TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of the "Tarxan" Slortea and the "Martian" Stories
THIS BEGINS THE STOKY
Tarxan, the ape-man, known in clt
ilitcd Ufa at Lord Qreyitoke, searches
for M wife, capiivo in a forgotten
land in Africa. Lady Grcuttoke had
been conveyed there by a German sol
dkr, Lieutenant Obcrgate, acting for
the high command, which resented
Tartan's activities during the war.
Attacked by savages, they arc ep
orated, but meet later after stirring
adventures. Bho warm him to stay
away from her or she will kitl him.
Tartan, meanwhile, follows close on
hit wife's trail, is captured by en
emies and thrown into a cave.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
THIIOUGII tlio windows camo suf
ficient light to rcvcnl the whole In1
totlor to Tartan.- The room was fnlrlv
largo and there was a door nt ench end
a largo door for men and a smaller
one for lions. Doth were closed with
heavy manses of stono that hnd been
lowered In grooves running to the floor.
Tho two windows wnrn small and closely
barred with tho first iron that Tnrzan
had seen In 1'al-ul-don. Tho bars were
let Into holes In tho rasing, and! the
wholo so strongly and neatly contrived
that escape seemed Impossible. Yet
within a few minutes of his Incarcera
tion Tnrzan had commenced to under
take his escape. The old knlfo in his
pouch was brought into requisition and
slowly tho apo-mnn began to scrnpo and
chip away tho stone from about tho
bars of one of tho windows. It was
slow work, but Tarzau had tho patlenco
of absolute health.
Each day food nnd water wero
brought hlra nnd slipped quickly be
neath the smaller door, which wns
raised Just sufficiently to allow the stone
receptacles to pas'? in. Tho prisoner be
gan to believe that he was being pre
served for something besides lions. How
ever, that wns immaterial. If thoy would
but hold off for a few more days they
might select what foto they would he
would not bo thcro when they arrived to
announce it.
And then one day camo Pan-sat,
Lu-don's chief tool, to the city of
Tu-lur. Ho enme ostensibly with a
fair message for Mo-ear from tho high
priest at A-htr Lu-don had decided
that Mo-ear should bo king arid ho in
vited Mo-sar to coma at onco to A-lur
nnd then Pan-sat, having delivered tho
message, asked that ho might go to tho
temple of Tu-lur and pray, nnd there
he sought tho high priest of Tu-lur to
whom was the truo messago that Lu
don had sent. The two were closeted
tlouo in a Uttlo chamber and Pan-sat
whispered into tho car of the high
priest.
"Mo-sar wishes to bo king," ho said,
"and Lu-don wishes to be king. Mo
tar wishes to retain tho stranger who
claims to be the Dor-ul-Otho and Lu
don wishes to kill him, and now," ho
leaned cvcVi closer to tho ear of tho high
priest of Tu-lur, "If you would bo high
priest at A-lur it is within your
power."
Pan-sat ceased speaking nnd waited
for the other'B reply. Tho high priest
was visibly affected. To bo high priest
at A-lur 1 That was almost as good as
being king of all Pal-ul-don, for great
were the powers of him who conducted
the sacrifices upon the altars at A-lur.
"How?" whispered tho high priest.
"How may I becomo high priest at
A-lur?"
Again Pan-sat leaned closo: "By
killing the one and bringing the other
to A-lur," replied he. Then he rose
tad departed, knowing that tho other
tad sw allowed the bait and could be
depended upon to do whatever was re
quired to win him tho great prize.
Nor was Pan-sat mistaken other than
inono trivial consideration. Tho high
priest would indeed commit murder nnd
treason to nttain the high office at
A-lur; but he had misunderstood which
of his victims wns to be killed and
Tvhich to bo delivered to Lu-don. Pan
$at, knowing himself all tho details of
tuc piannlngs of Lu-don, had mado the
.quite natuinl error of assuming that
tho other was perfectly aware that only
b5 publiclj snciiiicing the falso Dor-ul-Otlio
could the high priest nt A-lur
bolster his waning power and that the
atsuwilnutlon of Mo-sar, tho pretender,
Vould remove from Lu-don's camp the
only obstacle to his combining tho of
fices of high priest and king. Tho
nigh priest nt Tu-lur thought that ho
tad been commissioned to kill Tarzan
nd bring Mo-snr to A-lur. Ho also
thought that when ho had done these
things he would he made high priest nt
A-hir; but he did not know that nl
rend the priest hnd been selected who
jns to murder him within the hour that
fe nrrlw-d at A-lur. nor did ho know
Iiiat a secret grave had been propared
IM him i the Uoor of n eubtorrunenn
Chamber in tho very temple ho dreamed
ef controlling.
And (-o, when ho uhould have been
pranging the uwatuination of his chief,
Je was leading n dozen heavily bribed
Warriors through tho dark corridors be
tenth tho templo to slay Tarznn in tho
lion pit. Night hnd fallen. A single
torch guided the footsteps of tho mur
oercrs a they crept fitenlthily upon
Weir cvji way, for they know thnt thov
ere doing tho thing that their chief
cm not want done and their guilty COn
SCICnceS Wllmpfl tlmm tn ,tnnl.
