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Show PROVO POST, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1921. Legal Notices STATEMENT OF THE OWNER-- , !MIIIII!llllllll!IIIIIlllllllllllliriIlllliIIIlll Like its master. It was entirely deship. Management, of halt, but wuq of a.durk slate void, Circulation, Etc., Requiiretd By he Act of "Concolor and exceeding smooth and glossy. Its belly was white and itf legs gress of August, of The shaded Prcvo Post published Semi-weekfrom the slate of Its shoulders at Provo, Utah, for October 1, 1912. and hips, to a vivid yellow at the feet. State of Utah, County, of Utah ss. Unarmed and naked as I was, thei Before me, a Notary Public in and first law of nature manifested Itself for the State ..and county aforesaid. possible solution of my lutheonly personally appeared N. C. Hicks immediate ami that was to problem, By Edgar Rice Burroughs who, having been duly sworn accordget out of the vicinity of the point ing to law, deposes and says ttaat-h- e of the is the editor of The Provo Post, and Author of E I gave acharging spear.and Consequently at the same that the following is, to the. best of very earthly time superhuman leap to reach the his knowledge and belief, a true statement of -- the nwnmhipr manTarzan of the Apes lop of the Martlan Incubator, for such I had determined It must be. agement (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid My effort was crowned with a sucpublication for the date shown In Illustrations bj Irwin Myers E cess which appalled me no less than It the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in nlllllllllllllllllltllHIllllllllllllllllllllllin? Section 443, "Postal Laws and Regu(Ooprrtght, taw. a. o. Uootaig a Oa.) lations, printed on the reverse of SYNOPSIS, IbJiJorniU-lOWlL 1. That the names and addresses FOREWORD Tlie Wiltlurf tells of hl of the publisher, editor, managing (,Muaintane the huto of on of tho liiotlt aud business renmikable editor, maaagers-ere- ; jtiiventurva ever record ett From a Name of publisher. Post Publish- he has maaucnpt loft by hi friend vividly set out the strange ing Co. Inc., Provo, Utah; edittr, N. Which brought toeti)r a brave C. Hicks, ''Provo. .Utah; geiitlemsin and a iruuaau of "managing editor, N, C. Hicks, Provo, Utah; Marti. business manager, N. C. Hicks, CHAPTKR I. In the Arlxona. hllia, John Provo,- Utah. Carter, mining prospector and from a war party soldier, tteehi 2,i That the owners (Give names oralrefuse in a cave the and addresses of individual owners, of Apahea, oftakes which atmosphere or, if a corporation, ghe its name eftet t on him. YieldingIjastof aHaremarkable inttueme. of he sinks into uncona lousness, his last and. the names and addresses -- cent ered ofi r stockholders-owning-othougiu low "! the from the holding-per cent or more of the total amount planet Mars; of stock.) J. U, Hicks, Grantsville, CHAPTER II. Utah; H. C. Hicks, Provo, Utah; N. C. Hicks, Provo, Utah; Joseph B. Keeler, Provo, Utah; I. He Thomas. My Advent en Mars. y Salt Lake City, Utah; G, H, Brim-hal- l, I es uponsa slrapse Provo,' Utah: Reed Smoct, and weird Jandscape.il knew that 1 Washington, D. C. was on Mars; not once did I question know bondholders, ..Tbatthe m ul w- mortgagees, aiel other security hold- - i f It was sun ,7the midday ,w'q shining er owning ,or holding 1 per cent or more bf "total amountof bonds, full upon me and t beUest "of It was mortgages, or other securities are; rather intense upon my nuked body, (It there are none, so state.) The yet no greater than would have been Farmers & Merchants bankJxfToVo, true under similar conditions on an Utah. Arizona desert. 