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robed individuals gathered in a
circle about a large stone, upon
which something was stretched
that resembled the carcass of a
sheep or goat, and round these a
great number of spectators.
"The priests of Lhlala who make
sacrifice to the moon, as they do
night by night, save when she is
dead" Ayesha. turning back toward
me as though in answer to the
query which l had conceived but
left unuttered.
What struck me about the whole
scene was its extraordinary anima-
tion and briskness. All the folk
round the fires and outside of them
moved about quickly and with he
same kind of loveliness which
might animate a camp of more
natural people at the rising of the
sun.
1t was as though they had just
got up full OF vigor to commence
their daily, or, rather, their nightly
round, which, in truth, was the
case, since, as Hans had discov-
cred, by habitude these Amahagger
preferred to sleep during the day
unless something prevented them,
and to carry on the activities of
life at night.
It only remainsto add that there
seemed to be a great number of
them, for their fires, following the
round of the dry moat, stretched
further than / could see.
Scrambling down the crumbled
wall by a zigzag pathway we came
upon the outposts OF the army be-
meath us, who challenged, then,
seeing with whom they had to do,
fell fiat upon their faces, leaving
their great spears, which had iron
spikes on their shafts like to those
OF the Nasal, sticking in the
ground beside them.
We passed on between some OF
the fires, and l noted how solemn
and gloomy. although handsome,
we're the countenances Of those by
whom these we're surrounded. In
deed, they looked like denizens of
a different world to ours, one alien
to the kindly race Of men.
There was nothing social about
these Amahagger, who seemed to
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and us; also his magic is as thy
magic and his length OF days as
thy length OF days. How then can
we who are few-three thousand
men at the most-match ourselves
against Rezu, Son OF the SunH
Would II not be better that we
should accept the terms OF Rezu.
which are light, and acknowledge
him as our king?"
AS she heard these words | saw
the tall shape OF Ayesha quiver be-
meath her robes, as think. not
with fear but with rage, because
the meaning OF them was clear
enough-namely, that rather than
risk a battle with Rezu these peo-
pie were contemplating surrender
and her own deposition, If, indeed.
she could be deposed. Still, she
answered In a quiet voice:
1T seems that have dealt too
gently with you and your fathers,
Children of Lulala, whose shadow
! am here upon the earth, 80 that
because you only see the scabbard
you have forgotten the sword with
b In and that 1t can shine forth and
smite. Well.y why should l be
wroth because the british will fol-
low the law OF brutes. though II is
true that ! am minded to slay you
where you standR
"Hearken! Were ] less merciful
would leave you to the clutching
hands of Rezu, who would drag you
one by one TO the stone OF sacrifice
and offer up your hearts to his god
OF fire and devour your bodies with
his heat. But bethink me OF your
wives and children and of your
forefathers, whom / knew In the
dead days, and therefore, II / may,
still would save you from your
selves and your heads from the
glorious pot.
Take counsel together now and
say-Wil you fight against Rezu
or will you yield? If that is your
desire, speak it and by te-morrow's
sun l will begone, taking these
with me-" and she pointed to US,
whom l have summoned to help
us in the war.
"Aye, l will begone, and when
you are stretched upon the stone
Of sacrifice, and your women and
children are the slaves of the men
of Rezu, then shall you cry, oh.
where is Hiya, whom our fathers
knew? oh, will she not return and
save us from this hell? Yes, so
shall you cry, but there shall come
no answer. since then she will have
departed to her own habitations in
the moon and thence appear no
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be a folk laboring under some an
cient, ancestral curse Of which
they could never shake off the
memory. Even the women rarely
smiled; their clear-cut, stately
countenances remained stern and
set, except when they glowered at
us incuriously. Only when Ayesha
passed they prostrated themselves
like the rest.
We went on across the moat,
climbing its further slope, and here
suddenly came upon a host of men
gathered in hollow square, appar-
emily in order to receive us. They
stood in ranks five or six deep, and
their spear-points glimmering in
the moonlight looked like long
bands of level steel.
AS we entered the open side OF
the square all these spears were
lifted. Thrice they were lifted, and
at each uplifting there was a deep
throated cry of Hiya, which is the
Arabic for She, and ! suppose was
a salutation to Ayesha.
She swept on, taking no heed, till
we came to the centre of the
square, where a number Of men
we're gathered, who Frustrated
themselves in the usual fashion.
Motioning to them to rise she said;
Captains, this very night, within
two hours, we will march against
Rezu and the sun-worshippers,
since otherwise, as my arts tell me,
they march against us. She-who-
commands is immortal, as your
fathers have known from genera
tion to generation, and cannot be
destroyed; but you, her servants,
can be destroyed, and Rezu. who
also has drunk of the Cup Of Life,
outnumbers you by three to one,
and prepares a queen to set up In
my place over his own people and
such of you as remain, as though" !"
she added with a coEtemptuous
laugh, "any woman Of a day could
take my place"
