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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-26
CHAPTER 90

Benson wiped the blood from his
lbs and stared stupidly up az Clark.
TebA, AZ her kings side. rosa on her
knees and looked down on the cover.
ng wretch.
ANSWER me- demanded Clark rs
he glFi deadf-
NO" whispered Benson. mot
dad Just knocked out. That's all
l didnr want 10 finish her. just
pus her out. A lucky blow. and
cane here
A scream behind them brought
Benson TO his feet. glaring
wildly about
Co" cried Clark "T'l do wha;
| can to save you. But get away"
Benson. with a moan. staggered
away and Clark watched him plunge
INTO the jungle. a pitlful figure. his
courage gone and with Il his
strength.
The next moment, leaping like
a fswn. the girl who had been
his bride. came into their prrs-
enee.
Her face was bruised and swol,
en-. but her eyes were aiindlo with
fanatlcal light.
Where is he?- she cried 10 To.
"a Clark seized TOBIAS arm.
DO not tell her" he commanded
Toba remained silent. She stared
lown coldly at tho giri and replied
Ny king commands silence. You
must find him yourself"
The girl walled. A p,etous note
aag In her voice. Despairingly she
noked up AZ Toba-
Il failed" she murmurod Il
failed. The rod Of fire win break
terrible vengeance on ue. I must
send him 20 paradise TO wait for
me-"
And with that she was gone. Clark
and Toba watched her disappear ir
The jungle. BY coincidence. By fat,
perhaps. she took the trail Benson
had taken.
Benson. far ahead. stumbled on
visions OF his battle for life with IN,
murdeFous Amazon bride racing thru
bis brain
His breathing was heavy. laborerc
his steps clumsy. The girl. behind
paused and listened. Ear ahead She
hard Benson's tell-tale stumbling
Aru the Jungle brush.
And then. from her lips. hurs. the
TRIAL call OF death. high and shrili
Benson heard II and II slapped
his courage. lie screamed from
fright and fought blfndly on,
deeper into the iungla
Reason had left him now. II,
knew only that death staIked at hi,
heals. On seven seas he had facet
nan and the elements and gamblec
With life as the stake and there VA,
10 record In his life that he had beer
AFRAID.
But this was different. Down or
eli fours he went. believing his fear
craven thing bereft OF reason.
Vow no paused and listened and
70 his ears. acute for sound OF pur
sit, there came the light. panther
tread thru the leaves Of hts Nemesis
i gave him strength TO push on
mo Jungle path became narrower
The great palm leaves and sword
Ike grasses thicker. They tore his
fesh. But he did not feel the pain.
He was beyond that now. in hii
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The Tdngle


glance from John AiasE Preseoita
eyes into those % MS wife.
SIR Prescott came forward imme
diately AZ sight Of ms. Great relief
nas on BIS face and IN the tone u
his voice, but Il was a very different
man from the one who had Inst been
talking 70 his wife. A. be was speak
ing % her. u was her a. bis sweet
heart q whom be thought when he
spoke 70 me. his work camo upper
most IN his mind. ] Nfns but an IN
strument ready 20 his hand BY which
10 intended % accomplish much.
He hurried mo into tho building.
and. a. ! turned 20 wave good bye. 20
Leslie. I Jaw she bad a peculiar look
upon her sensitive face. The transl.
ton wac made too quickly. She ala
Dot Ike 20 be forgotten completely
In moment
Now. dear. suppose the book ~
my youth Il closed altho I am not
30 verY old. expect never 20 me
again win come that great adventure.
have had Il. but when would
have Rugged !, 20 my heart, u WA
gone, and like all my ser. tried 20
hang on 10 II. and burned and bruis-
"a, not only my fingers. but my
heart. before realized that one may
not bend adventure 70 his win.
Now am going 20 arrange my
life as nearly a. ! can on mans
plan. I'm going 20 Try 10 amuss my
SELF and LET Il 80 az that. Dear Bee.