7 77 4, That the two paragraphs next A little to my left, perhaps a him above,, giving the names of the own- dred yards, appeared a low, walled ers, stockholders, and security hold- enclosure about four feet In height. ers, If any, contain not only the list No .water, and- - no other vegetation of stockholders, and - security holders, as they, appear' upon ..the books than mossvwas In evidence, and aS 1 of ,the company but ' also," In eases was somewhat- thirsty I determined to j irhtere "the stockholder or security do , little exploring. My Effort Was Crown ad With a 8uo-ces- a holder appears upon he hooks of the Springing to my'tert I received ny Which AppaHad. ,MN Lew company as trustee- or in any other first Martian snrprtae'or the effort, Than If Saomsd to 8urpriw the Mar. fiduciary relation,- the name of the .WhlchjOo'.Jgtrtftvtpnld have brought Warrior." tlan person or corporation for whomsuch me, - i Ji standing upright, carried me Into trustee in acting, la given;', also, that helgld of about seemed to surprise the Martian warthe said two paragraphs - contain the Martian alr statements embracing f aff isnt full three , rsrd87, f alighted softly npod riors, for t carried me fully thirty without appre- fee t Into' flie !alY find landed me. a iun knowledge and belief as- - to the cir- the ground,' however, Now commenced dred feet from my pursuers and on cumstances and conditions" "hndef ciable' shoctror-Ja- rr and security a' ferles ,bf evolytlahs which even thetl the Opposite side of the enclosure, which , stockholders hcJdera who do notappear- - upon the seemed-ludicroI alighted upon the fcofl mbss easily la the extreme. J&Iy bookB-- ' of the ' company- - ao trustees, jnusdlea, perfectlyattuned and a ecu si and without mishap, and turning saw ho.stocklSndTsefurlties in' te capa- lomedJ7ta'. tliR.lforce of gravity f on my enemies fhie up along (haftttle city other than that of a'bonaflde with me li wall. Some were surveying me with owner; and this affiant has no rea-- ; Earth, playedforthe, mischief the; first time to core expressions n filch J.pferward (Jlscov son to be believe that any other per- attempting son, association, or ccrporation has with the lesser gravitation and lowet ered marked Wtremirt astonMitnentf and the others were evidently satis; any intejropt: direct.or, indirect, (a. the air tresure on Mars. said stoekr bonds, or- - ether securities fytng tbeiuselves Tthaf 1 rhfid. pot mo' V, sp stated by; him. than, as pi ore, the low structure which was the lested thehr young,: 3.-- ' -- That the . average nu'mbe'r ef only evidence of habitation In sight, were They nverslhg together' lii1 copies of each Isbuo of this publica- and. lt low tones, and gesticulating' and pointthe upon, of unique plart tion sold br distributed,; through the - tofirst principles In locomo- ing toward me. Their discovery, that mails cr otherwise, to paid subscrib- revertingr I did fairly well at I had not harmed the little: Martians, tion. creeping. er 'during the. six months preceding 1 was unharmed must have and bad that J this! moments n few and .in thb' date' shown above is. (This- information Is required , from daily reached the low, encircling wall of the caused them to look upon me with less eiielojjnrt I cautiously gained my feet feroetty; but, as I was to learn later, publications, only. ) u ! V - i sf . N. C, HICKS. and peered over the top upon the the thing which weighed nfost In my Sworn to and,subscribeLbefore It had ever been given favor was my exhibition of hurdling. strangest-slgb- t ' While the MartIans are immense, me, this 3rd day of January, 1921. me to see. R. STRAW, (Seal) bones are very large, and they their a was enclosure roof of The the v. - - .Notary Public. are muscled five Inches or only in. proportion , to the about solid fonr glass My commission expires February In thickness, and beneath this Were gravitation whfch they must overcome. 2. mi- ; ; The result Is that they are Infinitely several hundred large eggs, perfectly . .1, round, and snowy white. The eggs less agile and lesa powerful In prowere nearly uniform, in size, . being portion to their, weight, than an Earth feet In diame- man, and I doubt that! were one of bout two and one-ha- lf - : them euddenly to be transported to . . ter ' Five or six had already hatched Earth he could lift his own weight and the ' grotesque caricatures which from the ground ; in fact. I am conthat he could not do so. at. blinking Mn the ; sunlight were vinced ' My feat, then, was as marvelous upenough to cause me to doubt my sanity. They seemed mostly head, with on Mars as it would have been upon little scrawny bodies, long necks