I" 'ho dork of his cell the ape-man
: '"lu " "'8 heemiugiy endless chip
?.' ."m l,craIliff. "is keen ears de
jecteci the coming of footsteps along
the corridor without footsteps that np
Fwulied the larger door. Alwayo bo
ore had they come to the smaller door
.r-tne footbtepi of a elnclo slnvo who
wugnt His food. This time thcro wero
" mine man one aud their coming
V this time of night carried a sinister
ureeBtion. Tarzun continued to work
thi, """I'Jhs and chipping. Hc heard
wn htop beyond the door. All was
meiice, broken only by tho scrape,
1ms bl' lha"IC Ul8 uP-ulau's tlr-
ioI'i0' wluout heard it and listening
ug it to explain it. Thoy whispered
?, n t0!a" lahlg their plans. Two
etui luiso the door quickly nnd tho
tulf ?uld rush in aud hurl their
pus at the prisoner. They would take
entices, for tho Btorlcs thut lm.l
cu mte.i in A-lur had been brought to
tn.i i . fortes of tho great strength
au wonderful prowess of Tnrzau-jud-
inZ ,, , c"use,u t"o sweat to stand
.yon tiio brows of the warriors, though
JL. tts C001 i" the damn corridor and
y were twelve to one.
And t).n .!. i.i.-i. ....
yutlr I r 10t u')wa"1 UU(1 ton
fcnL.T I t1-"""1 "llu ""' cunmuer witn
MM clubs. Three of tho heavy weap-
UCw across tho room townnl n
firr shadow that lay In tho shadow of
fcn.i PP08 wall then tllQ "ar t the
E '" a" Prtest'a bund lighted tho
Kff "and they saw that tho thing at
ill, '"V, "al "uiik ineir tiuus was a
" of tklns torn from tho windows
h,,.tunt except for themsolves tlio
'hit was vacant
ths ordinary dangers of Ja
i'.'n 8 exlstcnco as now ndded t
no
the
h.,.i Ql "owgatz'a knowledge of hei
id.iv ui8- ,ah0 ,lon and tho Pnnthui
. .,.. u iceu cnuso ror anxiety tnai
tho! rictun of tho unscrupulous Hun
br',i '" .Jmil nlways d'ltrusted um
''v'l, ami .vhnu,. n.,ii, ...., .. ...
lifmni eaMl.lrnJ!,jr nuR'c"tcd y his
S ,,.nina ,,ltl' "1'1'eaiance, his
ii'atnini i "lltl'lt,s,J IniiKhter, mid his
'""tuial (i,.t
l.i.i ,ll'ini'inior. Hho femed him
Juliii. i ",'w rt.ar ns though ho hud if
Wlli n iim C ,.
'" liivomo tho iiiiroiiinniiliin of
i mo
nameless honor, The wholesome,
outdoor llfo thnt she hnd been leading
had strengthened and rebuilt her nerv
ous system, yet It seemed to her as she
thought of him that if this" man should
over touch her she should scream, and,
possibly, even faint. Again and again
during tho day following their unex
pected meeting the woman reproached
herself for not having killed him as she
would Ja or Jato or any other preda
tory beast that menaced her existence
oe her safety. Thero was no attempt
nt Holf-justlflcntion for these sinister
rcllectlons thoy needed no justification.
i.no standards by which tho acts of
such as you or I mny be judged could
not apply to hers. Wo havo recourse
to tho protection or friends nnd rein
Uvea and tho civil soldiery that upholds
tho malosty of tho lnw and which may
be Invoked to protect the righteous weak
against tho unHorhtmna attvtno. !,..
Jano Clayton comprisod within herself
not only the righteous weak, but nil the
various agencies for tho protection of
'i?0. ?'CJ& To hcr then. Lieutenant
Erich ObcrgaU presented no different
urooicui man am jft, the Hon, other
tlinn that she considered tho former tho
moro dangorous animal. And so she
determined that should ho ignoro her
warning there would be no temporizing
upon tho occasion of their next meeting
the Bnmo swift spear that would meet
jas advances would meet his.
iint ntgnt iter snug little nest
iwruucu nign in tne groat tree seemed
in mo sanctuary titan it Had before.
What mlKht resist tlm nnnntlnnrv In.
tcntlons of a prowllug panther would
prove no great barrier to man, nnd in
llucnccd by this thought she slept less
well than heforo. Tho slightest noiso
thnt broke the monotonous hum of tho
nocturnal junglo startled hor Into ulert
wakefulness to He witn straining ears
nu attempt to classify tho origin of
tho disturbance, nnd onco sho wns
awakened thus by a sound that seemed
to come from something moving in hor
own tree. She listenod Intently scarco
mi " ,0B mere it was again. A
scuffling of something soft ngnlnst tho
hard bark of Uio tree. Tho woman
rencneu out m tlio darkness and grasped
her spenr. Now sho felt a slight sag
ging of one of tho limbs thnt supported
her shelter1 as though tho thing, what
ever It was, waa slowly raising its
weight to the branch. It camo nearer.
