The Sopar Democrat (Choctaw County, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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THE SOPER DEMOCRAT
The Son of T arzan
OwrrlgM kr FmaS A Hauer Ca
THE SWEDES BUY MERIEM FROM KOVUDOO AND IN
FIGHTING OVER HER MALBIHN KILLS JENSSEN
8ynopela— A scUntlflc expedition off the Afrleun coast rescues
huraun derelict Alexis I'nulvltch lie brings aboard an ope Intelligent
and friendly and reaches London Jack son of Lord Greystoke the
original Tarzun hns Inherited a love of wild life and steals from home
to see the ape now a drawing card In a music hall The ape makes
friends with him and refuses to leave Jack despite his trainer
Tarzon appears and Is Joyfully recognized by the ape for Tarzan had
been king of Ids tribe Turzan agrees to buy Akut the ape and send
hlpj back to Afrlcu Jack and Akut become great friends I’aulvitch
Is filled when he attempts murder A thief tries to kill Jack but Is
killed by Akut They flee together to the Jungle and take up life
Jock rescues an Arabian girl and takes her Into the forest Lie Is
wounded and RIerlem Is stolen
CHAPTER IX
' —10—
When Thieves Fall Out
So the two Swedes approuched the
Vllluge of Kovudoo with friendly words
upon their tongues and deep craft In
their hearts
Their plans were well made There
was no mention of the white prisoner
They chose to pretend that they were
not aware that Kovudoo had a white
prisoner They exchanged gifts with
the old chief haggling with his plenl
potentlorles over the value of what
they were to reoelve for what they
gave ns Is customary and proper when
one hus no ulterior motives Unwar-
ranted generosity would have aroused
suspicion
During the palaver which followed
they retailed the gossip of the villages
through which they had passed receiv-
ing In exchange such news as Kovudoo
possessed The palaver was long and
tiresome as these native ceremonies
always are to Europeans Kovudoo
made no mention of his prisoner and
from bis generous efforts of guides and
presents seemed anxious to assure
himself of the speedy departure of his
guests
It was Malblhn who quite casually
near the close of their talk mentioned
the fact that the sheik was dead Kov-
udoo evinced Interest and surprise
“You did not know It!” asked Mal-
blhn "That Is strange It was during
the last moon lie fell from his horse
when the beast stepped In a hole The
horse fell upon him When his men
came up the sheik was quite dend”
Kovudoo scratched his head He was
much disappointed No sheik meant no
ransom for the white girl
"I know where there Is a white girl
he sold unexpectedly “If you wish to
bny her she may be had cheap”
Malblhn shrugged “We have trouble
enough Kovudoo” he said “without
burdening ourselves with an old
broken down she hyena and as for
paying for one” — Malblhn snapped Ms
fingers
“She Is young” sold Kovudoo “and
good looking”
The Swedes laughed “There are no
good looking white women In the Jun-
“la She Not Both Young and Good
Looking?" Asked Kovudoo
gle Kovudoo” said Jenssen “You
should be ashamed to try to make fun
of old friends”
Kovudoo sprung to his feet “Come"
be suld “I will show you"
Malblhn and Jenssen rose to follow
him and as they did so their eyes met
and Mulblhn slowly dropped one of
bis Ibis In a sly wink Together they
followed Kovudoo toward his hut In
the dim Interior they discerned the
figure of a woman lying bonnd upon
u sleeping mat
Malblhn took a single glance and
turned away “She must be a thou-
sand years old Kovudoo” he said as
lie left the hut
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
“She Is young I” cried the savage
"It Is dark In here You cannot see
WnIL I will have her brought out la
the sunlight” And be commanded th
two warriors who watched the girl to
cut the bonds from her ankles and
lead her forth for Inspection
Malblhn and Jenssen evinced no
eagerness though both were fairly
bursting with It not to see the glr
but to obtain possession of her The?
cared not If she had the face of a mu?-
moset or the figure of pot bellied Ko-
vudoo himself All that they wishtd
to know was that she was the gll
who had been stolen from the sheik
several years before They thought
that they would recognize her for such
If she were Indeed the same But even
so the testimony of the runner Kovu
doo had sent to the sheik was such as
to assure them that the girl was ths
one they bnd once before attempted
to abduct
As Merlem was brought forth from
the darkness of the hut's Interior the
two men turned with every appear-
ance of disinterestedness to glance at
her It was with difficulty that Mal-
bihn suppressed an ejaculation of as-
tonishment The girl’s beauty fairly
took his breath from him But In-
stantly he recovered his poise and
turned to Kovudoo
“Well?" he said to the old chief
“Is she not both young and gooQ
looking?” asked Kovudoo
“She is not old” replied Malblhn
But even so she will be a burded
We did not come from the north after
wives There are more than enough
there for us”
Merlem stood looking straight at the
white men She expected nothing from
them — they were to her as much ene-
mies as the black men She bated and
feared them all Malblhn spoke to her
In Arabic
“We are friends” he said “Would
you like to have us take you away
from here?”
