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3 THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1914. PLAYERS TO REPORT TARZAN OF THE APES A WEEK FROM TODAY praii (Q)peiMim PITCH URS AND iUTUlIuRS TO START WORK. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH THE 26th: Manager Lout Cook to Arrive Froni By EDQAR RICE BURROUGHS Mars Hill Saturday Good Ma terial Among KecruKa, Till ' 78 7 Ceeyrlitt. 191 ky dM Fruk Manny Cssjssoy CHAPTER IX. At th Merey of th Jungle, LAYTON turned and rushed back I toward the scene. The sailors ttood In a frightened group, with drawn weapons, peerlnf Into the Jungle. The wounded man writhed and ahrleked upon the around. Clayton, unseen by a nr. picked up the fallen revolver and lapped In aide his shirt; then he Joined the aall era. "Who could It hare been" whisper ed Jane Porter, and the younf man turned to see her standing, wide eyed, beside him "I dare say Tarzan of the apea Is Watching us." be answered. "I won der now who that spear was Intended for? If for Snipes, then our ape friend Is a friend indeed. "By Jove! Where are your father and Mr. Philander? There's some one er something In that jungle, and it's armed, whatever it is. Ho! Professor! Mr. Philander:" young Clayton shout ed. There was no response. "What's to be done, Miss Porter? can't leave you here alone with these rutthroats. You certainly can't t ven ture Into the jung.e with we, yet some one must go in search of your father. He is more than apt at wandering otr aimlessly, regardless of danger or dt rectlon, and Mr. Philander is only a trifle less impractical. I have ltl You ran use a revolver, can't you?" "Yes-why?" "I have one. With it yOu and Es meralda will be comparatively safe in this cabin while I am searching for your father and Mr. Philander. Come, call the woman, and I will hurry on. They can't have gone far.' Jane Porter did as he suggested, and when he saw the door close safely be hind them Clayton turned toward the jungle. Some of the sailors were drawing the spear from their wounded com rade, and as Clayton approached he asked if be could borrow a revolver from one of them while he searched the Jungle for the professor. The rat faced one, finding he was not dead, had regained his composure and with a volley of oaths refused, This man, Snipes, had assumed the role of chief since he bad killed their former leader, and so little time had elapsed that none of his companions had as yet questioned his authority. Clayton's only response was a shrug of the shoulders, but as he left them be picked up the spear which had transfixed Snipes, and thus primitively armed the son of the then Lord Grey stoke strode into the dense Jungle. Every few moments he called aloud the names of the wanderers. The watchers in the cabin by the beach heard the sound of his voice growing ever fainter and fainter, until at last It was swallowed up by the myriad noises of the primeval wood. When Professor Archimedes Q. Por ter and his assistant. Samuel T. Phi lander, after much insistence on the part of the latter, had finally turned their steps toward camp they were as completely lost In the wild and tangled labyrinth of the Jungle as two human beings could be, though they did not know it It was by the merest caprice of for tune that tbey headed toward the west coast of Africa instead of toward Zanzibar, on the opposite side of the dark continent. When in a short time they reached the beach, only to find no camp In sight Philander was positive that they were north of their proper destination, while, as a matter of fact they werej. about 200 yards south of it Mr. Sam uel T. Philander grasped Professor Archimedes Q. Porter firmly by tho arm and hurried the weakly protest - lng old gentleman off in the direction of Cape Town, 1.500 miles to the south. When Jane Porter and Esmeralda found themselves safely behind the cabin door the negress' first thought was to barricade the portal from the Inside. - With this idea in view- she turned to 'search for tpome means of putting It into execution, but her first view of the interior of the cabin brought a shriek