest and appeared tobe clumsily
hinged there;. so that pressure Would
• move it up or down.
The flat hand had no fingers. 'In-
. stead, what were . apparently three
sharp -pointed pieces of wood Or'thorns
werethrust: into: the flat of .the palm:
Radiating' out from this figure •was a
series of flat;:'table-bike stories, the
• central one, the largest, being directly
under heoutstretched arm. Beyond
this butene he fiee. •
Vilak drew away from the window.
For .half an hour he lay 'silent,
• thoughtful. The Chinese cast of his
eyes aeeentuated. At last he spoke.
"Wish 'I :.could reasbeferee one of my
ci arets' he -said eniall'y to t e old
g. g
Tnan, who had rolled' close'. to hi side.
"But since I ken't, I'll• talk; Might as
well be cheerful. Won't help. Elise or
any of us by worrying. ' Look out net
Window and see if what 1? said about
these people been ea corkin_g__treatise
on primitive religiop isn't true. The
big figure and the stone .:hafts are
Inca, that imitation of the statue is
absolstely African, and the rack and
arquebus are European, of course.
• "Perfectly natural, thatthey should
wpiship _them. The rack and the.
arquebus were two of the most cruel
and oppressive weapons the conquista-
dores had, and all the nativesthought
they were tragical. The• arquebus
particularly would seem so to aura -
'tion of fire -worshippers. And .fire-
worship is certainly one Inca thing
which these poor 'half-breed devils
halve made their own.
"It's to he expected of a people lie -
Ing near an extinct volcano which. still
has hot spein:gs and smoke to show
, that it isn't so terribly extinct after
all. Besides, sun -worship or fire-
worship—they're the same= -is the
emost Widespread of any of the savage
religions; It's the .first. The most
eoncpictious objeet in .the savage's life
in the daytime is 'the sun, which gives
him heat, light. and food; and the•
most conspicuous at night is fire.
"Withoutthe one he would swiftly
lie :the bio 1, Is it not so? An4 1', tda,Obeli
eha• made: a few jmprovements, ' eat r
i -n vethe way of Business; all in the, wayAll•o
of business," he hastened to add,
•"Yes, it ismost regretful that You
• cannot. see it as• my •guests For many Stella E Fulton
of the most interesting let no' say spec "rhildt•en used to obey when I was'
•tacles,, 'Will occur when• you are dead.. a hey," grumbled 13ncle Jaines testily.
Or dying, amigos:. Which is not plea "There is better o.beyiug among
ant ... for you. •,Nor for Me,;caval- children now than -there used to be, I
hieros, •though this y-oo,will' not be- 'think," said his niece Sylvia, mother'
lieve. 1VIuch would I' prefer to hold of three. '
yon.' as my chericeied friends. But .Uncle James, being slightly deaf,
business, • always business,' this will overlooked the fact that her statement
not permit. differed entirely Prom his own.
"Three more' days, amigos,. Then at children don't mind as they •used to.
sunrise you will be laid upon the ,altar do When I was a boy," he continued.
of• the fire -god: to await the. moment "When my father spoke to us the big -
for the sectiftce.'. Which may be the gest of us wiilked•tlie chalk line: And
which may
first a last. the .feast; or 7 be didn't even need to speak' for fe he
be •the 'last. But which will suxely, snapped his fingers at one ,of ust, or.
0 areigos,•not be Tong. Use well your .vee .pointed;. weji nrpd ., I can• tell
you.. There was no talking :back; in
those ' days..: Nowadays if :I hear .one
of your youugstees' told. . to ,do, some,
ahtpg, likely' as not lie'tthns around
dud' argues the matter:„• And,;tyat isn't
good. minding, mydear young woman."
.- "Birt,. Uncle James If I don't listen
to what .the children. have to .say on,
their side of the question, . I' tide t 'be
sure of . judging fairly. Don't ypji think
it seems more just, to hear bathe sides?
Dida::t your •father 'sometimes make
Mistakes when he , gave, commands
without a• hearing?" remonstrated
Sylvia. •'
"I suppose . he -did ..make. mistakes,
but if be did, . we never dared .to tell
hini so. I tellyou, we minded;' : said
Uncle James: "We were taught to re-
spect our parents." '
"I have always, felt that if I were
fair and just to ,'.the children, they
would ` respect• me without being
taught: And as .for• the other, I don't
want my children to mind me with Ma -
'thinking" tibedterce
a-'thinking`otiedtence;' deelared'-Sylvia. .