Slowly and dimly ns though from a
great distance recollection of the once
familiar tongue returned to her
“I should like to go free” she said
“and go back to Korak”
“You would like - to go with us?"
persisted Malblhn
"No" snld Merlem
Malbllm turned to Kovudoo “She
does not wish to go with us” he said
“You are men” returned the black-
“Can you not take her by force?"
“It would only add to our troubles”
replied the Swede “No Kovudoo wo
do not wish her though if you wish
to be rid of her we will take her away
because of our friendship for you”
Now Kovudoo knew that be had
mude a sale They wanted her So he
commenced to bargain and In the end
the person of Merlem passed from the
possession of the black chieftain Into
that of the two Swedes In considera-
tion of six yards of Amerlkan three
empty brass cartridge shells and a
shiny new Jackknife from New Jersey
And all but Merlem were more than
plensed with tho bargain
Mulblhn was indeed thus to chance
Jeopardizing a fortune!
Kovudoo stipulated but a single con- j Further away from camp than Jena-
ditlon and thnt was thut the Euro-1 sen and upon the opposite side an-
peons were to leave his village and — - — -
take the girl with them as early the
next morning as they could get start-
ed After the sule he did not hesitate
to explain his reasons for this demand
He told them of strenuous attempts
of the girl’s savage mate to rescue her
and suggested that the sooner they got
her out of the country the more likely
they were to retain possession of her
Merlem was again bouud and placed
under guard but this time la the teat
of the Swedes Mulblhn talked to her
trying to persuade her to accompnny
them willingly He told her that they
would return her to her own village
but wheu he discovered that she would
rather die than go back to the old
sheik be assured her that they would
not tuke her there — nor as a ftutter
of fact had they any Intention of so
doing
All that night Merlem luy listening
for a slgnul from Korak All about
the Jungle life moved through the
darkness To her sensitive ears came
sounds that the others In the cump
could not hear sounds that she Inter-
preted as we might Interpret the
speech of a friend but not once came
a single note that betokened the pres-
ence of Koruk But she knew that be
would come Nothing short of death
Itself could prevent her Koruk from
returning to her
Whut delayed him though?
When morning came again and the
night hnd brought no succoring Korak
Merlem's fulth uud loyalty were still
unshaken though misgivings begun to
assail her as to the safety of her
friend It seemed unbelievable that
serious mishap could have overtaken
her wonderful Korak who dully passed
unscathed through all the terrors of
the Jungle let morning came the
morning meal was eaten the camp
broken and the disreputable safurl of
the Swedes was aguln on the move
northward with still no sign of the
rescue by Korak the girl momentarily
expected
AH that day they marched and the
next and the next Nor did Korak
even so much us show himself to the
patient little waiter moving silent and
stately beside her hard captors
It was on the fourth day that Mer-
lem began definitely to give up hope
But at the Flash of the Explosion He
Stopped
Something bad happened to Korak
She knew It He would never come
now and these men would take her
away Presently they would kill her
She would never see her Korak again
On this day the Swedes rested for
they had marched rapidly and their
men were tired Malblhn and Jenssen
had gone from camp to bunt taking
different directions
They hud been gone about an hour
when the door of Meriem's tost was
lifted and Malblhn entered His look
portended no good to the glrL
Oat In the Jungle Jenssen bad
brought down two bucks Uls hunting
had not carried him far afield nor
was he prone to permit It to do so He
was suspicious of Malbihn The very
fact that his companion had refused to
accompany him and elected Instead to
bunt alone In nnother direction would
not under ordinary circumstances
have seemed fraught with sinister sug-
gestion but Jenssen knew Malblhn
well and so having secured meat be
turned Immediately back toward camp
While his boys brought In his kllL
He had covered about half the re-
turn Journey when a scream came
faintly to his ears from the direction
of camp He halted to listen It was
repeated twice Then silence
With a muttered curse Jenssen
broke into a rapid run What a fool
other beard Merlem’s screams — a
stranger who was not even aware of
the proximity of white men other than
himself a hunter with a handful of
sleek black warriors
He too listened Intently for a mo-
ment That the voice was that of a
woman In distress he could not doubt
and so he also hastened at a run In
the direction of the affrighted voice
hut he was much further away than
Jenssen so that the latter reached the
