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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH it MATTY TO PITCH IN SEASON OF 1918 The Son of Tarzan NATURALLY, LOVE DEVELOPS BETWEEN JACK AND MERIEM Funeral services for Apostate Synopsis. A scientific expedition o(T the African coast rescues it human derelict, Alexis 1uulvltch. He brings alumni an ape, Intelligent and friendly, and readies London, Jack, son of Lord (ire.vstoke, the original Tarzan, has Inherited a love of wild life and steals from home to see the ape, now it drawing card In ii music hall. The ape makes friends with him and refuses to leave Jack - despite Ids trainer. Tarzan appears and Is Joyfully rmognlzed by the upe, for Tarzan had been king of Ills tribe. Tarzan agrees to buy Akut, the upe, and send him hack to Africa. Jack und Akut become great friends, Iaulvltdi Is killed when lie attempts murder. A thief tries to kill Jack, hut Is killed by Akut. They tlee together to the Jungle and take up life. Juck rescues an Arabian girl and takes her lutu the forest. By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Copyright by Frank A. Mumey Co. CHAPTER VIII. Korak and Meriem. For many months the strange life of the three went on unmarked by any unusual occurrences at leust without any occurrences that seemed unusual to the youth or the ape hut to the' little girl it was a constant nightmare of horrors for days and weeks until she, too, became accustomed to gazing Into the eyeless sockets of dcuth und to the feel of the Icy wind of his shroudlike mantle. Slowly she learned the rudiments of the only common medium of thought exchange which her companions possessed the lungutige of the great apes. More quickly she perfected herself In jungle cruft, so thut the time soon came when she wus an Important factor In the chuse, watching while the others slept or helping them to trace the spoor of whutever prey they might be stalking, Akut accepted her on a footing CHRISTY MATHEWSON, MANAGER OF REDS. Christy Muthewson, manager of the Reds, is coming out of his retirement as u hurler. Big Six will take the mound next season, he announced the ether day. As his club will have to get along with six pitchers, he will keep himself in condition and be ready to go on the slab when his services are needed. The veteran hardly can be expected to take his regular turn BERRY GREETS JIM THORPE Marvel University of Pennsylvania Meets Famous Indian Both Took Up Same Sports. greatest athletes of ern times clasped bands In admiration of one another recently. One was Jim Thorpe, the famous Indian, and the other was J. Howard Berry, the University of Pennsylvania marvel. Thorpe, when a student at Carlisle, won the Olympic decathlon and pentathlon, In 1912, and during the last three years Berry baa won the Ameri- Tw o of the mod- A or pitch many gnmes, but he plans to aid as a relief hurler and pitch full games if neeessnry. Matty nnnouncod his retirement as a hurler after he won his game from Mordeeul Itrown of the Cubs in Chicago on Labor day, 1910. Since then he has not played, but has kept himself in fine condition by hurling to the batters in practice. ' J. Howard Berry. cnu ipentnthlon championship, bold connect ion with the Penn relay can vaL Both athletes specialised in 1 Mime broodies of .sport while at c lege. Berry has always been a gre admirer of Thorpe. U. S. G.A. APPEALS TO CLUBS TO CLOSE UP As a valuable aid In conserving coal, the United States Oolf nssoelatlon has appealed to country dubs to close their doors until April 1. The uppeal was the outcome of a letter received from Hector Garfield, fuel administrator. who believes that 100,000 tons of coal could be saved during the winter by the dosing of the clubs. HOME RUN HIT IS ? CAUSE OF JEALOUSY $ Jack nendrlcts, manager of the Indlanapo pennant-winnin- g lis American association team, w hen making a trip to Columbus, of cona team composed played victs at the Ohio state prison. The game was played In the prison yard, with the cold gray walla In the background. In the latter part of the game a negro murderer who was playing the outfield for the convicts came to bat. lie took an awful cut and the ball aoared over the fence and out of sight for a home run. A negro burglar who was couching on the sidelines, yelled : Lawdy, Mussy, how I'd like to be on dat ball. today. If the youth thought of bis past and of those who longed for him in the distant metropolis It was In a detached and impersonal sort of wuy. as though that other life belonged to another creature than himself. lie had given up hope of returning to civilization, for, since bis various rebuffs at the hands of those to whom be line, looked for friendship, he had so far