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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
CHAPTER VII.
a

a year had passed since the two
SwedeS had been driven in terror from
the savage country where the sheill
with her doll Geeka, lavishing all her
childish love upon the now almost
hopeless ruin of what had never, even
in its palmiest days, possessed even Il
slight degree of loveliness.
The sheik had been away for a long
time, conducting caravan Of ivory,
skins and rubber far into the north.
The interim had been Cne of great
peace for Meriem. 1t is true that Ma
bunu had still been with her, to pinch
or beat her as the mood seized the vii
lainous old hag, but Nahum was only
one. When the sheik was there also
there were two of them, and the sheik
was stronger and more brutal even
than Nahum.
Little Meriem often wondered why
the grim old man hated her SO. 1t is
true that he was cruel and unjust to
all with whom he came in contact, but
to Meriem he reserved his greatest
cruelties, his most studied injustices.
AS the little girl played she pratt
tied continuously to her companion,
propped in a sitting position with a
couple of twigs. She was totally alb
sorbed in Geeka-so much SO that she
did not note the gentle sWaying of the
branches of the tree above her as they
bent to the body Of creature that had
entered them stealthily from the jun
gle.
In happy ignorance the little girl
played on. while from above two steady
eyes looked down upon her, unblink-
ing, unwavering. There was none 9th
er than the little girl in this part of
the village, which had been almost de-
serted since the sheik had left long
months before upon his journey to"
ward the north.
And out in the jungle, an hours
march from the village, the sheik was
leading his returning caravan home
ward.
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Jack sees the pretty little Ara
bian girl cruelty mistreated and
he rescues her from the brutal
attack.
(TO BE CONTINUED.
SAVES MONEY FOR THE ARMY
for Less Than Twenty-Five
Cents Each d Day.

How an inexperienced man can feed
government troops and save money on
the JOB is being demonstrated at Camp
Taylor by Lucas Lincoln of this city,
says the indianapolis News. Lincoln
is mess sergeant of the Forty-sccond
company, Eleventh battalion. He was
one Of the first drafted men to go from
here. having volunteered out of his
regular order Of obligation. He is Il
son Of Il furniture manufacturer here,
ard is married.
In a letter home, Lincoln tells how
he is feeding 145 men for less than %
cents each Cay. He says the food is
we'll cooked, and thar the men have
plenty, A sample menu, inclosed in
the letter shows how Lincoln made q
saving of S17.3S on the governments
food allowance for the three meals
scheduled.
For breakfast the men had ham,
burger steak, biscuits ana syrup,
hashed brown potatoes and coffee. The
dinner menu was vegetable soup, mac
aroni and cheese. bread and hot tea,
and peach cObbler. For supper the
men had boiled ham, mashed potatoes.
bread and syrup, tea and stewed
pruncS.
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BUSINESS, the rear guard advanced upon
the enemys position to investigate
they found nothing, for Akut and the
boy had retreated out of range of the
unfriendly guns.
Jack was disheartened and sad. He
had not entirely recovered from the
depressing effect of the unfriendly re-
ception he had received at the hands
Of the blacks, and now he had found
an even move hostile one accorded
him by men of his own color.
The lesser beasts flee from me in
terror he murmured half to himself 3;
the greater beasts are ready to tear
me to pieces at sight. Black men would
kill me with their spears or arrows.
And now white men, my own kind,
have fired upon and driven me away.
"-Are all the creatures of the world
my enemies? Has the son Of Tarzan
no friend other than Akut?'
The old ape drew closer to the boy.
There are the great apes" he said.
"They only will be the friends of
Akuts friend. Only the great apes
will welcome the son of Tarzan. You
have seen that men want nothing Of
you. Let us 90 now and continue our
search for the great apes-our people"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
December
BY J. c. OLIVER.

