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TEEKX stretched at luxurious ruse
. in the hado o the 'tropical forest,
.presented, unquestionably, a most at-
t ' taring picture of young, feminine love-
Ihwss. Or At, least so thought Tarzan
; ,.! the Apes, who squatted upon n low -
iairtrliiKlng branch in a nearby tree and
looked down upon her.
? j "I..- C Iimva utAn lilin there. Inlnnff
l4non the Rnavine bough of the jungle-
K,;forc-st giant, his brown skin mottled by
S.""'tne urmianc cqunionai raungui umi
nereolated throueh the lenfv canopy of
j'" green above liinv. his clean-limbed body
TV r1Tnl in irrHcrfiil ease, bin shapelv
if .--- ---- -r -- " ,-,,..
BJif head partly turneu in eonwraiimnt
K-V hnrntIon and his intelligent, gray eyes
' "ir-iiml1r devouring tile object of their
W"' devotion, jou would have thought him
the reincarnation of some demigod 01
- old.
You would not have guessed that in
infancy be bad suckled at the In cast of
a hideous, bniry she -ape. nor that in all
his conscious past since his patents had
passed Away in the little cabin by the
Mand-lockcd harbor at the jungle's verge,
he had known no other associates than
the sullen bulls and the snarling cows
of the tribe of Kcrchak, the great ape.
Xor, iould on have read the
thoughts which passed through that ac
tive, health brain, the longings and
desires and aspirations which the sight
of Tecka implied, would jou hae been
any more inclined to give credence to
the. reality, of the origin of the ape
man. Foe, from his thoughts alone,
you could never have glenned the
truth that he had been born of a gentl"
English lady 01 that his sire had been
an English nobleman of time honored
llncnce.
Lost to Tarzan of the Apes was the
truth of his origin. That he was John
Clajton, Lord Greystoke, with a "eat
in the House of Lords, lie did not know.
nor, knowing, would have understood.
Yes, Teeka was indeed beautiful.
Of course Kala had been beautiful
one's mother is always that but Teeka
was1 beautiful in a way all her own, an
indescribable sort 01" way which Tarzan
was just beginning to sense in a rather
vague and hazy manner.
For years had Tarzan and Teeka been
play-fellows, and Teeka still continued
to be playful while the young bulls of
her own age were rapidly becoming sur
ly apd morose. Tarzan, if he gave the
matter much thought at all, probablv
' teasoned that his growing attachment
s for the young female could be easily
accounted for by the fact that of the
former playmates she and he alone re
tained any desire to frolic as of old.
But today, as be sat gazing upon her.
he found himself noting the beauties of
Teeka's form and features something
he never had done before, sine e none of i
jfH ,V.M I...I M...l.t- n Jn 1 . U Tub..
ability to Tace nimbly through the lower
terraces of the forest in the primitive
names of tag and hide-and-go-seek
which Tarzan's fertile brain evolved.
Tarzan scratched his head, running
his fingers deep into the shock of black
hair which framed his shapely, boyish
face he scratched his head and sighed.
Teeka's new found beauty became as
suddenly his despair. He envied her
ms handsome coat of hair which covered
her body. His own smooth, brown
hide he bated with hatred born of dis
gust and contempt. Years back he had
harbored a hope that some day he. too,
would be clothed in hair as were all his
brothers and sisters ; but of late he had
been forced to abandon the delectable
dream.
Then there were Teeka's great teeth,
not so large as the males, of course, but
still mighty, handsome things by com
parison with Tarzan's feeble white ones.
And her beetling brows, and broad, flat
nose, and ber mouth ! Tarzan had often
practiced making his mouth into n little
round circle and! then puffing out his
checks while he winked his eyes rapidly ;
but he felt that he could never do it
in the same cute and irresistible wav in
which Tecka did it.
And as he watched her that after
noon, and wondered, a young bull npe
who bad been lazily foraging for food
beneath the damp, matted carpet of
decaying vegetation at the roots of a
near-by . tree lumbered awkwardly in
Teeka's direction. The other apes of
the tribe of Kerchak moved listlessly
bout or lolled restfully in the midday
heat of the equatorial jungle. From
time to time one or another of them had
passed close to Teeka. and Tarzan had
been uninterested. Why was it then
that his brows contracted and his mus
cles tensed as he saw Taug pause be
aide the young she and then squat down
close to her?
Tarzan always had liked Taug. Since
childhood they had romped "together.
Side by side they had squatted near the
water, their quick, strong flngerg ready
to leap forth and seize PIsah. the fish,
should that wary denizen of tin rnnl
depths dart surfaceward to the lure of
me insects uarzan toBsed upon the face
of the pool.
Together they bad baited Tulbat and
teased Numa. the lion. Whv. H,n
should. Tarzan feel the rise of the short
naira at the nape of his neck merely
because Taug sat close to Teeka?
It is true that Taug was no longer the
frolicsome ape of yesterday. When his
anarling-muscles bared his giant fnnc
no one could longer imagine that Taug
n m no piujiui a mood as when he
and Tarzan had rolled upon the turf
In mimic battle.
$& V16 TauK of todaT was a h"Kt. sullen
v uun o,,r. tomoer ana forbidding. Yet
uo una j.arznn never bad quarreled.
For a few minutes the young ape
man watched Taug press closer to
Teeka. He saw the rough caress of the
huge paw as it stroked the sleek shoul
der of the she, and then Tarzan of the
Apes clipped 'catlike to the ground and
approached the two.
