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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07
BEHIND THE MOUND.

The girl and boy adventures had
succeeded in getting around the mound.
Tbev had mastered the obstacle or big
thing which had gotten in their way
and which had tried to keep them
from going forward. Now, before
them was a smooth, lovely valley,
with no more marshy ground.
"Oh!" said the girl, Il never was so
frightened before Just as l thought
I'd give up came to the hard ground!
DO YOU suppose we chose particu-
larly bad placer?
mo you didn't" said voice which
seemed to come from the mound, or
obstacle. They looked. and brownie
appeared.
"You two didn't turn back. Hurrah!
You had real bravery, real bravery.
You're truly adventures. You didn't
think of crying Retreat You cried,
On. onv And now for some fresh
clothes for you, which you certainly
need!"
"Who are your asked the boy.
am one of the Old Obstacle Boys"
said the brownie.
"And do you know about that mound
and why it is there. and Why the
marshy ground was all around, and
why everyone seemed to stop at that
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CHAPTER X.
A Costly Recapture.

\ Costly Recapture.
As the speaker ceased he turned to
leave the apartment by the door where
I was standing, but I needed to wait
no longer; had heard enough to fill
my soul with dread, and stealing quiet
~ away / returned to the courtyard by
the way had come. Ny plan Of ac-
ton was formed upon the instant and,
crossing the square and the bordering
avenue upon the opposite side, soon
stood within the courtyard of Tai Ha-
jus.
glanced up at the stories above,
discovering that the third was appar-
emily unlighted, and so decided to
make my entrance to the building from
that point. It was the work Of but
moment for me to reach the windows
above, and soon I had drawn myself
within the sheltering shadows Of the
unlighted floor,
Fortunately the room had selected
was untenanted, and creeping noiseless-
ly to the corridor beyond ] discovered
q light in the,apartments ahead of me.
Reaching what appeared to be door
way I discovered that 1t was but an
opening upon an immense inner cham
Der which lowered from the first floor,
two stories below me, to the dome-like
roof Of the building, high above my
head. The door Of this great circular
hall was thronged with chieftains. war
riors and women. and 1t one end was a
great raised platform upon which
squatted the most hideous beast I had
ever put my eyes upon. He had all
the cold, hard, cruel, terrible features
Of the green warriors, but accumulated
and debased by the animal passions to
which he had given himself over for
many years. There was not a mark Of
dignity or pride upon his bestial com
tenance, while his enormous bulk
spread itself out upon the platform,
where he squatted like some huge
devil fish, his six limbs accentuating
the similarity in horrible and star
Ting manner.
But the sight that fr0ze me with ap-
prehension was that Of Dejah Thoris
and Sola standing there before him,
and the fiendish leer of him as he let
his great protruding eyes gloat upon
the lines of her beautiful figure. She
stood there erect before him, her head
high held, and even at the distance
was from ther1 could read the scorn
and disgust upon her face as she let
her naughty glance rest without sign
Of fear upon him.
Presently Tai Hajus made a sign
that the chamber be cleared, and that
the prisoners be left alone with him
Slowly the chieStains, the warriors
and the women melted away into the
shadows Of the surrounding chambers,
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sword, sharp and cleaning, was in my
right hand; l could have plunged it
into his putrid heart before he realized
that l was upon him; but as l raised
my arm to strike l thought Of Tars
Tarkas, and, with all my rage, with all
my hatred, I could not rob him of that
sweet moment for which he had lived
and hoped all these long, weary years.
and SO, instead, swung my good right
fist full upon the point Of his jaw.
Without sound he slipped to the floor
as one dead.
In the same deathly silence I grasp
ed Dejah Thoris by the hand and, mo-
tioning to Sola to follow, we sped
noiselessly from the chamber and to
the floor above. Unseen we reached
rear window and with the straps and
leather Of my trappings / lowered first
Sofa and then Dejah Thoris to the
ground below. Dropping lightly after
them drew them rapidly around the
court in the shadows of the buildings,
and thus we returned over the same
course had so recently followed from
the distant boundary Of the city.
We finally came upon my thoats In
the courtyard where had left them.
and placing the trappings upon them
we fastened through the building to
the avenue beyond. Mounting. Sofa
upon one beast. and Dejah Thoris be-
hind me upon the other, we rode from
the city of Thark through the hills to
the south.
No word was spoken until we had
left the city far behind, but / could
hear the quiet sobbing of Dejah Thoris
as she chung to me with her dear head
resting against my shoulder.
"If we make it, my chieftain. the
debt of Helium win be mighty one;
greater than she can ever pay you !;
and should we not make it, she con-
tinued, 1.-THE debt is no less, though
Helium will never know, for you have
saved the last of cur line from worse
than death"
did not answer. but instead
reached to my side and pressed the
little fingers Of her l loved. where they
chung to me for support. and then, II
unbroken silence. we sped over the ye:-
low. moonlit moss; each of us occu-
Died With his own thoughts.
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REcAPTURED.

