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Show NO CHANCE FOR FURLOUGH FOR JACK BARRY TO PLAY BALL THIS SUMMER The Son of Tarzan &&1 to. 00 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Corvrttft, by Frink A. Manny Co. CAUSE OF MUDDY It hud been un unand he wus glud that duty, pleasant it was over, hut he did not regret his action. He did not mention thp subject again to Merlem, and In this he made a mistake, for the young girl, while realizing the debt of gratitude she owed Hwana and My Dear, was both proud and sensitive, so that P.w aim's action In sending Haynes away and giving her no opportunity to explain or defend him hurt it Ad mortified her. Also it did unit'll toward making a martyr of Haynes in her ejes and arousing In her breast a keen feeling of loyulty toward him. u sigh of relief. HANSON, THE STRANGER, CAUSES THE DISMISSAL OF BAYNES BY BWANA, BUT HIDES HiS MOTIVE Synopsis. A scientific expcilH Ion off the Afrli'tiri const n'miici n lmmiin derelict, Alexis Pnulvlteh. lh brings aboard an npe, Intelligent und friendly, ami reaches London. Jack, non of Laid Grcystoke, t lio original Tnrznn, has Inherited n love of wild life and steals from homo to aco tho npe, now n drawing card In a music hall. The npe makes friends with him and refuses to leave Jack despite his trainer. Tnrzan appears and Is Joyfully recognized hy the ape, for Turznn had I icon king of his tribe. Tarzan agrees to hay Akat. the ape, and send him hack to Africa. Jack and Akat hecome great friends. Pnulvlteh is killed when he nttempts murder. A tldef tries to kill Jack, hut Is killed hy Akut. They lice together to the Jangle and take up life. Jack rescuoH an Arabian girl ami takes her Into the forest, lie Is wounded and Merloni Is stolen. Tho laid Swedes huy her from Kovudoo, tin hlnck. M.ilhlhn kills Jciisseii lighting for the girl, Bwnna conies to the rescue and tukes her to his wife. Jack vainly seeks her In the w lids. Merlcm mourns Jack for dead and heeds love pleu of Morlsou Haynes, an Englishman. CHAPTER XII Continued. 14 The wide henvens above her seemed to promise a greater freedom from doubt and questioning. Haynes had urged her to tell him that she loved him. A dozen times she thought that she might houestly give him the on fewer that he demanded. Kornk was fust becoming hut a memory. That he was dead she had come to believe since otherwise he would have sought her out. She did not know thnt he had even better reason to believe her dead and that It was because of that belief he had made no el art to find her after his ruid upon tl village of ICovodoo. Behind a great flow ering shrub Hanson lay gazing at the stars and waiting! He had lain thus aud there nmny nights before. For wlmt was he waiting or for whom? lie heard the girl approaehing and half raised himself to Ills elbow. A dozen puces away, the reins looped over a fence post, stood his pony. Merlem, walking slowly, approached the hush behind w hleh the wulter lay. Hanson drew a large bandanna handkerchief from his pocket and rose stealthily to his knees. A pony neighed down at the corruis. Far out across the plnin a lion roured. Hanson .changed his position until he squatted upon both feet. f Again the pony neighed, this time closer. There was the sound of his body brushing against shrubbery. Hanson heard and wondered how the animal had got from the corral, for It was evident that be was already In the garden. The man turned his head In the direction of the beast. .What he saw seut him to the ground, huddled close beneath the shrubbery a man wns coming, leading two ponies. Merlem heard now and stopped to look and listen. A moment later the lion. Morlson Haynes drew near, the two saddled mounts at his heels. Merlem looked up at him In surprise. The lion. Morlson grinned sheepishly. I couldn't sleep," he explained, ."and was going for a bit of a ride when I chanced to see you out here, and I thought you'd like to join me. Hipping good sport, you know, night riding. Come on." Merlem laughed. The adventure appealed to her. All right," she said. Hanson swore beneath his breath. The two led their horses from the garden to the gate nnd through tt. There they discovered Hansons mount. Why, heres the trader's pony," remarked