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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

you should have those to serve you,
and in accordance with our customs
you may select any or ~ the females
from the -retinues of ths chieftains
whose metal you now wear"
/ thanked him, but assured him that
/ could get along very nicely without
assistance except in the matter of pre-
pairing food. and so he promised to
send women to me for this purpose
and also for the care of my arms and
the manufacture Of my AMMUNITION.
which he said would be necessary.
finally chose a front room on the
third floor, because this brought me
nearer to Dejah Thoris, whose apart
ment was on the second floor of the
adjoining building, and It flashed up
on me that l could rig up some means
of communication whereby she might
signal me In case she needed either
my services or my protection.
My thoughts were cut short by the
advent of several young females bear
ing loads of weapons, silks, furs, lew
els, cooking utensils, and casks of food
and drink, including considerable loot
from the air craft. All this. 1t seemed,
had been the property of the two
chieftains l had slain, and now, by
the customs OF the Thanks. 1t had be-
come mine. At my direction they
placed the stuff in one OF the back
rooms, and then departed. only to re-
turn with second load, which they
advised me constituted the balance
of my goods.
Finding that must assume respous-
ibility for these creatures, whether
! would or not. / made the best of II
and directed them to find quarters on
the upper floors, leaving the third
fioo- to me. One of the girls charged
with the duties OF my simple cuisine,
and directed the others to take up the
various activities which had formerly
constituted their vacations. There
after l saw little of them, nor did
care to.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
CHAPTER WI.


Following the battle with the air.
ships, the community remained within
the city for several days, abandoning
the homeward march until they could
feel reasonably assured that the ships
would not return; for to be caught
on the open plains with a cavalcade
Of chariots and children was far from
the desire of even so warlike a people
as the green Martians.
During our period of inactivity, Tars
Tarkas had instructed me ir many of
the customs and arts of war familiar
to the Thanks, including lessons in
riding and guiding the great beasts
which bore the warriors. These crea-
lures, which are known as rhoats, are
as dangerous and vicious as their mas.
tiers, but when once subdued are suffi-
GENTLY tractable for the purposes Of
the green Martians.
Two of these animals had fallen
to me from the warriors whose metal
l wore, and In a short time l could
handle them quite as well as the ma
tive warriors.
My experience with Woola deter
mined me to attempt the experiment
of kindness In my treatment of my
thoats. First l taught them that they
could not unseat me, and even raped
them sharply between the ears to i'm
press upon them my authority and
mastery. Then, by degrees. l won
their confidence in much the same
manner as / had adopted countless
times with many mundane mounts
In the course of few days my
thoats were the wonder of the entire
community. They would follow rue
like dogs, rubbing their great SHOUTS
against my body in awkward evidence
of affection, and respond to my every
command with an alacrity and docili-
ty which caused the Marian warriors
to ascribe to me the possession of
some earthly power unknown on Mars.
On the seventh day following the
battle with the air craft we again
took up the march toward Thark, all
probability of another attack being
deemed remote by Lorquas Ptomel.
During the days just preceding oui
departure / had seen but little of De-
jah Thoris, as I had been kept very
busy by Tars Tarkas with my lessons
in the art of Marian warfare. as well
as in the training of my thoats. The
few times | had visited her quarters
she had been absent, walking upon
the streets with Sofa, or investigating
the buildings In the near vicinity of
the plaza.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

Wash, and have never felt better than
] have the last two years. can work,
eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can be-
Doctors told me l could never have
children-I was too weak but after
taking Vegetable Compound it strength
ened me SO | gave birth to an eight
pound boy. was well all the time, did
all my work up to the last day. and had
a natural birth. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when they ask me
great pleasure, l took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and never
felt better in my life Use this testi-
monial at any time. Mrs. ELIZABETH
SMART, 142 w. Sixth St, Lowell, Mass
This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely
a strong recommendation for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t il
only one of great many similar cases.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
John fights with Fad.
CTo BE CONTINUED


traveller who alighted from the
train In a small Southern town was
greeted by a colored porter, who
shouted at him: palace hotel, boss"
and grabbed the travellers baggage.
and the latter said: "Wait a minute,
Rastus. Is this hotel American or
European" And Rastus replied: II
dunno, boss, but I think they's Irish"
San Francisco Chronicle.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
| A PRIMO s S
O f NJ A r S


