NORTH PLATTE SEMT-WKEKTjY TRTBtTNTi
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A PRINCESS Edgar Rice Burroughs f
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. Copyright, A. O. McClurg and Company
JOHN IN LOVE.
Synopsis. i'he author tell of hi
acquaintance "with the hero of one
of the mxt remarkable adventures
ever recorded. From a manuscript
left by his friend he has vividly set
out tho s'.raniro happenings which
brought together a brave Virginia
gentleman and a Princes of Mars.
In the Arizona hilts John Carter,
tninlng prospector and ex-Confederate
soldier, fleeing from a war
party of Apaches, takes refuge In
a cave the atmosphere of which
has a remarkable effect on him.
Yielding to his Influence he sinks
Into unconsciousness, his last
thought centered on the glow from
the planet Mars. Awaking, Carter
realizes that he has, In some In
comprehensible manner, been trans
ported to Mars. IIo Is captured by
Tars Tarkas and a party of Mar
tian warriors. He Is conveyed, n
prisoner, to a Martian city. Three
days later a fleet of warships from
the neighboring state of Helium Is
attacked by Carter's captors, the
green Martians. One of the air
ships is captured. Among the pris
oners Is a young woman of a race
dllfferent from the green Martians
and closely resembling the women
of tho earth. Carter ascertains
that the fair prisoner's name Is
Do J ah Thorls, granddaughter of the
jeddak, or ruler, of Helium. Ac
cording to custom she Is doomed
to die by torture. He right for her
and assures her of his sympathy,
John learns the language and be
come a chieftain, though still a
nominal prUoner,
CHAPTER VI.
5
With Dejah Thorls,
As wo readied the open the two fc
inule guards who lind llocn detailed to
watch over Dcjnh Thorls hurried tip
end made as though to axsuine custody
of her once more. The poor child
nhrank against tne nnd I felt her two
little hunds fold tightly over my arm.
Waving the women away, I Informed
them that Sola would attend the cap
tive hereafter. Snrkoja merely gave
tis an ugly look and departed to hatch
op deviltries against us.
I soon found Sola and explained to
Iier that I wished her to guard Dejnh
Thorls as she had guarded me; that I
wished her to find other quarters
where they would not be molested by
Barkojn, and I finally informed her
that I myself would take up my quar
ters among the men.
"You arc a great chieftain now, John
Carter," alio said, "and I must do your
bidding, though indeed I am glad to do
It under any circumstances. The man
whose metal you carry was young, hut
lie was n great warrior, and had by his
promotions and kills won his way close
to the rank of Tars Turkns, who. as
you know. Is second to Lorquas Ptomel
only. You are eleventh, thero are but
ten chieftains In this community who
rank you In prowess."
"And If I should kill Lorquas Pto
met?" I asked,
"You would bo first, John Carter;
hut you may only win that honor by
tho will Of tho entire council that Lor
quas Ptomel meet you In combat, or
should he attack you, you may kill him
In self-defense, and thus win first
place,"
I laughed, and changed the subject.
I had no particular dcslro to kill Lor
quas Ptomel, and less to be a Jed
unions the Tharks.
I accompanied Sola nnd Dejah Thor
ls In a search for new quarters, which
wo found In a building near the audi
ence chamber nnd of far more preten
tious architecture than our former
liabttntlon, We nlso found In this
building real sleeping apartments with
ancient beds of highly wrought metal
winging from enormous gold chulns
depending from tho marble ceilings.
The decoration of the walls was most
elaborate nnd, unlike tho frescoes In
the other buildings I had examined,
portrayed many human figures In the
compositions, These were of people
like myself, nnd of a much lighter col
or than Dejah Thorls. Thoy were clad
In gracoful, (lowing robes, highly orna
mented with metal nnd Jewels, and
their luxuriant hnlr was of a beautiful
golden and reddish bronze. The men
w$ro benrdless and only n few wore
nrms. The scenes depleted for tho
most part a falr-sklnned, falr-halred
people at play,
Dejah Thorls claspdd her hands
with an exclamation of rapture as sho
gated upon these magnificent works of
art, wrought by a people long extinct;
while Sola, on the other hand, appar
ently did not seo them,
We decided to uso this room, on the
occond floor and overlooking tho plnzn,
for Dejah Thorls and Sola, and an
other room adjoining and In the rear
for cooking nnd supplies. I then dis
patched Sola to bring tho bedding and
inich food and utensils as she might
need, telling her that I would guard
Dejah Thorls until her return.
