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Cororrlnht, IBM), by Edirar Hlee Durrouehs
Coprrlxht, 11IJ9, liytho Public Ledger Co.
mAItZAN OF THE APES, return-
Ing from n successful limit with the
body of Hara the ilccr across one sleek
brown shoulder, paused in the branches
of a great tree at the edge of a clear
ing and pazed ruefully at two figures
walking from the river to the boma
tnclrclcd hut n short distance nway.
The apeman shook his tousled head
and sighed. His eyes wandered to
ward the west, and his thoughts to the
far-away cabin by the landlocked liar
I.nr nf Hie nrcat water that washed the
henrh of his bovhood home to the
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the memories and trcnsuies of a happy I
Childhool lured him Since the death '
M. moin , rriMit loiiirtn- had i
of his mate a gnat lougin ,ml1 1
possessed him to return to tlie inunts
of his jontli. Hut the little cibiu and
tUr. lnmllncknl harbor were nun'-'
weary marches nway. atid he was
handicapped bj the dot) whiih he felt
he owed to the two tigures walking in
the clearing before him. One was a
TounL- man in the worn and ragged
uniform of the Hritih Itojal Air Force.
The other was a oiing woman in the,
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even more disreputuble remnants ot
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What had once been trim rnlin-tn s
A freak of fate had thrown these
three radical!) different tpes togcth.r.
Oin was a savage, almost nak"d lwat -man.
one 1111 English nrmy othoer . and
the woman was she who, 11 the npeuinn
knew and hiited'as 11 German spv .
Hon he was to get lid of them Tar
Jian could not imagine, uule-s be ne
rompamed them upon the weary march
' back to the east const, a march that
would necessitate his onie more re
tracing the long way he already had
covered toward his goal; jot what else
could be ilnne-' These two bad neither
the strength, endurance nor junglc
craft to accompan.v him tlnough the
unknown country to the west: nor did
he wish them with him. The man he
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might have tolerated, but lie count inn
even consider the presence of the Kir! ,
in the far-off labin, which through its
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memories uu.i ... - " -
to liim. Since lie couio inn ws'n '""",
there remained but the one wu ; ho
must mine bv slow and irl.-ome '
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mareues ouck m no- i- -- -
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least to the tirst white seuiciiu in m
thnt direction. I
Without him Viese two doubtiecs
would stune in the midst of plenty
iliould they by some miracle escape the
other forces of destruction which con
stantly threatened them. Thnt morn
ing Tarzan had brought them fruit,
nuts nnd plantain, mid now he was
bringing them the flesh of his kill; all
they could do was to fetch water from
the river. Kven now as they walked
across the clearing toward the botna,
they were in utter ignorance of the
nroeenee of Tarzan near them. They
did not know that his sharp eyes were, sweet and brave and good
l ... 4i ... .. i,nt nther eves less i T he npeuinn shrugged his sliouldei
watching them, nor that other ocs ies,iishe .. brilV(, h(, bai(, ..Kwu
friendly were glaring nt them trom a , j.alllbn thc nlt has that good qualit)
clump of bushes close beside the boma , uut shc ia Kiat have told you; and
entrance. They did not know these j therefore (I hate her, and )ou bhould
things, but Tarzan did. No more than mJfk.u"-ual,t Smith-Oldwick buried ids
they could he see the creature crouch-1 flK.tf j iljs i,amis. "(;0d forgive me!"
Ing in the concealment of the foliage : i he said at last. "I cannot hate her."
yet be knew us well as though it had I The apeman cast a contemptuous
tieen nine in me open nmt "-.
there, aiud what it was, and what its
intentions were.
A MOVEMENT of the leaves at iuc
MOVEMENT of the leaves at the
A ton of n single stem apprised him j
ot the presence oi a cttoiuh- iv.r. ..
the movement wns not that linpnrteil
by the wind. It came from pressure
at thc bottom of the stem, which im
parts a different movement to the leaves
than does thc wind pns-ing among
them, as anv one who has lived his life
time in the jungle well knuws; and the
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foliage of the bush brought to the ape-
nostrils indisputable
man's sensitive
evidence of the fact that Sliceta the ; very terrible, anil et l teei saier wun
panther waited there for the two re- liim than any man 1 have cer known,
tiirnlnc from the river I li? seems to dislike me, nnd yet I know
They had covered half the distance j thnt he would let no harm befall me.
to the boma entrance when Tarzan I cannot understand him.
called to them to stop. They looked in "Neither do I understand him.' rc
surprisc in the direction from which pi ed the Englishman. "Hut I know
his voice had come, and saw him drop this much our presence here is inter
lielttly to the ground and advance to- fenng with his plans. He would like
ii-nrll fliPin to be rid of us, nnd I half imagine that
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'rv,n, tinwiv trvwnrii me. up caiieu
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to tnem. uo noi run, iur l jou m",
Sheeta will charge."
They did ns he bade, their faces filled
with question.