She paused, and the spokesman
OF the captains said:
ave hear, o Hiyal and we under
stand. What wouldst thou have
us do, o Lulala-come-to-earth! The
armies OF Rezu are great, and from
the beginning he has hated thee
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since it is not given TO me to read
the future, but only the past, and
sometimes the things that happen
in the present though they be far
away"
"Wnl you send TO search for
him, o Ayesha?" asked anxiously
NAY. L is useless, for he is
already distant. Moreover, those
who went might be taken by the
outposts Of Rezu, as perchanoe has
happened 10 your companion wan
dering In his madness. Do you
know what he went to seek?"-
more or less" | answered. and
translated to her the letter that
Robertson had leftNfor me,
"It we'll may be as the man
writes" she commented, since the
mad often see we'll in their dreams.
though these are not sent by god
'as he imaglnes. The mind in its
secret places knows all things, o
Allan! although 1t seems to Anow
little or nothing, and whsn the
breath of vision or the fury of a
soul distraught blows away or
burns the gates of distance, then
for a while it sees and knows,
since, whatever fools may think.
often madness is true wisdom.
Now follow me with the little yel-
low man and the Warrior of the
Axe. Stay, let me look upon that
axe"
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| interpreted her wish to Um-
slopogaas, who held it out to her,
but refused to loose 1t from his
wrist, to which 1t was attached by
the leathern thong.
Does the Black One think that
shall cut him down with his own
weapon, l who am so weak and
gentle?" she asked, laughing.
NAY, Ayesha, but 1t is his law
not to part with this Drinker OF
Lives, which he names Chieftain-
ess and groan maker and clings
to" closer by day and night than a
man does to his wife"
There he Is wise, Allan, since
captain may get more wives, but
never such another axe. The thing
is ancient" she added musingly
after examining it's every detail,
"and who knows?
"It may be that where Of the
legend tells which is fated to bring
Rezu to the dust. Now, ask this
fierce-eyed Slayer whether, armed
with his axe he can find courage to
face the most terrible of all men
and the strongest, one that is a
wizard also, of whom it is prophe-
sled that only by such an axe as
this can he be made to bite the
dust"
/ obeyed. Umslopogaas laughed
grimly and answered:
"Say to the White Witch that
there is no man living upon the
earth whom l would not face in
war, | who have never been con-
quered in fair fight, though once a
chance blow brought me to the
doors Of DEATH" and he touched the
great hole in his forehead,
Say to her also that | have no
fear of defeat, I, from whom doom
is. as I think, still far away, though
the Opener of Roads has told me
that among a strange people shall
die in war at last, as | desire to do,
who, from my boyhood have lived
in war"
"He speaks WE'LL" she answered,
with a note of admiration in her
| voice. by Isis, we're he but white
would set him to rule these Anna.
hagger under me. Tell him, Allan,
that If he lays Rezu low he shall
have a great reward"
"And tell the White Witch, Ma
cumazahn,' Umslopogaas replied
when had translated, that / seek
no reward save glory only, and
with It in the sight Of one who Is
lost to me but with whom my heart
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still dwells, IL, indeed, she has
strength to broach the wall Of
blackness that is built between me
and her"
Strange" reflected Ayesha when
she understood, that this grim
Detroyer should yet be bound by
the silken bonds of love and yearn
for one whom the grave has taken.
Learn from it, Allan, that all hui
manity is cast in the same mould,
since my longings and your long
ings are his also, though the three
of us be far apart as are the sun
and the moon and the earth, and as
different in every other quality.
"Yet it is true that sun and moon
and earth are born of the same
black womb of chaos, and there
fore in the beginning were identi-
cal, as doubtless they will be in
the end, when, their journeyings
done, they rush together to light
space with a flame at which the
mocking gods that made them may
warm their hands.
We'll, so it is with man, o Allan!
whose soul stuff is drawn from the
gulf Of Spirit by Natures hand, and
cast upon the cold air Of this death.
driven world, freezes into a million
shapes, each different TO the other
and yet. be sure, the same. Now
talk no more, but follow me. Slave
(this was addressed to Billali, bid
the guards lead on to the camp OF
the servants OF Lulala."
So we went through the silent
ruins. Ayesha walked, or, rather
glided a pace or two ahead; then
came Umslopogaas and !, side by
side, while at our heels followed
Hans, very close at our heels, since
he did not wish TO De out OF reacn
of the virtue of the Great Medicine
and incidentally of the protection
OF axe and rife.
Thus we marched, surrounded
by the solemn guard, for something
between a quarter and half a mile,
till at length we climbed the debris
of a mighty wall that once had en-.
compassed the city, and by the
moonlight say beneath us a vast
hollow that clearly, at some un.
known time, had been the bed OF
an enormous moat and filed with
water.
Now, however, II was dry, and
all about its surface we're dotted
numerous camp fires, round which
men we're moving, also some wo-
men, who appeared to be engaged
In cooking food.
At a little distance, too, upon the
further edge of the moat-like de-
preston were a number of white
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Companion Story to She and Allan Quatermail

