The evening world., 1913-01-22
Not Like Any Story You Have Read
TARTAN OF THE APES
BY Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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then IL rolled among the women AID
stopped beside the half -butchered thinx
they were preparing to feast upon.
All gaxed In CONSERVATION at II for
an instant, and then, with one accord.
broke and ran for their huts.
II was Erinning human skull which
looked up at them from the ground. The
dropping OF the thing out OF the open
sky was a miracle well aimed to work
upon their superstitlous fears.
Tarzan of the apes left them filled with
terror At this new manifestation Of the
presence Of some unseen and unsarthly
power which lurked In the forest about
their village.
Later. when they discovered the over
turned cauidron. and then once more the
arrows had been piifered. II dawned upos
them that they had offended some great
sod who ruled this part Of the jungle.
From then on IN offering Of food was
daily placed below the great tree whence
the arrows had disappeared. In an effort
to eOncillate the mighty one.
But the seed Of fear was deep sown.
and had he but known II. Tarsan OF the
apes had laid the foundation for much
future misery for himself and his tribe.
That night he slept In the forest not
Far from the village. and early the next
morning set out slowly ON his homsward
march. hunting as he travelled. Only .
few berries and an occasional srubworm
rewarded his search. and he was half
fAnished when. looking up from a log
hc had been roofing beneath. he saw
Sabor. the tiger. standing In the centre
or the trail not twenty PAGES from him.
The xreat yellow eyes were nxed upon
h.m with wicked and bAleful giesm.
and the red tongue licked the longing lips
IS Sabor crouched. worninY his steaithy
way with belly nattened against the
earth.
Tarzan did not attempt to escape. He
welcomed the opportunity for which. In
fact. he had been searching for days
past.
Quickly he unslun. his bow and fitted
well daubed arrow. and AS Ssbor
sprang the tiny missile leaped to meet
him In midalr. Al the same Instant Tar
znn or the apes Jumped to one side. and
a. the tlx1 struck the ground beyond
another death-tippsd arrow sank deep
Into his ioin.
With q mighty roar the beast TUNED
and charged once more. only to be Diet
with third arrow full In one eye; but
this time he was too close upon the ape
man for the latter to sldestep
Tarxan Of the apes went down be-
slenning knife drawn and striking
home For moment they lay there,
and then Tarzan realized that the inert
mass lying upon him was beyond power
TO !njurs.
With hfirulty he wrixxled from be-
meath the great weight. and - he stood
erect and gazed down upon the frosty
OF his skill! mighty wave Of exuitation
swept over him.
With swelling breast, lie placed . foot
upon the body Of his powerful enemy.
and thro wing back his fine head. roared
out the swful challenge Of the victofd-
Gus bull ape.
The forest echoed with the ssyags
and triumphant paean. Birsis fell still.
and tho larger animals and beasts of
prey skunk stealthily away. for few
there were Of all the jungle WHO sourht
Tor trouble with the great anthropolds.
ANA IN. London another Lord Grey
stoks was speaking TO his kind In the
House OF Lords. but none trsmblsd at
the sound of his soft voice.
Sabor proved most unsayory e.unx
even to Tsrzsn of the apes, but HUNGER
served as . sauce. and ere long the we'll
isd ape-man was ready to sleep again.
farst. however. he must remove ths
moe for IL was Us much for this as for
any other purpose that he had desired
70 encompass the destruction of SAILOR.
the tiger.
Deftiy he removed the great pelt. for
he had pract.sed often on smaller AMI
mas and. when the task was finished.
ne carried his trophy to the fork Of 4
high tree
Haif an hours leisurely progress
through the forest brought to siEht
young deer. and before ever the crsa-
ture Knew that an enemy was near q
tiny arrow had lodged In its neck
so quickly the virus worked that At
the end OF u dozen leaps the deer plunged
headlong into the underground, dead.
Again did TArzan feast we'll
And then he hastened on toward the
point where he had left the tribe. and
when he had found them proudly sx-
hi6lted the skin Of Sabor. the tiger
Look'' he cried. Apes Of Kerchsk.
See what Tarzan. the killer has done.
VINO else among YOU has ever killed
tiger? am mlghtier than the
miShtiest among you for TarxAn 10 no
ape; Tarxan Is" hut here he stopped.
for In the Language Of the anthropoids
there was no word TOR man. and Tarxan
could only write the word In Engiish:
he could not pronounce Il.
The tribe had gathered about to look
upon the proof Of Lis wondrous
prowass. and to listen 10 his words.
Only kerchak hung back. nurslns
his hatred and his rage.
brain Of the anthropoid. With friGAt-
fui roar thsnSreat beast sprAng a0aAB
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