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no desire to face the unseen thing which
menaced me.
My revolvers were strapped to my life
less body which, for some unfathomable
reason, | could not bring myself to touch.
My carbine was in its boot, strapped to
my saddle and as my horse had wandered
off / was left without means Of defense.
My only alternative seemed TO lie in
flight, and my decision was crystallized
by a recurrence of the rustling sound
from the thing which now seemed, in the
darkness of the cave and to my distorted
imagination, to be creeping stealthily upon
me.
Unable longer 10 resist the temptation
to escape this horrible place | leaped
quickly through the opening into the star
light of a clear Arizona night.
The crisp, fresh mountain air outside
the cave acted as an immediate tonic, and
L felt new life and new courage coursing
through me. Pausing upon the brink Of
the ledge. l upbraided myself for what
now seemed to me wholly unwarranted ap-
prehension
1 reasoned to myself that | had lain
helpless for many hours within the cave,
yet nothing had mOlested me and my
better judgment, when permitted the di-
rectiOn of clear and logical reasoning, con-
vnced me that the noises l had heard
must have resulted from purely natural
ana ndfHllcsS causes ; probably lIlt toH-
formation of the cave was such that a
slight breeze had caused the sounds L
heard.
decided to investigate, but first / lifted
my head to fill my lungs with the pure,
invigorating night air of the mountains.
As / did so l saw stretching far below
me the beautiful vista of rocky gorge and
level cactus-studded fiat, wrought by the
moonlight into a miracle of soft splendOr.
Nothing Is more inspiring than the
beauties Of an Arizona moonlight land
scape the silvered mountains in the dis
tance, the strange lights and shadows
upon hog back" and arroyo.
AS / stood thus mediating l turned my
gaze from the landscape to the heavens
where the myriad stars formed a gorgeous
and fitting canopy for the wonders of the
earthly scene.
My attention was quickly riveted by a
large red star close 10 the distant horizon
AS 1 gazed upon II l left spell Of over
powering fascination.
1t was Mars the god of war; and for
me, the fighting-man. IL had always held
the power OF Irresistible enchantment.
As / gazed at il on that far-gope night
it seemed 70 call across the unthinkable
void to lure me TO Il to draw me as the
lodestone attracts a particle Of iron.
MY longing was beyond the power of
opposition.
I closed my eyes, stretched out my arms
toward the god Of my vocation and felt
myself drawn with the suddenness OF
thought through the traekless lnmensity
Of space.
There was an instant Of extreme cold
and utter darkpess, and then Z opened ny
eyes upou strange and weird landscape.
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is not that of ivory, but of the snowiest
and most cleaning of china.
Against the dark background of their
olive skins their tusks stand out in a most
striking manner, making these weapons
present a singularly formidable appear
ance.
Most of these details noted later, for
was given but little time TO speculate on
the wonders of my new discovery.
l had seen that the eggs We're in process
of Matching, and as / stood watching the
hdeous little monsters break from their
shells / failed to note the approach OF a
score Of full-grown Martians from behind
me
Coming, as they did, over the soft and
soundless moss. which covers virtually
the entire surface of Mars, with the eX-
ception of the frozen areas at the poles
and the scattered cultivated districts, they
might have captured me easily, but their
intentions were far more sinister
II was the rattling of the accouterments
of the foremost warrior which warned me.
on such a little thing my life hung that
often marvel that l escaped so easily.
Had not the rifle OF the leader of that
rescue party swung from it's fastenings be-
side his saddle in such a way as to strike
against the butt of his great metal-shod
spear, l should have been snuffed out
without ever knowing that death was near
me-
But the little sound caused me to turn,
and there, upon me- not 10 feet from my
breast was the point of that huge spear,
a spear 40 feet long, tipped with cleaning
metal. and held low at the side of a
mounted replica OF the little tiends had
been watching.
But how puny and harmless they now
looked beside this huge and terrific in
carnatIon of hate. of vengeance and Of
death. The man himself, for such may
call him, was fully is feet in height, and,
on earth would have weighed some 400
pounds.
He sat his mount as we sit a horse,
grasping the animals barrel with his lower
limbs, while the hands OF his two right
arms held his immense spear low at the
side of his mount his two left arms were
outstretched laterally TO help preserve his
balance. the thing he rode having neither
bride nor reins of any description for
guidance,
And his mount How can earthly words
describe ii
ID lowered 10 feet at the shoulder, had
four legs on either side, broad. fiat tail,
larger al the tip than at the root, which
II held straight out behind while running /;
a gapinR mouth which split It's head from
rs snout to its long, massive neck.
Like its master. 1t was entirely devoid
of hair, but was Of a dark-slate color, and
exceeding smooth and glossy. Its belly
was white, and its legs shaded from the
slate of It's shoulders and hips 70 a vivid
yellow at the feet.
The feet themselves were heavily pad
ded and nailless, which fact had also
contributed 10 the noiselessness Of their
approach. and In common with multi
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CHAPTER II
Across the Void

