The Tulsa Chief. (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 22, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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THE WHITE
_DEATH
k DON MARK LEMON
OCXJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(Copyright, Ity Shortstory Pub. Co.)
He was an American. He had come
to ilie country in search of gold He
should have remained on his estate
at home In Virginia. Hut no, he must
<xw.e to South America and prospect
In Tarantula valley. He proposed it
first to his Mexican guide, Lozo. Lozo
grew white about the lips, despite his
tawny color, and shook his head.
Why not?” the American ques
Honed.
The White Death, senor; it is
there!"
Where—In Tarantula valley?”
Yes, senor.”
What is the White Death?”
i.ozo drew his lips firmly together
and again shook his head. Evidently
the White Death was somqjthlng to bo
silent about, as well as io fear.
Is it a pestilence of some kind?”
the American questioned.
‘No, seuor.”
“la it a snake?”
“No, senor.”
“A wild beast?”
No, senor.”
' is it death from poisonous gases?”
' No, senor."
la it death by the hand of men—
banditti, for instance?”
“No, sonor.”
Hunger? thirst?”
No, senor.”
Then what the devil is the White
Death?"
Thu American spoke angrily, but
I.ozo made no reply. He only drew
his lips tighter together aud looked
Virginian got very angry, ihough with
1 out especial reason. The woman, sure-
ly, couldn’t have died any harder than
| the man
The third day he lighted on a third
i collection of bones, and the skeleton
of a man and woman lay side by side.
With this he began to wonder seri-
ously what manner of thing it was
that had turned the valley into a char-
nel. Was it a great panther of some
kind—or a huge snake? Or—but no. it
couldn’t he a man. That was some-
thing too hideous to believe. And a
man or band of men it was not.
Then he struck gold. He slipped in-
to flit- river one morning, scraping the
bank in his fall, and there in the river-
hank he found the gold. It was
placer and so rich that in less than a
week he got enough 4o satisfy a wom-
an, let alone a man. Then he laid off
a day and went down the river in
search of game, and. without especial-
ly looking for it, he found a fourth col-
lection of bones which, from its condi-
tion, seemed to be the latest feeding
ground of the Thing—the White
Death.
Now, when a man lias a cool million
In sight—or thinks he lias—he feels
more secure front personal danger
than when he has little or nothing, so
the American decided to hang about
that fourth collection of bones and try
to bug something.
Straightway lie found a suitable
spot beside a rock, and, leaning his
Winchester within easy reach, pro-
ceeded to watch. About 30 feet dis
tanf was a huge collection of bowl-
i (lets; perhaps hidden in the wide 11s-
i sures of these bowlders was the tiling
I lie sought.
For a half hour, or, rather, 40 min-
utes, liie American gave Ids whole at-
j tention to the business in hand, then
he looked up.
At first lie thought there was sonte-
‘ thing wrong with his eyes and he
TEN YEARS OF BACKACHE.
Thousands of Women Suffer in the
Same Way.
Mrs. Thos Dunn. 153 Vine St.,
Columbus, Ohio, says: “For more
than ten years I was
in misery with back-
ache. The simplest
housework completely
exhausted me. I had
no strength or ambi-
tion. was nervous and
suffered headache and
dizzy spells. After
these years of pain I was despairing
of ever being cured when Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills came to my notice and their
use brought quick relief and a perma-
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Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Puster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
BATHING AN INDIAN IDOL.
"Captain, you will appear on the
parade ground with your company at
ten o'clock for inspection."
“Sorry, colonel, but you'll have to
postpone It till to-morrow! I prom-
ised niy wife that she could use the
cannon to-day for a churn!"
How’s This?
inure frightened. The fellow-half | w^kVihem Several" times' Then he
savage that he was—feared he might ♦», ,ioi, , . .
iha nnf ta i his bruins were tangled, and
draw the ange, of the White Death , so lu; IUU,u,llied ^veral figures men-
desetihe its ,.llly |„it getting the right answers,
upon himself should he
nature.
Queer!” the American muttered,
greatly perplexed. Then he tried pol-
io* "Come, I'll double your pay if
you’ll act as guide.”