6ynopsia-The author tells Of his
acquaintance with the hero Of one
Of the most remarkable adventures
ever recorded. From a manuscript
left by his friend he has wildly set
out the strange happenings which
brought together a brave Virginian
gentleman and q Princess Of Mars.
In the Arizona hills John Carter,
mining prospector and ex-Confed-
crate soldier, fleeing from q war
party Of Apaches, takes refuge In
q cave the atmosphere of which
has q remarkable effect on him.
Yielding to its influence he sinks
into Inconsistencies, his. last
thoughts centered on the glow from
the planet Mars. Awaking, Carter
realizes that he has, in some in
comprehensive manner, been trans
ported to Mars. He is captured by
Tars Tarkas and party Of Mar
tiar warriors. He is conveyed,
prisoner, to a Marian city. Three
days later fleet of airships from
the neighboring state of Helium is
attacked by Carter's captors, the
green Martians. One Of the air
ships is captured. Among the pris-
oners is a young woman of race
different from the green Martians
and closely resembling the women
of the earth. Carter ascertains
that the fair prisoners name -
Dejah Thoris, granddaughter of the
jeddak, or ruler, of Helium. Ac-
cording to custom she is doomed to
die by torture. He fights for her
and assures her of his sympathy.
John learns the language and be-
comes chieftain, though still q
nominal prisoner. Dejah is put In
charge of Sofa. a friendly woman.
The two prisoners plan to escape
before Dejah Thoris IL taken be-
fore the supreme ruler of the green
Martians, Tai Hajus. John fights
q sword duel to the death. Sofa
tells her unique secret.
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and that we must take quickly. MIS-
ing my strange Marian rifle to my
shoulder / sighted and touched the
button which controlled the trigger;
there was a sharp explosion as the
missile reached its goal. and the charg-
ing chieftain pitched backward from
his flying mount.
Springing to my feet I urged the
thoat to rise, and directed Sofa to take
Dejah Thoris with her upon him and
make mighty effort to reach the hills
before the green warriors were upon
us. / knew that In the ravines and
gullies they might find tGMEIHNE
hiding place, and even thlMfs 'Gaa;
died of hunger and thirst II Ulfli \ 1I
letter so than that they fell insi3 the
bands of the Thanks. Forcing my two
revolvers upon them as a slight means
of protection, and, as last resort. as
an escape for themselves from the hor-
rid death which recapture would sure
ly mean. / lifted Dejah Thoris in my
arms and placed her upon the thoat be-
hind Sofa, who had already mounted
at my command.
..GOod-by. my princess" whispered,
I'VE may meet In Helium yet. l have
escaped from worse Flights than this, y
and tried to smile as lied.
what" she CRIED, "are you not COM
ing with us?"
''How may I, Dejah Thoris? Some
one rlust hold these fellows off for a
while. and can better escape tier.
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place. and some &c on and some 20
back, and everythingT asked the boy.
without stopping for breath.
Eyes, I know all that" said the
brownie. "In the first place. when
you reached the foot Of the hill you
saw suddenly that there was an enor-
nous mound, and then, Of course, you
noticed all the people who had just
awakened. They were fresh and rest
ed mostly, though some had had bad
dreams, but at any rate l did wish
they'd all get around the mound.
You may not have noticed, but
there was q sign post which said
Turn You see that part of the road,
there at the entrance Of this lovely
valley, is very important place On
the way to the House of Secrets. We
have a sign there which tells people
to turn, and If they turn back they
60 along as you saw them go, and it
they take turn to the right or the
left of the obstacle they take a turn
which leads them right on their Jour-
ney. If they are brave they 60 on.
I'm not surprised you missed the
post, because everyone is too busy
thinking what they will do.
you see," continued the brownie.
"there comes a time when those who
are travelling to the House Of Secrets
meet with an obstacle. Some of them
meet with smaller ones before, some
with others, later, which aren't so big,
but as you've gotten around the great
est obstacle you are safe enough.
You'll manage the others.
"Those who think they've gone as
far as they can go. those who are
quite satisfied with themselves ant'
think they're as fine as they can be
and as good as they can be and as
joyous as they can be, turn when they
meet big obstacle like the one you've
Just met. And when anyone is per-
fectly satisfied with himself or her.
self he Immediately starts backwards
and goes along the Self-Satisfied Rut."
"Oh, We saw q lot coming back, too,
when we were In the other valley"
said the boy.
"Of course" said the brownie,
There are lots who're always going
back along the road. Those who think
they've gone far enough and those
who have no hope Of getting to the.
House OF Secrets They've lost ambi-
ton and they've lost their dreams of
being great. They're just satisfied,
poor dears. and so they have to CO.
backwards in the Self-Satisfied Rut.
Sometimes long time afterwards
they're sorry they didn't go on. They
feel that they've gone backward be-
cause they haven't gone forward, but
then it is hard to start the journey oil
over again. They haven't enough e.
ergy and ambition left.
Those who went on had courage;
they got around the obstacle. They
were willing to go through a great
deal, too, to get around it. We. the
Old Obstacle Boys. put these obstacles
before people-usually when they get
| Just this far alonf. their journey we
| give them the worT obstacle of all,
the most difficult one, for they can't
see beyond where the goal is
you've had the courage to get
around any obstacle! You have
| learned the great secret Of courage,
| toO!'
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Uniting for life in the arena
% Green Martians.
French Claim to Mont Blanc.
(TO BE CONTINUED