and Earth, and from desiring to annihilate six legs, or, as I afterward learned, me they suddenly looked upon me as two legs and two arms, with an inter- a wonderful discovery to be captured mediary pair of limbs which could be and exhibited among their fellows. I noted that each was armed with used at will either as arms or legs. Thelr-ey- es were several other- - weapons lo addltlon to sides of their heads a' tIfle above the the huge spear which I have described. center and protruded In such a man- The weapon which caused me to deday 1 go veesit Fat Stock ner OTHER een that they could he directed either cide against an attempt at .escape by one place but I no Ilka or back and also Independent- flight Vras what Was evidently a rifle forward Ever seence one time vert mooch. each other, thus permitting this of some description and which I felt, When I losa tree hnndreed dolla I no ly of look in any direction, for. some reason, they were peculiarly gjottq any use for da stock, Dat time queer animal to ' or In two directions at once, without efficient lh handling. I, buy da fake stock and deesa kind the of head. the a were I Mock white metal rifles 1 turning necessity of These triebbe' !n$; deefrtnee ees fat There was no hair en their bodies, tocked with Wood, which I learned , ; . i; t T only leetle blC, I dunno.; ellow-green were of a ery-light which later-w- as a very-llghrrAnyway ees plenta cows and sheeps color, In the adults, as I was hard growth much prized on- Mars, and bulls eeu dat show When 1 go vePSlt'Some da tlms you, could see to learn quite soon, this color deepens and entirely unknown to as denizens da bull but mosta time you heara da to'aif blive green, and Is darker In the of Earth. , The metal of the barrel Is an alloy composed principally of bull.' ' Seema like eese more bull en1 male than !n the female. ' The Iris of the eyes Is blood red, as aluminum and steel which they have Bul-- l dat place as ecu congress or-d- a In Albinos, , while the pupil is dark. learned to tediper to hardness far - , shevikl. exceeding that of the'steel with which Dat place where I go ees alia Union The eyeball .Itself is very white,-a- s Stock Yards. Mepbe pll da cattle be- are the teeth.'These latter ndd a most we are familiar. The weight of these, ferocious appearance to n otherwise rifles Is comparatively little, and with 1 long weeth da union, I dunno. fearsome- - and terrible countenance, as the small caliber, explosive, radium sama union cattle eef getta fergure curve upward to sharp projectiles " which, they use and the wnges like, a union brqecfc, layers ees the lower tusks do taka ver moocha time getta fat., points which end about where the eyes great length of the barrel, they are of .human .beings 'are located. deadly In the, extreme and at ranges fwo, tree week styjdy work getta fat Theearthly of the teeth Is not that which wonld be unthinkable on Earth. whiteness , ; and rich', same time.. , . of the snowiest and most The theoretic effective radius of this of hut Ivory, But I dunno somating bout a cattle. rifle Is three hundred miles, but the, .( I aska one guy wot good ees' da peeg gleamIng"o china- best they en - do In aetuul service I was given but little time to specs-for. ne say peeg maka pork chop, maka i beefasteak and da sheep late on the wonders of my t new dis- when equipped with their wireless Sow lamb stew, I'nstka heem eef da covery. I had seen that the eggs were finders and sigliters Is but a ; trifle bull maka bullion and he says 1 was In the process of hatching, and as I over two hundred miles. The- - Martians,-aft- er conversing' for ' stood Watching the hideous little moncrnr.e- een da head. ! I no say somating, but ees one ting sters break from 'their shells I failed a short time, turned and rode la way of In- - the direction from which they had ( no feegure ont Jusa between yon to note theiapproacJi of a ; Martians from behind pie. rtjme,-- leaving one of. their number and nq.for spreada round, t ahwio have md looka by tea enclosure , iVhoi they for. entity, They blight cnptnred all day een dat place Jnd tut tlielr -- IntenthHtS iwiefe far more hhd. covcrel, perhaps two hundred I 'wanfa soe wot da they halted Hmh turning .their likenhosa maka da1 ham sinister, It was the rattling of j the yards ticContrements of; the foremost warrior modnti toward UR Sat wntchllig the am! eggd , which warned me. Had notithe warrior by .the enclosure. , . j Wot you tlnk? 