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M&4N the TERRIBLE
fly EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of the "Tarzan" Storlea and the "Martian" Stories
I every known spcelosM.f bird nnil beast
uml rcptllf IiiiiI wilight here n refuge
) .. " . v ; Ri.ui.wh timmi. :-?. :r; !i!?l,..,,rJ?
.i .. l ." "ft"""! hi' riu'runuiiiiic mum
i. T.-.nf ...l V - "" m.V""h.M(II(, Illlllll-
nnrwl',.ll,,."i ....1. Ik! . '""" ""'J had "temllly spread
t1P inldnljlit jmisb. ' IIiuiiscUpm over tlio surface f tin-
niiiwl nml stnritlg. ctnlli. !,, utl., .1... i i.. i
pips ii,.."- :".. , i.i,,, i, '. """"'H niv llilllllllK grounds
.it undulating lt-hlitl liim. f,-oiu He lower order, from Hie moment
lowered nml '. u, " ,llnt '' lt upe- shed Ills huir nml
ndbrnnt to the tl rl I of umwiI to walk upon IiIh knuckles. Kvcn
iiin iinmiim un w.- ii ne smncs ,v i i ,ii. M.,...n ..
CIIAI'TBU I
The 1'ltheciuilhropus
Li...ffi it a
Mn.K.M '
.v throiiiili
f?,tr!:fv,
nwr 111 '-"". . - i
iot.l cleK "''" thf, K"Tl!oirB"!lIIflrIIS,,mV'"1 'r- i'ltluM-'tile reUH
,.otHI ""' .ri avoid. Aliollpt!! . of n divergent n .f ..v..l,,.i ..
!ldllii Rh thick vprilun'ttMo uiiiltcTOl loini mt ,ia(, b,,cll ..'
i B9lnf Innumerable IwIrk. biokcn nilttcd without v.irlntlon for countless
rtfFf n. covum. his passing save ,., ..
W1" ...1 thnt mlRlit hnve been ,. , . ...,. iniiv
i-".". ..ii l...,rtn,i j.iiva . .. - " .... ut hi miuiii-.
not tno lenst inteicxt'.ng of which to
inrznii wit n jellow mid black striped
lilllli. ..Mil.lUV iuilu the species with
"i mi win familiar, but still u
most formidable bnist, hIiicc It possessed
'. lull to kIiiii'p luber-likc canines
tin? disposition of a devil.
'In Tarzntt It prcM'iitul cvideiue thnt
tiffin bud onee romwd the jungl-s of
Afr'en. pos-dhly giant saber-tooths nf
another ip-Hi. and these appnienth
hud crosfeii wllh lions, with the result
Mil In huh Unit lie o (MHlonnllj oneoiin-
ii'ieii in me present day.
!J?Jh by dull iHiinnn cur.
WW ,hJ iVniln- POfPM nlirail nf the
,0BJtni?orp? nr In-tend of nklrt
ol the moon t, nn(l ,).
tt wiSJfil rtirociij . . .
MrdthntuVoul,tthese
te?"c,$'nlll:p rtrlm Ktnlker. It
!'? !'." K; o two foot It WAllcnrt
'' i fcrt nnd wnw hniiir?K except
fori o'vV.H mI.,,,,-,1 jiik inuHctilar:
..ml WPrB, HIT v...i--. ,...,.. ...I.i.l n.i. ,, . .. ... . ...
.itml Powerful nnu ninm-r .u. ...e line linns nl tins new ()hl World
ltniwrlnV ftnpers and thumbs rcncli-j differed bat te. fr,., ,10. wlMl v.hhh
u. lnwVt to the Hrit. joint of the he w fnmillar; In r. ami eonfonaa.
nVKru. Its Iprh. loo. were ylmjioly. to n tlicj weie almost lilciticnl. but in-
K 'ft fret dfpnrtfd from the ntni; dnrds Mrml of Mieddliiff the le-.p.nd lt.oK of
.Vllriicps of imni. except piisMblyncubhooil. tliey icbinod them UiioukIi
. of the lo('M rnt',"j' ,.,ml1 VIP I cjnniti 1 marked iin Uiomc of the
.Vtftps protruded nt lifiht oiikIi's , leopnnl.
f,ir
I rir IUt 1"
Ut the foot.
