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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH eyes moving slowly from one of the principals to another: Sandomar, his unstable feet far apart, leaning forward with his great arras bowed, his chin thrown up; Horton, gray and desperate; Roy, cold, speculative, and rational as always; at last Eric, his brown hair blowing In the wind, his long body supple and relaxed, waiting, waiting. Behind these, Mother Horton stood quivering not with fear but, rage. The Aleuts stared with sunken, dull eyes. Horton turned , fiercely to Eric. Curse 'you, give me that gun! Eric shook his head absently. Only oh one condition could he have obeyed this order, that Horton was a stronger man and a better, shot than himself, e artd it .was pot true. Erics only rival was Ray, cold nerved, longheaded, cautious, and calculating, .but which of the two- was greater was yet to be shown. Anyway,' Eric believed in his own destiny. A sense of power swept through him that would yield, to no man here. Tile gun might yet prove the Scepter of empire,, and he Would keep it himself. This decision made, he stepped oiit of the fading light into .the ruddy glow of the fire. ajidomars gang, now. edging slowly forward, Stopped In FORLORN ISLAND By ; EDISON MARSHALL XVNU Service .' . pos--sibl- by Edison Marshall Copyright SYNOPSIS ' .' . With his jraeht, the Intrepid, 'abandoned by its crew, Felix Horton, .mil- -' lionaire, with' his- mother, his daughter Nan,' and Hoy Stuart, put's into Squaw- - harbor, Alaska, to recruit. Failing to secure, sailors, Horton en- gages- a bunch of nondescripts stranded thers. A gigantic Pole,. Sandomar, .is their leader.' Captain Way mire, the Intrepid's skipper-- , is an old friehd of their tracks. Erio Ericssf'n, unemployed, but holdYoud-bettestay out of this ere, ing masters papers, and he engages te sail as chief officer. Horton is Garge.said shrilly. The absurd' voice islands. Nan . and on- - every nerve In the crowd. seeking uncharted Eric indulge- In a moonlight flirtation-- , grated ' Bandyll hirst you open.1. .which brings them'both to the threshEric did not look at him. Ills blue old of Interest in each other, if no.t of love.' The Intrepid is wrecked ' by ' one of Sandomar' s crowd.. Eric takes command of a small boat, with Horton, "bis mother, and daughter'.Nan's maid , and Roy Stua.rt. Unablethey, watch. SandomaT kill Cap- -' tain Waymire leave the ship with bis' crowd. Waymire. has thrown Eric a revolver. Froni one of-- the Aleuts,' ashore, . speaking a little English, Erie learns the're is no communication Firehe'aft,-priesteswith the, outside .world: of the island, desoetjded from a white' man in, the remote past, .'a little English, welcomes ' the castaways. r - Ma-rie- d s CHAPTER- IV Continued - 6 . together beGarges tone. dripped hind him tiie faces of the' gang were Youll go darkening' and twisting. your Way, and well go ours. We know-thYoud have tricks youd play Sandy and the "boy's in the first jail with-malice- ; igh. seas.. . Che-rasc- his-me- I.on-do- .cold-clutche- g I .Nan' found herself between two fires! Her eyes were lustrous,, and she remembered w.ith a strange, sweet falnt-pes- s of heart Eric's breast crushing hers and the Warmth of his lips; but hef head was up and her cheeks darkly glowing. This was a challenge she could not refuse. The native' enmity, of two free souls' flamed up again. I'm Pot going to get It through .' iny head," was her cold reply.' Im grateful to you, too, for a magnificent bluff, .but don't spoil it. by carry' ; ing. it too far; Erics shoulders Sagged. .He could ' .' fight, no more tonight, he was Ill take the matter up with you morning. Now I'm going to bed aqd I. think youd better do the same. As- long as you- - stay- - here," It will be an invitation for that gang to piake more trouble. Uneasy lies the head . . - r his-pack- his-voic- r ; - . . . ugly-faced- - lire. The threat Would not' have been quite go terrifying had he spoken In a man's voire, Instead of the dull monotone i:':e a gorilla that had learned to t.Vk. Marie uttered a low rv. n'i-- re . ng to Nan, clutr-heher band- Int V:; i stood erect, her dusky calm, her glittering 'life I'l . . ' f--l ' I Am Sandomar," He Began, Speak for These Men; I Do. Not Hear but I Speak. . eyes were- fixed on the little glowing triangles under Sandomars bony, protruding hrow-s-. .There was no hatred In that clash, but a passionless and Both were keen Implacable enmity. 