~ MONTH far famed! For Jestive
- days and nights renoWneG,
Jog fraught, 0ith ha1loaoed bene-
dictions crotoned
Life's annual clearing house for ret
7oSpectiUe thought,
Where pensiue memory recalls the
smiles, the tears,
The hopes and joys of youth, the lopes
of vanisfed gears,
And Sighs to see the havoc, sad, that
Time has terought.
O hoary month! In regions OF the
north and east
The song OF bird and ripping Of the
brook hare ceased.
And Natures thousand charms Of
summer days haze fed.
There Boreas retgnS, fierce God OF
aOihd and storms
And aUinter all of Uerdure, into
brot0n and pUhite transform
And leaves no trace OF life and beau
ty sped.
o happy month"; When Keen dnticipa-
ton, StCeet,
Flies s11itt on aoings OF ardent love to
greet
With gifts the friend, the lover or
the kindred near.
As Winter closer drdDs his icy tet-
tered chains
The heart expands and lore unseIfsh
reignS
And speeds its IargeSs to the ones
most dear.
IIIustrions month OF most tllustrtous
birth!
Good tidinqs, peace and joy to all the
earth
4 heavenly choir announced sohen
Christ 1OGS born.
No other birth such mighty portent
bore,
This Prince OF Peace aohom heauen
and earth adore.
Hoio thrills the heart at thought OF
Christmas morn!
Los Angeles Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21

The subject of the Sunday sermon
at ore of the uptown New York
churches was the duties of the citi-
zen In time Of war. The need of con-
servation of all foodstuffs was en-
phasized, and among the persons who
gave ear was a small boy, replete in
Sunday finery. He sat with his grand
father, d stout, rather red-faced man,
who was obviously devoted to the
youngster. "And at this time," said
the clergyman, in the course of his
sermon, sit is the small sacrifice which
means so much to the good Of the
nation generally. There is a shortage
of sugar. Well, let US eat less candy.
for instance" The stout man nudged
his grandson. "It Is time for sober,
clear-headed action on the part Of all,
continued the clergyman "and when
there are so many war needs for al
cohol, why, for instance, should any
man now partake Of spirituous
liquors?" Then the small boy nudged
his grandfather.
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T<IiE Dutch girls sing pretty little
song on the feast of st. Nicholas
instead of writing a letter to
Santa Claus: ~.
Santa Claus, you good-natured man,
Give me some nuts and sweetmeats-
Not too much, not too little.
Throw them into my apron.
For a Christmas without gifts would
be no Christmas at all. So always
there Is gift bringer, akin in nature,
if different in name, to the good st.
Nicholas, once bishop of Myra, who
loved children and whose memory lives
vitally today through It's association
| with the great Christmas festival. Kriss
Kringle, Father Christmas, Santa
Claus. Sunderkloos, are identical. The
holy Christ child comes to Germany.
In mystical Brittany the Christ him.
self is thought to come to bless the
households ofsthe pious, especially the
homes of simple shepherds.
In Spain on "Twelfth Night" all the
people, young and old, put their shoes
and slippers out on the balcony out
side the window in order that the three
kings iourneying by may see and fill
them. There are also grOtesque Christ
mas visitors. Knave Ruprecht, terror
of Teutonic babyhood, has a load of
nuts and apples and other goodies with
him, rs we'll as his traditional bunch of
switches.
The "julbok" or "klapperbok," a tall,
thin beast, with goatskin covered head,
is after naughty Danish children, just
as the "habersack" is after those in the
Hartz mountains. Sunderkloos sends
sometimes q goat laden with presents.
The animals which the saint Of
Christmas uses for his carriers are
quite as various. Donner and Bitten
and the other fleet reindeer come first.
Santa drives a span of reindeer in Swe-
den. In Alaska he comes by dog team.
Camels, so the story goes, bring the
three kings into Spain on their gift
bringing errand, though sacred art
would show us that horses might be
used as we'll historically.
In Holland, on the zuyder Zee, st.
Nicholas comes on skates over the fro
zen wastes of water. In England there
are in use for Christmas several imita-
ton horses, the hobby horses Of the
Morris dancers, which caper still In
Staffcrdshire, according to their an
cient habit-Chicago Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
LOSS in TRENCHES
Mortality Less Than in Any OF
the Previous Wars.
Physician Asserts That Disease Is So
Thoroughly Eliminated That a
Sick Man Is a Curiosity.

