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a ll . THE STANDARD MAGAZINE SECTION OGDEN, UTAH, JUNE 20, 1914. M ' I plltTffi CHILD F DESfflMYl I Hfo iomdtitic Lovq Quost By Land dud Soa 1 Written from the Motion Pictures y Helen Harrington I Copyrighted, 1914 ky Warner's Features fM SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS t ZA?0j Prent, .ailing among.t the Sund. Islands I IT, th .Vla'ay Archipelago, are lost in a shipwreck. The child drifts to an island, is rescued by monkeys, and amongst them grows to manhood. Venturing again to sea, he is picked up by a sailing vessel Which is afterwards captured by pirates. Through mgo s ingenuity they escape, but their captain has been killed and Zingo is proclaimed captain. At limor he falls in love with and rescues from the harem, San, the favorite. In diving suits they are t the bottom of the sea when Sari is swsrllowed by a whale. She is emitted, and held at the Melbourne Aquarium, whose director falls in love with her. Zingo recruits an army of monkeys, rescues her, and vrith the crew goes to Bangkok to search for the acred white elephant of the King of Siam, which ha. been stol en. Through treachery he and hi. Prty fe imPri,or,ed the palace, e.cape, learn that the elephant i. in the po.se.sion of the man darin of San Kiu, fight a battle. Sari, whose beauty has attracted the mandarin, is held captive, and in an attempt to rescue her they are again imprisoned and sentenced to death. With Sari's aid they again escape, secure the white elephant and return it to the King of Siam. Later Zingo and Sari take a trip up the Nile, rescue two young African queens from the horror of the human sacrifice, Zingo encounters lions, and Sari and the queens are carried off by gorillas. Zingo rescues the women, they visit Thebes, Zingo is drugged by three artists, and the women fall into their power. Zingo is placed in a sarcoph agus, which is purchased by the British Museum, re turns in an airship, rescues the women, goes to America, outwits Filias Fogg in a fraudulent mining proposition and encounters an Indian whom he allows to escape. The latter returns with his tribe, and Fil ias Fogg, Zingo and Sari ere taken prisoners. Through the aid of Fawn Eyes, Zingo escapes, but Sari is still in the power of Filias Fogg. CHAPTER XII War in the Clouds Is it the thunder'? solemn sound That mutters deep and dread, Or echoes from the groaning ground The warrior'"; measured tread ? Is it the lightning's quivering glance That on the thicket streams. Or do they flash on spear and lance The sun's retiring beams? To hero bound for battle's strife Or bard of martial lay, T'were worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array. THE federal army of Mexico was a glorious sight as it marched past on its way to annihilate Filias Fogg. Clothed in his black velvet suit, and seated on a snow-white charger Zingo reviewed the troops. The charger was the one formerly ridden by Zingo's predecessor. As it had been his duty to stand for hours at a time while his master received 'the salutes of the captains of the regiments as they marched by, he now wore the bored expression of a dramatic critic at a play. Zingo. on the other hand, was all animation and was plainly thrilled with the sight. Fur helmets have been worn by the soldiers as long as anybody's grandfather can remember. They are warm and com fortable and a great guard against influenza, and as the nights in Mexico are apt to turn suddenly cold, they were adopted by Zingo's pet regiment The navy were already dressed for action. Their outward appearance was terrifying as they were attired in their diving suits, the expression of which gave no clue at all to their souls. Bringing up the rear came the volunteers As it was kind of them to come, anyway, they could not be asked to give up their individuality and appear in any kind of regulation dress, so they were garbed in whatever they happened to have on when their country called. For some days outriders had been bringing the news that Filias Fogg was planning to come down from his mountain fastness, augmenting his arm with revolu tionary mountaineers as he advanced. He had already built a strong fortification about midway between his mountain camp and Otamatc, claiming that all the ter ritory back of that was his. and it was believed that h if intention was to march right on to the sea, devas tating Otamnte a? he advanced. Zingo's intention was to march forward with his army, take the fortification and plant the federal authority in the mountains. , On the morning of the battle, as the federal army advanced toward the Fogg fortification, Filias himself was standing on the top of the wall at the very center, with an irrstinct for decoration for which one would rot have given him credit. His legs had a sort of out ward curve, and as the smoke of battle raised around him he resembled a huge black wishbone. As the foremost of Zingo's men advanced they were met with a shower of shells, and death reaped a rich harvest, but places of the dead heroes were quickly filled by their undaunted