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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Dorf Of
Adrian spent Sunday with Wau-
seon relativesL
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Miss Elizabeth Ensign of Defiance
came Thursday to visit Mrs. Kathryn
Conkle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Miss Inez Boone of Toledo is en-
joying a two weeks vacatio at
nome.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Mrs. Johanna johnson of st.
Joseph, Mo. is visiting relatives of
the Roos family in Wauseon, Delta
LYONS and vicinity.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Marks
a daughter Tuesday August 18th.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

O r. Dinius and family, H. B.
Geringer and wife spent Sunday at
the home of a. R. Miley in Toledo
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

The Outcalt family have returned
from several weeks outing at Ham
ilton Lake.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Mrs. G.. A Bayes returned Monday
from a visit with friends in Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

w. w. Caddell was IN Cleveland a
few days last week.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

lMiss Clara !Ga1iuger entertained
n few friends at a pot luck supper at
her home honoring Mrs. Cora Palm
en- of Sioux Falls Sou h Dakota.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

| sell Live Stock Insurance. death
from any cause. w. II. Richardson
phone 393 20-2
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Archbold is to have a Carnival un-
der the auspices Of the American Le-
gion of that place.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sans are spend
ing the week with his son and fom-
ilv and will celebrate his eightieth
birthday Sunday.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

PUBLIC AUCTION of household
goods belonging to M. l.. Altstetter
Saturday p. m. at 1880 at Roots
Shoe Shop.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Repairing Electric irons a speci-
atty. Wauseon Electric Store.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

L. L. Geringer and family attend
ed a reunion at Lima Wednesday,.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Miss Lottie Liphtfoot, Pearl
Ruek de Shel and Miss Mary Merrill
enjoyed a boat trip to Detroit Mon
day.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Mrs. Mary Donitio left Sunday
evening on train No. 16 for Toledo
where she will spend a few days
at the home of Chas. SCHNEIDER. From
there she will go to Westerville to
spend several weeks with her sister
Mrs Carl Zabrosky.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Furney, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Woodward and
daughter, Mrs. F. B Phillips and
Ruth Rhinehart, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Burkholder and son, Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Furney and Tom Fashbaugh
apent Sur q Y with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross Furgey and Mr.. and Mrs. F.
D. Becker at Wamplers Lake.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Due to the storm on Monday,
Archie Hawkins, living three miles
west of Morenci had five cows killed
by lightning, they were all valuable
cows and were insured in the Ohio
Farmers Insurance Co. through Jas.
Grisier & Son Insurance Agency.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

Rev. A. B. Eby former pastor of
the Congregational church was in
Wauseon last Monday. Mr.. Eby
was returning to his work on the Ohio
Church Survey after three weeks
spent at the bedside of his son Carol
who has been passing through a
seige of typhoid fever.
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CHAPTER TX
The SOannp.