of terror to her lips, and, like a frightened child, the huge black ran to bury ber face In her mis tress' shoulders. Jane Porter, turning at the cry, saw the cause of it lying prone upon the door before them (be whitened skele ton of a man. A further glance re vealed a second skeleton opon the bed. "What horrible place are we lnr murmured the awe stricken girl. But there was no panic In her fright At last disengaKlng herself from the frantic clutch of the still shrieking Es meralda. Jane Porter crossed the room to look into the little cradle, knowing what she should see there before ever the tiny skeleton disclosed itself in all Its pitiful and pathetic frailty. What an awful tragedy these mute bones proclaimed: The girl shudder at thowrht of the possibilities that might He before herself and ber friend In this iU fated cabin. Quickly, with an impatient stamp o her foot she endeavored to shake ol the gloomy forebodings, ana turuin, te Esmeralda bade her ceese her wall inf. BtcfpTTsmcraTdarsfop'irthrs'TBlD" nir b crirtL "av are only making Her First View of the Interior Brought a Shriek of Terror. Its Worse, baby," 1 never saw sucn a i Soon the girl found that the door was equipped with a heavy wooden bar upon the inside. After several efforts the combined strength of the two enabled tbem to slip it Into place -the first time in twenty years. ....' .., . ; ; .. After Clayton had plunged into the jungle, the sailors mutineers of the Arrow fell into a discussion of their next step, but on one point all were agreed that tbey should hasten to put off to the anchored Arrow, where they could at least be safe from the spears of their unseen foe. So much had Tarzan seen that day that his head was In a whirl of wonder. But the most wonderful sight of all to him was the face of the beautiful white girl. Here at last was one of his own kind; of that he was positive. And the young man and the two old men, they, too, were much as he bad pic tured his own people to be. He dld not understand anything of the motives behind ail that be bad seen, but somehow Intuitively he liked the yonng man and the two old men, and for the girl be had a strange longing which be scarcely understood. As for the big black woman, she was evidently connected in some way wltt the girl, and so he liked her also, For the sailors, however, and espe cially Snipes, be had developed a great hatred. He knew by their threaten ing gestures and by the expressions upon their evil faces that they were enemies of the others, and so he de cided to watch them very closely. Tarzan wondered why the men had gone Into the Jungle. Never did it occur to him that one could become lost in that maze of undergrowth which to him was as simple as the main street of your own home town, When he saw the sailors row away toward the ship and knew that the girl and her companion were safe In his cabin he decided to follow the young man into the Jungle and learn what his errand might be. He swung off rapidly In the direction taken by Clayton and in a short time heard faintly in the distance the now only occasional calls of the Englishman to his friends. Presently Tarzan came np with the white man, who, almost fagged, was leaning against a tree wiping the per spiration from his forehead. The ape man, biding safe behind a screen of foliage, sat watching this new speci men of his own race intently. At intervals Clayton called aloud, and finally it came to Tarzan that he was searching for the old men. Tarzan was on the point of going off to look for them himself when be caught the yellow glint of a sleek bide moving cautiously through tbe Jungle toward Clayton, It was Sheets, the leopard. He heard the soft bending of grasses and wondered why the young white man was not warned. Could it be he had failed to note the ioud warning? Nev er before had Tarzan known Sheets to be so clumsy. No, the white man did not hear. Sheets was crouching for the spring, and then, shrill and horrible, there rose upon the stillness of the Jungle the awful cry of the challenging ape. ,,nd Sheeta turned, crashing into the underbrush. Clayton came