The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-07
Forest God" Youth and
q Yankee Heroine Who
Net and Loved in a
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tribe scanpered to the higher bran ches
OF the great trees. to escape his wrath,
r.sking their lives upon branches that
scarce supported their weight rather
than face old kerchak IN one Of his nn
OF uncontrolled anger.
The other males scattered In ell dirso-
tons. but not before the infuriated brute
had felt che vertebras Of one snap be-
tween his foaming Jaws. A lucleiess
young female slipped from an insecure
hold upon . high branch and came
crashing to the ground. almost at Ksr-
ehak's feet
With a Wild scream he was upon her.
Ms mighty teeth, and striking hsr VIC
iously upon her head and shoulders With
. broken tree Limb until be- skull was
crushed to Q jsSiy.
Then he spied Kaia, vho, roeurnius
from search for food with her yoana
babe. was Ignorant Of the state q me
mighty malice temper until The sAriii
warnings Of her fellows caused has to
soAmpsr madly for safety.
but ksrchak was close upsn be-. -
close that he had almost srasp4d her
ankle had she not made Q furious isAp
Tar Into space from one tree 20 another
"A perilous chance which apes seldom
take unless - closely pursued BY dan
ger that there 70 no other alternative
She made the leap suoceasfuily: but
- she grAsped the Limb OF the furshsr
tree the sudden jar ioosened the hold
Of the tiny babe whore II chung frantic.
ally to her neck. and she saw the little
thing hurried. turning and twisting, to
the ground thirty fest below.
With Il tow cry OF dismAy KAla s0GAeA
headlong TO Its ssda thoushtlsss sew
Of the danger from kerchAk; but when
she gathered the YEA mAngisd form u
her bosom life had isft L.
With low moans she Sat Guiding Tie
body to her. nor did Kerchak attempt
to modest her. With the death Of the
babs his NJ Of dsmoniacai rage passsd
~ suddenly a. II had selsed him.
kercnak was huge king ape. Weigh
ing perhaps three hundred and nifty
pounds. Ills forehead was extremely
low and recedins. his eyes bloodshot.
small and close set to his COARSE. Dat
nose. his ears large ana thin. MI
smaller than most Of bis kind.
HIS awful temper and his mighty
strength made him supreme among ths
little tribe into which he had been born
some twenty years before.
The tribe Of anthrapoids. ever which
KsrchAk ruled with IN iron hand And
barred fangs. numbered some six or sighi
families. each family consisting Of sn
adult male with his wives and children
some sixty or seventy apes. all told.
kaia was tho youngest wife Of q ma.
called Tublst. meaning "Broksn-Nose.
|. and tho child she had seen dashed to
death was her frst for she was but nine
!, or ten years old.
!. Notwithstanding her youth. she va,
: large ana powerfui-A splendid. clean
( hmoed snin'si with . round. high FORE
a head which denoted more inteii genes
than most Of her kind possessed.
A But she was still an ape. . huge,
!. heroe. tsrrtbls beast OF . species close
r ly allied to the gorilla. yet with more
a fntsliiGefcs. which. with tbs strength
, OF her cousins. made her kind the mos
fsarsoms Of those overlapping pro
! genitors Of man.
When the tribe saw that Ksrchck's
, rage had ceased they came slowly down
! from their arboreal retreats and pur-
|. sued again the various occupstioua
: which he had interrupted.
r They had paAsed an hour - % tAua
, when Kerchak called them togethsr
end. with . word Of command - tAsu
. to follow him. set on toward The -
4. They travelled for the most ~
2 following the path Of the great ~
q plants whose cominss and golA6l
break the only roads through he oAn-
a sied Jungle masses Of bush. vine. sPoeo,
or, and trsa. When they walked % ~
with . rolling. awkward motion, pa.
:. cling the knucklss Of thsir eleesA hAadG
Q upon me ground AnA swi1OlA6 eAall
unEainly bodies forward.
But when the wAy was t6Fouea ~
lower trees they moved more sWlft1y
!. swinging from branch 70 branch Vith
8 the agility Of their smaller oousina. III
= monkeys. And all the wy Kala ear
risd hAr Nttlo dad baby huRReA Gnaoiv
70 her breast
II was shortly af6 - vAsa
they reached . ridge OVsro Hing ~
I beach. where. below CO. lay the tiny
o cottage which was drchak's eoel.
q He had seen many Of his kind % q
their deaths before the loud noise made
o BY the little black stick IN the hands Of
!. the strange white ape WHO lived Z
. that wonderful lsir. and Ksrchak -
made up his brute mind to own
l. death-dealing contrivanos and b 81,
plore the interior Of the mystsrious
den
He wanted b feel mis- teeth ank int
the neck Of the queer animal that b,
had learned to hate and fear. and, BE-
ID cause Of this. he came often with hi
tribe 70 reconnoiter. waiting for q tim.
II when the white ape should b on hi
guard.
10 (TO BE Continued)
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