'judges of men; both knew fear. ." . Get out : of my way, Sandomar of us muttered... There are one. and .nine you enly perhaps He reached his immense; long- arm ' a picked up a boulder the . size-o- f low-heldto the ground. It cocdnut, and You can' not kill more than one of us with your gun before your ribs will .be caved In. You had best stand, aside grid ' save your, shells for your own need. ' If I can kill only '.one, that one wilt be you. . Eric spoke slowly and clear--lYou cant have the girl, 'Safndo- -' mar.' Now or any time. Sandomar glanced aside to the His oWn of wrist grew tense, the botllder shook a little In his. grasp,- - and Erics hand .went' to his revolver butt. For an in: stant- he toyed with- the thought 'of killing the creature here and now. It was the rational thing to do Roy-anhe would agree on this point provided the pack would scatter. But Garge and the rest were crazed .with a drink more debasing than rum, freedom from all. law, One act- of violence might turn this fi relit' scene Into a shambles. Their drawn black faces told that when Sandomar fell they 'would not. cower, but would charge In a howling mass, break Eric down, and wipe out everyone Who stood between them prize. He made' no move to fire. ' Perhaps this wds.a-fata- l mistake, but follow his pilot. star. You want one of the girls for your' self? SandomaT asked.. There seethed One of them; yes. this answer, even nothing strange-Ito. Nan, so swiftly and utterly had every old form passed away, and. so Simple and direct .had all things .become. Rut thats not my reasqn. Nd man can have any woman on this Island save by her own consent. ' ' ' . . Thats the law.? . Gqrges fingers flickered again. But there Is- ho .law here! Sandomars monotone was pitched higher, giving startling effect of emphasis. "All law Is gone. There is a new law." Eric spoke quietly, bpt his voice had. resonance-anhis face a light never present before, the deep exultation born of conscious power. When Garge had Interpreted, Sandomar spoke a single syllable, a question pregnant, with meaning and event - are-.eigh- t - , - . y. . - - red-eye- new-foun- d d - apd-thei- r t Your 'With a single syllable, Eric an- swered I." Then, with a casualness that somehow held a new and sober dignity much as one of hi? viking forebears. In a winged hat, might speak to a conquered tribe on the Saxon coast: Anyone who breaks the law will be killed."- - . CHAPTER V ' Eric had no need to show his volver. To behold Law, drowned and dead In the sea, else up calm and ' that wears the the devils of crown1; arid' fCar and worry rode Eric hard. Had he acted for the best? Could he 'finish what .he had begmi? Should he have killed Saadomar, when he had the chance? 'Wouldnt Jt.have been better to have shared responsibility with Roy and Horton?. Ih Commandeering the Island,' wbuld he not antagonize the natives, whose help was. vital to his ultimate victory? .And what on earth did he mean by telling of the .Sandomar that he wanted-ongirls for 'himself? Gf all his follies', this was the worst.' Surely it was not true. Ills only aim and hope was to save the expedition. He would have no time pr energy- for o.f the unobtainable. Yet she kept haunting his thoughts . J . the deep, still pools pf her eyes, glamorous in their heavy fringe of ' . lash. . . the dusky gloss of her the hair, blowing in' the. wind . . warm golden tan of her satin flesh . . . the exquisite curved lines of ' ; her form. , He slept' at last, to' be awakened Silently by a. hand on Ids shoulder. Roy beckoned him 'to the open turf ; house ddor. As dawn stretched' a pale arm over the eastern sea, the Aleut hunters gathered on the creek-banto' perform a heathen rite.' They were naked save for. a kind of probably made of birdskln. Forming- - a circle, with tawny arms upraised, they chanted slowly In uni-- . son. Presently they waded Into the stream, and with their cupped hands, water three times splashed the-Icover their bodies, in rhythm with the chant Then, they sprang out' and . . sprinted to their huts. were cold eyes fairly glittering. Roys Eric, isnt- this the beginning of the month the new moon?" . lunaf There'li be a new moon tonight This is 'a wonderful thing. Ive read about the ceremony, the Russians, recorded It on their first visits to the Aleut Islands, but thought to hhve passed from the earth. It8 a; pagan rite; you "notice the priestess took no part In It." . "Id like to. knrrw ' what they were' ' j . Eric said. . saying,. Ill tell you, and I bet when you ask Chechaquo, he'll back me up. The first part of the chant was an Invoca-- 1 tlon for the sun to rise the source of . all life. When they were Splashing themselves, each man was saying: T; am am hot dead I am. not asleep-- l tlrat-nigh- .Horton still hpped to-- . make peace. .from my mihd. If you behave well here on the', island, the