A he came his upper lip curled into
snarl, exposing his fighting fangs, and
a deep growl rumbled from his
V cavernous chest. Taug looked un. tut.
ting his blood-shot eves. Tei-Lu fc.ir
praised herself and looked at Tinm.
Did slie guess the cause of his per
f turbation? Who may say? t any
.. rate, ane was leminine. ana so sbe
p'(eached up and scratched Taug behind
Vbc vi ins small, liai furs.
ic j Tartan saw, and in the Instant that
j,k aw Tcefca waa no longer the little
t playmate of an hour ago: instead she
was a wondrous thing the most won-
4feu inihe world and a possession for
which. Tarzan would fight to the death
4T4iH Jaug, or any other who dared
tttion'hls right of proprietorship,
Soopd, ,hlavHiHcles rigid and one
hoaimw' tttNteu toward the young
TmuB:et the Ape sidjed nearer
UH Cc w parUf. avert-.
tyta pay hit
those of Taug, and as he came, his
growls increased In depth and volume.
Taug rpse upon his short legs, brist
ling. Ills fighting fangs were bared.
He, too, sidled, atlff-leggcd, and
growled.
"Teeka is Tarzan's." said the ape
man, In .the low gutturius or tbc great
anthropoids.
, "Teeka Is Taug's," replied the bull
ape.
Thaka and Xunigo and (iiinto, dis
turbed by the grow lings of the two
joung bulls, looked up half apathetic,
half Interested. They were sleepy, but
they sensed a fight. It would break the
monotony of the humdrum jungle life
thev led.
Colled about his shoulders was Tar
zan's long grus lope, in his hand was
the hunting knife of the long dead
father he hnd never known. In Taug's
little brain lav a great lespeot for the
shiny bit of shnrp metal whiih the ape
bov knew so well how to use. With It
had ho slain Tublat. his fierce foster
father, nnd Ilolgani, the gorilla. Taug
knew these things, nnd so he came
wnrilv, circling about Tarzan In cearch
of an opening. The latter, made
cautious because of his eser bulk and
the inferioritv of his natural armament,
follow ed similar tactics.
For a time It seemed that the alterca
tion would follow the wav of the ma
jority of smh differences between mem
bers of the tribe and (hat one of them
would fluallv loe Interest and wander
off to piosecute some other line of en
deavor. Such might have been the end
of it had the cnnhs belli been other than
it was: but Teeku w flattered nt the
attention thst was being drawn to her
and by the fait that these two voting
bulls were contemplating battle on hei
account.
Such a thing never before had oc
curred in Teeka's biief life. She bad
seen othei bulls battling foi othei and
older shes. and in the depth of her wild
little heart she had longed for the dav
when the jungle grnsses would be red
dened with the blood of mortal combat
for her fair sake.
So now she squatted upon her
haunches and Insulted both her admit-
ers impartiallv. She hurled taunts at
them for their cowardice, and called
them vile names, such as install, the
snake, nnd Dango. the hvenu. She
threatened to call Mumga to chastise
them with a stick Mumga, who was so
old that she could no longer climb and
o toothless that she was forced to con
fine her diet almost exclusively to ba
nanas and grub worms
The apes who were watching heard
and laughed. Taug was infuriated.
He made a sudden lunge for Tarzan,
but the ape-boy leaped nimbly to one
side, eluding him, nnd with the quick
ness of a cat wheeled and leaped back
again to close quarters, tits Hunting
knife was raiseel above his head as he
came in, and he aimed a Melons blow
at Taug's neck. The ape wheeled to
dodge the weapon ho that the keen blade
struck him but a glancing blow upou
the shoulder.
The spurt of red blood brought a
shrill cry of delight from Teeka. Ah '
hut this was something worth while!
She glanced about to. see if others had
witnessed this evidence of her popu
larity. Helen of Troy was never one
whit more proud than was Teeka at
that moment.
11 Teeka had not been so absorbed in
her own 'vningloriousness she might
have noted the rustling of leaves in the
tree above her a rustling which was
not caused by any movement of the
wind, since there was no wind. And
had she looked up she might have seen
a sleek bodv crouching almost diree tlv
over her and .wicked yellow eves glaring
hungrilv down upon ber, but Teeka
did not look up.
With his wound Taug had backed off
growling horribly. Taran had followed
him, screaming insults nt him, and
menacing him with his brandishing
blade. Teeka moved from beneath the
tree in an effort to keep close to the
duelists.
The branch above Teeka bent autl
swayed a trifle with the movement of
the body of the watcher stretched ulong
it. Taug had halted now and was pie-
paring to make a new stand. His lips
were flecked with foam, and balUa
drooled from his jowls. He stood with
head lowered and arms outstretched,
preparing for a sudden charge to clpsc
quarters. Could he but lay his mighty
hands Upon that soft, brown skin the
battle would be his. Taug considered
Tarzan's manner of fighting unfair. He
would not close. Instead, he leaped
nimbly just beyond the reach of Taug's
muscular fingers.
The ape-boy had as yet never come
to a real trial of strength with a bull
ape, other than in plaj, and to he was
not at all sure that it would be safe to
put his muscles to the test iu a life
and death struggle. Not that he was
afraid, for Tarzan knew nothing of
fear. The Instinct of self-preservation
gave him caution that was all. He
took risks only when it seemed neces
sary, and then he would hesitate at
nothing.
