Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

| wisely held hig peace concerning thsta Ncf
| did the pat-;at ch volunteer any intornn-
/ tiou abort tho loss Of llfs of the Folk In
| the battle Stern estimated there wsre now
| some 1900 pers5ns--nisn women and chill.
| dren--9tiil remaining In the comtnungty,
| but since no knew nothing Of their nur1bor
| when he had arrived he could not form
more than rough idea OF the total
slaughter,
| lie found however. on one Of his exeur-
sDus outside the walls-which at a ,1ts-
| tance Of ESQ yards from the sea stretched
in vast iEgcgu,nr arc abuttng at each
| end agains5 t'ie cliff-the graveyard of tho
Folk
This awesorle ana peculiar place con-
sisted Of heaps Of smooth black boulders
piled upon tho dead, each heap sur-
mounted by stone With some crude ein-
| hlem cut upon ". such as q circle a square.
"a cluster Of dots even the rude figure
of bird, a fish. a tortoise and so on.
Certain Of tie figures he could mata
nothing or; but he concluded rightly they
were tUtcm-slEus and that they repre-
scented aii which stlll remained of tho art
Of writing among those baTbarous rem.
uants of the once dominant, powerful and
highly cultured race Of Americans.
lie counted more than 200 freshly built
piles Of stone. but whether any Of these
contained more than one body Of the Folk
he could, Uf course, not tell Allowing
however, that only 200 Of the Folk and
100 Of the Lanskaarn had fallen he read
lily Perceived that the battle had been, for
intensity and high percentage of killing
sanguIuary beyond all battles of his own
time.
Under the walls, too. the vast numbers
Of bOuldCr3 which had been thrown down
the debris OF broken weapons. long and
iagEcdy barbcd iron spear points and so
ON, Indicated the military ardor and the
bulduess of the lighting men he now had
TO dominate and master.
Aud in his soul he knew the problem
of tanning, civiIzng. saving this rude and
terrible people was certainly the very
greatest ever given into the hands Of one
man aud one woman since time began
Along the beach he found a goodly num-
Der Of empty revolver shells. These he
picked M. for possible reloading in Case
NE should be able at some later time to
manufacture powder and some Illuminating
mixture.
lie asked the patriarch to have search
made for all such empty shells The Folk
eagerly and intciligemty co-uperated
With interest he watched the weird
sight Of scores Of men with torches rolling
the great stones about, seeking for the
precious cartridges, From the beach they
tossed the shells up TO him as he walked
along the top Of the Notifications SO lately
the scene OF horrible combat; and despite
him his heart swcIled with pride in his
breast, to be already directing them in some
concerted labor. even so slight as this
with diminished numbers. but indomit-
able energy, the Folk went on with their
daily tasks Stern concluded the great flu
neral ceremony, which must have taken
place over the fallen defenders. and the
horrible rites attending the decapitation.
boiling ANA hanging uE =' the trophies of
war the I.auds5aarn skeletons. certainly
must have formed series Of barbaric pic
lures more ghastly than any drug fiend's
most diabOltCal nightmare. lie thanked