Evening star. [volume], March 01, 1936, Image 109

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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ONITro’ FEATURE ‘sYNDICATE^lnc _THE BEASTS
WITH BLOODTHIRSTY CRIES THE MONSTROUS APES
CROWDED AROUND THE CAPTURED CIRL.
"DUM-DUMrTHEY SHRIEKED; AND GLORIA WAS
DRAGGED TO THE EERIE GROVE WHERE THE
APES PERFORMED THEIR HIDEOUS SACRIFICES.
WITH FRANTIC HOWLS THE BEASTS CALLED UPON CORO,
THE MOON, TO WITNESS THEIR REVOLTING RITES.
GLORIA, TOO, LOOKED UP AT THE
SILVERY DISC. LAST NIGHT IT HAD
BEEN WARM WITH ROMANCE.
TONIGHT IT BORE THE CHILL
PALLOR OF DEATH.
i DESPITE HER PLIGHT, THE GIRL THOUGHT ft
W NOT OF HERSELF, BUT OF DICK DARTLY,
I THE MAN SHE LOVED.
NOW THE CLUBS OF THE APES POUNDED
OUT A WEIRD, MOURNFUL RHYTHM ON
THE HOLLOW EARTH DRUM.
POOR GLORIA WAS THROWN
TO THE GROUND, HER HEAD
UPON A MOUND OF EARTH,
CRUDE ALTAR OF THE SACRIFICE.
SWINGING THEIR CLUBS IN REHEARSAL OF THE
EXECUTION, THE APES BEGAN THEIR GROTESQUE
DANCE OF DEATH.
HE LEAPED INTO THE TREES,
CALLING BACK TO DICK
DARTLY: "EVERY
MOMENT COUNTS/
FOLLOW ME AS
BEST YOU CAN.*
DUM-DUM/ DUM-DUM/" SHRIEKED THE
FRANTIC BEASTS. "THE MAN MUST DIE
WITH THE SHE/"
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