comrades The battle had been waging but a little while when Zingo noticed a mysterious thing happening. Without being hit either by bullet or bursting shell, men were dropping lifeless, and even before falling seemed utterly powerless to J lift their guns. Suspecting that there was some agency at work besides the regular methods of open warfare, Zingo rushed toward the spot where the men seemed to be most affected and his quick brain recognized what they had failed to note. "Retreat I" he commanded 'They are using chloro form bombs. Back, before you arc overcome!"' It was with an effort that Zingo himself was able to get outside of the radius of the deadly power contained within the bombs that had been so fast overpowering the senses of his men. Waiting until the fumes of the chloroform had been cleared away, Zingo prepared his men for a fresh at tack. It was his belief that the enemy had exhausted their supply of chloroform bombs, and his next move was to send a detachment of men forward with instruc tions to retreat instantly at the first suspicion of further chloroform. If they felt sure that that danger was past, then to make a dash inside the gate, and with rein forcements, which were to be sent in on their signal, attack the Filias Fogg forces, man to man, 4 Uutaide the ramparts Zingo and his ranks waited. There was no signal. Bejie ing that the first rank had been overpowered and needed reinforcements, a second rank went for ward and disappeared inside the gate. Still outside the ramparts the others waited, but no signal came. Zingo at last determined to investigate the matter for himself, and going forward to a point where he could peer through a porthole, a strange sight met his gaze. As the men neared the second wall inside the enclosure through which it would bo necessary for them to pass, they suddenly rose from the ground and disappeared through an opening about ten feet above their heads. For the moment army discipline was abandoned out side and as the soldiers crowded around t he portholes and were enabled to see what was happening inside, they were filled with supers; it ious dread. It had long beeti rumored that Filias Fogg was in league with the powers of darkness, and here surcl was evidence of its truth. Some ol them, however, due partly to bra very and partly to that confidence with which people walk up on a bet that they can't be hypnotized or that they can work out a puzzle, volunteered to go in and try ihe thing for themselves. As rank after rank dis appeared, however, in the same mysterious way, Zingo again gave the command to retreat It was afterwards learned that the diabolical inven tion which robbed Zingo of so many of his brave war riors was nothing more nor less than a mammoth vac uum cleaner which picked up the men as neatly as though the) had been crumbs. With human intelli gence, it first turned them around and about, set them down nicely, swallowed them and seemed hungry for more. It had long been Filias Fogg's boast that he intended to come down and clean up that part of Mex ico, and if it had not been for Zingo's genetalship he would have succeeded in doing it. Fven though Zingo had suffered a terrible defeat he was not discouraged. He still held all the important ports along the coast, and retreated with his army to Mazatlan, where he spent some weeks in augmenting and drilling his navy. T he sight of the diving suits at army headquarters that day at Otamatc had put the idea into his head The army of divers whom he had employed in the Timor Sea at the time he had been hunting for Sari had reported to him the great possi bilities of a battle under the sea. and how easy victory would be to those who were at all familiar with sub marine maneuvers. Zingo now controlled not only the ports along the coast, but, like Balboa of old, he held dominion over the Pacific Ocean. s this was the vantage which Filia Fogg desired to gain, he accepted Zingo's chal lenge of fighting the battle underneath the sea, as he wanted to get into the ocean, anyway, with his forces The two armies met about five miles outside the coast, at the bottom of the ocean. The exact truths about the battle will never be known, as it was impos sible for the papers to secure war correspondents at any price This much, however is known. For a time victory seemed to be alighting on the banner of I ilias Fogg, who had secured mounts for his men by buying up all the larger sized fishes and using them for horses. As fishes, however, respond easily to the slightest sig nal, and Filias Fogg's men had been accustomed to riding bronchos, who sometimes require great persua sion, there was much confusion and the army soon found itself darting hither and thither, according to the erratic whim of each individual fish. Zingo, however, knew the sea and knew the peculiar ities of its inhabitants By special arrangements with Neptune he had been able to procure all the sea horses, for the shoeing of which Vulcan had secured the con tract, and just as the moon was rising over the ocean Zingo'- nr-n, mounted on their sea horses, overcame Filias