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THE TALOGA TIMES
MOTHER!
"California Syrup of Ftgar*
Child's Best Laxative
Tarzan and The Jewels of Opar
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Eagles of the stats will hold their
annual convention at IS Reno Kay 11
and 19.
Guthrie la to have a modem, three-
story Elks' dab houie. The handing
will cost $100,000 and will be ssm*-
uublte.
Author t "TARZAN OP THE APES," "SON OP TARZAN
CoprHsht. mi, A. C. IteOm ft Ca
m
to him th«v whi but piiitty pebbles
■uiu.ijIj. mains In the Jungle after killing bl« captain In a fit of brooding
wJS2?u£j3S£l Belgian officer, I. captured br Jg.
Anhdave raider who spares hla life and propoeee to him a schemeto kidnap
^fa%f ^ n <l!ort Oreyrtoke) and sell her Into slavery Warper ac-
• pL„V„ Julia Frecoult, French traveler, Werper la hospitably re-
ioid"^
JEU&d VS2 1phunger-maddened Hon.
CHAPTER V.
The Arab Raid.
After their first terror bad subsided
subsequent to the shock of the earth-
- Quake, Basuli and hla warriors hast-
ened back into the passageway in
search of Tarzan and two of their own
number who were also missing.
They found the way blocked by
Jammed and distorted rock. For two
days they labored to tear a way
through to their Imprisoned friends;
hot when, after Herculean efforts, they
had unearthed but a few r*rds of the
choked passage, and dladsyered the
mangled remains of one of thriMel-
Iowa they were forced to the conclu-
sion that Tarxan and the aecond We-
atrlValso lay dead beneath the rock
— farther in, beyond human aid,
and no longer susceptible of It.
Ikcy gave up the search. Tearfully
they cast a last look at the shattered
tomb of their master, shouldered the
heavy harden of gold that would at
- least furnish comfort. If not happiness,
to their bereaved and beloved mis-
tress, and made their mournful way
back across the desolate valley of
Opar, and downward through the for-
ests beyond toward the distant bunga-
low.
And as they marched what sorry
fste waa already drawing upon that
peaceful, happy borne 1
From the north came Achmet Zek,
riding to the summons of his lieuten-
ant's letter. With him came his horde
of renegade Arabs, outlawed maraud-
ers, these, and equally degraded
blacks, garnered from the more de-
based and Ignorant tribes of savage
cannibals through whose countries the
raider passed to and fro with perfect
impunity.
Magambl, the ebon Hercules, who
had shared the dangers and vicissl
hides of his beloved Bwana from Jun
gle island almost to the headwaters of
the Ugambl. was the first to note the
bold approach of the sinister caravan,
He It was whom Tarzan had left in
charge of the warriors who remained
fo guard Lady Greystoke, nor could a
braver or more loyal guardian have
been found In any dime or upon any
soil. A giant In stature, a savage,
fearless warrior, the huge black pos-
sessed also soul and judgment in pro-
portion to his bulk and his ferocity.
The raiders were still a long way
off when the warrior's keen eyes dis-
covered them. He Issued orders rap-
idly. In compliance with them the
men seized upon their weapons and
their shields. Some ran to call in the
workers from the fields and to warn
the tenders of the flocks and herds.
The majority followed Mugambi back
toward the bungalow.
The dust of the raiders was still a
long distance away. Mugambi could
not know positively that it hid an en-
emy; but he had spent a lifetime of
savage life In savage Africa, and he
bad seen parties before come thus un-
heralded. Sometimes they had come
In peace and sometimes they bad come
In war—one could never tell. It was
well to be prepared.
T%e Greystoke bungalow was not
well adapted for defense. No palisade
aurroonded It, for, situated as it was.
In the heart of loyal Wazlrl, Its master
had anticipated no possibility of an
attack in force by any enemy. Heavy
wooden shutters there were to close
the window apertures against hostile
arrow a, and these Mugambi was en-
gaged In lowering when Lady Grey-
stoke appeared upon the veranda.
"Why, Uugambl!" she exclaimed.
"What has happened 1 Why are you
lowering the abutters!"
Mugambi pointed out across the
plain to where a white-robed force of
mounted men was now distinctly vis-
Ible. ,
"Arabs," he explained. "They rome
for no good purpose in the absence of
the Great Bwana."
