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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1930-10-09, Page 6• at. ti THIS' HA.S, _,,APPENED Attephpta have been made oh the fife of Elise Itarberry, owner of large plantations. outside the little town of orte Verde, Brazil V lak, Elm's. Crusta 104 protector, an Li?Pcotn. • NulthallY. an elderly chemist, believe: Gaylord ".Prentiss .' to be . responsible, (inky, Elise's two-year-old orphaned, ihepheir is 14zdnapped; ,Pretty,--is--Seen• heading thio gh the junkie with the' • , child. An°expedition is formed'td, sol= low. After many baydships, and ow ing to sickness and deseetion, only Vaiak, Elise and Nunnally are left and they are,'captiired on, the outs'kir'ts of • an ancient :Inca.city by Carlos D'Al bentara; whom they had. •known as an engineer: back in -Porto Verde. Carlos is note high priest to a:tribe''of fire, ' • worshippers, The king of the tribe decides to •put the two' men. to • death and to marry Elise, They ate to be rture&at the feast of Rayed, as are use's ,:baby ''nephew' ;and Prentiss. • A ,friendly',Indian slips a dagger to Vilak. Vilak and Nunnally release • themselves and stand at bay as, the astonished natives press shady for- ward: is NOW BEGN THE STORY„ • ' ' CHAPTER, XLV. The child near` the altar began to.. cry lustily: once more. Vilak's, smile: • faded. He grew silent. D'Albentara and •Batalagos'continued to hold their excited parley. Then the soldiers, in front of the chief :began moving to- ward the steps' in a wide •semi -circle„ their spear's' outstretched. ` Batalagos followed at a safe dis=; Lance, D'Albentara at his side Vilak grew tense. Slowly he descended the ..'• ateps'toward them. "Halt!" he shout - 2 it • tittle sticks which flash„into fire. These have I brought to Batalagos, when I first Cone to his city. Batalagos knows the true from the false, Batalagos limey's that this is not a gad, but . a roan. .'matt Pull of evil ” Batalagos took ofr his feafbereed helmet ,and scratched -his kapky head.. "Batalagos wise, he muttered. "Yes, BaCaYegos-wisee--Batalagos, see -before•' little sticks make flame. See iron stick too which high priest have Iron stick which., make •flame, ,kill' bird ;far, far off. AILfire sticks magic sticks. Yes,. ,Batalegos wise.'Batalagos' think mann: not god. But how Batalagos, know? Man got little iirestick, maybe. man 'got big ;fire, iron:' stick. ¥ayi a man good, too. Got high priest's ring; stand in temple of "sun and sun . not strike.' If 'man god, then.what happen to Bat-' *ta D''c► s?", . - .. to..: Ile lllbeiitara'`eras.about reply. . Ply checked himself' to listen' as Vilak on the steps above. went ' on with his Oration.' The American . stretched out ' his arms. "Listen, 0 people. Lis,ten,. 'O. soldiers. 0 . Batalagos!" he repeated in deep, powerful tones. "The voice of the sun speaks _again, . the child of the fire speaks again.". ` He.lighted :,a few more. matches and r the child on the stone; it began to' cry. Vilak spoke briskly to Batalagos., Aftera brief argument,with tare •the. (child was ' released and pet in .the arms of a somberly tattooed'' black 'woman. -Elise was brbughtonce more in a litter an.? 'took.a seat in the pavilion. The wives of the cite who : were to officiate at her marriage. at sunset grouped themselves ::bout her. She saw Tinky, but.perceiving that he • The soldiers gave no sign of hear- ing, impassively continuing their ad- vance. "Halt!" he cried, again. Again -they gave no heed. . He de.' ecended two more steps. They were now only twenty feet ;away. - "Halt!" he 'called again, At the same instant bewb peu'a box of matches 'from firs peels- t and struck a match upon ,the sandypaper. along 'its • edge.. It lighted: •• Ha tossed' the flaming 'match over his head.. In quick succession he lighted all•the matches• the, box con- tained and tossed .then' dexterously in a circle over him; so that at moments his head . appeared to be surrounded by :a fiery halo. , • This time the soldiers halted. While • they did sot' flee in panic ars had done •'••the Indians in the camp afi Bagarundi, and though the expression of their .gloomy faces indicated •that -this' was. mot the first time they had ''seen fire thus. ' artificially produced; yet , they were: undoubtedly impressed. A few • prostrated themselves.. The face of Batalagos was that of a; puzzled, dull-, witted• child. Vilak.cohtinued'to light the matches until alt but one` of the boxes was ex-. -Minted- . Then be 'drew 'himself up regally,. • "Listen, 'O people..: Listen, 0 soldiers.' Listen, 0 Batalagos," he roared . in a voice of thunder. Betal- agos •hacked farther•away. A fat'In- dian prostrated Himself. ' "Listen, 0 people. Listen, 0 sol- . fliers. Listen, 0 chief. 