EVENING PUBLIC LBDGEKi?HrGADEtiPmA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER. 2(Vld.0 . ft feV fc 7 i T 31 .sty THE DEBT MrHirht. 1010. by teJnr nice nurrfltishi . Cfcwrlilit. 1010, by the Publlo I,1g-r Co. JJ , tuT JEUTEXAXT SMITH-OhDWICK, L' ' bf the llnynl Air Service, Has nn a "reconnaissance flight. A hardly credl- ft ','' '" e, """,",.. r,n",c low,1, V"" f , 'u, . ( .. ', . .1 1. Li i 1'!"- ."r r,rH n'ar the second bend in We rulnbrihad come to the llritinh , n. river. We left It there because, I headquarters In German East .Africa not knowing what It was. wp were , that the enemy had landed in forre on n1'1 to touch It: It Is still there if 4L l . i ... .It lias not Howu nwav ugulti. the west coast and were marching to i ,,. , ',," '" """ .1 i i i i . ipi. . It cniiuiit I v. said I'snngii. "with .enforce their colonial troops. Thc; . ,,,, ., U. It Ih n trrrll'lp new army was supposed to lie no more , thing which tilled the hearts of our sol than ten or twelve days' inarch to the I 'hers with terror, for It Hew over our I.IIIIIII4I nt iilnl.l dn. .U ul I I. . t. I"" '"" i Ahcrctore Lieutenant uaroiu icrcy Bmlth-Oidwick flew low toward the' townid the west, searching with keen ejes for . r , .. i it f . signs of the rumored Hun army. ast. ; 6nse forests In' which a .German nrmj corps might liavc lain concealed iiniolled. beneath him. v Always hoping that he might dis- , cover some sign of their passage, he . continued farther and farther west - I ward until well Intl. the afternoon. !5?SL !.t.m.f??71!i,! teB !, . " center of which flowed a winding rici i'c '""""'".'." "."."'',""." ."."..,.;.. lorcamp. it woumiuKsirni! ...... k ui lop speeu iu cover rue msiniiet- - line and n trustworthy inucliinc. them . . )!"in', "J"'' ,tlu'v, K"'UK to do with was no doubt in his mind that he could '"'' nkul the l.uglishman. "Sly ccompllsh liis aim. And it wns then country is not ia war with these peo that Ms engine stalled. I1,"'- ,n'1 ."l"'''1' Hu'ir language. Tell He was too low to do niiytlitu-,' but l'l,"m, '"at I urn no. nn enemy that my land, and flint Immediately while he l;oph' are the IrieniN, of the black pen bad the more open country aeeeihh I'1'" ""'., ,llut the.i must let me go in for dircetlj east of him was a va-t l"n('''- forest into which a stnlhd 'iigine could . I sangu laughed. "They do' not onlv have plunged him to certain ininij , "" "'.' '"glisnmiiu from a (Sermnn." and probable death: mi lie came down " replied. It is notliing h them In the meadow land near th- winding "hat you are except that jou are a river, and there started to tiiikci with diite uinti anil an enenij. his motor 1I"'" wlliv ""' ,'"'.v take me alive?" Lieutenant .mith-Oldwirl; was fair- a-' the Lieutenant, haired, blue-ejeil and -lender: a- lie .. '"". k""1 I suuga. and he led worked, he hummed a tune. And not fie l-.ngli-hnmn to thedoorwnj ; the only was he outwnrdtj careless .if the ' "'" , l;""k- , "''. 'i'1'1- .".'"l pointed Immediate future and of his Miirounil- t''nrd the end ot the village street, lugs, but actuallv so. Thnt the dis- .v.R,r'' a wider spnee between the huts trict might be infested bj countless , l,'t -ort ol plii7.ii. enemies seined not to Inn. euricd to Here Smith -I lldwiek -aw a number him. He bent assiduoiislj to his work"' nigresses engaged in lajing fagots ot correcting without so much lis uu jii-und a stake and in prepjrmg lires upward glance at the surrounding '''"ealh a number of huge (noking ves country And even hail he looked, it "''- , V"' sinister suggestion was only Is doubtful if he would have se.'ii the too obvious. score of figures crouching in the con- , l sauga was eying the white man cealment of the undTgrowth at tlie closelj . but it he expecttd to be re edge of the forest. He hummed pence- wa''(U' by auy signs nt fear, he was fullv, and his adjustnienl omplcled. "' """',l '" diwippoinlment. The lieu tried out his motor for v mince or Knaii! merely tinned toward him with two. then shut it off and de.cendcd t" " slung: "Heally. now, dn you beg the ground with the iiiteutinu of gars inioml eating nu-V Rtretclilng his legs and taking a smoke ...'' "'J l"'"'ii e. replied 1 sangn before continuing his return flight In ' '" 'Jt eat liuniaii llesli. but the camp. Xow for the first time lie too!: amabos ilo. It is they who will eat note of his surrounding., and was im- J"1';. t wewill kill you for th" feast, mediately impressed by both the wild- ''"r'f'i""1'1-. . , ness and the beauty of the scene. Mnith-Ol.lwieU ivninined standing in Some gorgeous blooms upon a How "" uoorway; of the hut. an intcrcMcd ering shrub at a little distance from spec, at. r ot the preparations for the his machine caught his eyes, and as coming orgy that was so horribly to he puffed upon his cigarette lie w.ilkel ' "innate his earrhly eustence. It can over tf examine the flowers more '""".-J '"' assumed that he felt no fiar . closely As be bent above them, he .v,, ' he "i". he hid it perfectly he was probahlv some hundred vards from '"'a(l1 "" imperturbable musk of cool nis plane, and it was at tins instant that Xiimabo. chief of the Wamabn. chose to leap from his ambush and lend his warriors in a sudden rush upon the white man. The young Knglishinan's first inti mation of danger was a chorus of sav MWM .-nllo fn.i, 4l... fnp..... Ii.il.lt. . I It!... nRl .1411.S 441'llt 4M.T .Ut.-pi 1.11111111 111. Turning, he saw a score of naked blacks advancing rapidly toward mm. They moved in a compact mass, but a. they approached more closely, their rate of speed noticcahly diminished. Yet Sniith-Oldwick renlizrd in a ipiiek glance that the direction ot their ap HIU4.4.4- 4.14.4 4...; 41 1 1 4 4 4 1 .. 4. 1. 