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Author of the "Tartan" Stories and, the "Martian" Stories
CHAPTER XXI
The Mnlc
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l .-.nlnr large enough to pcnn.v ...
M. opening ior removed as
(bo . P?.h,,,lr. whlwerlng
iTrn
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"jntinlng
parpoie
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lipped
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h.rd the warriors wiiwpwun
3 J," tone oor of hb prison
w ,bV . V f hide beei
i tbe one uuw. -. .
.... . rone ol nlue
!w """". end to there-
Zt I. V. had left for this
iVtheworkofbutamoment
M1. the warriors wnisii-
1 while mo . j npc-man
imtich the
,-r.d below the sill.
.. escape "om lU0 ce"
Trn w. ...j nren thnt
Wffl,Sthpal Vd temple pounds
wmprJ , Ho hod rcconnoltercd
nd bulldln?. 0' window after
btb.mUt- -; u
Theadrob the open-
',... hend rnrou. the open
" . Mtftnr nv tuiitiv
. ! ;;i: winding .i
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THE GUMPS Old Dog Tray Was Sure Faithful
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..d from the pa.ace .-
hfdarknen would facilitate his
He might even pass out of the
?P .nd the city without detection.
I" "1 2 eS the guard at the
ii " " .. . .,.-,,1,1 I,, easy, tic
plUc,gatetne r -- m)
KlfTe ectlon.' for he reasoned that
I'1"'.. . n .- aimnldnn. In
thB. WOUld DO u,,. , ,aR fof
JuSieveral after leaving the deserted
.C no one accosted or detained him.
isd bus he came at last to tne gu.ru
. a half-down warriors beforo the pal-
re gate. " - "
In the same unconcerned fashion and
h, might have succeeded had It not
ben for one ho came running rapidly
from tbe direction of the temple shout-g-
"Let no one pass the gates! The
prisoner hns escaped from the pal-
ul'J&l"
Instantly a warrior barred his way
and elmultancously the fellow rccog
nlwd bim. "Xot tor!" ho exclaimed:
"Here he is now. Fall upon lilm!
Fall upon him 1 Hack ! Hack before I
kill you." . , w
The othfrs came forward. It cunnot
be said thnt they ruhhed forward. If
It was their wMi to fall upon him there
was a notlccDDio ibck 01 cninumui
other thnn that whicli directed their cf
fnri to ncrsuade some one else to tall
Ll lllit fntna na (I tlffllf
IfllfA linntl ffln aflMXAn Hkl.lnl. 1.u A f..
Wbnt other obstnclcs lay In bla way he
..... ..vi iiuw, dui no Dciievca tnat ne
cnnln mnirA hnfAw MH n -.. m i.-
---. ........ uvuv. Mine vu lUUfc uiuii uj
attempting to Bteal a canoe and forco
... .,..,, ui Birviim wun a single paudie.
It was his Intention to put as much
lllnfflflftn na t.naulMn t.M.M.MA 1.1 .1 .
f.u '" beforo he slcpc wr ho was sure
thnt Mo.jar would not lightly accept
his loss, but thnt with the, coming of
day, or possibly even before, he would
...,,... v.. i.u.nurs in senren 01 mm.
j iruio or two rrom the city he en
tered a forest and here at last he felt
such a measure of snfety as he never
knew In open spaces or in cities. Tho
iTJ1 n1'.1 t,lfi JunRe w his birth
rlglit. No creature thnt went upon
the ground upon four feet, or climbed
mnong the trees, or crawled upon its
nelly had any advantage over the ope
mnn In his native henth. As myrrh and
frankincense wore the dank odors of
rotting vegetation In tne nostrils of tho
great Taruiangnni. He squared his
broad shoulders nnd lifting his head
filled his lungs with the nlr thnt ho
oved best. Tho heavy frogrance of
tropical blooms, the commingled odors
of the myriad-scented life of the junglo
went to his head with n plcasurablo in
toxication far more potent than aught
contained in the oldest vintages of civil
ization. He took to the trees now, not from
necessity but from pure love of tho wild
freedom that bad been denied him so
long Though it was dark nnd the for
est stmnge vet he moved with n surety
......... ucBiioKo more a strnngo
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J Ja moaning somewiicrc ahead nnd
f M , ""', "lournmiiy to the right
B...T7.1 luiiuiinr sounus that im
partl to him no sense of loneliness ns
they iplght to you or to me, but on the
... ,,,, ut il-IIUWH 01
tilt, lllnplf. nml ..tl.ntlin- ..I 1 -- e-
Jt was all the snmc to the ape-man.
