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Tarzan and the lilack Boy
rpARZAN of the Apes sat nt the
foot of a great tree braiding a
new grass rope. Beside him lay the
frayed remnants of the old one,
torn and severed by the fangs and
talons of Shccta, the panther. Only
lialf the original rope was there,
the balance having been carried oft"
by the angry cat as he bounded
away through the jungle with the
noose still nbout his savage neck
and the loose end dragging among
the underbrush.
Tarzan smiled as ho recalled
Sheeta's great rage, his frantic ef-
forts to free himselt trom tne en-1
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tangling strands, his uncanny
screams that were part hate, part
anger, part terror. He smiled in
retrospection at the discomfiture of
his enemy, ana in .inuiipauuu m
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strand to his new rope. .
This would be the strongest-, the
heaviest rope that Tarzan of the
Apes ever had fashioned. Visions of
Numa the lion, straining futilely in
his embrace thrilled the ape-man.
He was quite content, for his hands
and his brain were busy. Content,
too, were his fellows of the tribe of
Kerchak, searching for food in the
clearing and the surrounding trees
about him.
As Tarzan worked, Gazan, Teeka's
little balu, played about while Teeka
sought food upon the opposite sioe ,
of the clearing. No more did leeKa,
the mother, or Taug, the sullen sire,
harbor suspicion of Tarzan's inten
tions toward their first-born. Had he
not courted death to save their
Gazan from the fangs and talons of
Sheeta? Did he not fondle and
cuddle the little one with even as
great a show ot altection as iceka
herself displayed? Their tears
were allayed and Tarzan now found (
himself often in the role of nurse-,
maid to a tiny antnropom an ao-
cation which he found by no means
irksome, since Gazan was a never
failing fount of surprises and enter
tainment. Now he discovered the tail of
the rope upon which Tarzan was
working. Grasping it in one small
hand he bounced away, for all the
world like an animated rubber nan,
snatching it from the ape-man's
hand and running off across the
clearing. Tarzan leaped to his feet
and was in pursuit m an instant, nu Tarzan walked in toward Horta,
(trace of anger on his face or in wno SWUI1 now to face his enemy,
his voice as he called to the roguish ; jnKhty and muscled as was the
little balu to drop his rope. i j0ung giant, it yet would have ap-
Straight toward his mother raced peared but the maddest folly for
Gazan, and after him came- Tarzan. him4o face so formidable a creature
Teeke looked up from her feeding, as Horta, the boar, armed only with
and in the first instant that she a slender hunting knife. So it
realizod that Gazan was fleeing and would have seemed to one who
that another was in pursuit, she inew Horta even slightly and Tar
bared her fangs and bristled; but zan not at all.
when she saw that the pursuer was por a moment Horta stood mo
Tarzan she turned back to the busi-, tionless facing the ape-man. His
ness that had been occupying Ker at-1 wicked, deep-set eyes flashed
tention. At her very feet the ape- angrily. He shook his lowered head.
man overnauieu me ua.u ..,
though the youngster squealed and
foutrht when Tarzan seized him,
Teeka only glanced casually in their
direction. No longer did she fear
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narm to ner nrsi-ouiii ul iuv m" iusks, inai u snan hctji Mivuyt.
of the ape-man. Had he not saved ; that which pounds against my own
Gazan on two occasions '.' i ribs." '
Rescuing his rope, Tarzan re- Horta, understanding nothing of
turned to his tree and resumed his what Tarzan said, was none the less
labor; but. thereafter it was neces- enraged because of that. He saw
sary to watch carefully the playful ' onv a naked man-thing, hairless and
balu, who was now possessed to ; futile, pitting his puny fangs and
steal it whenever he thought his -s0ft mutcles acainst his own in-
great, smooth-skinned cousin was
momentarily oft his guard.
