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host put me through a severe an
son rchircr c,.os,s- e1-n mimi ton

! host put me through severe and
searching cross-examination.
Your statements are most remark
able" said the voice, on concluding its
questioning, but you are evidently
speaking the truth. and it is equally
evident that you are not of BarseOm.
l can tell that by the conformation of
your brain and the strange location of
your internal organs and the shape
and size of your heart"
Can you see through me?" 1 ex-
claimed
YES. I can see all but your
thoughts, and were you Barsoomian
I could read those"
Then a door opened at the far side
of the chamber and a strange, dried
up. little mummy of a man came
toward me. He wore but q single ar
ticle of clothing or adornment, small
collar of gold from which depended
upon his chest a great ornament as
large as dinner plate set solid with
huge diamonds, except for the exact
center, which was occupied by
strange stone. an inch in diameter
that scintillated nine different and dis
tinct rays; the seven colOrS of our
earthly prism and two beautiful rays
which, to me. were new and nameIess.
I cannot describe them any more than
you could describe red to a blind man.
I only know that they were beautiful
in the extreme.
The old man sat and talked with
me for hours. and the strangest part
of our Intercourse was that I could
read his every thought while he could
not fathom an iota from my mind I'M
less I spoke
The building in which I found my
self contained the machinery which
produces that artificial atmosphere
which SuStains life on Mars. The Sc
cret of the entire process hinges on
the use of the ninth ray. one of the
beautiful scintillations which I had
noted emanating from the great stone
in my hosts diadem.
This ray is separated from the 9TH
er rays of the sun by means of finely
adjusted Instruments placed upon the
roof of the huge building, three-quar-
ters of which is used for reservoirs in
which the ninth ray is stored. This
product is then treated electrically,
or rather certain proportions of re-
fined electric vibrations are incor-
pOrated with it, and the result is then
pumped To the five principal air cen
tiers of the planet where, as it is re-
leased, contact with the ether of space
it into atmosphere.
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Credited with the Word Bohemia.

The novelist to whom nature owes
the word bOhemia-not in the geo.
graphical sense, but a moral condition
was perhaps Henri Murger, If the
word can be ascribed to any one
writer.
Henri Murger, novelist and poet.
was born March "a, 1922, in Paris.
He made attractive to his readers the
irresponsible life of artists and stu
dents in Paris, and left some classic
tales and songs of dissolute thriftless-
ness and literary impecuniosity Murg-
er was trained for the profession of
law, became for a time secretary of
Count Leo TolstOy, but, like that earli-
er bohemian, Villen, he chose dissi-
patton rather than decency. He died
in a charity hospital in Paris in 1861
A monument has been erected TO his
memory. but not without protest. Sew
eral of Murger's songs have been trans
lated by Andrew Lang in Ballads and
Lyrics of Old France" published in
1872.
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A PR 7 n G. E = s.
O F M A r :

i We reached the city of Warhoon
after some three days march and
was Immediately cast into a dungeon
and heavily chained to the floor and
walls. Food was brought me at inter
walls but owing 10 the utter darkness
Of the place I do not know whether
/ lay there days. or weeks. or months.
No sound reached me from the world
above and no word would my jailer
+ vouchsafe when my food was brought
] to me, although I at first bombarded
him with questions.
Finally all the hatred and maniacal
loathing for these awful creatures who
/ had placed me in this horrible place
+ was centered by my lettering reason
upon this single emissary who repre-
/ sented 10 me the entire horde f War
I hoons
/ 1 had noticed that he always adj
vanced with his dim torch to where he
could place the food within my reach
and as he stopped to place it upon the
floor his head was about on a level
with my breast so, with the cunning
Of a mailman. I backed into the far
corner Of my cell when next l heard
him approaching and gathering a lit
tie slack Of the great chain which held
me In my hand I waited his coming
crouching like some beast Of prey. As
he stopped to place my food upon the
ground I swung the chain above my
head and crashed the links with all
my strength upon his skull. Without
a sound he slipped to the floor. stone
dead
Laughing and chattering like the
idiot I was fast becoming I fell upon
his PROSTATE form. my fingers feeling
for his dead throat. Presently they
came in contact with a small chain at
the end of which dangled a number of
keys. The touch of my fingers on these
keys brought back my reason with the
suddenness of thought. No longer was
I a iibberinc idiot. but a sane, reason
ing man with The means of escape
within my very hands
As / was cropping to remove the
chain from about ny victims neck I
glanced up into the darkness to see
six pairs of cleaning eyes fixed. I'M
winking upon me. Slowly they APP
preached and slowly I shrank back
from the awful horror Of them. Back
into my corner crouched holding my
hands, palms ut, before me, and
stealthily on came the awful eyes TN |
til they reached the dead body at my
feet. Then slowly they retreated but
this time with a strange grating sound /
and finally they disappeared in some
black and distant recess of my dun |
geon.
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LEGION POST ADOPTS CREED
Member of somervilIe (Mass.) Organi-
zation Is Author of Paragraphs
Worthy of Consideration.

