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C dysepcla.-rie author tolls of his
Miutatuei with the hero of 000
Of the OMOt roses rkatila adventures
mr recorded.. from a manuaortpt
- loft by his Mood ho boo vividly oot
out tho otroaco happenings which
brooght togotbor a bravo Virginian
gentleman and a Prtncooo of Mara
la tho Arlaona hills John Carter,
■riling proopoetor and ex-Confed
ocato sold Ur, fleeing from a' o»r,
party of Apaohsa. takoo refuge In
a cavo tho atmosphere of which
has a remarkable affect on hIM.
Yielding to Its lnfluonoo ho oinks
Into unconsciousness, his last
thoughts oontorod on tho glow from •
tho planet Mara Awaking. Oartor
rssllsos that ho haa In some la
comprobonslblo mar nor, boon trans
ported to Mara Ho la captured by
Tars Tarkas and a party of Mar
tian warriors. Ho is
prisoner, to a Martian city. ThrOs
days later a fleet of airships from
the neighboring state of Helium Is
attacked by Carter's captors, the
green Martians. One of tho air
ships Is captured. Among tho pris
oners is a young woman of a race
different from tho green Martians
and closely reeembllng the women
of tho earth. Carter ascertains
that tho fair prisoner's name Is
Dejah Thoris. granddaughter of tho
Jeddak. or rules, of Helium. Ac
cording to custom she la doomdfl to
die by tort era He fights for her s
and assures her of hla sjHapathy. .
John learns tho language, and be
comes a chieftain, though - atfn a
nominal prisoner. Dejah la put In
charge of Sola, a friendly woman. ’
The two prisoners plan to escape
before Dejah Thoris la taken be-’
fore the supreme ruler of the green
Martians. TaJ Hajua John lights
a sword dual to. the death. Sofa *
tells her unique seCrefc • . (*
CHAPTER IX—Coptin^pjf.
I did not noddle or mount the ani
mals them but Instead walked quietly
In the ilalowi of the buildings toward
an unfrequented avenue which, led to*
ward tlfe point where I had arranged to
meet Pr)th Thorls and Sola. With, the
nolseleusneaa of disembodied spirit!
we moved steal thllj along the desert
ed streets, but not until we were with*
fto sight of the plain beyond the city
did I commence to breathe freely. I
was sure that Sola and Deja Thorls
would Hod no difficulty in reaching our
rendezvous undetected, but with my
great thoats I was not so sure for my
self. as It was quite unusual for war
riors to leave the city after dark; In
flact there was no placfc for them to go
within any but a long ride.
I reached the appointed meeting
place safely, but as Dejah Thorls and
Sola were not there I led my animals
Into the entrance hall of one of the
large buildings. Presuming that one
of the other women of the same house
hold may have come In to speak to
Sola, and so delayed their/departure,
I did not feel any undue apprehen
sion until nearly an hour had passed
without a sign of them, and ’ by the
time another half hour had crawled
away I was becoming filled with grave
anxiety. Then there broke upon the
stillness of the night the sound of an
approaching party, which,,, from the
noise, I knew codld be no fugitives
creeping toward liberty.
Boon the party was neat me,'' and
from the bltck shadows o{ my en
trance way I perceived, a score of
mounted warriors, who, In passing,
dropped a dozen words that fetched
my heart clean into the top of my
head.
“He would likely have arranged to
meet them just without the city, and
so—“ I heard no more, they had
passed on; but it was enough. Our
plan had been discovered, and the
chances for escape from now on to the
fearful 'end would be small indeed,
ily one hope now was to return unde
tected to the quarters of Dejah Thorls
and learn what fate had overtaken her,
but bow to do It with tßese great
monstrous thoats upon my hands, now
that the city probably was aroused by
the knowledge of my escape, was a
problem of no mean proportions.
Suddenly an Idea occurred to me and,
acting on my knowledge of the con
struction of the buildings of these an
cient Martian cities with a hallow
court within the center of each
square, I groped my way blindly
through the dark chambers,’ calling the
great thoats after me. They had diffi
culty In negotiating some of the door
ways, but as the buildings fronting the
city's principal exposures were all de
signed upon a magnificent scale, they
were able to wriggle through without
sticking fast; and thus we finally
made the Inner court where I found,
as I had expected, the usual carpet of
mess like vegetation which would
prove their food and drink until I
could return them to their own en
closure.