1 4 . , , 1 1 .1 , . - , proach and their proximity had cut off t all chances of retrenting to his plane. Xumabo was in the forefront, and It was at Xumabo that the Knglishman med bis first shot. I ufortuuately for him. it missed its target, for the killing of the chief might have perma nently dispersed tlie others. Tlie bul let passed Xumabo, to lodge in the breast of a warrior behind him. and as the fellow lunged forward with a scream, tlie others turned anil re- treated, nut to the Lieutenant s elm- grin, they lan in the direction or the,- plane instead of bark toward the for est; lie wns still cut oil from reaching Us machine. Presently they stopped and faced him again. They were talking loudly and gesticulating, and after n moment one ot them began to leap into the air. brandishing his spear and uttering s:n -age war-cries which soon had their effect upon his fellows, in that soon all of them were taking part in a wild show of savagery which would holster their waning courage and presently spur them on to another uttaek. s The second charge brought them Closer to the Englishman, and though he dropped another with his pistol, it was nnt before two or three spears had been launched at him. lie now lind five shots remaining nnd there were ttiU eighteen warriors to be accounted for. .... . ..... .... ...,. ..4.. .v. ... .u.4.....s .. mui-ii 1 suugu me omcit sergeant nan new rush, but when they did so, it was brought her a captive. Hut why was more skillfully ordered, for they scat- lc saving her? For what sinister pur tered into three bands which, part y i pose could this savage enemy be pro surrounding him, came simultaneously tecting her from the other denizens of toward him from different directions: his cruel jungle' and though he emptied his pistol with i Krauleiu Hert'ha Kircher was by na good effect, they reached him at last, ture a companionable and cheerful They seemed to know that his am- character. Tarzau. on the other hand, munition was exhausted, for they cir- WQS sufficient unto himself. Long years cled close about him now, with the 1 of semisolitude umong creatures whose .xnv Ih4i 44.if.li hnpap in tni t nir,,... n cviiieni iiueiuioii ui liming nun anve. For two or three minutes they cir cled about him until at a word from Xumabo they closed in simultaneously, and though the slender young lieuten ant struck out to right and left, he jvas- soon overwhelmed by superior numbers and beaten dowu. He was all but unconscious when they finally drngged him to his feet, and after securing his hninb behind his back, pushed him roughly along uhead of them toward the jungle. They had inarched for perhaps half an hour when me nngusninan snw uneau 01 tnem m a little clearing upon the bank of the paratirn silence riyer, the thatched roofs of native huts With the waning of her fears, how showing above a crude but stroug pall- ,.Vl.r. ,t. b.t-amc sufficiently emboldened jade, and presently he was ushered . ,,UPstion him and so she asked him into a village street where he was v,.hllt i1(. i,lt,.u,el doing after the hut immediately surrounded by a throng of , am boma were completed. women and children and warriors. , ( ,,, KOinK to the west coust, where Here be was soon the center of tin wnH lirn." replied Tnrznn. "I do uciivu iiii.uwi.usc luirui nvmii-u 10 ue to dispatch him as quickly as possible. xne, women were more venomous than the men, strikiug and scratching him whenever they could reach him. until at lAst Xumabo was obliged to inter fere to save his prisoner for whutever , purpons he was destined. As the wnrriors pushed the crowd bark, opening a space through which the white man was led toward u hut. Smlth-Oldwick saw coming from the opposite end of the village n number Ol negroes wearing odds uud ends of I German uniforms. He was not a little I aurpriscd at this, and his hrst thought was that Jie had at last come iu con tact with some portiou of the army which was rumored to be crossing from the west coast. Among the partly uniformed blacks was) a huge fellow in the tunic of a sergeant, nnd as this man's eyes fell 'upon the ISritish officer, a loud cry of 'exultation broke from his lips, and im. , Biedtately his followers took up the cry and pressed forward to halt the pris oner. "Where did you get the Knglish wan?v asked Usanga. the black ser geant) 'Of the chlrf Xumabo, "Are there many more with him?" "lie raine down from the sky," re- -i;est the native chief, . "in n strange tii mi which tiles like a bird and which 4Hghtenrd us very much at first : but WBtciiefi xor ,u ionK unit uim saw ir ii(i not serin in ue nine, ami turn white man lett it. we at kstl htm: and thoiuh he killed Mime I'lWf warriors, we took him, for we OS are nrave men uuu greai "si liM.fcL4 t I'sangn's eyes went wide. "He flew i here through the sky?" lie asked. "Yes," Nil Id Xmniilio," hi n grcatl thing which resembled n Mnl he flew I down out of the sky. The thing Is I t -. -i .. iiihin uiiu ,iiai,si uuilllls I II llllll l4. If M ll-.lll flint 4. Ml ..... ........ I upon us. tins white man, Xumnbo. for with his i ... ..... ,aiU4 ,,1'll 4Ullll1-ll man. Xiimntm. foe uiH, l.u i great biiil he would have flown over great nun ne would have flown over J"'J"'n!j!; "'"-Kill niid killed Ml your People, llicsc r.ngllshnicii are wrv wrkcd white men.' ..It,, ,.j ,, ,,, sni, xulnl,h. And lie pushed the young officer roughly lnrd u hut in the ceut-r of the vll- Jahr "us Mt "u,l,,r K""'1 .,,., ' . .i i ,Js' 'rf l , " , ' ' " ' ' 'r hw lur, . , '.:,.," ' . '. 