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whispered Peggy to Billy Belgium. Bflly
patted her hand comfortingly.
Wen turn detectives and learn
where he has gone,' he whispered back
Then he spoke out loud to Prancers
what was Santa Claus doing when ne
was so suddenly called away?'
"Te was In his Office looking at the
world through his all-seeing glasses
"Ah, ha, / have a clue" hissed BiBlly
Belgium in detective style. TLead on to
his Office"
Santa Claus's office was in the center
of the palace. 1t was a very business
like looking place. Around the walls
were large card index files. One set OF
these files was marked GOOD CHIL-
DREN,' another was marked BE
TwIXT AND BETWEEN CHILDREN
and a third was marked BAD chill
DREN." Peggy wondered In which ME
her name was listed.
whats this?" asked Billy, going to a
big horn and pressing button beside IL.
Instantly theer came out Of the norm
deafening tumble of screams, bawlines,
wailinEs and shriekings. Billy quickly
pressed the button again, shutting on
the clamor ~
That's Santa Claus's sounder, By
which he catches the noises bad chill
dren make" answered Prancer.
my gracious! bet Santa Claus
never goes near those howiers" ex-
claimed Billy Nov show me just
where he stood when he decided to run
away"
Right were you are now. He was
looking into his all-seeing glasses re.
piled Prancer. pointing to a pair OF
monster field glasses that had their eye
piece in the office and. their other END
outside the factory walls.
Hum, hum !" said Billy. Il must
look into this"
He put his eyes to the glasses, then
gave a startled shout. Il see I see J"
he shouted ~
What do you see?' cried >Peggy.
What? What?' cried the reindeer.
"A clue A clue Look, Peggy
quick"
fTomorro0 tDiN be told tohot Peggy
discovers in the 4H-Seeing gtdssesJ
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| An exclamation of delight broke
from his lips at sight of the pretty
contents. Cleaning and glistening in
the subdued light of the chamber lay
great trayful Of brilliant stones.
Tarzan, reverted to the primitive by
his accident. had no conception of the
fabulous value of his find. To him
they were but pretty pebbles. He
plunged his hands into them and let
the priceless gems filter through his
| fingers.
! He went to others of the chests,
only to find still further stores OF pre-.
cious stones. Nearly all were cut, and
from these he gathered handful and
| filled the pouch which dangled at his
| side--the uncut stones he tossed back
into the chests.
Unwittingly the ape-mar had STUN.
bled upon the forgotten Jewel-room Of
Opar. For ages it had lain buried
beneath the temple of the Flaming
God, midway of one of the many inky
passages which the superstitious de-
scendants of the ancient sun-worship-
pers had either dared not or cared not
to explore.
firing at last of this diversion, Tar
zan took his way along the corridor
which led upward from the jewel-room
by steep incline. Winding and
twisting, but always tending upward,
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CHAPTER III
In Sanf1 CI1us's Palace

NNTINGLE-TANGLE JlngIe-janele 20
L sang the sleighbells in jolly tune
as the reindeer raced over the house.
tops. The pace was swift. but not too
swift for Peggy to see many a hopeful
little face looking out for Santa Claus.
In less time than 1t takes to tell of It,
they dashed through a terrific blizzard
and found themselves outside a huge
palace Of ice. But the great gates were
closed and the palace seemed silent ana
dead
The reindeer lined up against the gate,
and at a signal from Prancer they be-
gan to kick vigorously. Their kicking
jingled their bells in a merry Christmas
chime. while the beat of their hoofs ON
the gate was like the playing Of a toy
xylophone.
The response to this signal was
astonishing The top of every arch and
turret and tower flew open and out of
each popped a grinning jack-in-the box.
At the same instant hundreds of toy SOL
diers appeared on the walls, Nalf of
them blowing toy trumpets, half of them
beating toy drums. The palace windows
were sprung open, and scores of pretty
dolls leaned forh.
''Ho, no. did you find Santa claus7"
roared the Jacks.
"Hurrah. hurrah for Santa Claus !"
shouted the soldiers.
Dear, dear Santa Claus. Take us to
our little girl mammas," shrilled the
dolls.
I'VE haven't found Santa Claus" an
nounced Prancer. But we have"
The toys didn't wait for him to ex-
plain. They gave a great groan. Then
snap. went the Jacks into the boxes.
Crash and blooey. went the soldiers.
vanishing from the walls. Bang, went
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stood before a block of stone. Upon
the top Of the stone lay stretched a
man, and as the ape-man watched the
scene he saw the lion glare terribly at
the two who remained within, the
temple.
Another thunderous roar broke from
the savage throat, the woman scream
ed and fell forward across the body of
the PROSTATE man.
The lion advanced a few steps and
crouched. The tip OF his sinuous
tail twitched nervously. He was upon
the point Of charging when his eyes
were attracted toward the ape-man.
Werper, helpless upon the altar,
saw the great carnivore preparing to
leap upon him. He saw the sudden
change in the beasts expression as
his eyes wandered to sopething be.
yond the altar and out of the Bel
CLANS view. He saw the formidable
creature rise to a standing position.
A figure darted past Werper. He
saw a mighty arm upraised and a
stout spear shoot forward toward the
lion, to bury itself in the broad chest,
He saw the lion swapping and tear.
ing at the weapons shaft, and he
saw, wonder of wonders! the naked
giant who had hurled the missile
charging upon the great beast, only
long knife ready to meet those fe.
rocious fangs and talons.
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|1,ARZAN and the JEWELS OF OPAR
By EDC AR RICE BURROUGHS