"What!" cried the old gentleman in
• .horror,. throwing up Ms 'bands, "you
don't,,' heh?" 7. •
`No," persisted Sylvia.' . "I want to
be, able to explain my commands. to
them, as .far as,they can, understand
them,. 'and then 1 want there :to obey
partly because obedience is reasonable
and right andpartly because their
good sense tells them that the •course.
I -heve-•markedeout.w.illebe the_.be_st__tor
'all concerned, In • after life, they• will,
of course, have some use for unques-
tioning 'obedience,: as• for instanceto'
the established 'rules of the .game or
the laws 'of the land., but there will• be
many more times ,when the habit :Of
facing' a situation and deciding ac-
cording to their 'reason and intelli-
gence will mean everything to them:
There are too many people already
who do not think for themselves. The
are the .onestwho are ready to•liste4
to Abe advice ,of any one who• comes
along on buying speculative mining;
stock or voting the straight party -
ticket." • : :
• 'And then Sylpie• remembered one
die; while the other is a force which:
an Occasion .kills him as lightning in
the sky, or burns himtb death as a
sweeping forest or prairie no. Be-
sides, fire does him enormous services,
and he concludes that 'it's a god that
he'd better try to propitiate.'
' "If you evntched any of the soldiers
who Tann from the fretit where they
suffered so much from the cold, you'd.
•know what I mean. They'd, stand• in.
front of • an !pen fire for hurs,: jolt-
iiigly swearing they wouldn't'. leave it
until they died. ,They had ':i good bit
h-
of the fire-.wtirsbip'psychology. That 's''ti•me." •
exaggerated, but it gives you my idea,
Which is probably your own as. we'll.i'
The old man evinced as a wasp set;,
tled on• his arm. It flew ;away wit!i
otbt stinging. With relief •he ribbed•
has arm against the wall:' ."Why does
that.: Smaller . ..er ... idol have
that ... er . r.• . hinged arm?.It's
quite . er . badly drone ... yes
. badly." . . •
•
Vilak grunted. • :"Badly ;• done . Nan-
ny, I 'agree,: but well enough .done . to
be the cause of Four deaths if we .don't
get out of herebeforehand and if my
theoryabout it'secorrect. .,
"I think I can see traces of the work
"of some tricky Indian shaman or Afri-
can witch-docto- in that. The .chap
who's a'little bill cleverer than his fel-
lows :and 'rigs•u'p some, device to keep
thein.. impressed.,They're the original,
ward' politicians. hesewiteh-doctors
:and native chiefs. Only theyy frighten
the other people into voting for,, them
instead of taking them• ori• picnics -and
giving them five dollar, on .election
day. Incidentally, :if you remember:
that statue looks much like ;the: figure
on the ring I showed you. ;.hat night
I fgl by the railroad embankment ". •
"Yes . er . yes. So it does.
I remember: Quite.' The ring you
took from the half-breeu with the un-
pleasant nose, who was guarding your,
cousin: just now . • .. yes."
-..';`1.-.hasten.; eereecty_op,, ._.;The rind
I took from DD' b'entara."
.e The wasp returned again to the old
man's aim. He, 'w•aitede until it had
once, more vanished; before answering.
"You :told .me you er . . took
.. took it front' the half-breed."
"I told . you that to keep , you from
getting 'suspicious at a time when
suspicion wouldn't have been' wise. I
took' it 'from ' D'Albentara's . finger
when I caught his hand in falling." •
. "Have • you 'still . . er . geit
it?"
• "`Leading question; Nanny. 'Refuse
to answer."
An hour after the sun had sett, the
two negro -like .•gna'ttds brought •food;
untied them while they ate it; then
securely bound -them once more. That.
night both the prisoners slept : the
sound sleep of exhaustion. But, the
next night, hours after their guard's.
had departed and deep stillness had
settled on the -city.' which • lay unseen
below the shining walls which marked
their horizon, :'flak was still .awake,
flat on his back, his Mongolian eyes
gazing dreamily at the ceiling
---{1`he--old-man --was ly ing nearehim,
tossing restlessly; and rubbing at the
thongs chafing his slight body. Sud-
denly Vilakxbegan rolling toward the
middle of the stone floor where the
clay dishes bearing their supper had
lain; and rubbing his long fingers in
drippings of . meat • fat which still
marked the spot, began coating ' his
bonds with the grease.