more. Now consult together and
answer swiftly, since l weary Of
you and your ways"
The captains drew apart and be-
gan 20 talk in low voices, while
Ayesha stood still, apparently quite
unconcerned, and considered the
situation.
TO Be Continued Next Sunday.
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The Clovis news., 1920-10-28
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court Of Curry
County, State of New Mexico.
In the matter Of the estate Of
Henry Van Worst, deceased. No. 1923.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration on the estate Of
Henry Van Worst, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned by the
Probate Court of Curry County,
State Of New Mexico, on the goth
day Of October, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
the same to the undersigned at his
office in Clovis, New Mexico, for al
1owance, within twelve months after
the date Of this notice with necessary
vouchers or they will be forever pre-
cluded from any benefit of said es-
tate; or, said claims may be filed
with the clerk Of said Probate Court
Dated this 21st day of October
1920.
F. B. PAYNE,
1O-29-4tc Administrator
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PLEASANT HILL
WELCOMES DEFEAT

Ralph Parlette says: Everybody
Is being bumped every DAY by de.
feats, knocks and dissappointments.
And every time we receive a bump,
we rattle down or shake up. II we
are little we rattle down; If VIC are
big VIC shake up" I believe Mr..
Farlctte's logic is good.
4 few years ago harmony reigned
at Pleasant Hill and at the County
Fair she justly took many first hon
ors. She received no bumps, no
knocks, consequently she ceased to
grow, while other communities re-
ceiving bumps continued to grow.
But today inward knocks are almost
tearing down the walls Of Pleasant
Hill, and at the County Fair she takes
no first honors. There is no danger
in these knocks because Pleasant
Hill is too big potentially to rattle
down. Therefore, what is needed Is
more knocks and harder knocks from
within and without. Then when we
have been shaken upon the same
level, we will put our forces togcth-
cr and make Grady ashamed Of her
self. Contributed
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TO THE PUBLIC