As Sola departed Dejah Thorls
turned to me with n faint smile.
"And to whore, then, would your pris
oner escape should you leavo her, un
less It was to follow you and crave
jrour protection, and ask your purtlon
for the cruel thoughts she has liar
"bored against you these past few
(days?"
"You aro right," I answered, "thero
Its no escape for either of us unless we
P together,"
"I heard your chullengo to the crea
ture you call Tars Tarkas, nnd I think
I understand your position among
these people, hut what I cannot fathom
Is your stutemcnt that you are not of
Barsoom.
"In the name of my first ancestor,
then," she continued, "where may you
ho from? You are like unto my peo
ple, und yet so unlike. You speak my
Innguugc, nnd yet I heard you tell
Tars Tarkas that you had but lenrncd
It recently. All Barsoomlnns speak the
ame tongue from tho Ice-clad south to
the Ice-clad north, though their written
languages differ. Only In the vnlley
Dor, where the river Iss empties Into
the lost sea of Korus, Is there supposed
to lo n different language spoken, und,
except In the legends of our ancestors,
i ft My
"I Looked Down at Her, Her Beautiful
Face Upturned, and Her Wonderful
Eyes Opening Up the Very Depth
of Her Soul."
there Is no record of a BarsoQmlan re
turning up the river Iss, from the
shores of Korus In the vnlley of Dor.
Do not tell mo that you have thus re
turned I They would kill you horribly
anywhere upon tho surface of Barsoom
If that were truo; tell mo It Is not I"
Her little hands, reached up upon
my brenst, wero pressed against me
as though to wring a denial from my
very heart
"I do not know your customs, Dejah
Thorls, but In my own Virginia a gen
tleman does not lie to save himself;
I nm not of Dor; I hnvo never seen
the mysterious Iss; the lost seu of
Korus Is still lost, so far as I nm con
cerned. Do you believe md?"
And then It struck me that I was
very anxious that she should believe
me. I looked down at her; her beauti
ful face upturned, nnd her wonderful
eyes opening up the very depth of her
soul ; and as iny eyes met hers I knew
why, and I shuddered.
A similar wave of feeling seemed
to stir her; she drew uwny from me
with a sigh, and with' her earnest,
beautiful face turned up to mine, she
whispered: "I believe you, John Car
ter; I do not know what a 'gentle
man' Is, nor have I ever heard bofore
of.VIrglnIn ; but on Hnrsoom no man
lies; If he docs not wish to speak tho
truth he Is silent. Where ts this Vir
ginia, your country, John Carter?"
sho asked, nnd It seemed that this
fair nnmo of my fnlr land hud never
bounded moro beautiful than as It
fell from those perfect Hps on that
far gono day.
"I am of another world,' I answered,
"tho great planet Knrth, which re
volves about our common sun and
next within tho orbit of your Hnr
soom, which wo know as Mars. How
I came hero I cannot tell you, for I
do not know ; but here I nm, and since
my presence has permitted mo to
serve Dejah Thorls I am glad that
I am here."
She gazed at tne with troubled eyes,
long nnd questioning))'. I would much
rather not havo told her anything of
my antecedents, but no man could
look Into the depth of those eyes und
refuse her slightest behest.
Finally she smiled, and, rising, said :
"I shall have to believe even though
I cannot understand. But why should
I trouble my poor head with such a
problem, when my henrt tells mo that
I believe because I wish to believe?"
It was good logic, good, earthly,
feminine logic, nnd If It satisfied her
I certainly could pick no (laws In It.