I would never dare 20 say this 20
any one but you. Any other OF my
sox would think I vas going 70 en-
ter Immediately upon a life Of license.
You. dear. know that ] am Just
afraid-afraid 20 let myself be hurt
any more. Soon I'll writ0 you a let
TER and tell you all about my boss"
lie Is most interesting. and deserves
a letter all 20 himself. Lovingly,
SALLY.
Copyright 1924. SEA Service, Incl
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Her eyes turned toward him and
IN them hs raw tho pain. The agony
OF death. yet her senses were clear
and her lips moved. sho was speak.
Ing 20 him.
Benson. daxed. numhed. stared
stupidity. hardly realizing his own
prcdicament. and then he saw tho
bronzed body Of his fair foe turn a
dull purple. She was dyingi With a
gasp she was dead.
Now TO Benson came realira-
ton That he. too, was In this
creatures power and he did that
which only FASTENED death. He
struggled. and the reptile coIlod
about him until he was hidden
from sight. When n minute later
II released him his body was but
crushed bulk Of human flesh.
Benson Il dead. Mola Il dead.
What has fate In store for Clark and
Miss Page? Read the ncxt chapter In
The Starr
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you'd hire a horse at the academy
FOR sa.go and your worries were
over"
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you'd hire a horse at the academy
FOR s2.so and your worries were
over"
NOBODY had any response 20
IN make 20 cappy's description Of
tho delights OF horseback riding on
ones own horse. thus proving their
guilt. Finally. however. Ulysses
Grub asked: Where ala you get
ali this inside information. cappyl"
cappy Uttered.
Prom skinner. my general man
aser. SINNERS liver began TO act
up about air months ago and HIS
doctor prescribed home for him.
Two weeks ago no burst out cry
Ing. when the horse biz him, and
gave tho animal TO Mike. the hostler.
Mike entered him In tho horse show.
cleaned up all the blue ribbons In
sight and sold him 20 check.book
sport yesterday for $4,000.
rJusi before ieft the office 10
como up here for luncheon Skinner
read tho fatal tidings In the news.
paper-nnd. somehow. was 70
minded, when he tried 10 smile. OF
n. n. IL The Prince OF Wales.
He'd had kick In tho face and
was trying 10 geo the humor or Il,
20 right after luncheon I'm going
70 buy Skinner something for his
liver. II I can find one Of those
patent hobby horses Il VIII be in.
stalled In his basement before
night"
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Those mpTdersFs love 20 set fat
men up on their patent horse. they
keep picking az fat members until
The ooor wrctchoa consent IN tho
interests of science aud after that
they're ashamed 10 admit They're
whipped. 80 they keep on until
presently they are no longer with
US Personally. I think that patent
horse f. n scheme OF the board OF
directors 20 get rid OF undeslrable
momhcrs- However. n a man ia
rugged enough 70 survive hs can
Include In bis club dues all the
JOYS q horseback riding without
the overhead. ANY OF you boys ride
horscbaokF'
TT APPEARED that all tho boys
L rode horseback. 20 cappy ram.
bled on.
Il suppose. IN tho beginning.
you All felt you never could be
happy until you owned your own
horse. Riding academy horses were
all right for beginners but you
wanted a nice horse Of your own.
So ono bright day you oonrided
your ambition 20 a groom AZ the
riding academy ana after that you
were lost. Immediately the scoun.
drcl said he'd keep his eye open
70 pick up n nice horse az bar,
gain. lie knew exactly what you
wanted. but what you wanted was
hard 70 get: you must givo him tins
10 look around and find an ideal
animal.
well. the following week your
swipo frtend toiephon.d you 20
como up az o'clock. A man he
knew was leaving for Europe aud
wanted 20 sell his horse. So you
went up and. after watching the
groom eaper around tho ring on
tho horse you got IN touch with the
owner and by 9 o'clock you found
yourself the proud owner OF a $500
saddle horse. for which tho owner
had received $3.50. the other 20 per
cent going 20 tho swipe.
f" A Nd then your troubles com.
a menced. Immediately the
horse had 20 Be clipped and shod:
you had 70 buy a light summer
sheet 20 cover him and IA case tho
weather should turn cold you had
20 have a wooden blanket FOR him.