Inland as to realize that be was completely lost In the mazes of the Jungle. Then, too, since the coming of McSHOOTERS USED GLASS BALLS riem he had found In her that one thing which he hud most missed beMateDiffers fore in his savage Jungle life human Trapshooting of Today companionship. rially From That Sport of The little girl Idolized him, ns she Days Gone By. might have Idolized an Indulgent Back in the early eighties, when brother hud she had one. Love was a American sportsmen began to demand thing unknown to either. But as the n between season outlet for their gunyouth neared manhood It was Inevning enthusiasm, some bright genius itable that It should come to him, as it conceived the Idea of the glass ball as did to every other savage jungle mule. a fitting target to try the prowess of As Merlem became proficient In their the marksman, and the object was common language the pleasures of projected at unknown angles from a their companionship grew correspondmechanical contrivance known as a ingly, for now they could converse, trap. and, aided by the mental powers of The name of P.ognnlus, In connec- their human heritage, they amplified tion with glass-hal- l shooting. Is not the restricted vocabulary of the upes only historical, but still alive and dom- until tulklng was transformed from a inant in the reminiscences of old task into an enjoyable pastime. timers, n goodly percentage of whom When Korak hunted Merlem usually still follow the trapshooting sport. accompanied him, for she lmd learned Trapshooting today, however, differs the tine art of slleuefe when silence materially from that sport of bygone was desirable. She could pass through days; the traps are more scientifically the branches of-- the great trees now constructed, the target, instead of be- with ull the agility and stealth of the ing globular In form, Is Killer himself. Great heights no longflight and itesides covering Its er appalled iter. Site swung from limh wlth.the speed of uu arrow, rotates as to limh. or she raced through the well. mighty brunches, sure footed, lithe und It lias become rtitomnry for writers fearless. Korak was very proud of to refer to the clay pigeons ns the Inher, und even old Akut grunted In apSo long ns they re- proval where before he had growled animate target. main packed In barrels or stacked in In contempt. the traphouse tills Is quite proper. But A distant village of Macks had furwere you to ask any of the fifiO.OOO nished her with a mantle of fur and active trap shooters In the country for feathers, with copper ornaments and unhesisaucer-shaped his personal opinion he would tatingly say that immediately following Its release from the tap It Just about as animated as devilish iugcnulty could conceive. WINGED MESSENGERS IN WAR Often When Telephonic and Other Communication Are Cut, Pigeon Reach Home Safely. Member of the Quaker CTi Concourse association, one of the big national pigeon-flyinorganizations, have expressed a willingness to supply the government with a number of their winged messengers for war service. Burlng Jhe spring It Is expected that thousands of pigeons Mill he shipped abroad. It Is reported that 07 per cent of the plgpons released In t?ia Hildebrand Is Gentle. George Hildebrand was the gentlest European trenches, often when fiS of Ban Johnsons umpires In the 1917 phonic und all other cjpnns of comcampaign, banishing but two players, munication are cut off, reach their desSpeaker of the Indians, and Mike Mc- tination In safety, thus delivering ln . Nally of the Bed Sox. portnut inossnirefc Watson's Record Peculiar. Mule NVatson of the furditmls, had a peculiar pitching record during the 1917 season, lie was knocked out or tnken out of ten straight games, but wen the five complete games he labored. which bordered upon equality when It was necessary for them to come Into close contact, hut for the most purt he avoided her. The youth ulwuys was kind to her, and If there were ninny occasions upon which he felt the burden of her presence he hid It from her. Finding thut the night dump and chill caused her discomfort and even suffering, Korak constructed n tight little shelter high among the swaying branches of a giant tree. Here little Merlem slept in comparative warmth and safety, while the Killer und the ape perched upon nearby branches, the former always before the entrance to the lofty domicile, where he best could guard its inmate from the dangers of arboreal enemies. After the construction of the shelter the activities of the three became localized. They ranged less widely, for there was always the necessity of returning to their own tree at nightfall. A river flowed near by. Game and fruit were plentiful, as were fish