No, senor.”
Treble it.”
No, senor."
“Hive you ten dollars a day—Amer-
ican gold."
No, senor."
The American considered awhile.
Then he said: "That decides me; I’ll
prospect Tarantula valley and see if
I can’t stack a mortgage on this White !
Death—and I’ll go it alone.”
The Mexican was a Catholic. He
crossed himself and looked unhappy.
There was no reason he shouldn’t look
unhappy. He liked the American, in
his rough way; besides the Ameri-
can’s pay was good—and certain. And
now the American was going to meet
the White Death!
Having made up his mind to pros-
pect Tarantula valley at any cost, the
Virginian looked about for another
guide than Lozo, but his labor was
wasted. No one would, accompany
him on his proposed prospecting tour,
nor explain what, was meant by the
White Death.
Was it something so strange, so far
removed from common nature, that
human speech could frame no descrip-
tion of it? Or did the superstitious
villagers fear that they might draw
the anger of the White Death—what-
ever it was—upon themselves should
they go into particulars?
The next day the American set out
alone for Taraniula valley, very curi-
ous and not at all nervous. He was
well provisioned—one burro bore his
supply of food, another his blankets
aud mining outfit—and well armed.
He didn’t reason that there might be
something lurking in the valley be-
fore him against which his Winches-
ter would be no protection—some
Shape such as might haunt the infer-
nal pool and make it more hideous
than even a diseased poet could im-
agine. No; be didn’t reason at all.
Tarantula valley, in appearance, was
r pleasant place, with a wooded river
flowing through it and a wooded lake,
or large pool, in its center. The Amer-
ican thought what a paradise it would
be in which to dream away the rest
of his life with One by his side who
was waiting for him in Virginia.
Yet, despite the sylvan charm of
the valley, the American grew lonely,
for there really wasn’t much society
about. To be sure, there were the two
burros, an occasional snake, a few
horned toads, and some buzzards; but,
apart from these, the dumb creatures
to be seen were not at all sociable.
Not sociable, at least, like the buz-
zards. They, in one particular, were
almost as good as human society, ta-
king. as they did, a very evident in
terest in the American's state of
health.
One strange thing that impressed
the Virginian were the collections of
bones scattered over the valley, aud
especially about the lake. On his firs)
day in the vale he had lighted on one
of these collections of bones. He ex-
amined it. It looked like a little open-
air cosmopolitan graveyard. Within a
circle of about 20 feet in diameter were
collected the skeleton of a burro, the
skeleton of a buzzard, the skeleton of
a large wild animal of the cat tribe,
the skeleton of a cow, several skele-
tons the species of which the Ameri-
can couldn’t determine, and last, but
not least, the skeleton of a man.
It was evident that some wild ani-
mal had lately ravened in that part of
♦ he country, gathering Into one feed-
ing ground the prey of a month or so.
The second day he spent in the val
ley the American lighted on a second
collection of bones. It was much like
the first, only the human skeleton
bleaching In the sun was that of a
woman and not a man. At this the
lor four times four is sixteen, six
times three is eighteen, and eight
tiroes seven is fifty-six, he concluded
it was something else than His reason
at fault. Then he reached out his
hand for His Winchester, but desist-
ed before touching the rifle, for-' he
chose rather to watch the Thing
squatted upon the pile of rock than
handle an uninteresting weapon. Hut
J perhaps he couldn’t do other than
! watch. The Thing was so very fas-
j cinatiug.
It was looking directly at him—-the
Thing on the rocks—and though it
made not the slightest noise to attract
his attention, there was no reason he
Curious Ceremony Attended by Thou-
sands of Devout Pilgrims.
Thousands of pilgrims from the va-
rious outlying villages and other parts
of the Ilooghly district poured In from
an early hour in the morning to the
temples of Jagernath, says the Cal-
cutta Statesman
The Image of the god is placed on
a conspicuous part of the temple, so
that it can be viewed at an advantage
by the immense crowd of pilgrims,
and there at a certain fixed hour the
bathing ceremony commences.