Somerville (Mass.) post of the Amer
lean Legion has adopted the following
creed, written by one of its members:
Il believe the American Legion is a
dependable organization.
Il believe that the American Legion
is potent factor in the community.
Il believe that the American Legion
stands for equality for all ex-service
men.
ct believe that the American Le-
giOn's ideas never will be sheIved.
Il believe that the American Legion
will CALAMITY stand by what is right
and help to destroy what is wrong.
4 believe that the American Legion's
principles are immovable by any vio-
lent or radical individual or organiza-
ton.
81 believe that the American Legion
will help to bring peace out of chaos.
81 believe that the American Legion
is looking forward, not backward.
II believe that the American Legion
is a constructive unit, not destruc-
tive unit.
SCI believe that the American Legion
is an asset to ex-service men, not a liza
bility.
81 believe it. Do your"
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forts TO revitalizing his business. In
February, 1919 when thu city OF Hart
ford needed a capable slan to direct
its Soldiers, Sailors and Marines club.
Mr.. Bannigan was asked to take The
job. Despite the call OF his business.
he abandoned it again. through pa
triotic motives, TO Superv Sc the club
a record-maker in tue formation
and organization of Rau-Locke post
No. s. Mr.. Bannigan soon became one
Of the most prominent LeEi0uGaires
in the state and was elected us the
first state adjutant. Department head
quarters had been without a perma-
nent location, using a room in the
Service club as quarters. Br. Ban
nigan prevailed upon the city author
tiles to turn the building over to the
Legion.
Mr.. Bannigan is also a member of
the national committee on war risk
insurance and compensation and is
chairman of the Hartford Elks' ma
tionaI soldiers fund committee.
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John starts for Heliuun.
90 BE CONTINUED
He HAD BUSINESS ELSEWHERE
Result of His Carelessness
With the Pie.

DR.. Fabyan Franklin has a friend
who vOuches for this story. Coming
downtown on the elevated one morn
ing. he was struck by the explosive
temper of red-faced, choleric man
on a seat nearby. This man. annoyed
because a youth facing him had placed
his feet on the seat which the man oc-
cupied, burst out in storm of pas
sion, denouncing the youth in tones
that aroused the attention of passen-
gers in the adjoining cars. He finally
stamped out on the platform at a
stop. boiling with rage.
That noon Doctor Franklin's friend
went into a seIf-service restaurant for
lunch. Getting a plate of vegetables
and meat. and one of pumpkin pie. he
placed them on the broad extension
arm of one of the chairs provided for
lunchers. and made room beside them
for his cup of coffee. As he was fin
pumpkin pie. and clumsily knocked it
off the chair arm.
To his horror he saw it disappear
into the gaping pocket of a large over
coat carelessly flung over the next
chair-and then he perceived the own
er of the overcoat bearing down upon
him, all unconscious of the accident,
with plateful of food. 1t was the
same red-faced, choleric man whose
frightful temper had amazed the ele-
waited passengers
As soon as the culprit had per-
ceived that he waited to see no more.
New York Evening Post.
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Gle
AMERICAN
0lI-EGON0!
Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News servfce.)
GIRL GETS SERVICE MEDAL
Emblem Presented to New York HIoh
School Miss In Recognition
of Patriotic Work.