But ev.en under this handicap,
Tarzan finally completed the rope,
a long, pliant weapon, stronger than
any he ever had made before. The
discarded piece of his former one he
gave to Gazan for a plaything, for
Tarzan had it in his mind to in-
struct Teeka's balu after ideas of his
own when the youngster should be father s hunting knife straight into Tibo was well aware, was particu
old and strong enough to profit by ' the heart of Horta, the boar. A , larly fond of the meat of little black
his precepts. At present the little ( quick leap carried him from the zone ' boys,
anes' innate aptitude for mimicry , of the creatine's death throes, and a And so Taritin came to the (dear-
would be sufficient to familiarize him ' moment later the hot and dripping, ing where the tribe fed, dropping which was slowly eating away his ' night, and just before the gates of
with Tarzan's ways and weapons, heart of Horta was in his grasp, .among them with his new balu face. 'the village were closed, she slipped
and so the ape-man swung off into His hunger satisfied, Tarzan did ' dinging tightly to his shoulders. He Now jt was that jiornaya rea-1 through into the darkness and the
the jungle, his new rope coiled over not seek a lying-up place for sleep,' was fahly in the midst of them bo- sone(j shrewdly that if any might! Jung'e- She was much frightened,
one shoulder, while little Gazan, as was sometimes his way, but ( foie Tibo spied a single one of the now tbe whereabouts of her Tibo, but 8e set ner face resolutely to
hopped about the clearing dragging continued on through the jungle great hairy forms, or before the jt would be Bukawai" who was in wal'd the north, and though she
the old one after him in childish more in search of adventure than of apea realized that Tarzan was not I frjen(iy intercourse with gods and I paused often to listen, breathlessly,
glee. ! food, for today he was restless, alone. When they saw the little ' demons, since a demon or a god it foli tne nuse cats which, here, were
As Tarzan traveled, dividing his ' And so it came that he turned his Gomangani perched upon his back , wa wbo had stoen her babV( but her greatest terror, she nevertheless
quest for food with one for a suf- footsteps toward the village of some of them came forward in even her great mother love was I continued her way stanchly for sev
ficientlv noble ouarrv whereupon to Mbonga, the black chief, whose curio.sity with upcurled lips and i snr-iv trued to find thP courapp to I eral hours, until a low moan a little
test his new weapon, his mind often
was upon Gazan. The ape-man had lessly since that day upon which Tibo could only stare in wide-eyed ; toward the distant hills and the un
realized a deep affection for Teeka's Kulonga, the chiefs son, had slain hoi ror at the approaching apes. He canny abo(Je of Bukawai, the un
balu almost from the first, partly Kala. I saw their beetling brows, their great i clean and his devils.
because the child belonged to Teeka,
his first love, and partly for the little lage of the black men. Tarzan their mighty muscles rolling beneath
ape's own sake, and Tarzan's human , reached its side a little below the their shaggy hides. Their every atti
longing for some sentient creature ( clearing where squat the thatched ' tude and expression was a menace.
upon which to expend those natural
affections of the soul which are in -
herent to all normal members of
the irenus homo. Tarzan envied
Teeka. It was true that Gazan
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evidenced a considerable reciproca -
tion of Tarzan's fondness for him,
even preferring him to his own
surly sire; but to Teeka the little
one turned when in pain or terror,
when tired or hungry. Then it was
that Tarzan felt quite alone in the
world and longed desperately for
one who should turn first to him for
Succor and protection.
Taug had Teeka; Teeka had
Gazan, and nearly every other bull ing for a species of shellfish which constant watchfulness. When the
and cow of the tribe of Kerchak had were to be found in the mud close ape-man hunted, he must carry Go
one or more to love and by whom to to the river bank. She was a young bu-balu about with him. It was irk-
bo loved. Of course, Tarzan could
scarcely formulate the thoughts in
precisely this way he only knew
that he craved something which was
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"ttens which existed between Teeka
; iwid her balu, and so he envied
'i-eeka and longed for a balu of his
' ewn.
m v. fie saw oneetu aim m muia wiiu
' .,'tfceir little family of three; and
"feeper inland toward the rocky hills,
; iwiwre ono might lie up during the
AND THE BLACK
hcat of the day, in the dense shade
of a tangled thicket close under the
cool face of an overhanging rock,
Tarzan had found the lair "of Numa,
the lion, and of Sabor, the lioness.