4,1s the voice ' of the fire whci speaks iron.' per. I am theson Of, the fire. I and those who came with me . to this Iand, all, all are children of the fire, sons and daughters of the fire. • Harm us and . the fire shall sweep down from the Heavens and slay yon swift as ,the eagle slays' the dove. For we are the children of the fire- Yea, more, We are the masters of, the fire. •In our ]and of the gods where we dwell far, fat away, .there fire paddles our can- oes swifter, than the arrow and fire drives our ox -carts faster than the ;wind. These'.are true things, O-peepie Those of . you who have wandered to :the land of the gods have seen. The. nature of the fire is tiro- 1t isgood, it is evil. Harm us, and the fire shall wither and destroy vou; obey us, and the fire shall bless you.' He paused a moment. • The savagely stirred restlessly:. The,! the son of the fire, and the fire which chief's bewilderment increased. lie ` destroys man,will only bless and. • turned to the'Portuguese and gazed at caress' me its son:' him questioningly. D'Albentara smi;- A gasp' of awe wr nt up. from the ed affably. "Betalagos is wise," he . said. "Batalagda has before seen the i1 • aelettainlY i 'l osn1l1,haYAtlbh, bswaowrseas:riWghotre."Itiel46"217:111V'04' C pe f rQ s 0 shook hs head then added liesitar*tlyr n .,I as though half ashamed of his lack of ---- . . canbdence Y,oat .can't do lt, can yon' Ex" pert scribes the Syimp You?" . ' �• r•` "Don't yew worry, Nanny I chri + toms and reatmenit of this .. do it. I told yea ;it's, a :trick. And II Dangerous • Doggie " happen to know how this trick is Worked; . I've #fever done it before, batt' that's no reason why Ican't begin." They made .their way tothe one- armed idol. • Batalagos, who had fol- lowed at a 'distance, Pointed to the sacred fire, ' burning in its eneloenre of triangular stone. 'mite ' man, white-, god; -walk-.throughetheal" : ie - Vilak. scowled. S`.Thi tire. ;is as ao- thing' in,,'the Sight of the ;eon :of ,:the; fire., ,We wl - walk .through, a fire as Iong as the, lbotiies of five men 'stretch- ed head•to. foot and foot to bead npqu the ground. Nay, the -bodies of fifteejn Another ,p, : of ,a m t �f aw4 ,.xase•f /rent spectators. Ina few. moments he •gave a few, connainids o: the soldiers near the bii ky lehief • A number of , rade, •shovel like, implan a ts were brought The stone 'flags forming the pavement of the court were pried ant' and a swarm, of excited Chattering natives were soon digging a trench' foot; in'. depth, eight ' br ten feet in• width,- and eighty feet . iii ' length extending from the base of the altar toward . the temple; • , • The noise ,of the Workers frightened tossed them about his•lhead; "I• hear murmurings; I see faces. There: are doubts•:. • Ile is not a'god' :say tdhosa who think they are wise- • 'He is but a man Bat':a man' • Let those who. so speak: beware Now letthere be re more murmurings -let" there' be' no more do ting For I. the son •of: the fire will that I am the son of the fire. 'As you sit, around your fires Vilak continued to light the matches until all but one of the boxes was exhauster;. when the nights grow cool your'wise men tell of the, gods who when the world, was yelling walked through the fire. • . "Behold, I, this second day of the feast hi Raymi, now When the World is old, will walk .through' the fire as did'' the gods my brothers in the days when t`he world was young. For I am • Made ffaarerh e ne mune his in : No'exieense spared; iso have it gran, wholesome and f Miffs 1 is a� sear to aee'p' Was • good as wheat iri lea►vtis• the may. 'tut y isboundtonic tiiebeat !that men and machines and motley Cai l Snake. ' They delicious �L flavor frcehens the remade ttrindaiclt • fLk No: .40- -" .�d mtltitvde. Batalagos paled. "White than god," he muttered to , D'Alben- tare.. "If white min do this, he'god. Batalagos know. ' Batalagoo wise. Only god walk through fiw" D'Albentara coolly twisted the ends of his moustache. "fie is a man, Bat- alagos. He will not walk." Vilak slowly resuried. his descent of the stairs, the old man clt� be- hind hiitn. The• black; figures •below began to press back against their fel- 1 lows. D'Albentara took a few steps for- ward. He smiled at Vilak effnbly "You are clever, amigos," he said in his • perfect Portugtaese, taking care to keep well of reach in case Vilak should make a sudden lunge. toward him:, "Very clever. But Hills* you can- not do. At once could I kill you With `nay ravolver,.or' yore= own •thet I have taken. from' you. Hot' this Will I let you .it'. )" ar wli n yolr frit, year death will be even. more iaaterestint? than 'I had• planned. Interesting and mast helpful to • me, amigos. i lost helpful." :1e stepped- back 'sato the crowd. Vilak reached the stone preen -teat at. the -foot of the steps. Here he halted. nioinenL • The .old mart peer- ed at hirci anxiously. "You can't - ' • r' - - . do it, Yiial-. You can't," he nrnrreurel. "I know yen can dei menv tltingg.