"What do you mean;" asked the
young Englishman. "Who is Shecta?
Tint fnr th nnswer the aneinan sud
denly hurled the carcass of Hara the
.!,. tn tho pi-ntiml and leaned nuickly
toward them, his eyes upon something
In their renr; and then it was that the
two turned and learned the identity of
Sheeta, for behind them was a great
devil-faced cat charging rapidly to
ward them.
The girl stifled nn involuntary scream
as she saw the proximity of tlie fanged
fury bearing down upon them. She
shrank close to the man and clung to
him; all unarmed and defenseless as
he was, the Englishman pushed her be
hind him, and shielding her with his
body, stood squarely in the face of the
panther's charge. Tarzan noted the
actk and though he was accustomed to
acts of courage, he experienced a thrill
from the hopeless and futile bravery of
ihn mnn
The charging panther moved rapidly.
Yet If Sheeta was quick, quick too
was Tarzan. The English lieutennut
Saw the apeman tlnsh by him like the
-wind. He saw the great cat veer in
his charge as though to elude the naked
savage rushing to meet him for it was
evidently Sheetn's intention to make
good his kill before attempting to pro
tect it from Tarzan.
Lieutenant Smith-Oldwick saw these
things, and then with increasing won
der he saw the apeman swerve too, nnd
leap for the spotted cat as a football
player leaps for a runner. He saw the
atrong brown arms encircling the body
. ol the carnivore, tue leu arm in ironi
J of the beast's left shoulder nnd the
right arm behind its right foreleg, and
With the inlpact the two together rolling
over and over upon the turf. He heard
the snarls and growl of bestial com
bat, and it was with a feeling of no
little horror that he realized that the
sounds coming from the human throat
ot the battling mnn could scarce be dls
tlngUished from those of the panther.
The first momentary shock of terror
v over, the girl released her grasp upon
the Englishman's arm. "Can't we do
something?" sne asked. "Can't we help
him before the beast kills him?"
" Tho Englishman looked upon the
(round for some missile with which to
"StUck tho panther, and then the girl
' ' ittcred nn exclamation and started at
2 Sib toward tlie but. "Wait there."
.. l ..oiie.l nver her shoulder. "1 will
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rt tie imnther searching for the flesh
.M the.
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'sir iinc
vrjr mam
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knotted under the brown hide. The
veins stood out upen his neck and fore
head ns with over-increasing power he
strove to crush the life from the zrrat
cat. The apeman's teeth were fastened
in tlic back of Shccta's iiceK. nun now
he succeeded in encircling the beast's
torso with his legs, which he crossed
nnd locked benenth the cat's belly.
Leaping nnd snarling, Shecta sought to
dislodge the apemnn's hold upon him.
lie hurled himself Uon the ground and
rolled over and over lie reared upon
his tiitiil legs nnd threw himself back
ward but always the savage creature
upon his back clung tenaciously to him,
and nlwnvs the mighty brown arms
etuslicd tighter and tighter ubout Ins
chest
And then the girl, panting from her
quicK run.
returned with the short
nt,nflr TnrTilf, lin,l lf t her llu llpr snip
weapon nf protection. She did not wait
to hand it to tlie l.tigltsiiiiinii, wno ran
forward to rc( oivc it, but brushed past
lim and leaped into close quarters lie
g()(1 ,p KrimI1Ki tumbling mass of
m-How fur and smooth brown hide.
Several times she attempted to press
the point home in the cat ,s body, hut
on both oi elisions the fear of cmliiu
"ling the iipcm.'in caused her to de
sist. At Iat, however, tlie two l.ij
motionless for a moment ns the carni
vore sought lest from the strenuous
pxcrtiiins of battle: and then it was!
that Bertha Kircher pressed the point
of the sv to the tawny side and
drove it into tho savage heart,
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Tarzan lose from the dead body ol
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leal
if beasts entirely rlotlieil with
lie looked at the gill, a qui?
cpicsMoii upon ni" iae .gniu
had -he p'aceil him under ob'igations
to her. mill Tin an of the Ape mil not1
m-Ii tn be obligated to n (ieiinaii spv .
e in bis honest heart lie i ould not i
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nut Huron i lerwini tiuiiiuiii i'mi km in.
oiirnge, a tuiit which iihvnvs gieatly
impicsed the apeniaii, himself the per
suuiliintion of murage.
"Mere is the kill," he said, picking
the lurc.tss of Hara from tlie ground.
"Vou will want to cook your portion,
I presume, but Tnr7an docs not spoil
his meal with fire."
They followed him to the bonin,
wheie" he i uL several pieces of meat
from the catui-K for them, retaining a
joint for him-elf. .Smith-Oldwiik pre
pared n lire, ami the girl presidid ovcrj
the primitive culinary rites of their
.simiic meal. .s sue worhou simr
w iirkou
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tpiitur and the apeman watched her
-Mie is wonderful. Is she not
muniuired Smith-Oldwick.