Readers with relatives and friends
at the front should get considerable
comfoct from study of the mortality
statistics of the armies recently put
forward by a well-known physician,
London Tit-Bits states. While his fig
ures are not so favorable as those
given out from Paris indicating that
all kinds of permanent ,osses-killed,
captured, missing and disabled-aggre-
gate but per cent per annum Of the
effective forces engaged, they are new
ertheless distinctly encouraging.
He finds that about sixty men per
1000 are being killed and $50 wound.
ed and that a very large proportion or
the latter return to the trenches. This.
naturally, is not to be compared with
the normal death rate in time of peace
Of MEN of military age, which is but
eight per 1000; but it Is a vast Inn
provement upon the showing of any
previous war.
For one thing, disease has been so
thoroughly eliminated that sick man
is curiosity. The soldier at the front
is certainly less liable to attack than
If he were at home. Everything he
eats and drinks and wears, almost
everything he touches, is subject to
the finest medical supervision Of which
science is capable, and if any particu-
larly persistent bacillus were to get
into his system in spite Of all precau-
tions, it would find him In such SUI
perb condition that It's work would be
futile. The high commands have thor
oughly learned the lesson that 1t does
not pay to train man to be soldier
and then lose him from q cause that
Is in the least degree preventable.
BY this same token, experience, both
in the protection Of the soldier and
in the care of the wounded, is stead.
lily reducing the death rate as the war
progresses. Not only are new tactics
constantly being developed which re-
suit in loss exposure of the individual
soldier, but he is constantly being
better equipped with defensive ap-
paratus to minimize the effects of bull
let or shrapnel or gas attack. Finally,
from many classes Of wounds which
would have spelled probable death in
1914 and certain crippling in 1915. re-
covery is now almost q matter OF
course.
The drafted man who goes as an or,
binary soldier, taking his Judgment
with him and leaving his excessive en-
thusiasm behind, has every chance
of coming back, and in better physical
condition than when he left.
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some long expected danger from that
quarter. The boy had paused after
his first sight Of the caravan and now
was following slowly in the wake Of
the sordiG. brutal spectacle.
Presently Akut came up with him.
To the beast there was less of horror
in the sight than to the lad, yet even
the great ape growled beneath his
breath at useless torture being iniict-
ed upon the helpless slaves.
lie looked at the boy. Now that he
had caught up with the creatures of
his own kind, why was it that he did
not rush forward and greet them? He
put the question TO his companion.
"They are 1iendS," :MUtteied the boy.
Il would not travel with such us they
for IF l did | should set upon them
and kill them the first time they beat
their people as they are beating them
now. But" he added after moments
thought, II can ask them the where
abouts of the nearest port, and then,
Akut, we can leave them
The ape made no reply, and the hoy
swung to the ground and started at u
brisk walk toward the safari. He was
a hundred yards away, perhaps, when
one of the whites caught sight of him.
The man gave a shout of alarm, in.
stantly leveling his rife upon the boy
and firing. The bullet struck just in
front of its mark, scattering turf and
fallen leaves against the lads legs. A
second later the other white and the
black soldiers Of the rear guard were
firing Historically ut him.
Jack leaped behind q tree, unhit.
Days of panic ridden flight through
the jungle had filed Carl Jensen and
Sven Malbihn with jangling nerves and
their native boys with unreasonable
terror. Every new note from behind
sounded to their frightened ears the
coming of the sheik and his blood
thirsty followers.
When, after eonquering their nerv-
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wondering what was the cause Of that
strange light, beautiful shining angel
came near to them and said:
Fear not. l bring you good tidings
which shall be to all people. This day
is born Savior, and We shall find the
babe lying in a manger."
And suddenly the angel was Joined
by a multitude of the heavenly host
singing praises to God. This was their
song:
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
Peace, good will toward men.
When the angels had gone back to
heaven the shepherds said they would
go to Bethlehem and see this Savior
of whom the angels sang. They went
and found him, little baby, in a sta
BILE, with no cradle to lie in, only
manger for his bed. That little baby
was Jesus, who when he grew up said:
"Let the little children come unto me
and forbid them not. for of such is the
kingdom of heaven" His birthday
was the first Christmas day, and ever
since that time we kept that day as
joyful and happy one.-New York
Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21

There was once a banker in the
days of wildcat currency who had a
wonderful skill in detecting counter.
feits. He acquired the skill, not by
studying counterfeits; he studied good
money. Whatever was not good
money was not money at all to him.
1t was mere waste paper, not worth
even the name of counterfeit. So to
detect error one must study truth; );
the rest is waste and rubbish. To
know a good man when you see him you
must study good men. All short Of
this is bad. SO with ones efforts
in life: what Is not honest, what is
not real, has no eXistence.-DaVid
Starr Jordan.
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GYpsies' Christmas.

