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EVENING LEDaER-PniBADEEPHIA'. TUESDAY, JTTWE 1, 19T8.-
TARZAN OF THE APES
The Thrilling Adventures of a Primeval Man
and an American Girl
Uy ED(3AR MCE BURROUGHS
CBBTflltfit. ,M4, by A- C- ,,cC,ur Cbmpany.
SYNOPSIS
ink clarton. Lofil Uraystoks, mbarka
ii .his iouns wlte on'tl-s Wkentin;
ST, imomi a consular l"'""' ".,
IVSnda mutiny Mlrrlnn. arid atttr his
!ira have bn stolen from him he l
w.r?e' " n0 to 'la,, nolhl"g U"
rTS.Cmud"yh'brtkt nnd John nd A1U.
J'ft'iSml by his wife, but the
Cl-
dyn
... ,lm
Mil atta lirhir.iM.m! - i'" 'Y the'
sjra!ffl.fflBrr
1 by m
and hla
lon with tho owio. mad b jh.
jonn . ."f1A jr.- ;., , nin. and ni
T"' A"8" J.',1:.! h, iT.he:o whoe own
3fc.Mln hi. been killed, in in. av -"
(Tprln h'
cllcd" Taraan, meanly
MMier-a ;. J'?":..,", I)y the tim.
& Is IT he li 'u-5n i
"J!..n. defending, the moi
sss
I)y the
man.
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sPAs siaas?
.'"": Vmon th ftSeV. ! .Ateo h.
!tfj8i!srvnSisrin-? h "'
1
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??"'.'. J"VSn . Exnlorlnir hi fairer'
?.t. nninrcmei upon hi. rather" pn-
hut, Taraan romr
torapn
"'"?." -. .(..
1KV miiui-h..
SjJI'Ti,. Sani I on. Triumphant, he
i-iKfli- h slant iionrwn. uihhif
nr kllllnc Kerchak Tartan becomes kin
. hi. , irifif llo leads hla tribe away from
'"TarS!"' spares hla life, but forces unt
.Il recognition of hla own supremacy.
Uaklnj a final
father. Tarxan
He
feela that
visit to the cabin of hla
meets Tflin wniie men.
?.?-, inl S? belnf. ofhhl. own k,nd
Hi. .he white, kill on. of their own
FaffiSffi.lrt'Y.'nS.neia "fo" freVence.h.
departa. The white men. "ja -wm j"'
Ire in an eipedltlon of aotne eort. rney
,rT.?zS".U'.,?h.,lff. of John dayton.
mhn has aucceeded to the. title, ot lord
0?eyWkV Professor 1'ort.r and his ecr..
tatr membera of tho party, get loat In th.
oit Jane Porter , 'Vkmtr1ftWobuK
rnild. hide In Taraan's father's hut. Ciay
inn ota In tearch of th. lost men. in.
Miters. whS brought tie party, de.ort and
"TaSan ?.1o"iPfclayton and see. him n-
KinVef the Aoea and thanks hlro In Em;
fishf Clayton "follows Tanan-a JWW"
into thi foreat. Suddenly . ho hears a.
nifflrt anSt! In the hut the w women
much fearfully, hearing a, heavy body
Iruah against the side of the cabin.
CHAPTER XVI-(ConUnuea).
"Huah!" he whispered. "Hush,
EIlraIIl,' for tho woman's ofcs Rnd
tToana aotmed to have attracted tho thine
that rtalked there. Just beyond ths thin
will.
A i-entle crfttctilnr aound tras heard
n the door. Tho brute tried to force an
entrance; but presently this caaed, and
gtaln ihe heard' the great pads creepInR
stealthily nround the cabin. Affttfn they
4H itopped beneatn tne winao-w on wmt
W .. in.j .... nf Vin ftrl nnvr frilled
m me icjtiucu w v- "w o"-
themaaiTes.
"Ood!" sho murmured, for noTr, illhon
tftd ajalnst the moonlit skr beyond, ahe
it framedjn the tiny Beware of tho
latticed window the head of a huge
lioness. The gleaming eyeo wero fixed
upon her In Intent ferocity.
"Look. Esmeralda!" she whlspsred.
"For God's sake, what Bhall tre do7
Look! Qulckl Tho window!"
Esmeralda, cowerlne still closer to her
jfll mistress, took one nffrlehted glance to
ward tne little square oi moonugni, just
as the lioness emitted a low, savnge snarl.
The sight that met the poor black's eyes
was too much for the already overstrung
nerves.
"Oh, Oaberellel" Bhe shrieked, and slid
to the floor an Inert and senseless mass.
For what seemed an eternity the great
fcrute stood with Its fore pawn upon the
sill, glaring Into the little room. Presently
It tried the strength of the lattice with
Its great talons.