A SENSE of delicious dreaminess over
"A came me, my muscles relaxed and 1
was on the point of giving away to my
desire to sleep vsAen the sound of ap-
preaching horses reached my ears.
1 attempted TO spring to my feet. but
was horriaed to discover that my muscles
refused TO respond TO my will / was
now thoroughly awake, as though turned
to stone.
1t was then, for the first time, that u
noticed a slight yapOr filling the cave. IL
was extremely tenuOus and only noticeable
against the opening, which led to day
light There also came TO my, nostrils a
family pungent odor and l could only
assume that had been overcome by some
poisonous gas, but why I should retain my
mental faculties and yet be unable to
move could not fathom.
I lay facing the opening OF the cave,
ana / could see the short stretch OF trail
which lay between the cave and the tuYn
OF the clif The noise Of the Approaching
horses had ceased ana 1 judged the In
dians were creeping stealthlly upon ne
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DELATINE Captain Caers
IN remarkable o
At a
vast experiences honorable aondng with fellowship lie stood
inches
the
a
Of
fought through the
than
turned he had changed there kind Of wiu
arli
a
outretch his
him standing rigid-his raised uppiaon skies
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
MoEWE REACHES HOME PORT.
German Raider Reports Sank Fifteen
Vessels.

Berlin, via London.-An official
statement issued by the General Naval
Staff states that the German cruiser
Moewe arrived in German port. She
had on board Of large number of
British prisoners and 100000 marks
In gold bars. The announcement says
Is vessels were sunk by the com
merce raider.
The statement follows:
THE Naval General Staff states
that II. NJ. s. Moewe, commander
Captain Burgrave Count Won Dohna-
schlodien. after successful cruise
lasting several months, arrived at
some home port with four British Of
ncers. 20 British marines and sailors,
l6G men OF crews of enemy steamers,
among them 1903 Indians, as prisoners,
ana 100000 marks in gold bars.
The vessel captured the following
enemy steamers, the greater part OF
which were sunk and small part
OF which were sent as prizes to neu.
tral ports:
The British steamers Corbridge,
$3.50 tons; Author 3.496 tons; Trader
o'oVS tons. Aradne 3.035 tons; Drom.
ohpy 3'627 tons; Farringford, 3,146
TONS; Clan MacTavish. 5,Sl6 tons; Ap
PAM 1881 tons Westburn, $500 tons f:
Hoface 1896 tons; Flamenco 4,629
TONS; Saxon Prince, 3471 tons. The
brush sailing vessel, Edinburg, 1,47S
IONS the French steamer Maroni. 8.
Io9 TONS; the Belgian steamer I,uxem
bourg. 1922 tons. At several no,nts
Oh enemy coast the Weowe also LAID
out mines to which. among others the
nattleship King Edward VII fell vic
i'm"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
'CASCARETS'' ACT
ON Liver; BOWELS.
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1o.cent box.

:, Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
md stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor OH or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash.day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A. Cascaret tonight will make Won
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or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
REP0R! BUSINESS GOOD
REFLECTED IN REPORTS OF
AGENTS OF FEDERAL RE-
SERVE BOARD.
Southern Agents Report That Laruer
Crop Of Cotton VIII Be Planted
This Year.

