Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13

mashlhcence, for 1t was always Perry's
Iuea 10 oNerawe these ignorant cave men
When we had to contend with them in
pd'ue' BUT l had soon learned that while
one might easily astonish them with some
new engine of war, it was AN utter i'm
possibility to frighten them into surrender.
! learned later that ia had gone care
Iully over the plans of various craft with
Ferry The old man had explained in
detail all that the text told him of them.
me Two mad measured out dimensions upon
the ground, that ia might see the sizes of
ulHereht boats. Perry had built models
ana ia had had him read carefully and
eNplaih all that they could find relative
10 the handling of sailing vessels. The
result Of all this was that ia was the one
who had chosen the felucca. 1t was well
that Perry had had so excellent a balance
wheel, for he had been wild to build a
huse frlgate of the Nelsonian era-he told
me so himself
'he thlng that had inclined ia particu-
iafly to the felucCa was the fact that IT
included oars in its equipment. lie realized
the limitations of his people in the matter
OF sails, and while they had never used
oars, the implement was so similar to a
paddle that he was sure they quickly could
master the art-and they did. AS soon as
one nun was completed ia kept It on the
water constantly, first with one crew and
then with another. until 1000 red warriors
had learned to row. Then they stepped
their masts and a crew was told off for
the first ship.
While the others were building they
learned to handle theirs As each sue
ceeding boat was launched it's crew took
IL out and practiced with it under the
tutelage of those who had graduated from
the first ship, and so on until full com
plement or men had been trained for every
boat.
Well, to get back TO the battle: The
iooJans kept on coming at us, and as fast
as they came we moved them down II
was little else than slaughter. Time and
time again / cried to them to surrender
promising them their lives If they would
do So At last there were but ten boatloads
left. These turned in flight They thought
they could paddle away from us-it was
ptlful | passed the word from boat to
boat to cease firng-not to kill another
loojan unless they fired on us. Then we
set out after them. There was a nice little
breeze blowing, and we bowled along after
our quarry as gracefully and as lightly as
swaES upon park lagoon As we ap-
preached them ] could see not only wonder
but admiration in their eyes. l hailed the
nearest dugout
Throw down your arms and come aboard
u.s. ] cried. "and you shall not be harmed
We will feed you and return you TO the
mainland. Then you shall go free upon
the Emperor of Pellucidar again."
| think it was the promise of food that
interested them most. They could scarce
believe that would not kill them. But
when l exhibited the prisoners we already
had taken and showed them that they were
alive and unharmed, a great Sagoth in
one of the boats asked me what guarantee
| could give that | would keep my word.
"None other than my word" replied
THAT / do not break"
The Pellucidarians themselves are ra ther
punctilious about this same matter so the
Sagoth could understand that ] might pos
sibly be speaking the truth. But he could
not understand why we should not kill
them unless we meant to enslave them
which ! had as much as denied already
when | had promised to set them free.
ia couldn't exactly see the wisdom of my
plan, either. He thought that we ought to
follow up the ten remaining dugouts and
sink them all but | insisted that we must
free as many as possible Of our enemies
upon the mainland.
CONTINUED TOMORROW