' The girl had almost ceased to breathe,
when, to her relief, tho head disappeared
and she heard the brute's footsteps leav
ing the window. But now tney came to
the door again, and once more the
matching- commenced; this time with
Increasing force until the grefft beast was
tearing at the massive panels In a perfect
frenzy of eagerness to seize Its defense
litre victims.
Could Jane Porter have known the lm
rnense strength of that door, bultded piece
ky piece, she would have felt less fear
of. the lioness reaching her by this avenue.
Little did John Clayton Imagine when
fee fashioned that crude but mighty portal
,t!t one day, 20 years later, It would
phleld a fair American girl, then unborn,
j'from the teeth and talons of a man-eater.
I( "" Auuy ,v jimmies ine uroio auer-
foiteiy sniffed and tore) at the door, ac
kCMlonally giving voice to a wild, savage
ry of baffled rage. At length, however,
itae gave Up the attempt, and Jane Porter
Ihtard her returning toward the window,
MM """h which she paused for an Instant,
rm men launcneo Her great wegnt
Kalnst the time-worn lattice.
f.otjrM heard the wooden rods groan
b'. -- iuyu;t, uu( uioy jioiu, ana
SUt hug body dropped back to the ground
ibuow.
Again and again the lloneea repeated
UMt tacUesj, until flnally tho horrified
WUoner within saw a portion of the
..... jit, ifiyt ana m on instant one
jTt.t Pw and the head of the animal
er thrust Within the. room.
L Slowly the powerful neck and shoulders
Wad the bars apart, and tho lithe body
I- lunuer ana runner into tne
to a tranee, the girl rose, her hand
SLT """t, wide eyes staring hor-
vrswicMn into the snarling face of the
tltat scarce. In f .. . t ...
fett lay the Cmrtrat. fnm nf th. n.rrr...
KB: Mnii tn J"ouo her, theft com-
4 effort might possibly avail to beat
& 116 fltreA ntlii i1ftft-h,i-o Inim.K
one Porter itooped to gtasp tho black'
in bT the ehoulder. Roughly she
i aer.
eraldal Esmeraldat" she cried.
e. or wo are lost."
rald slowly opened her eyes. The
jeoi mey encountered was the drlp
"o ui me nungry lioness
a horrified scream the poor woman
ner nands and knees, and In this
scurried acrce the room, shriek
' Oaberellel O OaberelU!" at the
lungs.
welKhad some MO nooads.
tnhanoad nolhlno- th. craxalla.IIka
9i her carnage when walking ere.
eireroB UaJte. oddd to Her
corpulency, proJuoed ft mest
result When BsmaratdB. elaoAM
vel on all fours.
a moment the Uonaas remained t
..... ,vi-a KaM airectea upon tae
tuneraldti, whose goal appeared
"-he cubboaid. Into whuJj she t
io prupel her buajk ulsx. but, an
if were but Bine or ten liwhea
e o.-iiy ucce4d in gelling her
woe-aupca, vtii a. tioal sorwech
p4e ue liMMde aolsca Into w-
-e, kb fatated i)d agtUu.
With the subsidence of Esmeralda the
lonewj renewed her efforts to wriggle her
huge bulk through the weakening lattice.
The girl, stnndlnir pale and rigid ngalnit
tlio further wall, sought with ever-ln
creasing terror for some loop-hole of
escape. Suddenly her hand, tlght-prea.cd
against her bosom, felt the hnrd outline
of tho revolver thai Tllaylon had loft
with her earlier In the day. ,
Quickly ehe snatched It from Its hiding
place, and, leveling It full at the lioness'
face, pulled the trlgser.
There was n flash of flame, the roar of
the cllschnrge, nnd an answering ronr of
pnln nnd anger from the beast.
Jnno Porter saw the 6rent form dlsap.
nenr from the window, nnd then she. loo,
fainted, the reiolvcr falling at her side
Dut Sabor wan not killed The bullet
hjd but Inflicted a painful wound In one
of tho great shoutders. It was the sur
prise nt tho blinding flash and the deaf
ening ronr that had caused her hasty,
though hut temporary, retreat.
In another Instant she was back at the
lattice, and with renewed fury waa'claw
Ing nt tho aperture, but with lessened
effect, since the wounded member wns
nimosc useless
She snw her prey-the two women-lying
senseless upon the floor; there was no
longer nny resistance to bo overcome
Her meat lay before her, and Sabor had
only to worm her way through tho lattlcj
to claim It.
Slowly she forced her great bulk, Inch
by Inch, through tho opening. Now her
head wns through, now one great fore
nrm and shoulder.
Carefully sho drow up the woundcj
member to insinuate It gently beyond
tho tight pressing bars
A moment moro and both shoulders
through, tho long, sinuous body nnd tho
narrow hips glldo quickly after.
It was on thin sight that Jane Porter
again opened her eyes.