to his feet with s start - His blood ran cold. Never had so fearful a sound smote upon bis ears He was no coward, but If ever man felt the icy fingers of fear -upon his heart Cecil Clayton, eldest soft of Lord Greystoke of England, did that day in the fastness of the African Jungle. Tbe noise of some great body crash lng through the underbrush so clotw beside him and the sound of that blood curdling shriek from above tested Clayton's courage to the limit, but he could not know that It was to thai very voice he owed his life nor that the creature who burled it forth wax bis own cousin the real Lord Grey stoke. The afternoon was drawing to a close, and Clayton, disheartened and discouraged, was In a terrible quan dary as to tbe proper coarse to pursue. whether to keep on in search of Pro fessor Porter, at the almost certain risk of his own desth In the Jungle by night, or to return to tbe cabin, where be might at least serve to protect Jane Porter from the perils which con fronted her on all sides. He disliked to return to camp with out ber father; still more he shrank from tbe thought of leaving ber alone and unprotected TB"lhe"'Dands of the Jnst one week from today tana will know for certain that spring ha arrived for keeps. Up to this time that old ground hog theory has had most of the population bluffed as to whether or not spring la due, but when the finger of time points to March SO, all doubt may be dis pelled by even the most pessimistic for on that day the pitchers and catohera ef the Mountaineers arrive for their initial workouts on the local bail lot Bern proud possessor of prophetlo faculties may arise to a point of order and state that thl is ail boah and that the only true harbingers of spring are the birds twittering in t)e trees or some other poetic- belief of that sort, but to the true dyed-ln-the-wool baseball fan, the first announce ment of the arrival of real spring is the dull thud of the eorehlde binding in the padded mitt, or the sharp crack of the ash against tbe leather sphere, All of these things will, be In tbe air a week hence and some of the more rabid bugs ef the vicinity are already getting their ears cocked to catch the first sound. Great thing's are expected of the local team this year and its first work on the dia mond will be watched with keen in terest. Transportation has been sent all of the players and It is expected that the other members of the local squad will trail into the scenery shortly after the arrival of the fling ens and receivers. Manager Cook is scheduled to ar rive next Saturday afternoon i Jm Mars Hill college, where he has been engaged in directins the training of the baseball team of that Institution, In order to be on hand to greet the first arrivals. When in AshevlHe re cently, the manager stated that he is anxious for the season to open and it In expected that ha will report In tip top shape since he baa been working out dally wlth'the Collegians. Among the recruit pitchers and catcher!! to report next Monday, are many that promise to make a name for themselves in this league and much Is expected of some of them. Asheville Is silently behind Raleigh and Durham since th players at those places have been practicing at least a week, but It is expected that the local aggregation will be In shan- to Jump Into the game with a full head of steam wlien the season opens and make the other teams around the circuit hustle to put anything over on it. Jneers of the Arrow or tbe bun dred unknown dangers of the Jungle. Possibly, too. be thought, before this the professor and Philander had re turned to camp. He started, stum bling back through the thick and mat ted underbrush In tho direction that be thought the cabin lay. To Tarznn's surprise, the young man was beading farther Into the Jungle in the general direction of Mbonga'a village, and the shrewd young ape man was convinced that he was lost The fierce Jungle would make easy prey of this nnproteeted stranger in very short time if he were not guided gnlcMy to the beach, thought Tarr.sn. Yes, there wns Noma, tbe lion, even now stalking the white man a dozen