..S. is (.Vrmim and a spv
re-
plied Tar.an
'i'he Eiigli-hmun turned quickly upon
him "Wt.nl .In o.i mean .'
.., nu..ln ..l.-.f T war.
he cried I
replied lie
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.,prniini. ".she m a
(iermau and i
,pj
I do not believe it !" eielaimcd the
aviator.
"You do not hnve to." Tarzan as
sured him. "It is nothing to me what
jou believe. I saw her in confcience
w lth the boche general and his staff
it the camp near Tavetn. They all
knew her and called her by name, and
she handed him a paper. The next
time I saw her .she was inside the Hrit
ish lines in disguise, and again I saw
her bearing word to a tjerman officer
at Wilhclnistnl. She is a liennan ami
a spj ; but she is u woman, and thcie
foie I tauiiot destroy her."
"Vou ii-nil) believe that what ou
sa.v is true?" asked the )ouug lieuten
nut. "I cannot believe it. She n s
iwua u, mi, lumimmuii m.u u,Wo.; .
zan goes again to hunt,
he said. "You
.have enough tooU
tint time he will
for two days. Hy
that time he will return
The two watched him until he had
Thet,vo watched him
disappeared in the foliage of the trees
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at the further side of the clearing.
WHEN he had gone, the girl felt a
sense of apprehension that she
never experienced when Tarzan was
present. She turned toward her com
panion. 1 wish that lie hau remaiueu, sue
said.
I always feel so much safer
, when he in near. He is very grim and
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turns that we have succumbed to one of
the .lungers which must nlways con
front us in this savage land.
"I think that we should try to re
turn to the white settlements. This
mnn docs not want us here ; nor is it
reasonable to assume that we could
loug survive in such a savage wilder
ness. If we set out for the east coast
at once, we would be in but little more
danger tlian we arc here, aud if we
could survive a day's march, I believe
that we will lind the means of reaching
the coast in a few hours, for my plane
must still be in the place where I
landed just before the blacks captured
me. There is no one hero who could
operate it ; nor is there any reason why
they should have destroyed it."
"But we cannot leave." said the
girl, "until lie returns. We could not
to nwav like that without thanking
him or bidding him farewell. We are
under too treat obligations to him
The man looked at her in silence for
a moment. He wondered it sue Knew
i how Tarzan felt toward her; and then
he himself begnn to speculate upon the
truth of the apeman's charges. The
longer he looked at the girl, the less
easy was it to entertain the thought
that she was nn enemy spy.
"I believe," he said as though there
had been no pause in their conversa
tion, "that thc mnn would be more
than glad to rind us gone when he re
turns. It is not necessary to jeopard
ize our lives for two more 'days In
order that we may thank him, how
ever much we may appreciate his serv
ices to us. You have more than bal
anced your obligations to him, and
trom what he told me, I feci that you
especially should not remain here
longer."
The girl looked up at him in aston
ishment. "What do you mean?" shc
asked.
"I do not like to tell," said tne eng
lishman, digging nervously at tho turf
with the point of a stick, "but you
have my word that he would rather
you were not here."
xeil me wuai ne saiu, sne in
sisted. "I have a right to know."
Kmith-Oldwick squared his shoulders
nnd raised bis eyes to those of the girl.
"He said that he hated you," he
blurted, "He has ony aided you at
all because you are a woman."
The girl paled and then flushed. "I
will be ready to go," she said, "in
just u moment. We had better take
soma of this meat with us. There is no
telling when we will be able to get
more."
And so the' two set out dovyn the
river toward thc south. The man car
ried the short spear that Tarzan had
left with toe girl, U was entirely un
raMMi, except, : n,
she had
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left after
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parting she had insisted that the man ' villages would pay tiibute to him, and J who, degraded, cunning and entirely i days they camped there, nnd constantly
leave a note for Tarzan thanking him b,e could even have as many as a dozen unprincipled, wns nlways perfectly .during daylight hours Usangn com
for his care of them nnd bidding him wives. "With that thought, however, willing to promise anything, whether pellecl the Englishman to instruct him
good -by. This they left pinned to the
inside wall ot the nut with u lime .
sliver of wood, and then closing the i
oneninc in thc thorn boma. they
stt out upon their dangerous journey
through the forbidding jungle.
"I am not so much afraid of tho
native blniks, said the girl, ns they
trudged along, "as I am of L'sanga
and his people. He and his men were
all attached to a tierman native regi
ment. They brought me along with
them when they deserted, either with
the intention of holding me for ransom
or selling me into the harem of one of i
the black sultans of the north. I sanga Itntisli airmen soaring above the tier
is much more to be feared thau Nu- man lines, nnd it looked fo simple thnt
umbo, for he has had the advantages I he wns unite sure he could do it him-
of European military training, and islself if there was somebody who could
armed with more or less modern woup- but once show him how. There was,
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uu.-, ui.ii ..mill, iiitiiuu.
