The Ordway new era., 1914-10-23

+ ~6se here. Mr.. Reeves" he am
nouncsd. swinging Z great war club.
heavily carved and richly worked In
with gold and coiors, i've made >
great. md"
T ses." nodded Reeves, but seri-
ously.
'It was near tree. and it's only
one Of q dozen different weapons Ike
spears and darts. with gold handles.
Come along. wen gat the rest But
Reeves put out = staying hand.
'Get that thing back to where you
found It quick - you can" he d.
rected. ef
why. what fort" inquired the sur.
prised Ronald.
"If you had looked up Into that
tree you would probably have seen
. burial platform. These are the
trophies Of some big chief" ex-
planned Reeves. For any one to even
touch them II heiA Sas sacrilege BY
these superstitio1s nntives. Missing
that memento. the war club. they
would trail you to the end of tha
earth TO recover II. advise you u
take It back at once.s
This Ronald did. He replaced the
object just where hs had found 1t and
turned to retrace kts steps to his
friend, half . mile away. Just
then . wild uproar greeted him. Fierce
yells rent the air. From behind .
score Of bushes ~ many dusky natives
sprang into view.
Donald was surrounded. seized. his
arms bound. and dragged along by his
angry-faced captora. He was led past
an encampment OF rude huts and into
. large spreading cave in the noun
tain side.
This seemed to be sort Of tenn
pie Of the savages. for 1t was hung
with skins upon which was daubed In
crude colors the picture of = four.
headed idol. There was q stone pill
lar in the center Of the cavern. and to
this Ronald was securely tied. y
He noted that overhead ap open
space ran mp like . natural funnel.
and about the post he fancied he dis
covered ashes ~ II this was the spot
where the natives offered up their
prisoners and enemies as human sacri-
fees.
His captors squatted in a circle and
jabbered away At = furious rate. They
made menacing motions toward him.
and Ronald could readily discern that
they were discussing his fate.
Finally after several hours .delib-
GRAFTON they appeared to arrive It \
definite conclusion. Most of them
went away, leaving two Of their mem.
bers to pile up nrewood about the
post.
SITS good-by Nelliei sure" dolefully
ruminated Ronald. "and Mr.. Reeves
viii never know what has happened to
me-"
It grew dusk, and some lighted
torches were placsd around. The
natives came back IN solemn process
sion led By . mar beating q hidsous
tom-tom. They paraded around their
victim. Ronald felt that his doom was
drawing nixA. ssf Aa shss =
suddenly he strained his sAss. Away
back In the gloom of the cave he
noted quick sparkle Of light. This
grew to . sudden blinding radiance.
A rushing whirIwind form. emitting q
thousand dasslins sparls of fre ap-
preached.
It must have been weird and
thrilling sight for tho natives. To
their unaccustomed eyes an angry "fre
god" was bearing down upon them. All
over the onrushing figure there were
spouts Of binding fire. They turned
and hed to q man.
"Quick, now, and follow!" shouted
the nre god to Ronald, cutting his
bonds and leading back the way he
had come.
Those sparklers." explained Reeves
~ they gained the open air. and re-
gaining their traps. started to get
speedily away from their present nest
Of peril. II found out they had cap
tured you. I happened to think Of
those two boxes Of sparklers. l stuck
them all over me and lit them. It was
i narrow Escape. but the scheme
worked fne.'
30 fine that the awed natives did
not even attempt pursuit, and two
months later they reached home-and
Nellie!
Copyright. 1914. BY W. q. chapman.)
What Is the "AbseIuts zeros"
Two hundred and seventy degrees
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