The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-18
SCARS CAREER
THROUGH MANY
lNCARNATlONS

Stanley Waterloos story OF "A Son OF
the Ages doubleday, Page and Com
piny). The hcro's name is Scar. He
passes through number of incarna-
tons. As an ape Scar was interesting.
His affection for 1t was reciprocated
IT was feminine. Notwithstanding the
rrammntical incongruity. She was
good looking. Her eyes were eloquent
Her upper lip was shorter than was
usual In the tree tops; her jaw had less
If thrust She was adorably slender
and nimbe. In the aboreal Marathon
nobody could beat her II was while
fighting with the Brown One for the
possession of 1t that Scar broke his
thumb. From this came the discovery
of the club as n weapon. The discovery
of the flint axe followed
Scar. carrying his flint axe and pur-
sued by n cave bear ran into cleft
in great rock. The cleft narrowed
toward the other end. There was room
for Scar to pass out, but the bear
stuck Turning. Scar finished Off the
wedsed and partially protruding bear.
This was the first cleaving of the skull
of an enemy with manufactured
weapon. Scar had taken a noticeable
step In the march Of civilization. The
and whoop with JOY.
After the axe came the bow and
arrows. Boats followed. The sowing of
seed the tanning of animals, the food.
the lake dwellers. the, armorers and
smelters--all these are in the story.
Scar was a Phrnician when he came
to be sailor. 1t was his friend NAL
chus. tirelessly and valuably inquisitive.
who smashed the shellfish and dis
covered Tyrian purple. Neco stumbled
first upon the idea Of q sail. He was
daring captain. His ship, like all others.
was propelled by oars. He was once
bringing in cargo Of hides. Wishing
to dry green one among them he set
up posts on the deck Of his vessel. and
stretched the hide between them. nall
ing IL fast. The gentle south wind came
over the stern. bore directly upon the
expanded hide and bowled the ship
pleasantly along.
Here was grand idea. When he got
home Nero sewed strips of strong cloth
together and made a great sail. He es-
tabshed tail uprights on his ship, one
on each side of the wide deck. and nailed
the sail TO them. Everything was nailed
very fast. for Neco knew that the wind
could be lusty on occasion and he was
not going to have his sail carried away.
The wind was in the north when he
Jared forth with this large and firmly
planted contrivance. All was soon over.
DESCENDING his great checks, Boreas blew
hard. and the startled ship. burying its
nose promptly in great Neptune's ocean,
ho.sted It's stern ana preceded McGinty
to the locker of Davy Jones.
Scar and his friends saw this quick
tragedy. but they were not deferred.
They built themselves an uncapslzabie
raft. furnished it with a fixed sail and
proceeded to Egypt, not being able TO so
anywhere else. II was on the return
from Epyp, the sail having been i'm
proved SO that il was possible TO get
back. that Scar reached the PhHniclan
shore just in time IL save his infant boy
from being sacrificed to Molooh. The
great idol was red hot from the fire that
ragged in its iron Interior The door in
IT, belly was open. revealing the glowing
furnace that was about to receive the
sacrifice from the hands OF Phalos, the
nigh priest. Scar had armed himself
with IL short halted Assyrian axe. and
he now relates: IL bounded across the
space between us. leaping to Phalos
even as he took the child and was about
tn face the grinning idol, and then as he
turned al my hoarse shout and our eyes
met glar!ngy drove that Assyrian axe
down through that head. down through
that crafty brain. down sheer between
the hating eyes and as / caught the
child he fell crumplingly as any poled
bull OF one Of his own sacrifices" The
boy was saved and grew to be a man in
Egypt but the mob attacked Scar and
he passed to another incarnation. He
roamed the Hercynlan forest and he was
aV.kng in the time of julius Caesar. He
married princess in England and
fought with Nercingetorix in Gaul, and
his passage to Valhalla terminated q
long and distinctly interesting career.