The gypsy Christmas is love feast
and carnival in one. The wandering
folk come together in tribal celebration
to choose their queen for the beginning
year. Each clan has its own usages
anl superstitions. In Roumania the
cradle, 50 they say. of nomadism, the
gypsy queen is crowned with roses, and
roses tip her sccpter and her Wand. In
place of holly and mistletoe the hardy
little rosebud which blossoms at this
season on the apex Of the hills is hon
ored not for its sweetness merely, but
because of a fair Christmas legend
which the gypsy folk would make dis
tinctively their own.-Chicago Tribune.
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he enjoyed the liberty and the savage
pleasures of the wild, his conscience
was at the same time clear, for he
knew that he was doing all that lay in
his power to return to his parents. He
looked forward, too, to meeting white
men again-creatures of his own kind,
for there had been many occasions
upon which he had longed for other
companionship than that of the old
ape.
And at last the much dreamed of
moment came. They were passing
through a tangled forest when the
boys sharp eyes discovered from the
lower branches through which he was
travelling an old but well marked spoor
a spoor that set his heart to leaping
the spoor of man, Of white men, for
among the prints of naked feet were
the we'll defined outlines Of European
made boots.
The trail, which marked the passage
of good sized company, pointed north
at right angles to the course the boy
and the ape were taking toward the
coast.
Doubtless these white men knew the
nearest coast settlement. They might
even be headed for it now. At any
rate, it would be worth while overtak-
ing them, even if only for the pleasure
of meeting again creatures of his own
kind.
The boy was in the lead, excitement
and anticipation carrying him ahead
of his companion. And it was the boy
who first saw the rear. guard of the
caravan and the white men he had
been so anxious to overtake.
Stumbling along the tangled trail of
those ahead dozen heavily laden
blacks who, from fatigue or sickness,
had dropped behind were being prod
ded by the black soldiers of the rear
guard, kicked when they fell and then
roughly jerked to their feet and hus-
tied onward. On either side walked
a giant white man, whose heavy blond
boards almost obliterated their coun-
tenances.
The boys lips formed a glad cry of
salutation as his eyes first discovered
the whites-a cry that was never ut
tered, for almost Immediately he wit
messed that which turned his happi-
ness to anger as he saw that both the
white men were welding heavy whips
brutally upon the naked backs Of the
poor devils staggering along beneath
loads that would have OyertaXed the
strength and endurance of strong men
at the beginning of a new day.
Every now and then the rear guard
and the white men cast apprehensive
glances rearward, as though momen-
tarily expecting the naturalization of
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Christ Flowers.

Born of the clouds and darkness,
OF the frost and early snoW,
When the summer blooms hdUe faded,
The beautiful Christ foWerS bloto.
All through the budding Springttn'e'
All through the summers heat,
All through the aUtunen'S glory
They hide their blossoms S10eer.
But 10bep the earth is lonely
And the bitter north l0indS blot0,
Wjth a smile Of cheer for the dear old
gear
The christmas blossoms bEoW.
S1Ceet as the dream, OF summer,
White as the drifting Snol0;
When our hearts are filed r0ith gTieU-
ing,
The beautiful Christ fo0erS bloU.
Not all the south i0ind'S aoooing
opens their secret heart,
Slender they gro1o and stately,
Guarding their Hfe apart;
But qChen the earth is dredry
And hedry clouds hang lolO,
With their tender cheer for the 10dy
1C0r11 gear
The Christmas blossoms bl0D.
SUeeteSt of oil CONSIDERS!
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The First Christmas Day
Told For the Littlest Children

T ISTEN dear little children, and
you shall hear about the very first
Christmas day.
1t was in q country across the sea,
far away from here, that some shep-
herds were watching their flocks one
night The sheep were resting on the
grass, the little lambs were fast asleep
beside their mothers, but the kind Shep-
herds were not asleep. They were
watching that no harm should happen
to the sheep.
Perhaps they were looking up at the
stars and the beautiful moon above
them when suddenly there appeared a
wonderful light in the sky, brighter
than the moon, or stars, as if the sky
had opened and they saw the glory
within.
While the shepherds were looking up,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
Search for Oil in Britain,