paces io the right. Clayton heard the great body paral leling his course, and now there rose upon, the evening air the great beast's thunderous roar. The man stopped with upraised spear and faced th brush from which issued the awful aound. The shadows were deepening; darkness was coming on. For a moment all was still. Clayton tood rigid with raised spear. Pres ently a faint rustling of the bush be hind him apprised blm of tbe stealthy creeping of .the thing. It was gather ing for a spring when at last he saw it, not twenty feet away- the long, lithe, muscular body and tawny, head of a huge black maned Hon. In agony tbe man watched, fearful to launch bis spear, powerless to fly. He heard a noise in the tree above him. Some new danger, he thought, but be dared not take his eyes from the- yellow green orbs before - htm. There was a sharp twang, like the sound of a broken banjo string, and at the same instant an arrow appeared in the yellow hide of the crouching lion. With a roar of pain and anger tbe beast sprang, but Clayton stumbled to one side, and as be turned again to face the infuriated king of beasts be was appalled at the eight which con fronted him. Almost simultaneously with the lion's turning to renew the at tack a naked giant bad dropped from the tree above squarely on the brute's back. With lightning speed an arm that was corded with layers of iron muscle encircled the huge neck, and the great beast was raised from behind, roaring and pawing tbe air raised as easily as Clayton would have lifted a pet dog. That scene he witnessed in the twi light depths of an African Jungle was burned forever Into the Englishman's brain. . The mm before him was the em bodiment of physical perfection and giant strength, yet it was not on tbh be bad depended in his battle with th great cat, tor, mighty as were his mus cles, they were as nothing by compari son with those possessed by Noma To his agility, to his brain snd tf lirTonjrkenlfi!renrowca,TIiika premacy. (Continued totnernow) In our shoe trade wo have had to enlarge onr Shoe Department, which now occupies the entire Soutk side of the main floor. We have arrauged a special Shoe Department for the children. We have just received the Star Brand ms. Ms Floated Again After Part of Cargo is Thrown Over board by Crew. NORFOLK, Va., Marin 22. During a Minding snowstorm Which begun last might at 10-30 and continued un til noon today, the Austrian (steam ship CMocorwla was discovered ashore two miles southeast Of Bmdth's Inland Ufa saving station by the keeper and crew, Captain IJAtchena and hi crew left the tati'on for the stranded steamship immediately after h was discovered. The steams-hip :' wa foumnfi In root a particular Oangorous position. After trying for twa hours to float the steamship it waa found necessary to unload part of her cargo and 80 tons was thrown overboard. Her cargo cfomi sting of ttobaoao, ell end railroad teL The Gioc'onda is from New Orleans bourad for Ant werp, Belgium, via Newport News, where she took on a supply of bun- Doer aonX, capacity of the steanushrp Is six thousand Dour hundred tons. Her arew la composed of Captn.ln Anton flab. Bind thirty -ix mw. The steam ehip was floated at 3 o'clook this af ternoon. The revemiie, cutter Onon daga assisted In cleanm; the stesCmer. She rwaahed there within three hours after the report. CAIUIAN2A RE-APFEARH, CABAS GRANDEa, Chlhuehna, Mexioo, March 1J. General Car- ranaa, who pluined into the dry plains of the north a week ago, re appeared today at the head of his troops, The aged revolutionist was In splendid health and spirits. He was greeted errtliUKlastically and the day wag marked by a review of troops, concerts and dances. Tomor row Oneral Carrsnsa expect to re aume the mar on to Juares and to wipe out any bandits or detachments of filibusters he may encounter. NEW 1AILV PLANNED. OOhUJtBCfl, Ohio, March 22. Publication of a new dally newspa per by the Anti-Saloon league at Washington, to start n the first day oif the next congressional session was announced here by national oftloers of the league. rW3TOHT3R VISITS CAPITA! M TOC ICO ClTT, March 22. Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander of the American naval forces In Mexican waters, accompanied tyy his wife, and daughter, Is visiting tlie capital. The admiral Is here In an unofficial ca pacity. The Fart Wayne team of the Cen tral leairue in to opon the season at home this 'year for the first ttme In the doseu years it has been hj th circuit. MORPHINE Liquor and Tobacco Addiction Corel Wlfliln Ten Days by Onr New Pains Method. Only Banltarlom In the World Glring Unconditional Gaarantce. Our guarante mean something. Not one dollar need be paid until a satisfactory cure has heen effected. We control completely the usual with drawal fymptoms. No xtrem fisrv ounness, aching of limbs, or loss of sleep. Patients unable to visit sani tarium can be treated privately at home. References: Union Bank and Trust Co., the American National Bank, or any citizen of Lebanon. mi Wrtlt for Fse Doeklet Nev a, Address OT3CBERXAXD SANrTARItK r, i. Bander, Mgr., Lebanon, Tcnn. 0W1G TO THE INCREASE Shoes Are Leather, fie Badset: Store SIX GARS DERAILED AT HENDERSONVILLE (fix cars of fiouttirrn railway ft -eight tialn No, IT 2 tumbled Into a ditch near llendersonville last night about 11 o'clock and held up trafft? nn that division for several hours. The oars were in the fliwt sedtlon of No. 171 which wins bound east. Although thi oars were sported to be badly maahed no cm wa reported hurt In the aool ifient, ftareral freight train ware sldghtly delayed thnmitgh the bknok in traffic but the announcement la made that all passenger (raltm will err!v on tlinx. It Is thought that a defec tive iraai caused the aortdont. A CORRECTION, Tn the double-page edverilsrient of tbe Racket Store In yeaterday'a pa per under the heading "Sheet an4 Pillow Case" th flrrt line read! Bed aheets, 50cs value, spring sale, lie Tht line should have read: Bed Bheets, 0 value, spring sale, tso, CliSm n CAPTAINS NAMED. Captain of the class B baseball league, appointed Saturday by - the management & the X. M. C, A. win hold a imeeitlng at the office of the physical director this aifternoon at 4 o'clock to lot their players. The oaptabMi namod are a folohnri B. ftmlth, J. Ranuwr, 10, Wllhamson and M. Mjfunetta. - BITTMORK 1, BARN A HDKVI LLI3 0, Rlltmor high aohool bruMTia.ll team defeated that of Bamardvllle high chotfl on tii ground of trh former Saturday afternoon by t(he scor of 1 to 0. Th gam was olox and x citing throughout and was featured by the horo run of Bruce Ilpe In the first Inning. This proved to be the winning boots since neither 1d was able to oroos the platter after that, The game was attended by a large crowd of epectatom who attended the country track meet. Batteries for th gam wwr IJp and Roberta tor Bllt more and Garrlaom and Burner for Barnardeville. BORN, A SON. Born, to Mr. and Mm. J. M. Ace, a on, John Manihall Acee, Jr. MJEBJITNG TODAT Th Toung tad!!-' Missionary so olety of tii Flint Prelyt-ian ohuroh will meet this aftgrnoon at 4 o'okx k at the home of Mra Kolsom, lit .um berland avwmi. , BOARD MKWPS. 'The Woman's Board of .'lty Mia elons will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Cenira! MethJodlnt cSitiroh, HJ5AVY OATTIjE. Two of the largest bf cattl sold on the iooal market recently wsrs thos uld by 3. U Ahwtorth to A. R. Joinm Saturday. Th pair of cattl touched the sna at l,ttt fknurS. Th cattle wr a cross ts twnen the Aberdeen Angus and ths Iievon. "MODKRN HFatO." - .... 1 "Tlie Modern Hero" wa th subject iof th addre of Zeb V. Curtis, who spVk to th mem of th boyf Br!b1e class of the T. M. C. A. yester day afternoon. Mr, Curtis was heard by an umually large audience an the young men of the association gav Mm thoir umdSvlded attientioa Ke made a etrong address telling th boy of tbow charaotrriatloa wil?li ewntrfbut to th makW ef a modern iini'u." 11 1 1 111 . 