We fell Into a general conversation
then, asking and answering many
questions on each side. Sho was curi
ous to learn of the customs of my
people and displayed a remarkable
knowledge of events on earth. When
I questioned her closely on this seem
ing familiarity with earthly things
she lnughed, and cried out: '
"Why, every schoolboy on, Barsoom
M J- fJ'L k.
knows the geography, and much con
cerning the fauna and flora, as well
as the history of your planet fully as
well as of his own. Can we not see
everything which takes place upon
lull r th, ns you call It; Is It not hang
ing there In the heavens In plain
sight?"
This baffled me, I must confess,
fully as much ns my statements had
confounded her; nnd I told her so.
She then explained In general the In
struments her people had used nnd
been perfecting for nges, which per
mit them to throw upon a screen a
perfect Image of what Is transpiring
upon any planet nnd upon many of
the stars.
"If. then, you are so fnmllinr with
earthly things," I asked, "why Is It
that you do not recognize me as Iden
tical with the Inhabitants pf Hint plan
et?" She smiled again as one might In
bored Indulgence of a questioning
child.
"Because, John Carter," she replied,
"nearly every planet and stur having
atmospheric conditions nt all np
pronchlng these of Barsoom, shows
forms of animal life almost Identical
with you nnd me; nnd, further, Knrth
men, nlmost without exception, cover
their bodies with strange, unsightly
pleccS of cloth, and their bends with
hideous contraptions the purpose of
which we have been unable to con
ceive; while you, when found by the
Thnrklnn warriors, wero entirely tin
disfigured nnd unadorned."
I then narrated the details of my
departure from the Earth, explain
ing that my body there Iny fully
clothed In nil the, to her, strange gar
ments of mundane dwellers. At this
point Sola returned with our meager
belongings nnd her young Martlnn
protege, who, of course, would hnve
to share the quarters with them.
Sola asked us If we had had a vis
Itor during her absence, nnd seemed
much surprised when we answered
In the negative. It seemed that as
sho had mounted the approach to the
upper floors where our quarters were
located, she had met Snrkoja descend
ing. Wc decided Hint she must have
been eavesdropping, but as we could
recall nothing of Importance: that had
passed between us we dismissed the
matter as of little consequence.
Dejuh Thorls nnd I then fell to ex
amining tho architecture nnd decora
tions of the beautiful chambers of the
building wo were occupying. She told
me that these people had presumably
flourished over a hundred thousand
years before. They were the early
progenitors of her race, but hud mixed
with the other great races of early
Martians, who were very dark, almost
black, and. also with tho reddish yel
low race which had flourished ut the
samp time.
These three great divisions of tho
higher Martians had been forced In
to n mighty alliance ns the drying up
of the Martian seas had compelled
them to seek the comparatively few
and always diminishing fertile areas,
and to defend themselves, under new
conditions of life, against tho wild
hordes of green men.
The ancient Martians hud been n
highly cultivated and literary race,
but during the vicissitudes of those
trying centuries of readjustment to
new conditions, not only did their ad
vancement and production cease en
tirely, but practically all their archives,
records, and literature were lost.
Wo had been so engrossed In explor
ntion of the building and In our con
versation that It was late In tho after
noon before we renllzed It. We were
brought back to a realization of our
present conditions by n messenger
bearing n summons from Lorquas
Ptomel directing mo to appear before
him forthwith. Bidding Dejah Thor
ls and Sola farewell, and command
ing Woola to remain on guard, I hast
ened to tho audience chamber, where
I found Lorquas Ptomel and Tars Tar
kas seated upon the rostrum.