"It is lu.ky for me." remarked the'
Englishman, "that it was the ignorant
Xuiniibo who discovered and captu'-ed
me rather thau thc worldl.v -wise
I.sanga. He would have felt no fear of
the ciant flying-machine and would
have known only too well how to
wreck it.
"Let us nrav that the black ser
geant has not discovered it," said the
girl
Thcy made their way to a point
whleh thev cuessed wns about a mile
nbove the village; then they turned
into the trackless tangle of under
growth .to the east. So dense was the
verdure' at many points that It was
with the utmost difficulty they wormed
their way through, sometimes on hands
and knees, and again by cinnioermg
over numerous fallen tree trunks. lu
terwovcu with dead limbs and living
branches were the tough nnd ropclike
creepers which formed n tangled net
work across their path.
To thc south of them in an open
meadow laud a number of blnck war
riors were gathered about an object
which elicited much wondering com
ment. The blacks were-clothed in frag
ments of what had once been uniforms
of n native uermun command, bach,
however, possessed n bandolier of cart
ridges, a rifle and a bayonet. They
were a most unlovely baud, and chief
among them in nuthority and rcpul
blvencss was the black sergeant Usangn.
The object of their interest was n Hrit-
lsh airiuanc. thc same in wiucu bimtu-
Oldwick had been scouting toward the
west for the rumored tierman force
supposed to be advancing through the
wilderness toward the isrltisn positions
when motor trouble had forced him to
land at this spot, where he had been
almost immediately captured by Nu
mabo's warriors.
Immediately after the Englishman
had been brought to Xumabo'a village,
Usanga had gone out in search of the
plane, prompted partly by curiosity,
and partly by an intention to destroy
it; but when he hnd found it, some
new thought had deterred him from
carrying out his design. The thing
represented considerable value, as he
well knew, and it had occurred to him
that In some way he might turn his
prize to profit. Every day he hnd re
turned to it, and while at first it had
filled him with considerable awe, ho
eventually came to look unon it with
the accustomed eye of a proprietor, so
that be now clambered into the fuselage
and even advanced so tar as to wisu
he might learn to operate it.
What a feat it would be, iudeed, to
fly like a bird far above the highest
tree-top 1 now it would till Ins less
favored companions witli nwe und ad
miration! If Usanga could but Hy, so
great would be the respect of nil the
tribesmen throughout thc scattered vil
lages of the great interior that they
would look upon him as lltte less than
a god.
usanga ruMwa nis palms togewer
nd smacjted Hj. Music lips. Thenft
PK2ci TARZAN Accomplishes
Most Amazing Feat of His Life
Dangling at the end of tho rope, the
came a mental picture of Narntu, the
binclt termagant who ruled mm with
an iron hand Usangn made n wry
face and tried to forget the extra dozen
wives, but the lure of the idea remained
with him, nnd appealed so strongly
that he presently found himself rea
soning most logically that a god would
not be much of n god with less thuu
tw enty four w ives.
lie fingered the instruments and the
control, half hoping nnd half fearing
that he would alight upon the combi
nation that would put the machine in
flight. Often had he watched the
lh ivui',. .,i,.n tut: uwi'u ,11111 wiu
v. lite man who came in the machine
and who cscaoed from Xumabo's vil
Inge might fall into Usangn' hands,
land then, indeed, would he be able to
learn how to Hy. It was in this hope
that l sanga spent so much time in
the vicinity of the plane, reasoning that
eventually the white man would re
turn in search of it.
At last he was rewarded for upon
this very day after he had quit the ma-
chine nud cnteied the jungle with his
warriors, he heard voices to the north.
and when he and his men had hidden
in the dense foliage upou either side oi
the trail, Usanga was presently tilled
with elation by the appearance of the
llritislr otliccr and the white girl whom
the black sergeant had coveted, and
who had cscaned him. The negro could
scarce retain a shout of elation, for he
hnd not hoped that fate would be so
kind as to throw these two whom he
most desired into his power nt the sauie
time.
As the two came down the trnil, nil
unconscious of impending danger, the
man was explaining that they must
be very close to the point at which the
plane had landed. Their entire atten
tion was centered on the trnil directly
ahead of them as they momentarily
expected it to break into the meadow
lantH where they were sure they would
see the plane that would spell life aud
liberty for them.
The trail was broad, nnd they were
walking side by side, bo that at a sharp
turn the parklikc clearing was revealed
to them simultaneously with the out
lines of the machine they sought. Ex
clamations of rellefiand delight broke
from their lins - and at the same in
stant Usanga nnd his black warriors
rose from the bushes all about them.
The girl was almost-crushed by ter
ror nnd disappointment. To have been
thus close to safety, and then to hnve
all hope snatched from one by a cruel
btroko of fate seemed, unendurable. The
man was disappointed, too, but more
was he angry. He noted the remnants
of the uniforms unon the blacks, aud
immediately he demanded -'to know
where were their officers.