Now sho thought that sho could detect
Its breathing. It was nt tho door. She
could hear it fumbling with the frnil
barrier. What could it bo? It made
no sound by which she might Identify
it. Sho ralsod herself upon her hands
and knees nnd crept otenlthlly the little
distanco to the doorway, her spoar
clutched tightly In her hand. Whatever
the thing wns, it was evidently attempt
ing to gain entrance without awakening
her. It was just beyond tho pitiful
little contraption of slender boughs that
she had bound together with grasses nnd
called n door only a few Inches lay
between tho thing and her. Itislng to
her knees sho reached out with her left
hand nnd felt until aae found a placo
where a crooked branch had left an
opening a couple of inches wide near
the center of the) barrier. Into this she
inserted tho point of her spenr. The
thing must havo hoard her move within
for suddenly It abandonod ita efforts for
stealth and tore angrily at the obstacle.
At the samo moment Jane thrust her
spear forward with all her strength.
Sho felt It enter flesh. There was a
scream and a curse from without, fol
lowed by the crashing of a body through
limbs and foliage, fluer spear was al
most dragged from her grasp, but she
held to It until It broke free from the
thing it hnd pierced.
It was Oberc&ts: th curse had told
her that. From below come no further
sound. Had she, then, killed him? Sho
prayed so with all her heart she
prayed it. To bo frceu from tho men
nco of thlB loathsome croaturo wore re
lief Indeed. During all tho balance of
tho night sho lay there awake, listen
ing. Below her, sho Imagined, she could
see the dead man with his hideous faco
bathed In the cold light of tho moon
lying there upon his back staring up at
her.
Sho prayed that Ja might come and
drag It awny, but nil during tho re
mainder of the nluht sho heard never
nnother sound above the drowsy hum of
tho jungle. Sho was glad thnt ho was
dead, but she dreaded tho gruesome or
deal that awaited her on the morrow,
for sho must burv the thine thnt had
been Erich Obergatz nnd live on there
above tne sliallow grave or tne man sne
had slain.
She reproaphod herself for her weak
ness, repenting over nnd over Umt sho
had killed In self-defense, that her net
was justified; but sho wns still a
woman of today, and strong upon her
wero tho Iron mnndntes of the social
order from which she had sprung, Its
interdictions and its suporstltlons.
At last came the tardy dawn. Slowly
tho sun topped tho distant mountains
beyond Jnd-ln-lul. And yet she hesi
tated to loosen tho fastenings of her
door nnd look out upon the thing bo
low. But it must bo done. She steeled
herself and untied the rawhldo thong
that secured the barrier. Sho lookod
down and only tho grass nnd tho flowers
looked up nt hor. She camo from her
shelter and cxnmined tho ground upon
tho opposite side of the tree thero was
no dead man there nor anywhere as
far as she could bee. Slowly she de
Hcemled. keenlnir a wary cyo and an
alert ear ready for tho flrst intimation
of danger.
At the foot of tho tree wns a pool of
Wood and a Uttlo trail of crimson drops
upon tho grass, loading away parallel
with the shore of Jnd-bal-lul. Then
sho had not slain him I Sho wns
vaguely aware of a peculiar, doublo
sensation of relief and regret. Now sho
would ho alwaya In doubt. He might
return; but at least sho would not
havo to llva above his grave.
Sho thought somo of following tho
bloody spoor on tho chance that he
might have crawled away to die later,
but she gavo up the Idea for fenr that
sho might find him J ad noarby, or,
worso yot badly wounded. What then
could she do? Sho could not tin ah him
with her snear no. sho knew that she
could not do that, nor could she bring
him back and nurse him, nor could she
leave him there to die of hunger or of
thirst, o:
prowling
to search
thirst, or to becomo tno prey of some
beast, it wero Doner men not
for him for fear that sho might
flnrl him.
That day wns one of nervous starting
to every sudden sound. The day beforu
sho would have suld that her nerves
were of iron; but not today. Sho knew
now tho shock that she had suffered and
that this was tho reaction. Tomorrow
it might be different, but something told
her that never ngnln would her little
shelter nnd tho patch of forest and
junglo that she called her own bo the
samo. Thoro would hang over them al
ways tho inenaco of this mau.
That night stio mnuo uer uoor uouniy
secure with additional thongs of raw
hldo cut from the pelt of tho buck sho
had slain the day Umt she met Ober
gatz. At last she slept, the sleep of uttor
exhaustion. How long it lasted sho
did not know; but suddenly she was
wido awake- nnd once again eho heard
tlio scuffing of a body against tho bark
of her tree and again the limb bent to
a heavy weight. Ho had returned t
And ouce again ene crept to me
door, for the thing wns
as it had been hut night,
trembled ns she placed' tho
outside jUNt
Her hands
point of her
weapon to tho opening. She wondered
it would scream aa it fell
CONTINUED MONDAY
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