The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-16
Not like Any Story You Have Read
TARTAN OF THE APES
By Ldsar Rice Burroushs


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the snare Of the quick thrown noosA
Once Il fen about the short neck OF
Horta, the boar. and his mad lunss for.
freedom toppied Tartan from the over
hanging limbs where he had lain IN
sinuous coil.
The mighty tusker turned at tho
sound Of his failing body. and. seeing
only the easy prey OF . young ape. he.
lowered his head and charged madly at
the surprised youth.
Tarsan. happily. was uninjursd BY the
fall. alighting catliks upon ail-fours far
outspread to take up tho shock. He
was on his feet IN an instant. and had
Horta. the boar. rushed futilely beneath.
Thus Il was that Tar.an learned by
experience the limitations ~ we'll a. the
possibilitiss Of his strange weapon.
He lost . lpng rope on this occaaion.
but he knew that had u been Sabor. the
tiger. who hsA thus drasgsd him from
his psrdh. the outcome might have been
his life. 6oub<1sss. into - bargain.
II to0k htm many 0Aes - braid . new
rope. but when. finally. Il was done he
went forth puSpooeay - hunt end lie
IN wait among ~ dense fodaee OF
great branch riSht eeovs . wsuIosassn
tran that LED b VNtee
ns Srns s.n.atS Asm. Hs ala not van,
suoh suslgnihcsAs GamA II would take
. strong antmal - tsst the sneaSy OF
Al isst came b vssa Tassaa sought,
With iitans shows rolling bsseath snim-
mss4ns hide; tat end oessv came sas'r'
the tiger.
head
va hish In ever alert sttsntiou; his
long tai moved slowly IN sinuoos ana
graceful unduiAtiouA
Nssrer and nsnrsr ~ eams - where
T,~rsan Of the apeo osouehsd opoe MS
limb, the coils OF his ieag rops rsadS IN
his hand.
LAKE. . thing Of brsase oetsssssos %
death. sat Tarsan. SAILOR. the ussr.
passed beneath. One stride beyond ne
took-A second. . third. end snen we
silsnt coil shot out above him
For an instant the Spreading moose
hung above his neck like . great snals.
and then, ~ he looked upward to de-
tsct the origin Of the swtshing sound OF
the rope, Il settisd about his nsok.
Win . quick jsaG Tarsan snapped the
moose tight about the snowy throat. and
then ne dropped the rops and caun6 to
his support with both banda
SAILOR. the tiger. was tgaupsd.
With Q bound the startled beast
not TO lose another rops through the
same cause a. The Asst He had learned
from experience
Sabor. the uses. had taken but half
his second bound when he felt the rope
tighten about his nsck. His body turned
completely over u the air. ana he fell
with heavy crash upon his back. Tar
zan had fastened the end Of the rope
securely to the trunk Of the treat tree
on which he sat
Thus far his plan he'd worked 70 per-
braoing himself behind crotch q two
mighty branches he found that drAS-
ginE the mighty. struggiing. elaw11g.
biting. sorsamln6 maAs Of iron-mus-
cisd fury up to the tree and hanging
him was q very dinersut prupos1tioa.
The weight Of old 6sbor waA In
msnss. and whom he bracsd his hugs
paws nothing less than Tantos. IL
elephant himssif. could have budssd
him.
The tiger We nov back IN the Path
where he Gould 80 the author Of the
indignity which had been plaosd upon
him. Screaming With rAes he sudden
ly charged. lsaping high into the air.
but when his huSs body struck the
limb on which Tarsan had been. the
boy was no longer there.
Instead he psrohsd Nightly upon a
smaller branch twenty feet above the
raging captive For . moment SAILOR
hung himself across the branch while
TArsan mooksd and hurled twigs and
branches - his unprotected face.
Presently the beast dropped TO the
earth again. and Tarsan came quickly
to seise ne rop~ but SAILOR had now
found that Il vas only . slender cord
that held him. and graphing It In his
hugo jaws. ssvsrsd Il before Tarzan
could tighten the stranSling moose a
second time.
Tarsan waa 0u0h hunt. His WE'LL
laid plan had come to nAught. He SAT-
there screaming at che roaring creature
beneath him and making hooking
gr!macea
sabor paced oask ed forth beneath
the tree for hourA Four times he
crouched and spranS at the dancing
sprite above him. but he might rs well
have clutched at the elusive wind that
murmured through the tree-tops.
At last Tarsan tired Of the sport. and
with a parting roar Of challenge and a
weli-aimed ripe fruit that spread soft
and sticky over the snarling face OF his
enemy. he swung rapidly through the
trees. a hundred feet above the ground.
and In short time was among the
members OF his tribe.
Here he recounted the details Of his
adventure with swelling chest and such
considerable swagser that he quite i'm
pressed even bis bitterest enemies. while
Kala fairly dshced for Joy and pride.
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