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Y.
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T« im
A. Grow
E«st End Of ParMiEiptct«l
To DwWe Pro Rata Of
$ 1,200
The list published below shows
an enthusiastic response to the call
of tho Amp Y. M. C. A. ter funds
to carry on their wonderful work of
"Keeping the Home Alive in the
Hearts of the Boys in the Camp";
the boys of Morgan City, Berwick,
Franklin and every town in the par- J
rsh who are m training at the battle
front. Name them over. Think of
of them as you saw them last—man
ly fellows whose strength of charac
ter was due to the influence of their j
own home environment. Then con- |
sider that the work of the Y. M. C.
A. is an extension of your work and
that it will help to bring the boys
back as physically and mentally
strong and wholesome as when you j
told them good-bye.
There are two funds which should :
bring joy to every parent or rel?.
th I: or friend of a boy in the camps j
to contribute. They gye the Army j
Y. ?ii. G. A. and the War Community i
Camp Recreation funds. These two i
branches of the army service are J
going to do as much to win the war !
ns the expenditure of the money de- !
rivet! from the Liberty Loflnè All
the guns, the ships and equipment •
will be doubley effective if used i
warfare by boys who go into th
fray with clean bodies and minds.
When you dwell for a moment on !
the statement of Dr. Brown made
at the Union meeting here Sunday ,
that 8000 young men out of 80,000 !
were physically incapacitated thru j
the effects of one week's stop-over !
at a coast city enroute to Messapo- j
tamia,, realize the need for the i
Army Y. M. C. A.
The following contributions have
been made to date
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E. E. Moberly, Sr........$100,00
E. A. Pharr.............100.00
Mrs. E. A. Pharr .........100.00
C. L. Wise ....... 5.00
Cash....................1.00
Brownell-Drews ..........100.00
J. I. Lipscomb............10.00
A. B. Knotts ..............1.00
K. S. Foster...............1.00
H. M. and B. M. Young.....25.00
C. C. deGrovelles......?... 5.00
Leon Kahn ..............5.00
George Williams...........2.00
H. L. Jolley ...............2.00
•C. E. Jolley .... 2.00
Thos. Shannon, Jr......... 3.00
M. D Shannon ............2.00
^ N. J. Foote ................1.00
-Jno, Dalton, Jr..............1.00
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Bass .....-.........* ) - 00 j
C. A. Bibbins ............. /1.00 [
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Red Cross Work Rooms To 1
Be Opened Kvery Wed
nesday Night
Mrs. 3Ö. P. Palmer has been re
peatedly requested by young women
of Morgan City who are otherwise,
engaged throughout the days to
keep the Red Cross workrooms open
one night each week so that they
might help with the Red Cross sew
ing. To meet this request, Mrs.
Palmer has decided to keep the Red
Cross sewing room in the Elks
Home open every Wednesday night
from 7 until 9:30 o'clock. All young
v omen who are employed in the
stores or otherwise during the day
will have this opportunity to help
with the work.
ARCADE TONIGHT
Sjrnopoiii of "A Dream or
Two Ago"
Millicent Hawthorne, the petted
: 1 pampered six-year-old daughter
<?- « wealthy New York family be
«. mes estranged from her nurse,
i ring a panic in a jewelry shop,
n d is found by Mother Gumph, the
J; ;der of the crooks of the under
v >rld. The little girl is brought
i 1 to be a "stool" and becomes a
in itch girl. During her waking
h urs she remembers nothing of her
o ! life, having been injured in the
' nie, but at night she continuaily
<' ams of her beautiful home and
h. * mother's fond love. Later Mil
li nt becomes a cabaret performer.
SI- * is trapped by the manager of
tin cafe and in the struggle which
< -ues she drops a purse which
id itifies her as the daughter of the
ov.nertof the cafe. She is returned
to her home and after an opération
regains her natural mind and for
gets all about bfr life with Mother
Gumph. I
The Sob Of
TARZAN
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By EDGAR RICE
BQRROUGH)
Copyright by Frank A. Muasey Co.
CHAPTER I a.
W hen Thieves Fall Out.
