The Washington times., 1919-03-24
Planet, Called by Ancierts, Erik.
Pres BiIlh.of Milo Bornto.
Cortnborate q Bloody Horoscope.

{. FatheEI exclaimed IEeg poEs
very ree.isI never even saw'her, I'm
ashamed.
Theysstood locking across the pas
ture, Rksre A little girl in a pink
Einghani- dress fingered watching
them. evidently lured by her curfos-
fiy from the Nd house at the cross
roads Just beNtnd.
Jim Neeland stiil red with morti-
featioh, took he big cSck-grouse
from the dog which brought sit--a
tender-naouthed Beautifully trained
Beiton, who Sto6d with his feather
ed offering il hts jaws, very serious.
very proud. aWaitfng praise from
the Neeiahds 9 : fathet and son.
NeeIand senior drew" the bird
and distributed the sacrifice impar-
TALLY between both dogs-it being
the custom Of the country.
Neeland junior broke his gun re-
placed the explOded shell, content,
Indeed. with his 100 per cent per-
form6nce.
Better run over and speak to the
little. girl. jim" suggested old Dick
Neeland. &c Ne motioned the dogs
into covert again.
So jim ran lightly across the
stony, cioVtf-set ground to whers
the little girl roamed along the old
snake fence, picking berries soms-
times. Sometimes watching the
sbortFtnen out OF shy. golden-gray
eyes,
'Tlttik tirl," be saId, "Pm afraid
the sBotiffon my Eun came rattling
rather. eiose e you that time.
Touai have 70 be careful I've no
ticed you here before. II won't do:
you'll have to keep out Of range OF
those bushes, because when we're
inside We eaa,t see exactly where
we're hringp
The child said nothing. She look
ed.np a. the boy. smiled shyly. thea,
Z with much composufe, began her
retreat not nsElseting any tempt
F. ing blackberry on the way
The sun hung loWs.oVef gthe haEy
Hayftid hills; TIE btechep and oaks
Of Hohawk county burned broWa
ana crimson; silver hitches support
! ca their dRiieate can6pt6s OF burnt,
gold; and imperial white pines
clothed hillf and vale In a stately
robe OF green.
Jim Ns6l4nd forgot the chiid-Or
repembtted her ehly to exercise
: ca1tton in .thR Broo olhollopF covert.
The iittle girl, Ruhannah, who
had ouegaaSsted With pffeK1y hest
in her ulother's arms ontside the
walls OF Tfebizond, did not forget
this: easily smiling. tau young fell
loW--a grewn man 20 het-Who had
come acrcss. the pasture lot TO Wara
her. 3
But II was many SdaY before
they met again. though these two,
also had been born under the in.
visible shadow Of the Dark Sta-..
But the shadow Of Erik h always
+ passing like swift Lightning across.
the Phantom Planet which has hed
the other way, since Time was born.
Allahou Ekber o TehinguiE
-Khaean!
A native Mongol missionary said
to Ruhannah's father:
"As the chronicles Of the Eighurs
have IL, long ago there fell metal
from the Black Racer Of the skies:
the first dagger Was made of It.; and
the first image Of the Prince of
Darkness, TheRe pass from Kurd
to coEsack By theft, by gift, by loss;
they pass from nation to nation by
accident, which Is Divine design.
%And where they remain, war is.
Ard lasts until image apd dagger
are carried TO another land where
war shall be. But where there Is
war. only the predestihed suffer
those born under Brlik-chiTdren o.
the Dark Star
Il thoukht," said the Reverend
Wllbour CafeW. shat my brother
had confessed Christi,
II am bHt REPEATING to you what
my father belisved: and Temujin
before him." replied the native con-
vert, his remote gaze lost in reflsc-
ton.
His eyes were quite little and
colored like = lions; and sometimes,
in deep reVefie, the corners of his
upper lip tWitched.
This happsped when Ruhannah
lay frettinE in her mothers arms.
and the hot wind blew on Trebi-
Eond.
Under the Dark star too. a boy
grew up in Minetta Lane, not less
eombative than other ragged boys
about him, but he was inclined to ar
range =, and bUperintepd fist fights
rather than to participate in battle.
except with his wits.
His name was Eddie Brandes; his
first fortune Of three dollars was
amaSsed at craps; he became a
hanger-on in ward politics. at race
tracks, stable, club, squared ring,
vaudeville. butlesqUe,. Long Acre
Attracted him-but always the
gambling end Of the operation.
Which prediieetion. with its years
OF ups and downs, landed him one
day in. western Canada with an
"Unknown1 70 match against an
AthabGsca /" blacksmith, and
training camp as the prospect for
the next six weeks.
There lived there, gradually dy-
ing, one Albrecht Dumont, lately
head EamekeepeF to nobility in the
mountains OF q Lost Province. and
wearing the Iron Cross OF 1870 on
the ruins Of q gigantic and bony
chest, now az hollow as Gothic
ruin! - ~
And IL, like a thousand fellowSpa-
.triotE. he hqd bsen goTdered to the
western world TO watch and report
to his government tie trend and
tendency Of that western, English
speaking world, only his govern
ment and his daughter knew ia
ehild Of the Dark Star now grown
to early womGnhood, with a voice
like a hermit thrush and the skill
Of q soreeress with Anything that
sped q bullet.
Before the, URkppWn was quite
ready to meet the Afhtbasca black
| ssmaA, Aibrecat HVnopt. dying
faster now, signed HE last report
to the RoYeFnment.at Berlin, which
his daughter IIse had written for