tent first
Whut the Swede found there roused
no pity within his calloused heart only
anger ognlnst his feilow scoundrel
Merlem was fighting off her attaeker
Malblbu was showering blows npun
her
Jenssen streaming foul curses upon
his erstwhile friend burst Into the
tent Malblhn Interrupted dropped
his victim and turned to meet Jens-
sen ' Infuriated charge
He whipped a revolver from his hip
Jenssen anticipating the lightning
move of the other's band drew almost
simultaneously and both men fired at
once
Jenssen was still moving toward
Mulblhn at the time hut at the flash
of the explosion he stopped Ills re-
volver dropped from nerveless fingers
For a moment be staggered drunkenly
Deliberately Mulblhn put two more
bullets Into bis friend's body at close
range
Even In the midst of the excitement
and her terror Merlem fotmd herself
wondering at the tenacity of life
whlch the hit man displayed His
eyes were closed his bead dropped
forward upon hie breast hts hands
hung limply before him Yet still be
stood there iiixm his feet though be
reeled horribly
It was not until the third bullet bad
found Its mark within his body that
he lunged forward upon his face Then
Mulblhn approached him and with an
oath kicked Mm viciously Then he
turned once more to Merlem
Bwana rescues Merlem and
takes her home to his wife who
adopts ths girl
(TO Uki CONTINUED)
SACRIFICES OF ARMY DOCTOR
Home Practice and Other Advantages
Relinquished to Serve Country
During tho War
One-fifth of the total number of not patriotism la turning the minds of
physicians In the United States will thousands back to the land The In-
have to enroll for military duty tf this - evitable consequence haa been the rise
war continues for another year ob-j H values of land especially wheat
serves Leslie's Weekly AU but a land
small percentage of them must enroll The Calgary Herald commenting on
volnntarlly All but a small percent- these conditions says:
age of them have families to support "From Inquiries made from leading
and these and others are wholly de- j dealers In farming and ranching prop-
pendent on the Income of the head of ertles and from the Information gath-
the house for this support The ply- ered In other ways It Is known that
slclnn from 35 to 45 years of age the the value of aU land— wheat land
age of greatest usefulness for mlli- mixed farming properties and even
good grazing land — has risen In the
last two years 40 per cent Wfeet
land in some districts have practical-
ly doubled In price One dealer In
farm lands recently sold three sections
for (70 an acre one extra good quar-
ter went as high as (90 and another
brought $100 These are of course'
large prices but that they wlU be
tary service is at that critical period
of his professional and financial de-
velopment that two years of forced ab-
sence Is liable to affect disastrously
his whole career
The change means If there Is no In-
dependent Income sacrificing of In-
surance lapsing of the mortgage
withdrawing of children from school
complete change of method of Uv-
ing and great risk of returning after
the war with a lucrative practice di-
vided among the stay-at-homes A
law has recently been introduced In
the senate by Senator Owen which'
provides an Increased rank for med-
ical officers of the reserve corps that
will In some way meet the financial
burden of the volunteer doctor and
will furnish him a rank equal to the
dignity of his civil position
How to Keep Your Friends
It Is almost Impossible to be genuine-
ly friendly with a person who Insists
on being too close to you on knowing
all your thoughts feelings and affulrs
and on claiming your time and atten-
tion on the excuse of affection alone
The bonds of true friendship must
be easy and its Jemands must be for
something real and vital The woman
who calls on you perpetually because
she has taken a sudden fancy to you la
a blind and selfish egotist In a mild
way Her calls may interrupt your
work and bore you Intensely but If you
are a polite and courteous person you
bear with her until she directs her at-
tention elsewhere She will probably
tell the new friend that you are “very
unresponsive” Some women clutch at
every new acquaintance and then com-
plain that they have 80 few friends
The renson Is that friendship is not
built on trivlalties and whims but by
giving such valuable things aVrtie con-
sideration real Interest and manifest-
ing a decent reserve aa to the other
person’s confidence and nonconfidlnga
— Woman's Home Companion
Press Gang at Church
The cursory examinations whlcb
many recruits allege they received in
the earlier days of the war were far
greater tests of endurance and stam-
ina than the recruit of 50 years age
was wont to receive In those days
If a man could count aU his limbs and
had sufficient teeth to enable him to