Three reasons why you should vote
for W. ]. Fahsholtz, Republican can
didate for Sheriff of Curry County.
l.-Because he is one of the oldest
residents Of Curry County, coming
here in 1907.
because he volunteered his
services to his country in the spring
of 1918, serving in the Signal Corps
overseas almost year.
S.-If Uncle Sam saw fit to send
him overseas to the battle fields of
France to fight for you, your wives,
children and country, he certainly
deserves your vote and influence.
Last but not least, he is a man
Of excellent character and reputa'
ton and has many friends all over
Curry County.
(Pol. Adv.) By Friend
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first program Friday afternoon, Oct.
20. All are invited to attend. Friday
evening Mr.. Bowyer from Clovis will
give a moving picture show, after
wards there win be a pie supper.
The vitanola won by the members
of the Boys and Girls Club comes
in quite handy to teach writing, etc,
and is also very enjoyable to play.
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! BELLvIEw SCHOOL NOTES !
{+%+%++**#+++%%% !

The teacherage is just about COM
pleted and the teachers are well set
tied at home.
Saturday afternoon the basket
ball teams met the teams from Grady.
Both games were full Of pep and de-
termination. Bellview lost both
games. The boys losing IL to 8 and
the girls 10 to 2. The Grady boys
and girls played a clean game and
we are looking forward to the time
when we shall meet them again. Our
next game is to be with Hollene, on
November 7th.
The new jacketed stoves are up
and the school building well venti-
lated and warmed.
Mr.. Rose visited the school Monday
morning We like to have the di-
rectors and parents visit us and OBJ
serve our work.
The dramatic club will give its
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Hough, Mrs. Emma L. Erwin, John
Golding, Mrs. ]. H. Paul and all
unknown claimants Of interests in
the premises herein described adverse
to the Plaintiff, Defendants. Nc.1666
To all of the defendants above
named: You and each Of you are
hereby notified that a suit to quiet
title has been commenced against you
in the court above named by said
plaintiff, wherein plaintiff prays that
her title to lots 6 and Z in block 2,
of the Town (now City, Of Clovis,
said county and state, be established
and forever quieted and set at rest
and that defendants and all persons
claiming under them or any Of them
be forever debarred and estopped
from claiming any right or title
therein adverse to plaintiff, and
for all other proper relief, as fully
set forth in the complaint filed
herein, and that unless you enter or
cause to be entered your appearance
in said suit on or before the first
day of December, 1920, decree pro-
confesso and judgment by default
will be rendered against you.
Witness my hand as clerk Of said
court and the seal thereof at Clovis,
this 9th day Of October, 1920.
10-14-4tc W. G. ZERWER,
(SEAL) Clerk.
Walter W. Mayes,' Clovis, New
Mexico, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Fort Sumner, N, NJ,
September 25, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that George
W. Brown, who, on September IL,
1916, made Additional Homestead
entry for SEA Sec. z. Twp. 4 North,
Range 81 .etst, N. NJ. P. Meridian,
has filed notice Of intention to make
Final three year proof to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore C. v. Steed, Probate Judge, in
The Clovis news., 1920-10-28
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

State Of New Mexico, County of
Curry, in the District Court.
Lille B, Stafford, Plaintiff, VS..
]. S. Hand, James s. Hand, L. NJ.
Hand, ]. H. Paul, ]. C. Paul, Annie
The Clovis news., 1920-10-28
HARDING LEAGUE TO
HAVE SLIM PIcKIN'