The raiders had halted a hundred
yards oat upon the plain. Mugambi
" hn(] hastened down to Join his war-
riors. He advanced a few yards be-
fore them and, raising his voice, bailed
Die strangers. Achmet Zek aat
straight in hla saddle before his
kCBCbBtt*
"Arab!" cried Mugambi. "What do
you want beret"
"We come in peace," Achmet Zek
called back.
-Then tarn and go to peace," replied
Magambl. "We do not want yen
. hen. There can he no peace between
Arab and Wazlrl."
Achmet Z*k drew to one olds of his
fterde. apeaklng to his men In a low
\ moment later, without warn-
ing, a ragged volley was poured into
the ranks of the Wazlrl. A couple of
the warriors fell, the others were for
charging the attackers; but Mugambi
was a cautious as well as a brave
leader. He knew the futility of charge
lng mounted men armed with muskets.
He withdrew his force behind the
shrubbery of the garden. Half a dozen
he sent to the bungalow itself with In-
structions to keep their mistress with-
in doors and to protect her with their
lives. /
Adopting the tactics of the desert
fighters from which he had sprung.
Achmet Zek led his followers at a gal-
lop In a long, thin line, describing a
great circle which drew closer and
closer in toward the defenders.
The Wazlrl, Justly famed for their
archery, found no cause to blush for
their performance that day. Time and
again some swarthy horseman threw
hands above hla head and toppled
from his saddle, pierced by a deadly
arrow; but the contest was uneven.
The Arabs outnumbered the Wazlrl;
their bullets penetrated the shrubbery
and found marks that the Arab rifle-
men had not even seen; and then Ach-
met Zek circled Inward a half mile
above the bungalow, tore down a sec-
tion of the fence, and led his marau-
ders within the grounds.
Mugambi saw tbem coming, and,
calling those of his warriors who re-
mained, ran for the bungalow and the
last stand. Upon the veranda Lady
Greystoke stood, rifle in hand. More
than a single raider had accounted to
her steady nerves and cool aim for his
outlawry; more than a single pony
raced, riderless. In the wake of the
charging horde.
Mugambi pushed his mistress back
Into the greater security of the In-
terior, and with his depleted force pre-
pared to make a last stand against the
foe.
On came the Arabs, shouting and
waving their long guns above, their
heyda- Past the veranda they raced,
pouring a deadly fire Into the kneel*
lng Wazlrl who discharged their volley
of arrows from behind their long, oval
shields—shields well adapted, perhaps,
to stop a hostile arrow, or deflect a
spear; but futile, quite, before the
leaden missiles of the riflemen. Mu-
gambi withdrew his force within the
building.
Again and again the Arabs charged,
at last forming a stationary circle
about the little fortress, and outside
the effective range of the defenders'
arrows. From their new position they
Bred at will at the windows. One by
one the Wazlrl fell. Fewer and fewer
stood Jane Clayton surrounded by the
remnant of her devoted guardians. The
floor was covered by the bodies of
those who already had given up their
lives in her defense. In ti e forefront
of her protectors stood the giant Mu-
gambi. The Arabs raised their rifles
to pour in the last volley that would
effectually end all resistance; but Ach-
met Zek roared out a warning order
that stayed their trigger fingers.
"Fire not upon the woman!" be
cried. "Who harms her, dies. Take
the woman olive 1"
The Arabs rushed across the room;
the Wazlrl met them with their heavy
spears. Swords flashed, long-barreled
pistols roared out their sullen death
dooms. Mugambi launched his spear
at the nearest of the enemy with a
force that drove the heavy shaft com-
pletely through the Arab's body, then
he seized a pistol from another, and
grasping it by the barrel brained all
who forced their way too near his
mistress.
Emulating his example the few war-
riors who remained to him fought like
demons; but one by one they fell, un-
til only Mugambi remained to defend
thq, life and honor of the ape-man's
mate.
From across the room Achmet Zek
watched the unequal struggle and
urged on bla minions. In bis hands
was a Jeweled musket. Slowly he
raised It to his shoulder, waiting until
another move should place Mugambi
at his mercy without endangering the
lives of the woman or any of his own
followers.
At last the moment came, and Ach-
met Zek pulled the trigger. Without
a sound the brave Mugambi sank' to
the floor at the feet of Jane Clayton.