His own method of fighting seemed
best fitted to bis build and to his arma
ment. His teeth, while strong autl
sharp, were, as weapons of offense, piti
fullr inadequate by comparison with the
mighty fighting fangs of the anthropoids,
By dancing about, just out of reach
of an antagonist, Tarzan could do in
finite injury with his long, sharp hunt
ing knife, and at the same time escape
many of the painful and dangerous
wounds which would be Mire to follow
his falling info the clutches of a bull
ape.
And so Taug charged and bellowed
like a bull, and Tarzan of the Apes
danced lightly to this side and that,
hurling jungle billingsgate at his foe,
the wbile he nicked him now and again
with his knife.
There were lulls In the. fighting when
the two would stand panting for breath,
facing each other, mustering their wits
and their forces for a new onslaught.
It was during a pause such as this that
Taug chanced to let his eyes rove beyond
his loeman. Instantly the entire aspect
of the ape altered. Rage left bis
countenance to be Supplanted by an ex
pression of fear.
With a cry that every ape there rec
ognized, Taug turned and 'fled. No
need to question him his warning pro
claimed the near presence of their an
cient enemy.
Tarzan started to seek safety, as did
the other members of the tribe, and as
bedld so he beard a panther's scream
mingled with the frightened, cry of a
she-ape. Taug heard, top; but he did
not pause In his flight.
.With the ape-boy, however, Jt was
different. He looked back to see 'if any
member of the tribe was close pressed
by the baart of prey, and the sight that
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met his ees filled them with an ex
pression of liorroi
Teeka it was who cued out in titioi
as lie fled acioss it little dealing to
ward the trees upon the opposite Mile,
for after her leaped Slice ta. the pan
thei. in eas. giaceful bounds Slice tn
appeared to be, in no hurrj His nieiit
wits asstited. Kline even tliniiglt llio npe
reached the- trees aln.iel eif
hnn slip
clutches
could not i limb bectiiid
befole he eoultl be upon he I
Taizan su that Teeka must die lie
cued to Taug and tlie ntliei bulls to
hasten to Teeka's assistance, mid at the
same time he tan toward the piUMilug
beaut, tokiug down Ins rope as he came.
Tin 7au knew thut once- tin gieut bulls
wete aroused none of the- jungle, not
en n Viiniu. the lion, was anxious to
meusuie fangs wifh them, and tliut if all
those of the tube who chained to be
pi OKi-iit toelai would chatge, Sheeta. the
gieat cat. woule' doubtless till n tall and
inn for his life.
Taug heard, as ilul the othei , but no
j one i nme to Tjtrzan's assistnui e or
looka s rescue, and Slieetu w.is lapulh
closing up the distance between linn
self and Ins prej
The upe-boc. leaping nftei the pan
ther, cried nlouel tei the beast in an
effoit to tutu it fmm Te-eku cu other
wise distinct its urieiitiou until the
she ape could gain the snfeti of the
highei btauehes wheie Sheeta dare not
go He called the panthei even op
in obi ions name that fell to his tongue
He- claied linn to slop anil do battle
with lmn , but Sheeta cmlv loped on
after the luscious titbit now almost
within hi reach.
Tarzan was not fai behind and he
was gaining, but the distance was so
short that he scan e hoped to oier
hatil the cutiiiiiiie befnte it had felled
Teeka In. bis light hand the bov
swung his giass rope above- his bead
ns he ran. He hated to ehanin a miss,
fin the distance was much gieafei than
he ever had cast hefoie except in piac
tice. It was the full length of his
grass rope which sepaiatcjl him from
-Sheeta, and vet there was no other thing
to do. He could not leach the brute's
side before It overhauled Teeka. He
must chance a throw.
And just as Teeka spiang for the
lower limb of a great tree, and Sheeta
rose behind her In a, long, einuous
leaj), the coils of the ape-boy's grass
rope shot swiftly through the air,
straightening into n long thin line as
the open noose hovered for nn instance
above the savage head and the snarling
jaws Then it settled clean nnd true
about the tnwn.v neck it settled, nnd
Tan-an, with n quick twist of his ropeT
hand, drew the noose taut, bracing
himself for the shock when Sheetn
should hnve taken up the slack.
.Tust shoit of Teeka's glossv rump
the true! talons rnked the air as the
rope tightened and Sheeta was brought
to n sudden stop a stop that snapped
the big beast over upon his back. In
stantly Sheetn was up with glaring
eyes, and lashing tail, and gaping jaws,
from which issued hideous cries of
ragf and disappointment.
He suw the ape-boy, the cause of
his discomfiture, scarce foitv feet be
fore him, and Sheeta charged.
Teeka was safe now ; Tarzan saw to
that by a qufftk glanee into the tree
whose safctv she bad gained not an
instant too soon, and Slieetu was charg
ing. It were useless to risk his life
in idle and unequal combat fiom which
no good would come; but could he es
'rape a battle with the enraged cat?
And If he was forceel to fight, what
rhanre had be to survive? Tarzan was
constrained to admit that his position
was aught but a desirable one. The
trees were too far to hope to reach
in time to elude the cat.
Tarzan could but stand facing that
hideous charge. In his right hand he
grasped his hunting knife a puny,
futile thing indeed by comparison with
the great rows of mighty teeth which
lined Hheeta's powerful jaws, and the
sharp talons encased within his padded
paws; yet the young Lord Oreystoke
faced it with the same c ourageous resig
nation with which some fearless ancestor
went down to defeat and death on Sen
lac 1111 by Hastings.