A League Of Nations was formed
at Versailles and now is in the pro-
cess Of organization on a working
basis. Senator Harding rejects the
idea of joining the present league
and plans to form some sort Of an
association" or society of nations.
The lineup of the members and ap.
plicants for membership in the pres
ent league, excluding enemy nations,
and the countries eligible to join SEN
ator Harding's proposed peace orga-
nization follows:
Present League Harding League
Argentine Rep. United States
Australia Mexico
Belgium Abyssinia
Bolivia Afghanistan
Brazil Russia
British Empire
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Cuba
echo-Slovakia
Denmark
France =
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti 4
Hedjaz
India
Japan
Liberia
The Netherlands
New leland
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Persia
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Salvador
Serbia
Siam
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Honduras
The enemy nations excluded froI
either classification consist of Gel
many, Austria Hungary, Turkey an
Bulgaria, and each Ct these by sigr
ing the various peace treaties hs
subscribed to the League of Nation
Covenant and cannot properly be d.
scribed as eligible to membership !
the Association" or society" whiC
Senator Harding talks nebulously {
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his office at Clovis, N. NJ, on the
4th day of November, 1920.
Claimant names as witnesses;
James D. Looper, Lloyd Riley, ]. 7.
Connecticut western news., 1920-04-22
Human EYes Delicate.

The exquisite delicacy of operation on the human eye was well brought out in an address on removing foreign bodies from the eyeball delivered be- fore the American Medical association by pr. John O. McReynolds of Dallas. Tex. and by the discussion that fol- lowed. It is comparatively easy to cut out a foreign body, but the operation is failure unless the eye heals with Its normal sight. To cut into the vitre- ous part of the eye and risk losing some of the vitreous substance. to make the pupil or the iris heal in such way that there shall be no scar. are casks that call for extraordinary skill and perfect technique.
Connecticut western news., 1920-04-22
Like oIdtime Sea Story.

A tale of piracy, with an oldtime flavor, comes from the Orient. Between Hongkong and Macao, the captain of an oil junk was surprised to observe seven men, armed to the teeth, stand ing in an open boat alongside. Four of them had rifles, two had two revol- Vers each, and the seventh had re- volver and Il dagger. As the captain refused to surrender his vessel when called upon to do so, tke pirates fired into the air in order to intimidate him. This had the desired effect. for the junk was stopped and the pirates clambered aboard. They overpowered the crew and steered the ship for an island where another vessel was an- chored. They transferred the cargo to it, took everything they could remove and then liberated the imprisoned crew and let them sail away in their empty junk. The pirates kidnapped two of the crew, evidently being short of men.
Connecticut western news., 1920-04-22
Three Witches of Belvolr.

Here are their names: Anne Ba- ker. Jeane Willimott, Ellen Greene. And, above all, here is the name of their cat, "Rutterkin." For by means of Rutterkin they entered. said they. into communion with familiar spirits These three witches, who lived In 1918. were the confidential servants of the earl of Rutland at Belvoir castle. England. They had a grudge-today we should say "grouch'-against the earl and determined upon revenge. They managed to pluck hair from the head of a member of the family, and they burned it for III luck. They securely made off with the glove of the earl and rubbed 1t on the back of Rutterkin to call down bodily harm on the gloves owner. They were be- lieved to have accomplished the death of the earls son, through frightening the boy, and they were tried at Lin coin, condemned, and burned at the stake for the crime of "witchcraft." At that era the question of witch craft" was stalking through the world.
Connecticut western news., 1920-04-22
"Serqeant-Maj jorism."

The war has been responsible for many new words, and the term ser geant-majorism" conveys a meaning which is we'll understood not only in the British army but by the average civilian, though not always by this title. A good sergeant major is in- valuable in the army. and it is the am bition of nearly every soldier to rise some day to the dizzy heights of a warrant officer. The sergeant major has a certain amount of power, and sometimes tries to make things un- comfortable for those who do not "bow down" before him. Unfortu- nately, the type of person who flaunts his petty powers in ones face Is not confined to the army, and because there are today few people who have not met with this type, the term 'ser- geant-ma jorism" has. not unnaturally, come into more or less general usage. Christian Science Monitov.
Connecticut western news., 1920-04-22

we'll you put me out of hostile camp"
 'Tm glad-so glad. Now we'll all be friends, won't we?" Kate cried.
 Cass looked at her and at Curly. both of them radiant with happiness, and his heart ached for what he had missed. But he smiled none the less.
 Suits me if it does you"
 He gave one hand to Luck and the other to his daughter.
 Curly laughed gayly. Everybody sa tiSfied, reckon"