An Instant later she was surrounded
and disarmed. Without a word they
dragged her from the bungalow. A
giant negro lifted her to the pommel
of his saddle, and while the raiders
searched the bungalow and outhouses
for plunder he rode with her .beyond
the gates and waited the coming of
his master.
When the raiders assembled after
glutting their fury and their avarice,
and rode away with Jane Clayton to-
ward the north, she saw the smoke
and flames rising far Into the heav-
ens until the winding of the trail into
the thick forests hid the sad view from
her eyes.
As the flames ate their way Into
the living room, reaching out forked
tongues to lick up the bodies of the
dead, one of that gruesome company
whose bloody welterings bad long since
been stilled, proved again. It was a huge
black who rolled over upon his side
and opened blood-shot, suffering e.ves.
Mugambi, whom the Arabs had left
for dead, still lived. The hot flumes
were almost upon him as he raised
himself painfully upon his hands and
knees and crawled slowly toward the
doorway. After what seemed to him
an Interminable time, during which the
flames had become a veritable fiery
furnace at the far side of the room,'
the great black managed to reach the
veranda, roll down the steps and crawl
off Into the cool safety of some near-
by shrubbery.
All night he lay there, alternately
unconscious and painfully sentient;
and In the latter state watching with
savage hatred the lurid flames which
still rose from burning crib and bay
cock. A prowling lion roared close at
hand; but the giant black was un
afraid. There was place for but i
single thought In his savage mind—
revenge I revenge! revenge I
CHAPTER VI.
darkness aa though he were transvers-
als an open plain under the brilliance
of a noonday sun, and suddenly there
happened tbat which had to happen
under the circumstances of bis rash
advance.
He reached the brink of the well,
stepped outward Into space, lunged
forward and shot downward Into the
inky depths below. Still clutching his
spear, he struck the water and sank
beneath ita surface, plumbing the
depths, i
The fall had not Injured him, and
when he rose to the surface he shook
the water from his eyes and found tbat
he could see. Tarzan gazed about him.'
On the level with the surface of th#
water he saw a large opening In the
dank and slimy wall. He swam to It
and drew himself oat upon the wet
floor of a tunnel.
Along this be passed; but now he
went warily, for Tarzan of the Apes
was learning. The unexpected pit bad
Let the Prieslese Gems Filter Through
Hie Fingers.
taught him care in the traversing of
dark passageways—he needed no sec-
ond lesson.
For a long distance thepassape went
straight as an arrow. The foot of a
stairway ended It Up this he made
Jils way. It turned back and forth
many times, leading, at last, Into a
small, circular chamber.
in tha Forefront of Her Protestors
Stood the Slant Mipambi.
were the arrows that replied to the
guns of the raiders, and at last Ach-
met Zek felt etife In ordering an as-
ssalt
Firing as they ran. the bloodthirsty
horde raced for the veranda. A dozen
of tbem fell to the arrows of the de-
fenders; bat the majority reached the
door. Heavy gun butts fell uj^n It.
The crash of splintered wood mingled
with the report of a rifle ss Jsne Clay-
ton fired through the panels upon ihe
relentless fos.
Upon both sides of the door men
MI; bat at last the frail barrier gate
to the vicious asssnlta of the tngd-
dened attackers; It crumpled Inward
and a dossa swarthy murderers lespsd
IBM the IMag reoat At the far end
The Jewel-Room of Opar.
For some time Tarzan lay where be
had fallen upon the floor of the treas-
ure chamber beneath the ruined walls
of Opar. He lay as one dead; but be
was not dead. At length he stirred.
Slowly be rose to a sitting posture—
listening. No sound reached to the
buried depths of bis sepulcher. He
staggered to his feet and groped his
way among the tiers of Ingots. What
was he? Where was he? His bead
ached; but otherwise he felt no 111
effects from the blow that had felled
him. The accident he did not recall
nor did he recall aught of wbat had
led up to It.
He let bis hands grope unfamiilarly
over his limbs, his torso, and his head,
He felt of the quiver at his back, the
knife In bis loin cloth. Something
struggled for recognition within his
bra in. Ah: he had It. There was
something missing. He crawled about
upon the floor, feeling with his hands
for the thing that Instinct warned him
was gone. At last he found It—the
heavy war spear that in past years had
formed so Important a feature of bis
dally life, almost of hi* very existence.