Certain eminent American geolo-
gists, the house of commons was told
lately, hold that it is well worth while
to spend a considerable sum of money
in exploring for possible petroleum de-
posts in Great Britain, according to
q London correspondent. The speaker,
a spokesman for the board Of trade,
added: ,
'It is impossible to exaggerate the
Importance of finding oil In this coun-
try. We cannot yet say that it is here,
but it is certainly worth looking for.
"Oil is almost more important at this
moment than anything else. You may
have men, munitions and money, but,
if you have no Oil you are without the
greatest motive power We are using."
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The Christ Cradle
a Christmas Ballad
8y MARGARET j. PRESTON.

by MARGARET j. PRESTON.
["Christ cradle" is the Old Saxon name
for mince ple.I
3NWAS thc time Of lie old cru
And back uifb his broken
band
The lord Of LGncarcnn castle
Had come from tic Holy Land.
1t 1Cas Christmas ere in the castle;
The Yale log burnt in the han,
And helmet and shield and banner
Thrcl0 Shad0WS upon the 1CdH.
And the baron 1cas telling stories
To the little ones at his knees
OF some Of the holy places
He AGS riSited overSeGS.
Then he spike of the matching shep-
herds,
Who SG1O such n1GrrelouS sights
And the song that The angels chGntcd
That first OF the Christmas nights.
He told of the star s0hoSe shining
OutSparkled the brightest gem;
He told Of the halIoaOed cradle
They SRoaCeG him at Bethlehem.
And the eyes of the children gHstencd
To think that rack Suffced,
With only the stra,0 for blankets,
To cradle the baby Christ.
Nag, dry mp your tears, my ddTlingS,"
Right gayEy the baron cried,
"FoT nothing bat SMILES must greet
me!
Tn, home, and trs Christmastide!
come cifc; hare thought Of q cra-
die,
Another than this, say,
Which thou in thy skill shall make me
To honor this Christmas day.
I'VE 1Could not forget the n1dnger,
So choose of thy platters fair
The one that is largest, deepest.
And couer it in thy care.
with fakes Of the richest pastry,
Wrought cunningEy 6y thy hands,
That tHuS 1t may bring before as
The 1crap OF the S1CddGIing bands.
And 0ut Of thy l0e!1 stored ldrder
Set forth Of thy very best.
Is dUght that acc haze too precious
To honor this Christmas gueSt9
"Strci0 meats OF the finest Shredding
The Strd,0 acGs chopped in the
StdH;
Bring butter ana 1Cine and honey
To 1GriSh around them all.
"Sct rdiSjnS end fgS Of Smyrna
That drClg to the east our thought;
Let spices that call Of the Magi.
With their gifts, to mind be brought.
"Let S1cccts that suggest frankincenSe,
Let fruits from the southern sea
Be Gjren Ungrudged. Remember,
His choicest hs gaze for thee!
"Thcn over the piled up platter
4 COrCr Of pastry dra2o,
With @ star in its midst to mind as
OF that Which the triSc men Sdt0.
"ChriSt'S cradle IS 1chGt 1rc'U call it,
And erer, saceet 1Ufe, pray,
With such thou iciIt make as merry
At dinner each Christmas day"
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Fnirest of fo1Ders thar oro,1i

Fatrest of fot0ers that gro,o!
When hopes and fot0ers haze faded
The beautiful Christ foaoers bloW.
Bright in the cottage toindoD,
Stoeet in the darkened room,
Fair In the shortened sunlight,
Cheering the dusky gloom.
Oh, tohen our hearts are lonely
And clouds of care hang Iow,
What blessed cheer for our dying year.
The Christmas blossoms bIoloi
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Easily EEpiained.

Your friend was suspected of being
q COunterfeiter or q bank rObber when
he tried TO get q $1,000 bill changed"
$50 he was, but he soon Strengthened
matters out
"What did he dor'
proved hs was motion picture star
and seldom got a bill Of smaller de-
nomination III his weeks salary"
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JACK LEARNS TO HIS GREAT DISTRESS THAT he CT
MINGLE WITH EITHER WHITE Or BLACK MEM

expedition African
derelc Alexis Pauvch He brings aboard intelligent
reaches London Lord the
inherited wild live and
a The makes
The his
oyuy recognized by the Tarza had
his tribe Tarzan buy Aku the send
to AEut become
murder thief kill Jack but
They flee together the jungle and life