1 ' " Mr. Cnrttn Is a faatotite among th bo of (h aociatlon and tils ad- dreaees or largely attended, newest stylos for Easter, includiug White Canvas Pumps, White Buck Pump?, Doll "Bay Strap Pumps, Tans and Blacks, in all tho newest styles, making the greatest as sortment ever shown. Star Brand Shoes 1U LEAVES FOR SOUTH TO DIRECT ATTACK (Continued from rage Dna) UeveA to lhav carried most of their wkunded Into tht nlty a only three were found. The rebel loss wa vir tually not mentioned.' . . Otltc Troop. " ' On th haul of th cavalry came Mir troop and Osnaral BenavMec, with a superior foro wa sent toy rati against Tlabiuallm, a town north east wtf Bwmajlllo. M great Irrigation near Borvne JUlo, BenavM earn upon 4 federal force wtotoh h ewtlmated ' to number 400, An how' engagement unM4, a a result of Whtah th rbl notn- si uuider reported to denaral YUkt th rout of the anamy, 1 saving ninety dead m th flk?t Hi own low hi reported a 3ire killed and wounded. ltd foro of gorsmmemt troop earn to hav bn far In ad vane of any support, ana th town of Tlaiiua 111 o wa coupled by rbl wtthieut reslstanc. MiOawwhtl Oeneral Hen-era, oo Olipted Santa Clam arid sent a force to bridge the ditch Where Benswid had vanquished opposition. Mu wlill another fore of rebels unftet General Urblno had been Braving- on Maptmt, n of the moot Urvporlant oittos In th Torraon distrlot and oo upled it without a fight. tJrblno wa rloctd ill today but hi trmtp w mid to be mortng south under Colonel Borunda, Other rebel ol-umn, Who prod, tton cannot to given with eaotltude, were nndrtutod to be drawing clooer to th Invested ctty from the swith and southweM. KXTKRMI ATM GARKISON, EAX1I.I-M PAHH, Tx,, March 22. Mextoan federal trooiw which evral flay ajro vacuat?i La Vacaa, oppo. sit Dei Rio, Tf, returned todaj and re-cceued th villag after ex terminating th oontturMonaltot 7ar rlson of lbwteen men and ither kill ing or taking prMonera th lhaUf a dosen civilian wlio moved tnlo the town When Mi refati took poeswsrtos of IS. Th bodies of tiln of th men killed were hand tfetm trees on th bank of th Rio Grande, In plain viw of resident on th Amertian side if the rtver. 11 today aeveral ljundrefl cntt--tutionaMsts wor reipirted nwivlni si Urn Vacaa and a battle i xpcted ttomarrow. Th trngth of th fed eral fore now at 1-aa Vsoa is not known. . The atta'k tdT was a complete bt4 that HEADACHE M V't3!)ll!p;hl!fi ftti ''i1liii ; sjj - .',f t - i s TENNIS, CROQUET, FISHING TACKLED, BASEBALL GOLF and HAMMOCKS. All kind of Indoor and out Scor Game. A very large Ka of (Sporting Oood and Toys. Thousand of article too nmmero t menAton. BLOMBERG'S Sporting Goods "arid ToyStore7l7 PATTON "AVE. Are Better s-fJain FRIDAY EVE, MARCH 27 OSOAJt F. I PODGE, presents Amertra'g lending minstrel - comedian, NEEL 0T3E2I and bis great ' American MINSTRELS The largest and highest sal. artivl minstrel organUatton la entsteiKie. Elvrrything new this season, Price ROo to II. SO. TiTt eta at Allison's, . . urpri,, and coming just at-- dawn found th little awttlemsnt totally un prepared for defon, Thre days a pro th federal moved to Ban Carlos, a mile inland on approach of a body of rbl, whi4i oooupied Iaui Vaua an I nONOB ROLIi. Folloning is the roll of honor (J the StutA Hill chol; Tenth grad, Alex Crowe 1 1 and JosepWn Owenby; hibw gji WMl'i VI.tB-J JWiM IH7IUvf WtT V " ! emiJi grade, Karah Crowell, CIti Owenby, Wayne, Melhn, Dewey Rar, Fotoom Fat and 1-annt Brown; iKth grade, Lewi Ileyj flfth gmd Ueorg Atktn and Paul Bdwarch, .fourth grade, Rom To. ; TWO AUIUCSTED. j CAUIOUN, Oa., March 22. Mrs Elisabeth Btarnes and Mrs. Charle Chapman wre placed In )aU her. today on suspicion of being intpllrsi . ed In the shooting and killing of Bid ney Chapman at tits home near her yesterday, Mr, fttarnes I a slsti of th dead man. Mrs. Chapman I. Mrs. atarne' daughter. i Th coroner today returned a ver dict that Chapman met hi death a the "hands of unknown person. i DAHLttN SCRPRISia). AUOUBTA Oa.. March 2. V7H llam Dehlen, former manager of th Brooklyn National league team, to night was presented with a solid sll ver aervlc at a surprise banqn' glvn him by th member of th Hroraldvn team, who mmrvA undnr ni leatiersntp. Jacob Daunert, th presentation speech. , President EIj- betta, of th -club, and Manager Robinson attended. ' HIM
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