Krlr those men without waking the
others It might be possible in that
gloom to rescue Inez at once. Rap
idly I weighed the pros and cons
of such an attempt. Its advant.
ages, If successful, were that the
object of our pursuit would be car.
ried through without further
trouble, and that it was most doubt
full whether we should ever get
such a chance again. II we re-
turned to fetch the others and at.
tackled in force the probability was
that those Amahagger, or one OF
them, would hear some sound made
by the advance Of a number Of men
and fly into the darkness, or, rather
than lose Inez, they might kill her.
Or IL they stnod and fought she
might be slain in the scrimmage.
Or they might defeat and kill US,
whom they outnumbered by two or
three to one.
These were the arguments for
the attempt. Those for not max
ing 1t were equally obvious. To be-
gin with, It was one Of extraordi-
nary risk; the two guards, or some
one else behind them, might wake
up, for such people, like dogs, most
ly sleep with one eye open, espe-
cially when they know that they
are being pursued. Or II they did
not we might bungle the business
so that they raised an outcry be-
fore they grew silent forever, In
which case both of US would prob
ably pay the penalty before we
could get away, and perhaps Inez
also.
Such was the two-horned d.
lemma upon one point or other OF
which we ran the risk of being i'm
paled. For a full minute or more
I considered. the matter with an
earnestness that almost amounted
to mental agony, and at last all but
came to the conclusion that the
danger was too enormous. It would
be better, Notwithstanding the
many disadvantages Of that plan,
to go back and fetch the others.
But then It was that made one Of
my many mistakes in life.
On that occasion my natural ten
dency to blunder took the form OF
relying upon another's judgment
instead OF my own. Although / had
formed a certain view as to what
should be done, the pros and cons
seemed so evenly balanced that |
determined TO consult Hans and
accept his verdict. did soto my
grief.
In the tiniest Of whispers, with
my lips right against his smelly
head, I submitted the problem TO
the little Hottentot, asking him
what We should do-go on or go
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struck me on the knees, and then
also became strangely still.
Recovering my axe, crept for
ward and opened the curtain-like
rugs or blankets that covered Inez.
heard her stir at once.
make no noise" whispered. 'It
is /, Allan Quatermain, come to res
cue you. Slip out and follow me;
do you understandT
Eyes, quite" she whispered back,
and began to rise.
At this moment blood-curdling
yell seemed to fill earth and heaven,
yell at the memory of which even
now / feel faint, years after its
echoes died away.
] may as well say at once that II
came from Janee, who, awaking
suddenly, had perceived against the
background Of the sky, Hans stand
ing over her, looking like a yellow
devil with a long knife in his hand,
which she thought was about to be
used to murder her.
So. lacking self-restraint, she
screamed in the most lusty fashion,
for her lungs were excellent, and
the game was up.
Instantly every man sleeping
round the fire leaped to his feet and
rushed In the direction OF the echoes
Of Janee's yell. It was impossible
to get Inez free of her tent arrange
ment or to do anything except whis-
per to her:
"Feign sleep and know nothing.
We will follow you, Your father is
with u.s."
Then I bolted back into ths
bushes, which Hans had reached
already.
A minute or two later, when we
were clear of the hubbub and near
hhb Jul oWh Nohps
to me sententiously:
THE Great Medicine worked well,
Baas, but not quite we'll enough, for
what medicine can avail against q
woman's follyf"
at was your own folly we should
blame" I answered. I'VE ought to
have known that fool girl would
shrek, and taken precautions"
"Yes, Baas, we ought to have
killed her. too, for nothing else
. would have kept her quiet" replied
Hans in cheerful assent.
At this moment we stumbled
across Robertson and Umslopogaas,
who, with the others and every liv-
ing thing within a mile or two, had
also heard Janee's yell, and brisfly
told our story.
Then we advanced. Hans and !
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'EITHBR Hans nor I, carried