■•moving the saddle trappings, I Mi
Man last within the rear doorway at
the hotMMf throogb which we hai
aniai My ooast sat twain Mo
beoaao lecaa, iMdM, asia Mi ■ av
him Ma, ooast *a Ma wm tt tta
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buildings: upon the further side, nnd
thence to the- avenue beyond. With
only the slight chgn<* of detection
which tpe necessary dressing of the
•sennos edtntlejl,: 1 dude my way In
safety to tba courtyard In the rear of
Dejah Tboria* onarters.
Herd. of/count, I flsund the beasts
of thtf warriors '#h6 quartered In the
adjacent butttifngi; anf' the warriors
themselves I might expect to matt
with lb If,l entered; but, fortunately,
for me,, I hada&ofhar* ang safer meth
od df reaching th* upper Story where
Dejah Thorla should be found, and.
after first determining as Nearly as
possible which of the buildings she oc
cupied. far I hied never observed them
before from tbo coart side. I took ad
vantage of my relatively great
strength ,muT agfllty and sprang up-
J. the till of n sec
ond-story window which I thought to
fo In tl# rdkrdf her apartment. Draw
.lng ihyself Inside the room I. moved
'stealthily toward the front of the
bonding, and' not until 1 had quite
reached the dOWrvvay of her room was
I made atrfcre by voices that It was oc
cupied/ V. .
1 did not rush headlong In, bat lis
tened without to essflre myself that It
and that It was safe
, to venture within. * li was well, indeed,
that,' 1 -took, this' precaution, for the
conversation I heard was la the low
gutturals of man, and the words which
Anally cams tome, proved a most time
ly warning.' The speaker was a chief-
add he. .was giving orders to four
of hls warriprs.
■■ “And when he returns to this chart-
he was saying, ‘ 4 as he surely will
■ wheti'he finds she does not meet him
•w ihq <sjy’s edge; you four are to
■spylnq .qp6n‘ Win and- disarm him.
When ygo have him fast bound bear
Alp*, to the vaults-' beneath the Jed dak's
quart ersand chain him securely where'
he''may be found when Tal Hajus;
wishes him. There will be no danger
of the girl returning, for by'this time
she Is safe In the arms of Tai Hajus,
and may all her ancestors have pity
apon her- for Tal Hajus will hava
none; the great Sarkojs has done a
noble night's work. I go, and If yon
fail to capture him when he comes. I
commend your carcasses to the cold
bosom of las."
CHAPTER X.
A Costly Recapture.
As the speaker ceased be turned to
leave the apartment by the door where
I was standing, but I needed to wait
no longer; I had heard enough to fill
my soul with dread, and stealing quiet
ly away I returned to the courtyard by
the way I had come. My plan of ac
tion was formed upon the instant and,
crossing the square and the bordering
avenue upon the opposite side, I soon,
stood within the courtyard of Tal Ha-
Jus.
I glanced up at the stories above,
discovering that the third was appar
ently unlighted, and so decided to
make my entrance to the building from
that point It was the work of but a
moment for me to reach the windows
above, and soon I had drawn myself
within the sheltering shadows of the
unllghted floor.
Fortunately the room I had selected
was untenanted, and creeping noiseless
ly to the corridor beyond I discovered
s light In the apartments ahead of me.
Reaching what appeared to be a door
way I discovered that It was but an
opening upon an Immense Inner cham
ber which towered from the first 'floor,
two stories below me, to the dome-like
roof of the building, high above my
head. The floor of this great circular
hall was thronged with chieftains, war*
rlars and women, and nt one end was q
great raised platform upon which
squatted the most hideous beast I had
ever put my eyes upon. He had nil
the col<i hard, cruel, terrible features
of the green warriors, but accentuated
and debased by the animal passions to
which he had given himself over for
many yeans. There was not a mark of
dignity or pride upon his bestial coun
tenance, while his enormous bulk
spread Itself out upon the platform,
where he squatted like some huge
devil fish, his six limbs accentuating
the similarity In a horrible and star
tling manner.
But the sight that froze me with ap
prehension' was that of Dejah Thoris
and Sola standing there before him,
and the fiendish leer of him as he let
bis great protruding eyes gloat upon
the lines of her beautiful figure. She
stood there erect before him, her head
high held, and evan at the distance I
was from them I could read the scorn
and disgust upon bar face as she let
her haughty glance rest without sign
of fear upeo him.