Here he had watched them with
their little balus playful creatures,
spotted leopard-like. And he had
seen the young fawn with Barn, the
deer, and with Buto, the rhinoce
ros, its ungainly little ono. Kach
of the creatures of the jungle had
its own except Tarzan. It made
the ape-man sad to think upon this
thing, sad and lonely; but presently
the scent of game cleared his young
mind nf nil ntlinv f mwiilnr'it irn nu
catijifG bp cl..uviC(i f.. out upon a i
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bendinK iimb al)ovo the Ramp trail (
whjch ed f()Wn U) th(, ancipnt wa. ,
terjng place of the wild thjnKS 0f this I
wjia worhL I
How-man v thousands' of times had '
this great, old limb bent to the sav- j was a quick movement of the right
age form of some bloodthirsty arm and the noose rose gracefully
hunter in the long years that ;t had j into the air, hovered an instant
spread its leafy branches above the above the head of the unsuspecting
deep-worn jungle path! Tarzan, the youth, then settled. As it encom-ape-man;
Shccta, the Panther, and ! passed his body below the shoulders,
Histah, the snake, it knew well. Tarzan gave a quick jeik that
They had woin smooth the bark tightened it about the boy's' arms,
upon its upper suiface. pinioning them to h's sides. A
Today it was Horta. the boar, scream of tenor broke from the
which came down toward the lad's lips, and as his mother turned,
watcher in the old tree Horta, the i affrighted at his cry, she saw him
diabolical temper preserved him I being dragged quickly toward a
from all but the mo.t ferocious or
most farnisie,i 0f the
largfr ear-
njvova.
So today, instead of staying his '
hand until a less formidable beast
found its way toward him, Tarzan
dropped his new noose about the
neck of Horta. the boar. It was an
excellent test for the untried ,
strnrwls. Thp nncpred hear bolted
thig wuy ,ul( that; ,,ut rad) lim0
tho npw h(,(, bjm wb(,r0 Ta,..
J,.m hn( m.uc j( f;lst about UlP
!tem of tho tec ,lb(U.p tb(, bran(.h
f.nm whj(,h )p ha(, t
As H . runtP(1 all(1 charge.!.1
slashing the sturdj jungle patriaich
with his mighty tusks unt'l the
hark flew in every direction. Tar-
zan dropped to the ground behind
ym jn (bp ape-man's hand wan'
thP onKi eQn ),ia(c that had been
,js constant companion since that
distant day upon which chance had
directed its point into the body of
i;0iKanjt the gorilla, and saed the
torn an;j i,ieP('lnj, man-Vhild from f
wnat ce la( bpcn certain death. ,
-.uuci-eaier: jecreu me upu-umii,
"wtillowcr in filth. Kven your meat j
.stinks, hut it is juicy and makes j
Tarzan strong. Today i shall rat
, V0Ur heart, 0 Lord of the Great
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domitable savagery, and he charged.
: Tarzan of the Apes waited until
the upcut of a wicked tusk would
have laid open his thigh, then he
', moved just the least bit to one
side; but so quickly that lightning,
' was a sluggard by comparison, and
as he moved, he stooped low and
with all the great power of his right
arm drove the long blade of his
people Tarzan had baited remorse -
A river winds close beside the vil-
( huts of the negroes, the river life
1 was ever fascinating to the ape -
, man. He found pleasure in watch-
ine the unirainly antics of Duro, the
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' hippopotamus, and keen sport in
' tormenting the sluggish crocodile,
Gimla, as he basked in the sun.
Then, too, there were the shes and
the balus of the b.lack men of the
' Gomangani to frighten as they
squatted -by the river, the shes with
their meager washing, the balus
. with their primitive toys.
This day he came upon a woman
' and her child farther down stream
i than usual. The former was search-
black woman .of about thirty. Her
teeth were filed to sharp points, for
, her people ate the flesh of man. Her
under lip was slit mat it might sup-
port a rude pendant of copper which
she had worn for so many years that
the lip had been dragged downward
to prodigious lengths, exposing the
teeth and gums of her lower jaw.
Her nose, too, was slit, and through
the slit was a wooden skewer.
Metal ornaments dangled from her
ears, and upon her forehead and
cheeks; upon her chjn and the bridge
of her nose were tattooings in col-1
ors that were mellowed now by age.
She was naked except for a girdle
of grasses about her waist. Alto
gether she was very beautiful in
her own estimation and even in the !
estimation of the men of Mbonga's
tribe, though she was of another .
people a trophy of war seized in I
her maidenhood by one of Mbonga's
fighting men. j
Her child was a boy of ten, lithe, i
straight and, for a black, handsome.