- 'Vey, Many. But not this. This et•,'sYlnagi4"•yilak, Mott 4 was `nat being injured, made no at- tempt to reach him, but concentrated her gaze upon -her cousin, stalking up. and . down between the ranks. of busy laborers. The ditch was completed;; . Vilak ordered it to be•filled with great heaps of brash. . This done, he mumbled a• meaningless ritual and struck r. "Hatch to the '!rood, It flamed quickly, then became a mass of glowing, embers: On top of this he carefully Super- vised the placing of several layers of the lava rock with which the region .abounded: Soor. this, too, was a glow- ing expanse of vermillion from which leaped here and there tiny blue flames as\some metal in the lava Was con- sumed in the intense heat, or great crackling bursts of fire as'some branch of herder texture efan the others ig- nited. g nited. • It was itow almost midday, the time set for the sacrifice of Prentiss and the child. The priests made their gloomy+ preparations. One of thein .e "n � its black t'eminh ,. took Ti by from n guardian and brought him to the altar statte under the shadow of the idol's extended. arm. Mere he waited. (To be eon'.in .e:I) FRIENDS In the day's dark close At the Jodi I stand, .and -a dog's cold nose SHdnt late ii • hanfi At the end 'of sleep, And the swift night flown, • • • Disease • Distemper• is' responsible'foe a very great pro. portion•• of the. deaths in the dog world, The disease is• confined to dogs in the 'puppy stage, and can be extre .melt' dangerous up to: six weeks, and also' Ghon Melina _ when_theepuppy ... is_ ',sheddingits milk'teeth,. usually when it about 'tone months old.' • Many people 'are, under.. the l impree- :slon that the disease is due to a•worm,; but it is generally `accepted by' auth• •orities that ft is caused by a..germ :Carried -:about on the coat, and is' coon- 14ranted py..centegiee. • . .. • The Olden that tate dog its' when•dis, tenger attacks it,, the greater aro its. efiauces•.of pulling through without, ill• effects; " ' '• • The syzhptoms'Yee will observe are a`.'marked lassitude, loss of appetite.' .dullness of the • eyes, and a tempera-: Lure: . Signs to Look. For *es` 0. Frsk-onttt� gardens! New York t fs W,earing bite•_:. t Piano 's In �. ention w.�', #es# w Radio . ech : r I •vel Piano a ..:. �-. .;yin, c'�.,.. • , �` that Can be Turned On or Off at. Will • Rochester; N.Y.: Llke . the indict and "phonograph,: Junior's' ' praetice pounding of` the family piano hence= forth can be shu..t off from the ears •of neighbors without interrupting the This. is quickly -followed by a did; "lesson by means .of the, new "slient charge:. from the eyes and nose, . a Piano just patented by. Max Schumm, slight,; husky cough, accompanied, •with. Rochester radie mechan a and .ama- ats'.of aneeziug ,and often an 'eruption' teur physicist: ion the skin'ot the stomach and inside; the thighs in the forth of small pus- tules, . wliicb have an objectionable odor • when; they break. a • By , substituting tuning , forks for piano strings and hooking in a set of ear phones through an audioamplifier the piano pupil, or teacher can listen The bgwels will be out ,of. order.` to the. notes -inaudible to others, Mr. either relaxed or just the reverse. Anti :, a humni, whose ambition is" to emuI- the ,dog is constantly•vomiting up'a ,te. Schreier, Zumpe, Stein and., others - whiteish" kind "sof fluid in Small duan- in' piano development; has set to Work titles; • which you must be quick 'to; on plans for a'model after experiments satisfied him of Ike swab up, ;otherwise the animal will, ', utility of his in- ' lap it up again.'' vention. . You must also expect fits of.shiver Besides its virtue of silence, the ing and of; rapid losing of tuning-fgrk, piano never will need to heat, and a rap flesh. ' he'whites of the eyes' will be l�be tuned. • Once constructed, tuning bloodshot, and the teeth' will. take on a forks forever hold their pitch til,. yellowish hue and become coated, Schumm explained. And since tun, while the breath is far •from