8a tbe two Sweden approached the
village of Kovudoo with friendly words
upon their tongues and deep graft It)
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1 They chose to pretend that they were
; not aware (but Kovudoo ha« a white
prisoner. They exchanged gifts with!
the old chief, haggling with bis plepi
potentlarles over the value of whet,
they were to receive for what they!
gave, as is customary and proper when j
one has no ulterior motives. Unwar
ranted generosity would have aroused j
suspicion. J
During the palaver which followed !
they retailed the gossip of the villages
through which they had passed, receiv-1
ing in exchange such news as Kovudoo
possessed. The palaver was long and J
tiresome, as these native ceremonies .
always are to Europeans. Kovudoo
made no mention of his prisoner, and |
from his generous efforts of guides and |
presents seemed anxious to assure
himself of the speedy departure of his i
! guests.
It was Malbihn who, quite casually, j
: near tiie close of their talk, mentioned ;
' the fact that the sheik was dead. Kov- '
i udoo evinced interest and surprise. ]
"You did not know it?" asked Mal
bihn. "That is strauge. It was during ;
j the last moon. He fell from his horse i
when the beast stepped in a hole. The !
horse fell upon him. When his men !
came up the sheik was quite dead." j
Kovudoo scratched his liend. He was j
much disappointed. No sheik meant no ;
ransom for the white girl.
"I know where there is a white girl,"
he said unexpectedly. "If you wish to
buy her she may be had cheap."
Malbihn shrugged. "We have troubla
enough, Kovudodf' he said, "without
burdening ourselves with an old,
broken down sbe hyena, and as for
paying for one"—Malbihn snapped bis
fingers.
"She is young," said Kovud jo, "and !
good looking."
The Swedes laughed. "There are no j
good looking white women in the jan- |
gle, Kovudoo," said Jenssen. "You j
should be ashamed to try to make fua j
of old friends."
Kovudoo sprang to his feet. "Come," ;
he said, "I will show you."
Malbihn and Jenssen rose to follow *
him, and as they did so their eyes met, i
and Malbihn slowly dropped one of j
his lids in a sly wink. Together they j
followed Kovudoo toward his hut. In i
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figure of a woman lying bound upon
a sleeping mat.
Malbihn took a single
turned away. "She must be a thou
lance and
j sand years old, Kovudoo," he said as
[ ;he left the hut.
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i J "It is dark in here. You cannot see.
1 Wait 1 viH have her brought out in
i the sunlight." And he commanded the !
! two warriors who watched the girl to i
and
cut the bonds from her ankles
lead her forth for inspection.
Malbihn and Jenssen evinced no
' eagerness, though both were fairly j
: bursting with it, not to see the girl,
but to obtain possession of her. They
cared not if she had the face of a mar
moset or the figure of pot bellied Ko
vudoo himself. All that they wished
to know was that sbe was the girl
who had been stolen from the sheik
several years before. They thought
that they would recognize her for such
if she were Indeed the same. But
so, the testimony of the runner Koto*
doo had sent to the sheik was such as
to assure them that the girl was the
one they hnd once before attempted
to abduct.
As Meriem was brought forth from
the darkness of the hut's Interior the
two men turned, with every appear
ance of disinterestedness, to glance at
her. It was with difficulty that Mal
bihn suppressed an ejaculation of as
tonishment. The girl's beauty fairly
took his breath from him. But in
stantly he recovered his poise and
turned to Kovudoo.
"Well?" he said to the old chief.
"Is she not both young and good
looking?" asked Kovudoo.
"She is not old," replied Malbihn.
"But, even so, she will be a burden.
We did not come from the north after
wives. There are more than enough
therefor us."
lleriem stood looking straight at the
whits men. She expected nothing from
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mies as< he black men. She hated and
feared ti ern all. Malbihn spoke to her
In Arabic.
"We are* friends," he said. "Would
you like to have as take you away
from here?" /
Slowly and dimly, as though from a
great distance, recollection of the once
familiar tongue returned to her.
"I should like to go free," she said,
"and go back to Korak."
"Yon would like to go with us?"
persisted Malbihn.
"No," said Meriem.
Malbihn turned to Kovudoo. "fibs
does not wish to go with us," hm said.
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to be «M af heu.
because of oar friendship for you.'
Now, Kovudoo knew that be ha*
made a sala, wanted bar. 80 ha
commenced to barf
rgaln, and in the end
the person of Merlem passed from til«
possession of tbe blqck eblSftala Into
that of tbe two 8 wedes In considera
tion of six yards of Amerikas, three
empty brass cartridge shells and s
shiny BOW frWU Jerr*?.
And all but Merlem were mors tba'
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She Not Both Young and Goo*
Looking?" Asked Kovudoo.