As. I entered nnd saluted, Lorquas
Ptomel signaled mo to ndvancc, nnd,
fixing his great, hideous eyes, upon
me, nddressed mo thus:
"You have heeu with us a few days,
yet during that time you hnvo by
your prowess won n high position
among us. Bo that as It may, you nre
not one of us; you owe us no allegi
ance. "Your position Is a pecullnr one,"
he continued; "you nre a prisoner
nnd yet you glvo commnnds which
must ho obeyed ; you aro nn alien and
yet you are a Tharklan chieftain;
you are n midget nnd yet you can kill
a mighty warrior with one blow of
your flst. And now you are reported
to havo been plotting to escape with
another prisoner of another race; a
prisoner who, from her own admission,
half believes you aro returned from
the valley of Dor. Either one of these
accusations, If proved, would bo sufll
clent grounds for your execution, but
wo are a Just people and you shall
have a trial on our return to Thurk.
If Tal IlnJus so commands.
"But," ho continued, In his fierce
guttural tones, "If you run off with
tho red girl It Is I who shall havo to
account to Tnl Ilajus; It Is I who shall
have to faco Tars Tarkas, and elthei
demonstrate my right to command.
or the metnl from my dead carcass
will go to a better man, for such Is
the custom of the Tharks.
"I r.cvo no quarrel with Tars Tar
kas; together we rule supreme the
greatest of the lesser communities
among the green men ; we do not wish
to fight between ourselves; nnd so
If you were dead, John Carter, I should
be glad. Under two conditions only,
however, may you he killed by us with
out orders from Tnl Hnjus ; In person
nl combat In self-defense, should you
nttack one of us, or were you uppre
hended In an nttempt to escape.
"As a matter of Justice I must warn
you that we only await one of these
two excuses for ridding ourselves of
so great a responsibility. The snfe
delivery of the red girl to Tul Ilajus
Is of the greatest Importance. Not
In a thousand years have the Tharks
made such a capture; she Is the grand
daughter of the greatest of red Jed
daks, who Is also our bitterest en
emy. I have spoken. Tho red girl
told us thnt wo were without the
softer sentiments of humanity, but we
nre a Just and truthful race. You tnny
RO."
Turning, I left the audience chnm
her. So this was the beginning of
Snrkoja's persecution 1 I knew that
none other could bo responsible for
this report which had reached the
ears of Lorquas Ptomel so quickly,
and now I recalled those portions of
our conversation which had touched
upon escape and upon my origin.
Sarkojn was at this time Tars Tar
kas oldest and most trusted female.
As such she was a mighty power be
hind the throne, for no warrior hod
the confidence of Lorquas. Ptomel to
such nn extent ns did his ablest lieu
tenant, Tars Tarkas.
However, Instcnd of putting thoughts
of possible escape from my mind, my
audience with Lorquns Ptomel only
served to center my every faculty on
this subject. Now, more thnn before,
the nbsolute necessity for escape, In
so fnr ns Dejah Thorls was concerned,
was Impressed upon me, for I was
convinced that some horrible fate
awaited her at the headqunrters of
Tal Hnjus.
As described by Sola, this monster
was the exaggerated personification
of all the ages of cruelty, ferocity,
and brutality from which ho had de
scended. Cold, cunning, calculating;
ho was, nlso, In marked contrast to
most of his fellows, n slave to that
brute passion which tho waning de
mands for procreation upon their dy
ing planet had almost stilled In the
Martlnn brenst.
As 1 wnndered about the plaza lost
In my gloomy forebodings Tnrs Tar
kas approached me on his way from
the nudlence chamber.
"Where nre your quarters, John Car
ter?" he asked.
"I have selected none," I replied.
"It seemed best that I quartered either
by myself or nmong the other war
riors, und I was awaiting an oppor
tunity to nsk your advice."
"Come with me," he directed, and to
gether wc moved off across the plaza
to a building which I was glad to see
adjoined that occupied by Sola and
her charges.
"My quarters nre on the first floor
of this bulldlpg,' he said, "and the
www
"Dejah Thorls and 1 Then Fell to Ex
aminlng the Architecture and Deco
rations of the Beautiful Chambers
of the Bulldlna We Were Occu
pylnfl." second floor nlso Is fully occupied by
warriors, hut tho third floor and tho
floors above nre vncant; you may take
your choice of these.