Tarzan uncoiled h's rope, and
hook out the noose. The two be-1
are him, all ignorant of the near
iosphop of that terrifying form,
sho
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continued preoccupied in the search
for shellfish, poking about in the
miu with short sticks,
Tarzan steppei from the jungle
behind them; his noose lay open
upon the ground bes.de him. Theie
gieat white giant who stood just
beneath the .-hade of a near-by tree,
scarcelv a dozen long paces from
her.
With a saage cry of terror and
rage, the woman leaped fearlessly
toward the ape-man. In her mien
I'arzan saw determination and
courage which would shrink tint even
f-rti, .InnfV. JtnH lm ,mc vprv
li(ioous am, friKhtful PVPn when her
face was in repose; but convulsed
by passion, her expression became
teriifyingly fiendish. Kven the ape
man drew back, but more in revul
sion than fear fear he knew not.
Biting and kicking was the black
.die's balu as Tarzan tucked him be
neath his arm and vani.-hed into the
branches hanging low above him,
jlIst as the infuriated mother dashed
forward to seize and do battle with!
hjm- And as' he melted away into!
the depth of the jungle with his
j,till struggling prize, he meditated
upon the possibilities which might
0 jn the prowess of the Goman-
Rani were the lies as formidable as
the shes,
Once at a safe distance from the
despoiled mother and out of earshot strong, white teeth of the ape-man
of her screams and menaces, Tar-1 fastened in the neck of his adver
zan paused to inspect his prize, now sar'- ar"' the mighty muscles tensed
so thoioughlv terrorized that he had n battle- Hc had heard the savage,
ceased his stiuggles and hirf out- bestial snarls and .roars of combat,
crc- and he had realized with a shudder
The frightened child rolled his that hp could "t differentiate be
eves feaifullv toward his captor, t;vcpn thosc" of "' guardian and
until the whites showed gleaming tho&e of tlle na,1'-v aPc
all aliout the irises. ' While Tarzan pondered his prob-
"I am Tarzan," said the ape-man, lorn concerning the future of his
in the vernacular of the anthropoids'. balu, Fate was arranging to take the
"1 will not harm vou. You are to be I matter out of his hands. Momaya,
tarzan's balu. Tarzan will protect
vmi Hp v nl fe$j you Thp hest jn
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, , , for Talvan j a mi(rhts hunter. '
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the lion, for Tarzan is a mighty
fighter. None so great as Tarzan,
son of Kala. Do not fear."
larzan sighed. 'His newly ac
quired balu had much indeed to as though from the clouds to alight jungle and a visit to the tear
learn. It was pitiful that a balu of in the center of the village. As , haunted abode of Bukawai, she was
his size and strength should be so I Tibo's body had not been found, not likely to be 'deterred by threats
backward. He tried to coax Tibo to Momaya argued that he still lived, of future punishment at the hands
follow him: but the child dared not,,
0 Tarzan picked him up and car-
lied him upon his back. Tibo no
longef scratched or bit. Escape
seemed impossible. Kven now, were
he set upon the ground, the chance
was l emote, he knew, that he could
find his way back to the village of
Mbonga, the chief. Even if he could,
there were the lions and the leopards
and the hyenas, any one of which, as
, snarling mien.
tangs, their wicked eyes. Me noted
rzan saw this, too. tie drew iido
j aroBnd in front of him.
"This is Tarzan's Go-bu-malu,"
he said. "Do not harm him, or Tar-
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own fangs in the teeth of the near
est ape.
During the week which followed,
Tarzan found his time much occu
pied. His balu was a greater
i responsibility than he had counted
! upon. Not for a moment did he dare
leave it, since of all the tribe, Teeka
alone could have been depended upon
to refrain from slaying the hapless
black had it not been for Tarzan's
some, and then the little black seem
ed so stupid and fearful to Tarzan.
It was quite helpless against even
the lesser of the jungle creatures.
The little black boy from cringing
terror at the sight of Tarzan passed
by degrees into trustfulness and ad
miration. Only kindness had he ever
received tat the hands of the great
white devil-god, yet he had seen
with what ferocity his kindly captor
could deal with others. He had seen
him leap upon a certain he-ape which
persisted in attempting to seize and
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Slip saw a hejivy hunting spear hurtling through the air to meet
slay Go-bu-balu. He had seen the
lino's mother, grief-stricken at the
ss 0f hor boy, had consulted the
tribal witrh.dnrt.nr hut. to no nvail.