CHAPTER XV.
THE FOUEST GOD
"WTien Clayton henrd the report 6"f the
firearm he fell Into an agony of fear and
apprehension, ne knew that one of tho
snllors might be tho author of It; but the
fact that he had left the revolver with
Jano Porter, together with the over
wrought condition of his nerves, mmli
him morbidly positive that she waa
threatened with some great danger; per
haps even now attempting to defend her
self agnlnst some savage man or beast.
What were the thoughts of his strange
captor or guldo Clayton could only
vaguely conjecture; hut that ho hnd heard
the shot, and was In some manner effected
by It was quite evident, for he quickened
his paco so appreciably that Claytop.
stumbling blindly In his wake, wns down
a dozen times In as many minutes In n
vain effort to keep pace with him, and
soon was left hopelessly behind.
Fearing that ho would agnln be Ir
retrievably lost, ho called aloud to tho
Wild man ahead of him. and In n mnmont
had tho satisfaction of seeing him drop
lightly to his side from the brnnche-i
aoove.
For a moment Tarzan looked at the
young man closely, as though undecided
as to Just what was best to do; then,
stooping down before Clayton, ho
motioned mm to grasp him about the
necK, and, with the white man upon his
back, Tarzan took to tho trees.
The next few minutes wero such as tho
young englishman never forgot, Hlgn
Into bending and swaying branches he
was borno with what seemed to him In
credlbule swiftness, while Tarzan chafed
at the slowness of hln progress.
From one lofty branch the aslle creature
swung with Clayton through n dlzay nrc
to a neighboring tree, then for a hun
dred yards maybe the sure feet threaded
a maze of Interwoven limbs, balancing
llko a tightrope walker high above the
black depths of verdure beneath.
From the first sensation of chilling fear
Clayton passed to one of keen ndmlratlon
( nnd envy of those giant muscles and that
wonarous instinct or knowledgo which
guided this forest god through the Inky
blackness of the night as easily and
safely as Clayton could have strolled a
London etreet nt high noon.
Occasionally they would enter a spot
where the foliage above waa less dense,
and the bright rays of the moon lit up
before Clayton's wondering eyes the
strange path they were traversing.
At such times the man fairly caught
his brenth at sight of the horrid depths
below them, for Tarzan took the easiest
way, which often led over a hundred feet
above the earth.
And yet, with nil his seeming speed,
Tarzan was In reality feeling his way
with comparative slowness, searching con
stantly for limbs of adequate strength
for the maintenance of this double weight.
Presently they came to the clearing be
fore the beach. Tarzan's quick ears had
heard the strange sounds of Babors ef
forts to force her way through tho lat
tice, and it seemed to Clayton that they
dropped a straight hundred feet to earth,
so quickly did Tarzan descend, Tet when
they struck the ground It was with scarce
a Jar; and as Clayton released his hold
on the ape-man ho saw him dart like a
squirrel for the opposite side of the cabin.
The Englishman sprang quickly after
him Just In time to see the hind quarters
of some huge animal about to disappear
through the window of the cabin.
As June Porter opened her eyes to a
realization of the again Imminent peril
which threatened her, her brave young
heart gave up at last Its final vestige of
hope, and she turned to grope for the
fallen weapon that she might mttt to
herself a merciful death ere the cruel
fangs tore Into her fair flesh.
Ths lioness waa almost through the
opening before Jane found the weapon,
and she raised It quickly to her temple
to shut out forever the hideous Jaws
gaping for their prey,
An Instant she hesitated, to breathe a
short and silent prayer to her Maker, and
as she did so her .eyes fell upon her
poor Esmeralda lying Inert, but alive,
beside the cupboard,.
How could she leave the poor, faith
ful thing to those merciless, yellow fangs T
No, she must use one cartridge on the
senseless woman ere she turned the cold
muzzle toward herself again
How she shrank from the ordeal! But It
had been cruelty a thousand times less
justifiable to have left the loving black
woman who had reared her from Infancy
with all a mother's care and solicitude,
to regain consciousness beneath the rend
ing claws of the great cat.
Quickly Jane Porter sprang to her feet
and ran to the side of the black, she
pressed the muzzle of the revolver tight
against that devoted heart, closed her
eyes, and ,
Sabor emitted a frightful shriek.
The Btfl, ttartled, pulled the trigger
and turneU-to foe the beast, awj with
the tana nuvnt raised the weapon
against htr own temple.
She did not fire a second time, for to
br surprise she saw tU, twi(e animal
bates slowly drawn cask through the
window, and In the moonlight beyowl eh
aaw th heads and shoulders of two men.