As q tribute TO her patriotic serv-
ices during the World war, Miss Paul
inc Henkel, a fourteen-year old New
York high school girl, was presented
with a patriotic service gold medal by
(. W. Galbraith. Jr.. national com
mander OF the American Legion. in
behalf of S. Rankin Drew post The
presentation ceremonies took place in
front of the Fifth Avenue public IL
brary in New York city.
The guard of honor for Miss Henkel,
who is known as the Little Colonel, /"
was composed of members Of the ma
rine corps under command OF lieuten-
ants Miller and Gumpertz and Ser
geant Jansen, congressional medal oS
honor men.
Although she was only ten years old
at the start of the World war. the
Little Colonel sold So. 330,250 worth of
Liberty bonds, more than any other
minor in the country, and also was
recognized as one Of the most effect
i've patriotic speakers and war work
ers in America.
With the return of the American
soldiers TO their native land, Mss
Henkel is still devoting herself to their
welfare, as attested by the following
quotation from her speech Of accept
ance:
The happiest moment of my life
will be when it is n fact that the
wounded, disabled and unemployed of
our boys have been taken care of in
a manner bpfrtiDp tho sacrifices rbax-
have made. The cause of the disabled
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CHAPTER Xl.-Continued.

He VIII die as Bar Comas, your
Jeddak, sees fit. if at all replied the
young ruler, with emphasis and
dignity.
IF mt alp reared Oak Kova. by
the dead hands at my throat but he
shall die. Bar Comas. No maudlin
weakness on your part shall save him.
o. would that Warhoon We're ruled
by real jeddak rather than by wa
ter-hearted weakling from whom even
old OAK Koya could tear the metal
with his bare hands Z"
Bar Comas eyed the defiant and in
subordinate chieftafn for an instant.
his expression one Of naughty. fear
less contempt and hate, and then with
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TO TURN HOSPITAL TO STATE
Texas Department Of American Legion
to ReIinquish Control Of Kerr
Vile Institution.

The Texas department of the Ameri-
can Legion is completing arrangements
TO turn the Legion Memorial hospital
at Kerrville over To the state, in order
that the provisions OF the bill arpro-
priating SI,JOOOOO to expand the in
stitution to a capacity of eco tubercu-
lar patients, passed by the state legis-
lature, may be carried out.
The Legion viii maintain its hospital
organization, which VIII cooperate
with the state health officer, the super
intendent of the state tuberculosis san
itarium and the chairman Of tie state
board of control. the officers ds.signat-
ell to supervise the expenditure OF the
appropriation.
Charles W. Scruggs. state aqjutant
of the Legion, has expressed Zee. APP
probation of the ex-servIce men 1s fol-
lows:
The governor OF the great state Of
Texas has met our expectations aTd
am firmly convinced has only c0nsUm-
mated the sentiment of the people of
Texas by signing the Legion Memorial
hospital bill. The Legion is proud to
share with the governor and with tie
legislature our inOrdinate pride in tie
of this splendid en-
deavor and fulfllment of our fund8-
mental duty TO Texas disabled exc
service men,"
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Kansas Passes LAWS for Lsolon.

That the voice Of the ex-service men
OF Kansas, as represented By the Am
erican Legion, has been heard is
manifested by the generous enactment
Of legislation beneficial to veterans OF
the World war. The legislature of that
state has passed the following bills
affecting ex-service men: An adjusted
compensation bill, in the form Of an
enabling act; an act granting TO all
ex-service men of the World war the
same rights, privileges and immuni
ties granted to veterans Of other wars;
an appropriation Of $1,000 a year foy
general expenses of state headquarters
OF the Legion; an act protecting the
Legion and Auxiliary embIems from
use; exemption from
taxation of all property held In the
name Of the Legion; an act placing
under the care of Legion posts erring
young boys paroled from Industrial
and a boxing blu.
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out drawing a weapon and without
uttering a word he hurled himself at
the throat of his defamer
1 never before had seen two green
Marian warriors battle with natures
weapons and the exhibition of animal
ferocity which ensued was as fearful
81 thing as the most disOrdered imagi-
nation could picture They tore at
each others eyes and ears with their
hands and with their cleaning tusks
repeatedly slashed and gored until
both were cut fairly to ribbons from
head to foot.
Bar COmas had much the better of
the battle as he was stronger. quicker
and more intelligent. 1t soon seemed
that the encounter was done saving
only the final death thrust, when Bar
COmas slipped In breaking away from
a clinch. It was the one little opening
that Oak Kova needed, and hurting
himself at the body Of his adversary he
buried his single mighty tusk In Bar
COmas' groin and with last powerful
effort ripped the young jeddak wide
open the full length of his body. the
great tusk finally wedging in the
bones of Bar Comas' jaw. Victor and
vanquished rolled limp and lifeless
upon the moss, a huge mass of torn
and bloody flesh.
Bar Comas was stone dead, and only
the most herculean efforts on the part
of Oak Kova's females saved him
from the fate he deserved. Three
days later he walked without assist
ance to the body of Bar Comas which.
by custom, had not been moved from
where it fell, and placing his foot
upon the neck Of his erstwhile ruler
he assumed the title of Jeddak of
Warhoon.
The injuries to Oak Kova had de-
Iayed the march so greatly that it was
decided to give up the expedition,
which was a raid upon a small Thark
community In retaliation for the de-
struction of the incubator, until after |
the great games, and the entire body |
OF warriors, ten thousand in number. /
turned back toward Warhoon.
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CHAPTER XII.
Battling IN the Arena.