Presently Tal Hajus made a alga
that tha chamber be cleared, and that
the prtsinsn be left alone with him.
Si early tba abtsflstas. the warriors
aa< tba aaaMasaaHad away late Ur
Rafvti if tba aarsaaadlad chamber*
rmwVKMNE WELLS SECOBD
anj Dejuli Thorla aim diun
alone before the jeddak of the Tharks.
One chieftain alone had hesitated
before departing; I saw him standing
In the shadows of a mighty column,
hla fingers nervously toying with the
hilt of hla great sword and his cruel
eyes bent In implacable hatred upon
Tal Hajua. It was Tars Tarkas, and
I could read his thoughts as if they
were an open book, for the undis
guised loathing upon his face. # He was
thinking of that other woman who.
forty years ago, had stood before this
beast, and could I have spoken a word
Into his ear at that moment the reign
of Tal Hajus would have been over;
but finally he also strode from the
room, not knowing that he left his own
daughter at the mercy of the creature
he- most loathed.
Tal HaJus arose, and I, half fearing,
half anticipating his Intentions, hur
ried to the winding runaway which led
to the floors below. No one was near
t*-intercept me, and I reached the
main floor of the chamber unobserved,
taking my station In the shadow of
the same column that Tars,Tarkas had
bat Just deserted. As I readied the.
floor Tal Hajdif was. speaking.
“Princess of Helium, I might wring
a mighty ransom from your people
would I but return you to them un
harmed/ * >mt a thousand tixpee rather
would I ' watch • that, beautiful face
.uplthe In the agony of torture; If shall
be long drawn out, that I promise jop;
ten daya of pleasure were,sll too short
•to show the. love 1/ harbor for-your
rsce. The terrors of .your death shall
haunt the slumbers of the red men
through all the ages to come; they will
shudder In the shadows of the night
as their fathers tall them of the-awful
vengeance of the. green men; of the
power and might and hate and crnelty
of Tal Hajua. But before that torture
you shall be min* for one short hour,
and word of that too shall go forth to
Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, your
grandfather, that he may grovel upon
the grouud In the agony of his sorrow.
Tomorrow the torture will commence;
tonight tbenf ant Tal Hajua’; come!”
He sprang down from the platform
and grasped her roughly by the arm,
but scarcely had he touched her than
I- leaped between them. My short-
In th« Sum Deathly 8il«nc« I Grasped
Dejah Thoria by the Hand.
sword, sharp and gleaming, was in my
right band; I could have plunged It
into his putrid heart before he realized
that I was upon him; but as I raised
my arm to strike I thought of Tars
Tarkas, and, with all my rage, with all
my hatred, I could not rob him of that
sweet ipoment for which he had lived
and hoped all these long, weary years,
and so, instead, I swung my good right
fist full upon the point of his jaw*
without a sound he slipped to the floor
as one dead.
In the same deathly silence I grasp
ed Dejah Thoris by the hand and, mo
tioning to Sola to follow, we sped
noiselessly from the chamber and to
the floor above. Unseen we reached a
rear window and with the straps and
• leather of my trappings I lowered first
Soja and then Dejah Thoris to the
ground below. Dropping lightly after
them I drew them rapidly around the
court in the ahadows of the buildings,
and thus we returned over the same
course I had so recently followed from
the distant boundary of the city.
We finally came upon my thoats in
the courtyard where I had left them,
and placing the trappings upon them
we hastened through the building to
the avenue beyond. Mounting. Sola
upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris be
hind me upon the other, we rode from
the city of Thark through the lillls to
the south.
No word was spoken until we had
left the city far behind, but I could
hear the quiet sobbing of Dejah Thoris
as she clung to me with her dear head
resting against my shoulder.
"If we make it, my chieftain, the
debt of Helium will be a mighty ofle;
greater than she can ever pay you;
and should we not make it," she con
tinued, "the debt is no less, though
Helium will never know, for you have
saved the last of our line from worse
than death."
I did not answer, but instead
reached to my side and pressed the
little fingers of her I loved, where they
ctusg to me for support, and then. In
unbroken silence, we sped over the yel
low, moonlit moos; each mi as eocfc
ole*" with bis own thoughts.
our eurilw plans I'" 1 80 “?!? '
unset tint we now found ourselves i
without food or drink, and I alon * *“
armed. We therefore urged our beasts i
to a speed that must tell on them sown t
ly before we could hope to sl^ t th
ending of the first utogeofour Journey.