"I understand," ho continued, "that
you havo given up your woman to
the red prisoner. Well, If you wish
to glvo your woman to a captivo, It
is your own affair; but as a chieftain
you should have those to serve you,
and In accordance with our customs
you may select any or all the females
from the retinues of tho chieftains
whose metnl you now wear."
I thanked him, but assured him that
I could get along very nicely without
assistance except In the matter of pre
paring food, nnd so ho promised to
send women to me for this purpose
nnd also for the care of my arms and
the manufacture of my ammunition,
which he snld would be necessary.
I finally chose n front room on tho
third floor, because this brought me
nenrer to Dejah Thorls, whose apart
ment was on the second floor of the
adjoining building, and It flashed up
on me that I could rig up some means
of communication whereby she might
slgnnl me In case she needed either
my services or my protection.
My thoughts were cut short by the
advent of several young females bear
ing loads of weapons, silks, furs, Jew
els, cooking utensils, nnd casks of food
und drink. Including considerable loot
from tho nlr craft All this. It seemed,
had been the property of the two
chieftains I had slain, and now, by
the customs of the Tharks, It had be
come mine. At my direction they
placed the stuff In one of the back
rooms, nnd then depnrted, only to re
turn with a second load, which they
advised me constituted tho balance
of my goods.
Finding that I must assume respons
ibility for these creatures, whether
I would or not, I made the best of It
and directed them to find quurters on
the upper floors, leaving the third
floor to me. One of the girls I charged
with the duties of my simple cuisine,
nnd directed the others to take up the
various activities which had formerly
constituted their vocations. There
after I saw little of them, nor did I
cure to.
CHAPTER VII.
Love-Making on Mars.
Following the battle with the air
ships, the community remained within
the city for several days, abandoning
the homeward march until they could
feel reasonably assured that the ships
would not return; for to be caught
on the open plains with a cavalcade
of chariots and children was far from
the dcslro of even so warlike a people
as the green Martians.
During our period of inactivity, Tars
Tarkns had Instructed me In many of
the customs nnd arts of war familiar
to the Tharks, including lessons in
riding nnd guiding the great beasts
which bore the warriors. These crea
tures, which nre known us thouts, are
ns dangerous nnd vicious as their mas
ters, but when once, subdued are suffi
ciently tractable for the purposes of
the green Martians.
Two of these animals had fallen
to me from the warriors whose metal
I wore, and In a short time I could
hnndle them quite as well as the na
tlvo warriors.
My experience with Wpola deter
mined me to nttempt the experiment
of kindness Tn my treutment of my
thonts. First I taught them that they
could not unseat me, and even rapped
them sharply botween the ears to Im
press upon them my authority and
mnstcry. Then, by degrees, I won
their confidence In much the same
manner as I had adopted countless
times with many mundane mounts.
In the course of n few days my
thonts were the wonder of the entire
community. They would follow me
like dogs, rubbing their great snouts
ngnlnst my body In awkward evidence
of affection, nnd respond to my every
command with nn alacrity and docili
ty which caused the Martian wnrrlors
to ascribe to me the possession of
some enrthly power unknown on Mars.
On tho seventh day following the
bnttle with tho air craft wo again
took up the march toward Thark, all
probability of another attack being
deemed remote by Lorquns Ptomel.
During the dnys just preceding out
departure I hnd seen but little of De
jah Thorls, as 1 hud been kept very
busy by Tars Tarkas with my lessons
In the nrt of Martian warfare, as well
as In the training of my thonts. The
few times I had visited her quarters
she had been absent, walking upon
tho streets with Sola, or Investigating
the buildings In the near vicinity of
the plaza.
John fights with Zad.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Specific.
A traveler" who alighted from the
train In a small Southern town was
greeted by a colored porter, who
shouted at him: "Palace hotel, boss,"
and grabbed the traveler's baggage,
and the latter said: "Walt a minute,
llastus. Is this hotel American or
Kuropean?" And llastus replied: "I
dunno, boss, but I think thcy's Irish."