'Y rifle of the leader of the party swung 'When his force had chine to,a halt threw down hls'Rpenr tromrlrr fasten In In such a way hs to strike against the and small arms and came around the butt of his great metal-shospear I end of the Incubator toward me, enIlf.U iVkitorles of Every Day., V, and strug- should have snuffed out w Itffotit ever tirely unarmed and as naked a t, There are great victories done knowing thuUdeatft was heaf'me.Dtif except Tdf thO ujv gles and noble acts' of heroism' me to turn, oil Ms head, limbs and breast. every day In nooks and Corners, and the little sound caused MTien he was vritlJn ahotit fifty y,-e- t In Jittle households, nnd in mens and a ad there upon me, not ten fett from womens hearts any one of which njy breast, xvas the poin of that huge of me he unclasped n enormous niet-u- l man to spear, a spear forty feet long, tipped armlet and holding It, toward me In might reconcile the sternest belief with gleumlng metal, ami held low at the open palm of his hand, addressed with him nnd fill such a world, the slde.of a mounted replica of the me In a clear, resonant voire, but !n and hope In It Dickens. a language, It Is iieenl6ss to say, 1 little devils 1 had been watching," j IA 2; Probate and . Guardianship Notices, T Consult . County Clerk or the respective signers for further information. " LI NOTICE OP ASSESSMENT. Utah Colorado Oil A Gas Company; Corporation, Principal Place of Business, Provo, U tah County, Utah. , Notice Is hereby given that at a of the board of directors of the above named company, held " at Provo. Utah, on the 29th day of - November, 1920, an assessment of 11.50 per thousand shares was levied on all of the outstanding capital Stock of the corporation, payable on or before the 4th day of Janu-- 9 2 CLJIickt.. secretary and treasurer of said corporation, at No. 1 Holbrook Block, Provo, ? Utah. Any stock upon which this - sessment may remain unpaid on the , said 4th day of January, 1921, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction and unless pay- jnent Is made before will be sold on Wednesday, the 19th day of January, 1921, at the hour of 10 oclock a. m., of said day, to pay the delinquent assessment together with the cost of advertising and expenses tf " 1 rrrT 7 sale. T ) k . -- - - . - L-ta,- i - . f H.,C. HICKS, i . .1 . Secretary-Treasure- r. Location of Office No. Block, Provo, Utah. , 1 - Holbrook - 7 (Plrst'pnbllcatlon-Dec.'-S- last publication Jan. 3,. 1921.) 1920; lfi8ES8MESTSOWt34Tf" Eureka bullion ' Mining. Company, principal place c f "bnaliiess, ' Room No. 1 Holbrook Block, Provo, Utah; Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting or the board or directors of the Eureka Bullion Mining company held on Saturday, the 4th day of December, 1920, assessment No. 12 lt cent of per share was levied upon the outstanding capital stock of the v corporation, payable immediately to August secretary and treasurer of said corporation,- it the companys office. Room No.- - l Holbrook Block, Provo city, fJtah, Anjt stock , upon which this assessment may remain unpaid on Friday, January 77T92I, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public action and unless payment Is made1 before will e sold on JanuWednesday;" the 26th day-of ary, 1921, at tbe. offlce. of the comAOW to. pay pany at the delinquent assessment- - thereon, together with rthe cost, of adverlie-to- g ' and expense6f sale. AUGUST BESTELMEYER, Secretary. Offices Room 1 Holbrook Block, Provo City, Utah. 1920 Publication .December. (l-2- c) j Bes-telmey-er, - -- 1 ! . li -l 9 2 1; :r Iff yii r N;OWCEj East Tlntlc Coalition Mining Com ' fv pany. Principal Place of Busl- ' f ness, Provo, Utah. . j Notice Is hereby given that - at j a meeting of the board of directors of the East Tlntlc Coalition Mining Company; a Corporation," held on the ;27th day cf December, 1920, an