Mont Blanc, the monarch of noun
tains," as Byron called it, is mainly in
France, and the ascent is commonly
made from Chamonix. Chamonix and
Mont Blanc are in the French de-
partment of Haute-SavOie. And the
fact that most persons believe them
to be in Switzerland annoys the
French very much indeed. especially
the residents of that region. So there
Is campaign on foot now to rebap-
tie the department de Ia Houte.
Savoie" and call 1t department du
Mont BlapG"
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CHAPTER discontinued.

did not saddle or mount the ami
mails there, but instead walked quietly
IN the shadows Of the buildings toward
m unfrequented avenue which led to-
ward the point where I had arranged to
meet Dejah Thoris and Sofa. With the
nOiselessness Of disembodied spirits
we moved stealthily along the desert
I'd streets, but not until we were with
III sight OF the plain beyond the city
did commence to breathe freely. I
was sure that Sofa and Deja Thoris
would find no difficulty in reaching our
rendezvous undetected, but with my
great thoats was not 50 sure for my
self, as 1t was quite unusual for war
Fiors to leave the city after dark; in
fact there was no place for them to 60
within any but long ride.
I reached the appointed meeting
place safely, but as Dejah Thoris and
Sofa were not there led my animals
into the entrance hall Of one Of the
large buildings. Presenting that one
Of the other women Of the same house
hold may have come In to speak to
Sofa, and so delayed their departure,
] did not feel any undue apprehen-
sion until nearly an hour had passed
without a sign of them, and by the
time another half hour had crawled
away I was becoming filled with grave
anxiety. Then there broke upon the
stiffness Of the night the sound Of an
approaching party, which, from the
noise, knew could be no fugitives
creeping stealthily toward liberty.
Soon the party was near me, and
from the black shadows Of my en-
trance way I perceived a score OF
mounted warriors, who, in passing.
dropped . dozen words that fetched
my heart clean into the top Of my
head.
HE would likely have arranged to
zneet them just without the city, and
60" l heard no More, they had
passed on; but 1t was enough. Our
plan had been discovered, and the
chances for escape from now on to the
fearful end would be small indeed.
Ny one hope now was to return unde-
sected to the quarters Of Dejah Thoris
and learn what fate had overtaken her,
but how TO do II with these great
mOnstrous thoats upon my hands, now
That the city probably was aroused By
tie knowledge Of my escape, was Q
problem Of no mean proportions
Suddenly an idea occurred to me and.
acting on my knowledge Of the con-
struction Of the buildings OF these an
,cient Marian cities with hollow
court within the center Of each
square, / CROPPED my way blindly
Through the dark chambers, calling the
great thoats after me. They had diff
Guilty in negotiating some of the door
ways, hut as the buildings fronting the
Ieity's principal exposures were all de.
signed upon magnificent scale, they
were able to wriggle through without
sticking fast; and thus we finally
made the inner court where found
~ had expected. the usual carpet OF
smoss-like vegetation which would
prove their food and drink until
could return them to their own en-.
closure.
Removing the saddle trappings, / hid
them just within the rear doorway Of
the building through which we had
y6ntered the court and. turning the
beasts loose. quickly made my way
acros the court 70. the rear Of the
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Dent in Soft Place.