Washlngton.-Generally good busi-
ness conditions throughout the coun.
try are reflected in reports of Federal
reserve agents made public by the
Federal Reserve Board. Growing
scarcity OF raw materials used in
many American industries is noted.
however, and the southern agents pre.
dict an increase in cotton acreage
this year unless steps are taken to
prevent It,
The Boston district reports trade
generally in continued acticity, with
the uncertainty as to the European
situation restraining undue expan
sion. Unrest Of labor and increasing
cost OF raw materials, however, are
said to be disturbing factors.
From New York comes the report
that there are more products and
workers in that district, and that the
industrial activity there is OF record
character. On account Of scarcity of
raw materials. however, some houses
anticipate shortage in merchandise
stocks.
The Richmond report describes
conditions throughout that district as
good, and points to railroad construc.
ton, increased manufacturing and
new credits extended to back up the
statement. The cotton acreage in the
district, the report says, probably will
be slightly increased this year but
the practice Of crop diversification
will not be abandoned.
Although February is said to be
usually quiet month in the Atlanta
district, the report says there has
been very little lessening" Of bust
ness activity.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
FLETCHER FINDS
NAVY EFFICIENT
TELLS COMMITTEE OF SOME
EXCELLENT TARGET PRAc.
TIcE 8Y FLEET.
SHIPS ARE EQUAL 70 ANY
Tho Dreadnaughts OF tho unIted
States Lead the World and Mon
Are Just az Good.

| Washington.-An encouraging no.
port on the condition and efficiency
OF the nations sea forces was given
the house naval committee by Admir-
al Frank Fletcher. commander-in-
chief Of the Atlantic fleet.
In individual fighting efficiency,
Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread
noughts of the United States led the
world, while In tho skill of it's Off
GERS and men, the navy had no rea
son to fear comparison to that of any
other power.
Describing some Of the things the
navy is doing in the light of lessons
Of the European war, the admiral
said one ship Of the fleet recently had
hurled seven out Of AZ huge projec-
tiles through a target 20 by 60 feet
at range Of eight to nine miles, or
10000 to $4,000 yards. The longest
ranges used in naval engagements Of
the European war thus far, he ex-
planned, were $4,000 to 1900 yards
Judging from reports of target
practice at Guantanamo during the
last month, Admiral Fletcher said, 1t
was probable that from 10 to 20 per
cent Of the shots fired could be land
ed on a battleship at $4,000 yards.
He said that inherent errors in gun
fire and range determination, which
do not seriously affect results at short
distances, are greatly magnifled as
the range goes up.
To bring out the effectiveness Of
navy shells, Admiral Fletcher told Of
target work by the Wyoming last year
at $4,000 yards in which three shells
penetrated 10 inch armor plate.
Five out of 80 shots fred, he said.
struck the small target and from 80
to 90 per cent would have landed on
battleship.
The committee took up at once the
bill to authorize officers Of the ma
rine corps to accept employment III
the Haitien constablary. Col. Waller,
commanding the marines In Haiti
told the committee that absolute
quiet prevailed there and that a new
y
tho natives were enj ying, peace and
security for the first time in 112 years
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
Mayora ornaniza.

New Orleans.---A permanent organ.
ration lz OF American mayors to pro.
mote the cause of National defense
was effected here at a meeting OF
mayors and their Representatives. from
80 large cities.
me organization is to be know, as
the National Defense Conference of
Mayors Mayor IStel Of ST Eouis who
presided, |, appointed d committee on
resolutions Of a men The principal
speaketIs at the sessions were Mayor
Mitchell of New YORK and t,oFns,lias,
Y sS,s,gildetbiIts OF New & B
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
GERMAN RAIDER TAKEN.
Dispatches From Montivideo Report
Capture Of Moewe.

O'bPatCnee from MontlvldeO Report
Capture Of Moewe.
Beunos Aires.-Press dispatches
from Montevideo say that steamer
arriving from Europe intercepted near
the coast of Brazil wireless message
stating that British cruisers had cap
tured the German auxiliary cruiser
Moewe.
There is some doubt, however, as
to the identity Of the German vessel
captured. Another version of the &C.
count is that the vessel is the Ger.
man cruiser Room.
The American steamer Santa Bar.
bara has arrived at Montevideo, her
captain making the announcement
that French cruiser which put out
from Dakar, on the west coast of
Africa, encountered German raider,
name not given, and opened fire on
her. Under cover OF darkness the
German ship got away. She was, how
ever, damaged on her upper works by
the French.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
STRAIN ON THE IMAGINATION
company Was Willing to Believe a
-of' But Lonsbow,s Story Was
Too ,Much forSThem.