as(1-sessment (No. 4) of cent per share was levied on the out standing-capitstock of the company, payable Immediately to Aug- -' ust Bestelmeyer, secretary, at hts Room 1, Holbrook hlock, prdvo City, Utah Any stock upon which this assessment may remain unpaid tn Saturday, the 29 th day of Janu- ary, 1921. will be delinquent and ad vertised for sale at public auction, and unless payment is made, before will be sold at the office of the company, Room 1, Holbrook block, on Saturday, the 18th day of February, 1921, at the hour of Id oclock a. m to pay the delinquent assessment together with the host of advertis. ing and expense of sale, . AUGUST BESTELMEYER, Secretary! (First publication Dec. 28, 1920; last publication Jan. 28, 1921.) , - one-ha- lf 2) al of--fl- . , i NOTICE TO CREDITORS. the Fourth District Court of Of Utah, in, and for Utah County. In' the matter' of the estate In the State of Susannah Jones, Deceased. -- CHASE HATCH, Attorney for Administrator.1 (First publication Dec. 3, 1920.) - . ' NOTICE. To Members Provo Lodge 849, B. P. O. Elks: , tl I I' ,U You will please take notice that this lodge proposes to issue $50,000 . Par value of bonds, to be secured by a mortgage on the following . de- "scribed property, owned by" the .lodge: Beginning 144; feet south of the northwest corner of block 28, Plat Provo City - Survey of Building Lots, then east 125 feet, thence south 68 , feet, thence west" 125 feet, thene5north'6D feet to hegjahln& tpgether, w!tb, pay rights, , easements, and privileges In and td all party walls or footage fof same ' abutting upon said property, also together with any and all buildings! water rights pr other appnrte- nances of every nature- and kind .B,J 8-- 12 8-- ' . . -- -- whatsoever. , The matter, will , be finally acted upon at 'the regular ineetiag lodge to, he held in. the lodge rooms In Provo City, Utah county, state of Utah, on Thursday., the 13th day of January, 1921, at 8 oclock p. m. of' said day, ; , 1: s , . he i - -- . - t 1 -- , to-th- e us -- i so-Ih- - - . 4 7JL -- . j 5 ' ... - -- -v- Creditors will present claims with vouchers to. the undersigned at the office of Chase Hatch, Room 6HoI-hroo- k Block, Provo, Utah, on or before the 10th day of February, 1921. Dated December 2, 1920. . J. P. ROBINSON, V , Administrator. t - ' . - Mars I -- T ASSESSMENT ly pcm-diim- , one-ha- Princess of ! PAUL D. VINCENT, f Scrretary, B. P. O. Elks No. 849, Provo, Utah. (First publlcatlo nDec. 24, 1920; last publication Jan. 7, 1921.) , -y- t- ly 1 - ' - , ...... , -- . full-grow- n ka iT i 1 'i, de le d Ornnni'-htn'klnippe- d could not understand. Ue then stopped as though waiting far my reply, Torkas, evidently explained briefly th ears and incidents connected with his expedipricking up bis antenne-llktion, Including my capture, and when cocking hU strange-lookineyes still he had concluded the chieftain 'ad--' further toward me. dressed me at some length. 1 As the silence became painful I. replied la our good old English concluded to hazard little conversatongue merely to convince him that 1 tion on luy owd part, $ had guessed that he was making overtures of neither,butof I us could understand thd noticed that when I smiled other; peuce. on concluding, he did likewise. slightly Stretching my hnnd toward him I This- - fact and the similar occurrence advanced and took the armlet from his open paint,' clttspiog It about my during my first talk with Tars Tarkas Convinced me that we had at least arm shove the dhow ; smiled at him tri common; the ability to' and stood waiting. His wide mouth something therefore to laugh; denoting a smile, spread Into an answering smile, and sense of humor. But I was to leant locking one of Ids Intermediary arms that the Martian smile Is merely pertn mine we turned and walked back and tliut the Martian functory laugh At mount. toward his the same time Is a to cause strong men to he motioned his followers to advance.. blanch thing ", with horror. ne exchanged a few words with his lduui..i.X-hiww- u Tha greea-me- n tho among Tncnrnmtroned TirrarTtirit I woultT ride of Mars are widely at variance behind one of them, and then mounted with our conceptions of lncltants to The follow desighis own animal merriment. The death agonies of a nated reached . dow n two or three fellow to these strange crea-- " ' are, being bands and lifted me up behind him on tures, of the wildest hilarprovocative the glossy hack of hi mount, where ity, while their chief form of common-- " I I hung on as best could by the belts est amusemeut Is to Inflict deut.