He enmo at Inst to n little stream at
n spot where the trees did not meet
above it. no he was forced to deicend
to the ground nnd wnde through the
winter nnd upon the opposite shore ho
Mopped ns though suddenly his godlike
figure had been transmuted from flesh
to marble. Only his dllntlng nostrils
bespoke his pulsing vitality. For a long
noent he stood there thus nnd then
swiftly, but with a caution nnd silence
thnt were inherent in him, he moved
rorwnrd ngnln, but now his whole nttl
tilde bespoke a new urge. There wns a
(ictlnlte nnd masterful purpose in every
movement of those steel muscles rolling
softly beneath the smooth brown hide,
lie moved now toward n certnln gonl
thnt quite evidently filled him with fnr
greater enthuilnsm thnn hnd the possl-
ble event of his rnhirn fn A.!....
And SO hp r.imn nt Inuf t tl.n tnni
of fl Ifroflt tr.n tnwl tlmKi. 1m ...Mn.l
nnd looked up nbovo him nmong the
foliage where the dim outlines of n
niaue some one cise to iun ""'". iiuiiKinnr uuik loomed tinrKiy.
His fame as a tighter had I here wns n choking sensation In Tnr
lg a topic of conversation fan h throat ns he raised himself gently
ii io uic Dranenes. it wns ns though
his heart were swelling cither to n
grent hnpplness or n greot fear.
Before the rude- shelter built among
the branches ho paused listening. From
within there came to his sensitivo nos
trils the same delicate nroraa that had
nrrcsted his eager nttcntlon at the little
stream a mile nwny. lie crouched upon
the branch close to the little door.
"Jane," he called, "heart of my
heart, it is I."
The only answer from within was ns
the sudden Indrnwing of a brenth that
was half gasp nnd half sigh, nnd the
sound of n body fnlllng to the floor.
Hurriedly Tnrzan sought to relense the
tllOniTR U'lllnll ll.lil tlm .Inn. 1.... .1
were fastened from the Inside, and at
iiiM, impntient with rurther dclav, he
seized the frail- bnrrlr in one 'giant
hand nnd with n slnelp offnrt fnro it
completely nwny. And then he entered
ui mm tne seemingly lifeless body of
his mate stretched upon the floor.
He gathered her In his nrms; her
henrt beat ; she still breathed, and pres
ently ho realized that she had but
swooned.
When Jane Clayton regained con
sciousness it was to find herself held
tightly in two strong nrms, her head
pillowed upon the hrond shoulder where
so often before her fears had been
soothed nnd her sorrows comforted. At
first she wns not sure but that it was
nil n dienin. Timidly her hand stole
tn his cheek.
"John," she murmured, "tell me. is
it really you?"
In reply he drew her more closely
to him. "It is I,- he replied. "Hut
there is something in my throat," he
said hnltingly, "that makes It hard for
me to spenk."
upon mm. um juiuc u. u ..... ...... -
been too long a topic of conversation z
for the good of the morale of Mo-sar s J
wi'rriors. It wero safer to stand at n 'i
diltance anu nun ineir ciuua nun in.o
they did, but the ape-mnn hnd learned
tomethlng of the use of this weapon
ilncc he had arrived in lal-ul-don.
And as he learned great had grown his
reipcct for this most primitive of arms.
Be had come to rca'ize thnt the black
lavages he had known had never ap
preciated the possibilities of their knob
ticks, nur had he, nnd he had dis
covered, too, why tho l'al-ul-dous had
turned their ancient spears into plow
bares and pinned their faith to the
bedvy-ended club alone. In denilly ex
ecution It was far moro effective than
a epear, nnd it answered, too, every
Jiurpoae of n shield, combining the two
a one and thus reducing the burden
o! tho warrior. Thrown us they throw
it, after the manner of the hammer-
throwers of the Olympian garnet;, nn
ordinary shield would prove morn n
weakness than a sttength, while one thnt
would be strong enough to prove u pro
tection would he too heavy to curry.