.ftowrBcoiiH Afrloiin moon, the crcn
?.n?tiiriiMl nn utteiitlve rnr to the rear
J hn h" "head Hftwl. hi- fentures
till rtittllly lime b-m dlwerned in the
2billht. They were nIi-oiir. elcnn
S. ml rfSi.lnr-fontu.es tint would
litMltrnctwl nttpiition fr their iiibh
tullne beauty In any of the creijt inpl-
1,1, of the worm, nui wn iuis nun
iiniiD? It Mould hnve been hnrd for
i wttclicr In the treed to hnve decided
is the lions pie.v m'iiuiii-ii n- u
KtoM the silver tnpestry thnt l.unn
I'd laid upon the Moor of the di-m.ll
jonnle. for from beneath the lln i''i'
J black fur thnt drilled it. tlif;'i
tkrt depended n Ions Ifnlrh-Ks, white
tlil.
In one hnnd the crenture carried a
itout club, nnd suspended at Its left
tit from a shoulder belt was a short,
ihftthed knife, while a cios.s belt stip
jarlcd a pouch at its rlpht kip.
Confining these ftrnps to the hod1
lad also apparently supporting the loii
tlolh was n broad plrdle which glit
ttrcd in the moonlight ns thoutdi n
trasttd with virsln cold, nnd was
flanped in the center of the belly with
i huge buckle of crnute design that
icintillatcd na with precious stones.
Closer nnd closer crept Numn. the
,'cn. to his intended victim, nnd that
tie latter wor not entirely unnwhre of
lh danger wns -evidenced by the in
rrraslnc frequency witli which lie
taroed his enr and his shnrp blnek eyes
is the direction of the cat upon li!s
trail. He did not Rrently increase his
peed, a long swhiKinj; wnlk where the
ppfn places .permitted, but lie loosened
111 knife in Its scabbard nnd nl nil
limn kept his club in readiness for in
tiint action.
Forging nt Inst through n nnrrow
itr'p iof dense jungle vesetntion the
nn'tnins broke throuch into nn nl-
most trfdess nren of considerable ex
tint. Kur nn instnnt be licitateil.
;!mring nuickly behind him and then
up at the security of the bronchos of
the great trees wnving overhead, but
tome greater urije thnn fenr or caution
Influenced ids dcci&iou apparently, for
U moved off again nerobn the little plain,
kiving the safety of the trees behind
Urn. At greater or less iutervnls leafy
unctuarics dotted the grassy expanse
(bead of him and the route he took,
leading from one to another, indicated
that ho had not entirely cast discretion
to the- winds. Hut after the second
t:e. had been loft behind the distance
to the next wns considerable, and it
km then thnt Numn walked from the
concealing cover of the jungle nnd, see
it his quarry nppnicntly helpless be
fore him, raised his tall stiffly erect
ind charged.
Two months two long, weary nlonths
ftlfd with hunger, with thirst, with
hardship, with disappointment, nnd,
treater than nil, with gnawing pain
tad passed since Tarzan of the Apes
learned from the diary of the dead (Jer
nan captain thut his wife still lived.
A brief iincstU'xatioii. in which lie wns
enthusiastically nided by the intelli
tenic ilepnitniPiit of the Hiithli I'ast
African expedition, revealed the fait
tkat an attempt hud been made to keep
Lady Jane in hiding in the interior,
for reasons of whiih only the (lenium
High Command might be cognizant.
In charge of Lieutcnnnt (Voergntz add
detachment of native Ocrmau troops
ijbe had been sent acioss the border
into the Congo Vree State.