Fogg's forces in one glorious cavalry charge. After this Zingo was anxious for peace, but as Fogg in his day had been an inveterate card player, the habit of playing "the rubber" was so strong upon him that he sent Zingo word bj an aide-de-camp that he would not consider himself defeated until they had met in the clouds. The history of that famous fight in the clouds has been written in eight volumes, and the time will come , hen no boy or girl will be allowed to pass the high school without knowing it by heart. On the morning of the battle Filias Fogg is said to have confided to a friend that he felt a touch of that uneasiness which Napoleon is recorded to have felt on the morning of the battle of Waterloo. Ii would have been well for Filias FogV had he listened to its promptings. Spherical balloons were the vehicles of war decided upon Zingo's study of water currents in the river now proved to be of much value. He found that many of the principle.-, which he had discovered there could lie applied to the air currents, and that, at the very n-n gae him a great vantage over Filias Fogg, who blindly trusted to chance in his aerial navigation. Zingo felt that this was to be the decisive battle of his life, and while he trusted much to his destiny, he, nevertheless, took all the precaution that a wise com mander should take, as he realized the responsibility of having other lives in his charge. All the morning of the little he could be seen moving here and there amongst his men. Before ascending into the air he gave each pilot instructions to see that his valves worked properly and to be sure t have his charts, com passes and ballast on hand. It was on the morning of October 30 when Zingo and his men were acsembled for drill practice on a prairie outside of Mazatlan that they sighted what seemed like a black speck in the distance. It was thought by his officers to be a bit of floating cloud, but the watchful Zingo never took his glass off it until by degrees its outlines became clearer and he knew that it was the t"irt war balloon of Filias Fogg. Believing that it was the intention of the enemy to get his fleet of balloons directly over Mazatlan and fire the town, Zingo at once gave the command to man the balloons, throw off the ballast and ascend, thus forcing Fogg to fight midway above the prairie. Gradually, out of the distance, loomed the great fleet of Filias Foggs balloons, and slowly from the ground rose Zingo's fleet to meet them. At last the two armies met As the foremost bal loon approached Zingo was able to distinguish the fea tures of Filias Fogg, and by his side was San. A she recognized Zingo she reached out her hands toward him in a gesture of infinite yearning, and the sight of lyr dear face filled ZingO with fresh courage. Besides him in his balloon was Fawn Eyes, who bad begged to be taken with him. The sight of her caused no jeal ousy in Sari's heart. That was now long past. The dangers that she and Zingo had been through together had proved to each that the 'feeling "f uncasmcs- and distrust which lovers know was past and that they were now indeed true husband and wife. On? of the first fatalities of the day was when a shot from the forces of the enemy had sundered the cord which operated the ripping valve of one of Zingo"? Imc gest balloons. With the outlet of air, the balloon slowly collapsed and three of his trustiest men who had mounted to its top for better aim sank into it-, awful cavern and were dashed to earth hundreds of feet l:hw. ruber balloons slowly and majestically rose from the ground to reinforce him, and from a dis tance could be seen approaching those intended to aug ment the forces of the enemy. At about three o'clock m the afternoon Zingo made a strategic maneuver. Keeping his eye on his barom eter, he began to throw off ballast L'p until that time thev had been fighting in the cloud strata, in which alti tude the air currents are not so surprising and a bal loon docs not require such dexterous handling. Filias Fogg, inexperienced in ballootiship immediately began to throw off ballast and followed Zingo's balloon as one bird follows another in the air Below them the aerial ocean was filled with ominous looking balloons of war. Mill higher into the air rose Zingo's balloon, and still Filias Fogg pursued him As soon as he felt that the opportunity was ripe Zingo reached out an implement resembling a rake, fastened it inside the edge of Fogg's basket and drew the balloon toward him while calling to Sari to prepare to make the jump into his basket and escape. Filias Fogg made an attempt to detain her. as it had been his plan to have her see the annihilation of Zingo and then torcc her to become his wife As he moved to stop her he suddenly became con scious that Zingo was leveling a gun straight at him Although Filias Fogg was not particularly well bred, there was one little point of etiquette which he had learned at his mother's knee, and that was, whenever a gun was pointed at him to return the courtesy by throw ing up his hands This he now did without hesitation while Sari stepped