or the metal from my dead carcass
will 20 to q better man. for such is
the custom of the Thanks.
II have no quarrel with Tars Tar
kas; together we rule supreme the
greatest of the lesser communities
among the green men; we do not wish
to fight between ourselves: and so
II you were dead, John Carter. should
be glad. Under two conditions only,
however. may you be killed by us with
out orders from Tai Hajus; in person
al combat In self-defense, should you
attack cue Of US, or were you appre-
hcnded In an attempt to escape.
As q matter of justice must warn
you that we only await one of these
two excuses for Kidding ourselves of
so great q responsibility. The safe
delivery Of the red girl to Tai Ha1us
is of the greatest Importance. Not
In a thousand years have the Thanks
made such a capture; she is the grand
daughter of the greatest of red jed
oaks, who is also our bitterest en-
envy. have spoken. The red girl
told us that we were without the
softer sentiments OF humanity, but we
are just and truthful race. You may
60"
Turning, l left the audience cham
Der. So this was the beginning of
Sarkoja's persecution l knew that
none other could be responsible for
this report which had reached the
ears of Lorquas Ptomel so quickly,
and now I recalled those portions of
our conversation which had touched
upon escape and upon my origin.
Sarkoja was at this time Tars Tar
kas' oldest and most trusted female.
AS such she was mighty power be-
hind the throne, for no warrior had
the confidence of Lorquas Ptomel to
such an extent as did his ablest lieu
tenant, Tars Tarkas.
However. instead of putting thoughts
of possible escape from my mind, my
audience with Lorquas Ptomel only
served to center my every faculty on
this subject. Now, more than before,
the absolute necessity for escape. In
SO far as Dejah Thoris was concerned,
was impressed upon me, for i was
convinced that some horrible fate
awaited her at the headquarters of
Tai Hiatus.
As described by Sofa, this monster
was the exaggerated personification
Of all the ages of cruelty. ferocity.
and brutality from which he had de-
scended. Cold. cunning. calculating;
he was, also, in marked contrast to
most of his fellows, slave to that
brute passion which the waning de-
mands for procreation upon their dy-
ing planet had almost stilled In the
Marian breast.
As i wandered about the plaza lost
In my gloomy forebodings Tars Tar
kas approached me on his way from
the audience chamber
"Where are your quarters. John Car
teri" he asked.
II have selected none," l replied.
'It seemed best that Quartered either
by myself or among the other war
riors, and ! was awaiting an oppor-
tunity to ask your advice"
"Come with me-" he directed, and to-
gether we moved off across the plaza
to building which / was glad to see
adjoined that occupied by Sofa and
her charges.
my quarters are on the first floor
of this building he said, "and the
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
Quite Different.

II understand You called me worth
less ioafer"
~ did not"
What did you say about me. then T.
II merely remarked to n mutual nc
quaintance of ours that in the gentle
art of Hing time you had no superior"
well, that's different"
ham Age Herald.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

you are a fortunate man." said the
automobile tourist.
Flows that?'' asked the farmer.
you are monarch of all you survey"
81 guess you are wrong. stranger. l
still owe nine installments on that
tractor you see, my hired man won't
pay a bit of attention to what 1 say
and there's mortgage on the old
home place"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