1 . "- ? tin" strands which Tot ic ,1 'wrists: thru ' wus interruptpil by of the black sergeant tlie appearand t-simgll. ,v. ,.,,., i,is f. . , ,,,.,. ,..i,, i,i, 1....1 i.:... I'sangii lind unlkiil away toward a , group of his own lighting men who were congregated near the stake, laughing and joking with the women. A few minutes laier the Knglislunun saw them pass out of Hi- village gate, and once ngaiu his thoughts reverted to various ,. 4, . . lutllt' l'lallN f'"' '-'"' I"' SKVI.KAI. miles nor on n little rise of rth of the village tlie river where the iunirle. Imltiior nt the ba-e of a knoll, had left a few acres I of grassy land sparsely wooded, a man , , KMSSy Inilll SlliirSClV W nn,i n ir .,,,.,, ,nsjiv ,,n gaged in con structing a small boma. In the center of which a thatched hut already had been erected. They worked almost in silence with only an occasional word of direc tion or interrogation between them. Kvcept for a loin-cloth, the mini was naked, Ins smooth skin tnnued to a deep brown by the action of sun and wind, lie moved with the graceful rac of a jungle-eat. and when he lifted heavy weights the action seemed as effortless as ,i. rai.sini: of emntv hands she had Men him when some months ago ne uau eniereu ine lieinliiuarters of the (lenuuii high' command in Kast Africa and carried off the luckless Slajor Schneider, of whose fate no hint had ever reached the tJerman oflicers, and she had seen him again upon thut occasion when he hud rescued her from the clutches of the lion and had made her prisouer. It was then that she had struck him down with the butt of her pistol and escaped. That lie might seek no personal revenge for her act had been evidenced in Wilhelnistnl on the night when he had killed Ilnuptuuinn Fritz Schneider and departed without molesting her. No. she could not fathom him lie hated her, and at the snme time he had protected her. as had been evidenced aguiu when he had kept the great apes from tearing her to pieces nfter she had .-........ ..... escaped from the Wamnbo village to ...l.t.,1. i- 4. 4.1 1. .. . . powers of oral expression are extremelv limited had thrown him almost entirely upon his own resources for entertain ment. His active mind was never idle, but because his jungle mates could neither follow nor grasp the vivid train of imagining thnt his man -mind wrought, he had long since learned to keep them to himself, and so nun he found no need for confiding them to others. This fact, linked with that of his dislike for the girl, was sutUcieut to seal his lips lor oiuer man. necessary conversation. .,mi w, . worked on together in enm ,,( UOW when. have n mv fn lie- i,,,' ; i the Jungle here is no . reaon for haste. When I lmvo been j ,.er,. K VWHlvh I will go on towanl the west, but Hrst I must see that vou have a safe place in which to sleep, and that you nave lenrned how to pro vide yourself with food and clothing. That will take time." "You are going to leave me hero alone?" cried the girl. Why not?" asked Tarzan. "I did uot bring you here. Would oue of your men accord any better treatment of an enemy woman?" ies. sue cxcinimed. "they cer tainly would ! Xo raau of my race would leave a defenseless white woman alone in this horrible place." Tarzan shrugged Ids broad shoulders. The conversation seemed profitless, nnd it was further distasteful to him for the rearon that il wns carried nn in fter mau. u tongue which he detested as much as he disliked the people who spoke it. Then it occurred to him that as ho had seen her in disguise In the llritlsh camp carrying on her nefarious work as a Derinan spy, she probably did speak English, and so he asked heV. "Of course I speak IJugllnh!" she exclaimed. "But I did not know that jou did." Tarzan looked his wonderment, but made no comment. Afaln they worked on in silence upon the boma, which was now nearly cum- Cleted. the girl helping the man to the fst of her small ability. Tarzan could pot but note with grudging approval the spirit of helpfulness she manifested in the ofttlmts painful labor of gather ing and arranging the thorn-bushes The Thrilling Tale of How TARZAN, the Untamed, Is Saved From the Stake by a German Woman He snatched a whieh innstituted the temporary pro tection against roaming carnivores. it lust he bade her stop. "Why?" she asked. "It is no mure painful to me than it must be to you, and as it is solely for my protection that you are building this boma. there is nn reason why I should not do my shore." '"You are a woman." replied Tarzan. "This is not a woman's work. If you wish to do something, take those gourds I brought this morning, and till them with water at the river. You may need it while 1 am away." 1 lllle .loll life awa .' she llsl.eil. Bonnie going nway V , the exorcise of all the will-power she "H hen the boma is built. I am go- could command succeeded in passing ing cut ufter ment." re replied. "To- , through the ordeal without evincing an morrow I will go again and take you I of the tergor nnd revulsion that she and show you how you mnv make your I felt. Turzan watched her closely, a ovn kills after I am gone." j half-smile upon his face. Suddenlv he S ithout a word she took the gourds ' turned to the apes. aM.!,X;i!1.1r1 1,"W,IV1 ,t,,p rim-- . As :!'" ' "Tnrzan goes to hunt for himself and ni if, nV. "V"'1"1 1, "7''lies with i,iK N.." ,7. ,!,!. "Tlie she will re ?,t r i..l ' KS , ' ,,! ,f,,tur,V S" inuiii there." He pointed toward the nroX, ,' i'1 i V"' ."''' Bl"nm but. "See that no member of the tribe Propjiee .., hat she had neither cars nor , liannh ,.,., Uo votl umicrstuudV" Xlechauicully she tilled the gourds and tnklnir them un. turned slowlv to ie- trace her steps to the boma, only im- i mediately to voice u half-stilled scream j nnd shrink back from the menacing fig- ure looming before her and blocking her I way to the hut. Golat, the king-ape, huntiug a little apart from his tribe, had seen the woman go to the