From safety points in the trees t,he
great apes watched, screaming hatred
at Sheeta and advlre at Tarzan, for the1
progenitors of man have, naturally,
many human traits. Teeka was fright
ened. She creamed atv the bulls ,to
hasten to Tarzan's assistance; bat the
bulls were, otherwise engaged prlpcj
pally in giving tdvtee ami Kuklugsfaeee.
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The First of a Series of 'Jungle Tales
of Tarzan" Each Complete in Itself
'I he cruel talons raked
Anvwav, Taran was not a leal Man
guni. so why should thev risk their lives
in an effort to protect him?
And now Sheeta was almost upou the
lithe, naked bodv. and the bodv was
not there. Quick as was the great cat,
the npe bov vvns qmekei. lie leaped to
one si, e inmost as i c pantiier a taions
were .losing upon him. and ns Sheeta
vvvm .....i....g iu .nV Bioiinu oejouu.
juizan wuhj mcing lor u.e su.ecv 01 me
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I tin nniilnvi i nuiioail InitvuAlr nlmnct
m tai iuilllivi i ' s u 1 VVI III1IICMI UIIIIU71
liuiiicdintelv aud, wheeling, tore aftei
his piev, the ape-bov's rope dragging
along the grouud behind him. In
doubling biuk nfter Tarzau, Sheeta
had passed around a low bush. It was
a meie nothing in the path of any
jungle denture of the size nnd weight
of Sheeta
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nngluig behind Hut Sheeta was'
i ope d
handicapped bv such a lone.
and US nC.
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ic-upeu once again niter lurzan ot tne,
Apes the lope encircled the small bush,
be. nine tangled iu It nnrt brought the!
..miner to a suauen stop. An instant,
later Tarzan was safe among the higher
bum. ties of a smalp free into which
Miectu could not follow him.
Heie he, perched, hutling twigs and
epithetH lit the. laging feline beneath
him. The othei members of the tiibcjzan spent considerable time hunting the
now 100s. up ine nomuurument, using, game animals whose flesh alone satis
su.h haid-shelled fruits and dead tied the cravinirs of his stomach and
brandies as came within their reach,
unui nneeiu, goaueel to frenzy and snap-1
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
GEE WHIZ!
B CHRISTINE HAYES '
AGATHA WAITK lived with her
Aunt Justine in a co.y little apart
ment on West Ihivc. She was so pas
sionate! v fond of cats that, if the old
adage weie to be .1 edited, anj matii
mouial hopes she might' cheiish were
doomed from the stait. To look at
Agatha, however, was te? doubt the
adage. Agatha was certainly worth
looking at, from the suuny crown of
her head to the tips.of her shoes. Gee
Whizz was worth looking at, too. Gee
Whizz was Agatha's half-grown black
coon kitten, n feline of pedigree silky
of coat and golden-eyed.
Aunt Justine was a social worker.
She prided herself on her efficiency,
even iu, small matters locking the door,
for instance. She boasted that she had
never forgotten to lock the door when
she nnd Agatha went put together. Hut,
as everv one knows, pride goes before a
fall, and there came a elaj when Aunt
Justine not only forgot to lock the door,
she forgot to quite close it.
Gee Whizz did not immediately dis
cover the oversight. He hnd break
fasted well, and, left to his own devices,
was frittering away his time In the
usual manner bath, sun-bath, and
dreamless slumber. When the carelessly
shut door creaked and the opening into
the hall became perceptible, he sat up
expectantly. Xo -ne appeared, Gee
Whizz blinked nn unbelieving yellow
e.vc, stretched, jawned, and padded
forth to investigate. The tour of in
' estimation was uneventful until Get
Whizz nrnved at the door of Mr. John
Dillingham.
One of Mr. Dillingham's hobbies was
goldfish. His aquarium was small, but
select. The ten fish that flashed back
and forth within the four 'glass walls
represented several hundred dollars.
Gee Whizz also had a fondness for
goldfish, though he had not heretofore
.been aware of it. He adored their cun
ning curvings. He smiled ecstatically,
and learned that they w ere good to eat.
Twenty minutes later John Dilllng
ham stepped jauntily from the elevator,
experienced a slight shock at sight of
the open door, guessed swiftly at the
reason for it, crossed the Xhrcshold, and
experienced a much greater shock.
Utterly unconscious of observation.
Gee Whizz was prowling around the
aquarium, looking up with twitching
jaws. And on (be floor hard by-rhor-ror
of horrors, two silvery ftni! The
man's quick glance confirmed the loss
pf the fish he valued most highly. .His
eyes blazed angrily, and patching pie
furry culprit in .a vise-like grip he
ducked him In the tank once, twice, three
times. In the Interests 6t justice the
duckings might have continued in
definitely, but mercy, In the person of
Agatha, Intervened)
As Slercy. 'hpwever, Agatha was
v ' n a , j
the air as the rope tightened
ping at the grass rope, finally succeeded
in severing its strands, For a moment
the panther stood glaring first nt one of
his tormentors and then at anothoi, un
til, with n hnal scream of rage, he
turned and slunk off into the tangled
mazes of the jungle.
A half hour ,Bt(T the Mb(. nus gan
,, ,W groun(li f()(Hnig ag lough
nauRht ha(, 0(turretI to interrupt the
(lombpp du,,npM nf thcir Uvcs raan
liad iccovpred the greater part of his
. i .
i ope and was busy fashioning a new
noose, while Teekft squatted dose be
side him, in evident token that hei
choice was made.