Then you arranged 10 pay $50. or
$50 month 10 beard tho brute
and two weeks later you began 20
have a secret apprehension that
tho horse wasn't getting enough
20 eat nor was no being sufficiently
groomcd, Thercupon you called
upon tho hos,ler who cared for him
AZ the academy and handed him a
SO hlil And. OF course. you had 90
buy a rnddla and bride and martin.
ghie: then an alleged English tailor
made you a riding suit that any
respectable cowboy would feel IN
honor bound 10 riddle al sight.
and IN order 20 prove TO tho humble
pedestrians in tho park that you
wcro rial horrcy fellow. you
added to your paraphsrnaiia a pair
OF dinky spurs and riding crop.
neither OF which speed hcceisrators
you would have dared use on your
steed n. az a reward for your brav.
err. congress voted 70 remit all OF
your income taxes since 1918.
Finally came the great day when
you decided 20 ride your own horse
IN shs park. Arrived az the acads-
my. you found Mike. the hortirr.
holding your horse at the mounting
block. ana your heart thrilled an
you looked ~ the handsome animal.
You mounted and rode away-and
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Get Rid Of Fat
Where 1t Shows

DO you rsaiirs that nothing hu, rood.
substantial food and plenty Of II will
build muscular energy, and that you must
eat and eat properly Ia order TO regain
your strength
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RICKS


'sIVEt.L boys.s cappy Rleks
w ehlrpsd amlably. a. the walter
Fei his small black coffee before him
az the bigewaleF club n. n A.. hte
prince OF Wales. 4 certainly a plg for
punishment. ! see he's fallen or Ills
horse again. Heretofore the disgust
az this boys horsomanship hiss been
confined 20 human beings: now q
appears 70 be spreading 70 the animal
Kingdom. since read that the horse,
after throwing Alhlon's Hope. kicked
him in the face"
\ saw newspaper picture Of the
knights q tho Bedehamber. or some.
thing. picking the prince up directly
after the mlshAp," Ulysses Grub
added. The poor prince certainly
looked painod and amazed. and IA
the midst Of u he appears 70 have
remembered ho Is British and AL that
sort OF thing. because he started TO
pun Off a smile"
"oh. Tho boys a dead game sport.
Ulysses. Hes like tho prices az New
York hotels. lie can't DO kept
down. II seems 10 me. tho. that II
couldn't find horse that refused
10 police inc every time l rode him.
I'd switch 10 mules. The worst q
mule VIII do. after he's thoroly
broken. Is 70 lie down on you. and
az that he gives you 80 much warn.
lng you have tlmo 20 set of. kick
him In tho belly and make him sol
up again"
/" TAKE Il you've never done
Il much horseback riding. cappy."
Mr. j. Augustus Redell. Of the West
Coast Trading company. suggested.
In tho sheer manufacture Of CONVEX.
sation but hoping 70 get a rise out
OF the old gentleman.
You're right. Gua I have never
ridden horse. since boyhood. and
the horses I rode then didn't know
they were alive until after you'd
worn out \ club on them. / used 20
navigate an old Tommy horse up and
down between tho rows Of corn on
our farm back IN Maine. but the soil
was 20 thin and infcrlllc that most
years We couldn't raise crop. 90.
for al practical purposes, have
never been addicted 10 horseback
riding. Tank God. I'm too old TO
learn now"
You missed something. cappy.
Horseback riding Ia one OF tho most
delightful and vigorous forms OF
exercise. IT'S particularly good for
a torpid liver; also Il shakes up
tho lntestlnes and induces bsttor
digestion" Thus spoke Eddie
Smith. tho insurance broker. who
was moro or leSa Of a hypocondriac.