sreeet ing forks. do' not- need so great. a stip- • port are strings, a more condensed and Put Him'ona Diet lighter Piano will be possible, he said: ',Swift action': mast be taken., The .A simple turn of a switch directing first thing is, to make the dog drink a the .audio .current through a loud, nantity of . warm . salt .water: Then speaker instead of head phones can return the instrument to its familiar status of a piano, Mr. Schu'mm.'can tinned; Sound is' produced in the speaker or phones through tee. audio. amplifier attached to the tuning forks. Sufficient forks ..can be :constructed, tatlduplicate:- every note on the: :modern piano, he said. kr.' Schumm' has, been working on his invention for two years.—From ,"The Christian Science _Monitor." 'Renunciation Comes a glad;. wild leap-, "Dawn, Btuce! Down!" lltifib Duddritlge, in ,`The , Humane Pleader" ,e H "Darling. 1 Won a medal at the! cookery schoely" ''°Wende'rful! But' tell me, What is Itiris >i am eating." " they, ' "Your medal." en aria i t Athletes ret:orfini d M rd tL n mens turn the dog out instantly and stand ov ,r him.. until. he is sit burying whatever is vomited. Keep' him'iu a warm, well -ventilated place and, if you think it necessary, place'him in a lea- flet jacket. 1 ' The .nextmove is. to give hire a course 'of treatment nith ore• of the many proprietary .medicines that are on the mark and, if possible, give, injections of Vaccine. In fighting ' against distemper,you must be particularly careful to see that no complications set in. such as; lung,'bowel, aide. nervous system trou- ble. . After a few days the dog may seem' to be his venal self,, but do not be Mis- led into thinking that he is absolutely free, for unless yon are .careful, , a secondary infection may follow- ' Put the dogon a light diet,'such as boiled fish, beef tea With bread soaked in it, and raw meat scraped: finely, gradually Coming back to the normal diet as the dog"becomes stronger. When Stimulants Help If the dog "is at all purged, this tan be alleviated by giving him boiled ar- rowroot or Wheatenflour, to which bas been added some port Wine. An alcoholic ' stiipulant maybe necessary;, in fact, it is advantageous at times, , a'few drops of whiskey in Warm milk b n a" fine tonic: 'when I am done with .• worldly ,things Like' a -swift light =that flashes and is gone, •• Deep'in a forest the long, slow years will find me Waiting for. the twilight, listening. for dawn. I shall have. lime to ISee a fern tn- curling • Its emerald fingers like a child asleep; To watch goli fireflies, gypsy -hearted; swirling In beauty that the night alone map - reap- , I shall have time to hear the scarlet sobbing Of shattered roses on a' frosted' bough that blind me some w rpa qfS4 To bear the breath of early. autumn In the case of brdnchitis developing. as a result of distemper, give front throbbing two to five' drops of eucalyptus oil inIn every grass I tramp:e '` lightly half a ,teaspoonful to one teaspoonfulnova, of brandy at intervals of eight hours: Pits may escape your notice at first; Then shall •I know, and let my heart run over en like a the.: being a momentary champing With secrets that shall op of e jaws and a 'trickling of saliva front the mouth, followed by a dazed look. Usually such cases are hope- less. In dealing . with labored breathing, apply Thermoger o wool to the :throat, chest, and sides, or, as ari'alternative, sortie turpentine sprinkled: on flannel and wrung out in hat water;'after ap- plying a dry flannel to the treated parts.—Answers. , International • Boundary in carrying out its duties' of main- taining in a state of effective demarca- tion the! 5,500, miles of international boundary between Canada and the United States, in accordance With the provisions of the Treaty of 1925, the International Boundary Commission, the •Canadian section of which fuse- tions under the Sgrveys Bureau of °the Department of the ,Interior, has this' years number of important operations on handy 'these include:reopening the vista and repairtiing the monuments on some fifty miles of the highlands boundary between Quebec and Maine, making survey's for the revision of cer-, twin of the boundary Maps between British Columbia and the state of Washington, and erecting Monuments at the point Where an important inter- national highway between 'Kelowna, Baa.. and. •Port:Lend, Oregon.,.. grasses tete boundary. it -is also intended to• locate acid stark the boundary in the new Detroit -Windsor tunnel blefore it is officially , open %for traffic. 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