Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1934 — Page 17

MAY 22. 1934

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INSTALLMENT FIFTEEN ■ ConCap* urrd b r.." honor Ma ' r r Horatio carried of! .by the Capn under yr.ur own father's very own no r. sir -or a' you rn;?ht say, cut ou* und r r the enemy - cun' my lord I ” With which explanation h** onfa t/nrd the padlock. raided the upper leg-board arid : r * the prisoner f rrr. a a a \H —but its good to hav*> the - u-e of onr legs again!” exclaimed hi lord hip, stretching the member* m question, and that, .■aid he turning to Barnabas with his whimsical smile, ' that r- another value of the stock; one never knows hov- peasant and useful a pair of leg ran be until one has sat with err. ‘retched out helplessly at right angles for an hour or two. Here, the Bo in having stowed beck the key and resumed lus hat Ins lord: tup reached out and gripped h; hand. So it was Uncle a, Uncle John -eh. .Jerry?" “Never was nobody born into this here vale o’ sorrer like the Capn - no, nor never v. ill be nohow!' said the Bo sun with a solemn nod. “Ood bless him, eh, Jerry?’’ “Amen to that, mv lord." “You'll V' him knov. I said God bless him,’ Jerry? • i will m lord av ay. God bless him it 1 Mu ter Horatio!" Now as to nr. Roman my father .Terr’ tell him er Be '.nit -:1I f’ on squaring away for London, thru sir? “A a rock, Jerry, a; a rock!” “Then tis good-by,” you're wishing me?” “Yes. ‘cooribv.* Jerry, remember •God blcv. Uncle John.’ and -er - tell my father that—ah, what the deuce shall you tell him now? —it should be something a little affecting wholly dutiful, and above all gently dignified hum! "Ah. yes -tell him that whether I win or fire the race, whether I break mv unworthy neck or no. I shall never forget, that I am the Earl of Bam borough's son. ■ And as lor you, .Jerry, why. I shall alw iv think of you as the .iolh old < a dog who used to stoop down to let me get his whiskers; they were a trifle blacker in those days. Gad! how I did pull 'em. Jcrrv, even then I admired your whiskers, didn't I? I swear there isn't such another pair in England. Good by, Jerry!” INSTALLMENT SIXTEEN SAYING which his lordship turned swiftly upon his heel and walked on a pace or two. while Barnabas paused to wring the old seaman’s brown hand; then they went on down the hill together. And the Bosun, sitting upon the empty stocks with his wooden pin sticking straight out before him, sighed ns he watched them striding London-wards, the lord’s son. tall, slender, elegant, a gentleman to his finger tips, and the commoner's son. shaped like a young god. despite his homespun, and between them, as it were linking them together. went the joyous Spirit of You i h. Nov whether the Bosun saw of this, who shall say. but old eyes •re many things. And thus, perhaps, the sigh that escaped the battered old man-o'-war’s man's lips was only because of his own vanished youth his gray head and wooden leg. after all. "Sir." said his lordship, alter they hod gone some way in silence, "you are thoughtful, not ;o say, devilish grave!” "And you.” retorted Barnabas, “have sighed—three times.” “No. did I though?—why then, to bo candid.—l detest saving •Godby!' and I have been devoutly wishing for two pair of muffles, lor sir. I have taken a prodigious liking to you but —” "But '" liwuireri Barnaba*

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SOME rime since you mentioned ‘ ,e names of two men—e'namp r-r.- bo'h ornament,- of ‘he fanev' -great fighters of unblemished repm a ■ .on You mean rr." er- that is Natty Bell and John Barty." Precn-eh ■ You claim to have—boxed with them, sir'’” ; With both of them—l tinders' and ?” With both of them.” ‘ Hum!” • Sir. aid Barnabas, crowing suddenly polite, -do you doubt my word ?” ■ Well.” answered his lordship, with is whimsical look. ’ I’ll admit I re.-ild ha- e taken it easier had you named oik ” one for surely, sir, you net o< aware that these were mas*c*rs of the fi; • -‘he greatest since 'he davs of Jack Broughton and Mendoza.” I know each had been champion but it would almost seem that I have en’ertained angels unawares—i and I boxed with both because they happened to live together.” non "opHEN, sir,” said the viscount. A extending his hand in his frank, impetuous manner, "you are blest of the gods. I rongratula’e - nu and, incidentally, my desire for muffles grows apace,—you must positively put ’em on with me at the first opjrortunity.” "Right willingly, sir,” said Barnabas*. Bu’ deuce take me!” exclaimed •he viscount “if we are to become friends, which I sincerely hope, we ought at least to know each others name. Mine. sir. is Bella.sis, Horatio Bella ,s: I was named Horatio after Lord Nelson, consequently my friends generally call me Tnm. Dick, or Harry, for with all due respect ■n his lordship, Horatio is a. very devil of a name, now isn't it? Pray what’s yours?” "Barnabas Beverley. At your service.” “Barnabas hum! Yours isn’t much better. Egad! I think ’t is about as bad. Barnabas!—No. I’ll call you Bev. on condition that you make mine Dick; what d’ ye say, my dear Bev?” “Agreed. Dick,” answered Barnabas. smiling. whereupon they stopped, and haring very solemnly shaken hands, went on again, merrier than ever. "Now what.” inquired the viscount. suddenly, “what do you think of marriage, my dear Bev?” “Marriage?” repeated Barnabas, staring. "Marriage!” nodded his lordship, airily, “matrimony, Bev,—wedlock, my dear fellow?” “I indeed I have never had occasion to think of it.” "Fortunate fellow!” sighed his companion. “Until—this morning!” added Barnabas, as his fingers encountered a small, soft, lacy bundle in his pocket. INSTALLMENT SEVENTEEN LTNFORTUNATELY ‘fellow!’ ' sighed the viscount, shaking his head. "So you are haunted by the grim spectre, are you? Well, that, should be an added bond between us. Not that I quarrel with matrimony, mark you, Bev; in the abstract it is a very excellent institution, though -mark me again! when a man begins to think of marriage it is generally the beginning of ihe end Ah, my dear fellow, many a bright and promising career has been blighted—sapped—snapped off -and er ruthlessly devoured by the ravenous maw of marriage. “There was young Egerton with a natural gift for boxing, and one of ihe best whips I ever knew—we raced our coaches to Brighton and back for a thousand a side and he brat me by six yards—a splendid allround sportsman—ruined by matrimony! iTo Be Continued.)

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When Zora saw Tarzan lying helpless on the ground, she ran quicklv to him and knelt at his side. She had heard the shot, and now seeing the blood running from the wound upon his head, she thought that Ivitrh had killed him intentionally.

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She turned upon him like a tigress. “You beast!” she cried. “He was worth more than a dozen of you.” The sound o: the shot had brought men running from all parts of the camp: so that Tarzan and the girl were soon surrounded by a curious and excited throng.

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Ivitch was stunned not only by the giant white man lying apparently dead, but also by the presence of Zora Drinov, whom the camp had given up as irretrievably lost. ‘ I had no idea. Comrade Drinov.” he explained, "that I was shooting a man.”

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"I see now what caused my mistake. I thought I saw a leopard moving in the trees, but it was the leopard skm that he wears,” explained Ivitch. By this time Zvrri had elbowed his way to the cent c r of the group Zora!' he cried. "Where did you come from?”

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