SchOOlmaster-i have an impression
in my head. Now. can any one tell
me the meaning Of an impression?
Small Boy-Yes, please. sir. An in,-
preston is o dent in q soft place.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
ANCHORAGE HAS LIGHTS AC A|N;
 PLANT REBUILT
Big Power Plant Recently De- stroyed by Fire - New
 Dynamo Is Installed.

The big power plant, owned and operated at Anchorage by the Alas kan Engineering Commission, burned to the ground Monday afternoon, No vember IA. The Empire printed the story of the fire at the time, but more particulars were received in the last mail from the Westward,
 The fire started at 4 15 in the aft ernoon and gained rapid headway due to the extreme dryness of the flammable material Origin of the fire is said to have been from the overloaded smokestack igniting the wood under the sheet-iron roof.
 The overloaded condition of the large smokestaok was due to its burning out a few minutes before the fire started. P ]. Mcdonald was in charge of the plant at the time. No blame is attached to anyone and the heavy atmosphereic conditions un- occasionally caused the soot in tn 2 smokestack to burn out, causing the extreme heat
 Loss of the power plant building and machinery is conservatively es- timated at $75,00o The power plant was erected in 1916. and the first electric lights and electfical power were furnished the citizens of An. ,horage in December of that year The plant, together with electrical machinery and accessories cost ap- proximately $15o,000.
 Under Commission Control
 The power plant was operated by the Alaskan Engineering Commission and generated power for the Anchor age electric lights, cold storage plants. Empress and Harmony nov ing picture shows and other business enterprises in addition to furnishing power for the, commission machine shops, all buildings and public utili. ties.
 The pant also furnished power for the city pumping plant
 sFk Rebuilding Started
 While the plant was burning, the Commission officials started plans for the new power plant to be erect ed upon the same site. Long before the fire had burned itself out the well-regulated force was in action Orders were immediately dispatched to J. J. Longaere at Sutton to dis mantle the plant installed for the coal washing plant and rush it to An chorage.
 Two days after the fire the new electric dynamo reached Anchorage from Sutton, was installed and the electric lights and power were again furnished Anchorage citizens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
SUTHERLAND ID ENTER PRIMARY;
 TO COME NORTH
Delegate Will Make Race Next Year-Is Expected
 to Be Here Shortly.

Delegate Dan Sutherland will be a candidate in the Republican pfi- maries next spring for the nomina ton to succeed himself, according 70 authentic information received in Jd- neau. The Delegate recently de clared it would make no difference to him who else sought the nomina- tion. he himself would be in the "a Q, according to such information.
 Delegate Sutherland is expected to arrive here within a short time. It was his plan to remain in Washing ton until the close of the special session of Congress, which ended on November 26 and then come Worth for a short trip to Southeastern AL aska. u is believed he will make his arrangements for filing his can didacy during his stay, if he comes.
 At least two other candidates for the Delegateship will be in the Re publican primaries. Both of these hail from Seward one being l.. V. Ray and the other Thomas B. Dray- ton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
MARSHAL TAKES OATH OF OFFICE;
 AWAITING DATA
Will Not Organize District Until Full Instructions
 Are Sent to Him.

