Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1934 — Page 25

MAY 17, 1934.

The Amateur Gentleman ======= By Jeffrey

SYNOPSIS Barnabu Brty, son of the one-time champion prize fighter of Pag.end, inherit* the nm of seven hunared thousana pounds from nls father a oro.ner. Old John Barty is amazed cy his handsome sons good fortune and muses tewUderediy of Barnabas’ determination not to oe come a fighter Barnabas, a hook-leer like nls mother. ir.cT. he never sa*. te.is his father :.e is going to London to become a gentleman Old John Barty rises to ms feet. Eleels oS his coat, and te.is ntc son e will have to teach him a .esson. Barnabas, nis lesons from n.s father and Na*tv B*.i another one-time champion not in vain. Knocks h’s father in a sporting ooxing match. Old John Ber’y taxes ms defeat manfully, shakes hands with his son an 4 wishes him farewell. Barnabas leaves for London. Now *°Barnabaa comes across a beautiful your.g woman, apparently knocked unconscious bv a fan. Over her stands a leering man. dressed In the finest fashion Barnaoas knocks the man down in a fight, revives tne girl snd then goes on Intrigued bv the handsome Barnabas, the bead y drops her handkerchief. Barnabas finds it. tt n a INSTALLMENT NINE (Continued) “Sir,” said Barnabas, “one moment ! Since you have been so obliging as to describe a Buck, will you tell me who and what in your estimation is a gentleman?" “A gentleman? Egad, sir! must I tell you that? No, I say I won't —the Bo'sun shall.” Hereupon the speaks/ faced suddenly about and raised his voice: “Aft there!” he bellowed. “Pass the word for the Bo'sun—l say where’s Bo'sun Jerry?” Immediately upon these words there came another roar surprisingly hoarse, deep, and near, at hand. “Ay, ay, sir here I be. Capn,' the voice bellowed back. “Here I be, sir, my helm hard a-starboard, studden sails set. and all a-drawing alow and aloft, but making bad weather on it on account o’ these here furrers and this here jury-mast o’ mine, but I'll fetch up alongside in a couple o’ tacks.” v tt a NOW glancing in the direction of the voice, Barnabas perceived a head and face that bobbed tip and down on the opposite side of the hedge. A red face it was. a jovial, goodhumored face, lit up with quick, bright eyes that twinkled from under a prodigious pair of eyebrows: a square honest face whose broad good nature beamed out from a mighty bush of curling whiskers and pigtail, and was surmounted by a shining, glazed hat. Being come opposite to them, he paused to mop at his red face with a handkerchief of vivid hue, which done, he touched the brim of the glazed hat, and though separated from them by no more than the hedge and ditch, immediately let out another roar—for all the world as though he had been hailing the maintop of a seventy-four in a gale of wind. “Here I be. Cap’n!” he bellowed, “studdin sails set an’ drawing, tho’ obleeged to haul my wind, d'ye see, on account o’ this here spar o’ mine a-running foul o’ the'furrers.” Having said the which, he advanced again with a heave to port and a lurch to starboard very like a ship in a heavy sea; this peculiarity of gait was explained as he hove into full view, for then Barnabas saw that his left leg was gone from the knee and had been replaced by a wooden one. a tt a ' v “TJO'SUN,” said the Captain, indi--13 eating Barnabas, with a flap of his empty sleeve, ‘‘Bo'sun—favor me, I say oblige me by explaining to this young gentleman your opinion of a gentleman—l say tell him who you think is the First Gentleman in Europe!” The Bo'sun stared from Barnabas to the Captain and back again. Begging your Honor's parding,” said he. touching the brim of the glazed hat. “but surely nobody don't need to be told that ’ere?” “It would seem so, Jerry.” “■Why then. Cap'n—since you ax me. I should tell you—bold an' free like, as the First Gentleman in Europe—ah! or anywhere else —was Lord Nelson an’ your Honor.”

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As he spoke the Bo'sun stood up very straight despite his wooden leg, and when he touched his hat again, his very pigtail seemed straighter and stiller than ever. ' Young sir,” said the Captain, regarding Barnabas from the corners of his eyes, "what d’ ye say to that?” “Why,” returned Barnabas, “now I come to think of it, I believe the Bo’sun is right.” INSTALLMENT TEN “QIR,” nodded the captain, “the bo'sun generally is; my bo'sun, sir, is as remarkable as that leg of his which he has contrived so that it will screw on or off—in sections, sir—l mean the wooden one.” “But,” said Barnabas, beginning to stroke his chin in the argumentative way that was all his father’s, “but, sir, I was meaning gentlemen yet living, and Lord Nelson, unfortunately, is dead.” “Bo'sun.” said the captain, “what d'ye ye say to that?” “Why, capn, axing the young gentleman's pardon, I beg leave to remark, or as you might say, observe. as men like ’im don't die, they jest gets promoted, so to speak.” “Very true, Jerry,” nodded the captain again, “they do, but go to a higher service, very true. And now, bosun, the bread!” “Ay, ay, sir!” said the bo'sun, and, taking the neat parcel the captain held out, dropped it forthwith into the crown bf the glazed hat. “Bo’sun, the meat! the young fool will be hungry by now, poor lad!” “Ay, ay, capn!” And, the meat having disappeared into the same, receptacle, the bo'sun resumed his hat. Now turning to Bamabes, the captain held out his hand. n n tt SIR,” said he, “I wish you good-by and a prosperous voyage, and may you And yourself too much a man ever to fall so low as ■fashion’, —I say dammit! The bread and meat, sir, are for a young fool who thinks, like yourself, that the world of fashion is the world. “Bv heaven, sir, I say by Gog and Magog! if I had a son with fashionable aspirations, I'd have him triced up to the triangles and flogged with the ‘cat’—l say with the cat-o’-nine-tails, sir, that is—no I wouldn't, besides I—never had a son—she—died, sir—and good-by!” “Stay,” said Barnabas, “pray tell me to whom I am indebted for so much good instruction.” “My name, sir, is Chumly—plain with a U and an M. sir; none of your OLMONDELEYS for me, sir, and I beg you to know that I have no crest or monogram or coat of arms; there’s neither or, azure, nor argent about me; I’m neither rampant, nor passant, nor even regardent. “And I want none of your sables, ermines, bars, escallops, embattled fiddle-de-dees, or dencette tarradiddles, sir. I’m Chumley, Captain John Chumley, plain and without any fashionable varnish. Consequently, though I have commanded many good ships, sjoops, frigates, and even one Seventy-four—” “The ’Bully-Sawyer’, Trafalgar!” added the Bo'sun. a a "QEEING I am only John Chumly, with a U and an M, I retire still a captain. Now, had I clapped in an ‘olmondeley’ and the rest of the fashionable gewgaws, I should now be doubtless a read-admiral at the very least, for the polite world—the world of fashion is rampant, sir, not to mention pasant and regardant. So. if you would achieve a reputation among persons of quality nowadays—bow, sir, bow everywhere day in and day out—keep a supple back, young sir, and spell your name with as many unnecessary letters as you can. (To Be Continued.)

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At the edge of the river that they had crossed before, Tantor was awaiting them, and once more he carried Zora and Tarzan safely across. As Tantor clambered up the muddy bank, Tarzan dismissed him with a word, and with the girl In his arms, he leaped into a tree.

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Tarzan, leaping from branch to branch, bore her swiftly through the Jungle. At last he stopped and, lowering her to a branch upon which he stood, pointed ahead of them. To her astonishment, Zora saw the camp of her companions lying below and ahead of her.

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—By Edgar Rice Burroughs

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