The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-10


be . trail OF blood behind him
liter James spear had sent him
rAShing 10 the ground bcneath
er tree- He made no sound after
he one piercing scream that had
acknowledged the severity OF his
round He was quiet because OF
rcas fear that had crcpt into his
Arpcd brain that the devil woman
Fouid pursue and slay him. And
he crAwied away like some fiithy
east Of prey. seeking thickes
Shere he might lie down and hide
He thought that he WAS going to
but he did not. and with the
ling Of the new day he discov
II that his wound was superficial
u rough ohsidian-shod spear had
nonter~a the muscles OF hts side bc-
naafh his right arm infiicting
painfui. but not = fatal wound.
With the realization of this fact
hAms q renewed desire 20 put as
much distance as possible between
himself and Jane Clayton And 80
yfcurs because Of = persistent hal
vlucination that In this way he might
escape observation. Yet tho he fled
his mind still revowed muddy
about . central dcsiro-whiie he fed
from her he SIN planned to pursue
her. and to hts lust Of possession
Avas added a desire for revenge.
j She should paw for the suffering
she had inflicted upon him. she
should pay for rcbuffing him. but
for some reason which he did not
Try to explain to himself he would
erawi away and hide. He would
Voome hack. tho. He would come
hack and when he had finished
with her. he would take that
nmoosh throat In his two hands and
rush the life from her.
He kept repeating this over and
Rsr 70 himself and then he fell
Auxhing out loud. the cackling.
16ecus laughter that had terrified
Jana Presently he realized his
1necs were bleeding and that they
hurt him He looked cautiously
6<hind No one WAS in sight lie
listened He could hear no indica-
tons Of pursuit and so he rose to
4 his feet and continued upon his
way. = sory sight--covered with
fifth and blood. his beard and hair
tangled and matted and filled with
burrs and dried mud and unspeak-
able NTH He kept no track Of
TINA He ate fruits and berries
md tubers that he dug from the
Earth With his nngers- He followed
IL shors Of the lake and the river
that he might b near water. and
when = reared or moaned he
oltmbed . tree and hid there. shiv-
Vor1nx.
" And - after . time he came up
EGAo southern shore Of Jad-ben-lui
Wfd = Wide river stopped his prog
~ Across the blue water
whits city grimmercd In the sun
MAKING his eyes IKE an owl SLOW
VI : rscoilecfion forced itself thru
tangled brain This was A-lur.
city It Light The ASSOCIATION
06ms recalled Bu-iur and waz-
>Aen- They had called him lad
n0tho. He commences to laugh
1Dud and stoop up very straight
~ STROBE back and forth along
- shore II am Jad.ben-Otho.-
~ cried, Il am the great god. In
slur Is my temple and my high
gtest What Is Jad-ben-Otho doing
6ere alone In the junrfe7~
He stepped out into the water and
NuiAing his voice shrieked loudly
6cruas toward A-Iur. Il arm Jad-
EonIOfho." he screamed Come
Mther. slaves. and take your god
- his temple" But the distance
Nos great and they ID not hear
~ and no one came. and the
1ooble mind was distracted by other
t1IngB-a bird flying In the air. q
ncGooi Of mtnnows swimming arounA
- feet He iunged at them trying
y catch them. and falling upon his
n1ds and knees. he crawied thru
~ water. grasping futilely at the
1usive fish.
Presently IL occurred TO him that
y was n sea lion and he forgot the
nh and lay down and tried to
i'm by wriggiing his feet In the
Tier as tho they were a tail
hardships. the priyations. the
tofrors. and for the past few weeks
ne lack OF proper nourishmcnt had
1educed Erich Obergaz to little
Gncre than a gibbering IDIOT
A. a water snake swan out upon the
<rurface OF the lake and the man
Dursued IL crawling upon his hands
md knees. The snake swan toward
be shore just within the mouth
be the river. where tall reeds grew
fhickiy and Obergatz followed max
ing grunting noises like a pig. He
lot the snake within the reeds
but he came upon something else
Ia canoe hidden there close to the
hank He examined it with caek-
ung laughter.
There were two paddles within II
which he took and threw out into
the current Of the river. He
Natched them for a while and then
be sat down beside the canoe and
commenced to splash his hands up
| and down upon the water. He liked
20 hear the noise and see the little
splashes Of spray. He rubbed his
left forearm with his right palm
and the dirt came off and left a
bite spot that drew his attention.
49, rubbed again upon the now
3oroIy soaked blood and CRIME
lt covered his body. He was not
~ kmpting to wash himself: he was
z <-trely amused by the strange re-
ts. II am turning white" he