Face Upturnsd, and Her Wondsrfu,
Eyes Opening Up the Very Depth
Of Her Soul"
there Is no record of Barsoomian re-
turning up the river Iss. from the
shores of Korus In the valley of Dor.
Do not tell me that you have thus re-
turned They would kill you horribly
anywhere upon the surface of Barsoom
II that were true tell me It is not I"
Her little hands, reached up upon
my breast, were pressed against me
as though to wiring denial from my
very heart.
II do not know your customs. Dejah
ThOris. but in my own Virginia a gen
tleman does not lie to save himself;
! am not of Dor; have never seen
the mysterious Iss; the lost sea Of
Korus is still lost, so far as / am con-
cerned. Do you believe meT
And then 1t struck me that 1 was
very anxious that she should believe
me. l looked down Mt her: her beauti-
full face upturned. and her wonderful
eyes opening up the very depth of her
soul and as my eyes met hers / knew
why, and-I shuddered.
A similar wave Of feeling seemed
to stir her; she drew away from me
with sigh. and with her earnest,
beautiful face turned up to mine, she
whispered: 81 believe you. John Car
ter; / do not know what gentle
man. Is, nor have ever heard before
of Virginia; but on Barsoom no man
lies II he does not wish to speak the
truth he Is silent. Where is this Vir-
ginia, your country, John Carter"
she asked, and 1t seemed that this
fair name of my fair land had never
sounded more beautiful than as 1t
fell from those perfect lips on that
far gone day.
81 am OF another world" l answered,
1.-The great planet Earth, which re-
wolves about our common sun and
next within the orbit of your Bar
SOON, which we know as Mars. How
1 came here ! cannot tell you, for I
do not know but here am, and since
my presence has permitted me to
serve Dejah Thoris l am glad that
am here"
She gazed at me with troubled eyes,
long and questioningly. I would much
rather not have told her anything of
my antecedents, but no man could
look into the depth of those eyes and
refuse her slightest bebest.
Finally she smiled, and, rising, said /:
81 shall have to believe even though
I cannot understand. But why should
/ trouble my poor head with such n
problem, when my heart tells me that
I believe because l wish to believer
1t was good logic. good. earthly,
feminine logic, and II 1t satisfied her
/ certainly could pick no flaws In It.
We fell into a general conversation
then, asking and answering many
questions on each side. She was curl
GUS to learn OF the customs OF my
people and displayed remarkable
knowledge Of events on earth. When
I questioned her closely on this seem
ing familiarity with earthly things
she laughed, and cried out:
"why, every schoolboy on Barseom
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
JoHh IN LOVE.

Bylspsis.-rhe auti,s~f calls Of his
acquaintance with thu haso of enc
Of tbs nsost reD,arxabi. adventures
ever recorded. From = manuscript
left by his friend Ne has wildly set
out the strange happenings which
brought together . brave Virginia
gentleman ana . rrincsss Of Mara.
In tho Arizona hills John Carter.
mining Drospector and Ax-Confed-
crate soldier. f1eesnG frAA = war
party Il Apaches. takes xsfuEs in
. cave ths atmosphere VI which
has . remarkable sffscx = him.
Yielding to his influence ~ sinks
thoughts conferred IN the glow from
the planet Mars. Awakins. Carter
rsalises that he las, in some In
oenprshsnsisls manner. been trans
ported TO Mars He 10 captured by
Tays Tarkas and = party of Mar
tan warriors. h is conveyed, a
prisoner. to q Marian city. Three
days later . feet VI warships from
the nsiehborinr state OF Heiium 10
attacked BY Carers captors, the
green MartAns. One of the air
ships 10 captured. Among the pris-
oners - young woman of a race
different from the green Martians
and closely rssen. bling the women
Of the earth. Carter ascsrtains
that the fair prisoners name is
De1ah Thoris. granddaughter Of the
jeddsk. or rular. of Belium. Ac-
cordins TO custom she is doomed
to die by torture. He lights for her
and assures her of his sympathy.
John learns the language and be-
comes a chieftaio. though still
nominal prisoner.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
ALIENS EllI.EASE does II

When shoes Finch corns and bunions
ache, get n package of ALIENS FOOT
EASE, the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes. II takes the sting out OF
and bunlons, gives instant relief to
smarting. Aching. Swollen feet 1850. zoe
pounds of powder for the feet useo
by our Army and Navy during the war.--Adv-
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

"Dslah Thoris and ! Then Fell to Ex-
aminlng the Architecture and Deco
rations Of the Beautiful Chambers
Of the Building We Were occu-
pying."
second floor also is fully occupied by
warriors. but the third floor and the
floors above are vacant; you may take
your choice of these.
81 understand" he continued, that
you have given up your woman to
the red prisoner. Well, II you wish
TO give your woman to a captive, 1t
is your own affair: but az a chieftaip
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

was very irregular.
II l did any house
cleaning or washing
! would faint and
have to be put to
bed. my husband
thinking every min
ute was my last.
After reading your
textbook for women
l took Lydia E.
Pinkham's vegeta-
bic Compound and
used the Sanatiye
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
Stung.