e YEITHBR Hans nor + carried
III rifles, which we knew would
= be in the way on our busi-
ness, which was just to scout.
Moreover. one Is always tempted
to shoot IL gun is at hand, and
this did not want to do at present.
So. although had my revolver in
case of urgent necessity, my only
other weapon was Zulu axe.
For about quarter Of mile we
went on without seeing or hearing
anything, and difficult job it was
in that gloom among the scattered
trees, with no light save such as
the stars gave US. Indeed, was
about to suggest that we had better
abandon the enterprise until day
break when Hans nudged me, whis-
pering:
Look to the right between those
twin thorns!"
I obeyed and perceived at dis
tance of about two hundred yards
q faint glow, so faint, indeed, that I
think only Hans would have no
ticed 1t.
"The fire of which we saw the
smoke that has burnt to ashes,"
whispered Hans.
We crawled forward very eau.
tiously to avoid making the slight
est noise, so cautiously, indeed,
that 1t must have taken us nearly
half an hour to cover those two
hundred yards. At length we were
within about forty yards of that
dying fire and, afraid to go further,
came to a stop behind some bushes.
Hans shifted with his broad nos
trils; then he whispered;
"Amahagger there all right,
Baas; | smell them"
Although my nose is fairly keen
could smell nothing at all, SO l
determined to wait and watch a
while. Some minutes we lay thus,
III OF sudden this happened: A
branch OF resinous wood OF which
the stem had been eaten through
by the flames fell upon the ashes
of the fire and burnt up with a
brilliant tight.
In It we saw that the Amahagger
were sleepingsin circle round tho
flre wrapped in their blankets. Also
we saw that nearer to us, not more
than a dozen yards away, indeed,
was a kind OF little tent, made of
fur rugs or blankets, which doubt
less sheltered Inez. Indeed. this
was evident from the fact that at
the mouth of II, wrapped up in
something, lay Janee. One more
thing we noted, namely, that two
OF the cannibals, evidently a guard,
we're sleeping between us and the
tent.
An idea came to me- II we could
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Hans had already experienced her
foolishness and she was lying there
before our eyes. I suppose that
our minds were so concentrated
upon the guard.killing and the
tragic and impressive Inez that
there was no room in them for the
stolid and matter-of-fact Janee.
Often in my life have felt terri
fed. but rarely have / been more
frightened that I was at this mo-
ment. Actually l hung back until
l saw that Hans, slithering through
the grass like thick yellow snake.
with the great knife in his right
hand, was quite a foot ahead Of me.
Then my pride came to the rescue
and I spurted, IL one can spurt upon
ones stomach, and drew level with
him. Inch by inch we crept for
ward, lying still a while after each
convulsive movement; once for
quite a long while, since the left.
hand cannibal seemed about to
wake up, for he opened his mouth
and yawned. II so, he changed his
mind, and rolling from q sitting
posture on to his side went to
sleep much faster than before. /,
A minute cor so later the right
hand ruffian, my man, also stirred,
SO sharply that I thought he had
heard something. Apparently, how
ever, he was only haunted by
dreams resulting from an evil life,
or perhaps by q prescience OF Its
end, for, hitter waving his arm and
muttering something in a fright
ened voice, he, too, sank back into
sleep.
AT last we were on them, but
paused because We could not see
exactly where to strike, and knew,
each Of US, that our first blow must
be the last and fatal one. A cloud
had come up and dimmed what
light there was, and we must walt
for II to pass. II was long wait,
or seemed so. At length 1t did
pass, and in faint outline before me
l saw the classical head OF my
Amahagger bowed in deep sleep.
With heart beating as It does
only In the fierce extremities OF
love or war, Kissed like a snake.
which was our agreed signal, then
rising TO my knees I lifted the Zulu
axe and struck with all my strength.
The blow was straight and true;
Umslopogaas himself could not
have dealt a better. The victim In
front OF me uttered no sound and
made no movement; only with his
skull cloven in twain, sank gently
on to his side, wrenching the axe
from my hand, and lay as dead as
though he had never been born.
Il appeared that Hans had done
equally well, since the other man
kicked out HIS long legs, which
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the dawn before taking up the trail.
only to find ourselves confronted
with new trouble.
All the Strathmuir half.breeds
whom we had left behind as useless
had taken advantage Of our absence
and that Of the zulus to desert.
They had just bolted back upon our
tracks and vanished into the sea of
bush. What became Of them I do
not know, as we never saw them
again, but my belief is that these
cowardly fellows all perished. for
certainly not one Of them reached
Strathmuir.. Fortunately for us,
however, they departed in such
hurry that they left all their loads
behind them, and even some OF the
guns they carried.
AS there was nothing 70 be said
or done, since any pursuit OF these
ours was out OF the question, we
made the best of things as they
were. From the loads we selected
such articles as we're essential, am
munition for the most part, to carry
ourselves, and the rest we abar,.
doned, hiding It under q pile of
stones in case we should ever como
that way again. The guns they had
thrown aside we distributed among
the Zulus, who had none, though the
thought that they possessed them,
so far as was concerned, added
another terror to life.
Now, this sounds very much like
tale OF disaster, or at any rate OF
failure. II is, however, wonderful
by what strange ways results are
brought about, 80 much SO that at
times think all these seeming 40
cidents must be arranged by an
Intelligence superior to our own, TO
fulfill through us purposes OF which
we know nothing, and frequently
be It admitted, Of a nature sufft
ciently obscure.
To take the present case, for IN
stance, the whole Inez episode at
first sight might appear to be an
excrescence Of my narrative OF
which the object Is to describe how
l met q certain very wonderful
woman and what heard and expe-
rienced In her company. Yet Il is
not really so, since had Il not been
for the Inez adventure Il is quite
clear that I should never have
reached the home OF this woman or
have seen her at'all.
From the night upon which Hans
and I failed TO rescue Tnez we had
no more difficulty in following the
trail OF the cannibals, who thence
forward were never more than q
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back. Hans considered q while,
then answered in q voice which he
contrived to make resemble the
drone Of q night beetle:
Those men are fast asleep; !
know 1t by their breathing. Also
the Baas has the Great Medicine.
Therefore I say, go on and kill
them and rescue Sad-Eyes."
Now saw that the Fates to
which I had appealed had decided
against me, and that I must accept
their decree. With sick and sink.
ing heart, for I did not at all like
the business, I wondered for mo-
ment what had led Hans to take
this view, which was directly OPP
posite to that had expected from
him. or course, his superstition
about the Great Medicine had some
thing to do with 1t. but I felt con-
vinced that this was not all.
Even then I guessed that two ar
guments appealed to him, Of which
the first was that he desired, II pos
sible, to put an end to this intoler-
able and unceasing hunt, which had
worn us all out, whatever that end
might be. The second and more
powerful, however, was, believe
and rightly. that the idea Of this
stealthy, midnight blow appealed
irresistibly to the craft Of his half
wild nature, In which the strains Of
the leopard and the snake seemed
to mingle with that of the human
being. ..
The die having been cast, in the
same infinitesimal whispers we
made our arrangements, which
were few and simple, They
amounted to this-that we were to
creep on to the men and each of
us to kill that one who was oppo-
site to him, I with the axe and
TIans with his knife, remembering
that It must be done with a single
stroke-that is IL they did not wake
up and kill us-after which we
were to get Inez out of her shelter,
dressed or undressed, and make of
with her into the darkness, where
we we're pretty sure of being able
to baffle pursuit until we reached
our own camp.
Provided, that we could kill the
two guards in the proper fashion
rather large proviso, admit-the
thing was simple as shelling peas,
which, Notwithstanding the prov.
erb, in my experience is not simple
at all, since generally the shells
crack the wrong way and at least
one of them remains in the pod.
SO II happened in this case, for
Janee, whom we had both forgot
ten, remained In the pod.
am sure I don't know why we
overlooked her; indeed, the thing
was inexcusable, especially as
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few hours ahead of US, and had no
time to be careful or to attempt TO
hide their spoor, though so fast did
they travel that do what we would.
burdened and wearied as we were.
II proved impossible to catch them
up.
For the ffrst three days the track,
ran on through scattered, rolling.
bushveld, tending continually down
hill. when we broke camp on the
morning of the fourth day, eating a
hasty meal at dawn (for now game
had become extraordinarily plenti.
ful), the rising sun showed beneath
us an endless sea OF billowy mist
stretching in every direction. -4-
To the north, as judged fifty or
sixty miles away. rose the grim out
line Of what looked like huge for.
tress. which I knew must be one OF
those extraordinary mountain for.
nations probably owing their orr.
gin to volcanic action. that are to
be met with here and there in Gem
trail and Eastern Africa. Being so
distant, 1t was impossible to esti.
mate its size, which I guessed must
be enormous, and in looking at It I
bethought me OF that great noun.
tain in which Zikaii said the mar:
vellous white Queen lived, and won.-
dered whether It could be the same.
II so, the map had shown It as sur.
rounded by swamps. and-well,
surely that mist hid the face of q
mighty swamp. aa
II did indeed, since before night.
fall, following the spoor Of those,
Amahagger, we had plunged into a
morass so vast that In all my ex-
perience have never seen or heard
of its like. II was q veritable
ocean OF papyrus and other reeds,
some OF them a dozen or more feet
high, so that It was impossible to
see yard in any direction. -,
Here 1t was that the Amahagger
ahead Of us proved our salvation,
since without them to guide us we
must soon have perished. For
through that gigantic swamp there
ran road, as I think an ancient
road, since in one or two places
saw stone work which must have,
been laid by man. Yet Il was moi
road which Il would have been.
possible to follow without a guide,
seeing that Il also was overgrown.
with reeds. Indeed, the only differ.
ence between IL and the surround.
ing swamp was that on the road the
soil was comparatively frm-tha,
Is to say, one seldom sank into Il
above the knee, whereas on either
side the quagmires were apparently
bottomless and partook of the ma
ture Of qutcksand.
This we found ont soon after VIC
entered the swamp. since Robert
son,-pushing forward with tho fierce
eagerness which seemed to con,
sumo him, neglected to keep his
eye upon the spoor and stepped of
the edge OF the land that appeared
to be exactly similar to its surface.
Instantly he began to sink In
greasy and tenacious mud. Um.
slopogaas and I were only twenty
yards behind, yet by the time we
reached him In answer to his shouts
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Conttnued on Ncrt Page.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-20
OAKLAND NEWS
Notes and personals by Mrs. d. T.
Thomson. Phone 1852 XII or $3.50.