Taug eyed them sullenlv. Once when
he came close, Teeka bared hei fangs
and growled at him, and Tarzan Rhowetl
liiu ftnmnnct in .1 ti tinl. ann.1 ViitC- rln,if-
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,Hij not provoke a quarrel. He seemed
to D(Cf t aftPr thp manncr of ,,,, ,,,,,
t,. ,1, ;,l.n .f IU aha a, nn indw nlinn
,,.. ,. ,.,, hp.n ..n,,,,!.!,.,! in
his
i,i. . i, f,i
,,atcr ia tIlp ,, ' hig ropc .0I)aircd
Tarzan took to the trees iu search of
giimc. More than his fellows 'he te
quired meat, and so, while they were
satisfied with fruits, and herbs nnd
beetles, which could be discovered wlth-
out mne-h (-ffnrf nnnn IbMr nnrl. Tnr
furnished sustenance and strength to
the mighty thews which, day by day,
scarcely in character, for bhe was just
as angrj as .John Dillingham. More so,
perhaps, because she knew really that
she had less right to be.
'You horrid brute:" she gtotmed.
"Don't jou daic touch my tat don't
,ou dare touch him! Oh, 1 wish,"
she flung over her shoulder with nn
nngrj little sob, "he had eaten every
single fish you have."' "
"Well, upon my word." exnloded
Mr. John Dillingham, gazing after the
pink-anu-wniie-ana-gold Kury Indig
nantly. Slowly the anger died out of his
eyes. "Well, upon my word," he re
marked thoughtfully, and grinned.
iolcts, accompanied by a note of
apology, cvidentl failed to make any
impression on Agatha, for when Mr.
Dillingham passed her on the stairs
I next day and lifted his bat humbly she
ignored him quite icily. He was not at
all necumsomed to being ignored.
"Tough luck, old chap," he thought
ruefully. "I do believe you've met the
only girl, and lost her, through cr a
catastrophe."
Thinking it over, he decided to make
one last effort .at conciliation. He would
call upon Aunt Justine and Agatha and
Gee Whizz, and explain n person.
He did so, and felt that from Aunt
Justine lie wrung a certain reluctant
approval. Agatha was charming, but
she managed withal to make the call
an exceedingly difficult one for Mr.
Dillingham. As that gentleman rose to
go he opened his mouth to say some
thing gracefully propitiatory, and to
his chagrin 'found himself stammering
like a schoolboy. "Well Gee Whizz!
isn't there anything "
He got no further. In less time than
It takes to tell it an animated fluff of
black fur had covered the distance
from the window-seat to Mr. Dilling
ham's shoulder and was nestling con
tentedly against his cheek. It is star
tling to have, four pounds catapult onto
one's shoulder without warning. No
doubt Mr. Dillingham's face expressed
is much, for Agatha laughed. .
"That's one of his tricks," she
apologized. "When you gay his name
like that Gee Whizz! he's been
taught to run to your shoulder. He
seems to have forgiven you the, duck
ing," she continued sweetly, "don't
you fhlnk you could forgive blm ihe
goldfish?"
John Dillingham had heard of fem
inine Inconsistency, but he wag quite
unprepared for this Btaggerlng evidence
of it. Hovvew, he hastened to grant
the pardon Gee Ayhlzz was' interpreted
ns craving. "He could be trained," he
added firmly, "never to touch those
goldfish." i
Agatha blushed. "Possibly," she con
ceded. The John Dillingbama proved,
several month later, that he could.
(The next complet MtreleiUh-Xeiih-
feorg;.
By Edgar Rice
weie building .beneath the soft, smooth
texture of his brown hide.
Taug saw him depait, aud then, quite
casually, the big beast hunted (loser
nnd closer to Teeka in his search for
food, At last he was within n few feet
of her, nud when he shot n covert glance
nt her he saw that she was appiaising
him and that theie vvns no evieiencc of
angei upon hei fa..-.
Taug expanded his gieat chest aud
lolled about on his short legs, makiug
strange grow lings iu his throat. He
raiseel ils lips, bcaiing his fangs. My,
but what great, beautiful fangs he hnei !
Teeka could not but notice them. She
also let her ejes rest in admiration
upon Taug's beetling brows and his
short, poweiful ne.k. What a beauti
ful creutuie he vvus indeed!
Taug, flatteied bv the uncoueenled
admiration In hei e.vcs. strutted nbotit,
ns pioiid anil as vain as a peacock.
Presently he began to inentorv his as
sets, llieutallv. und slinrtlv Iib iVmn.l
Uhimself computing them with those nf
his rival.
Taug grunted, foi theie was no com
parison. How could one compare hi's
beautiful coat with the smooth nnd
naked hideousness of Tairfn's ' bare
hide? Who could sec beautv In the
stingy nose of the Tnrinangnui nftet
looking at Taug's biond uostiils? And
Tarzan's e.vcs? Hideous things, show
ing white about them, and entirely un
trimmed with red. Tung knew that
ins own nioodsliot ejes were beautiful,
.". ..- unci seen mem rellected iu llic
glassy surface of many a drinking pool.
The bull chew nearer to Tecka, final
ly squatting close ugainst her. When
Tarzan returned from bis hunting a
short time later it was to Tnai
f-coutcntedly scratching the back of his
11VUI.