JU CUtyton rounded the earner of tbs
Mln to behold tne aninuu aisappsariiiB
wUfcin. it vu lo tbs aix-nwn
seise the loar tail l both haa4. .
braaiag himself with hla feet aralost t
tide of the cabin, throw ail hia mighty
streetAb. Into tho sKort ta draw the beast
ut of the tntwlcr
Clajtoo was quick to land a aj4, bat
the ape-man jabbered to him In n. com
manding nnd peremptory tone something
which Cliyton knew to be orders, though
he could not understand them.
At last, under their combined efforts,
the great body commenced to appear
farther and farther without the window,
and then thero enmo to Clayton's mind
a dawning conception of the rash bravery
of his companion's act.
Kof n naked man to drag a shrieking,
clnwlng mnn-enier fotth from a window
by the t n It to save a strange white girt,
was Indeed the last word In heroism.
In so far ns Clayton was concerned It
wns a very different matter, since tho
girl was not only of his own kind nnd
race, but was the one woman in all the
world whom he loved.
Though lie know that the lioness would
make short work of both of them, he
pulled with n will to keep It from Jane
Porter. And then ho recalled the battle
between this man nnd the great, black
mancd Hon which he had witnessed n
short time before, nnd he commenced to
feel more assurance.
"Tnrsan wns still Issuing orders which
Clayton could not understand,
lie wns tr Ing to tell tho stupid white
man to plunge his poisoned arrows Into
Snbor's back nnd sides, and to reach the
snvago heart with the long, thin hunting
knife that hung nt Tarzan's hip; but the
man would not understand, and Tarsan
did not dare release his hold to do the
things himself, for ho knew that the
puny white mnn never could hold mighty
Sabor nlonc for an Instant
Slowly the lioness was emerging from
the window. At Inst her shoulders were
out.
And then Clayton Eaw a thing dona
which pot even tho eternal heavens had
ever seen before. Tarzan, racking his
brains for some menns to cope single
handed with the Infuriated beast, had
suddenly recalled his battle with Tcrkoz.
and as tho great shoulders came clear
of the window, so that the lioness hung
upon tho sill only by her forepnws, Tnr
zan suddenly released his hold upon the
brute.
With the quickness of a striking rattler
he launched himself full upon Sabor's
back, hlB strong young arms seeking nnd
gaining a f ulI-Nclson upon the beast, as he
had learned It that other day during his
bloody, wrestling victory over Tcrkoz.
With a shriek the lioness turned com
pletely over upon her bnck, falling full
upon her enemy; but the black-haired
giant only closed tighter his hold.
Pawing nnd tearing at earth and air,
Sabor rolled and threw herself this way
and that in nn effort to dislodge this
strango antagonist; but ever tighter and
tighter drew the Iron bands thnt were
forcing her head lower and lower upon
her tawny breast.
Higher crept the Bteel forearmi of the
npe-man about the back of Sabor's neck.
Weaker and wenkor became tho lioness'
efforts.
At last Clayton saw the Immense mus
cles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps
leap Into corded knots beneath the silver
moonlight Thero win a long sustnlned
and supremo effort on tho ape-man's
part and the vertebrae of Sabor's neck
parted with a sharp snap.
In nn instant Tarzan was upon his feet,
and for tho second time that day Clayton
neara ino duii apes savage roar of vic
tory Then ho heard Jane Porter's
agonized cry.
"Cecil Mr. Clayton! Oh, what Is It?
What is R7"
Running quickly to the cabin door,
Cla ton called out that nil was right, and
bade her open. Aa quickly as she could
she raised the great bar nnd fairly drag
ged Clayton within.
"What was that awful noise?" she
whispered, shrinking close to him.
"It was the cry of the kill from the
throat of the man who hns Just saved
you life, Miss Porter. Walt, I will fetch
him that you may thank him."
The frightened girl would not be left
alone, so she accompanied Clayton to the
side of the cabin where lay the dead body
of the lioness ' ' T
Tarzan of the Apes was gone.
Clayton called several times, but thero
was no reply, and so tho two returned to
the greater safety of the Interior.
"What n frightful sound!" cried Jane
Porter. "I shudder at the mere thought
of It Do not tell me that human throat
voiced that hideous and fearsome shriek."
"But it did, MIbs Porter," replied Clay
ton; "or at least If not n human throat
that of a forest god."
And then he told her of his experiences
with this strange creature of how twice
tho wild man had saved his life
of the wondrous strength, and agility,
and braveryof the brown skin and the
handsome face.
"I cannot make It out at all," he con
cluded. "At first I thought he might be
Tarzan of the Apes; but he neither
speaks nor understands English, so that
theory Is untenable"
"Well, whatever ho may be," cried the
girl, "we owe him our lives, nnd may
God bless him and keep him In safety In
his wild nnd savage Jungle!"
"Amen." said Clayton, fervently.
"Fo' do good Lawd'a sake, aln' Ah
dald?"
(CONTINUED TOMOnnOW.)
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