It was known to the blacks that
larzan did not eat the nesh ot man,
for he had slain more than one of
their number, yet never tasted the
flesh of any. Too, the bodies always
had been found, sometimes dropping '
but where?
j Then it was that there came to '
' her mind a recollection of Bukawai,
the unclean, who dwelt in a cave in
j the hillside to the north, and who
it was well known entertained
devils in his evil lair. Few, if any,
had the temerity to visit old Buka-
wai, firstly because of fe'ar of his
black magic and the two hyenas who
dwelt with him and were commonly
known to be devils masquerading
and secondly because of the loath
some disease which had caused
Bukawai to be an outcast a disease
seml hel. forth into the black iuncle
i pTom one of the warriors of the
village, whom she knew to have once
stumbled upon the lair of Bukawai,
the mother of Tibo learned how she
m(gi,t find it near a spring of water
'which rose in a smalrocky canyon
I between two hills, the easternmost
nf which was easilv reeofnizahle
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because ot a huge granite boulder
which rested upon its summit. The
westerly hill was lower than its
companion, and was quite bare of
vegetation except for a single mim
osa tree which grew just a little
below its summit.
These two hills, the man assured
her, could be seen for some distance
before she reached them, and to
gether formed an excellent guide to
her destination. He warned her,
however, to abandon so foolish and
dangerous an adventure, emphasiz
ing what she already quite well
knew, that if she escaped harm at
the hands of Bukawai and his de
mons, the chances were that she
would not be so fortunate with the
great carnivora of the jungle thrpugh
which she must pass going and re
turning. The warrior even went to Mo
maya's husband, who, in turn, hav
ing little authority over the vixenish
lady of his choice, went to Mbonga,
the chief. The latter summoned
Momaya, threatened her with the
direst punishment should she venture
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forth upon so unholy an excursion.
The old chief's interest in the mat
ter 'was due solely to that age-old
alliance which exists between church
and state. The local witch-doctor,
knowing his own medicine better
than any other knew it, was; jealous
of all other pretenders to accom
plishments in the black art. He
long had heard of the power of
Bukawai, and feared lest, should he
succeed in recovering Momaya's lost
child, much of the tribal patronage
and consequent fees would be di
verted! to the unclean one. As
Mbonga received, as chief, a certain
proportion of the witch-doctor's fees'
and could expect nothing from
Bukawai, his heart 'and soul were,
quite naturally, wrapped up in the
orthodox church.
But if Momaya could view with
intrepid heart an excursion into the
oi old MDonga, whom she secretly
despised. Yet she appeared to
accede to his injunctions, returning
to her hut in silence.
She would have preferred starting
upon her quest by daylight, but this
was now out of the question, since
she must carry food and a weapon
of some sort things which , she
never could pass out of the village
with by day without being subjected
to curious questioning that surely
could come immediately to the ears
of Mbonga.
So Momaya bided her time until
to her right and behind her brought
her to a sudden stop.
With palpitating heart the woman
stood, scarce daring to breathe, and
then, very faintly but unmistakable
to her keen ears, came the stealthy
crunching of twigs and grasses be
neath padded feet.
All about Momaya grew the giant
trees of the tropical jungle, fes
tooned with hanging vines and
mosses. She seized upon the near
est and started to clamber, apelike,
to the branches above. As she did
so, there was a sudden rush of a
great body behind her, a menacing
roar .that caused the earth to trem
ble, and something crashed into the
very creepers to which she was
clinging but below her.
Momaya drew herself to safety
among . the leafy branches and
thanked the foresight which had
prompted her to bring along, the
dried human ear which hung from a
cord about her neck. She always
had known that that ear was good
medicine. It had been given her,
when a girl by the witch-doctor of
her own tribe, and was nothing like
the poor, wek medicine of Mbon
ga's ytch-dpctor.
All" pijfht Momaya clung to her
perch, for although the lion sought
other prey after a short time, she
dared not descend into the dark
ness again, for fear She might en
counter htm or another of his kind;
but at daylight she clambered down
and resumed her way.
Tarzan of the Apes, finding that
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
the Hon In midlcap
his balu never ceased to give evi
denco of terror in the presence of
the apes of the tribe, and also that
most of the adult apes were a con
stant menace to Go-bu-balu's life,
so that Tarzan dared not leave him
alone with them, took to hunting '
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with the little black boy farther and
farther from the stamping grounds
of the anthropoids.