Buyues. lies probably down visiting with the foreman," said Merlem. Pretty lute for him, isnt It?" reId hate marked the lion. Morlson. to have to ride buck through thnt Jungle at night to his camp." A moment later the two had mounted and were moving slowly across the moon-batheplain. Their horses were pressed side by side. Haynes wns pressing Merleiu's bund us he poured words of love Into her ear, aud Merletu was listening. Come to Loudon with me," urged I cun gather a the Hou. Morlson. a whole day be we can nnd safari, upon the way to the const before they guess that we hnve gone." "Why must we go thut way?" asked the girl. Hwnnn aud My Dear would not object to our marriage. I cannot marry you Just yet," exInplained the Hon. Morlson. I must form my people, nnd there ure oilier tormulitles to he attended to first. You lo not understand. It will he ull right. We will go to Loudon. I cannot wait. If you love mo you will come. You You lovo mt?" she usked. will marry nte when we have reached London?" I swear It-- " he cried. I will go with you," she whispered, though I do not understand why delay Is necessary." She leaned toward him, und he took her in his arms and bent to press his lips to hers. Explanations on the part of the Englishman met a rut her chilly reception from his host. Merlem was silent. She saw thut Bwnna wus angry with her. It was the first time, aud she was heartbroken. Ho to your room, Merlem," he said. And, Haynes, If you will step Into my study Id like to liute n word with you lu u moment." Hwnnn saw Hanson In the garden nnd culled him to the veranda. Hanson paused. Both men were' silent for a time. Presently the trader coughed In an embarrassed manner, as though there was something on his mind fie felt In duty bound to say, but hated to. Whut Is It, Hanson ?" asked Hwnnn. You were about to say something, werent you?" Well, you see. Its like this, ventured Hanson. Hein around here evenings a good deni I've seen them two together a lot, and. beggin your purdon, sir, but I don't think Mr. Baynes means the girl any good. Ive ovcrlicurd enough to muke me think hes tryin to get her to ruu off with him." Hanson, to fit his own ends, lilt nearer the truth thun he knew. He was afrnid that Haynes would Interfere with his own plans, and he had hit I Will Co With You," She Whispered. upon a scheme both to utilize the young Engllshnmu aud got rid of him at the suine time. And I thought," continued the trader, that, inasmuch as I'm ubout due to move, you might like to suggest to Mr. Haynes thut he go with me. I'd u he willin to take him north to the trails ns u favor to you, sir." Hwana stood In deep thought for a moment. Presently he looked up. Of course, Hanson, Mr. Haynes Is my guest, he suld, u grim twinkle In his eye. Itoully I cannot accuse him of plnnnlug to run away with Merlem on the evidence thut we have, and as he Is my guest I should bate to be so discourteous ns to ask him to leuve. llut If I recall his words correctly It seems to me that he 1ms spoken of returning home, und I am sure thut nothing would delight him more than going north with you. You suy you start tomorrow? 1 think Mr. Buyues will accompany you. Drop over in the morning, If you please, and now good night, und tlmnk you for keeping a wutcliful eye on Merleui. Hanson hid a grin as he turned and sought his saddle. Hwunu stepped from the veranda to his study, where he found the lion. Morlson pacing hack and forth, evidently very 111 at case. Buyues, suld Hwiiiin. coining directly to the point, Hanson Is ieuvlng for the north tomorrow. He has taken u great fancy tQ you nnd Just asked me to suy to you thut he'd be glad to have you accompany him. (Jood night, Haynes 1" At Bwana's suggestion Merlem kept In her room tho following morning until after the lion. Morlson Buyues had At the bungalow Bwnna lmd met depurted. Hanson had come for him the returning adventurers on the ver- early In fact, he hud remained all anda. Iteturntng from the foreman's nlglu with the foreman, Jervis, that Carters, Hwunu hud noticed thut the he might get an early start. The furewell exchanges between the orral gate wns open, und further Inlion. Morlson and his host Were of the vestigation revealed the fact thnt pony