Slowly / regained my cOmDoSure
/ and finally essayed again to attempt
I TO remove the keys from the dead
I body of my former jailer But as I
reached out into the darkness to To-
cate it I found to my horror that it
was gone. Then the truth flashed on
me; the owners Of those cleaning
eyes had dragged my prize away from
me to be devOured in their neighboring
lair; as they had been waiting for
days. for weeks. for months, through
all this awful eternity of my impriSOn-
ment to drag my dead carcass to their
feast.
For two days no food was brought
me. but then q new messenger ap-
peared and my Incarceration went on
as before, but not again did I allow
my reason to be submerged by the
horror of my position
Shortly after this episode another
prisoner was brought in and chained
near me- BY the dim torch light I saw
that he was a red Marian and I could
scarcely await the departure of his
guards to address him. As their re-
treating footsteps died away in the
distance, I called out softly the Mar
tan word of greeting, kaor
''WhO are you who speaks out of
the darkness? p he answered.
''John Carter, a friend of the red
men of Helium."
81 am of Helium," he said. "but I
do not recall your name"
And then l told my story as I have
written it here emitting any reference
to my love for Dejah Thoris. He was
much excited by the news of Helium's
princess and seemed quite positive
that she and Sofa could easily have
reached a point of safety from where
they left me. "Dejah Thoris and Sofa
entered the hills not five miles from
n great waterway and are now prob
ably quite safe" he assured me.
My fellow prisoner was KantOs Kan,
a padwar Qieutenant) in the navy of
Helium. He had been a member of
the Inflated expedition which had
fallen into the hands of the Thanks
at the time of Dejah Thorfs' capture.
During the period of our incarcera-
ton Kantos Kan and 1 became well
acquainted. and formed a warm per-
sonal friendship. A few day& only
elapsed, however, before we were
dragged forth from our dungeon for |
the great games. We were conducted |
early one morning to an enormous |
which instead of having |
been built upon the surface of the /
ground was excavated below the sur
face. It had partially filed with debris /
so that how large it had originally /
been was difficult to say. In its pres
ent condition it held the entire
twenty thousand WarhOons of the as
seubled hoFdes.
The arena was immense but ex-
tremely uneven and unkempt. Around
It the Warhoons had piled building
stone from some of the ruined edifices
Of the ancient city 20 prevent the ami
mails and the captives from escaping
INTO the audience, and at each end
had been constructed cages to hol0
hem until their turns came TO meet
some horrible death upon the arena.
Kantos Kan and / were confined to-
yether in one Of the cages. In the
,thers were wild calots, thoats, mad
.itidars, green warriors and women of
'ther hordes. and many strange and
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fer0ciOus wild beasts Of Barsoom,
which / had never before seen.
Shortly after we had been Gagged
the amphitheater began TO fill and
within an hour every available part of
the seating space was occupied. Oak
Kova. with his jeds and chieftains, sat
at the center of one side of the arena
upon a large raised platform.
At a signal from Oak Kova the
doors of two cages We're thrown open
and a dozen green Marian females
were driven 10 the center Of the arena.
Each v s given a dagger and then. at
the far end, a pack of twelve calots,
or wild dogs, We're lOosed upon them.
AS these brutes, growing and foam
ing, rushed upon the almost defense
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IN THE ARENA.