"Why . . , er . why are you do -
He strode out smiling; pulling the
ends' of his "1mnst e•;l•,e.
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•Alas, they Are all flown.
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me free. The way the ants did when'
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we were prisoners in that camp near '
Porte 'Verde. Or perhaps attract the
ants themselves. We've got to get out
of here."—
He
ere. "• -
He coated Nunnally's'fetters in the
same fashion. All night th:;y lay.sil-
ent, ,afraid to ipeak end so 'frigh'ten
off some chance rat who might be their
unwitting saviot. But .no rat and.no
ants carne. •
A purplish dawn brightened the sky
and pronounced their experiment 'a
failure. That night Vilak tried again.
Again he failed. • Either the stone
beliei'edt is the product• more of the
poorer• Sections titan of tire mime pros-
perosis• iiut, sicee ding to the findinge
of an Ibiliaua investi'gatur, as preseet-
ed"in:Shhepland Society, a,parentwho
lives in the (jest street of the town.-
or•, who enters even the -desirable
nliddie-elass•', section- hafld tsps h'ty
child unfairly.; ' ••
Boys and girls tease likely to be;
,come "problem pupils' were fount to•
live',in a'n "inferior residential sec-
tion. Moreover, their homes_ e,olloc=
tiuely, had fewer • piano, , radid ' sets,
automobiles, 'telephones, and • encyclo-
pedias than the hones of " bioblem
bun'house ye once called home. pupils." .As the New.7iork Sun Sum-
marizes the findings:
Yet when •between the - sodden broken "The ingenious iuve,tit_atoi • defile,
timbers
ing to obtain some, oiiject,i'e data on
Drips the ,rhoon's radiance thin, the home environment . of 'problem •
My little 4re'am-child wanders through pupils,', examined, the part Of the town,
the 'Chambers; in which each lived, dividingthe place,
Playing :awhile unseen.
Awhile yet'I may feel his light .feet 'sectors—elite:,desirable middlep Oa:
leaving. , •inferior. end undesirable.
Warm impress on my stair; ' "For pueposes: of comparis+'1, he ea -
Deep in the 'night's heart. _1 may heart amined also the ;backgrounils•m of an
• ,`his breathing,
_ And •know that -he is there:
• for his purposes, into four resklentia`l
equal number of 'ideal' pupils. '•Ttlere
Were -'ureal' :and'. iproble'nt'--c•r•setr -i•it7•-•
each residential sbietton, but' he drew '
Till "the great chimney, naked to the • his conclusions from. the balance
weather, struck• between'tbe two gl'oup�.
i.
• • Alone points to the sky; us, ch.iidren living in -the inferior
We shall, go down these le n of 'th :town constituted 50 per'•
, years, together, of the 'Rrobl•em' cases, and jnri
The' little child and L . `vides$ pt.r .•t•u-, tai di. i,l.••:e .
Of ,all . my `loves• the passing 'years'denttal. sectrotis, ons
bereft ine� ' the, other hand_the,, Ic:�bi. to ' f.�tp.i, •
Far -sundered from- my side I outnumbered their *ideal.' schoolmates.
"Th
lest long sectio
cent.
In
admit; though. Oat it is a 'ittle diffi-
cult at times. t .. allow the children to
present their: side of the .case and at
the same time keep them from taking
advantage 'of this liberty. • They •are
temrited to begin to, argue and tease
to gain their point, but right there I
set my faot down, and: they Soon stop,
for that, they know, is not playing fair.
-With 'u*e."-=Issued. try- -the- -National
Kinderg. -ten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These articles
are appealing weekly in our columns.
Yields Treasure. Sorms may rage and winds assail
Empire's glorious, changing place.•
---' Old • things etumble, new things. rise,
Indian Skeleton 500 to 1;000 On' traditionsof our. race.
Years Old. Unearthed s
Near Georgian Bay ,
C#rebt guns wait her In the skies,
Fruits of Commerce and Arts,
•La Cloche Island, Georgian Bay, Unatitniity and peace, • .
Ont.—An Indian chief. buried' with all 'Union of het distant parts. '
his treasures 500 to 1000 years ago has •
been found by archeologists 01 the Me- In ods God' our ancient trust
Donald -Warren Foundation expedition' Finds fresh favor thrice:renewed,
exploring ancient graves in this area. New endeavors. -born of old,
structures were unattractive to rod- 7'he skeleton will be removed to the. .With the power of faith imbued.