found the doorway leading inward be
meath the city and the temple.
This he followed most uncautiously
He came to the stone steps leading
upward to the higher level. He as
cended them and continued onward
toward the well.
Nothing spurred his hurt memory to
a recollection of past familiarity with
his surroundings. He blundered on
through the darkness as though he
were traversing an open plain under
the brilliance of a MONDAY sun, and
suddenly there happened that which
had to happen under the circum
stances of his rash advance.
He reached the brink of the well,
stepped outward into space, lunged
forward and shot downward into the
inky depths below.
Still clutching mis- spear. he struck
the water and sank beneath its sur
face, plumbing the depths.
The fall had not injured him, and
when he rose to the surface he shook
the water from his eyes and found
that he could see. Daylight was Al.
tering into the well from the orifice
far above his head. 1t illumined the
inner walls family. Tarzan gazed
about him.
On the level with the surface of
the water he saw a large ODpnipp in
the danh and Shiny wall. He swan to
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per recognized him as the man he had
left for dead in the treasure room.
Werper was astounded. Could this
creature be the same dignified English
man who had entertained him so gra-
ciously in his luxurious African home?
Could this wild beast, with blazing
eyes and bloody countenance, be at the
same time a man? Could the horrid
victory cry he had but Just heard
have been formed in human throat?
Tarzan was eying the man ana the
woman, a puzzled expression in his
eyes, but there was no faintest tinge
Of recognition. 1t was as though he
had discovered some new species of
living creature and was marveling at
his find.
La was studying the ape-man's
features. Slowly her large eyes
opened very wide.
"Tarzan!" She exclaimed, and then,
in the vernacular of the great apes
which constant association with the
anthropoids had rendered the common
language of the Oparians, You have
come back to me! La has ignored the
mandates of her religion, waiting, al.
ways waiting for Tarzan-for her
Tarzan. She has taken no mate, for in
all the world there was but one with
whom La would mate. And now you
have come back! Tell me, o Tarzan,
that 1t is for me you have returned"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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! the tunnel led him nearer and nearer
to the surface, ending finally in a low
celed room, lighter than any that he
had as yet discovered
Above him an opening in the ceiling
| at the upper end of a flight Of concrete
steps revealed brilliant sunlit scene.
Tarzan viewed the vine-covered col
umns in mild wonderment. He puck
cred his brows in an attempt to recall
some recollection Of similar things. He
was not sure Of himself.
There was a tantalizing suggestion
always present in his mind that some.
thing was eluding him-that he should
know many things which he did not
know.
His earnest cogitation was rudely in
terrupted by the thunderous roar from
the open above him. Following the
roar came the cries and screams OF
men and women. Tarzan grasped his
spear more firmly and ascended the
steps.
A strange sight met his eyes as he
emerged from the semidarkness of the
cellar to the brilliant light of the
temple.
The creatures he saw before him he
recognized for what they were-men
and women. and hage lion. The men
and women were scuttling for the
safety of the exits. The lion, stood
upon the body of one who had been
less fortunate than the others in the
center of the temple.
Directly before Tarzan a woman
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it and drew himself out upon the wet
floor OF a tunnel.
Along this he passed; but now he
went warily, for Tarzan of the Apes
was learning. The unexpected pit
had taught him care in the traversing
Of dark passageways-he needed no
second>lesson.
For long distance the passage
went straight as an arrow. The floor
was slippery, as though at times the
rising waters of the we'll overhowed
and flooded 1t. This in itself retarded
Tarzan's pace, for 1t was with diff
Guilty that he kept his footing.
The foot of a stairway ended the
passage. Up this he made his way. It
turned back and forth many times,
leading at last into a small. circular
chamber, the gloom of which was re-
lieved by faint light which found
ingress through a tubular shaft sew
eral feet in diameter which rose from
the center Of the rooms ceiling, up
ward to a distance of a hundred feet
or more where it terminated in a
stone grating through which Tarzan
could see a blue and sunlit sky.
Curiosity prompted the ape-man to
investigate his surroundings. Several
metal.bound, copper.studded chests
constituted the sole furniture of the
round room. Tarzan let his hands run
over these. He felt of the copper
studs, he pulled upon the hinges. and
at last, by chance, he raised the cover
of one.
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By DADDY.
When Santa Claus Vas Lost