Only another club, deftly wielded to
deflect the course of un enemy missfe,
la In any way effective against these
formidable weapons, and, too, the war
club of I'al-ul-don can be thrown with
accuracy a far greater distance thnn
any spear.
And now was put to the test that
which Tartan had learned from Om-nt
and Ta-den. His eyes nnd his muscles
trained by u lifetime of necessity moved
with the rapidity of light and his bruin
functioned with nn uiiennny celerity
that sugBoated nothing less than pre
iclence and these more than compen
sated for his lnck of experience with
the war club he handled so dcxtrously.
Weapon nftcr weapon ho warded off
and always he moved with a single idea
la mind to place himself within reach
of one of his nntugonlsts. Hut they
were wary, for they feared this strange
creature to whom the superstitious fears
of many of them attributed the mlracu
loui powers of deity. They managed
to keep between Tarzan nnd tho gate
way nnd nil the time they bawled
Iuitlly for re-enforcements. Should
these come before he had made his es
cape tho npe-innn realized that the
oadi against him would be insurmount
able, and so lie redoubled his efforts
to carry out his design.
Following their usual tactics, two
or three of the warriors were ulwnv
circling behind him collecting the
thrown clubs when Turin's nttcn
tlon wasdlrectcd elsewhere. He hlm
eeir rctnevod several of them which
he hurled with such dend'y effect as
to dli-pose- of two of his nntugonlsts,
out now ,c heard the aptroiicli of
b"rj,,,'B warriors, the patter of their
.v .i noun in Hloiii. iiuviMiieiit
ami ti..n .i ' l,,u Kr" Pavement "Ana 1, too," repHe
todwZSL.f.h""B" v? him Vet
,-" u3 nu time to l
ingono , he hurled It nt u warrior be-
n..L i ' anf u? tne ,nnn dodged ho
tf"h6ca'"nd seized him, nt the name
Other T'l lliH w"'"l '''"b nt nn
will. ? ,,U oPPoncntK. The Ho-, Ion
7tinti "f0,ui le. ",rPPle wnched In-
den t u ' ..wrist- 7hBre wns "ud
in in lzV, h2 "nn,n,nK f bone and
wii 11 !'. SI?'""; ,l,cn warrior
Lu i.,t"1 bod ly from IiIh feet nn.l
an.l tii. ?...,! eW between his fellows
throuV, .i K . ns n,e u,tHr backed
tood 'l,..tlLV B,atBWn;- "eslde Tnrzan
etrllCee.,,t,ie tor,c1' t lighted the
worro !'Lthoipnla?e Bi-ounds. The
of th.lr tJu ""ronelng to the succor
rilw ,1. !l'.TH xuv.h,;u "' "1'c-mu.i
1 ,;a1"tiJ'"n 8'' above hi hend
famo7a aekl"" ' Tl! ,'C T f ,1";
down nn.l .... .; v'u fellow went
PMwl? Li ,lir,'cll,1 be!lnd him
ii the m . '"' 0Vl,' hclr companion
t it bPk ?ntnhetl1 "'," t,,rCh nn'1
l b extfn.i I. . ithe ".'ilacu Srounds
bodies nf i,l,lc? UH !t struck the
-fo,tS " M t,1B Charlng
pSared ln8hDf ,'"k.neM. T (ll,t
jond Tho Lim MrcctB of Tu-lur be-
the fact tlmtPthiv "0lJd PrnU. but
a the dlrceti ,n y,tralli'd.nwuy nl J'eJ
Mm thai tl l? ' J,,J",n- '!' Informed
'wni "direct wneK ,'eIarc,!ln? " the
outh out . f t 'i for ,,B 1,U1 tur,u'd
lm off hi- . Vr l),l?l""",'y to throw
klrta of lL . 1,eyo,uI ,,,e 0Ul
fward thi n,? 'y 'ie .turnwl 1rict)y
ua Uy A.fu" ' " wh,ch dlrec
ttMho'r'i'oVwhf ik,OW ,ay Jad-bal-lul,
Alti . .S.T0f..w.hlcl ho was compelled to
txott mi V";8 Wou,( bo a river to
"J the lower end ol the iVeit
, , Sllu ,?;,.lil,e(! on.(, nSg'od closer to
him. f.od has been good to us, Tar
zan of tho Apes," she said.