to the edge Of the basket, reached i u! her hands to Zingo and with one bound over the fearful height was in his arms. "My brave wife," was all Zingo had time to whisper, for he had other work to do, Zingo feared that some of Filias Fogg's lieutenants might get worried about his absence and come up to see what was delaying him. To prevent Filias from flying back to his flock he decided to clip his wings, and reaching far out over the edge of his basket, he cut the ropes of his enemy's balloon, which tipped it to SARI STEPPED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASKET. AND WITH ONE BOUND WAS IN ZINGO'S ARMS an uncomfortable degree. Fihas Fogg and his com panions managed for a little while to cling to the bas ket, but as the balloon began to deflate they found themselves cinking. sinking, through the air, and bal loon and men could soon be seen lying, a tangled, wrecked mass, far below on the earth Sari at once took Fawn Eyes to her heart. High above the clouds the two women swore eternal friend ship. Zingo's face wore a troubled look. The overthrow of Filias F"trg had undoubtedly gien him the victory, but several things which had happened during the battle had made him uneasv. He suspected that, with 'he hated leader out of the way, the revolutionists would join forces with the federals. He feared that if he were to lower the balloon and land in Mazatlan any body might step in and declare himself president, his horse might be confiscated and he might find himself without the means of returning to San Francisco. They were now sailing well out over the Pacific Ocean, and as Zingo swept the sea below with his glasses he suddenly leaned forward and ceased speak ing. The others, too, stopped their desultory conver sation and waited for him to disclose what it was that had caught his attention. "As 1 live, it is!" he cried, irrelevantly. "Is what?''" asked Sari. "There they are. every one of them!" "Who'.'" cried Sari, excitedly. "It's the crew, the crew my gallant crew!" shouted Zingo. with the fervor of a boy. "Could anything be more fortunate?" Taking the anchor rope. Zingo unwound it and let the anchor drop gauging it so that it reached the sea just as the ship came directly under it. Ben Heydecker was pacing the deck and as he had never tried to sing or dance, and otherwise had a free conscience, the sight of a Kfat black hook descending from the heavens perplexed him. Looking up. he soon recognized the face of his dear captain, and gave, orders to have the ship put at anchor It took bul little urging. The crew ran around like a lot of excited boys, their eyes beaming with joy. They had bought the great ship and were sailing it. but there was a loneliness on board, and their hearts were unquiet for the fate of their captain. It was Fawn Eyes who made the first descent from tie balloon to the ship, where the end of the rope was held firm by the sailors. A perilous journey it was. but her ci urage did not fail. Her strong young hands took a firm grip of the rope, and hand after hand she low ered herself until she fell fainting on the deck of the 'Black Dragon." The sailors had given their ship that name in a devilish mood, to suggest terror and adventure. "I will go next, so as to be there to welcome you Eir? when you come." said Zingo, as he gave the pilot in- ffi'i, structions to be careful with her, and at the same time D& I r ade him a present of the balloon. Then he lowered Ffc himself by the same perilous route as Fawn Eyes had rcit traelcd and landed amidst the shouts and cheers of the crew. When Sari arrived the shout increased until Pi it rang to the very skies. The sailors were shedding tears of joy. and nearly lost their dignity as far as the . 7j monkeys had done when Zingo first returned to the jp island. fjKfT- "Ben," said Zingo, "I have always promised you a !w mermaid, a maiden who should come to you in the sea, K and here she is." So saying, he handed Fawn Eyes fr lZ into rfic care of the honest mate, who drew her to him IjHb'' and supported her drooping body. Ivtv "Where are the queens?" asked Sari, "why have they not come- with you ?" f 'T '-' Said Ben Heydecker: "They're married Queen I Makolo married Jimmy Dunn, of the Dunn Hide and Leather Co.. Inc. She has a beautiful home and every- f I H thine her heart desires. iiif- "And Queen Tangobugo:" asked Zingo. H I Ben Heydecker's face lengthened. 