Jftrznn was disgusted. Xeithei Taug
flM Tnnlrn nn.. !.!.. 1
... ....r.u Ba iiim us ne bvviing through
the trees into the glade. He paused a
moment, looking nt them; then, with a
sonovvful grimace, he tinned and fnded
avvaj Into the lobjiiuth of leafv boughs
and festooned moss out of which he had
come.
-larzan wished to be as far awav"
-"j "s ik oi ins neartachc as he
could. He was suffering the fiist pongs
"' "B'-.u iove, nnu lie didnjt nuite
know wbat vas the matter with him.
He thought that he was angry with
Taug, and so he couldn't understand
why it was that he had urn away in
stead of lushing Into mortal combat
with the destrojer of his happiness.
He also thought that he" was angry
with Teeka, yet a vision of her maiiy
beauties persisted in haunting him, so
that he could onlj sec her in the light
of love .as the most desirable thing in
the world, "
The"" apc-bojr craved affection.. Fiom
babyhood until the time of her death,
when the poisoned arrow of Kulonga
had pierced her savage heart.'Kaln had
represented to the English boy he sole
object of love which he had known.
In her wild, tierce way Kala had
loved her adopted son, nudJTnrzan had
returned that love, though the outward
demonstrations of it were no greater
than mjght have been expected from any
other beast of the jungle. It wasnot
until1 he was bereft of her that the boy
realized how deep hod been his attach
ment, for his mother, for as such he
looked upon her.
In Teeka he had seen within thf past
few hour a 'substitute for Kala some
one'to fightUor and to hunt for some
one to caress; but now his dream was
shn'tered. i?6methlng hurt within his
breast.. He" placed his hand over his
heart and wonder'ed what had happened
to him. Vagifely he attributed his pulu
to Teeta,.' The more he thought of
Teeka aa he had last seen her, caressing
Taug, the more the thing within his
breast hurt -him,
Tarzan shook his head and growled:
then on ane) on through te jutfglo he
swung, and the farther life traveled and
the'more b thought upon h(a wrpnga,
the .nearer he Approachetl becoming an
Irreclaimable misogynist.
, Two days later he was still hunting
alone very morose, and very unhappy;
but he waa determined never to return
to the tribe. He could ,not bear the
thought, qf seeing Taugand Tecka ai
ways together, Ashe swung upon a
great limb Nii'ma, the lion, and gn.bor.
the. lioness, jiassed beneath him, side by
sde, and pabor leaned, against the Jlon
and bit playfully at big che,ek. It was
a half caress. Tarzan sighed and hurled
a nut at then,
Later h came upon several of Mbon-
ga'a black warriors. He vrag upon the
point ot dropping nis :oose"-about the
ils 'pge"-about thehiroarbrd her the ape drew', away.
j, avJittle yXwkii'' e,MMr "it ia Ta'raa. Yi
BPCtt 01 019-", JHUfU,
y'.
f 4. .!.. -,.
distance from, his companions, when he
became Interested tn the thing which oc
cupied the savages. They were building
n cage in me trail ana covering it wun
leafy branches, When they had com
pleted their wot;k the structure was
scarcely visible. t '
Tarzan wondered what the purpose of
the thing might br, and why, when they
had built It, they turned away and
Marteel back along the trnit in the- di
rection of tbelr village, i ' '
It had ben some time since Tnrznn
had visited the blacks nnd looked dbwn
from the shelter of thc great trees which
overhung' their palisade itp6n the activi
ties of jiis enemies, from nmong whonl
Had come -the slayerbf Kala,
Although he hated them Tarzan de
rived considerable eutcitalnmeut in
watching them at their daily life within
the village, and especially nt their
dances, when the fires glnreilnguliist
IheTr naked bodies as tlieyMcapcil am'
turnedand twisted In mimic warfare.
It waa rather in the hope of witnessing
something of the kind, that he now fol
lowed the warriors back towaid their
village, but in this he was disappointed,
for there was no dance that night.
Instead, , from the safe concealment
of his tree, Tnrzau saw little groups
seated about tln.v fires 'discussing the
events of the, dav, nnd in the daiker
corners of the village he desciled isolated
couples talking and laughing .together,
and nlwajs one of each couple vvns a
.voting man and the other a joung
woman.
Tniztm cocked his head upon one side
and thought, nnd before he went to
sleep that night, curled iu the crotch
of the great tiee above the village.
Tecka filled his mlnd. and afterward
he filled his dreams she and the young
black men laughing and talking with
the joung black women.
Tnug, hunting nlone, had wandered
some distance from the balance of the
tribe. He was making his way slowl)
aloug an elephant path when he dis
covered that It was blocked with under
growth. Now Taug", come into matui'
it.v, was nn evll-uatuied brute of nh
exceeding short' temper. When some
thing thwarted him. his sole ideawas
to oveicome it by brute strength and
feiocitv, nud so now when he found
his wav blocked, he toie nngrilv into the
leaf screen nml an instant later found
himself vvlthiu n strange lair, ins prog
ress effectuallv blocked, notwithstanding
Ills most violent efforts to forge ahead.