! 49, W. % %Stretcher--Yes .lga Gold, but
nothing like what H wasSat Christmas,
three years ago, when the, steam from
the engines froze hard and fell on the
line in sheets.
Mr.. Cuffer-And yet that wasn't so
cold as in 's7, when it froze the elec-
tricity in the telephone wires, and
when the thaw came all the machines
were talking as hard as they could
for upwards of five hours.
well, gentlemen said Mr.. Long
bow, "the coldest year that can re-.
member was in the Christmas week
in '84, when the very policemen had to,
run to keep themselves warm"
But that was too much, and with
silent looks of Indignation the other
two left to his own reflections the.
man who treated the truth so slightly.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
SENATE IS FIRM IN
WILSON'S SUPPORT
ey VOTE OF SO TO Ia GORE REso.
LUTON Is EFFEcTUALLY
KILLED.
A WARM DEBATE FOLLOWS
Free Expression Of Opinion of Sena.
tors Which at Times Was Shout
ed and Out of Order.

Washington.-By q vote Of 68 to ID
the senate carried out President viii
sens wish and killed Senator Cores
resolution to warn Americans off arm
ed belligerent ships.
In turbulent scene, such as is
seldom witnessed in the senate, the
voting proceeded with senators shout
ing objections, futilely demanding
recognition to explain their positions
and making hot retorts to each other,
all Of which were out Of order. At
shouting for the Vice Presidents rec
ognition that the Sergeant-at-Arms
vas called to restore quiet.
After having maneuvered for two
days to get the resolution in such
parliamentary position that it was
disposed of without debate the Sen
ate then proceeded to a general dis
cussion Of the subject which continued
all afternoon to the dismay Of admin
free expressions Of opinion that the
senates action; because the vote &C.
tually was taken on a motion to table
the Gore resolution with correction
by the author and substitute by Sen
ator McCumber, was in effect
Scotch verdict" and had not actually
accomplished the purpose Of the Pres
ident. Such statements aroused the
Presidents friends, who feared they
would produce an effect directly op.
Dosite to that intended-a notice to
he world that the senate stands be.
lind the President in his demand on
Germany for .he rights Of Americans
raveling the seas.
In the house, however, the foreign
lffairs commlttee by vote Of II to
took a longer step toward meeting
ully the Presidents wishes. It voted
% report the McElmore warning res
olution with the recommendation that
It be tabled.
At the White House satisfaction
was expressed with the senate's ac-
ton.
Senator Gore voted for the motion
to table and declared he considered
the administration victory a mixed
one.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
Ask Austria TO AnoloaIze.

Washlngton.-The United States is
preparing to make formal demands
upon Austria-Hungary as O result OF
the attack by an Austrian submarine
upon the American tanl ateamer Pc
trolite. A note on the ssubiect will
be dispatched within the next few
days. It Swes aut autlioritatively stated
that the 10 nitesi S tates wonld stand
by Sltp or ginai cont tes Cons and ask an
lap6loe for the spt adls punishInsn,
arise ssoisrn Ell and fsr
4p i'm FOR d a b 81 aaes sS IA III
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
WILSON ASKS FOR SHOWDOWN.

Washington.-Th matter Of resolu.
tions to warn Americans from taking
passage on armed merchantmen was
brought to the front again in a moat
unexpected manner when President
Wilson wrote acting Chairman Pou Of
the house committee on rules urging
an early vote on the resolutions.
From the nature Of the presldent,s
request it Is very probable that rule
will be brought out authorizing i'm.
mediate consideration Of the proposi,
tion which so agitated congress last
week, and members will be given full
opportunity to give public expression
to the decided opinions they have ex.
pressed in private in their office and
In the cloak rooms. The action OF
Mr.. Wilson Is expected to bring the
entire controversy to the front, and to
bring about the vote which the ad.
ministration so strongly urged last
week.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
MILITARY BILL
NOW IN CONGRESS-
MORE SWEEPING CHANGES IN
POLICY THAN PROPOSED BY
PRESIDENT.
-FOUR STRIKING FEATURES
Federal Volunteer Force; Enlisted Re.
serve; liberalization Of National
Guard and an Officers Reserve.

