The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-20

In search Of adventure, Marx
Talbot sails from San Francisco
aboard the SIS. "Orient" bound for
Honolulu. He meets Vanya Pro.
kovna, beautiful dancer. who 10 be.
ing deported. She ignores him.
Marx follows vanya to Tongatabu
10 tho South Seas. trying to con-
vince himself that seeing her in her
dance hall environment will cure
his infatuation. Percy Loring, =
beachcomber. informs Marx that
Vanya dances at Pearly Shene's
Divers Helmet when the ships are
in but, at the present time, she IL
inland with the natives. Talbot
takes Mark to native festival.
They hide In the bushes and watch
the ceremonies.
CHAPTER XIII
A group Of fully hundred glis-
tening naked Melanesians sat in .
great circle around the fire, squat
ting on the ground or seated on
logs. In the center, following . cir.
cuitous route around the fire. moved
= dozen native girls in the intricate
motions Of . savage dance. They
stamped, they postured, they struck
suddenly rigid attitudes, and burst
into tuneless chantings; and, now
swelling, now fading to IN almost
inaudible murmur that Mark felt
rather than heard, were the skin
drums, pounded BY black hands.
Marx watched fascinated. There
WAS Q primitive. elemental splen.
dor IN the scene. . hint Of worship
given to strange, cruel. all:but.
1orxotten gods. Something echoed
In his spirit, something. out Of .
past millenial ages before civiliza-
ton.
Lorine placed his lips close 70
Marks ear, and whispered IN almost
impsreeptibls tones. 1.-THE unmar-
xied girlsl'
Those, DO realized, were the
maidens dancing the sinuous dance
about the dre. His eyes wandered
over the scene-the silent circle,
the CLEAN Of black Slkin, the intent
eyes showing red IN the freight.
the innate, intrinsic savageIy Of the
whole panorama.
Then b cav Q figure seated on
the bole of . lo4 . little apart from
The oomi-eirele, q tho Tar edge, and
lust beyond the sphere of 6reught.
SomohoW the figure seemed anomae
lous. di6ereuts he strained his eyes
yainly for . clearer perception:
Than . vagsrY q the are aided
him; suddenly 4 Aarsd brighter -
some blazing log collapsed, and the
addsd elcx brought The figure into
Va1yal Vanya, sestsd there star.
ING with sapt Interest at the prime.
wi ORGY o6 dance - Tho eirclel
Vanya. With her tToublous features
supernatuEally beautiful IN the
rudy 6relghtl
4 startled s1elamation burst
from Marks lips my Godl
Lookls Lorings hush was too late;
. shaEp-eased native q The circles
nearer edge turned and-4or . long.
staftlod mou1ent-oeemed - stare
directly into Marks eyoG.
Instantly there Was Q shout .
eeosotion o1 chants and drum beats.
The crowd az natives lssped % their
test: Marx and LorinG were
araeeod into The circle of 6relight,
and surrounded b. . 9sstieulating.
ehateeEing. angEy mob at savages.
Yoieeo eoee 81 accusing cxsseendos
fingers pointed at tho Two . tney
stood helpleesly together in the
midst Ct The crowd.
LAY % the gunls warned Lon.
ine % Marx Who nodded his under.
standing.
sWait TIN they setele down . bit,s
Loring added "I1l try % talk 70
them. Some q thsm ase boys from
oho Cove
my fault, to- seid MARI. star.
ing q The ring of outraged faces.
TT oueAt q b worth another