John B. Marshall, before J. w Kehoe as Notary Public, yesterday took oath of office as Director of Prohibition Enforcement for Alaska Mr Marshall received bis commis- sion in the last mail from the South, following his appointment on No vember IS last. The commission was signed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair and counter signed by Secretary of Treasury Mellon.
 No instructions relative to the or ganization of the Alaska district nave yet been received. Mr. Marshall stated that he was advised that these instructions, containing data relative to the establishment of headquarters and naming of assistants, were being mailed him under separate cover from his commission and he expects them to arrive on the next mail from the South Until this information has been received no steps will be taken, he said, to proceed with the organization of the district which up to the present time has been under the Seattle district.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
UNITED STATES CONSUL
 PREDICTS BIG THINGS
 FOR THE CAPITAL CITY

r. A. Wakefield, United States Consul at Prince Rupert, who, with his son returned home on the Prin- cess Mary yesterday after brlef visit in this city, was much i'm pressed with Juneau and predicted a great future for the city. He said that thought he has been at Prince Rupert for two and half years this was his first visit to Alaska. He be- lieves that better times are in sight for Alaska in the near future
 Times have been good in Prince Rupert, according to MT. Wakefield, though they have slowed up consid- erably since the shipbuilding plant has closed down there Tine second S,100-ton steamship was recently completed at Prince Rupert, and when she sailed away on her maiden voyage, the plant was closed.
 Mr. Wakefield has been in the United States Consular Service for
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02

That Alaska had more fav9rabl , weather conditions during the month If November than was experienced hy the States. is indicated by the monthly weather summary just is- sued from focal Weather Bureau sta tloa. A deficiency is shown for Ju mean in both temperature and pre- cipitation according to the ssum. mary.
 Average Above Freezing
 The mean temperature of ;ae month. $50 degrees. was 19 degrees below the average of all November records, covering period of Y years. Six previous Novembers had lower means, the coldest being ,aat of 1883, with an average Of 22.9 de- grees. November. 1905. with 40.6 degrees, was the warmest.
 The daily temperatures ranged between a maximum Of 47 degrees on the 1st and a minimum of II de erees on the goth. These extremes are well within the limits of preYials years. the highest reading on record for November being 60 degrees, in 1S90 and the lowest, 1 degree below zero. in 1883
 Contrasts Favorable
 MeteOrologist M B Summers points out that while the month has been colder than usual, it oontras ts most fayorably with conditions ill the States. He says that on the same day-the 20th-that our mi:'i- mum of IA degrees was recorded, the temperature dropped to 1 degrees at Pueblo, Colo; 2 degrees at Spokane and to 20 degrees below zero ia the northern portions of Montana and North Dakota Not even in the heart of the Yukon Valley, as shown by the reports from Eagle and Ta- mana, was a 20-below reading record ed this fall up to the goth of No vember, according to MT. Summers.
 Little Rain-Much Sun
 The precipitation of 5.96 inches
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
NOVEMBER WEATHER IN ALASKA
 BETTER THAN THAT IN STATES

was 213 inches below the November normal of S.09 inches, while the number of days with measureatie quantity of precipitation, 13, was 6 less than the normal of previous years. Only 2.S inches of snow fa.l during the month, and all but 0.3 inch of this occurred on the 2Sth. There were 13 consecutive days with out even trace Of precipitation record that has been exceeded only once in the past five years-in July 1920.
 With total of 111.9 hours of sun. shine. or AZ per cent of the possible amount the month broke the five November records of this weather element MT Summers states. how ever. that several other months in the past five years have had high CT percentage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
CHRISTMAS SALE.

Of fancy work and goodies by Meth odist Ladies Aid in Malony Building Saturday afternoon. Tea and coffee served from 1 to 6. adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02

Mrs. Souren Sewry, a Wellesley College music student, is the inno- cent cause of the marital troubles of her father and mother. When she eloped with the consent of her mother, according to the story told in court, the girls father, Sarabed Thomajanian, became en- ragged because of his objection to wife for giving her consent. A complaint of assault and suit for divorce have been brought against Thomajanian.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02
MIR. AND MRS. CAIN WILL
 VISIT IN CALIFORNIA

Mir and Mrs J. II. Cam, who left for the South on the Princess Mary yesterday, will spend a considerable portion of the winter in California. For the first few weeks they will be guests of Thomas D. White, who is associated with NIr Cam in the de- velopment of the Fl NidO mine, on his large farm near San Francisco. They expect to return to Juneau in time to resume operations on the Fl Nido mine next April.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-02

For engraved or printed calling cards see The Empire. 4rstl.4