Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-06-13
.P0LLYOOLY AND THE LUMP
BY Edgar Jepson.
Copyright. 1909. by the Pearson Pub
fishing Company.

began to discuss the question of es.
cape.
If we only had rope. could cas-.
lily get down it to the ground" said
Pollylooly wistfully.
Now. l couldn't" said the Esmer.
aida. It's very odd in a dancer; but
any height. even as short height as
this. makes me giddy. l should lose
the rope and fall. We could make a
rope; I've heard OF people cutting up
sheets and making rope out of them. "
"Oh. let's do it," cried Pollyooly
eagerly.
The Esmeralda felt the muscles of
her arms, lifted her up, weighing her.
and said thoughtfully, Your arms are
strong; and you're very light. / be-
lieve you could 90 it,"
I'm sure | can: do let me try" said
Pollyooly eagerly.
Well, we'll see what kind Of a rope
We can make tomorrow"
The next morning they shortened
the time of dancing, took a sheet from
the bed, tore it into strips and set
about knotting them together. An
hour after lunch, when they had just
begun on the second sheet, a voice
called from the garden. They
dropped the sheet. ran to the window,
and there was the Yellow Peril.
He stood in an attitude expressive
of conscious power, his right hand
thrust into the bosom of his Jacket.
his left hand tweaking his moustache
TO a f1ercer savagery; and his remark
able face appeared even more remark
able than usual from the fact that it
was curiously eontorted by his vigor-
Gus effort TO invest il with an express
sion of mingled power and passion.
The Esmeralda's face flushed and her
eyes flashed at the sight of him:
You cad, You horrid cad" she
cried.
Forthwith the Yellow Peril burst, in
a curiously explosive fashion, into a
storm OF passionate words, waving his
hands and striking his breast But his
English seemed no less remarkable
than his face. for PolIyooly could un.
derstand but a few of the words he
spoke; and she was not sure about
those.
The Esmeralda seemed used to it.
for when he came to the end OF his
short breath, she cried, Marry you?
You have the cheek to talk about my
marrying you, after kidnapping me,
stopping my work, and engaging the
Varolium people in this outrageous
way. You wretched cur, | wouldn't
marry you anyhow; and, after this, I'd
sooner die than marry you! YOU
you-ugly yellow brute"
The Yellow Prince did not seem TO
like these words from the heart. His
yellow cushion cheeks turned a pain
full magenta, and his boot-button eyes
seemed about to part from him, so far
did they start from their sockets.
He burst into a succession of splut-
tering shrieks; and as he shrieked he
danced in very jerky and inelegant
fashion.
Then Rufus came round the corner
of the house. The sound of voices
had suggested food to him; and the
sight of the Yellow Peril seemed to as
sure him that he had found it. He
uttered one blood-curdling growl, barred
his teeth, and sprang at him.
With an astounding howl, the Vel
low Peril leapt into the room beneath
them and crashed the long windows.
too. shivering the top panes. Rufus
stood before them barking hoarsely.
The Esmeralda laughed joyously,
and Pollyooly Joined in her mirth.
Then the Esmeralda went back to the
sheet, leaving Pollyooly TO watch at the
window.
Presently the foreigner who guard
Diego Perez came out, very black
scowl on his yellow face. He called to
the Esmeralda, who went on knotting
sheet strips. He exploded at Polly
dolly, bidding her fetch the Esmeralda
ItEdIutu ldSO
with grave, silent attention. At last
he went away.
The Esmeralda decided that the
coming of the Yellow Peril made 1t i'm
peratiye that Pollyooly should make
her attempt to escape without delay.
1t was useless her escaping into the
woods at night: they would be too ter
rifying, and she might get lost in
them. Early next morning seemed
the most favorable time.
AS soon as the rope was finished
she took f-a-dozen of the telegram
forms she carried in her wrist-bag, ad-
dressed one to the Honorable John
Rufin, one to the Manager OF the Va
rolium, and the rest 20 editors of pa
pers, and filled them up with accounts
of her plight, leaving blank for Pol
lyooly to fill up with the name of the
village when she should have learnt
It. She gave Pollyooly her purse with
a sovereign in it,
Soon after five the Esmeralda awoke
and they dressed. Then she made Pol
lyooly eat some of the chicken and
bread and butter left over from their
supper. Then they pushed the bed to
the window and tied the end OF the
rope firmly TO il.