HlIfELL. I've always taken right
w smart caro- not TO acquire q
torpid liver. and BY eating lightly
but intelligcntiy ana masticatinR my
food have never had to rely on
any horse 10 help out my digcs.
ton" cappy rotorted, besides.
i've belonged 10 an athletic club
for years and The club has a patent
horse that can ride n want 20
shake 4 few teeth out.
You mount this pony and close
your eyes: tho aitendan, turns on
an electric switch and tho horso
begins to trot up and down on an
eccentric rod. After five minutes
Of this tho polite physical lnstruc.
tor and two atiendania carry you
70 mat and rcarranEc your Wis
cera. asking you the while II that
delicious sense o. WEAKNESS kn't
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He Discusses
Horseback Riding

about the time yol got Ca the mid.
de Of the street car tracks. on your
way 20 The park. you discovered
your horse had no inienton Of obey.
Ing you or the signals Of the tfaf.
nc Officers.
fglNrTH automobiles coming AZ
w you from az aldus. your
horse bsEun 20 uncover his truo ma.
turc. and with horror sou learned
Tor tho first time what a terrible
thing u "a 10 buy a horse ana az.
tempt 20 b. fashionable and take
exercise az ono and tho same time.
You were riding fiat saddle
that might as well have been
plaster for al the good Il was 20
hang on by-and when your PRO.
hensile fingers reached for a hand.
ful OF hair. you discovered you had
been betrayed BY the cursed sulpo
who had reached the hruie's mano.
However you grabbed tho martin.
gale Instead, meanwhile dropping
the rclns. and By tho time tho park
policeman had chased you a mile
you decided % roll of into some
nice. soft slush that presented Il.
self.
me hone and the park police
continued on. and when the police.
man rode back with your insane
beast you gavs him IS 20 lead your
property back 70 the riding aead.
envy.
Your blood was up now. You
realized your deficiencies a. a horse.
back rtder. 90 you engaged a pro
fcstionAl 20 teach you how 20 ride.
iie impaired everything % xog. er.
cept the secret ~ how 20 tiay on
and keep your head when the horse
a losing his. 11lh Il the great Eift
OF nature which the Prince OF Wales
wasn't born with.
1IHTEII. finally you began 70
w think you were pretty rood.
You'd dash around the riding ring
on your horne and begin % think
sou had goi your moneys worth,
after all, You impaired 20 your
wife your iong.cherished plan 20
arise az . o'clock every morning and
ride two hours IN the park before
going down 20 che offire-and the
very next night she kept you out 10
a party. where you ais too much
and drank too much.
HMJHES the alarm clock went
w of. a, $50 and you though,
Of Mike saddiinK your horse al 9.
you called tho deal or by telephone.
Then you discovered you had 20 70
10 Mexico. and halfway there you
were appalled, by the thought that
your horne would no, have any ex.
ercise whiio youswore away. SO you
wired back TO have Alike ride him
daily.
mike didn't. but you gave MIN
SIS for Il when you got back. n
month later. Then your horse got
sick. by the time no was ~ 20
ride again you were sick. and BY tho
time you were well things were 10
hailed up AZ the office that yon
hadn't time 20 ride. However. you
Eave a friend the privilege Of riding
him svyfy day. and. OF course. tho
friend knew all about horses.
The first tins 10 saw you hs
told you your horse was not bride.
wise. that hs tossed his hcad In n
mos, annoying manner. that hc
shisd 40 frequently AZ nothing Il
mus, DO that bis eyesighi was fail.
ing: tina, he was shod poorly because
he inierfcrod. and that he favored
one front foo, slightly. 90 no must
have corn
by this time you were thoroly
diagug,ed. 20 you sold the horse for
siss and twice n week thereafter
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TOMORROW: Telegram from Mrs.
Mary Alden Prescott TO Mrs. Leslie
Prescott.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-24

Take. nobody else's word than
Waxy Waxman's, that the new
Martin Beck Theater up New
York way, will be a humdinger.