was gone and also the one most formal type, and when at Inst most often used by Haynes. the guest rode away Hwunu breuthed car-uvn- CHAPTER XIII. Moriton and Hanson. As Ilanson and Morlson rode toward the former's cutup the Englishman maintained a morose silence. The other was attempting to formulate an opening that would lead naturally to the proposition he had In mind. He rode u neck behind his companion, grinning ns he noted the sullen scowl upon the other's putrldun fuce. Bather rough on you, wasnt he?" he ventured at last, jerking his heud hack In the direction of the buugulow ns Huynes turned his eyes upon him at the remark. "He thinks a lot of the girl, continued Hanson, "and don't want nobody to marry her and take her away. Hut It looks to me ns though he wus doin' her more harm than good in sendin you away. She ought to marry sometime, and she couldn't do better thun a fine young gentleman like you. Haynes, who hud at first Mt Inclined to take offense at the mention of his private uffalrs hy this common fellow, was mollified by Hanson's final remark und Immediately commenced to see In him a man of discrimination. He's a darned bounder, grumbled the Hon. Morlson, hut I'll get even with him. He may be the whole thing in central Africa, but Im as big as he is In Loudon, aud he'll fiud It out when he comes home." If I was you, said Hanson, I wouldn't let any man keep me from gettln the girl I want. Between you and me I ain't got no use for him either, and If I can help you any, why, just call on me. Its mighty good of you, Hanson," replied Haynes, w arming up a bit, hut what can a fellow do here in this Godforsaken hole? I know what I'd do, said Hanson. I'd take the girl along with me. If she loves you shell go all right. It enn't he done, said Huynes. He bosses this whole blooming country for miles around. Hed be sure to catch us." he wouldn't ; not with me runIve been ning things, said lluusou. trailing nnd hunting here for ten years, and I know as much about the country ns he does. If you wunt to take the girl along I'll help you. and I'll guarantee that there won't nobody catch up with us before we reach the coast. I'll tell you what you write her a note, and Ill get It to her by my head man. Ask her to meet you to say goodhy. She wont refuse that. In the meantime we can be movin camp a little farther north ull the time, und you can make arrangements with her to he nil reudy on a certain night. Tell her I'll meet her then, while you wait for us In cturp. Thgi'll he better, for I knw the country well and cun cover It quicker than you. You cun take charge of the safari nml he movin alimg slow toward the north, nnd the girl and 1 11 cutch up to you." The balance of the long ride to 11 northerly camp was made in silence, for both men were occupied with their owu thoughts, most of which were fur from being either complimentary or loyal to the other. Water Which Flow Road Jack Harry of the Red Sox will not he given a furlough to play professional baseball this summer, according to announcement made by Lieutenant Turk, athletic director at the navy yard. This decision of the navy department affects all major and minor league players now in either branch of service. ARTHUR IRWIN IS CHEERFUL FOR MORE STAR OUTFIELDERS '?s HUGGINS DICKERING t X r LUXURIES WILL -- 'a o n.ANY GOOD ROADS SURFACED Massachusetts Leads With Percentage of 47.6 Oklahoma Brings Up in the Rear. Massachusetts has the greatest percentage, 47 6, of her roads surfaced. Then come Indiana with 12.r per cent. New Jersey with 40.5, Ohio villi 30.3, Rhode Island with 31.5, Kentucky with ".2.2, New York with 22.7, Connecticut w 1th 23.2 nnd California with 20.2. Indiana nnd Kentucky hold tlieir prominent positions on account of extensive use of gravel, and It Is misleading to class gravel roads suitable for light travel with the expensive types of construction used for surfacing In Connecticut The figures refer to ull kinds of surfacing and are not restricted to whut are culled permanent pavements. The smallest percentage of surfacing - pre-seas- diners. SELF-CONTRO- L GREAT ASSET Foozle (n Golf Causes Grievous and Abiding Wound Overzealousness Given at Reason. Concrete Road in Massachusetts. has been done la