Tarzan was sure that there was an-
other and more lovely world than that
which was confined to the darkness of
the four stone wslls surrounding him.
Be continued bis search and at laat
found the doorway leading Inward be-
neath the city and the temple. This
lie followed, most Incautiously. Be
came to the atone steps leading up-
ward to the higher level. He ascend-
ed tbem and continued onward toward
the well, blundering ea through tha
More than ISO braves took part la
an Osage Indian dance which lasted
for five days at the round house qf the
Indian village, a mile from Pawhuska.
Banks of El Reno will finance a
movement to provide registered Hoi-
steln or Jersey calves to every mem-
ber of boys' calf clubs In Canadian
county.
The voters of consolidated school
district No. 1, Garvis county, voted a
bond issue of $3h,000 to construct a
new school building. The issue car-
ried unanimously.
A farmers' co-operative association
with a capital stock of 1100,000 has
been organized at Eldorado. It la an-
nounced that the organization will op-
erate a grocery store and cotton gin.
The farmers of near Sentinel have
organjzed recently a Farmers' Co-op-
iratlve association and having bought
the local milling and elevator business
are operating under the new organiza-
tion.
City commissioners at Walters sold
an oil and gas lease on part of the
city's 10-acre park for 13,900 with a
contract Jor- the drilling of three
wells. Gas production will be used by
the city.
Bonde for <40,000 for the building of
a city hall and communlty house were
voted at Cordell by 107 to 76. Material
for the building will be obtained from
an abandoned church college which Is
to be torn down.
Citizens of Muskogee have voted by
a majority of 6 to 1 a 14 mill school
levy which will Increaae the pay of
the city teachers by 27 per cent Bonds
to the amount of 1260,000 for Increas-
ing the school system also carried.
N Muskogee has 1175,000 In cash anil
$700,000 worth of Its own bonds, the
report of the retiring city administra-
tion shows. Enough funds will be
on band soon to take up the $275,000
in bonds authorized at the recent eleo-
tion, it is said
Judgment awarding. Linda. Bible,
common law wife of Lewis Blbel, jr.,
deceased, title to 100 acres of valuable
oil land near Bixby was made In dis-
trict court at Tulsa by Judge Owen in
tbe suit of Mulsie Chelekee, mother of
Bible, against the son's estate.
J. W. Morgan, superintendent, of the
Minco public schools ten years, has re-
signed, effective May 14, when schools
will close for summer vacation. Mr.
Morgan was formerly president of the
Grady county teachers' association.
_ , .. . . 1Vl„ „„„ ! He has been appointed superintendent
Curiosity prompted the ape-man to . . .
Investigate his surroundings. Several | of c at J
metal-bound, copper-studded chests j Judge N. B. Maxey, Muskogee attor-
constituted the sole furniture of the ] „ey gjnce the federal court waa estab-
round room. Tarzan let his hands j nshed in 1889, has announced bis can-
run over these. He felt of the copper i ^jdacy for the democratic nomination
studs he pulled upon the hinges and j for the supreme court bench at the
primaries in August. He would suc-
ceed Chief Justice Thomas Owen, who
now represents the Seventh Judicial
district.
News has been received of the death
at the Confederate Veterans' home at
Ardmore, of William H. Davis, for
many years one of the well known cit-
izens of eastern Oklahoma. Born la
1838, Mr. Davis was a son of a pioneer
physicisn, who in the old Cherokee
nstlon in Georgia, married a descend-
ant of the famous Confederate leader.
Accept "California" Syrup of Figs
mly—look for the name California on
tbe package, then ydu sire sure your
•hlld Is having tbe best and most harm-
leu physic for the little stomach, liver
tnd bowels. Children love Its fruity
mate. Full directions on each bottle,
fou most say "California."—Adv.
Playing the Game.
Grace—She saves all letters she re-
ceives from her male friends.
Edythe—For her sentlmentT
Grace—No; she thinks she might
work a breach of promise suit oat
of them.
One never knows bow foolish some
men can act until they break into the
father class.