Bite and the termites, or the volcanic Warren Foundation at. Three Oaks; i
soil contained salts which;made their Michigan, together with the treasure Brave and strong of purpose, thou,
breeding difficult, ' 1• • ' taken from the grace.. ' i . Of thy children's love a part.
• Night after night passed, always Dr. George.&. Fox, archeologist, ivho Long -enduring, patient. tried,
bringing with it some new attempt headed the party of scientists that ; Live forever in our heart.'
month,. F 'r I•IakE5,
which a few • hours 'a racking . trial Plight Lieutenant, it
proved futile. " '
At last when Vilak evith ,his finger-
nail had scratched ten marks in tri;
I; wall to number the days of ;theit.cap-
tivity, Il'Albentara entered on his is the belief of Di. Fox, and Dr. AI"in t
regular tour ,to see that.his prisoners I,aforge, Chicago, because of the bear'
i were safe and encuelly•inferreed them tooth nei!klace. a shell•necklace, stone
that only three 'days remained until heads. and• arrow and spear 'heeds t
the. feast of Haynii.' • which did not bear any markings ex"
•
"A Meet interesting feast..niost in-t,tept time* of the Indian ;tribe: Which
terestintr. amigos." he murmured i•; inhabited this seolion,before the com••
he wiped his rare with a silk hantlkte lee of the French. aed'Enslish, ender-,
chief newly bought in Porto Verd"'. i me. • t •
'"It is._tci..nie iiwst.. ad that. you e'aneee • The ahsenre of glass heads, silvery.
think of l.eh lding it with pleasure. l ornaments, Ciotti. iron itiiiplements aid,
To•a kiittw the . feast of Ra.ymi. is it other' trinkete is. •considered 'further
tee so• ciavailtit.ros? i proof the Indien was •if 811 age Iong'
"It is the feast of th'e sur. the en�i, before this land was trod hy white:4e
, f the ra':r,y ...easnn. winter" as yon The Indian 'had been honored. the
cell it. when the sun has traveled far- archeologists believe, by jets • beat
the.t from its children end now turns tooth' necklace inelicatin., his fearless
to .girl,• Track once more to *'arm them.' nuss of wild or 4tvage itnrnials.
Mangy are the lndein tritit c who ha.t _- - a•
t all
nes
'-!• de t
it. Fit...n those of the ir•sta",q of t't• emrr[t;ait t:imiurs erlitc t
t_rr .t. the' l.;tautifal `orifi Anierici: their time. energy anti money to keep
is it n t s",?. Put here if is most pit"- Me tip with the Jomleees ought to sent-
;',tt`tecele e'f.all, :tm'ege•r., They Afrie:t.1 pathize with 'the- golf tir•oftssioilats.
•
•
came ,here from Chicago last • o , - • C :S p."
unearthed the skeleton after days ee' Ottawa. '
labor. aided by a -crew of excavators. i .
''Chat the Indian was of an
'the •'better'' rest
,.This one alone I keep—the, one babe ' "'Contd.—anything be mors conclusive, •.
• 'left me, , ' i especially w:,en• all in all, the records
: of 250 children. were,examined?
"But to be convincing,: the invests -
gator should have compared his `Ideal'
-Iuman Physiogorny .Changing•and problem' ,pupils ivitb normal
As every one knows, more' spec children: , for, some ow, "tate 'ideal:
t les and e e lasses. are worn now youngster seems a prible:m in himself.•
ac Y g •".Moet parents prefer .their boy. to.
'than ever before. We are told• that.'
the waiting rooms of oculists' are show. some—no,t .some many—of the
crowded to the doors: And a learned symptoms of healthy perverseness -
anatomist has leen giving us the rea-Then they know all's «cal." ,
son.: He says' that during thea past
twenty-five yeiars„ since automobiles
became common there has been :a
marked change in the human physi-
ognomy. The bride of our noses is
' widening;-our-eyes--are-moving'-rouri;]_
to th'e sides of our heads. And this'
evolutionary process is due to _ the
effort to look sideways in both direc-
tions while crossing a street. The'
necessity of keeping an eye on aerial
traffic further' complicates matters:.
Lets think about something else! '
• ,The little boy that died„,
era of �. Hasty'
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I know about ytntr ehr being very hal
and about not being able to remember ,
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heard all that berate! ' '"lint=
Y.ot may 'be' dire," interrupted the •
woman. 'I shall report you Tor your -ti
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woman wtio etas tieing WI behind:
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