crunch the hard army biscuits and salt
beef or bite off the end of a cartridge
before rutting It Into his old Brown
Bess he was certain of being accepted
In earlier times however there was
no pretense at medical examination at
all When Queen Elizabeth resolved
to assist In raising the siege of Calais
In 1500 the lord mayor and aldermen
London received Instructions to
raise a thousand men for this service
and on Easter Sunday they proceeded
several churches with their con-
stables fastened the doors and select-
ed from the congregation the number
of men required Without any medical
examination they were equipped and
sent to Dover — Tit-Bits
Van Eyck Born In 1386
Jan Tan Eyck who Is by some be-
lieved to Jtyve Invented oil painting
wee bora la the year 1SS4
USE IN WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels of
Wheat to the Acre
During the past year there has been
a greater demand for farm lands In
Western Canada than for a number of
years past The demand la for good
j farm lands Improved or nnlmproved
And at an Increase of from ten to flf-
teen dollars an acre more than the
'same lands could be had for a couple
of years ago
The rise In the price of every kind
i of produce grown on these Western
lands In some eases to double and In
others to treble the price prevailing be-
fore 1914 have attracted and are at-
tracting In ever-increasing proportions
the men who are anxious to Invest
their money and apply their energies
In the production of wheat for which
the allied nations are calling with
voices which grow louder and more
anxlons as the months roll on and the
I end of the war still aeems distant
Beef and more especially bacon are
required In ever greater quantities
and the price of all these things has
soared until It la not a question of
what shall we produce but how much
can we produce Even should this
world calamity be brought to a close
In six months from now It will be
yeare before normal pre-war prices
prevail and meantime self-interest If
equaled or even surpassed In the near
future Is beyond question There Is a
feature about this rush to the land
from which the most solid hope can
he drawn for the auccess of the move-
ment The proper tillage of land to
produce large crops In a climate like
ours is now understood and practiced
as It never was In the early days of
the province It would seem too that
with the Increase of land under culti-
vation the seasons are changing
and the rainfall becoming greater and
more regular
“Crops are being harvested especial-
ly In Southern Alberta which would
have seemed impossible to the old-time
farmer with his old-fashioned Ideas
of breaking and seeding And at the
price now set by the government for
wheat and which possibly may be in-
creased daring the coming season the
return to the practical skilled agricult
turtst must necessarily be very large
“What matters (10 or even (20 aa
acre extra on wheat land when a re-
turn aa high as SO bushels and even
more may be taken from every acre
sown? With hogs bringing (20 a hun-
dred pounds: beef on the hoof at (12
and mutton (16 while wool under the
new government arranged system of
handling and sale brings 65 cents a
pound (and these values cannot fall
to any great extent for some years)
the demand for land will contlnne and
values Increase In a corresponding de-
gree “There has never been In the history
of Canada a time so favorable for the
farmer as the present self-interest
the Inspiration of patriotic feeling the
aid freely extended by the govern-
ment who are permitting the import
of certain agricultural implements
free all these tend to stlU further
raise the price of Alberta land” — Ad-
vertisement Taste and Smell
Since the sense organs the taste and
smell buds are sunk In the moist mu-
cous membrane they can only ba
touched by substance somewhat sol-
uble In water and to reach the sense
of smell they must also be volatile ao
as to be diffused In the air Inhaled bj
the nose The “taste” of food Is most-
ly due to the volatile odors of it that
creep up the backstairs Into the olfac
tory chamber
A chemist given an unknown sat
stance would have to make an ele-
mentary analysis and some tedious
tests to determine whether It was aq
aldehyde or an ester whether the car-
bon atoms were singly or doubly
linked and whether It was an opes
chain or closed But let him get
whiff of It and he can give Instantly a
pretty shrewd guess as to these points
The foe will find it hard to make
“victorious peace” for a nation whose
best men are dead
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Crossett, R. E. The Sopar Democrat (Choctaw County, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1918, newspaper, May 30, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1717005/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.