LIFE WAS K
MISERY TO HER
VbibUMo CompomxL
Carrolltoo."*Ky-— *' I.wt* ed almost
aftfflSSjfe
HWK
work it would brine
my sickness on. I
was weak and iang-
^d, had no energy,
lod liitwtsi winery
to me. • I was under
tha care of a i
months sad
myself
Pinkhams
I had read of Lydla
at last by chance he raised the cover i
of one. |
An exclamation of delight broke |
from his lips at sight of the pretty con-
tents. Gleaming and glistening in the
subdued light of tbe chamber lay a
great tray full of brilliant stones. Tar-
stan, reverted to the primitive by his
accident, had no conception of the
fabulous valao of his find. To him
they were but pretty pebbles. He
plunged his hands In them and let tbe
priceless gems filter through his fin-
gers. He went to others of the chests,
only to find still further stores of pre- j MaJor George Lowrey,
cious stones. Nearly ail were cut, and
from these he gathered a handful and
Johnson county voted $380,000 for •
filled the pouch which dangled at his [ county system of hard-surfaced roada.
side—the uncut stones he tossed back ( The majority for the bonds waa large,
into the chests. Unwittingly, the ape- 2,149 voting for them and only •
n.an had stumbled upon the forgotten against them. It la expected an equal
_ and decided to try!
twelve bottles I found
improved and I took six
I have never had any. mora
trouble in that respect since. I have
done all kinds of work and at prwnt
am an attendant at a Jtate Hospital
■wit am feeling fine. 1 have recom-
mended your Vegetable Cum pound to
dosena of my friends and shall alwaya
recommend it"-Lillian Tbabf, b4
& 6th St, CarroHton, Ky.
If yon have any symptom about whlch
yoa would like to know write to tha
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn.
Mass., for helpful advice given free of
charge.
BETTER
DEAD
Life is a burden when tbe kody
ie racked with pain. Everything
worries and tha victim bocomea
deapondent and downhearted. To
bring back tha aunahine taka
GOLD MEDAL
jewel room of Opar.
Tiring at last of this diversion, Tar-
zan took up his way along the corri-
dor which led upward from the Jewel
room by a steep Incline. The tunnel
amount will be available from the fed-
eral aid fund for road building.
Muakogee needs speeding up, tha
new city officials declare. They are
led him nearer and nearer to the sur- , preparing an ordinance tor passage
face, ending finally In a low-celled j that will raise the speed limit for the
room, lighter than any tbat he had as 1 downtown district from 10 to U miles
yet discovered. I ■" hotlr, except at interaectiona. The
Above him an opening In the celling j same limit of 20 miles an hour would
at the upper end of a flight of con- j remain In the residence district.
Crete steps revealed a brilliant sunlit , T|)> .hortaae of Cleveland 8. Whit-
scene. Tarzan viewed the vine-covered I )qw lorm„ treasurer of Mclntoab
columns In mild wonderment. There , count„ reached $14,462.31, according
wns a tantalizing suggestion alwaya ParkllUMm> ftate examiner and
present In hla mind •hat something 1 who hM f,|ed the aud,t o(
was eluding hlm-that he should know | treasurer's accounts In Eufaula.
many things which he did not know.
His earnest cogitation wos rudely
interrupted by a thunderous roar from
the opening above him. Following the
roar eame the cries and screams of
meu and women. Tarzan grasped hit
spear more firmly and ascended Ihe
steps. A strange sight met his eyes
as be emerged from the semldarkoeM
of the cellar to tbe brilliant .light of
the temple.
"Tarzan! You have corns
back to mtP
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
Where Bows Men Pall.
Moreover, some men give so much
attention to their principles they don't
hsvs time to da real works—Dallas
Kewa.
Whitlow is under bond now
charge of embezzlement. The exact
amount of shortage waa not known
until th eaudtt was finished last week.
McIntosh county will not lose any of
the shortage, since the treasurer's
bond was ample to cover tbe amount
Involved.
The-largest Increase la valuation
recorded for any traction company in
tbe state was charged agalnat the Ok-
lahoma Railway Company by tbe state
board of equalization last week, Frank
Garter, state auditor, aaid. Assess-
ment by the board of the Oklahoma
City company's property was placed at
11,111.511. Laat year tha assessment
wss only $1.(00,000. The Muskogee
Electric Traction Company's llnea
were valued at $100,000 and the Okla-
homa ' I'nkm Hallway Company of
Tulsa at MMT"
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