"They cannot understand you," said
the girl, and so in the bastard tongue
that is the medium of communication
between the Onrmnns and the blacks of
their colony, she repeated tBe white
man s question,
Usanga grinned. "You know where
they are, white woman," he replied.
"Tliey are dead, anu ii una wuite
man does not do as I tell him, he too
hvill be dead."
"What do you. want oi mm" asked
the girl,
"I want him to teach me how to fly
like a bird." replied' Usangn,
Uertha Kircher looked her astonish
ment, but repeated the demaud to the
lieutenant. ......
The Englishman meditated for a mo
ment, "He wants t;Utp Ao fly, does
he?" be, repeated. Kj
W. If he will
my. w qui in
teach binj to
Ape-man swung, pendulum-like, In spaco
he had any intentions of. fulfilling his
promises or not, and so immediately
assented to the proposition.
"Let the white ihan teach me to
Hy," he said, "and I will take, you
back close to the settlements of your
people, but in return for this, I bhnll
keep the great bird. And lie waved
a black hand in the direction of tho
airplane.
When Uertlin Kircher had repeated
Usangn's proposition to the aviator,
tlie latter shrugged his shoulders nnd
with n wry face finally agreed. "I
fancy there is no other way out of it,"
he said. "In any event, the plnne is
lost to the llritish Government. If I
refuse, there is no doubt thnt he
will make short work of me, and the
machine will lie here until it rots. If
i; ', "eccpi m unci, ii win urn m--
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the means of assuring your safe return
to civilization."
USANGA yns for taking his first
lesson In aviation immediately.
The Englishman attempted to dissuade
him, but forthwith the black became
I tlncatcuing.
"All right, old top," muttered the
Englishman, "I will give you the les
son of your life." And then, turning
to the girl: "l'ersunde him to let you
accompany us. I shall be afraid to
leave you here with these devilish
nnim,lrl" Hilt when Ell6 Dllt the
suggestion to Usanga, the black im
mediately buspecieu eurc I--" "
thwart him, possibly to carry him
against his will back to the German
masters lie nan iraimumij "'""i
and so he obstinately refused to enter
tain the suggestion.
"Tell him," said the Englishman,
"that if you are not standing in plain
sight in this meadow when I return,
I will not land, but will carry Usanga
back to the Hritish camp and have bim
hanged." ... u
Usanga promised that the girl would
be in evidence upon their return, and
took immediate steps to impress upon
bis warriors that unuer pcuauy ui
death they must not harm her. Then,
followed by the other members of his
party, he crossed the clearing toward
the plane with tho Englishman. Once
seated within what be already consid
ered his new possession, the black s
courage began to wane, and when the
motor was started nnd when the great
iirnnollni hn.nn tn whir, he screamed
to the Englishman to Btop the thing
nud permit him to alight. Uut the
aviator could neither hear nor under
stand the black above the nolso of the,
propeller nnd cxhnuot. By this time
the plane was moving along the
ground; and even then Usanga was
upon tue verge or leaping uui, uu
ivniilrl hare done so had he been able to
unfasten tho strap from about bis
waist. Then the plane rose and In a
moment Honre.l cracefullv In a wide
circle until It topped the trees. The
black sergeant wan at first In a veri
table collapse of terror. But presently,
much to his surprise, he discovered that
his terror was rapidly waning, bo that
it was not long before there was forced
upon him a consciousness of security.
AFTER half an hour of skillful ma
neuvering, the Englishman circled
slowly a few times above the meadow
until he hnd assured himself that
Bertha Kircher was there and appar
ently unharmed; then he dropped
gently to the ground so that the ma
chine came to a stop a short distance
from where the girl nnd the warriors
nwaited them. ,
Kn Wlous was the blnck of bis new
found toy that ho would not return to
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Smith-Oldwick, in recalling thc long
months of arduous training he had un
dergone himself before he hnd been
consideicd sufficiently adept to be con
sidered a finished llier, smiled at the
conceit of the ignornnt African who
was already demanding thnt he be per
mitted to make a flight alone.
"If it was not for losing the ma
chine," the Englishman explained to
the girl, "I'd let the bounder tnke it
up nnd brenk his fool neck, as he
would do inside of two minutes.
He succeeded fn persuading Usanga
to bide his time for u few more days of
instruction, but in thc susnicious mind
of the negro there wns a growing con
viction that the white man's advice
was prompted by some ulterior motive
probably the white man hoped to
escape with the machine by night. So
in the mind of tho blnck there formed
u determination that night to outwit
thc white man. At last a plan came to
him almost with thc force of a blow,
WHEN morning dnwne'd, Usanga
could scarcely await nn onnortun-
Ity to put his scheme into execution.
nnd the moment he had eaten, he called
several of his warriors aside and talkedlHfi"0,11' 1 Kf5ii th.fl0.!5r of
wlH, lli.m fnr onm mnmo,,,. TttBted effort .tO follow tllB SpOOrOf
with them for some moments.