Jvovuaoo snpiiiaieu put a t-nipe eou
dition, and that was that the Euro
peans were to leave his village and
take the girl with them as early the
next morning as they could get start
ed. After the sale he did net hesitate
to explain his reason« for this demand,
lie told them of strenuous attempts
of the girls savage mate to rescue lier,
anil suggested thut tiie sooner they got
lier out of the country the more likely
they were to retain possession of her.
Merlem was agaiu bound and placed
under guard, but this time in the tent
of tiie Swedes. Malbilm talked to her,
I trying to persuade her to accompany
! them willingly. He told her that they
i would return lur to her own village.
I but when he discovered that she would
j rather die than go back to the old
' sheik he assured her that they would
j not take her there—nor, as a matter
j of fact, had they any intention of so
I doing.
All that night Meriem lay listening
for a signal from Korak. All about
! the jungle life moved through the
: darkness. To her sensitive ears came
; sounds that the others in the cuuip
j could not hear, sounds that she inter
! preted as we might interpret the
} speech of a friend, but not once came
a single note trust betokened tbe pres
ence of Korak. Hut she knew that he
would come. Nothing short of death
itself could prevent her Korak front
returning to her.
What delayed him. though?
When morning came again and the
night had brought no succoring Korak
Meriom's faith and loyalty were -".till
® x Pected.
unshaken, though-misgivings began to!
assail her as to the safety of her'
friend. It seemed unbelievable that!
serious mishap could have overtakeuj
ber wonderful Korak, who daily passed
unscathed through all the terrors <ÿf,
the jungle, let morning came, the!
morning meal was eaten, the camp;
broken, and the disreputable safari of,
the Swedes was again on the move!
northward with still no sign of the
rescue by Korak the girl momentarily
All that day they marched and the
next and the next. Nor did Korak',
even so much as show himself to the)
patient little waiter moving, silent and
stately, beside her hard captors. 1
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It was on the fourth day that Mer-!
iem began definitely to give up hope.
Something , had happened to Korak.
She knew it. He would never come!
now, and these men would take heij
away. Presently they would kill her;
I She would never see her Korak again.
I On this day the Swedes rested, for,
; they bad marched rapidly and their.
men were tired. Malbihn and Jenssen]
had gone from camp to hunt, takln*
different directions. V
differeut directions.
, They hgd been gone about an hour
when the door of Meriem's tent was
' lifted and Malbihn entered. His loolu
portended no good to the girl.
Out In the jungle Jenssen had '
! brought down two bucks. His hunting i
had not carried him far afield, nor i
was he prone to permit it to do so. He '
was suspicious of Malbihn. The very !
fact that his companion had refused to j
accompany him and elected instead to j
hunt alone in another direction would j
not, under ordinary circumstances, !
have seemed fraught with sinister sug- |
gestion, but Jenssen knew Malbihn !
well, and so, having secured meat, be !
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dimniediutely back toward camp
while his boys brought iu his till. !
He had covered about half the re
; turn Journey when a scream came
! £aiuUy to his ears fro "> the direction
of camp. He halted to listen. It was
; repeated twice. Then sileuce.
j With a muttered curse Jenssen
j broke into a rapid run. What a fool
j Malbihn was, indeed, thus to chance
jeopardizing a fortune !
j Further away from camp than Jens
i sen and upon the opposite side an
other heard Meriem's screams—a
stranger who was not even aware of
the proximity of white men other than
himself, a hunter with a handful of
sleek, black warriors.
He, too, listened intently for a mo
ment. That the voice was that of I
woman in distress he could not doubt,
and So he also hastened at a run in
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feUow scoundrel.
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iterrupted, dropped
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ne time, but at tbe flash
•sion be stopped. His re
aped from nerveless fingers
ornent be staggered drunkenly.
Deliberately Malbihn put two more
bullets Into his friend's body at close
range.
Even in the midst of the excitement
and her terror Merlem found herself
wondering at tbe tenacity of life
which the hit man displayed. His
eyes were closed, his head dropped
forward upon his breast, his hands
hung limply before him. Yet still be
stood there upon, his feet, though he
reeled horribly.
It was not until the third bullet had
found its mark within his body that
he lunged forward upon his face. Ther
Malbihn approached him and, with an
oath, kicked him viciously. Then he
turned once more to Meriem.
At the same instant the flaps of the
tent opened silently and a tall .whip
man stood in the aperture. Neither
Meriem or Malbihn saw the uewcom
( r. The latter's back was toward him
while his body bid tiie stranger from
Meriem - « 'eye.