river for water, and it was he thut confronted her now. fiolat was not a pretty creature when judged by standards of civilized hu- jiiamty though the shes of his tribe, and even (Joint himself, considered his I glossy black coat shot with silver, his huge amis dangling to his knees, ids I bullet bead sunk between his mighty shoulders, marks of great personal ' beauty. His wickid. bloodshot eves' and broud nose, his ample mouth and pAHCiX sought Ilora the deer or great lighting fangs, nnly enhanced the -L Hurts, the boar, for of all the jung'c claim of this Adonis ,,f the fnrcst upon animals he doubted if any would prove the affections of his shes. more palatable to the white woman, but Hut Hertha Kircher saw only a I though his keen nostrils were ever nn hideous beast, u fierce nud terrible cari- the alert, he traveled far without being cature of man. Tarzan heard the girl's rewurded with even the faintest scent -cry and looking up, saw nt a glance spoor of the game he sought. Keeping the cause of her terror. Leaning light- close to the river, where he hoped to y oer me uuiuu, ne ran swutiy toward , i.n , us nuini iiiiuuei-eu cinser 10 in girl. As I arzun drew nearer, iloud to the ape, and tlie from the human lips the same sounds , thnt had fallen from thos of the un thropoid. called ' o T ..nn""" ,""r "" "'al t.l ..Ml . L , .. . . I i. i rrpneu me opeuian, t i. I. i:. ..i .L. i 1 1 i., ""r". u,n- "'"- ". 11K1 uina and Sheeta. xyho cannot understand our ' talk.,, She .thinks you come to harm , Iter. hy this time Tarzan was beside the girl. "He will nnt harm you," he said to her. "You need uot be afraid. This ape has learned his lesson. He has learned that Tarzan is lord of the jun Tarzan's." ' '9 i -I- ,?- ...in .. . .7 . ..-."-. The fflrl enat n uti.lr ,.lj,i.. . .t. man's face I wni'ev HeSl Th-Vi, I to him. and that tlie assumed proprie- torshlp over her was, like tho boinu, only a means for her protection. "Hut I. ant afraid of him." she said. rf- ("'n 4 ' 4 I'1U44-4.VI1'11. I nt Tain afraid of him," she said. "You -must not show your fear. You . their society. Few are the animals of the jungle thnt dare attack the great l apes wnen inerc arc several of them together. If you let them know thnt you are afraid of them, they will take advantage of it, and your life will be constantly menaced. The shes espe cially would attack you. I will let them know that you have the means of protecting yourself and of killing them. Then they will respect and fear you," "I will try." said the girl, "but I am afraid that it will be difficult. He ia the most frightful creature I have erer seen." win ne often surrounded by these apes. , ,OT" "im were u ir i.n mui , b ,. . , -., nrrlved nt matUrltv At such times you will be safest, lie- p m'st dutch, and pj he lunged ?'"' ' -7,"" werfill and fwocious fore I leave you, I will give you the downward, his foot caught In a looped "e. t thl mm time far ubme the means of protecting youkclf against , vrefPw f ,t,llt. ',e tur.ned .fon'Pletely nu " 'e M8nnrtCin'arinteUi,.ncc them shouhl one of them chance to turn iT nml ollghted on the flat of his AV,"X fi0at saw in this young un unon roil. If I were vou. I o,,l,i .JLi ' back in the center of the village street. ixll'LVi.ir.R.,?-J .i"."n.5i.aU? vessel of boiling water from ono of the Tarzan smiled. "Doubtless he thinks the same of you." he said. IJy this time other ujies had entered tlie clearing, among which were several bulls, some young shes and some older ones with their little balus clinging to their backs or frolicking around nt their feet. Though they lind seen the girl the night of the Dum-Duni when Sheeta had forced her to leap from her con cealment into the arena where the apes were dancing, they still were curious regarding her. Some of the shes came very close and nliicked at her eunneuts. commenting upon them to one another in their strmu'e tnioiu 'Plin i.ii-1 I... . TllP, nI)0,s n.,(Il!e(1: . ''arm her, said Golat "We will not "Xo," said Tarzau, "you will not. For if you do, Tarzan will kill you." And then turning to the girl, "Come." he said. "I am going to hunt now. You had better remain nt tbehut. The apes have promised not to harm you. 1 will leave my snenr with you. It w ill be the best wenpon you could have in case you should need to protect yourself, but I doubt if you will be in any danger for the short time I am away . " He walked with her as far ns the bourn and when she had entered, he "I ,h:. ""i:.",' ,ti'0,?;Jl",MhcH Hml ! ctirncd away toward the forest. nnd JIaru or Hortn approaching tier to the leaving a drinkiug-plneeY he came at , ff thing fw tlie Koi Ih imaii "to re-girl- hear!! , wliaT'villa'g'e. U'U'i? - Xln'ingffiK Tnrn to na.v his hereditary enemies nn un Ir (icsircii visit, lie swuug imu u ueiuur ! -- !' - - - o- nnn came up in tlie rear oi ine -village. From a tree wdiich overhung the pall- , sade he looked down into the street, ' IT'." 