We rode all night and all the follow
lug day with only a few short rests.
On the second night both we and our
animals were completely fagged, and i
so we lay down upon the “toss an i
slept for some five or six hours, taking
up the Journey once more before day
light All the following day we rode,
and when, late In the afternoon, we ,
had sighted no distant trees, thet mark
of the great waterways throughout aU
Barsoom. the terrible truth flashed
upon us—we were lost
Evidently we bad circled, but which
way It was difficult to say, nor did It
seem possible with the sun to guide
us by day and the moons and stars oy
night. At any rate no waterway was
In sight, and the entire party was al
most ready to drop from hunger, thirst
and fatigue. Far ahead of us and a
trifle to the right we could distinguish
the outlines of low mountains. These
we decided to attempt to reach In the
hope that from some ridge we m ght
discern the missing waterway. Night
fell upon ua before we reached onr
goal and. almost fainting from weari
ness and weaknesa, we lay down and
slept
I waa awakened early In the morn
ing, hy aome huge body pressing close
to mine, and opening my eyes with ft
start I beheld my blessed old Woolft
snuggling close to me; the faithful
brute had followed us across that
trackless waste to share our ffcte,
whatever It might be. Putting my anna
about his neck, I pressed my cheek
close to his, nor am I ashamed that I
did It nor of the tears that came to
my eyes as I thought of his love for
me. Shortly after this Dejah Thorls
and Sola awakened, and it was decid
ed that we push on at once In an effort
to gain the hills.
We had gone scarcely a mile when I
noticed that my thoat was com
mencing to stumble and stagger In a
most pitiful manner, although we had
not attempted to force them out of a
walk since about noon of the preced
ing day. Suddenly he lurched wildly
to one side and pitched violently to
the ground. Dejah Thorls and I were
thrown clear of him and fell upon the
soft moss with scarcely a jar; but the
. poor beast was In a pitiable condition,
not even being able to rise, although
relieved of our weight Sola told me
that the coolness of the night, when it
fell, together with the rest would
doubtless revive him, and so I decided
not to kill him, as was my first lnten
tioo. ds I had thought It cruel to leave '
him alone there to die of hunger and
thirst /We left the poor fellow to his.
fate and pushed on with the one thoat ’
as best we could. Sola and I walked;
making Dejah Thorfi’ ride, much
against her will. In this way we hid
progressed to within aboqt a mile of
the hills we were endeavoring to react
when Dejah Thorls, from her point of
vantage upon the thoat, cried out that
she saw a great party of mounted men
filing down from a pass In the hills
several miles away. Sola and I both
looked In the direction she indicated,
and there, plainly discernible, were
several hundred mounted warriors.
They seemed to be headed In a south
westerly direction, which would take
them away from us.
They doubtless were Thark war
riors who had been sent out to cap
ture us, and we breathed a great sigh
of relief that they were traveling In
the opposite direction. Quickly lifting
Dejah Thorls from the thoat, I com
manded the animal to He down and we
three did the same, presenting as small
an object as possible for fear of at
tracting the attention of the warriors
toward us.
As what proved to be the last war
rior came into view from the pass, he
halted and, to our consternation, threw
his small but powerful fieldglass to his
eye and scanned the sea bottom In all
directions. Af his glass swung toward
us our hearts stopped in our breasts
and I could feel the cold sweat start
from every pore in my body.
Presently It swung full upon us and
—stopped. Then he lowered It and
we could see him shout a command to
the warriors who had passed from our
sight behind the ridge. He did not
wait for them to Join him, however;
Instead he wheeled bis thoat and came
tearing madly in our dlrectloln.
There was but one slight chance
and that we must take quickly. Rais
ing my strange Martian rifle to my
shoulder I sighted and touched the
button which controlled the trigger;
there was a sharp explosion as the
missile reached its goal, and the charg
ing chieftain pitched backward from
his flying mount.