It was noon of tho third day when
Momaya came within sight of the
cave of Bukawai, the unclean. The
old witch-doctor had rigged a frame
work of interlaced boughs to dose
the mouth of the cave from preda
tory beasts. This was now set to,
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one side, and the black cavern be- S",.v; i.ul to bibik uuiii w.m v,u
yond yawned mysterious and re- b""ba.Iu at "? "eels was out of the
pellant. Momava shivered as from ' question, so he hid the child in the
a cold wind of the rainy season. No ftch of a tree where the thick
sign of life appeared about the foliage screened him from view, and
cave, yet Momaya experienced that I set onr swiftly and silently upon the
uncanny sensation as of unseen eyes spoor of Bara.
regarding her malevolently. Again .llbo alone was more terrified than
she shuddered. She tried to force , T,bo even among the apes. Real and
her unwilling feet onward toward the , aprarent clangers are less discon
cave, when from its depths issued ceitingtnan those which we imagine,
an uncanny sound that was neither and only the gods of his people knew
brute nor human, a weird sound that i ll0,NY much Tibo imagined.
was akin to mirthless laughter. ! , . H,0. ,ha(1 becn but a1shrt Vme '"
,,..., .. , ., his hiding place when he heard some-
With a stifled scream, Momaya thj approaching through the
turned and fled into the jungle. For jun )c Hp croucbetl closel. to the
a hundred yards she ran before she mb u wWch , and d that
could -contro her terror, and then Tarzan wouW veturn ickl His
she paused, listening. Was all her widfi seafched the jungle in the
labor, were all the terrors and I dil.ection of the movi nBcreature.
dangers through which she had pass-, whafc ,f -t WM a ,e d that had
ed to go for naught.' She tried to , ,t his sccnt, It wouU be
i,ciBC u.uuu, tu u,B cuve,
out again irigni overcame ner.
Saddened, disheartened, she turn-
ed slowly upon the back, trail toward
the village of Mbonga. Her young
shoulders now were drooped like
those of an old woman who bears
a great burden of many years with
their accumulated pains and sor- , would thrust a snarling countenance
rows, and she walked with tired feet ' fr0m between the vines and creepers,
and a halting step. The spring of I And then the curtain parted and a
youth was gone from Momaya. woman stepped into full view. With
For another hundred yards she a gasping cry, Tibo tumbled' from
dragged her weary way, her brain hs perch and raced toward her. Mo
half paralyzed from dumb terror lr.aya suddenly started back and
and suffering, and then there came ' raised her spear, but a second later
to her the memory of a little babe ' she, cast it aside and caught the thin
that suckled at her breast, and of a body in her strong arms,
slim boy who romped, laughing, j Crushing it to her, she cried and
about her, andthey were both Tibo laughed -all at one and the same
her Tibo! '. i time, and hot tears of joy, mingled
Her shoulders straightened. She with the tears of Tibo, trickled down
shook her savage head, and she the crease between her naked
turned about and walked boldly back breasts.
to the mouth of the cave of Buka- Disturbed by the noise so close at
wai, the unclean of Bukawai, the hand, there arose from his sleep in
witch-doctor. j a near-by thicket Numa, the lion.
Again, from the interior of the j He looked through the tangled, tin
cave came the hideous laughter that derbrush, and saw the black woman
was not laughter. This time Mo- and her young. Hc licked his chops
maya recognized it for what it was, and measured the distance between
the strange cry of a hyena. No them 'and himself. A short charge
more did she shudder, but she held, j and a long leap would carry him
her spear ready and called aloud to upon them. He flicked the end of his
Bukawai to come out. tail and sighed.
Instead of Bukawai came, the re- A vagrant breeze, swirling sud
pulsive head of a hyena. Momaya j denly in the wrong direction, car
poked at it with her" spear, and the ried the sccnt of Tarzan to the sen
ugly, sullen brute drew back with an j sitive nostrils of Bara, the deer,
angry growl. Again Momaya called There was a startled tensing of
Bukawai by name, and this time muscles and cocking of ears, a sud
there came an answer in mumbling I den dash, and Tarzan's meat was
tones that were scarce more human ' gone. The ape-man angrily shook
than those of the beast.