The most curious part of the festi-
val is that water is not injured on the
image of the god until a certain small
bird is found sitting on the topmost
banner of the temple. There is a pop-
ular belief that the bird comes from
Puri, the famous place of 1 lindu pilgrim-
age, to Maheoh on the day of this'
festival, and his very presence is an
indication that the ceremony should
commence. Immediately after the
bath the bird disappears.
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From Terrible Eczema—Baby’s Head
a Mass of Itching Rash and Sores
—Disease Cured by Cuticura.
“Our little girl was two months old
when she got a rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead of
better and we thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then I had her under our family doc-
tor's care, but she continued to grow
worse. lie said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old I started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and in
I two months our baby was a different
girl. You could not see a sign of a
sore and she was as fair as a new-
born baby. She lias not had a sign of
the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke,
LeSueur, Mina., Apr. 15 and May 2, ’07.”
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ft Came Off.
The fair bather was in the greatest
danger when the heroic rescuer seized
her by the hair. It camo off. Puffs
and coils and waves and rats it
strewed tho shuddering sea.
For a moment (he rescuer was
j dazed.
j Then he grasped tho tiny knob of
real hair that remained on the lady’s
head and drew her into shallow wator.
Did she thank him for saving her
I life?
Slio didn’t—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Entire Family.
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! Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises.
Mammy for Burns, Scalds and Aches.
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Borem—She wasn’t at home when I
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Miss Peppre.v—Yes, she was telling
me she considered it so thoughtful of
you.
Borem—To leave my card?
Miss Pepprey—No; to call when she
wasn’t at home.
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It is the greatest manifestation of
power to bo calm. It is easy to be
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horses will drag you down. Anjone
can do that; hut he who can stop the
plunging horses is the strong man.
Which requires the greater strength—
letting go, or restraining? The calm
roan is not the man who is dull You
must not mistake calmness for dull-
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the manifestation of the lower
strength, calmness of the superior
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Cowboy—Well, we call it "death
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Times.
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Try to lovo your neighbor as your
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The burglar also
quick scheme.
has his get-rich-
iS -• m.'.
The Thing Leapt Thirty Feet Through
the Air at the American.
should not see it. For It was as big
as an ok lying down. But It wasn’t
an ox. Neither was It anything like
an ox.
It was a gigantic spider or tarantula,
large as a full-grown tiger, with long
white hair all over its huge and hor-
rible body!
“Why,” the American began. Evi-
dently he was going to say: “Why, if
I had known of such a thing as that
around here, I would have stayed
away.” But he got no further than
“Why,” for It was more fascinating
watching the Thing than talking or
thinking.
Then, again, the American tried to
reach for his Winchester, but the light
that came out of the eyes of the squat
Thing upon the rocks paralyzed his
arm. Or perhaps it was only surprise
that deprived him of the power of mo-
tion, for he well knew that there is no
such thing as hypnotic power In the
eye of man or beast.
Then suddenly the long white hair
of the Thing began to tremble and
the American felt as if his whole body
were blistering from some Intense
heat, and, as the eyes of the White
Death stood out farther from its hor-
rible head, and its great legs drew
closer together for the 30-foot spring,
the Virginian began to cry and
whimper.
Then the squat Thing upon the rock
began to tremble throughout and Its
long white hair to shiver and its legs
to collect closer and closer. Where-
upon the American began to laugh
foolishly, like a baby, and beat and
paddle his hands in the dust, and his
body grew flaccid and flabby and his
breast sank down into his stomach.
Then, like a flash of white light
struck out of the rock, the squat Thing
leaped 30 feet through the hot air, and
sunk its horrible fangs into the neck
of the American.
A Revised Version.
A poet who has been known to tell
the truth recounts this story of his
little daughter;
Her mother overheard her expound-
ing the origin of the sex to her family
of dolls.
“You see, children,” she said,
“Adam was a man all alone and was
very lonely, so God put him to sleep,
took his brains out and made a nice
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“Yes, it cuts off profitable expedi-
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Lost His Senses at the Last.
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Was he sensible to the last?
Shavee—No. he wasn’t. The last
tiling he did was to cut me out of his
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