'LZ'LTZJ I . . .; . ! wuere ne saw ine preparations ouig i on wnicn ins experience ioui mm inui- cated the approach of one of those ' frijrhtf.il feasts the piece de resistance 1" flc which is human flesh. , Tarzun's view was circumscribed by the deiiMi foliage of the tree Iu which I he sat, uud so that he might obtain u better view, he cllinb?d farther aloft i lllll nnd moved cautiously out iiikiii a slen- A'F urani;n- Outwartlly it appeared "'""h "' ncuiinj , uuu j.4114.4111 luom , "ot kuow tliat e to the "teu ttu"r- ! Zi? l bUa me bark. And wIaen ,ie reached a point far 9t !'P.on the limn, l snappcu nose to , . ., 1, , .. f . ?"1 "P.on ne."m "S'11 .1M8, ,0 ,ne, u0l,e, of tlic tre, w'tn"ut warning At the sound of the breaking limb "id the crashing body falling through the branches, the startled blacks scur ried to their .huts' for weapons: and when the braver of them emerged, they saw the still form of an almost naked white man lying where he had fallen. Kmboldened by the fact that he did not move, they approached more closely, and when their eyes discovered no signs of others of his. Kind in .the tree, they rushed forward until a dozen warriors stood about him with ready spears. At first thev thought that the fall had killed him, bt,:jB eeer examlna- (Ires and hurled It full in the face of tion they discovered thnt the man was only stunned. One of the wnrriors was for thrusting a spear through his heart, but Xumabo the chief would not per mit it. "Hind him." he said. "We will feed well tonight." And so they bound his hands nud feet with thongs nnd carried him into the hut where Lieutenant Sniitll-Old-wick awaited his fate. The young Knglishmni'i had heard the sound of Turzan's body crashing through the tree to tlie ground, and the commotion in ., ... ' . .- . . ... . . ;; . i ine village W'lucn immediately toliowed, within the palisade. IJe saw the ne nnd now he looked with mixed .feelings j groes gather about the prostrate form of surprise and coiupassiou upon the . nnd later carry it into the hut: and fellow-prisoner that the blucks carried once lie rose to his full height upon in and laid upou the floor. ; the limb where he had been soiinttitig, I and raised his face to the heavens. AS UK watched the man, he presently i f noticed that his eyelids were mov ing. hlowly they opened, nud n pair of gray eyes looked blankly about. Willi returning com-eiousness the eyes assumed their natural expression of keen intelligence, ami a moment later, with un effort, the prisoner rolled over upon his side nnd drew himself to a sitting position. He wns facing the ugiisiimnu, anil as his eyes tooK in the bound nnkles nud tlie nrms drawn tightly behind the other's back, a slow smile lighted tlie handsome features. "Is there no escape?" asked the Englishman. "I have escaped them before," re plied Tarzan, "and I have seen others escape them. I have seen n man taken away from the stake after a dozen spear thrusts had pierced his body and the fire had been lighted about his feet." Smlth-Oldwick shuddered. "Lord!" ??."tlt. .. believe could stand any- he exclaimed "I hope I don't hnve to thing but the thought of the lire. I should hnte like the'devil to go into a tuuK before the devils at the last mo ment." Tarzan laughed. "Itoll over here," he said, "where I can get at yourbonds with my teeth." The Kiiglishmnn did as lie was bid. and presently Tarzan was working at the thongs with his strong white teeth. He fclt-thcm giv ing slowly beneath his efforts. I,u au otiier moment they would purt, and it wus then that one of the guards ,.Ilt,.r(.( ,i10 i.,.,. i,, ,, instfln4 rln Kw wlmt tle upw 1Jrisouer W0H doing nnd rahing hiH ,,,.',. Ilc gt ,k tho umau vicious blow nernss the hem! ivitl. Its raising bin Mear. he struck the a pemau ila(t. Then he called In the other Cllar,i ....i tnt,Pti,pr ther fell mum (he f.K.L ifnll v.' " 'i hJtt Ef.1 M e KBiiiimau more securely than before and tied both men fnst on opposite sides of the hut. Wheu they had gone, Tarzan looked across at his companion In misery. "While there Is life," he suid, "there is hope." Hut he grinned broadly a uc vuiuru llic uncieill irilisiu. f 'lth-OIdwick returne.1 the other's are getting snort on botii.' VU-TAG liunted alone, fur from the L, others of the tribe of Golat tho great nossibl his kingship, and consequently the old bull looked upon Zu-tag with jealousy anu msiavor. 11 was ior tins reason, possibly, that Zu-tag hunted so often alone, but it was hla utter fearlessness that permitted him to wander far afield away from the protection which num bers gave the great apes. 'One, of the results of this hnblt was n greatly in creased resourcefulness which found him constantly growing In intelligence and owcrs of observation. Today lie had been hunting toward the south and was returning along Lthe rirr Bpoa,,n path he oftea f)lwW, . 1 ape. ".ii-tnc. iinr-necK. was a vnunc a iiupnaiMiT Lifuicuuri lui liiii luiuria u. By Edgar Rice the yarrior because it led by the village of the (inmangnni, whose strange and almost apelike actions nnd peculinr manners of living Juul aroused his interest and curiosity. As upon other occasions, he took up his position in a tree from which lie could overlook the intcrior.of the village and watch the blacks nt their vocations in the street below. Zu-tng had scarcely more than estab lished himself in his tree when, with the blacks, he was starled by the crash ing of Tarzan's body from tlie brunches .... .. .r ." -- ? of unother jungle giant to the ground bo"t to scream out u savage protest and u challenge, for he had recognized in. the brown -skinned 7'nrmaugaui the strange white ape who had come among them ii night or two before in tho midst of their l)uin-l)um, and who by so easily mastering the greatest among thfin, had won the savage' respect and admiration of this fierce young bull. But Zii-lng's ferocity was tempered by n certain native cunning nnd cau tion. Before he had voiced Ills protest, there, formed iu his mind the thought that he would Ilk to save this won derful white ape from the common enemy," the Gouiangnni, and so he screamed forth no challenge, wisely de termining that more could be accom plished by secrecy and stealth than by force of muscle and fang. At first he thought to enter the vit lnge "alone and carry off the Tarmau gani, but when he saw how numerous were the wnrriors, nnd that several sat directly before the entrance to the lair into which the prisoner had been car ried, it occured to him that this