"Who conies to Bukawai ?" quer
ied the voice.
"It is Momaya," replied the
woman; "Momaya from the village
of Mbonga, the chief."
"What do you want?"
"I want good medicine, better
medicine than Mbonga's witch - doc -
tor can make," replied ' Momaya.
"The great, white, jungle god has
stolen my Tibo, and I want medicine
to bring him back, or to find where
ho is hidden that I may go and get
him."
"Who is Tibo?" asked Bukawai.
Momaya told him.
"Bukawai's medicine is very
strong," said the voice. "Five goats
and a new sleeping mat are scarce
enough in exchange for Bukawai's
medicine."
' "Two goats are enough," said
.Momaya, for the spirit of barter is
strong in the breasts of the blacks.
The pleasure of haggling over the
price was a sufficiently potent lure
to draw Bukawai to the mouth of
the cave. Momaya was sorry when
she saw him that ho had not re
mained within. There nre some
things too horrible, too hideous, too
repulsive for description Bukawai's
face was of these. When Momaya
saw him she understood why it was
that he was almost inarticulate.
Beside him were tho two hyenas,
which rumor had said were his only
and constant companions. They
made an excellent trio tho most
repulsive of beasts with the most
repulsive of humans. .
"Five goats and a new sleeping
mat," mumbled Bukawai.
"Two fat goats and a sleeping
mat," Momaya raised her bid; but
Bukawai was obdurate. He stuck
for the five goats and tho sleeping
mat for a matter of half an hour,
while the hyenas sniffed and growled
and laughed hideously. Momaya was
determined to give all that Buka
wai asked if she could do no better,
but haggling is second nature to
black barterers, and in the end it
partly repaid her, for a compromise
finally was reached which included'
three fat goats, a new sleeping mat
and a piece of copper wire.
"Come back tonight," said Buka
wai, "when the moon is two hours
in the sky. Then will I make the
strong medicine which shall bring
Tibo back to you. Bring with you
the three fat goats, the new sleeping
mat, and the piece of copper wire
the length of a large man's fore
arm." "I cannot bring them," said Mo
maya. "You will have to come after,
them. When you have restored Tibo
to .me, you shall have them all at
the village of Mbonga."
Bukawai shook his head.
"I will make no medicine," he
said, "until 1 have the goats and the
mat and the copper wire."
Momaya pleaded and threatened,
but all to no avail. Finally she
turned away and started off through
the jungle toward the village of
Mbonga. How she could get three
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v.lllaS and through the jungle to
fc ' oi miKawai, sne uiu no
know; but that she would do it
somehow she was quite positive
slip would do it or die. Tibo must
be restored to her.
Tarzan coming lazily through the
jungle .with little Go-bu-balu,
caught the scent of Bara, the deer.
I'arzan hungered for the flesh of
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uBni, ticKiea nis iiw v
Wm in a minute.
Hot tears flowed
from the larce eves of little Tibo.
The curtain of jungle foliage rustled
ciose at hand. The thing was but a
few paces from his tree! His eyes
fairly popped from his black face as
' he watched for the appearance of the
' dread creature which presently
his head and turned back toward the
spot where he had left Go-bu-balu.
He came softly, as was his way. Be
fore he reached the spot he heard
strange sounds the sound of a
woman laughing and of a woman
weeping, and the two which seemed
to come from one throat were min
' gled yith "the convulsive sobbing of a
i child. Tarzan hastened, and when
, Tarzan hastened, only the birds and
( vhe svind went faster.
And as Tarzan approached tho
sounds, ho heard another, a deep
sigh. Momaya did not hear it, nor
did Tibo; but the ears of Tarzan
were as tho ears of Bara, the deer.
He heard the sigh, and he knew, so
ho unloosed the heavy spear which
dangled at his back. Even as he sped
through the branches of tho trec3,
with the same case that you or I
might take out a pocket handker
chief as we strolled nonchalantly
down a lazy country lane, Tarzan of
the Apes took the spear from jtS
thong that it might be ready against
any emergency.
Numa, the lion, did not rush
madly to attack. He reasoned again,
and reason told him that already
tho prey was his, so he pushed his
great bulk through the foliage and
stood eyeing his meat with baleful,
glaring eyes.