Springing to my feet I urged the
thoat to rise, and directed Sola to take
Dejah Thorls with her upon him and
make a mighty effort to reach the hills
before the green warriors were upon
us. I knew that in the ravines and
gullies they might find a temporary
hiding place, and even though they
died of hunger and thirst it would be
better so than that they fell into the
hands of the Tharks. Forcing my two
revolvers upon them as a slight means
of protection, and, as a last resort, as
an escape for themselves from the hor
rid death which recapture would sure
ly mean, I lifted Dejah Thorls in my
arms and placed her upon the thoat be
hind Sola, who had already mounted
at my command.
“Good-by, my princess," I whispered,
w ® may meet In Helium yet I have
.escaped from worse plights than this.”
and' I tried to smile as I lied.
. you not com
ing with oar*
“Haw nay I. D.].h ThortaT Bono
cm M Mm. mmn off for,
•Ml*. »»* I <*» ktttar Mop. tkn
alone than conld the three of u. •» I
Se she'.prong quick* from the thort
and. throwing her dear arm. .boot mjr I
neck turned to Sole, sejtaf 5“ .
dignity: “Fly. Sole I Dejeh Thorijr»
main, to die with the »
Those words are engraved ®pon I
heart Ah, gladly would I ««Te W«W
life a thousand time. could I ooly h«*»
them once more; but I could not thou ,
give even a .eeond to the rapture *
her meet embrace, and P re “ , '* 1 “J
lips to hers for the diet time. I picked |
her up bodily and toaeed her to be»
seat behind Sola again, commanding
the latter In peremptory tone, to hold
her there by force, and then, slapping
the tbont upon the flank, I saw them .
borne away; Dejah Thorls atruggUßfl
to the last to free herself from Sola ■
grasp.
Turning, I beheld the green war
riors mounting the ridge and looking
for their chieftain. In a moment they
saw him, and then me; hot acarcely
had they discovered me than I com
menced firing, lying flat upon my belly
Id the moss. I kept up a continuous
stream of fire until I saw all of the
warriors who had been first to return
from behind the ridge either dead of
scurrying to cover.
My respite was shortlived however,
for soon the entire party, numbering
some thousand men, came charging
into view, racing madly toward me. 1
fired until my rifle was empty and
they were almost, upon and then
a glance showing me thUt Dejah Thorls
and Sola had disappeared among the
hills, I sprang up, throwing down my
useless gun, and .'Started away in the
.direction opposite to that taken by
Sola and her charge.
If ever Martians had an exhibition
of Jumping. It was granted those as
tonished warriors' on that day long
years ago, but while It led them away
from Dejah Thorls it did not distract
their attention from endeavoring te
capture, me.
They raced wildly after me until,
finally, my foot struck a projecting
piece of quarts, and down I went
sprawling upon the moss. As I looked
up they were upon me. and although I
drew my longaword In an attempt to
sell my life as dearly as possible. It
was soon over. I reeled beneath their
blows which fell upon me In perfect
torrents; my head swam; all wai
black, and I went down beneath them
to oblivion.
•CHAPTER XI.
Chained In Warhoon.
It must have been several hours be
fore I regained consciousness. I wai
lying among a pile of sleeping silks
1 and furs In the corner of a small room
In which were several green warriors,
l ..gad (tending over roe was an ancient
• arid ugly igriata. A;;;
i . ..As. 1 opened my •eyes tyt turned to
1 one of' the m&rflors, saying':
[ • “He iwill live, .0 =•
“’TIa well*/* replied the one so ad
dressed, rislug and approaching my
couch, “he should render rare sport
* for the great games.'*
* And now as my eyes fell upon him,
1 I saw that he was no Thark, for his
1 ornaments and metal were not of that
’ horde. He was s huge fellow, terribly
5 scarred about the face and chest, and
with one broken tusk and a missing
' ear. Strapped on either breast were
- human skulls and depending from
these a number of dried human hands.
His reference to the great games of
which I had heard so much while
1 among the Tharka convinced me that
1 I had but Jumped from purgatory Into
• g.: henna.
I was strapped securely to as wild
| and unmanageable a thoat as I had
ever seen, and, with a mounted war
rior on either side to prevent the beast
1 from bolting, we rode forth at a furi
ous pace In pursuit of the column.
Just before dark we reached the main
body of troops shortly after they had
made camp for the night. I was Im
mediately taken before the leader, who
proved to be the Jeddak of the hordes
of Warhoon.