He crossed tiie tent quickly, step
ping over Jenssen's body. The firsl
intimation Malbihn had was a heavy
hand ujlbn his shoulder.
He wheeled, to face an utter stran
ger, a tall, black haired, gray eye I
stranger, clad in khaki and pith hel
met. Malbihn reached for his gun
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Stopped.
again, bat another hand had beet
quicker than his, and he saw thi
weapon tossed to the ground at tlit
side of the tent—out of reach.
"What is the meaning of this?" The
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stranger addressed his question to
Meriem in a tongue she did not under- !
stand. She shook her head and spoke
in Arabic. Instantly the man changed
his question to that language.
"These men are taking me away
from Korak," panted the girl. "This
one would have harmed me. The oth- j
er. who lie has just killed, tried to stop !
him They were both .very bad men
but tins one is the worse. If my Korak :
were here he would kill him. I sup- !
pose you are like them, so you will not
kill him."
Tlie stranger smiled. "He deserves
killin'g," he said. "There is no doubt |
of that. Once I should have killed him,
but now not. I wtill see, though, that
he does not bother you any more."
He was holding Malbihn in a grasp
the giant Swede could not break,
though he struggled to do so, and* be
was holding him as easily as Malbihn j
might have held a little child, yet Mai-,
blhn was a huge man, mightily thewed. i
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twlsted about and held at arm 8 ,en * th *
Then he shouted to his boys to coma
and kill the stranger. ,.
In response a dozen strange blacks -
entered the tent. They, too, were pow- j
erful, clean limbed men, not at all :
like the mangy crew that followed the
Swedes.
"We have had enough foolishness,"
said the stranger to Malbihn. "You
deserve death, but I am not the law.
I know now who you are. I have
heard of you before. You and your
friend bear a most unsavory reputa
tion. We do not want you in our coun
try. I shall let you go this time, but j
should you'ever return I shall take the
law into my own hands. Now, get out. i
and next time you see me remember |
who , ,J he spoke „ name i„
the s wed(? - s par __ a na me that more
e ffecfually subdued the scoundrel U,an '
ma beatings . Then he gave him a i
push that carr 'ied him bodily through
the tent doorway, to sprawl upon the
turf beyond. i
"Now," he said, turning toward Mer- ,
iem, "who has the key to this thing
about your neck?"
The girl pointed to Jenssen's body.
"He carried it always," she said.
The stranger searched the clothing
on the corpse until he came upon the
key. A moment more Meriem was
free.
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"Will you let me go back to my Ko
rak?" she asked.
"I will see that you are returned to !
your people," the stranger replied.
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PHONE 287
L. J. BASS, RECEIVER,
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tier speech she was evidently nil Arab
girl, but he had never before seen one
thus clothed.
"Who are your people? Who is K<>
rak?" lie asked again.
"Korak! Why, Korak is an ape. I
have no other people. Korak and I
live in the jungle alone since A'ht
went to be king of the apes." 8he had
always thus pronounced Akut's name.
for so it had sounded to lier when first
she came with Korak anil the ape.
A questioning expression entered the
stranger's eyes. He looked at the
closely.
"So Korak is an ape?" he said. "And
what, pray, are you?"
"I am Meriem. I also.am an ape."
"M'm." was the stranger's only oral
comment upon this startling announce
ment. But what he thought might
have been partially interpreted through j
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the pitying light that entered his*eye
He approached the girl and started to
lay his hand upon her forehead. She
drew Imek with a savage little growl.
A smile touched his lips,
i "You need not fear me," he said. "I
shall not harm you. I only wish to
discover if you have fever—If you are
entirely well. If you are we will set
forth In search of Korak."
(To be continued tomorrow)
AN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. «5. ,
An Ordinance to define and fix
! the boundaries of the fire limits of
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! the C J ty , of ^°^ an ' to
P rovlc l e erec tion and repair
buildings and structures, and
other safety regulations, within
such fire limits; to provide penalties
for the violation of the provision of
j this ordinance; and to repeal all oth
! cr ordinances> or part of ordinanceE
confHet herewith .