Hitiug and striking nt the barriei,
Taug fiuallv winked himself iuto a
frightful iage. but all to no avail; and
at last he became convinced that be
must tuiii back. Hut when" iie would
have ;lone so, what was his chagiin
to discover that uuothei bulkier' hud
diopped behind him. while he fought to
bieuk down the one beforc,him! -Tnug
wns trapped. Pntil exhaustion ovei -came
him lie fought finntknlf foi his
ficcdoni' but nil foi naught. , '
In the moiuing a paitv of blacks set
out fiom the village of Mbonga in the
dnectiou of tne trap thej had con
structed the- previous da, while among
the blanches of the tiees .above them
hoveled a naked vouug giaiit filled with
the ciniositj of the" wild things. Mun-i,.
the. monkej- chattered and scolded us
Taizan passed, and though he was nut
nfi'nid of the familial figure- of the npe
bo.v, he hugged closer to him the- little
brown bodv of his l,f0-H companion.
Inrznn laughed us he saw it; but the
laugh was followed bv u sudden cloudiug
of his face nnd n deep sigh.
A little farthei on, a gnllj feathered
turd stiutted nbout hefoie the admir
ing e.vcs of his sombc-i -hticel mate. It
seemed to Tarim l.c ... -..n.: ...
he jungle vvus- coinbiuing to remind
him that he had lost Teeka; vet eveiv
dnv 0f his life he ,, p,,n j,ipsp
thills and thought nothing of them
When the blacks i eat lied the. trap,
Inug set up a great commotion. Seiz
ng the bars of his piison. he shook
them finnticallj, nnd all the while he
loared and g-owled teirihcnllv. The
blacks weie eluted, foi while they hnd
not built their tiap Tor this hair tiec
man, thej weie dt lighted with thcir
catch.
Taran picked up his ems wh?u he
ne-urei me voice of n gicnt ape
eliding quickly until lie ie u.nvi
from the traps, be sniffed at tli
nnd,
wind
hir in
senrch of the stent spooi of the prisonei.
rvor was it long hefoie there came to
those dedicate nosttils the familiar odpr
thut told Taran the identity of the
captive br uneuingly us though he hnd
looked upon Taug with his eyes. Yes,
it vyas Taug. and he' wns alone,
Taizan grinned ns he approached to
discover what the blacks would do to
their prisoner. Doubtless they would
slay him at once. Again Tarzan grin
ned. Xow he could have Teeka for his
own, with none to dispute his right tn
her. As he watched, he saw' the black
4warr!ors strip the screen from, nbqut the
cage, fasten ropes to it and drag 'It
away along tin trail in the direction of
their village.
Tarzan watched until his rival passed
out of sight, .still beating unon tin
bars of his prison nml growling out
his anger and his threats. Then 1ip
ape-boy turned nnd swung rapidly off
in Rc-nrcn ot the tribe, nnd Teeka.
"Once, upon the jotirnej, he surprised
Sheeta apd his fainilj in n little over
grown clearing. The great cat lnv
stretched upon the ground, while his
mate, one paw across her lord's savage
iace, i-ckcu at tne solt white fur nt
his throat, '
Tarzan Increased his speed then itu-l
til lie fairly tlew through the forest, aor
was it long before he mine upon the
tribe. He saw them before they saw
blm, for of all the jungle creatures,
none passed more quietlv than Tarzan
of the Apes. He saw Knmmn and her
mate feeding side by side, their hairy
bodies rubbing against each other. Anil
ho saw Teeka feeding bv herself. Not
for long would she feed thus in loneli
ness, thought Terrain as with a bound
he landed nmong them.
There was a startled rush and a
chorus of angry and frightened snarl
vfor Tarzan ha surprised them; but
i.irrr ...uir, mu, nmn mere nervous
shock to account for the bristling neck
hair which remained standing long after
the apes had discovered the Identity of
the newcomer.
Tarzan noticed this as he had noticed
it mauy times In the past that alvvayg
his sudden coining among them left them
nervou nud unstrung for a considerable
time, nnd that they oue aud nil found
It necessary to satisfy tbemselvcs that
he wag indeed Tarzan by smelling about
bim half dozen or more times before
they calmed down,
pushing through them, he, mrfde his
way lowarn icena; nut as-vAe ap.
tf
Burroughs
belong to Tarzan. I have 'come for
you.''
The ape drew closer, looking blm over
carefully. Finally she sniffed at him,
as though to make, assurance doubly
sure., j
''H'heie Is Taug?'' she asked. .
The Gomanganl have him," replied
larzan. ''They will kill him."
In the eyes of the she, Tarzan saw
n wistful expression and n troubled look
of sorrow as he told her of Taug'g fate ; -but
she come quite close nnd snuggled
ngnlnst him, and. Tarzan, Lord Grey
stoke, p'ut his arm about, her.
As he did so he noticed, with, a star
the strange incongruity of that smooth. '
brown nrm against the black and hairy1
coat of his ladylove. He recalled the
paw of Sheeta's mate across Sheets'
face no Incongruity there.. He thought
of little Manu hugging his she, and haw
theuf seemed to belong to the other.
Even the proud,, mnle bird, with Tils
gay plumage, bore a close resemblance
to his quieter spouse, while Numa, but
for his shaggy mane, was almost a ,
counterpart of Sabot1, the lioness. The
males nnd the females differed, it was
it uc; but not with such differences as
existed between Tarzan nnd Tecka.
Tarzau wns puzzled. There was some
thing wrong. His nrm dropped from
the- shoulder of Teekn. Very slowly '
he drew away from her. She looked'5,
nt him with her head cocke"d upon one,
side. Tarzan rose to his full height and
beat upon his breast with his fists. He ,
raised his head toward the heavens and
opened his mouth. From the depths of
his lungs rose the fierce, weird dial-,
lenge Of the victorious bull ape. The1
tribe tinned curiously to eye htm. He.
hnd killed nothing, nor was theie anv
antagonist to be goaded to madness by
the savage scream. No, there was no
excuse for It, nnd thej turned back to
(heir feeding, but with an eye upon the
npeman lest he be preparing to suddenly
run nmuck.