He writes:
Dear MFR. Phillips:
AprOpOs of your remarks anent
the public-to-be-pIeased policy of
the new Martin Beck Theater, New
York, which my trusty clipping
bureau just brought to my atten.
ton.
There most certainly will be
ample hat racks beneath the seats
of the new Martin Beck Theater
when this latest of Manhattan's
pIayhOuses opens its doors next
month with the Charles Dilling-
ham-Martin Beck production Of
the Continental musical success,
Madame POmpadOur.
In addition there will be plenty
Of checkroom space and what's
more important there will be no
tips, the tipping nuisance being
Mr.. Beck's particular bette nOir.
II anything happens to that pet
50 pearl gray fedora Of yours when
you honor our opera house with
your presence, I'll give you my
$12 brown derby to compensate
you for your irreparable loss.
What could be fairer, considering
it is my browning glory, jointly
presented to me when ] was in
Washington last by Harry Ripley,
Will Fowler, and Steve Cochran
in awe-struck tribute to the ten
acity of my tOehOld on truth.
Note my motto above, 'Semper
Verum."
Yours for a safe-and-sane sane.
tum-sanctorum for sky-priced sky
pieces.
Martin Beck's Man JOrkins,"
Otherwise, A. p. WAXMAN.
p. SITS the sixty fifth theater
Martin Beck has built, not the
sixty third. HOw's that for read.
ing your article stOOjusly?
am the first, / daresay, to
praise ingenuity and to denounce
stupidity in the world of drama.
Bear with me, then, while I,
alas! give ingenuity a sock in
the jaw. 1t is fully as painful
to us as to ingenuity, but truth
must and will out.
The gentleman who makes up
the Shubert- Belasco programs
executed stroke Of consider
able daring this week for "Cock
of the Roost." He violated a
time-honored and nonsensical
rule by writing under "Cast of
Characters" these words: "In
the order in which they first
speak," And the merest play
goer knows that characters are
identified Gin the order in which
they appear" although some
times a dozen show up at once,
all together.
Rather vague so far, isn't it?
Well, the crux of the matter is |
this: The maid in the Belasco
show doesn't open her mouth.
She gets no chance whatever to
make spicy remarks to her
fellow-hirelings or to herself |
out loud, on her employers
domestic and financial troubles. |
How, then, are we to say who
she is? Can we believe the
name on the program or can we
not3 Thus q new fisld Of specn- |
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GOings-On

NATIONALLY new show, "The
Far Cry" by Arthur Rich
man.
BELASCO-A new show, Cock of
the Roost." by Rida J. Young.
POLIS-"Sitting Pretty" with
Emma Haig.
kEITH'S-Houdini, PATRICIA and
many others.
GAYETY-"Stop and Co." bur.
lesque.
MUTUAI-"B e auty Paraders."
,TIVOLI-Al Mocre's Navy Orches.
ira; films, features.
COLU MBIA-"The Covered
Wagon"
RIALTO-"Her Marriage Vow"
METROPOLITAN - "Vanitv's
Price," with Anna @. Nils.
son.
PALACE-Elinor Gyms. "FIis
Hour" Ben Turpin.
STRAND-VaudeviIle and films.
AMBASSADOR - Broken Rar.
riers."
CENTRALr-"Tess Of the D'Urber.
villes.''
APOLLO-'Lily Of the Dust"
AVENUE GRAND-Gloria Swan.
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THE GATE-POST
=. IN EUsrybodys Coz
BIZ Harold PhiIIiD.

; lation opens for the cranky
minded!
Sophie Tucker, who has been
co-featured with Joe Cook IN
the Earl Carroll revue, Vani-
ties, at the Music Box in New
York, has retired from the cast.
She will appear in an act in
vaudeville. Her successor has
not been chosen. 1t has been
common knowledge along Broad
way that Miss Tucker has felt
that she has not been getting
over" in Vanities. Her class of
work didn't fit in with the gen.
eral atmosphere of the revue
and she missed the enthusiasm
Of her vaudeville audiences.