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! Section One. Be it ordained by
Mayor and Council of the Citv
of Morgan City, Louisiana, in reg
ular session convened that the fol
| lowing described area within the
corporate limits of the City of Mor
gan City, Louisiana, shall be, and
the same is hereby declared to be,
the fire limits, or close district, to
Commencing at the intersec
j tion of the west side of Second
Street and North Railroad Avenue,
i thence extending along North Rail
1 road Avenue to Front Street ' thence
: along Front Street to its intersec
tion with Brashear Avenue, embrac
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- * ots ' . for the
ing within said fire limits all of the
full depth thereof
j fronting on North Railroad Avenue :
situated m
: and on
Squares
Front Street
Numbered Three
(3),
j north line of Square No.
nine (39) in said City,
i Section Two. Be it further
One (1), Twenty-five (25), Thirty
four (34) and Thirty-nine (39);
and including all of the territory ly
ing between the west side of Front
Street and the margin of Berwick
Bay extending from the south line
of South Railroad Avenue to the
Thirty
or
or
be
| da j ned e f c That no person
n °
persons sha '' ercct > or cause 1
' erec \ ed ' within the f Said firt * , 1 ! n ;.' ts '
i any bu,ldin * s > structure, or addition
to such building, or structure, the
outer walls of which are not oom
posed entirely of brick, stone, ce
, ment, or other incombustible mate
rial, and covered, or roofed with
slate, tin, zinc, copper, iron, |
or other equally fire-proof i
roofing and if any building, or i
structure or addition thereto within
the said fire limits shall be damaged,
I or destroyed, to the extent of thir
ty per cent thereof, it shall be un
lawful to rebuild the same unless the
! outer wa n s and roo f e f sac h build
inp or struc ture, shall be composed j
of incombustible materials as pro- i
vided in this section. I
Section Three. Be it further or- \
That hereafte
construe*
'•'alls oi
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! or structure, it shall be removed ky
! '■ ne owner within sixty davs up«
j written notice given by the Cüy
unless for r'.isnnabl
j dained ^ The 0WRer> ^
dained, etc.,
he unlawful to erect, or
within said fire .limits, any
°r structure, the outer
which are composed in whole, or®
wood cove«)
• , cr like nute,
rial; or to repair any such buildin,
or structure, now in said ^
except as hereinafter provided. A:
whenever any frame building, L
structure with said fire limits shall
; have becomt ' damaged to the ext«
of thirty per cent of such buildin;,
corse
time for removal be extended.
Section Four.
Be it further
,
of any building, structure, stagin;,
or anything attached to. or connect
ed with a building, or structure
within said fire limits, which shall
be unsafe so as to endanger life
shall immediately upon notice
ceived from the City, cause same ti
be made safe and secure, or taka
down ; and every building, or struc
ture, which shall appear to the Citz
to be especially dangerous in can
of fire by reason of bad conditio*
walls, overloaded floor, defectm
construction, decay, or other cauia,
shall be held to be unsafe, and »
cured or removed in the mania
hereinabove provided. Provided Ait
when the public safety requires i»
mediate action the City may enta
upon the premises with such *
sistants as may be necessary, ud
cause said building, structure, str
ing, or attachments to be securd,
or taken down without delay, at tkt
expense of such owner, or own«
Section Five. Be it further
dained etc., That whenever »X
nerson, or persons, shall desire
repair, erect, move, or alter an?
building, or structure, within uR
'fire limits, he, or they shall M
make application at the office of Ih
City for a permit therefor, funifl
ing at the time a written statemri
of the proposed location, dim*
sions, manner of construction,
materials to be used, together **
copies of the plana and specific*
tions, which statement must be
ed by the owner, or his architect
builder, and it shall be unlawfo*
give any false or misleadiiflf
ment therein. The said City
cineer shall within five days
the filing of said application, et»»
: p r j ang and specifications, #
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amine said papers and P r * B
and if the same conform to the pr*
visions of this ordinance, and
the rules and regulations laid *
by the Fire Prevention Bur **" .
the State of Louisiana, he shall
Onu cmVi nprmit;. And it shfcl*
sue said permit. And — .
violation of this ordinance to
erect, move, or alter any bmKW
or structure without said pern
Section Six. Be it £arther . *
dained etc., That any P crson Tj
ing any of the provisions of »■
dinance shall, upon conviction
fined not more than One H
Dollars for each of: fense, "
prisoned not more than t i
or both fined and imprisoned
discretion of the Mayor.
further *
Section Seven. Be it
dained etc., That all ordm««^
parts of ordinances,
herewith be, an tes
in C01
are he**"
by repealed. And that
nance shall take effect fro® ^
after its passage.
M. D. SHANNON, M»y°
A. B. O'BRIEN, Secretary
Colombia
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