For some time neither spoke. It was
enough that they were reunited and
that each knew that the other wns alive
nnd safe. Hut nt last they found their
voices nnd when the sun rose they were
still tnlking, ho much had each to tell
the other; so innny questions there were
to be asked nnd answered.
he'r nd Jaek'" 8he naked' "where ,s
'rZ wtnTtIknm.v'". ?I,,lc.(, Tarzan.
The last I heard of him he was on
the Argonne front."
"Ah, then our happiness is not nuite
eomplcte," she snid, a little note of
sndness creeping into her voice.
"Jm, he replied, "but the snme is
rue in countless other KiirIKI, homes
day. nnd pride Is learning to take
the place of hnppincss In these."
She shook her hend. "I wnnt my
boy," she said.
Anil I, too, ' replied Tarzan, "and
Iliav 111! VI- ll 1 111 vnt IT.. ...... ...I.
nnd unwounileil the Inut ...n..i t 1...1
And now." he snld. "we must plnn upon
a h7 . .. ru,"su " which wen
inri 1 . n 'fi tlle courn ' their fellow
aa till the enemv witl. n.
n., ...... ...... .11111 IIUW, lie Sllllj. W'O nillSt ll nn imnn
(i.1 rM.MiU? "0,..tlme. ,0 losc- Tarzan ' return. Would you Uko to rebuild
im; iiiiiiKuion- nun gainer together the
remnants of our V azirl or would you
nuiiiT reiiirn 111 i.onuonr
"Onlv tn flml .TnnV .1,. .,t.i
,. .. ....v..., riv P..IH, x
dream always of the bungalow nnd never
nf the eltv hut .Tnlin ... ...... 1..
, "- i ' , ' -" "w u.i limy
drcnni, for Ohergntz told me that he
nun I'ln-ieii huh wiiuie country anu
found no place where ho might cross
ma iiiuniBtt.
"I am not Obergntz," Tnrzan re
minuen ner. Hiniiinir. "n win t.n.t in
day and tomorrow wo will set out to
wnrii iiie nuriii. 11 ih a savage coun
try, but we have crossed it onco and
wu cuii truss 11 UKUiii.
And so, upon tho following morning,
the Tnrmnngnnl nnd his mate went
forth upon their Journey across the
Valley of Jnd-ben-Otho. nnd ahead of
tltnm U'nni fliirjm mnn nti1 uninmn Kn.eo
Vbll 111,11. MHIU I Mt IHIMIHV 1IU71D,
and the lofty mountains of l'al-ul-don;
nun ueyonu 1 lie iiioiimiiiiiH uie repines
mm int' iiiuiurn, nun 111-111111 null (lie
f. -l.l tltrii.! .finl'pmil atf.iA.in m.il n.l.n
....... ........ vt, ...... ...v, .,..., u.ii. m....
savage beasts and men and weaiy, hos
tile iiuiert ui iiuiiiiuKru iviiueruess oe-
tween them nnd the charred ruins of
their home.
Lieutenant Erich Obergntz crawled
through tho grasn upon nil fours, lenv-
Int. n tr.ll nt I, In.. I l.nlil.,.1 hi... of. am
.I. . v.'... 'J m.wu.4 iruiiiiu ...111 i,.,u,
Jane's spenr had sent him crashing to
1 ne groiiuu uuriiui uer uee 110 inline
110 so'iiiil after tho one piercing smum
that hnd acknowledged the severity of
his wound. Ho wns ((iilet becausd of
it great fenr thnt hnd crept into his
warned brain thnt the devil woman
would pursue nnd slay him. And eo
he crawled away like some hMthy lieust
of prey, seeking a thleket where ho
might lie down and hide.
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