GOSSIP
Tom Fowler's Baltimore stock
company got away to a re-
spectacle start in that city Mon
day night with 1.-THE Cat and
Canary" Harold Vermilye, not
a motion picture, and Eileen
Wilson are in the leads.
Eddie Sutherland, nephew Of
Tom Meighan, has been made
director for that popular star.
He is but twenty-five years of
age and the youngest in the
business.
Evening star., 1924-06-15


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Evening star., 1924-06-15
ARLINGTON COUNTY.

CLARENDON, Va, June II. -(Spe-
cial.)-Arlington Camp, No. 55s, Sons
of Confederate Veterans, won out
standing recognition at the Confeder-
ate reunion held at Memphis. Tenn,
June to 6. according to reports of
delegates who returned to the county
this week. Mrs. w. w. Snyder, who
went as matron of honor of the camp.
was signaIly honored at number OF
points upon it becoming known that
she was the organizer of Arlington
Camp. Mrs. Snyder, it is believed. is
the only woman who can boast OF
having organized a sons camp. The
delegation, which consisted of f. X.
Fravel as delegate, Miss Alice Sue
kesselring as maid of honor and Miss
Burnetta Black as sponsor, report
that Arlington Camps float, beauti-
fully decorated and bearing large
streamers on which was inscribed
Arlington Camp, Clarendon, Va,
was enthusiastically applauded. The
noted points, including Muscle Shoals,
Wilson Dam, Chickamauga battlefield
Lookout Mountain and Biltmore,
where they report elaborate plans
were made for their entertainment.
commencement exercises of Arling-
held at the Cherrydale auditorium
Tuesday evening at o'clock. John
r. Saunders. attorney general of Vir-
ginia, 1t is announced, will make the
principal address. He will be intro
duced by Prof. Fletcher Kemp, county
superintendent of schools, who will
preside. The graduates will receive
their diplomas from the hand OF Clyde
C. hammond. chairman of the county
board of education.
A meeting of the Arlington County
School Federation has been called by
President G. A. Candee for Friday
night at o'clock at the courthouse.
william II. Roberts was elected
noble grand of Arlington Lodge. No.
ls3, /. o. o. F.. at the annual election
meeting of the lodge held at Claren-
don Citizens Hall, Wednesday night.
J. J. White was elected vice grand,
Evening star., 1924-06-15
GOVERNOR IS FIRST
TO CROSS NEW BRIDGE
Interesting Ceremonies Held as
Structure Over Severn Is
Opened at Annapolis.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 14-Gov.
Albert c. Ritchie, in an auto in which
his mother also rode, was the first
20 cross the fine new bridge over the
Severn River. the crossing this after
noon marking a portion of the dedi-
catory ceremonies. A crowd, esti-
mated at 10000, was present.
The ceremonies were unique and
interesting. a parade representing
tne development of transportation
crossed the old bridge, the specta-
tors lining the new structure Then
mere was g sageant illustrating the
history sId resources of the state.
After -neSe had passed. i portion of
fhe "a bridge was destroyed in such
- way that it could be used no fur
Fher: Aquatic sports followed
After the ceremonies Of the after
noon, the visitors were entertained
on the Naval Academy grounds, and
Il ball in the armory in the evening
closed the exercises.
In his speech Gov. Richie referr ed
70 incidents in the history of Mary
land, and said that the bridge, which
vas one OF the finest examples of
~he latter: would endure while the
state lived.
The bridge is constructed OF con-
crete and steel and forms link in
Inc state boulevard between Annap-
OILS and Baltimore. 1t is just over
. third of mile in length and is
"ide enough to permit three vehicles
- drive abreast and also afford 4
wide footWay.
Twenty-seven spans. each thirty
SIN teet in the clear. form the basis
OF the bridge, and the draw, which
'an be raised or lowered in one min
ute, Is serenty-five feet wide How
ever, the height of the bridge will
greatly reduce the number of times
the draw has to be opened