Like the Jed who had brought me,
he was frightfully scarred, and also
decorated with the breastplate of hu
man skulls and dried deed hands
which seemed to mark all the greater
warriors among the Warhoona, aa well
as to Indicate their awful ferocity,
which greatly transcends even that of
the Tharks.
The Jeddak, Bar Comas, who wee
comparatively young, was the object
of the fierce and Jealous hatred of hla
lieutenant. Dak Kova, the Jed who had
captured me, and I could not but note
the almost studied efforts which the
latter made to affront his superior*
He entirely omitted the usual for
mal salutation aa we entered the pre»
ence of the Jeddak, and aa he pushed
me roughly before the ruler he ex
claimed Id a loud and menacing voice:
“I have brought • strange creature
wearing the metal of a Thark whom It
is my pleasure to have battle with a
wild thoat at the great games."
Battling for life In tin aroma
of Graan Martians.
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Four Drowned in Ontario.
Ottawa, Out. —In unsucto^^^H
attempt to save his '.)•>'ear-old
ter, Laura, Thomas Toohe.v,
and three other members of
lly wore drowned in otter lake.
the youngest, waded bey otal her
while t>athing a few feet from
Kathleen and Dorothy, trying
Laura, soon got beyond their
and sank. Mr. Toohey and
Bernard, who were nearby,
to the water and swum to where
rflrla had disappeared. They 8
in bringing them to tlie
were unable to coiulnei them
to tlie shallow waters. Tltey
together.
18,000.000 Facing Starvation.
London.—Eighteen millions of
sinus are facing death in the
district, according to tin* latest
mates from Riga. The starvation
is 800 miles long, stretching
middle and lower Volga valley.
Poles have discussed closing
tier hut the fact that 1,r»no.O00
held prisoner in Russia are
turned makes the closing difficult
i if politically advisable.
Business Conditions Improving.
Washington.—More active bqflHi
by retail dealers in sonu
the country during Jul\
slight improvement In the
uation, according to Archer
Douglas, chairman of tlie
on statistics and standards of
Cliumher of Commerce of the
States, in a monthly review of
ness conditions.
Reduction in Crop Yield.
Washington.—Practically every
portant farm crop showed a loss
pnwpective production as a result
adverse conditions during July.
Department of Agriculture's
forecasts 52,000.000 bushels less
than estimated a month ago.
000 bushels less corn, 102,0<xuhiO
els less oats and <11,000.000 bushels
potatoes.
Olympic Makes Fast Trip.
New York. —The liner Olympic (•■
pleted her fastest transutlautice voj-H
age, having made the trip from SoofrH
ampton and Cherbourg in five (hi.va.lH
hours and 18 minutes. Sir BertrilH
Hayes, her commander, said the bi|H
boat would have done better hud &H
not been delayed longer than usual l(H
the French port. fl
Dr. Harding Marries Nurse.
Monroe, Mich.—Dr. George T. Hat+H
lng, father of President Warren
Harding, came to Monroe, married MMH
Alice Severns, for many years nur»B
in his office at Marion, Ohio, and UAfl
the city before more than a score «■
Monroe had guessed his ide*-H
tlty. Dr. Harding is 70 years ol4H
while his bride is 52. I
Racing to Port Prohibited.
Washington.—Midnight racing of io- ■
migrant-laden steuruers into A meric** ■
harbors to land the monthly quota* 1* I
the first minutes of the first day °‘ I
the new month, may be done away witt ■
If ship line officers and iinigration of- ■
flclols can get together and foniNiW* I
a new agreement. The difficulty i* I
raid to be with the smaller lines. I
Learn to Soar, $120.
Croydon, England—Forty dolin'* I
an hour Ih the coat of learning to fly I
at nn nirplnne school Just opened here. I
If you’re quick, you can learn to op- |
erate a "ship” in three hours. T?tW.
If you have more coin, you can take\
a post-graduate course, including loop* |
the-loop and other stunts.
Child Savad After Seven Hours.
Eureka, Calif. —Four-.vear-old Betty
Jean Sanders of Garfield, "
girded with a big life belt, was tossed
•bout on the oil-coated sea for seven
hours after the sinking of the Alaska
before she was picked up by rescuers.
The child was in charge of her grand*
mother. The woman placed the UW
l»elt about the little one and took her
with her In one of the lifeboats. The
l>oat upset In launching, and the chll
was thrown Into the sea.