also. Existence had settled down to the daily humdrum of the wild the search for food und the sleeping upon full bellies. They looked no further ahead than wun-dere- g weapons, for Korak would not permit her to go unarmed or unversed In the use of the weapons he stole for her. A light spear and n long knife were her weapons of offense or defense. Her body, rounding into the fulness of an eurly maturity, followed the lines of u Greek goddess, hut there the similarity coused, for her face wus beautiful. As she grew more accustomed to the jungle and the ways of Its wild denizens. fear left her. As time wore on ulone when Koruk and Akut were prowling ut n great distance, ns they were sometimes forced to do vvlien game was scarce in their immediate vicinity. Upon these occasions she usually confined her endeavors to the smaller animals, though sometimes site brought down u deer and once even Ilorta, the boar, a great tusker thut might have made even Sheeta think twice before attacking him. After Kornk bad left the village of the blacks following his last thieving expedition the screams of women and Bhe even hunted AFTER THEY TRAVEL TOGETHER AWHILE, d rlil Illicit had brought the warriors In from the forest and the river. Great was the excitement and hot was the rage of the men when they learned that the wlilte devil had again entered their homes, frightened their women and stolen arrows uud ornaments and Occasionally Akut brought him Juicy fruits which helped to slake his thirst ami allay his fever, and little by little Ids powerful constitution ovcrcume th The effects of the spenr thrusts. wounds healed and his strength re- turned. All during his rutlonnl moments at Even their superstitious fear of this lie lmd lain upon the soft furs which weird creature who hunted with u lined Mcriem' nest he had suffered huge hull ape was overcome In their more acutely from fears for Merlem desire to wreak vengeance upon nlm than from the pain of his own wounds. and rid themselves for good uud ull of For tier lie must live; for her he must the menace of Ills presence in the regaiji his strength that he might set out til search of her. But It was many Jungle. And so it wus that a score of the a day before streugth returned to him. ' fleetest and most doughty warriors of the tribe set out In pursuit of Korak Merlem, hound and under heuvy und Akut hut a few minutes lifter guard in Kovudoos own hut, had no they had left the scene of the Killer's doubt but thut Korak would come hack und still less that he would eus-ll- y many depredations. free her. The little party of warriors was led So now as she lay waiting for him by Kovudoo, the chief, u middle aged savage of exceptional cunniug and she dreamed of hint and of all thut he bravery. It was he who first cunte meant to tier. She compared him with within sight of the quarry which they the sheik, her futhcr, and at the had followed for hours by the mys- thought of the stern, grizzled old Aruh terious methods of their almost un- slie shuddered. Even the savage Mucks canny powers of observation, intuition had been less harsh to her than he. Not understanding their tongue, she and even scent. The white youth and the white maid could not guess wlmt purpose they hud stood alone in the jungle when they In keeping her ft prisoner. She knew were discovered by Kovudoo's band. tlmt man ate man, and she hod exAkut had been made king of his ape pected to he eaten, but she had been tribe, and Korak, to Akut's sorrow, with them for some time now, and no had left hltn to dwell with Merletn In harm had befallen her. She did not know that a runner hud the jungle. One of Kovudoo's men been dispatched to the distant village leaned close to the ear of his chief. Look ! he whispered and pointed of the sheik to barter with hltn for a to something thut dangled at the girl's ransom. She did not know, nor did side. When my brother and I were Kovudoo, thut the runner hud never slaves in the vlliuge of the sbelk my rcuchcd tils destination; Unit he hud brother made that tiling for the sheiks fullen in with the safari of Jeussen and Malhilin and with the talklittle daughter. Site played with It of a native had unand culled It after my brother, ativeness whose uume Is Geeka. Just before we folded his whole mission to the escaped some one came and struck hluek servants of the two Swedes. down the sheik, stealing his daughter These had not been long In retailing away. If this Is she the sheik will puy the matter to their masters, und the result wus thut when the runner left you well for her return. Koruks arm hud gone around the their cutup to continue his journey he shoulders of Merlem. And then from had source passed from sight before behind