Momaya saw him and shrieked,
drawing Tibo closer to her breast
To have found his child and to loso
him, all in a moment! She raisetl'
her spear, throwing her hand far
back of her shoulder. Numa roared
and stepped slowly forward. Mo
maya cast her weapon. It grazed
the tawny shoulder, inflicting a
flesh wound which aroused all tho
terrific bestiality of .the carnivore
and the lion charged.
Momaya tried to close her eyes,
but could not. She saw the flashing
swiftness of the huge, oncoming
death, and then she saw something
else. She sa' a mighty, naked white
man drop as from the heavens into
the path of the charging lion. She
saw the muscles of a great arm flash
in the light of the equatorial sun as
it filtered, dappling, through the
foliage above. She saw a heavy
hunting spear hurtle through the air
to meet the lion in midleap.
Numa brought up upon his
haunches, roaring terribly and
striking at the spear which pro
truded from his breast. His great
blows bent and twisted the weapon.
Tarzan, crouching and with hunting
knife in hand, circled warily about
the frenzied cat. Momaya, wide
eyed, stood rooted to the spot,
watching, fascinated.
In sudden fury Numa hurled him
self toward the ape-man, but the
wiry creature eluded the blundering
charge, sidestepping quickly only
to rush in upon his foe. Twice the
hunting blade flashed in the air.
Twice it fell upon the back of Numa,
already weakening from the spear
point so near hisheart. The second
stroke of the blade pierced fair into
the beast's spine, and with a last
convulsive sweep of the forepaws, in
a vain attempt to reach his tor
mentor, Numa sprawled upon the
ground, paralyzed and dying.
Bukawai, fearful lest he should
lose any recompense, followed Mo
maya with the intention of persuad
ing her to part with her ornaments
of copper and iron against her re
turn with the price of the medicine
to pay, as it were, for an option
i on his services as one pays a re
taining fee to an attorney, for, like
an attorney, Bukawai knew the
value of his medicine and that it was
well to collect as much as possible
iradvance.
The witch-doctor came upon the
lion's charge. He saw it all and
marveled, guessing immediately
that this must be .the strange white
demon concerning whom he had
heard vague rumors before Momaya
came to him.
Momaya, now that the lion was
past harming her or hers, gazed
with new terror upon Tarzan. It
was he who had stolen her Tibo.
Doubtless ho would attempt to steal
him again., Momaya hugged th
boy close to her. She was detep
mined toidie this time rather than
suffer Tibo to be taken from her
again.
Tarzan eyed them in silence. The
sight of the boy clinging, sobbing, to
his mother aroused within his savage
breast a melancholy loneliness.
There was none thus to cling to
Tarzan, who yearned so for the love
of someone, or something.
I At last Tibo looked up. because
of the quiet that had fallen upon
the jungle, and saw Tarzan. He did,
not shrink.
"Tarzan," he said, irwthe speech
of the great apes of the tribe of.
Kerchak, "do not take me from Mo
maya, my mother. Do not take me
again-to the lair of the hairy, tree
men, for I fear Taug and Gunto and
the others. Let me stay with Mo
maya, 0 Tarzan, God of the Jungle!
Let me stay with Momaya, my
mother, and to the end of our days"
we will bless you and put food be
fore tho gates of the village of
Mbonga that you may never hunger,"
Tarzan sighed.
"Go," he said, "back to the village
of Mbonga, and Tarzan will follow
to see that no harm befalls you."
Tjbo translated the vord3 to his
mother, and the two turned their
backs upon the ape-man and started
off toward honu. In the heart of
Momaya was a great fear and a
great exultation, for never before
had she walked with God, and never
had she becn so happy. She strain
ed little Tibo to her, stroking his
thin cheek. Tarzan saw and sighed
again.
"For Teeka there is Teeka's balu,"
he soliloquized; "for Sabor there are
balus, and for the she-Gomangani,
and for Bara, and for Manu, and
even for Pamba, the rat; but for Tar
zan there can be none neither a she
nor a baiu. Tarzan of the Apes is a
man, and it must be that man walks
alone."
Bukawai saw them go, and he
mumbled through his rotting face,
Swearing a great oath that he would
yet have the three fat goats, the
new sleeping mat, ajrd the bit of
copper wire.
The next complete "Jungle Tale" yiM
appear Saturday, July S.
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