Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

-,uS of the next day he discovers
comhs, wound was superficial. In
tnst n nnbs;dinn shod spear had entered
rousn ousarsc,es s Of his side beneath his righ
inc ny Iina;ctinr n painful but NOT
srm ,mn,nd With the realization o
is!a NJ came q renewed desire to pu
tnn .ah distance as possible betwecI
naf n and Jane Clayton. And 50 III
nl.nsvd nlnsd on still going upon all fours
nloveu 'f ~ persistent hallucinatioi
pecsus. ,bis way he might escape Oh,
tns. t;nn ~ Yet though he fled his niint
ser,"l w, ",syolved muddy about centr,n,
sui ou,bile he fled from her he still
desod N pursue her. and to his lust
rhnnse nanasssssion was added a desire for
OF pSSb She should pay for tho suf'
Ievsms'' rnr sbe had inflicted upon him:
ssa ser,nSh should nay for rebufing him., bu'
sne ,o s rcason which he did not tr!
ior vnio;r % 70 himself he would crawl
70 eApud hide, He would come back.
away away, anu He would come back. and
tnous" be Iad finished with her ne
Wnch, tnke that smooth throat in his
xo'iS honJs and crush the life from her.
w" ~ tont repeating this over and over
hiase,f and then he fell to laughing
70 o. n,d mnd' the cackling, hideous laughter
GU. t~.. 'J Nod terrified Jane. Presently be
tnaI t,,,ns nsu bis knees were bleeding and
issS ~. ,Sev hurt him. He looked eau
tna. iau.,v bebind. No one was In sight.
!,ouIa ~ ui,stened. He could hear no indica-
tions Of pursuit and so ne rose INV ~ n,o %
lat and continued upon Ms WY 4
sorry sight-covered with nun d and
S,ood. & his beard and hair tangled anu anu
matted and filled with burrs H ana nont urieo no
mud mind and unspeakable filth. he kept NO
track Of time. He ate fruits ana oeL a
rios and tubers that he aug IRON uns
..rtb with his fingers. lie followed
me- shore of the lake and the river river
tbst he might be near water, ana when
Il soared or moaned he CLIMBED Tree
md hid there, shivering'
lrd so after a time ne came up the
.onthern shore of Jad- -ben-lul until u
w,de river stopped his progress: Across
M bne water white city glimmered
~ the s,n, He looked at 1t for long
t;ms 90 blinking his eyes like an owl.
Slowlv recollection forced itself
tbrousb his tangled brain. This was
A Inn the City of Light. The asso-
ciat;on of ideas recalled Blu -lur and
|,hs Wsz .ho don. They had called him
Iad hen Otho. He commenced to laugh
clo,,d and stood up very straight and
,tpode back and forth along the shore.
III am lad ben -Otho," he cried. II am
,he Great God. In A-lur is my temple
ana nv high priest. What is Jad-
Len 0tho doing here alone in the
jungle?"
lie stepped out into the water and
raising his voice shrleked loudly across
Reward A-lur. II am Jad-ben -Otho ~
Ina screamed. Come hither, slaves, and
take your god to his temple But
the distance was great and they did
NOT hear him and no one came, and
HE feeble mind was distracted by other
things--a bird flying in the air, q
school Of minnows swimming around
hi, feet. He lunged at them, trying
10 catch them, and falling upon his
hands and knees he crawled through
the water grasping futilely at the elu-
sive fish.
Presently it occurred to him that he
was a sea lion and he forgot the fish
and lay down and tried to swim by
wriggling his feet in the water as
though they were tail. The hard
ships, the privations. the terrOrs. and
for the last few weeks the lack Of
proper nourishment had reduced Erich
0bergntz to little more than gibber-
Ing IDIOT
A water snake swan out upon the
surface of the lake and the man pur-
pued 1t, craving upon his hands and
knees. The snake swan toward the
Fhore just within tEe mouth Of the
liver where tall reeds grew thickly and
0bersatz followed, making gruntiug
noises like a pig. He lost the snake
within the reeds but he came upon
Something else--a canoe hidden there
close to the bank. He examined it with
backing laughter.
There were two paddles within it
which he took and threw out into the
or while and then he sat down be-
tdde the canoe and commenced to splash
BIS hands up and down upon the water.
De liked to hear the noise and see the
little splashes of spray. He rubbed his
ett forearm with his right palm and
lie dirt came off and left a white spot
nat drew his attention. He rubbed |
gain upon the now thoroughly soaked |
ood and CRIME that covered his body. |
de was not attempting TO wash him
ef; he was merely amused BY the |
orange results. Il am turning white,'
s cried. His glance wandered from
lis body now that the CRIME and blood |
we're all removed and caught again the |
khile city shimmering beneath the hot |
Jun.
,'A:mr-City of Light" he shrieked |
ma that reminded him again of Tu -lur
na oy the same process of associated |
oeas that had before suggested 1t, he
ecaed that the Waz- no don had |
hought him Jad-ben- -Otho.
i am Jad- ben Otho :" he screamed |
na then his eyes fell again upon the
kgnCe' A new idea came and persisted.
looked down at himself, examining
~ body, and seeing the filthy loin
Eolh, now water soaked and more be-
Piasgled than before, he tore 1t from
Ii,h ana hung 1t into the lake. Gods
~ hot wear dirty rags" he said aloud,
.asy 10 not wear anything but
Creaths and garlands Of flowers and I
tma god am Jad- ben -Otho-and |
III state TO my sacred city of A-lur.'
;ne ran MS fingers through his matted
(Otoa ana beard. The water had
nehed the burrs but had not removed
m me man shook his head. His
\" % %hu pcerd failed to harmonize with
Eomror ooner godIy attributes. He was
q, |o,.hhencihg to think more clearly now,
w. tne great idea had taken hold Of hi:
|,non |uerea : wits and concentrated them
tpon single purpose, but he was still
[bst da'ac. ha The only difference being
|,,ort |s " was now maniac with n fixoi
E,thn... +ir vent out on the shore and
bmerIa (bsm flowers and ferns and wove
bloom VI ms beard and hair-blazins
(hat t,o oi GiHerrnt cOlors--grecn ferns
braro,U ,Ualled about his ears or rose
|aGy's hat INV '"' P''mes IN
b,aranao "m"m " was satisfied that his an
bhsernore would impress the most casual
(urneITv (Ivr WIN his evident deity he re-
faTried frrS ana jumped in. The impetus
M''eu 10 ",,r. It INTO the rivers current and
! he 'LtoHt nnLoHt bore it out upon the lake,