Stung.
Mr.. Wombat. won't you take SOM,
space In our lodge program"
Guess I'll have to-" said the mer
chant.
And what shall we put In it7''
Just say that Wombat, the grocer
was stuck $40 for this space"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

ON'SSS "SpNSs
so you are going to be q sufIra-
gette?"
YES" replied young Mrs. Torkins.
so that you can voter"
Mot exactly. But, you know. march
ing In parade must be splendid ex-
ercise.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

Temperina the Blow.
Assistant Editor-We1l have to SEND
that young lady's manuscript back
Her story is too pathetic for our
pages.
Editor-Sprinkle few drops OF
water over it: she'll think they are
tear drops.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

II heard your challenge to the crea-
tnrs you call Tars Tarkas, and think
1 gpAsYBtand your ps4ttion among
thea people, but what cspnot fathom
In yaor statement that you are not Of
Bafsoom.
- the name of my first ancestor.
then" she continued, where may you
be frbm7 You are like unto my peo-
pie. and yet so unlike. You speak my
Language, and yet I heard you tell
Tars 1arkas that you had but learned
1t recsntly. All Barsoomians speak the
samA sLaKue from the ice-clad south to
the ie~<1sd north. though their written
languages differ. Only In the valley
Dor. whers the river Iss empties into
the lost sea Of Korus. is there supposed
to be different language spoken. and.
except In the legends of our ancestors.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
You viii Observe.

He who learns in this old life
To depend upon himself,
Though he meet with troubles rife
Ere he quits acquires the pelf.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06

about equal to that Of the state af
Hsssa chusetta-
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-06
THIS WOMAN'S
EXPERIENCE
Brings a Ray of Hope to
Childless Women

Lowell, Mass had anemia from
the time I was sixteen years old and
Evening star., 1921-03-27

sented on the board OF directors. Of
corporations, Tuesday evening. Two
all-Georgtown teams will debate with
team from Lafayette College April s.
The Law. Medical. Dental and For
eign Service schools will reopen to-
morrow evening. after three days
respite from class work. College
students will not return to their
classes until Tuesday week.
Maj William H. Hobson, U. S. A,
detailed by the War Department as
military instructor at Georgetown, is
rounding up student officers who wish
to attend the r. o. T. c. training
camp at Plattsburg early in June.
Nearly fifty students have agreed to
enter the first camp. Applications
must be made by April s.
There is strong competition among
the Law School seniors for the fac
ulty $50 gold prize for the best writ
ten paper on the Doctrine of Undis-
closed Principals: Its Origin. Justinca :
tion and Modern Application. A set
Of legal classics is offered the stu
dents of the first and second year
classes for essays on The Theory OF
the Common Law Regarding the Eie-
ment of Contingency in the Limitation
Of the States.''
DIR. Eugene Jones. attending physi-
clan at the Preparatory School at
Garrett Park. Md. in a letter to the
headmaster declares there has been a
marked Improvement in the health of
the students since the Inauguration
Of morning breathing exercises.
Charles D. Dean of Illinois heads the
newly organized PhilaJethic Debating
Society at the Preparatory School.
Other officers are Alexandra Angel of
New York. vice president; Henry M:
Thomas ]. O'Reilly of New York
treasurer: Winthrop Rutherford of
New Jersey. amanuensis; ]. Ashton
Devereaux of Maryland and Stephen
NJ. Mckenzie of Ohio. censors.
Father Walsh and several members
of the faculty. including Director
McElwee of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, and DR.. Gull
lermo A. Sherwell of the United
States section of the international
Evening star., 1921-03-27

high commission, will attend the ex-
ercises in connection with unveiling
of the Bolivar statue April 19. DR..
Sherwell is engaged in writing the
official souvenir book Of the unveil-
ing exercises.
The freshman dance. Of the Law
School will be given the evening OF
April at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Editor of the Newprep News. the
students publication at the Prepara-
tory School. Alexandra Angel. jr.. and
Albert E. Molina. one Of the asso-
ciate editors, divided the highest hon
ors in the second year class in the
reading Of the marks for February
The students of the first year class
and the junior class receiving highest
honors were Daniel w. ODonoghue
and Daniel Friary, respectively.
At a smoker held at the University
Club last week the Alpha Tau Delta
Fraternity of the School of Foreign
Service initiated a number of mem
bers. DR.. c. E. MCGUIRE of the Inter
American high commission gave an
interesting talk on the Indebtedness
of Europe,
Evening star., 1921-03-27
COLLEGES.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Arrangements are being complet