was work for many rather than one; and so, as silently as he had come, he slipped away through the foliage to ward the north. The tribe wart still loitering about the clearing where stood the hut that Tarzan and Bertha Kircher had built. .Some were idly searching for food just within the forest's edge, while others smiatted beneath the shade of trees within the clearing. The girl had emerged from the hut. her tears dried, and was caziui: nnxiouslv Inwnnl the south itito the jungle where Tarzan had disappeared. Occasionally she cast su's- uclous glances in the direction of the mge shaggy anthropoids about her. JT WAS while she was occu'pled with these denressintr tlinnelitx thnt them dropped suddenly Into the clearing fronr the trees upon the south the figure of n mighty young bull. It was evident that the newcomer wns tilled with suppressed excitement. As the other apes saw him coming, ninny advanced to meet him, bristling and growling. There was a certain amount of pre liminary circling, growling and sniffing, stiff-legged nnd stiff-haired, before each aide discovered that the other had uo Intention of initiating an attack; and then u-tag told Golat what .he had seen among the lairs of the Goman gnni. Golat grunted in disgust nnd turned ?)vnJ'-.. . r.et "", white npe take care of himself," he said. "He is a great ape," said Zu-tag. "He came to live in peace with the tribe of Golat. Let, us save him from the Gomauganl." Golat grunted again and contluued to move away. "Zu-tag will go alone nnd get kirn," cried the young ape, "if Golnt is nfruld of the Goinangauf." The king ape wheeled in anger, growling loudly and beating upon his breast. "Golat is not afraid." he screamed, "bit lie will not go, for the white ape is not of bis tribe Go your self and take the Tarmauganl'tf she with you jf you wish so much to save the white nn..'" "Zu-tng will go." replied the younger bull, "and he. will take the Tarman,- 4Ml'd aha .al sll 41.a tl..ll ... .-... 4 ftaaii a 4...W uu au 4WI1 llllUg HI UOIKt WSV BOi- COWWHMa " at.Mll cowjuds." tBiifm-irajr Ing, he cast his eyes Inquiringly nbout nt the other apes. "Who will go with u-tng to fight the (lomnnganl and bring nway our brother?" ho dc nianded. Kight, young bulls In the full prime of flicTr vigor pressed forward to Zu tag h side, but the bid bulls, with the couscrvatlsm and caution of many years upon their grny shoulder, shook their heads and wnddled nway after (iolat. f "Oooill" cried Zu-tag. "We want no old idles to go with us to fight the (.oinniigiiiii, for thnt Is work for the. fighters of the tribe." ' A IjI this time llertlia 'Kircher was a f- wide-eyed and terrified spectator to what, us she thought, t'ould end only In a terrific battle between these fright ful beasts, and when Kli-tng nud his followers began screaming forth their fearsome, challenge, the girl found her self trembling in terror, for of all the sounds of the jungle there is nono more Jiw-c-inspiring than thnt of the great billl-ape when he issues his chullenge or shrieks forth his victory cry. If she hud been terrified before, she yvus ulmost paralyzed with four now as she saw Zu-tag and his n'pes turn to y,n,r(,' "."' bom" a'"1 approach her. Vith thp agility of ft cat, tfu-tng leaped completely over the protecting wall uud Mood before her. Vnllantly she held her spear before her, pointing it nt his breast. He began to jabber and gesticulate, nud even with her scant acquaintance with the wnvs of the anthropoids, she renlized that he was not menacing her, for there wns little or no baring of fighting fangs, and his whole expression and uttitude was that of one attempting to explain a knotty problem or plead a worthy cause. At last he became impatient, for with a sWeeii of one great paw lie struck the spear from her hand and coming close, seized her by the arm, but not roughly, hhe shrank nway in terror, lind vet some sense within her seemed to 'be trying to assure her thnt uh was In no danger from this great beast. Xu-tag jabbered loudly, ever and ngaln point ing into the jungle toward the south uud moving towurd the boma. pulling the girl with him ; lie seemed almost frantic in his efforts to explain some thing to her. He pointed toward the bonin. herself, and then to the forest, and then at last as though by u sudden inspiration, he reached down and sciz- s. ,'V Hi,1"'' repeatedly touched it with his forefinger and ngaiu pointed toward the south. Suddenly it dawned, upon the girl that what Hie ape was trying to ex plain to her wns related in some way to the white muii whose property lie thought she wns. Possibly her grim protector wns In trouble, and with this thought firmly established, she no loiter neiu ubck, nut stijrted for.vnrd os though to accompany the young bull. ..i i hit iiuiui in me uomn wnere Tar lau blocked the ntitrnm.il she r.1,.1 nil in imu invay me mum -ousiii's, nnd when Zu-tng saw what she was doing, he fell to and assisted her so that presently they had an opening through the boma through which she passed with the great npe. Immediately .u-tag and his eight apes starled off rapidly toward the jun B ' i f0.