rest will be forgotten when you leave. We don't avd to leave. Wehe. as safe er.e as any place In the world. And If we" d leave, you wont you understand that? If you let us ave bur Way, arid were going to ave it anyhow', you' and your pals may still be on top of the ground when that' time colues if not, yell be where you . cant 'ami us any more.". . ,. . Horton could Before answer, the whole aspect of the situation changed. now It was' only threatening-before,the storm had begun to break. A lQng arm, thp same thickness 'from Wrist to elbow, swept' about Garges. shoulders and hurled him back. . Now San'do-.ma, himsetf stood before his sunken eyes agleara, his black hair, growing Iri.a curious swirl, 'erect like ' the haekies-o- f a beast. with To a . go suph face and form, should have been a hoarse growl,, his speech. debased. .Instead he used a ' dull monotone, cold as a liiie of ' ' print-an- d his Words told of long nights reading and deep thought.- - It .was like meeting an educated gorilla. Nan felt a stir at the base of. her scalp that wras 'the nearest to real horror herlife had known. . I. am Sandomar, he began. I speak for these' men. I do not. hear, but .1 Speak.. IV e no. longer work for' himself,, now. you. It's every one-fo.'The ship has gone down-- everything Is swept away. There is no. more Civilization. There Is no more law."No One answered him, Apparently. there was. .no ans.wer possible. All that Horton had stood for was at the bottom of the. sea. . His. checkbook was a useless scrap of paper. His Sky had fallen down upon his head. and ' his earth was crumbling under his feet: AH,' all was gone. " .'I will .be In ho hurry to leave' here, Sandomars monotone ran on. It Is the first time- - In my life that I 'am free. Thph, without a change of voice, hr expression: "Always I have-beedenied what Is best in life:, the pick of the food, .'the pick of. the women. !l hare eaten Scraps; I 'have ' ,, handled orii.v-- . old, and worn-ou- t over-nojades.' That'is all '.and tonight I 'will make a newstart. The blood left Hortons cheek, but a piercing light' was in his eyes. That he had made np his mind' to. fight to the finish Eric knew well. Give me that revolver, he whispered. But Eric shook his head. Wait. Its not time yet. ' Sandomar saw t'h message pass, and his luminous eyes moved quickly to Garges right hand. The lean little fingers flickered briefly, fast as a! swallows wings; Sandomar lip curled in contempt. No one will' interfere with me, he One of you has a gun, but he said. will keep It to- guard his own life. I, Sandomar, will not hurt any of you if you let me have my way and I will have It anyhow. Tonight I will take one of the girls the mistress or the servant, I da not care for my pleas . . d public-jspirite- BOW. . Til-Bit- citiz-enswh- : - n four-lea- ' t e now know 1w much the They know only that the names of those .who paid have been kept Iri the. city archives and that", their descendants still receive the interest agreed .upon so long ago. . .And there is the case of the pen' sion to the descendants of Mbnte- ' spuria, emperor of Mexico.' One of ' the, three children of Montezuma married one. of Cortes captains and upon her .and two. other surviving ties t tribute was. Emperor Charles V pensions, these fo 'continue to their descendants td the last syllable ..of recorded time. . That provision became a charge on the vice regal government of' Mexjco more than 400 years ago and has been progregularly paid tp the eny of Montezuhm during all the children,- - -' far-flun- g vicissitudes of .rule .which Mexico has experienced since she revolted from Spdin' In 1S21 even. during the feverish and 'tragic reigns of Itur- bide and Maximilian. The genealogy '.of th? Spanish- - line from Montezuma Is wejl authenticated, but there have been endless, legal disputes over the claims of the. Mexican line, for the There records are much confused. 'Is a movement on foot now In'.Mex-lcto discontinue these pensions on : the ground that the claimants can show no scars- - of wbunds received during the' conquest- arid- that the payments to the family, which up .'to this time amount to nearly 000,000, would seem to be ample compensation for the Injuries originally Inflicted upon their forbears. Boston Transcript, '. . . q - - - g - WIDOOURMJIT - ' - you come to, foe. mutiny and killing on the" The shop assistant wrapped up the She watched the door of her new customers parcel and deftly handed establishment open to admit her first it to him. A client. Business had started! Grants Made Long Ago Still There you are, sir, he said, and good Impression must be created If the goods are not Just to your lik- upon