Synopsis.-The author tells OF his
acquaintance with the hero Of one
OF the most remarkable adventures
ever recorded. From a manuscript
lett by his friend he has wildly set
out the strange happenings which
brought together "a brave NirginIan
gentleman and a Princess Of Mars.
IN the Arizona hills John Carter.
mining prospectOr and ex-Confed-
crate soldier. fleeing from war
party OF Apaches. takes refuge in
a cave the atmosphere Of which
has a remarkable effect on him.
Yielding TO its influence he sinks
into uncousciOusness his last
thoughts centered on the glow from
the planet Mars Awaking. Carter
realizes that he has, in some in
prehensible manner. been trans
ported to MFRS. He Is captured BY
Fars Tarkas and a party Of Mar
tian warriors. He is conveyed. a
prisoner, to a Marian city. Three
days later a fleet Of airships from
the nelghboring state of Heium is
attacked by Carter's captOrs, the
green Martians. one of the air
ships Is captured. Among the pris-
ru-rs is a young woman of a race
eiterent from the green Nartians
and closely resembling the women
Of the earth, Dejah Thoris. grand
daughter Of the jedIak, or ruler.
~ Helium According TO custom
she is doomed to die by torture.
John learns the language and be-
comes chieft1in. though still a
nominal prisoner. uejah is put in
charge Of Sofa. a friendly woman.
The two prisoners plan to escape
before Dejah Thoris is taken be-
fore the supreme ruler Of the green
3Iarfians TIL HajIs. John fights
a sword duel 10 the death. John.
Dejah and Sofa escape. John saves
Iejal but is captured by War
d ous.
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HE'S TYPICAL LEGION WORKER
Connections Man Is Chosen Depart
ment AdJutant for Period Of
Three Years.

Thomas J. Bannigan has received
the unique distinction Of being elected
adjutant of the Connecticut department
OF the American Legion for a period
Of three years. He is also in charge
OF the service division at department
headquarters.
Mr.. Bannigan was born in Utica.
\. Y. He received his education in
schools Of that city and in George
town Academy. He came TO New
Britain, Conn, - years ago and in
1911 moved TO Hartford where he IS
engaged in the wholesale and retail
cigar business.
During the war Mr.. Bannigan served
as a captain. Returning TO Hartford
at the end OF the war. he gave his e.
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in sight, yet Immediately we passed
the first door it slid gently into place
behind US and receded rapidly to its
original position in the front wall of
the building.
A second and a third door receded
before me and slipped to one side as
the first, before / reached q large in
ner chamber where / found food and
drink set out upon a great stone table.
A voice directed me to satisfy my
hunger and TO feed my calot. and
while I was thus engs ged my invisible
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Sets 10000 Members ns coat.

With $4,000 members at the end of
1920, Kansas department of the Amer
lean Legion has set 10000 Legion
naires as its goal for 1921. The state
has a potential membership Of 10000.
The department now numbers 314
posts of the Legion and log units of
the Women's Auxiliary
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Good consolldatlon.

The American Legion and the home
service department Of the Red Cross
In Detroit have consolidated under the
name Of the Service Mems bureau and
will cooperate in the work Of adjust
ing claims, disqualification, education
and war risk insurance. for ex-servica
men OF that city.
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The Sole Exception.
Strikes

Mrs. Junebride-Oh, dear! Strikes
seem TO be universal, don't they!
Her Husband-Yepl Everything's
striking except the clock your brother
gave US for wedding present, and
that never did work any to speak of.
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Freely Donated.

Good morning. ma'mS' began the
temperance worker. Il am collecting
for the Inebriates' Home and"
My husbands out" replied the lady,
Tut if you can find him, I'm sure
you're entirely welcome to him. Am
erican Legion Weekly.
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Distributing Victory Medals,

Although there will be no more army
recruiting for some time, the recruit
ing officers will continue to distribute
Victory medals to members of the
American Legion and other ex-service
men.
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Country folks call them kitchens !:
city folks call them kitchenettes; hon.
est folks are getting TO call them
breweries. Legion Weekly.
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ssssh

A private from Kalamazoo
One day found a rat IN his stew.
said the sergeant. Don't shout
And wave II about,
Or the others will all want one too -
American Legion Weekly.
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Feathers are believed TO have
evolved from the .reptilian scale.