-ound straps which hi Id the Martian's their , prisoners of war in various In-weapons and. ornaments. horrible anil genlous ways. The entire catah-adThe assembled warriors and chiefand galloped awav toward the range tains examined me closely, feeling my of hills in the distance. mid texture of my skin. The In a short time we gained tlie foot principal chieftain then evidently Sigof the mountains, and fter traversing nified a desire to see me perform, and, a narrow gorge cnn) to an open valmotioning me 'to follow, he started wn ley, at the far extremity of which with Tars Tafktpr for tie- - open plaza low tableland uion which I beheld Now, I had made no attempt to nn cnonnmis..clty. Toward tills 4 we walk,: sin first signal failure, galloped, entering t by wliat appeared tightly grasping and flitttrtg -out rulnod tn) be, a; roadway leading about among the desks and chairs Uks from the city, but 611 Tj to the edge rtf gome monstrous grasshopper, jAfter the tablelnnd; where It ended abrupt- - bruising myself severely, much td the ' ly In a flight cf broad itepsj amusement of the Martians, I again ! Upon observation I saw as had recourse to but this did we passed them. that the buildings not suit them creeping, and I was roughly were deserted, and while not greatly Jerked to my feet by a towering tel- - , decayed had the appearance gl not low who had laughed most heartily at having been .tenanted for years, pos- my misfortunes. ! . sibly for age. .Toward the center of As he banged me down upon my the city was a large plaza, and upon feet his face was bent' close e this and In the buildings Immediately and I did the only thing a gentleman surrounding It were camped some nine might do under the circumstances 4f . or ten hundred creatures of the same brutality, boorishness and lack of con- breed aa my. I'apora.Tor oeh I how. deration fof sTst rangers rights; I considered them, despite' the suave swung my fist squarely to bis Jaw and had been trapped. he went down like a felled manner In which I As oty their ornaha iunk to. the floor I wheeled sgound jWIth, thqwereceptloo haked. The women with ments all my back toward the nearest dean, varied tn appearance but Uttle from to be overwhelmed by the expecting the, men, except that, the! tusks vjef vengeance of hs . fellows, but deter--mine- d much larged in tfportl9& to thetf to give them as good a battle height. In some Instances curving near- as, the unequal odds would permit beears ( The adult, fore I ly to" thelrt hlgh-kef. gate up my life, females ranged In height from ten to w;ere groundless, however, fears My , ? twelve feet;- ;S ,f light (n color,M as. the, Other Maytlahs, at first jitruck The children were dumb with wonderment, finally j broke even JIghter thpn the women, and all Into wild of laughter sqd p- looked, precisely, l!ks ,to. .ipe, yxcep 'pliiasei,Ei peals not dig recognize the thnt some were taller than others; as such, but later, when1 1 had bbler, I preiumRvl ,, heeorqe pcqaalntcd Slth their cdsitonis, : I saw no signs of ektreme dgenihortg I learned that I had won what1, thgy them. noTTTs tliereany appreciable dif- seldom accorded manifestation -' ference fn' ihetriiproqcel from the . CJ prpbAtiort. age of maturity,- about forty, until, at , Tile fellow, whom, I had struck: fey iqbout the agq of, ope ihousand "years, where he had , fallen, 'nor did any b( his last their .they go voluntarily upon mates him. Tara Tarkhg approach strange. pilgrjmege- down, the river Iss, toward me, bolding ont 'one lot Which leads no: living Martian knows tee whither- - and from whose bosom no his arms, and we thus proceeded fq did without further mishap. Martian has evef .returped, pr, would plazq of course know the reasph) be allowed to live" did ho return after not,' " ire had. come to the oped,' but . once embarking ' upon it cold,'daftt I was not long in being enlightened. ' watera . e g t - , n then-turne- mu-o-h- s -- 57 o. ) 1 i U - se jef-4p- ;. - - I ! ) ch Only about one Martian In i thousand dies of alertness or disease, and possibly about twenty take the voluntary pilgrimage.'