- r"l'i(llv t""t Bertha Kircher would hove had to run nt top speed to keep up with tluun. This she realized she could not do, and so she was forced to lag behind, much to the chagrin of ti-tug who kept constantly running back and urging her to greater sliced. Once he took her by the arm and tried to drag .her along. Hei- prntc Is wore of no nvuil, since tlie beast could not know that thev were protests; nor did he desist until she cuught her foot in some tangled grass nud fell to the ground. Then indeed was Zu-tng 'furious, and growled hideously. IHs-' apes were waiting nt tlie edge of the forest for him to lead them. lie suddenlv reul izcd that this poor weak she could not keep up with them, und that if thev traveled nt her slow rate, they nught be too late to render assistance to' the I nrinnngnni ; nnd so without more ado the giant' inithropoid picked Bertha Kircher bodily from the ground nud swung her to his back. Her arms were ubout his neck, nnd in this position he seized her wrists in one great paw so that she could not fall off, and started at a rapid rate to join his companions. Dressed us she wns iu riding breeches, with no entangling skirts to hinder or catch upon passing shrub bery, she soon found thut she could cling tightly to the back of the mighty bull, und when n n ictit Inter he took to the lower brauches of the trees, hhe closed her eves and clung to him in terror lest she be precipitated to the ground below. Xot once did Zu-tag pause until lie came to a stop among the branches of u tree at no great distuncc from the village. They could hcur the noises of the life within the palisade, the laugh ing und shouting of the negroes, and the barking of dogs, and through the foliage the girl caught glimpses of the village from which she had so recently escaped. She shuddered to think of the possibility of having to return to it, und of possible recapture, and she wondered why Zu-tag had brought her here. littlK.n.l tn ....Tl .. .1 . .1 . NOW the upes advanced B.owly once more nnd with great caution, mov ing as noiselessly through the trees as the squirrels themselves until they -had reached a point where they could easily overlook the palisade and tlie1 village street below. Zu-tag squatted upon a great branch j.-iuso iu me ooie ot tne tree, and by loosening the girl's nrms from about his neck, indicated tlmt 4.1m n-ni n il,,,l n footiug for herself; when she had done so, he turned toward her and pointed repeatedly ut the open door way of a hut upon the opposite side of the street below them. By various gestures he seemed to be trying to ex pluiu something to her, and ut lust -she caught nt the germ of his idea that her white man was n prisriuer there. Bcnenth them was the roof of a hut onto which she saw that she could easily -drop, but wJist could, she do after she had entered thp village? Darkness wuh already falling, ami the tires beneath the cooking-pots had been lighted. . The girl saw the stake In the village street nnd the piles of fagots about it, and in terror she sudr denly realized the portent of these ' grisly preparations. Oh, if she onlv hud some sort of weapon that might give her even u faint hope, some slight udvantnge ngaiust the blacks! It whs quite dark by this time, the village being lighted by tho fitful gluro of many fires, and now she saw a number of warriors approach mid enter the hut Zu-tag had been watching. A moment later they reappeared, drag ging between them two captives, one of whom the girl immediately recogulzed as her protector, and the other as nn hnglishmau In the uniform o( an avia tor. This, then, wns the reason "for the two stakes ! Arising quickly, she placed a huud upon Zu-tug's shoulder and pointed down into tho village. "Come," she said, as if she had been talking to ono of her own kind, and with the word she swung down lightly to the roof of the hut below. From there to the grounjl was but a short drop, and a moment later jshe was circllug the hut upon the side farthest from tho fires, kocplng iu the dense shadows, ' where there wag little likelihood of being dis covered, She turned .once to see that Zu-tag was directly. behind, aud could ,see his huge bulk1 looming up In the dark. Beyond was another one of his eight; doubtless they had nil followed her,- and this fact gave her a greater sense of security and' hope than she had before experienced. - It' - rffiirr, nhn ynirni 'nnt.ij1Mlr limit. i-Ausiug at me nine ot tue but next BurrougM. i the corner. A 'few inchcs'froni her vai the open doorway of th'o hut; and be yond. further1 down the village street', the. blacks wero congregating nbout tho prisoners, who were already being bound to the stakes. All eyes were centered upon the victims, nnd there was only the remotest chanco that she nnd her companions would bo discovered before they wore closo upon the blacks. She wished, however, that she might' hayo. some sort of wenpon with which to lead the attack, for she could not know, of course, for a certainty whether, tha. great npes would follow her or not. Hoping that sho might find something within the hut, she slipped quickly nround the corner and into the door way, nnd after hpr, ojio by one, enmo the niiit! bulls. Searching quickly nbout the Interior, she presently dis covered n spear; nnd,. -armed with this, she ngnin approached tho entrance. rnABZAN of the Apes nnd Lieutenant - Smlth-Oldwick wero bound securely to their respective stakes. Neither had spoken for some time. The Englishman' turned his head so that he could see his companion iu misery. Tarzan1 stood straight ugnlnst his stake. Ills face" wus entirely cxnrc.s.slnnlcaa In c... ... either fear or anger was concerned. fKul ins rounicnnncc portrayed bored indif-v ferencc, though both men knew that' they were nbout to bo tortured. "Good-by, old top," whispered tha. young lieutenant. furznn turned his eyes In the dircc- . tion of the other nnd smiled. "Good by, he said. "If you want to get if over iu n hurry, inhale all the smoke and fumes you can." v' "Thanks," replied the aviator, ana though he made n wry face, he drew himself up very straight nnd squared v his shoulders. The women and children had seated themselves in a wioe circle nbout the victims; the wnrriors, hideously painted, were forming slowly to begltv the dance of death. Again