Oklahoma, where 993 per cent of the ronds are dirt. Other stntes with low percentages of surfacing are South Dakota with 8 per cent, Iowa with 1, Kansas with 1.3, North I bikottt with 1.6 and Nebraska w itli 1.7. The excellent maintenance of many of the dirt roads of Iowa makes riding and hauling over them easy, except during the spring or nfter continuous rains. Nashville Tennesseean. WATER CARRIED TO DITCHES This Can Be Done by Giving Propc Crown or Crosa Slope to Road-S- oils Differ. Greater, said Solomon, Is he that rub'th himself than he that tnketh a IVntor fulling on tho rond should h carried to the side ditches by gi'iu city. a proper crown or cross slope to lli To foozle In golf Is to encourage road. Make your rond to shed wale giving up ones great soul. It Is a Tho slope should vary with dlfferer grievous nnd abiding wound to the soils. For a loamy soil a crown t sensitive for which he Invariably curses about one Inch per foot Is consldere himself roundly nnd takes to sackproper; on a clay soil' an Inch nnd cloth and ashes, When her lord half to two Inches. The side slopes returns from the links his spouse ditches should he much Th greater. knows well hy his sour dejection thnt longltudinnl slope or grade will ids he has sinned Ignonilnlously, he who somewhnt determine the crown. 0 thought he wus master of himself. a steep grade It Is necessary to gl At such times he will snarl nt his best a greater crown to keep the watt friend, even ns the wrongdoer Is at from running down the traveled ruui war with the world. Overzoalousfiess, nnd HU CONTINUED.) A spectacle signed for measuring the distances covered by rallroud curs, Muddy rouls due to water which flows over the surface of land along a highway Into the side ditches re expensive to tho public. No railroad will tolerate a wet roadbed lunger than Is necessary to curry out the drainage work to dry the earth. But in persons whose convenience dt no email measure on the roads piling hy their property rarely do tiny thing to check the injury they are working to themselves nnd their neighbors la the manner mentioned. The Colorado highway commission has called uttcntlon to a statute which makes 11 a misdemeanor m that stats to allow water to flow on a youd and has Issued the following notice on the subject : From the fields uloag a highway the waste or excess water Is to run directly to the road ditch, and If, as Is often the case, the road ditch Is obstructed, this water gets over the rond, making a muddy road, which under the trutlic soon becomes Impassable. This cun he prevented by running a ditch, (a single furrow may answer,) along the fence line arid discharging the water lata a rond culvert nt a point where It will drain uwuy. This condition also emphasizes the necessity of keeping all the rond culverts open aud ready to curry water. colleges Hanson and Baynes plot. A cyclometer has been soeelally de- From Fields to la Expensive to Public Forbidden by Statute. BE MISSING In four Eastern states have dropped athletics because Wartime Economy Will Make ft Imof the war, according to returns from possible for Ball Player to Ena questionnaire distributed by Prof. joy Many Pleasures. Frederick B. Well of the College of the City of New York. The colleges For a good many years the ball are in New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- players of the big leagues hnve travvania und West Virginia. eled like princes on the road. Twenty-twcolleges have elimTheyve always had the best of inated ull couching and the everything palatial Pullmans, luxurothers have cut down the period. Twenty-t- ious diners and club cars, and many hree colleges have dispensed with long jumps have been made enjoyable a training table, nnd the other three for them because of the fact that they have' always traveled first class. answering kept it only for football. But the luxuries of railroad travel at leust a good many of them will he ALL-WOOL IS REAL missing by the time the season of 1913 Club and observation curs are GOLF ENTHUSIAST opens. to be taken off of neurly every railroad train which will run on n regulur schedule through big league territory, und wnrtlme economy will muke it Impossible for the hull player to enjoy many of