As they watched him thev saw hltmr
swing Into n neatbv tree nnd disappear
from sight. Then they forgot blm, even
Teeka. Mbonga's black wauiors, sweating
beneath their strenuous task, and rest-'
lug oftm. made slow progress toward
their village. Always the savage beast
in the piimitive cage growled and mated
when they moved him. He beat upon
the bais and slnvcred at the mouth.
His noise wfts hideous.
They had almost completeel their ,
journey and were making their final
rest hefoie foiging ahead to gain the
dealing in which Ia their village. A
few moie minutes would hnve taken'
them out of the forest, and then, doubt
less, the thing would not have happened
which did happen.
A silent 'figure, moved through i the ,
tiees above them. Keen eyes inspected
the cage and counted; the number of
wairiors. ,An alert and dating brain
figiirc.il upon the chn'nces of 'stlccels w
when a. certain plan should be put to the '
test. v
Taizan watched the blacks lolling In
tlic .shade. They' were exhausted J
Alieady several of them slept. He
crept closefj pausing just above them.
Not a leaf rustled before his stealthy
ndv'auce. He waited In the infinite
patieuce'of the beast of prej. , Presently
but two qf the. wnrriois'iemalned
awake, qnd one'-of these wall dozing.
Tarzau of tifc Apes gathered himself,
und as he .elfcf so. the black who did
inokjsteejjyilioKie,,tfliUe1''itasscd around tj
me leur oinue cage, xne ape-ooj ioi
lovved just above his head. Taug was
c.vclng the warrior nnO emitting low
growls. Tarzan feared that the an-i
thropoill would'uwakeu the sleepers.
T .. .. LI ..,.,?.. 1ft , ..
... u cwiiKper which wuH.inuucnuic lo &
the cars of the negro, Tarzan whispered
Taug's name, cautioning the npe to
sllcuce, nnd Taug's growling e'ensed.
The black approached the real of the,
cage and examined the fastenings of the
door, nnd as he stood there the beast '
'above him launched itself from the tree
full upon his bnck. Steel fingers circled. -.
his throat, choking the crj which sprang
to the lips of the terrified mnn. Strong
teeth- fastened themselves in his
shoulder, nnd powerful legs wound
themselves about his toiso.
The black In a frenzy of teiror tiled
to dislodge the silent thing which clung
tq him. He threw himelf to the'giouiid
nud rolled about ; but still those mighty
fingers closed more and moie tightly
tc;ii deacll.v grip,
The man's mouth gaped wide,. his
swollen tongue pioiruded, v his eyes
stnrtecl from their sockets; but the re
lentless fingers only increased their
pressure.
Taug was a silent wltnpis nrn,
struggle. In his fierce lit,tle( brain lie-"
I'nnlillAiiu . .1 -l.i '
'"""'' nuuuereu wnat purpose
prompted Tnrzan to attack the black.
Taug had not forgotten his recent bottle
with the ape-boy, nor the cause of It.
Now he saw the form of the Gomanganl
suddenly go limp. There was a con
vulsive shiver and the man lay still.
Tarzan sprang from his prey and ran
to the door of the caee. With nimM.
hngers he worked lapldly nt the thongs
..icu iinei me uoor in place. Taug
could onl watch he could not help.
Presentlj Tarzan pushed the thing up a
couple of feet and Tauc ernwl,i .
The npe- would have turned m.nn i,l
sleeping blacks that. he might: wreak his
pent vengeance; but Tarzan would not '
permit it. . f Ji
Instead, tlie ape-boy dragged 'the "
bodj of the black within the fn, n.i
Plopped It acralnst llio !! (,.. mi' Ul
he lowered the, door and made fast the
uiuiiKie us uiey nau neeu befoie. .!
a nappj smite lighted his featuies as
he worked, for one of his nrlnoinnl ,n. ,
versions was the baiting of the blacks .
of Mbonga's village. He could Imagine
their terror when thej awoke and fn..il .
the dead bodj of their comrade fast In y
tin- rnirr. uliara tUav l.a.l lAr, 1-.- 1 .. 51
"", , .... .v.. me great
ppe safely secured but a fevy minutes
before.
Tarzan and Taug7 took to the trees $&
.ugeiiier, me suaggy coat or the fierce
ape brushing the sleek skin o? the Kn.-.. f
Hsh lordllng ns they passed through''"
the primeval jungle side by side.
"Go back to Teeka," said Tarzan. ,i
"She ia .voura. Tnrxnn Hnos nni ,. '-,
her," . 1
jarzau iias lounu .another she? '
asked Taug, r
The ape, boy shrugged.'
CCKV,,. Clin nniHfl.,.l U. I- -
other Gomanganl," he said, ''for Numa, iy,
the Hon, there is Sabor. the linn.
ess; for Sheeta there la a she of his S
own kind; for Hara, the decrf for ', J
Manu, the monkey; for all the beasts
and the birds of the jungle is there a ,
mate. Only for Tarzan of the Apes Is .'
there none, Taug Is an ape, l'eeka
Is an ape. Go back to Teeka. Turzaa
la a man, He will go ajone," ,
(The next complete "Jungle Tabs,"
"TU Capture of Tan-ati," will -irrtlg
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