The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-15

- the altas-drum. but - h
psssed keeping his little. asres. wicked
RED eyes upon the oorps~
Another male then sprans into tha
Arena and, repeating the hQrrid erlci
A his king. followed stsanhily In bid
80. Another and another followed
y. cuiok succession until the jungle ~
..rSerated with the now almost cease
-. notea Of their bloodthirsty ocrsamA
,t va the challenge aad the hunt.
Tn.n ali the adult males had joinsd
.hs INN line Of eirclinG dancers The
.,,sok commences.
sW.rchak. selsing . huRe ~'wN from me
~ vh,ch lay at hand for the purposs.
r'shed furiously upon the deed ape.
dealing the corpse tstnno o,ow; |" "
same time emitting 'ns s''"
snsrls OF combat
m ain q the drum vas nov v:
% A. we'll - the Frequency Of
s%Vs,ovs. and the warriors. - eeoe
so.srsA the Victim OF the hunt ene
Swv,s-sd his bludeson blow. Jones u
49, ma vhiri OF the death dance
'"c nm vas one Of the wild. isapane
Ia. His brown. swsAt'etreaHeo. mu:'
cris, body giistsning In the moonhtn..
mon. supple and gracsfu! amons ~:
uncoush. swkwsrs' ha'rs ''''
him. ...,- ....,,Nv a ~
hurt. none more fsrocious tnAn
y" ,ss acrcensss Of the attack. noae
=" 80 Mshsr into ehs air In ths SAee>
!, Of death. A-n-
-. inerea ssd, me dancers spperenuy
go me intoxicated with the rhythm enc
"sv.re Wells. Their leaps and
..nn v increased. their barred fang
SsnnsA. and their lips ana breasts were
c.cksd with foam.
W.. half an hour the weird danes
,.nt on, until. at . sign from ksrohex.
a.. roise Of the drums ceased. the female
Srummsrs scamperins hurried'y tnrousn
,hs line Of dancers toward sne outer rim
sn' .nnstting spectators. Then. - enc
OF ~. males rushed headlong uDsu
man: s,ns which their terrific blows hA1
tns $3.50 20 4 mass Of hairy pulp
vs sAdom came 70 their 5awo b
.,.s~ins quantities. % . 1t nue,s p
49,, via rsvsl was taste OF rsea-
INA meat, end U was to the purpose
s.vourina their late enemy that they
,urnsd their attention
hy Ts,ssn. more than the apeA erevso
nsedsd nssh. Descended from
-. of msat-eatsrs. never IN MS nte.
=. thou eht. had he onos satisfied ~
snpetite for animal food. and 20 now nis
allie little body wormed its way tHs
into the mass Of struggling apes IN sn
.ndesvor 70 obtain . share when ns
str.nrth would have been, unequal 70 the
tssk Of winning for HIM
A his side huns the hunting KNIFE
Of bis unknown father In . sheath ss1-
fsshioned In COPY Of one he had eSen
among the pictures Of his trseSws'
books.
,ns feast, and with his sharp knife.
slsshed on Q moro generous portion
than he had hoped for.
Then he wrtE1led out srom bsnsasA
ne struggling mas. eaoeohAn6 has Prise
close.
outskirtr Of me banQustsrs was 90
Tubiat. He had bssn among the nrvs
At the feast. but had rstrcated WIN
soodly share TO eat In eutet. ana was
now forcing his way back for more.
30 Il was that he spied Tarsan
emerging from the clawing throrg.
Tublata bioodshot. PIG eyes sent out
wicked CLEANS OF hate ~ they fell upun
the object Of his losthing. In them. too.
was greed for tho meat tho boy carried
hut Tarsan saw his arch enemy ~
quickly. and, divtning what the boast
you'd 40, lsapsd nimbiy away toward
,hs women and children. hoping to hide
himself among u sm. Tublat. however.
was close upon him. % that he had no
opportunity 10 seek . place Of conceal
ment, but saw that he would be put %
II to escape At all.
Swiftly he sped toward the tres. and
With . bound gained . lower limb With
ems hand. aAl thea. transferring IN