Starting out nlone In search of her,
Tarzan had succeeded in finding the
Village in which she had been inc.ir
"rated, onl) to learn that she nud
escaped months befnie, nnd thut the
Oerman officer had disappeared at the
Mroe time Kiom thcie on the stories
or the chiefs and the warriors whom lie
loUzed weie ingue and often con
tradictory, rjwn the diiection that the
wjlthca hnd taken Tars-an could nl
pess nt by piecing togithei bits of
injripnt0r eiience glen in d
tarioim soiuces.
einWtrr eonjeetures weie for'eil upon
M u aiiuus obsei.itioi which he
Mde ill Hie village One was liion
rovertlblo pmof that thete iieoplewei
iik m l ' ,,,lu''"' ""' prcsenie In
i ne village of vaiious nrti'-len nt native
terrann uniforms and eqnipmeut. At
treat risk mid in the face of suil ob
jection on the pint of the chief, the ape
nn made a careful inspection of cvei.
lu n the village, fn.m v hicb at lenst
f.. '? ray "f hope resulted fioin the
i.ni l .he iawu " "'Hi-de that
Wghthavc belonged to his wife.
. 11 DR t,Ue vlllnRl' ll( ''nd made his
fi! ?iWard tl"' Nouthweht. eiossmg,
:"e,r tllp ',10t appalling li.irdshljis. a
waterless steppe iwcied for the
F' Part with dense thorn, lomlng at
"ever been pievioi.sly entered by am
In is 1" ai"1 "hicli was known onh
flDltml0rk',P'1 " "'' 1"
Zf..? niouiitninK. well-waleied
'"ue, wiiin ninitiu n..i
1Bl , 4'ttwiin uml
.1 wo months of effort nnd icvealed no
MiKbtest evidence Ih'lt she he .inisllt
liad cntuicd this beautiful jet foibiddln;:
ii.ml. Ill inestli'iitinn. howner. nl
the cannibal villus.- nnd hi- qncstioiiii.g
of other tribes In the iieighhoilioo I hnd
convliicci' him that If l.adv Iain si III
.lvcd It nnrt be in tills dlrpctlon that be
s"eU her. mine b a oioccss or e iiiiina
t.oii he inn) reduced the diiection nf her
light to omy thin possibility. Mow -die
I. ad erns:"l the moram he could not
;ni"-s. and jet somethiut within ici-mcl
to urge upon him belief thnt she had
losed it. ind that it she Mill lived it
.h heie that 'M mm I be sougl'i Mill
la's unknown, iintruu isisl -, iM was ol
u,.Ht .f,.x,,.l,, : Sri."., fm bidding ir.ouu
lilius block-d his waj. torrents tumbling
i mm roclu fasine-ci impeded Ins
l.oriess. anil i.t n,-ij turn he win
one I to match wit and nni'-i le wil.i
the great cninivoia that he might pro
en ic sustenance.
Time and again Tin aim and Vuin.i
tii.ked the snme ipiarrv. amriiow one.
.ikw the otlier bine off the prize, rid
'om, however, did the npe-mnn go
nuiigi-y. for the 'niuitrj ,vas rieli in
.'.'imo anlinnls ami biids ami tlsh. in
li'tiit and the countleis other forms of
ugetable life ,ipon which rue Jungle
I led man may subsist.
Tarzan often wondered whj in so rich
i country lie found no cidn-es of man
i nil had nt last come to the conclusion
that tlic parched, thorn-iovcre.l teppf
and the lildeous moriisfcs bad formed
a Miflicient barrlei to proteit this coun
try cficctivelj from the imo.ids of mankind.
THE GUMPS Bimbo, Beware of a Vamp
By Sid.tJ Smith
Wfcf to VOU TINN'? Got A
LETTttf. VROfA ONCLE BIM
MARWEP PERONNV-- HE
ENCLOBp A HUMORED POLLAfc-S
AH ATJkEP ME TO BUV A PftEENY
Fos: MR-C. HAMPER'S tJTHPAX-
HE 10LP MP- Mfif TS A.V
AHVTVKN6' 0 NOO ASOOT iT-
iW(i PO VOD TXMVC OF TtiAT
OU U)Ve ICK KAN6ARCX)? ENT
At POO0H BACK AMP TeLL.
N)M To 0 HVS OV;N SHOPPING
b I
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I G.WrS L - wre HEART FOR A gf
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"WINK- THE CROkTSOS OF AUSTRALIA -
THE SNIPER OF NATION- TMe .