1 1 "I'm afraid, poor girl." he said, "she didn't do so well. She she married a Chinaman." Then, as if in I .V an effort to pull up her social standing, he continued : 1 I "He's in business for himself, though the laundry , I business, I believe " f After straightening out all his business affairs, Zingo ':"' Sari and the crew set sail for the island of Pomotu, ;' taking l awn Eyes with them g It was that beautiful golden hour just before sunset ! ' " when they anchored the "Black Dragon" and cartio ' rowing in to the island, singing as they came. ip ' "Home again, home again. H From a foreign shore ; And. oh ! it fills my heart with joy I I To greet my friends once more." I The monkeys, as was their wont, were playing amongst the trees, and as the sound of the singing reached them they cocked their heads in alert atti- 1 tudes and listened. The boat was making its way mer- jj - rily over the sunlit wave and, with its occupants waving and stretching forth their hands, looked like that men- f tal picture which mortals have of the way they will 1 one day come sailing into heaven. I As the soft wind wafted the sound of the voices I nearer a reminiscent look came into the eyes of the listening monkeys, and suddenly, with one accord, they left their play, scampered down to meet the boat and. I a long before, the woods rang with the cry of "Z-z-zingoI" 1 s the pilgrims came up over the little slope that rose from the sea Zingo was surrounded with his old friends, who went frantic in their eagerness to wel come him. One of the larger monkeys, however, he noticed seemed to be holding back, as though too shy 1 to come forward. I "I have seen that face somewhere before." said Zinfro H to Sari, "but I don't seem to connect it with Pomotu." H As he came nearer he grev still more puzzled. The manner and bearing of the monkey seemed different I from the other inhabitants of the island, and yet he was certain that he had seen him before The monkey, who had been in a crouching position, I rose as Zingo approached and, in a deprecatory manner, j said I "Don't you remember me?" I A light broke over Zingo's face. By all the powers, I it was Henry, one of the gorillas they had met in j Africa! 1 "Well, well, well," said Zingo, "I do, indeed. How j are vou'" Whereupon Henry sprang upon him. clasping him j around the hips with his hind legs and kissing him I affectionately on either cheek Then, with the grace of a Chesterfield, he bowed low over Sari's hand, kissed it, and hoped that he found her well and not too fatigued alter her journey. The guests were then led to a house which had been prepared for them in the hope that some day they would come. Zingo noticed that it was much more modern in j construction than those he had known in his boyhood, I and upon inquiring learned that Henry's cosmopolitan influence was being felt on the island. The fleeting visit of Sari and the Queens to his jungle home had awakened in Henry the desire to travel He had since gone into vaudeville and had traveled in many lands. He had been to London, and it was at his suggestion that afternoon tea was ordered for the guests. As they sat there at their ease far from the world and its excitement, they began inquiring after mutual friend?, as old acquaintances will do. Did vou ever Happen to go to i nenes in your travels, Henry ?'' asked Zingo. "Yes, oh, yes: I've been to Thebes," answered Henry, with pardonable pride. "Did vou eer hear anything of three artists that were left standing on top of three columns there?" asked Zingo. "Oh, yes." said Henry "I saw them." "When-" asked Zingo. " bout six months ago " answered Henry. "They petrified up there turned to stone, and proved to he just what was needed for the decoration of the col umns. The tourists are simply flocking there to see them, and the town authorities of Thebes have built ' a memorial in your honor." Then Sari told Henry about the marriage of the two queens to the two Sin Francisco business men Henrv puffed his pipe sdentlv for some time, and then, with a ruminating look in his eye. said: "They were awful nice girls." The little monkeys came and affectionately crowded around Sari as she sipped her tea and sprang pla fully to the arms of Zingo's chair. It was a happy hour on j the Island of Pomotu. As they sat there and chatted the light over the water changed from ellow to burnished gold and then to jH amethyst, and the twilight settled down Through the trees the monkeys could be heard as they dreamily went off to sleep, making little plaintie sounds such as I young Ghickens make on the stillness of a summer night when creeping under their mother's wing. I great peace came into the hearts of Zingo and Sari, and as days went by they grew more and more to love their island home. They were content at last I to feel the happiness thai comes in sitting for a quiet I hour on a green slope, with the one they loved around (jH them, and to watch the great white ships go sailing by fl over the horizon as Zingo was wont to do so long age. LJI At last they had learned the secret of beauty and EH knew that a dew drop glistening in the moonlight is qf rarer loveliness than the gems for which men risk their j lives, and that for those who will see it. all the color 1 and beauty of the universe is contained in a floating soap bubble. Ben Heydecker and the crew went sailing off but I ihcy come and go, not quite willing to give up the world, nor ct entirely able to resist the peace and quiet of the island which calls them ever Fawn Byes, whose greatest joy is service, stay lJ always, and her happiest moments are when she is J weaving wreaths of flowers for Sari's dark hair and H she love to hear Zingo tell of his great adventures by j and sea. IH And this, dear reader, is the end of Zingo's tale, I (Foiij)