The evening world., 1914-12-05
|MRs. HOWARD GouLDs'
The Crystal Rood
will Be- Next Weeks Complete Novel IL The Evening WmI1


tion touched his lips. The scar uDeo
his forehead that had burned scsfee4
faded to the normal hue Of his tanned
skin and disappeared.
Pu&oR fought furiousiy but futSlsoy
against the growing. rending faeo
that had overtaken him. For all ~
countless crimes he was puntshe1 -
death that ciaipned him ct the laee
All that night Sheeta, the paaSnons
crouched upon the srisly thing ~
had been Nlkolas Rokoff. The 49,
OF the kincaid was slippery wteD
blood. Beneath the brilliant tropo0
moon the great beast toasted u1to
when the sun rose tho followinD
morning. there remained Of TarsauH
great enemy only dozen gnawo1
and broken bones. *,
or the Russians party. AL wsee -
counted for except Paulvitch. 1Oup
were prisoners In the kincaid's Tore
castle. The rest were dead. "
With these men Tarsan eot -
steam upon the vessel. and with IL
knowledge OF the mate, Who haD-
HSned to be one Of those survtviI4,
heNet out In quest Of Jungle lslanG
Upon the deck OF the steamer IT,
pacA\wandered without let or Nh.
dran& They had soon leaSno1
through TARTAN and Mugambl thax I
they mAst harm no one upon u
TarzanN Joy had been unbouaSsA
when he lArned from his wife IT,
the little cANd whs had died IN -
village OF M4xnwaxam was not 49,
son. Who thA\baby could have 49,
or what had beSQme OF their own tneV
could not imagine. and a. both -.
koft and PnulvilAh were gona, 49,
was no way of dAcovorinR.
Of relief In the knAwiedss that ~
might yet hope. UNI positive psoGl
Of the baby's death reached g.
there was Away. TIM to buoy thsa
/, seemed au,A .vM.u, tia. -
kttle Jack had not Vpeen brou9S1
aboard the Kincaid. AANerssen wcu6
hAve known Of It had NSch been -
coAc. but he had asuurAb Jeno tii1S
and time again that the Vttie ono - I.
had\brought to her cabin We niGSt ~
aideV her to escape was de only -
that had been aboard tAe KineS13
'i9 WsIa isy At Dover: IN. -
and tie apes Of Akat. nm ~ ~
them lahore % pursue tkoVHiiH ~
natural life they loved @ Ven: ~
dId they lose . moments tiIS @ ~.
sppearihg into IL cool 6oesS3 q o.
beloved 1unSis.
That hey knew that rarslh w. =.
leave them may b doubtodF 49,
possibly vn The case Of the m4&e ~.
others remained upon he 81 - ~
small b4at drew away toV3r1 ~
steamer. lcarryins his ssvass Xr1 ~
And ~ long - their eyu osuaA
span the distance. Jane ana IfhFn0S'
standingI upon the stsamer'dI69f1GS.
saw the lonely figure Of thelIsSaGS
Snthropqd motionless upon ~ -
oenten sfnds OF jungle fsiAnlI
Kincaid fell In With n. n. ~
war Shfewater. through Wh3o vlrSs
less Lo1i 0reystoke soon soJlin coS.
muntca1ion with London. HuS -
learned that which tllisd hn8 ma ~
wires heart with Joy snd tNsniS.
Gvinsi Little Jack was sa3 81 -
oreystbks's town house. II
II was not until they rsd1hed r.,
a tSs Pat lat they learned thdl dSsaiio 6
stances that had pressrvsH the iSsSSS1
unh armed. III
ydevelopsd that Rokok s..,,.. =.
daf. had hidden II in a ~ dsn 49,
ntmeless infants wereI IhsrboreS. r..
tending to carry It " ths StS:ss
tfter dark. II
His confederate anH chief iis,As..
ant. Pauivitch. tryH to the ~
yea Sedrs or teaching oHhi. Willy masSSS
cd his superior. Xnd. iured By ~
thoughts Of thN immense r:ns1
mat he might Win by returninS ~
child unharmeH had divuiSS1
secret Of It's ps6entase to the ve~SS
, VINO msintain2d . foundiing aW6A
Ihrough her had arranged for t.
substitution ~ another infant. INV.
, ing taii VEL that never until Il ~
trek thaNhad been played upon ~.
The w6dnan had promised 10 ~
me CHI until Paulvitch returnel r.
FnglaHd: but she. In turn, had -
tempId 10 betray her trust BY ~
lurWof gold. and so had opened -.
gXntlons with Lord Grsystoke's -.
Mtors for the return OF the. child.
the old negro nuyso
/whose absence on a vacation m
America ut the time OF the abduct,eo
or little Jack had bean attributed ~
her as the cause Of the calamity. NJ
Infant.
The ransom had been paid. A.
within ten days OF the date Of ~
kidnapping the future Lord GrsystoH0.
none the worse for his exr criSnoH
home.
And so the last and Rreatssf -
Nikolas Roko~'s many rascalitiss ~
not only miserabiy mslcarricd throusS
me treachegy he had taught hlI an
friend, but II had resulted IN ~
arch Villains death and given TO ISr1
and Lady Greystoke q peace OF MINI
that neither could ever have felt -
long as the vital spark remained IN
the body of the Russian and M
malign mind was free to formulSis
new atrocities against them. q
IL Was happy family party TAI
were reunited In Greystoke Hon.
the day that Lord Greystoke and ~
lady landed upon English soil 1ro0
the deck OF tho Shorewate -.
Accompanying them were N.
gambi and the Mnsula woman w.
he had found IN the bottom a ~
canoe that Wrht upon the bank a
The little tributary Of me USamNl.
The woman had preferred 10 cRuR
to her now lord and master NJ
man return to tho ma rrd&ge she ~
triad IN eSca mn