The evening world., 1913-01-29
Not Like Any Story Iau Hare Read
TARTAN OF THE APES

what his errand might b. He swuoR
on rapidly In the direction tAksn oy
Clayton. and In Q ebert tine heard
faintiy Ia the distance The nov onty
coca siona Lr0Alis OF the Engiishman TO
his friends.
Presently Tarsan came W witA ths
white man. who. almoat TAGGED. wnS
lcan'ns against . tree wtpins the per-
splration from hts forehead. The Aps-
man. hiding safe behind . screen of
foliage. sat watching this new spec'-
men Of his own race tntently.
Al intervals Clayton called aloud. AMI
npally II csme to Tarsan that he vac
searching for the old pen.
Tarzan was on the point Of soinS'o
to look for them himself. when he
caught the yellow CLINT Of . slsck hide
moving cautiously through the jungle
toward Clayton.
II was shseta. the leopard. He heard
the soft bending Of grasses and won
dsred why the young white man was
not warned. Could Il be he had failed
10 note tho loud warningr
No. the white man did not hear.
Sheeta was crouching for the sprine.
and thsa, shNli and horrible. there roo
upon the stillness OF the jungle the
awful cry Of the challenging ape. ane
*hssts turned. crashlpsatrse ..ths Iundssf-s
brush.
= clayton came TO his-fSst with . stsst.
His Mood ran cold. Never had 10 fear
fui = sound amote upon his ears. No
was no coward. but II ever man felt
the Icy fingers Of fear upon his heart
Cecil Clayton. eldest son OF Lord Orev-
stoke Of England. did that day In the
fastness Of tho African Jungle
The noise OF some great body crash
Ing through the undsrbrush 90 close
nj
curdling shrisk from above tested
Ciayton's courage to the limit: but ha
could not know that II was to that very
voice ne owed his life. nor that the
creature who hurled Il forth was his
own ooustn---ths real Lord 0rsystoss-
The afternoon was drawing to
close. and Clayton, dishsertentd and
DISCOURAGED. was In tsrrtoIs guam
Diary - to the proper course to pur.
sue-whether to keep on IN ses9cn 2.
Prof. Porter. at the almost esrtaan sisk
OF his own death In The Jungle by aight
|. or 20 return to the oAhan. WHERE no
might at least serve 70 protect Jane
Porter from the psriis whieh eensroaseS
hsP on all sides.
He disliksd 70 return 10 'oas,o With
out her father; st1N more he ohrank
from the thought Of tsAvtaS Ne eons
ana unprotected IN the hands Of the
mutineers OF the Arrow. Or Ne hueArs4
unknown danssrs Of mo jungle.
me professor aad Phi,andsr he'd re-
tusSssd ~ camp. Yes. that ye1 more
than likely. AZ least he would return
and see Lsfore no continued whe4 oeds
fair to bs . most fruitisss quest. He
started, stumbling back thsoaGh the
thick end matted undsrbcusA H. IN u.
rection that he thought the csheo N.Y.
! To Tasaas's surprise. ~ ysunG mea
80 hs.dics sarsh i. int q e t,cs': -, p
lags, and the shrewd young ape-man
was convinced that ~ was iost.
4 TO Tsrsan this was tnoomprehsnsibls:
but his judgment tod him that no
man would venture toward the village
Of the cruel blacks AIMED only With .
spesr. which. from the awkward way
he carried Il. was svidsntiy an unfA-
mliiar weapon 30 this white man. Nor
was he following the trail Of the old
mon. that they had csosssd and long
since left. though II had been fresh aud
plain before Tarzan's eyes.
Tarsan was psrpiexed. The nsrce
Jungle would make easy prey OF this
unprotected stranger In Q very short
time II he were not guided quickly to
the beach.
Yes. there was Nums. the lion. even
now. stalking the white man . DOZEN
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Clayton heard the great body pagal-
Telling his course and now there rose
upon the evening air the great beasts
thunderous roar Tho man stopped with
appraised spear and faced the brush
from which issued the awful sownd
To die here atone. torn by the foAss
OF wild beasts: to feel the hot breath
OF the brute on his face a. the great
paw crushed down upon his breast
For q moment all was still. Clayton
stood rigid with appraised spear. Pres
emily a faint rustiing of the bush be.
hind him appraised him OF the stealthy
creeping OF the thing. II was gather
ing for . spring. when at last he saw
II. not twenty feet away-the long.
1.-THE. muscular body and tawny heed
Of Z huge black Saned lion.
The beast was on It's belly. moving
forward very slowly. AZ its eyes met
'Clayton's II stopped and deliberately,
cautiously gathered Its hind quarters
beneath It.
In agony the man watched. fearful
to launch his spear. poweriess to ~.
He heard . noise In the tree abovs
him. Some new danger. he thought.
but he dared NOT take his eyes from
the ysilow-grssn orbs before him.
There vas . sharp twsns. lrse The
sound Of Q broken banjo striAs. 81
: ct the same instaat a arrow appeared
} in the yellow hide u the erouch>ao
lion.