Almost immediately nfter the ser
geant finished giving his instructions,
n number of warriors approached thc
Englishman, while three went directly
to the girl.
Without a word of explanation the
warriors beized the young officer anj
threw hiin to the ground upon his face.
For a moment he struggled to free
himself, and succeeded in landine a
few heavy blows among his nssailrfnts.
but no was too greatly outnumbered,
and soou found himself bound hand
and foot. When they had finally se
cured him to their satisfaction, they
rolled bim over on his side, and. then it
was he saw that Bertha Kircher had
been similarly trussed.
Smith-Oldwick lav in such n posi
tion that lie could see nearly the entire
expanse of meadow nnd tho airplane a
short distance nwav. Usanea was
talking to thc clrl. who was shaklnc
her head in vehement negatives.
He is going to take me away in
the plane," the girl called back. "He
is going to take me further inland to
another country, where he says that
be will be king and I am to be one
of his wives." And then to the Eng
lishman s 8urnrise she turned a smil
ing face to.vnrd him. "But there is no
danger," she continued, "for we shall
both be dead within a few minutes.
Jflst give him time enough to get the
macnine unuer way, and It be can rise
a hundred feet, from the ground I shall
never need fear blra more."
"God!" cried the man. ,"Is there
no way you can dissuade him? Prom
ise' him anything anything that you
want. I have money, more money
than that poor fool could imagine in
the whole world, With ItSie can buy
anything that money can buy, fine
clothes and food and women, all the
women he wants. Tell him this, and
tell blm that If he will spare you I give
my word that -I will fetch It all to
him."
Tho girl shook her head. "It Is use
less," she said, "He would not under
stand, and if he did understand, he
wouldn't trust you. No: it Is better
thus. I am sorry you cannot co with
us, for If he goes high enough my
(team win oe mticn easier man what
nrobably awaits you."
At Usanga's order one of the blacks
lifted her from the ground and carried
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thc thongs from her wrists and strap
ped her into her scat and then took bis
own directly ahead of her. -
Thc black had learned his lesson
sufficiently well bo that tho motor was
started without bungling, and the ma
chlno wns soon under way across the
meadow land. A groan escaped the
lips of the distracted Englishman ns
he watched the woman ho loved being
carried to almost certain death. He
saw thc planes titt and tho machine
rise from tho ground. It was a good
take-off as pood- as Smith-OIdWick
could make himself, but ho realized
thnt It was only so by chance. At
any Instant thc machine might plunge
to earth.
F3K two days Tarzan of tho Apes
had been hunting leisurely to the
north, and swinging In a wide circle,
he had returned within n short dis
tance of the clearing where he had left
Berthn Kircher and tho young lieuten
ant. He had spent tho night In n large
tree that overhung the river only a
short distance from the clearing, nnd
now In the early morning hours he
wns crouching nt thc water's edge
waiting for nn opportunity to enpturo
Pisah the fish, thinking that he would
take It back with him to the hut where
the girl could -cook It for herself and
her companion.
At last there was a glint of shiny
scales. Pisah was coming. In n mo
ment he would be within reach, and
then with the swiftness of light two
strong brown hands would plunge Into
the pool nnd seize him. But just then
there wns n great crashing in tho un
derbrush behind the npemon. Instantly
Pisah was gone; anu unrzan, growi
'iug, wheeled nbout to face whatever
! creature might be menacing blm. The
moment ho turned, he saw that the
f author of the disturbance waB Zu-tag,
a bull ape or uoiat s irme, wun mem
bers of which Tarzan had been frat
ernizing.
"What does Zu-tag want?" asked
thc apeman.
"Zu-tag comes to the water to
drink," replied tho ape.
"Where Is the tribe?" asked
Tarzan.
Thpy nt hunting for nlsangs nnd
scimntincs further back In tho forest,"
replied Zu-tag.
And the Tnrmangani she and
bull?" asked Tnrzan. "Aro they
safe?" . 4
"They have gone away," replied
Zu-tag. "Kudu has come out of his
lair twlos sinco tney leiw
"Did the tribe chase them nway?"
asked Tarzan.
"No," replied the ape. "Wc did not
see them go. Wo do not know why
they left."
Tarzan swung quickly through the
trees toward the clearing. The hut and
boma were as ho had left them, but
there was no Blgn of either the man
or woman. Crossing the clearing, he
entered tho boma and then the hut.
Both -were empty, aud his trained nos
trils told him that they had been gone
for at least two days. As he was
about to leave the but, he saw a paper
pinned upon the wall with a sliver of
wood, anu inuing ii uowu, uc rau,
After what you told me about
Miss Kircher, nnd knowing thn ydu
dislike bcr, I feel thnt it is not fair
to her and to you that wo should
impose longer upon you. I know that
our presence Is keeping you from
continuing your journey to the west
coast, and so I have decided that it
is hotter for us to trv to reach the
white settlements immediately with
out imposing further upon you. We
both thank you for your kindness
nud protection. If there was any
wav that I might repay the obliga
gatlon I feel, I should bo, only too
glad to do so.