Mrs. s. R. Mix. who has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Borovick, in Winfield
avenue for the past week, has returned to
her home in Valley Falls, Kan.
Mrs. M. Marty of CORTLAND. Kan, has
been the guest Of her parents Mr.. and Mrs
1. f. Bradley in Oakland avenue for a
few days.
Mrs. H. P. Carothers of Winfield avenue,
who has been visiting in Miltonville and
Minneapolis, Kan, for the past two weeks,
will return home this week
Mrs. Frank Meyers of AFTER avenue will
have as dinner guests Sunday Mrs RolIo
StockweH of San Bernardino. Cal, and Mr.
and Mrs. VIII Miller of Carbonate, Kan
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Borcyick of Win
field avenue. viii spend the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Mix in Valley Falls,
Kan.
Mr.. Fl. P. Carothers of Winfield avenue.
will spend few days in Fort Scott visit
ing his daughter Mrs. E. Stfllman.
The s. o. D. H. Club will meet with Mrs
Gladys Sund, Tuesday evening at her home
in 421 Elmwood Ave.
Harry C. Root spent the day Friday in
Oakland the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Vandeventer, former Jewell county friends,
whom he has known for more than forty
five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-20
TOPEKA BOYS WILL BE THERE
Fifty Plan to Attend Older Boys Con-
ference at Hutchinson.