Tnrzan turned to his companion. "If you,, wnnt to sjmil their fun," he said, f don t make any fuss, no matter how much you suffer. If you cau carry on 1 to the end without changing the ex- ' pression of your face or littering a single sound, you will deprive them of. all the pleasures .of this part of the entertainment. Good -by again, nud 4 good luck." The young Englishman made no re ply, but it was evident from the set of . ns jaws that the negroes would get little enjoyment out of him. 2 The warriors were circling now. I resently Xumabo would draw first ' blood with his sharp spear, which would be the signal for the beginning of tho torture after a little of which the ' fagots mound the feet of the victims -, would be lighted. ("loser and closer danced the hideous . chief. Ids yellow, sharp-filed teeth "" showing in the firelight ngninst the background nf his thick, red lips. Xow 'I bending double, now stamping furiously a upon the ground, now leaping into the air. lie danced step by step in the nar- - rowing center that would presently bring him within spear-reach of the x intended feast. if AT LAST the spear reached out and sx V touched the npc-mnn on the breast: ',, when it came nway a little trickle of .: blond ran down the ,inooth brown hide and almost simultaneously thcrn p broke from the outer periphery of the" e.peetunt audience a woman's shriek i which seemed n signnl for n series of hideous screniulngs, growlings aud ' barkings, und u great commotion upon-. -that side of the circle. The victims'' could not see the cause of the dis-' turbiince. but Tarzan -did not havOfdK' see, for he knew by the voices of thc-t apes the identity of the disturbers,, He only wondered what had brought '.them, ,i and what the purpose of the nttack, for , he could not believe that they had come" to rescue him. ' Xumabo nnd his warriors broke- ot quickly from the circle of their dauce . to see pushing townrd them through tlie ' raiiks of (heir screaming nud terrified!.,? people the very white girl who had I escaped them a few nights before ' nud ut her back cume wlint appeared "?, to their surprised eyes a veritable horde of the huge nnd hairy forest men upon o . . oKeu wiin lear ana awe. oiniviiiK in rigiu ami lett with Iliac A. heavy fists, tearing with his great ,r fangSj came Zu-tag the young bull, and la nt his heels, emulating his example, ,, surged his hideous noes. Dnieklir rti came through the old men and the'T women and children, for the girl led ita them straight toward Xumnbo nnd hU warriors. It was thou that they came, ir witliinrnnfte of Tnrznn's vision, nnd he,. a si,., iiiiii uiiiuiAeu surprise who ic was Z that led the apes to his rescue. To Zu-tag' he- shouted: 'Go for the I big bulls while the she unbinds me."- ,..T And .to Bertha Kircher: "Quick! Cut tr these bonds. Tho apes will take care r . of the blacks." Turning from her advance, tho girl' 1 ran to his side. She had no knife, but she worked quickly iand coolly, nndi ", as Zu-tag and his npes closed with; a the warriors, she succeeded in loosening '&, Tarzan's bonds sufficiently to porait t him to extricate his own hands so that' ,r in another minute he had freed himself. "Now unbind the Englishman," he' 'T cried, and, leaping forward, ran to join, '" u-tag and his folloyvers in their battle against the blacks. Xumabo nnd hisf nurriui-N, realizing now r;io relatively smnll number of the apes against them, hail made a determined stand, nnd with their weapons were endeavoring to overcome the invaders. Three of tho Lapes were already down, killed or inor tally wounded, when Tarzan, realizing''' inai ine Dame must eventually go against the upes unless some .means could be found to break the morale of the negroes, cast about him for some means of bringing nbout tlie desired end. And suddenly his eye lighted upon a number of weapons which he -knew would accomplish the result. A grim smile touched his lips ns he snatched .a vessel of boiling water from ono 6t tho tires nnd Hurled it full in the faces of the warriors. Screaming with terror nnd pain, they fell back, though Xum--nbo urged them to rush forward., Scarcely had the first caldron of. boiling water spilled its content upon them ere Tarzan deluged them, with a second ; nor was there any third needed to .send them shrieking in every direc- tion. ' , . r. By the time Tarzan had. recovered hi own weapons, the girl lind. released the; young Englishman, and with the six. remaining opes the thrco Europcn&c moved slowly toward the village gate, the aviator arming'himsclf with a spear discarded by one of the scalded, war riors. X'umabo was unable to rally tho ! . now thoroughly terrified and painfully !$ burned ' warriors ; nnd so the rescued ia and rescuers passed out of the village 'JJ and into the blackness of the jungly iy without further interference.. Turzuiu strode through the jungle .in" silence. Beside Win, walked 'Zu-tag the great .ape; and bcbitid 'them strung the; surviving anthropoids, followed by Frauleln Bertha Kircher and Lleuten- ant Smith -Oldwick, tho latter a thor- A niighly astonished and mystified Eng lishman. Iu all his life Tarzan of. tho Ape had been obliged to acknowledge but '? few obligations, lie won his way through hla savago world' by the might of his own: musclo,- the superior keen ness of hid five senses and 1)1 God given power to reason. Tonight the greatest of all obligations had. heeu nloeed unon him his life had been saved by another; and Tarzau. shook S! Ills' head and growled. ?T Th next complete. Jungle, Tsto wlUi it Mipar, gaturtifcr, ffinUifcir W V si" I ' ZJ -1 vf r 1 I 'Bl a it 0 'O 1 a t H Ii .K" 1 3 '4 h ,l - n eti
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