It was signed by Lieutenant Harold
Percy Smith-Oldwick.
rpAHZAN shrugged his shoulders,
i- crumpled the note In bis hand and
tossed it aside. He felt a certain sense
of relief from responsibility nnd was
glad that they had taken thc matter out
of his hands. They were gone, and he
would forget; but somehow he could
not forget. He walked out into thc
clearing. He felt uneasy and restless.
Once he started toward the, north In
response to a sudden determination to
continue his way to the west coast.
But lie did not go far. A dozen steps,
perhaps, and he enme to a sudden stop.
"lie is nn Jvlngltsnman," ue muuereu,
"nti.1 tbe other is a woman. They
can never reach thc settlements with
out my help. I could not kill bcr
with my own hands when I tried, and
if I let them go on alone, I will have
killed her just as surely as though I
had run my knife into her heart." And
he turned back toward thc south.
Manu tho monkey had seen thc two
Tnrmangani pass two days before.
Shattering anu Bcoiaing, lie torn xar
znn nil about it. They had done in the
direction of the village of the Gomau
gani that much had Manu seen with
his own eves: so the ane-man swung
on through tho jungle in a southerly dl-
those ho trailed, he passed numerous
evidences that they bad gone this way
faint suggestions of theij scent-
spoor clung lightly to leaf or branch
or bole that one or the other had
touched or iu the earth of the trail
their feet had trod.
Tho trail made a detour to the east
of the village of the Waraabos and
then returned to tlie wide clcphnnt
path nearer to the river, where it con
tinued in a southerly direction for sev
eral miles. At last there came to the
ears of the apeman a peculiar whirring,
throbbing sound. For an instant he
paused, listening. "An airplane!" he
muttered, and hastened forward at in
creasing speed.
When Tarzan finally reached the
edge of the meadow-land where Smith
Oldwlck's plane had landed, lie took
in the entire scene in one quick glance
and grasped the situation, although he
could scarce give credence to the things
he saw. Bound and helpless, the Eng.
Hsh officer lay upon the ground at one
side ot the meadow, while around him
stood a number of thc black deserters
from the German command. Tarzan
had seen these men before and knew
who they were. Coming townrd him
down the meadow was an airplane
piloted by the black Usanga, and in
tue seat behind the pilot was tne wnite
girl Bertha Kircher. How it befell
that the ignorant savage could operate
the plane Tarzan could not guess ; nor
had he time in which to speculate pon
the subject.
Ml he knew was what no saw. a
negro attempting to fly away with a
white girl. Already the machine was
beginning t leave tue ground. In a
moment more it would rise swiftly out"
ot reach. At first Tarzan thought of
fitting an arrow to bis bow and slaying
usanga. but as quicKiy no abandoned
the Idea, because he knew that the
moment the nilot was slain the ma
cnine, running wild, would dash tue
girl to death among tne, trees.
There was but one way In which he
might hope to succor her a way which
ir it laneo muse send mm to instant
death; and yet he did not hesitate in
an attempt to put It into execution,
USANGA did not see blm, being too
intent upon the unaccustomed du
ties of a pilot; but thc blacks across
the meadow sw blm, and tb'ey'raa
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race rapidly toward the plane. They
saw blm take a long grass rope from
about his shoulders as ha ran. They
saw the noose swinging in an undu
lating circle above bis head. They
saw tho white girl in the machine
glance down and discover aim.
Twenty feet above tho running ape-
man soared tho hugo plane, Tho open
noose shot up to meet it, nnd the girl,
half guessing the apeman's Intentions,
reached out nnd caught the noose, and
bracing herself, clung tightly to it with
both hands. Simultaneously, Tarzan
was dragged from bis feet, and the
piano lurched sideways In response to
the new strain. Usanga clutched
wildly nt the control, and tho machlno
shot upward at a steep angle. Dangling
at tho end of the rope, tho apeman
swung pendulum-llko in space. The
Englishman, lying bound upon tho
ground, had been A witness of all these
happenings. His heart stood still as
he saw Tarzan's body hurtling through
the air toward the trcctops, but tho
Elane was rising rapidly, so tlat the
enstman cleared the topmost branches."
Then slowly, hand over hand, ha
c' imbed toward the fuselage. Tho
girl, clinging desperately to the noose.
strained every muscle to hold the great
weight dangling at the lower end of
the rope.
Usance, nil unconscious of whnt wan
going on, drove the plane higher.
It seemed to Bertha Kircher that thn
fingers of her hands were dead. Tha
numbness wns running up her arms to
her elbows. How much longer she could
ciing io tne straining strands she
could not gucsss. it seemed to her
thnt those lifeless fincers must relax
nt nny instant nnd then, when she
had nbout given up hope, she saw a
strong brown hand reach up and grasp
uie siae ot mo luseinge. instantly the
weight upon the rope was removed, and
a moment later Tarzan of the Apes
raised his body above the sido and
tnrew a leg over the edge. He glnnccd
forward at Usanca : and then, nlncine:
his mouth close to the girl's car ho
cried: "Have you ever piloted a
plnne?" The girl nodded a quick
affirmative.