Fifty Topeka boys are planning to
Kansas. under the auspices of the
ember 26. % and %. according to o.
w. Hascall, boys work secretary of
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. The attend
ance at the conference will reach at
least 1000 boys. with 200 leaders.
+ Among the leaders who will go
from Topeka in addition to Hascall are
P. F. Shilling, Ray Smith, and the
Rev. w H. Young. a representative of
the colored high school Y. NJ. c. A.
Wednesday night pep" meeting for
arousing interest in the conference will
be held at the Central Y. NJ. C. A.
Delegates will leave for Hutchinson
Friday morning on the Santa Fe at
$3.50 o'clock in special train.
The conference is the fourth of its
kind held in the state. Among the
speakers on the conference program
will be DR.. Chas. w. Gilkey, pastor of
the Hyde Park Baptist church, Chi
cago, and for many years an interna-
tiona1 Y. NJ. c. A. committee worker;
James Taylor. who served in the Brit
ish army for many years and who was
gassed in the world war, while serving
as a Y. NJ. C. A. secretary; v. NJ.
Wiley, w. Y. Morgan; Judge John
Marshall; Fred Voiland; A. A. Hyde;
lC. @. Chandler; Sterling Williams;
Harrison Ray Anderson and Wilbur n.
Mason.
All boys who plan to go should ap-
ply to Hascall at the Central Y. NJ.
C. A. by Tuesday of next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-20
EAST SIDE NEWS
Thomson. Phone 1852 XII OF $3.50.

Mrs. Cecil Stewart who has been here at
the bedside of her mother Mrs. Betty Nc
Mahon, who has been i'll for the past five
weeks, has returned to her home in Edo
RADIO, Kan.
ternoon with Mrs. Jacob Disney of ST. Will
son avenue.
Mrs Katherine Billings, attended the all
day meeting of the Rural Hope Club. held
at the home of Mrs. E. NJ. REGARD of Lin
coin street. Thursday Mrs. A. NJ. Garvey
gave an interesting talk on her travels
thru Europe
Mrs. c. C. Howard of East 9Th street who
has been ill for several months is improv-
ing.
Mr. W. NJ. Bradshaw of Quincy street.
will spend the week end in Hutchinson on
business.
The Clematis Club met Thursday after
noon with Mrs. F. Snyder of Lawrence
street. those present were Mrs. q. E. Carr,
Mrs. N. o. Craig, Mrs. c. G. Magee, Mrs.
E. Renbarger, Mrs D. E. Young, Mrs. Z.
F. Young and Mrs. II. Earn.
Mr. and Mrs. John WINNER, Sr-, of JEFF
ferson street are enjoying a visit with their
son Mr.. John WINNER, Jr., of Minneapolis,
Kan. Mr.. WINNER is employed as an in
stal1er for the Bell Telephone Company of
Minnea polls. He will visit with his parents
during the holidays.
Mrs. NJ. Marty of CORTLAND, Kan, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Brad
ley in Lime street, went to Kansas City
Friday to visit her daughters, Miss Velma
Marty and Miss Beulah Marty. who are
studying music at the Horner Musical
Miss Gladys Deschler and Miss Rose
Deschler cS Freeman avenue, spent Friday
evenin. in Elevation, Kan. where they as
sisted IN the program at the entertainment
and supper given by the Elevation Grange.
Mrs. Harriet Checksfield spent Thursday
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Checks
field in Freeman avenue.