San Francisco Chronicle.
Tho republic of Hnltl covers nn area
about cqunl to that of the state of
Massachusetts.
DAIRY
POINTS
BULL ASSOCIATIONS GAINING
In Count-Up for Last Fiscal Year an
Increase of 57 Per Cent Is Noted
More In South.
In the count-up of bull associations
for the last fiscal year made by the
dairy division of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, associations
nre found all over tho country. There
nre now 123, where thero were only
78 the year before. This Is an In
crease of 57 per cent Thirty of the
48 states In the union are on tho list.
Associations are not equally numer
ous In nil states, however, for four
Alnbama. Pennsylvania, Mississippi
A Bull Should Be Selected to Improve
the Dairy Qualities of the Herd He
Is to Head.
and South Carolina furnish nearly
half, of the total. Tho number of as
sociations found In each of these four
states Is as follows: Alabama, 7:
Pennsylvania, 21 ; Mississippi, 11 ; and
South Carolina, 17. Three of these
lending states are In the cotton belt.
Dairying is comparatively new In that
part of the country, and the men go
ing Into the business nre building on
tho right foundations from the start.
One of the Important foundations of
effective and lucrative dairying Is co
operation, nnd the extension work
cnrrled on by the dairy division and
by the vnrlous state agricultural col
leges has been the means of Introduc
ing efficient methods nt the outset
wherever dairying Is taken up In tho
South.
Pennsylvania Is an old-established
dairy state, but has taken to the hull
nssoclatlon Idea in a remarkable man
ner, nnd has In fact tho largest num
ber of nil.
MOLASSES FOR DAIRY STOCK
Especially Valuable Where Cows Are
Not Permitted to Exercise
Replaces Green Feed. .
One of the helps of tho livestock
feeder which Is being used more gen
erally every day Is the crude, or low
grade, molasses from a sugar mill.
The value of the feed has been found
to be not only In the actual- nutrition
content, ns Indicated by tho analysis,
but because of Its quality not exacts
ly succulcncy, but nkln to that which
makes It an 'appetizer. Especially Is
It valuable where the cows are not'
permitted to run on pasture or where
they are not permitted to exercise.
The molasses nets both as a digester
and tonic nnd tnkes the place of green
feed which tends to keep the cows
healthy and Increases all their normal
functions, such as the mltk producing
powers. Then, too, dairy cows which
are confined In smnll nrens often lose
their appetites, nnd when they do mlllc
production nnturally drops off. By
adding n little molasses to the ration
they will regain their nppetltes and be
sides cnt more than they did without
the molasses, which of course in
creases their milk production.
LIBERAL FEEDING URGED
Dairy extenslonlsts nnd au
thorities at University farm. St.
Paul, Minn., nre agreed that a
policy of liberal feeding with
dairy cattle Is profitable nnd
should be pursued wherever clr
cumstnnces make It possible.
The Importance of ndequntc
feeding has been shown time
nnd time again. In one In
stance which mny now be cited,
feeding costs were Increased In
n yenr from $53 per cow to $83,
but tho Income from each cow
Incrensed from $129 to $218 In
the same Interim, so that for
nn extra expenditure of $30
profits were Increased $89 per
cow.
WINTER ATTENTION TO MILK
Unusual Care Should Be Exercised In
Washing All Tin Utensils
Used In Dairy,
Tho winter caro of milk calls for tin-
usual care In washing 'all tin things
used. In summer it' Is easier to keep
clean; we have the sunshine to help
tho world's greutest purifier. So much
the moro reason why, we should place
extra stress on using hot water and
soap, with good pure cold water for
rinsing.
HAVE GOOD PUREBREDS ONLY
Pedigrees Don't Amount to Much Un
less Daughters Are Better Than
Their Dams.
No stock-raiser should bo satisfied
until he has the services of purebred
sires for his farm ; not merely a pure
bred, but a productive purebred. Ped
igrees don't nmount to nnythlng unless
a sire can produce daughters better
than their dams.