"Have you the courage to climb np
there beside the black nnd seize the
control while I take care of him?"
The rirl looked toward TTsantrn nnd
shuddered. "Yes," she replied. "But
my feet are bound."
Tarzan drew bis hunting knife from
its sheath nnd reaching down, severed
the thongs that bound her ankles. Then
the girl unsnapped the strap that held
her to her seat. With one band Tar
zan grasped the girl's arm nnd stead
ied her as thc two crawled slowly
across the few feet which intervened
between the scats.
The first intimation Usanga had that
new perils threatened was when the
girl slipped suddenly to his side nnd
grasped the control and at tho same
instant steel fingers seized his throat.
A brown hand shot down with n keen
blade and severed tlie strap about his
waist, and giant muscles lifted him
bodily from his scat. Usangn clawed
the air and shrieked, but he was help
less. Far below, tho watchers in the
meadow could see the airplane careen-,
ing in the sky, for witli the change of
control it had taken a sudden dive.
They naw it right itself and turuiug in
a short circle return in their direction,
but it was so far above them, and the
light of thc sun so strong, that they
could see nothing of what was going
on w-itliiu the fuse.age. But presently
Smith-Oldwick gave a gasp of dismay
uo uk buw a uumau Douy plunge down
ward from the plane.
With a muffler! fluid it n.t.,,l ..
the turf near thc center of the meadow
covered with an cbou bide. Usanga
had reaped his reward.
A GAIN and again the plane circled
fl- above the meadow. The blacks, at
jirst dismayed at the death of their
leader, were now worked to n frenzy of
rage nnd a determination to be
avenged. The girl nnd the apeman
savy them gather in a knot about the
body of their fallen chief. They saw
as they circled above the meadow tho
black fists shaken at them and the
rjlles brandishing a menace toward
them. Tarzan still clung to the fuselage
directly behind the pilot's seat. His
face was close beside Bertha, Kircher's ;
and nt the top of his voice, nbove the
noise of propeller, engine nnd exhaust,
he screamed a few words into her ear.
As the girl grasped the significance
of his words, she paled, but bcr lips
set ib a hard line and her cyc3 shono
with n sudden fire of determination as
she dropped the plane to within a few
feet of the ground and at tho opposite
end of the .meadow from thc blacks,
nnd then at full speed bore down upon
the savages. So quickly the plane came
that Usangn'b men had no time to es
cape it after they realized its menace.
It touched the ground just as it struck
among them and mowed through them,
a veritable juggernaut of destruction.
When it came to rest at the edge of
the forest, the apeman leaped nuickly to
the ground and ran toward the 'oung
lieutenant. '
By the time Tnrmn lmi4 v,i tha
Englishman the girl joined them. She
tried to voice her thanks to tho ope-
iiiuu, uut uo suenceu uer with a ges
ture. ."r?u,saved.yourscIf'" lle insisted,
"for had you been unable to nilot thn
plane I could not have helped you.
And now," he baid, "you have the
mtans of returning to the settlements.
The day is still young. You can easily
cover the distance in a few hours if
jou have sufficient petrol."
Smith-Oldwick no.lrle.l Mo l.cn.l
affirmatively. "I have plenty," he re
plied. "Then go nt once," said the ape
man. "Neither of vou helonrs In thn
jungle." A slight finite touched his
lips as he spoke.
The girl and the Englishman smiled,
too. "This jungle Is no placo for us,
at least," said Smith-Oldwick, "and it
is no place for any other white man.
Why don't you come back to civiliza
tion with us?"
Tarzan shook bis head. "I prefer tho
jungle," he said.
Tho aviator dug his too Into the
ground and, still looking down, blurted
something which he evidently hated to
say. "If it is n matter of living, old
top," be said, " money, you
know "
Tarzan laughed. "No," he said. "I
know what you're trying to say. It is
not that. I was born in the jungle. I
have lived all my life in the jungle, and
I shall die in the jungle. I do not wish
to live or die elsewhere."
The others shook their heads. They
could not understand him.
"Go," said Tarzan. "The quicker
you go, the quicker you will reach
safety."
They walked to tho plan together.
Rmlth-Oldwick pressed Tarzan's band
and clambered into the pilot's scat.
"Good-by," said tne plrl as she ex
tended her hand to Tarzan. "Boforo
I go, won't you tell me that you don't
halo me any more?"
Tarzan's face clouded. Without a
word be picked her up and lifted ber to
her place behind the Englishman, An
expression of pain crossed , Bcrtb
Kircher'o face. The motor started, and
a moment later tne two were wing
borne Mpiiy toward tue eastj ,' ,,
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