Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-07

p'o"St hCHtc dHd bHhU sam arc pHI-
sued by Red Beard, pho takes
monster strides in seventy foot
/ boots
AT THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF
UIIEE- -HAw : this is no place for
- u.s." brayed Balky Sam as Red
Boards horscmen came gallopng to-
ward them waving wicked looking
scimitars.
"Wo'd better make ourselves scarce, >"
roarcd the Genie. He picked up Peggy,
slung her to his shoulders, and set off
up a winding pass that led through the
hills. Billy leaped upon Balky Sam
and followed full tilt.
Peggy, looking back, saw Red
Boards horsemen stop to pick up their
gruntng and groaning master. Red
Beard was in a towering rage. No
sooner had one of his men placed his
scimtar back in his hand than he SGT
off in n queer bounding limp after the
fugtvcs. His horscmCn. too. lCapcd
into their saddles and dashed along after
him.
The Genie and Baky Sam were go
ing as fast as tho horscmcn. but Red
Beard. in spite of the fact that he
| limpcd and WINGED with pain every time
! his feet touched the ground. quickly
caught up with them. They took care.
however, to keep away from the end of
his strides, and his springy seventy foot
boots kept him bounding so high and
so far that he couldn't touch them.
Finding his efforts in this line to be in
vain. Red Beard tried his magic. lie
gruntcd out loud the charm with which
he had once turned the Genie into a
stone statue:
Fiddle dec dee. Fiddle dec day,
| You're turned TO stone, and there you
/ stay
But his charm failed to work. be
cause Peggy, Billy and the Genie kept
their fingers crossed. Then Billy did
what he had done when rescuing Peggy
and the other brides from Red Beard
! IIc used the Turks own charm.
"Fiddlc dec doc. Fiddle dec day.
. lbu TT luFnCu 10 stone ana 1nefe You
/ STAY, -
Flop. Down came Red Beard right
in the midst of one of his seventy foot
strides. The charm had instantly turn
ed him to stone. And the weight of the
| stone caused him to drop so abruptly
! that if Balky Sam hadn't shicd suddenly
/ to ono side. the Turk would have
squashcd Billy fiat.
/ Red Beard landed on both feet. and
! the springy seventy foot boots shot him
straight up into the air like a sky
rocket. The jar and the fight through
/ the air revived him instantly from the
spell of the charm. and when he came
! down he was as dangerous as ever. The
Genie and Balky Sam saw this and sct
off in hot flight at once. After them
came Rcd Beard. but now he had his
fingers crossed. lie lcapcd over thcir
heads, and while he couldn't stop them,
hc hindcrcd their flight 50 much that
the horsemcn were rapidly ovcrhauIing
them.
Billy saw how desperate was their
plight and his nimblc wits quickly plan
ned another surprise for the Turk. Tied
to his saddle he had a long rope which
he used for lasso when playing COW
boy. Coiling this. he whircd it about
his head. and sent the moose flying up-
ward. The moose settled over one of
Red Boards legs. and Billy icrkcd it
fast. Red Beard was trippcd in the
midst Of his seventy foot stride. and
down he came with a mighty smash.
"IIcc haw, I'll give you tow"
braycd Balky Sam. setting off at gal
Iop. and dragging Red Beard by the leg
behind him. From rock to rock
bounced the Turk, and every time he
hit he gave a whcozy grunt. There were
rocks by the dozens in the pass and if
seemed that Red Beard would be
pounded into a jelly, but the rome
wasn't made for such rough work, and
when Red Beard came down particular
ly hard on one jagged boulder. the las
SO parted.
J 1t was just as we'll that it did. for
Red Boards horsemcn were coming
fast Ind with such n load dragging be =
hind. Balky Sam couldn't go fast
enough to escape.
Up. up, up the pass fed the Genie
and Balky Sam, the way growing
sleeper every minute. And behind came
shouts of pursuit AS the horscmcn picked
up Red Beard and followed after.
eff we could only get a place to
hide, -" painted the Genie. Just then
they dashed around Il bend in the pass.
and Peggy shriekcd out in alarm. The
pass had ended at the edge of a high
cliff that sloped down sharply to a dis
tant valley.
"IIee haw. Here's where we take a
slide" brayed Balky Sam.
| I'm the merit instGYmcnt triH be
described their Wih ScOot down the
tdcc Of the clif.)
Inconsistency
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