. The other nine' hum die I violent dred and seventy-nin- e deaths In duels. In hunting, In aviation and in war;' but perhaps by , far the greatest death loss comes during the age of childhood, 'when vast numbers of the little Martians fall victims to the great white npes of Mars. As- - we neared- - the plaza and my presence was discovered we were Immediately surrounded by hundreds of the creatures, who seemed anxious to pluck me from my. seat behind the guard. , A. word from the leader of the party stilled their clamor, and we proceeded at a trot across the plaza to the entrance of as magtilflcent an ediflee aa mortal ere has rested upon. The building was low, but; covered an enormous area. It was constructed of gleaming white marble Inlaid with gold add brilliant stones which sparkled and scintillated In the sunlight There was no stairway, but a gentle incline to the first floor of tho building opened Into an enormous chamber encircled by galleries: On the floor of this chamber, which Vas dotted .with hlghly carved wooden desks and chairs, were assembled about forty' orj fifty jnaleMartlans around the steps of a rostrum. Oo s the platform proper squatted an iwarrlor heavily loaded wlte feathers metaf ornament aud' beautifully wrought leather trap pings Ingeniously set with precious stones. , ' What struck me as most remarkable about this assemblage nnd the hall In Which, they wye congregated was the fact that, the creatures were entirely out of proportion to the desks, clmlrs, --.- 1..- poor-mou- j gay-rolore- d repeated. They-firs- t- salffV" thjvord a number of times, anil then Tars Thr-ka- s made several Jumped repeating the same word before each leapp then, ' turning tq me, he said. Sakl f.shw what they were after, and gathering myself together 1 sakked with such marvelous success that I cleared1 a good hundred and fifty feet; hor did 1 this time lose my equilibrium, hut landed squarely upon qiy feet without falling. I then returned by easy jump -of twenty-fiv- e or thirty feet to the little group of warriors.""" ;X ? L K But how puny and harmless they now looked beside this huge and terrific lncarpatlon of hate, of vengeance, and of death. The man himself, for such I may call him, was Yuliy fifteen feet In hetghnnd, on earth,' would" have weighed - some four - hundred - - - s - pounds. And his mount! 'How can earthly words describe It I It towered ten feet at the shoulder; had fonr legs Ion either side; a broad flat tall, larger at ' the tip than at the root, and which It held straight out behind while running; a gaping mouth which Oplltta bead from its auont to Its long, mas-- " ' ' ' ,J live neck. ' (Continued- next Issue. ! ... furniture save your money save your time. eavyour and other fnmlshlngxithrse,brtnr',nf a size adapted to human beings smji as L whereas the great bulks of the Martians could scarcely have squeezed room Intq the chairs, henealh tlie desks for their long legs; Evldentlvthen, there were otjier denizens 6n Mars than tlx: wild and grotesque ereatures Intowhose hands I -- u. j had failed. A r; Our pfrty had 'finhed- at, the - -- trance en- the building, and st-f- t Ign from the leader I had beetv( lowered to tlrq.. ground. Again .locking Ms arm la mine,, we. had proceeded into the audience chamber. Tliere were.fow to- 7 foimnUtlcs observed In approaching the Martian chieftain. My'baptor tlicriTy strode tip to the rostrum, the others making way for him as he advanced. The chieftain rose to.hls feet nnd uttered of my escort who. In turn, lwlted and repeated the name of the rpler followed by his ' the-na- title. My captor, me , . whose name was p 41 I ' by calling Phone 554 ! j f"1'' (0- - ! .1. S. W; Peterson For Any Kind of Carpenter or ! Cabinet Work. ; built in kitchen cupboards j built in book cases j furniture repairing. Tars t 4 -- 4,. i i |