the windows, as the dolls jerked inside.
In an instant the castle was again silent.
But now the gates swung open. and
the reindeer dashed within.
Peggy and Billy Belgium were filleo
with wonder at what they saw The
palace was like q great factory and store
combined. In the center was a long cor
ridor off of which opened countless rooms
with walls of pure ice so clear one could
look right through. In each room were
work tables, on which lay partly finished
toys. On the shelves were a few sample
toys. 1t took but a glance to see that
world had been stopped before it was
fairly started.
"You see how Santa Claus left things =.
said Prancer. sadly pointing to the empty
shelves
Find Santa Claus right away, Prin-
cess Peggy" cried all the reindeer.
Find Santa Claus ~ came chorus OF
toy voices from all the rooms of the
palace.
what in the world shall We dor
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CHAPTER ~
The JetUeI Chamber

ISoR some time Tarzan lay where he
had fallen upon the floor of the
treasure chamber beneath the ruined
walls of Opar. He lay as one dead;
but he was not dead.
At length he stirred. His eyes
opened upon the utter darkness of the
room. He raised his hand to his head
and brought it away sticky with
cIotted blood. He shifted at his fin-
gers, as wild beast might sniff at
the life blood upon wounded paw.
Slowly he rose to a sitting posture
t--listening. No sound reached to the
buried depths of his sepulcher. He
staggered to his feet, and groped his
what was he? Where was he? His
head ached; but otherwise he felt no
, III effects from the blow that had
felled him. The accident he did not
recall. nor did he recall aught of what
had led up to it.
He let his hands grope unfamiliarly
sver his limbs, his torso and his head
He felt of the quiver at his back, the
knife in his loin cloth. Something
struggled for recognition within his
brain. All! he had 1t. There was
something missing. He crawled about
upon the floor, feeling with his hands
for the thing that instinct warned him
was missing.
At last he found 1.-THE heavy war
epear that in past years had formed
20 important a feature of his very.
existence. SO inseparably had it been
connected with his every action since
the long gone day that he had wrest-
ed his first spear from the body of
q black victim Of his savage training.
.rarzen was sure that there was an
ofhGf and more lovely world than that
watch was confined TO the darkness OF
fho four atone walls surrounding him.
e1ot<eped his search ana at last
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had better let me attend to that for
you.''
Mrs. Samper smelled a rat, and asked
How much would 1t 'cost?"
ITO be worthy of the picture, should
say S2S."
/ "Twenty-eight dollars for frame?'
gasped Mrs. Samper.
Well, the upshot of it was that he
told her he had started the picture and
surely she would have 1t framed, so why
not have it through him-at cost? He
wouldn't give her the photo back. and
finally half-shamed her into ordering a
SIS frame!
Never mind, my dear" laughed Mr..
Samper; you got caught, SO take your
medicine like a man."
mo. SIR" she answered; "I'll take 1t
like a woman--men make such fuss
over taking medicine"
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The lion reared up to meet this new
enemy. The beast was growing
frightfully, and then upon the startled
ears of the Belgian broke a similar
savage growl fro mthe lips of the man
rushing upon the beast.
By a quick sidestep Tara. eluded
the first swinging clutch of the lions
paws. Darting to the beasts side, he
leaped upon the tawny back. His
arms encircled the named neck, his
knife sank deep into the brute's flesh.
Roaring, leaping, rolling, and strug.
Cling. the giant cat attempted to dis
lodge this savage enemy, and all the
while one great. brown fist was driv-
ing long, keen blade repeatedly into
the beasts side.
During the battle La regained con.
sciouness. Spellbound, she stood
above her victim, watching the spec
tacle. 1t seemed incredible that a
human being could best the king OF
beasts in personal encounter, and
yet before her very eyes there was
taking place just such an improba.
bility.
At last Tarzan's knife found the
great heart, and with a final, spas.
modic struggle the lion rolled over
upon the floor, dead.
Leaping to his feet, the conquerot
placed foot upon the carcass of hi,
kill. raised his face toward the
heavens, and gave voice to so hideous
a cry that both La and Werper trem.
bled as 1t reverberated through the
temple.
Then the ape-man turned and Wer-
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TODAY's BUSINESS EPIGRAM
. The shre,od man listens not to him
Who boasts 0t night, but to him tUho
Is at york early in the. morning.
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Business Career of Peter Flint
4 Story of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead

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CHAPTER III-(ContinuedJ


The Arabs rushed across the room.
The Wazri met them with their heavy
spears. Swords flashed, long.barreled
pistols roared out their sullen death
dooms. Mugambi launched his spear
at the nearest Of the enemy with a
force that drove the heavy shaft com.
pletely through the Arabs body, then
he seized a pistol from another, and
grasping it by the barrel Drained all
who forced their way too near his
mistress.
Stimulated by his example the few
warriors who remained to him fought
like demons, but one by one they fell
until only Mugambi remained to de.
fend the life and honor of the ape.
mans mate.
From across the room Achmet Eek
watched the unequal . struggle and
urged on his mnions. In his hands
wRs a jeweled musket. Slowly he
raised it to his shoulder, waiting until
another move should place Mugambi
at his mercy without endangering the
lives of the woman or any of his own
followers.
At last the moment came, and Ach
met Eek pulled the trigger. Without a
sound the brave Mugambi sank to the
floor at the feet of Jane Clayton.
An instant later she was surround.
ed and disarmed. Without a word
they dragged her from the bungalow.
A giant negro lifted her to the pom.
mel of his saddle, and while the raid.
ers searched the bungalow and out.
houses for punder, he rode with her
beyond the gates and waited the com.
ing of his master.
Jane Clayton saw the raiders lead
the horses from the corral and drive
the herds in from the fields She saw
her home plundered of all that repre-.
sented intrinsic worth in the eyes of
the Arabs, and then she saw the torch
applied, and the flames lick up what
remained.
And at last, when the raiders as
sembled after Cutting their fury and
their avarice, and rode away with her
toward the north, she saw the smoke
and the flames rising far into the
heavens until the winding os the trail
into the thick forests hid the sad view
from her eyes.
As the flames ate their way into
the living room, reaching out forked
tr tnl a
dead, one of that gruesome company,
whose bloody welterings had long
since been stiiled, moved again. 1t
was huge black, who rolled over
upon his side and opened bloodshot
suffering eyes. Mugambi, whom the
Arabs had left for dead, still lived.
The hot flames were almost upon him
as he raised himself painfully upon
his hands and knees and crawled slow.
ly toward the doorway.
Again and again he sank weakly to
the floor, but each time he rose again
and continued his pitiful way toward
safety. After what seemed to him an
interminable time, during which the
flames had become veritable fiery
furnace at the far side of the room, the
great black managed to reach the
veranda, roll down the steps. and
crawl off into the cool safety of some
nearby shrubbery.
AL night he lay there, alternately |
unconscious and painfully sentient,
and in the latter state watching with
savage hatred the lurid flames which
still rose from burning crib and hay
cock. A prowling lion roared close
Mt hand, but the giant black was un-
afraid. There was place for but a
single thought in his savage mind
Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!
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Night Stock

INBHt StOCk
From Winterbrook to Ashton s
The road is white and clear.
In the low light, In the moonlight,
In the heyday of the year.
To Winterbrook from Ashton
Riding came my dear!
A columbine, a red rose, ed
A tiger-lily grand. re
And pansies blue as elves grew
In fields of Faeryland.
To WinterbroolS from Ashton
He brought me In his hand!
B 1t mere than royal red rose
Or tiger-lily fine.
A blue bowl, a pearl bowl
Abrim with wizard wine,
He brought me scented night stock,
And all the world was mine!
A purple leaf, green leaf,
hint of pink and brown
And deep in charmed sleep
laid my senses down. 4
And heard the beat Of wee feet,
The fairies come to town!
oh, Faery Town is Dream Town, 4
And none may break the spell,
But the earth-scent and the wind song
And the murmur Of a shell
At moonset when the ebb tide
Is tolling like bell! 4
And Faery time is all time,
Nor aye is near or far,
. For hearts need or loves need, y
A mercy or a star.
The blessed gates Of ivorie
Forever stand ajar!
The wind that wakes the Glove buds
Blows east by Hindustan.
From Celebes the spice breeze
Brings junk and merchantmen,
With frankincense and camphor
And myrrh and frangipan! 1T
But fieeter through the palm seas.
Low-loaded to the rail,
? With scented snow of peach blow.
Like foam before the gale;
To Faery Town with witchgold
|. The fleets Of Faery sail !!
And first they gave me lads love,
AND mint and dragons tongue,
But the last gift was black thrift
Slow. slow the sea-tide swung,
And white as bone the moon set. 4. n
The bells of Faery rung! ~
, oh. soon they gave me witchgold,
But syne they brought me rue,
ana the earth-scent and the wind-sonr