The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-15

lO tne iCe-Clau south, to make war up. on the natives there and despOiI them of their furs
 He was gone for four years, and when he returned all had been over for three; for about a year after his departure, and shortly before the time for the return of an expedition which had gone forth to fetch the fruits of community incubator, the egg had matched. Thereafter my mother con- tinued to keep me in the old tower, visiting me nightly and lavishing upon me the love the community life would have robbed us both of.
 "She taught me rapidly the language and customs of my kind, and one night she told me the story I have told to you up to this point, impressing upon me the necessity for absolute secrecy and the great caution I must exercise after she had placed me with the other young Tharks to permit no one to guess that I was further advanced in edu- cation than they and then drawing me close to her she whispered in my ear the name of my father.
 ] And then a light flashed out upon the darkness of the tower chamber. and there stood Sarkoja, her gleaming, baleful eyes fixed in frenzy of loath- ing and contempt upon my mother. That she had heard the entire story was apparent, and that she had sus- pected something wrong from my mothers long nightly absences from her quarters accounted for her pres ence there on that Hateful night. "Sarkoja hastened to Tal Hajus to report her discovery, and while she was gone my mother, wrapping me in the silks and furs of her night cover tngs, so that was scarcely noticeable, descended to the streets and ran wild ly toward the outskirts of the city, in the direction which led to the far south, out toward the man whose pro- tection she might not claim, but on whose face she wished to look once more before she died.
 "As we neared the city's southern extremity a sound came to us from across the messy flat, from the direc- tion of the only pass through the hills which led to the gates, the pass by which caravans from either north or south or east or west would enter the city. My mother from her hiding place saw that the expedition was the returning caravan bearing the young Tharks. Instantly her plan was formed, and as a great chariot swung close to our hiding place she slipped stealthily in upon the trailing tail board. crouching low in the shadow of the high side, straining me to her bosom in frenzy of love.
 i "She knew, what I did not, that never again after that night would she hold me to her breast, nor was it like ly we would ever look upon each oth- CTS faces again. In the confusion of the plaza she mixed me with the other children, whose guardians during the journey were now free to relinquish their responsibility.
 "I never saw my mother after that night. She was imprisoned by Tal Hajus, and every effort, including the most horrible and shameful torture, was brought to bear upon her to wiring from her lips the name of my father; but she remained steadfast and loyal, dying at last amidst the laughter of Tal Hajus and his chieftains during some awful torture she was under going.
 i q learned afterward that she told them that she had killed me to save me from like fate at their hands, and that she had thrown my body to the white apes. Sarkoja alone disbelieved her, and feel to this day that she sus- poets my true origin, but does not dare expose me, at the present, at all events, because she also guesses, l am sure, the identity of my father.
 "When he returned from his exped1- tion and learned the story of my moth- er's fate I was present as Tal Hajus told him; but never by the quiver of muscle did he betray the slightest emo- tion; only he did not laugh as Tal Ha- jus gleefully described her death struggles From that moment on he was the cruelest of the cruel, and am awaiting the day when he shall win the goal of his ambition, and feel the carcass of Tal Hajus beneath his foot, for am sure that he but waits the opportunity to wreak a terrible vengeance"
 And your father, Sola, Is he with us now = l aSkoO
 "Yes," she replied, "but he does not know n1e for what I am, nor does he know who betrayed my mother to Tal Hajus. l alone know my fathers name, and only I and Tal Hajus and Sarkoja know that 1t was she who car ried the tale that brought death and torture upon her he loved."
 We sat silent for a few moments. she wrapped in the gloomy thoughts of her terrible past, and in pity for the poor creatures whom the heartless, senseless customs of their race had doomed to loveless lives of cruelty and of hate. Presently she spoke.
 "John Garter, if ever a real man walked the cold, dead bosom of Bar soon you are one. I know that I can trust you, and because the knowledge may some day help you or him or De- jah Thoris or myself, am going to tell you the name of my father, nor place any restrictions or conditions upon your tongue. When the time comes, speak the truth if 1t seems best to you. I trust you because I know that you are not cursed with the ter rible trait of absolute and unswerving truthfulness, that you could lie like one of your own Virginia gentlemen if q lie would save others from sorrow e.