Arrangements are being completed
for a debate between George Wash
| ington University girls and a girls
team from the University of West
Virginia, to be held April 2s. 1t is
possible that two debates will be held
on this date, one at Morgantown, w.
| Va, and the other in Washington.
girls taking part in both events.
Miss Beatrice woodford, freshman
| in the arts and sciences department.,
swimming team at George Washing
] ton. She was a member and man.
ager of Central High Schools girys'
team last year.
The university's Chemical Society
was addressed recently by DR.. II. H.
Custis of the bureau of animal in
dustry, Department of Agriculture.
He told of methods to harness at
mospheric nitrogen so that .ht could
chemical methods for the prevention
of iron rust. and discusseJI the i'm
portance of the dye industry, trans
mission of photographs by electricity
and chemical action due, to light.
From Ore to Finished Product"
was the subject of Jan illustrated
lecture given recently before the En-
S1neerlnG society oF the university
BY E. E. Ellwood of the National Tube
Company.
The senior classSof the Law School
planning an danss for
in the hands of the activities com
mittee, composed of Miss Frances
Parks, S. S. Fit4gerrell and ]. c. Frey.
The class also is planning to have
a portrait of Dean Merton L. Ferson
;nta nd fhA n xu
School.
John R Daily has been elected cap
! tain Of next seasons basket ball team
! at the university. Daily is a junior
in the Law School
Prof. De Witt c. Croissant Of the
English department. recently ad-
dressed the Washington Classical
Club on "A Modern's View Of the
Creek Drama" After an analysis of
/ likened to Ibsen. Prof. Croissant as
serted there was no better way to
understand and improve the modern
drama than through a study of the
works of the Greek dramatists.
Carl Mapes has been elected presi-
dent of the Robert Farnham Me-
mortal Association of Sigma Chi Fra
ternity. The initiates Of this fra
ternity recently gave q dance at the
chapter house.
Main Sandoe and Douglas Macom-
ber represented the local chapter Of
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at a con-
ference of the southern division Of
the fraternity. held recently at At
lanta.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon recently cele-
brated Founders day with a banquet
at Wardman Park Hotel. Among the
speakers were Senators A. Owsley
Stanley and J. C. w. Beckham, Repre-
Evening star., 1921-03-27

Sunday training cruises for the off,
GERS and men Of the Naval Reserve
of the District of Columbia proba oily
will be inaugurated next Sunday. and
will be continued throughout the sum
mer months The subchaser which has
been assigned to the reservisfs for
their practice drills Is now ready for
this service.
During the week a diver from the
Washington navy yard went down
alongside the ship and examined her
underwater hull and pulled the plugs
which were placed there last fall to
keep water from getting to the en-
gines and breaking the w?ter jackets
of the gasoline motors. with which the
vessel is equipped.
Owing to the large number of men
in the reserve here, and ithe presence
of only one small vessel. it will be
necessary to keep going steadily during
the summer months. so that all of the
men may have an opportunity of TAX
ing part in the cruiSeSsdown the Poto-
mac river.
1t is probable that another and larg-
er vessel will be sent, here within a
short time to be assig ned to the duty
of taking the reserves tout Oh training
duty. There is much talk among the
reserve OIHCerS Oh OOldilnlHS one VI the
Eagle boats, of whic the Navy has
a number on hand. A number of naval
reserve districts throughout the coun-
try now have vessels of this type as
signed to them.
There are several subchasers an
chored at the Washington navy yard.
and these. it was pointed out by Off
GERS. could easily be put in service
later in the spring. when the number
Of men who want to take the Sunday
cruises is increased.
War pictures taken by the Signal
Corps of the Army in the fighting
salients in Europe during the recent
war were displayed at the armory
Monday night to large audience
composed OF high ranking officers of
the Navy attached to the Navy De-