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. 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
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Ahcrctore Lieutenant uaroiu icrcy
Bmlth-Oidwick flew low toward the'
townid the
west, searching with keen ejes for .
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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.
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center of which flowed a winding rici
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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upon us.
tins white man, Xumnbo. for with his
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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.'
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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
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. "- ? tin" strands which Tot ic ,1
'wrists: thru
' wus interruptpil by
of the black sergeant
tlie appearand
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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
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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
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escaped from the Wamnbo village to
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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
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I i. i rrpneu me opeuian,
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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
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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
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nnn came up in tlie rear oi ine -village.
From a tree wdiich overhung the pall- ,
sade he looked down into the street, '
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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 ,
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?"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
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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
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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,-
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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.
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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
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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
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