The evening world., 1913-01-23
CHAPTER XI.
tCoatinrssd.)
King Of the Aoes.

iTINo ana otnking with his
huge hands. he killed and
MANNED \ doxsn ere the bal
ance could escape TO che
us4B upper terraces Of tho forest
FrothinR and shriekinw In
the insanity OF his fury. Ksrohak
looked about for ~ object Of his great
est hatred. and tkege. upon . nearby
limb. he saw him sitting.
come down. Tarsan. great killer"
cried Kerchak. ready for battle,
Come down and feel the fanss OF q
greater! DO mighty hghtsrs hy to ne
trees At danGerr
And he emitted the voileying chal-
lenge Of his kind.
Quietly Tarznn dropped to the ground.
Breathlessly tho trfbs watched Ksr-
chalk. still roaring. charge the relative
iy puny hsurs.
Nearly seven feet stood Kerohak on
his short legs. His enormous shoulders
were punched and rounded with huge
muscles Tho back of his short neck
was as . single lump Of iron sinsw
which b,ilged beyond the base OF his
skull. so that his head seemed like q
email ball protruding from . huge
mountain Of flesh.
HIS back-drawn. snariy lips exposed
his great lighting fangs, and his blood
shot eyes cleaned in horrtd reflection
Of his madness.
Awaiting him stood rarsan. himself
. mighty muscular animal. but his az
feet OF height and his great rolling
sinews seemed pitifuliy inadequate 10
the ordeal which awaited them In their
struggle with Kcrchak.
His bow and arrows lay some dis
lance away where he had dropped them
while showing Sabor's hide tn his fellow
apes. and he confronted Kerchak With
only his knife and his superior Intellect
to onset the fsrocious strength Of his
enemy.
A his antagonist came roaring toward
him Lord 0reystOke tore his long knife
from fts sheath and with an answering
challs nss a. horrid and blood-curdiing
a. that Of the beast he faced. rushed
swiftly TO meet the attack. He was
too shrewd to allow those long hairy
arms to encircle him. and Just ~ their
bodies were about to crash together,
Tarzan Of the apes Erasped one Of tho
huge wrists of his assailant. and spring.
ing lightly to one side. drove his knife
to the hiit into Kerchak's body. below
the heart.
Before no could wrench the blade free
again. Kerchak's quick lunge 10 grasp
him in those awful arms had torn the
MT from ldrLhnb nhnO.
Kerchak aimed terrino blow at the
ape-man's head with the fiat of his
hand. a blow which had II landed might
easily have cruJhed In the side Of Tar
| zans skull.
The man was too quick. and. duck
Ing tho blow himself delivered q mighty
one with clenched FIST In the pit Of
Kerchak's stomach.
The ape was STAGGERED by the blow.
| and what with the mortal wound In his
| side had almost collapsed when. with
| one mighty effort he rallied for an In
| stant-just long enough TO enable him
| 10 wrest his arm free from Tarzan's
grasp and close IN a terrific clinch with
| his wiry opponent.
Strain!nE the apeSnan close to him.
| his great jaws sought Tarans throat.
but the young lords sinewy fingers were
at Kerchak's own before the cruel fangs
| could close on the sleek brown sl<tn.
Thus they struggled. the one to
crwsh out his opponents life with those
awful teeth. the other to close forever
the windpipe beneath his strong grasp.
| the while he held the snarling mouth
| from him,
| The greater strength Of the ape was
slowly prevailing. and the teeth OF the
| s,rainng beast were scarce an inch
| from Tarzans throat when. with
| shudderlng tremor. the great body st.f-
| fencd for an instant and TOM eenS
Imply TO the ground
| Kerchak was dead and Tarzan Of
| tho apes the victor,
Withdrawing the knife that had 90
| often rendered him master OF tar
mig hitter muscles than his own, Taysan
Of the apes placed his foot uoos W