MAH 'WrtH MORE POUGH THNN
MA. THE BALV1AH STA.S
SEHPIH& A WUHPR.EJ POULARD
tist. A. ootnwv rr vniAY rsi r
AftTIRCIAL BU2ZARP THAT
U5EP WV HEART FOR A
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VrA Going to have m
W MOUSTACHE OFF - GET MYSELF
A BLOrlPt M6- A COUPLE
OF "311-K PRxlS-SES- GO P0A(H
TO AUSTRALIA AtfP TAVJF.
KLU THAT QUY'S PoOGH
AVJAV FROM MM-
SOMEBODY'S ST E NOG Another View ofOne of Our "Active" Business Men
iopriRht lOil ! Putilu I.fdser Co.
By Hayward
in... ' I'liwiin 1
tr.i.7i...,l!,t..ne,. Plains '"
cceiM. ' i. r lnp mountains were
"uiioua effort he succeeded in flmlim.
l0ttMnH.h,' ",lKl,t ",n l,,E
terous ,.nVn""" "" ",1"'1 '"Kor mn-
, J,; -i'"ra. on
he eiim,,; : V" "everai occasions
what miXfi"1 "fauces or b uljlit
mVmSL ih?ve becn ,1,anK' tflitillan
M'tainl ',.MUt "? ,ll,','(, W"N hlppo
trrat m.rthin07'ri nmI elephn.its in
! ' n nnd nbout the mn.sh
V weri IZ lTliV0 tlmt l'o f"" he
nB ,?,, '"8t '"; Mn01' "I'on nnn
feuutlew ii. t..,VnH thl,t f,)l' PcthapH
Ui hc "!" thh territory had de
jTQlc rai oV .1"d 1"1'"'1 " l",
h,d. after in... ,,,"1 tt'r world that
f-IIT CVPrv ntl i-..-.iiiiiii in iim-
xM. y otlleF region, frpm polo to
iFrnm III. -. 1. J '
,' Mine ft " '7 "'?CI' "nil diversity of
i i- - mijiuv nave umu-uved that,
After days of searching he had suc
ceeded linallj in dis'-uveiiu;; a pas-,
through the mountains, ami, coming
now n upon the opposite side, had found
himself in a lounti.v inacticnllv identi
uil with that which he luid left. The
l.untlni; was good, and at n water hole
in the mouth of a iiiinon where it de
louched upon a tne-iuMicd d tin llain.
the deer, toll an isisj victim to the upe
man's c-iuniuj;.
It was just nl dusk. The oices of
great fom - fnoli-l hunters ro--i nnu nud
ngiiin from vniio.-s -liic tions, uml as
the c.ini in afforded among its tices no
comfortable retreat tie npe-iiiuu shoul
ilered the carcass of the deer ami starlcl
downwind onto the plain.
At Its opposite side rose lofty trees
n gient fore it which suggested to hi-i
practiced cje a might jungle. Toward
this the app-uinu bent his step, but
when midway of the plain lie discovered
standing alone such a tiee as best suited
hint for a night's abode, swung lightly
to its brandies and. piesently, a com
fortable resting plaie.
Here he ate ot the flesh of Harn
and when suMslied curried the balance
ot the carcass to the opposite dde of
the tree, where lie deposited it far above
the giound in a scenic place Iteturn
iug to Ids notch, he "-ettleil himself for
sleep, and in another moment the roars
of the lions nnd the bowlines of the
li.sser cats fell upon dinf eais.