him broke a hideous bedlam of there came the report of a rifle, and savage war cries, and a score of lie rolled lifeless into the underbrush with a bullet hole in his buck. shrieking blacks were upon them. A few moments later MulMhn Korak turned to give battle. Mcriem with her own light spear stood by bis strolled back Into the encampment, where he went to some puins to let It be known that he had hud u shot at a fine buck and missed. The Swedes kuevv that their men bated them and that an overt act agulnst Kovudoo would quickly be carried to the chief at the first opportunity. Nor were they sufficiently strong In either guns or loyal followers to risk antagonizing the wily old chief. The next day the Swedes set out for Kovudoo's village, bent on securing possession of the person of the white girl whom Kovudoo's runner hud told them lay captive in the chiefs village. IIovv they were to accomplish their end they did not know. Force was out of the question, though they would not have hesitated to use it hud they possessed It. In former years they had marched roughshod over enormous areas, taking toll by brute force even when kindliness or diplomacy would have accomplished more. But now they were in bad straits so hud that they hud not shown their true colors scarce twice in a year, und then only when they cumc upon an isolated weak village. Kovudoo was not of these, and. A Score of Shrieking Blacks Were though his village was in a way reUpon Them. mote from the more populous district side. An avalanche of barbed missiles to the north, his power wus such that flew about them. One pierced Koruk's he maintained an acknowledged suzeover the thlu thread of villages shoulder, uuother his leg, uud he went rainty which him with the savage connected down. to lords the north. Merlem was unscathed for the blacks To have antagonized him would hnve had Intentionally spared her. Now ruin for the Swedes. It would spelled they rushed forward to finish Korak have meant that they might never and make good the girl's capture. But reach civilization by the unrtlicrn us they came there came also from route. To the west the village of the In the the great Jungle point Akut and at his heels the huge hulls sheik luy directly in their path, burring them effectually. To the east the trail of his new kingdom, was uuknown to them, and to the rushed Snarling and rouring, they soul It there was no trail. upon the Muck warriors when they saw the mischief they had already wrought. Kovudoo, realizing the danThe Swedes buy Meriem from . ger of coming to close quarters with Kovudoo, and in fighting over these mighty apt men, seized Mcriem her Malbihn kills Jenssen. und culled upon his warriors to retreat. For n time the apes followed them, anti several of the Mucks were badly O'o tth luMiiSUKU) mauled and one killed before they succeeded in escaping. Nor would they Superstitions About Salt have got off tlius easily had Akut not It Is u curious fact that, from the been more concerned with the condi- earliest times, many superstitions have tion of the wounded Korak than with dung about the use of salt. There Is the fate of the girl, upon whom he lmd much evidence in lloly Writ for cere always looked ns more or less of uti ntonlal uses of it. The Mosaic lu; Interloper und an unquestioned bur- commands tlmt every ohlution of tneu' den. offered shall he seasoned with salt, Korak lay bleeding un unconscious command tlmt Is given, with variawhen Akut reaeb-- d Ills side. The greut tions, iu various hooks of the Bible, ape tore the heavy spears from his such us Leviticus 2:1.1 and Ezekiel flesh, licked the wounds and then car- 10:4. In the old days salt was put ried his friend to the lofty shelter that Into a child's m.iutli In baptism, and Koruk had constructed for Merlem. in some countries to this day the cus Further than this the brute could do tom is followed of throwing u pinch of nothing. Nature must accomplish the It into holy water to ward off the evil rest unaided nr Koruk must die. spirit. He did not die, however. For days lie lay helpless with fever, while Akut If a bn by had the appetite of a young and the apes hunted close by that they potato beetle It wouid eat from fifty might protect hi A from such birds and to h hundred pounds of food every 21 bcusts us might reach bis lofty retreat. Lours, food. un-oth- 1 1) rum M, Knilili were held lit the Tabernacle, Salt Lake, on Janiiary 27, at least pimple being present, A total reduction of 7l,.Vil,fi.' iu the county budget lias been made by the Salt laike county eommlssloiierH. The budget was reduced from SS72,.'27 til O to .T7P7,P7.Y7S. When devotees of Saitulr travel to their favorite watering place next summer they will