his favorite dishes on the Eighteen By a strange twist of circumstances, Jack (Korak) picks up trace of his tost sweetheart Expect New Comet. In the sidereal heavens of surpassing brilliancy may be expected the coming spring If the predictions of conietnry observers are verified. Not since the great comet of ls.'S, which uroused a vast diul of Interest. has un appearance in the sky equaled wlmt Is confidently expected The return of Halleys for lillS. comet In 1910, which had anxiously been u will ted, did not come up to wlmt hud been predicted und expected, und since lbN2 there has not been any especially hrtlliunt comet seen. The newcomer Is described as a gigantic comet, outclassing In size and hrllliuu-c- y all those seen In modern times. It will be a thing of glory In the northwestern sky throughout t u spring, sny, probably remaining visible tut three months, being nt Its brightest In June. It Is now speeding toward the sun at an approximate rate of 1,13,24U miles a day. Veteran Player and Scout Says Game Will Be Good as Ever Despite War Conditions. Miller Huggins, manager of not the New York Yankees, is The yeternn Arthur Irwin takes a satisfied with his fighting force hopeful view of baseball under war In spite of the fact that lie un- - Jg conditions. He believes that the brand nexed lrait and Flank In the ,2, of busebull served up will be ns good deal with the St. Louis Browns T ns ever nnd will le no comthat there nml sent five former Yankees the players over the few hy plaining to the western city. luxuries of travel that they will hove It Is not definitely known to dispense with. wlmt men he Is out for, but it T Irwin, who will go bnck to scouting Is certain that he Is angling $. season if the International league this ngnln. ne Is said to be dicker-- $ does not continue, says that back In lag for two men now holding IS!)4 his Philadelphia team, traveling down outer fence positions on on a train thnt did not have a diner, two different American league got Into Pittsburgh Just In time to heat dubs. Fandom Is wondering it to the ball yard, and, dinnerless, pronot whether Huggins is sighting Pirates. ceeded to whip the well-fe- d nt Trls Speaker. The rhlllles were behind until the seventh suys Arthur, "tied things up thut inning, and won out in the tenth, END OF COLLEGE ATHLETES 4 to 3. They enjoyed their big meal that night I think the gnme was the day after the Fourth, but I played Abandon Eighteen Eastern Institutions was in 1894. know It All Sports Because of War in France. d I TO HIGHWAYS known In golf ns pressing, hy which one tries to do more than one Is able, Is a common nml fatal fault In golf, ns In nil other things. FRENCH CHAMPION IS KILLED Petit Breton, Famous Cyclist, Meets Dwight N. Clark, eighty-nin- e years young, Is a real golf enthusiast. He denies that golf Is a game exclusively for old men, nnd Insists that nil young fellows like himself should swat the little white ball. For though old In years, Mr. Clark Is one of the youngest In spirits among tho golfers nt Plnehurst, N. C. He has been playing on the Flnohurst course for 18 consecutive winters. The photograph shows the veteran golfer starring o r: for his dally round of the FluelUrst links. all-wo- Death in Automobile Accident-W- on Many Prizes. Petit Breton, tho fnmous cycling champion, who was serving In tho transport department, has been killed. He wns driving un automobile near Troyes when it accidentally collided with a butchers cart. Breton wns thrown out nnd killed on the spot. He gained many of the- most Important prizes for cycling In Frnnce, and nmong his performances abroad earned great fame in thoslx-dn- y grind at Madison Suunre garden. Kw Ycyk. way washing gullies. Wida Tires In Favor. Wide tires for the benefit of public highways ure being Indor quite generally hy both vehicle us nnd the manufacturers of farm w ous and Implements. i To Prevent Eroding. The outlet ends of tho culvert sh be rlprnpped to prevent eroding on the rond on the lower side of grade. Enemy of Earth Roads. Water is the natural enemy of nirto rendu nnd must be kept out of thu1 off t them, and away from them. Road Drag Is Enough. If a dirt roud Is properly built, road drag wlU keep it la good codoa non, ; |