The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-17

beasts. City or horrors and deaths.
b%ut-city Of fabulous riches" The in
got was of virgin gold.
The bowlder on which Tarzan found
himself lay well out in the plain be-
tween the city and the distant cliffs he
and his black warriors had scaled the
morning previous. To descend its
rough and precipitous face was a task
OF infinite labor and considerable peril
even to the ape-man. but at last he felt
the soft soil of the valley beneath his
feet, and without a backward glance
at Opar he turned his face toward the
guardian cliffs and at a rapid trot set
off across the valley.
The sun was just rising as he gained
the summit Of the fiat mountain at the
valleys western boundary. Far be-
meath him he saw smoke rising above
the treetops of the forest mt the base of
the foothills.
Man." he murmured. And there
were fifty who went forth to track me
down. Can it be they?'
Swiftly he descended the face Of the
cliff and. dropping into a narrow ra-
vine which led down to the far forest.
he FASTENED onward in the direction of
the smoke. Striking the forests edge
about a quarter Of a mile from the
point at which the slender column
arose into the still air. he took to the
trees. Cautiously he approached until
there suddenly burst upon his view a
rude bona, in the center Of which.
squatted about their tiny fires, sat his
fifty black Waziri. He called to them
in their own tongue, arise, my chill
dren, and greet your king!.'
With Explanations of surprise and
fear the warriors leaped to their feet.
scarcely knowing whether to fee or
not. Then TarZan dropped lightly
from an overhanging branch into their
midst. When they realized that it was
indeed their chief in the flesh and no
ma~terialized spirit, they went mad
with joy.
I'VE were towards, oh. WaZiri,' cried
Busuli. I'VE ran away and left you to
your fate: but when our panic was
over we Swore to return and save you,
or at least take revenge upon your
murderers. We were but now prepar-
ing TO scale the heights once more and
cross the desoIate valley to the terrible
city"
Have you seen fifty ~frightful men
pass down from the cliffs into this for
est. my childrenf' asked TarZan.
tsNnc NNVouiri - p,nlinI Dnc,,Ji .sThnr
passed us late Yesterday as we were
about to turn back after you. They
had no woodcraft. We heard them
coming for a mile before we saw
them, and as we had other business i'm
hand we withdrew into the forest and
let them pass. They We're waddlins
rapidly along upon short legs. and now
and then one would go on all tours
like Bolgani, the gorilla. They were
indeed fifty frightful men. Waziri."
When Tarzan had related his adven.
lures and told them of the yellow met.
al he had found not one demurred
when he outlined a plan to return by
night and bring away what they could
carry of the vast treasure, and so ii
was that as dusk fell across the DESC
late valley Of Opar fifty ebon warriors
trailed at a smart trot e the dry and
dusty ground toward the giant bowlder
that doomed before the city.
If it had seemed a difficult task to
descend the face of the bOwlder Tar
IAN soon found that it would be next
to impossible to get his fifty warriors
to the summit. Finally the feat was
accomplished by dint Of herculean ef-
forts upon the part Of the ape-man.
Ten spears were fastened end to end.
and with one end Of this remarkable
chain attached to his waist TarZan at
last succeeded In reaching the summit.
Once there he drew up one Of his
blacks. and In this way the entire par
ty was finally landed In safety upon
Fan led them to the treasure chamber,
where to each was allotted a load of two
ingots, for each about eighty pounds.
BY midnight the entire party stood
once more at the foot Of the bOwlder.
but with their heavy loads 1t was mid
forenoon ere they reached the sum NIT
CT the cliffs. From there on the home
ward journey was slow. as these proud
fighting men were unaccustomed to the
duties Of porters. But they bore their
burdens uncomplainingIy and at the
end of thirty days entered their W
country.
Here, instead of continuing on to-
ward the northwest and their village.
Tarzan guided them almost directly
west until Oh the morning of the thir-
ty-third day he babe them break camp
and return to their W village. leav-
ing the gold where they had stacked 1t
the previous night.
And you. Waziri?" they asked.
Il shall remain here for a few days,
my children" he replied. Now hasten
back to your wives and children"
When they had gone Tarzan gath
cred up two of the ingots and. spring
ing into q tree, ran lightly above the