Journey iu big elect lie curs, electrification of the line having been completed. which was to The farmers round-uhave taken place at Inyson this month Ims been postponed until some time In February, when a more Miltable time will lie found for the agricultural men. The camp al the alimlte mill, four miles out of Marysville, has been attacked ly a severe epidemic of smallpox and al least twenty eases have iieen reported within the past few day s. A mad coyote attacked children play lug in a yard at Murray. When the coyote attaeked the children, Murk Knurr, a youth who lives nearby, rim to the scene with his gun and succeeded in killing it. A uniform wage scale for agricultural labor In Utah was vigorously urged at the opening session of Him state convention of county farm agents, agricultural specialists and extension workers, lit Imgau. Police officials at Ogden believe they have unearthed a systematic practice of shipping liquor from Evanston, Wyo., Into Utah, through the urrest lust week of George Wilson, who say he halls from Kansas. Between sixty and seventy mechanics, the first of u quota of 1000 to be furnished by Utah for voluntary service Iu the shipbuilding reserve. United Suites department of labor, left Salt laike for Seattle tm Monday. Secretary ( B. Stewart of the Utah Wtsdgrowers association, reported last week that most of the sheepmen of the state are resmnding promptly In the matter of tiling claims for trails across land designated under the GtO-ue-r homestead net. Economy must he the watchword governing all future road building oi erat bms in which the federal government has a purt Iu Utah. The government instructed the state road commission to this cffW't at a meeting held lust week. The mitlomil forest reserves in the state of Utuli embrace 7,902,971 acres. The total acreage of unappropriated and unreserved land In Utah Is: acres surveyed, 17,091,81.1 acres not surveyed, total 11,110,071 acres, mainly iimuiitniuous grazing lauds. An Investigation has bieii ordered of the death ut Coalville of Erma Rasmussen, 8 years of age, us the result f eating poisoned candy which she had found in a church. The child died In convulsions ulmut an hour uf-tsite had eaten the candy, which was In a bug. What is said to he the first suit of Its kind to lie brought ill connection witli the workmen's coiniteiisatlon law was filed in the district court at Ogden lust week. The action is brought in oeliair of Milton McCoy, 11 yeurs of age. His right hand was cut off In u cunning factory. , Ten automobiles loaded with persons from Ogden und Farmington, en route to Uintah to attend a funeral, became stalled in u snowdrift near i he latter place uud it required the combined efforts of the people of Uintah and the members of t he auto party to get (lie machines out. Ninety per cent of lie revenue derived from t lie Utah Inheritance tax comes from foreign estates ocrutiiig in ('tali, according to nu estimate made of figures compiled by the attorney general's office. Since JINK) Utah lias profited to tin extent of !fl,741,4MMiO through tlie operation of this tax. According to reports made by the slate fuel admiiiist ration the production of coni in Carlion county Ims exceeded by far the production during laibor difficulituy previous winter, ties are ut it minimum uud it Ims been observed that miners are much Interested in (lie wnr savings enuqmign. A movement to establish a high school hiltf-Wabetween Treliiontnii ami Gni'luud to obviate tlie present necessity of sending children to Brigham City, Is unde.' way. It is estimated tlmt alioiil boo pupils from tlie district adjacent to Treinonton nre now attending tlie high school ut Bnglmni City. Tlie "smileage'' hook campulgii is about to be started iu Ft.th. Tlie smileage" hook is so called became' n purpose Is to provide smiles tor soldiers. Eaeli hook contains cither Lu or 100 coupons which soldiers may Use in paying admission to the "l.ib-eri- y I liciit res established at the various national army and miihmul guard eautonmeiits. Sixty-siper cent of the first lot of class l registrants for tlie Ural t examined at tin state eupitol were found physically eligible to hear units for Uncle Sam. Ifireetors of tin Belli Cunning Fue-torcompany have ileclth d to build a factory ut Orem and plans are being drawn for a suitable building. According to tlie I.eiil men, most of the tomatoes canned lust year were lrom tills district. One of tlie real ucntinpINhmcutx of tlie roundup at Richfield was Hie forming of u housekeeping and farm bureau, whoso duty It will lie not only to market products within the housewives province, nml purchase supplies, bet to exchange practical problems ami ftartlme recipe. er 1 y x y |