Washington.-The first of the ma
honal preparedness measures to reach
either house OF Congress for consider.
alton was introduced in the senate by
Senator Chamberlain, chairman or the
military committee. which perfected 1t
after weeks OF hearings and confer
ences. II proposes an even more
sweeping change in military policy
than that outlined by President Wilson
In his annual message. and was de-
scribed by Mr.. Chamberlain as the
most comprehensive piece Of military
legislation ever offered in Congress.
There is no vital difference between
the Senate and House measures and
both committee believe that when the
final bill, which will be agreed upon
in joiDtc difference committee, has
passed both houses, the president will
be able to affix his signature to a
measure that will do more than he has
asked toward building up an adequate
national defense.
Aside from its plan virtually to
double the regular army and national
guard, the senate bill has four strik.
ing features. They are:
Authorization ofa purely Federal
volunteer force in peace times, the
object sought by Secretary Garrison
in urging the continental army plant.
Authorization for definitely enlist.
ed reserve In peace times among men
OF every profession or calling whose
training fits them for special duty
either with troops, on lines of com
munication or supply, or in machine
shops and munitions plants
liberalization OF the National
Guard under pay provision designed
to bring this force Immediately into
such relations with the federal govern.
mnet that its training, equipment and
personnel will be under supervision
OF the war department.
Authorization for an officers reserve
and a reserve officers training corps,
which would take in graduates from
military schools and colleges and pro.
vide for ther further development to
command.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
GERMANS MAKE ADVANCE
FRENCH BREAKING TEUTON AID.
vANcES BY THE EFFECTIVE
USE OF ARTILLERY.
Berlin Reports Number OF Prisoners
Considerable Artillery Activity.
Russians Gain In East.

London.--With the lessening of the
activity of the contending forces to
the north Of Verdun, the French in the
Woevre region east of Verdun are
using their artillery to break up Ger
man preparations for further advances
toward the fortress. At various points
the fire Of the French guns has pre-.
vented the Germans from launching
offenSives.
In the Vosges Mountains there also
has been great artillery activity by
the French near Senones and Ban-de.
Sapt; while near Seppois the Germans
have been driven out of trenches they
had previously taken. In the Cham.
pagne region, the German fortified
works in the region of Hill 1913 have
been battered by the French guns and
the crater Of mine exploded by the
Germans was occupied by the French
The Germans have added several
additional points to their terrain In
the fighting about Verdun, having
been enabled to construct trenches
on the slopes north of the Cote.du.
Poivre, and to capture an armored
work northwest of Douamont, and
have taken the town OF Manheulles
and Champion, 13 miles southeast of
Verdm.
In this drive to the east of Verdun,
the advance Of the Germans has ex.
tended over front virtually IL miles
from Dieppe to Champion.
Berlin reports that thus far they
have taken prisoner 228 officers. 16.575
men and large number of guns. ma.
chine guns and much war material.
There has been considerable artil.
lery activity, and fights in the air be-.
tween batallions Of German and Brit.
ish aviators along the British front
in France and Belgium.
In the Dvinsk region of Russia,
the Russians have driven the Germans
back and advanced their line. and nut
down under heavy fire an attempt at
a counter-attack.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
Last DOUBT is REMOVED.
Congress Knows Just Where Presl-
dent Wilson Stands,

Washington. President Wilson
served notice on Congress that he will
consent to nothing less than a record
vote on the anti-Administration reso-
lutions to warn Americans off the arm
ed ships Of European belligerents be-
fore he goes on with the German sub.
marine negotiations.
No compromise proposition, such
as a vote of confidence in the Presi-
dents foreign policy will be accept.
able. Such an action, It is held, might
be construed in Berlin as justifying
the opinion that the President lacks
the support OF Congress and his own
party In his demands for full OBJ.
servance OF international law, while
Its only purpose would be to afford
members of Congress way to avoid
recording their positions before the
country on the straight, out and out
question.