him! Drain on Treasuries. . ing we will cheerfully refund the Hurriedly she grasped the tele" cash. phone receiver and became engaged The aftermath of war makes long In an animated conversation. Farmer Giles sniffed. Then, 'windrows. Have we not heard that Don't tell me seeh a yarn, young an appointment having been arGreat Britain is still paying for the man, he replied. ranged, she replaced the receiver, powder and shot she' used on the Eh? What?" exclaimed the as- and, beaming on her customer asked: French at Waterloo? Is the United sistant, momentarily taken "off his What can I do for you, sir? States not . still .making disburseA moments pause, and then: guard. ments on account of the Revolution? Y e might me fuy money back If you please, maam, I've come gle And here is'the' lit.tie.eity of said the farmer, but taint human to connect the telephone'!" London a few miles from Turin, which nature to lie cheerful about it. Is still paying the interest on tribute . Answers, . levied on the place when Napoleon Of Course, Its Dead. Seized it 137 years ago, during his She The hair dresser says there Unnecessary Italian campaign. Naponeon is no life in iny hair. Profit Why dont you take .nates the tribute In order to clothe He Thats not strange considering 'and nourish his army, which had Jn my course? bow often itd dyed. Cincinnati. En-- . Dumb 30 Please sir, iny father suffered terribly during the inarch took this course and I have his notes. quirer; across the Alps. Many of the citlzens-ot'herasep had lled'on.the apWell, Now Tommys Guess proach of the French and the .city f I found a clover, dear. Teacher W'hy did Joshua comfathers went round, liat in hand, and That me.nns well soon be marbegged the money from the few mand the sun to stand still? ried." . who h!id remained behind and wejre Tommy I guess it didnt agree Oh, but I thought It meant good with his watch. Boston Transcript. luck. able to contribute. The gave were promised a fixed rate of Interest forever. The more Record Time Saving Happy Ending agreed to take 1 per cent ; Hank Bills For the last time I as you for powerful lazy C. others 'bargained for as much as Silas Awful! Had a dentist yank that Ritwbuck you owe me. The descendants of these contribua good front tooth, sos he could spit Thank goodness, thats the end of tors' .are. still getting a fixed sum without movin' his jaws! that silly question. authorithe. .every year, though city in-th- ! ALL FOR NOTHING Pensions Age-Ol- d dog-tired- Like, ell tve're going out FRANKLY SPEAKING Carry Burden of strong seemed to stun his enemies. They were set for a bloody fight and loss of life on both sides, but not for this ghost of the past, this sublime, eternal force that Eric had taken into his hands. Sandomar dropped his stone, then his eyes. Eric knew that tonight he was master. "You'd better go now, to Ill your sleeping quarters," he said. meet you all in the morning, and give It will be a hard you the line-uday tomorrow. Sandomar hesitated a second or two, opened his immense drooping mouth as though to speak, then turned. with, a grunt. Quickly he hobbled away, following him without one backward glance. His eyes luminous, and his heart leaping, Eric returned to the fire. Ills exultation was . dying swiftly, his bones, and he feared to speak lest his shaking voieh would befaith. Nan was tray. llis eyeing him half In wonder, half tn defiance. Roy calmly lighted a smoke, and turned with a sardonic smile. 'T hand .it to you, Ericssen. .That was a fine bluff. . . . Eric pulled himself together and steeled his heart. It wasnt a bluff; Ini In command of the Island. Its going to be under marin-e- law and Im the captain. I don!t fancy the job', but someone's got to do it, to Save the girls and all our lives.' 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In his blue, coat, his eyes the hue of the sea behind him, Eric stood before the crowd and announced the new administration, the dictatorship of Forlorn Island, the coming of the White Mans . Law. First, native and alien must- work together, to make the Island fruitful. There could be no Idle hands. The' children must help within their powers; the white women,' as well as the squavrs, must do their part No one could be supported In idleness. y to-ba- ofiT-cer- - . ' ... ' wi 90 our nurr . . must show that (TO BE CONTINUED.) , penalty. The total cost of Conoco Germ h .Processed Motor Oil is only of a cent per mile, very little to pay to protect your car investment. The exclusive Conoco formula ...Germ is used to give it extra oili Process ness and penetrativeness no other oil has nor can have. fitl or add a quart at Red triangle Stations tf.i |