The usual unUes of the jungle com
po'cd' rnther tli.in disturbed the ape
mnn. bill au iiiniMial --ouuil. hoeer
impcncptilile to the awakened ear of
flvllbed man. seldom failed to iuiiiinge
upon the couscinusneis of Tnian, iiow -i
ver deep his slumber, nud so it was
lliat wlieu the moon was high a Midden
lush of feet neioss the ginsy carpet
in tlie viiinlty of hi tree brought him
to alert and icadj aitivltj Tarznn
does not awaken as jou and 1 with
(he weiglit of slumber still upon his
etes and biain. fordid lln- cieutures of
the wild awaken tln. their awakcning
would be few. As his cje snapped
open, cleur and blight, so, clear and
bright upon the nerve enters of Ins
brain, were lecistered the miiIoiik per
il jitlons o' all In . m ii'.ei
Aliiio t h'lieatli him. lacing toward
his tiii'. wur wlial al tit t glaiue up
,i ii I eil to be an ali'iot nakiil wliite
nun. ti'i i-eii nl the lirst iiisiant nf
fiuinjii (iiMi-j i lie l.ui,'. white tall projci t
111',' icili wild nil not e(iipe tin Upe
nan. Iteliiud I he II' ring tigurc. and
now so i Ioe a-, lo predude the po-sl-billtj
nl ii niiiiin escaping, came
uinii. liic lion, in lull ili.uge Voice,
'i-.s tin- p-i , . Mill ell si the Mllcr, as
two splnn in a ih'id woild the two
iiioed in -llcnl .wil'tness toward the
iiilmlnntiiig trii;ed. of this .,'11111 race.
IJw'li as his ejes opened and took
in the scene belli nth liini even in that
brief inntniit of peiception, followeil
iciiMiu, Judgment and d cision. so mp
Idly one upon (he heels ot the other,
that uluioM simultaneous! the ape
man was lu midair, for he had seen a
whilc-skimicd cn.ituie 1,1-t in a mold
1 1 111 i In 1- to liis own, puisiied b) Tar
'ail's hei'iillliii cneiii. So dose was
I he lion to lln Hieing 1111111 tiling Unit
Taian liad 10 time (.lielullj to 1 boose
tin- method ot hi attuck. As .1 dlxcr
Imp-, limn the spiiugboard hiadfoie-mo-,1
into the untero beuenth. so Tar-i-nn
of (lie Ap m doie siiaiglit tor Niinin
the linn; nuked in his tight hum! I in
blade of Ids father that so main times
before Imd tii'ted the blood of lion-.
A inking tnlon aught Taiznii on the
ide. iutlhting a long, deep wound and
then the ape-man wns on Noma's back
and the blade was sinking again uml
ugniii into the en wise Mile.
Nor was the nuin-thing cither longer
fleeing or Idle. He. too, creilturc of
the wild, had sensed on the In tunl
tlie tiuth of the miracle of his snvlng.
and turning lu his tracks, Imd leaped
forwnrd with raised bludgeon to Tar--.i-n's
assistance nnd Numn s undoing.
A single terrllic blow upon the lint
lened skull of the beast laid him in
sensible and then, ns Tarznn h knife
found the wild heart, a few convulsive
shudders nnd a sudden relaxation lniuk
cd the put-sing of the carnivore.
1 ...... i.i.r ( his feet, the nne-mnn
nhu'ed his foot upon the enrenss of his
nml raising his face to Uoro, the
noon, voiced tho sinnigo victory cry
tlmt had mi often awakened the echoes
ai. his uallve jungle.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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THIMK tT over - Come on t
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DID TbU SET ME. THAT BILL ?
C?ALL UP PIFFLE ANO Co. -VoEVER
MIND THAT LETTER RCAbY ? -
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THAT LETTER RE.ADV ? -
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RIGHT IM-dUST
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THINK JOE- IP
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r SPEED ' STUFFS S EC ' D' & WHAT'S
t .y CaOT MY lr?VES ",w,,u --.1 ru-..s,. r
ALL JA-Z-It-iO DplJmmKzr X OF
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The Young Lady Across the Way
PATHETIC FIGURES
IJu FONT MS E FOX
The joung Indy across tlie win
sajs the pioposal now is fur a
skeletoui.ed arm and she supposes
it will be -o well trained that il
won't have 11 superfluous ounce of
flesh on it.
L11T1.E CuTHDEFVr ATE 50 MUCH
At THE 0ACH PArVtV' THAT
MofMEK COULDN'T GET
His BATHIMG SUIT
OFF HIM.
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SCHOOL DAYS
By DWIG
PET EY The Wild, Wild Waifs
By C. A .Voight
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