The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-08-20

now been attracted 10y the alteration.
and the SHeeriug laughs that followed
this torrent of iuvcctiye easily iudicat
ed the trend OF the Sympathies of the
majority Of the audience.
Iarzan did not like being laughed at.
neither did be relish the terms applied
to him by the Arab. but he showed no
sl-n u anger as he arose from his seat
upon the bench. \ half smile played
about his lips, but of a sudden a
mighty fist shot into the face of the
S."@..rs Arab. and back Of it were
tile terrible muscles Of the ape-man.
At the instant that the man fell a
half dozen fierce plainsmen sprang into
the room from where they had appar.
emily been waiting for their cue in the
street before the cafe. With cries of
Kill the uubeliever"' and Down with
the dog of a Christian!' they made
straight for Tarzan.
A number Of the younger Arabs in
the audience Sprang to their feet to
join in the assault upon the unarmed
white man. Tarzan and Abdul were
rushed back toward the end Of the
room by the very force Of numbers OPP
posing them. The young Arab remain
ed loyal 70 his master and with drawn
knife fought ut his side.
With tremendous blows the ape-man
felled al. who came within reach of
his powerful hands. so closely packed
was the bowling. cursing mob that no
weanou could be welded to advantage.
and none of the Arabs dared use a fire
arm for fear of w~oun"ing one of his
compatriots,
Finally Tarzan succeeded in Selling
n of the most persistent of his At
tackers. With a quick wrench be dis
armed the fellow. and then, holding
him before them as a shield, he back
ed slowly beside Abdul toward the it
tie door which led into the inner court
yard. At the threshold he paused for
an instant and. lifting the struggling
Arab above his head, hurled him as
though from a catapult full in the
faces of his expressing fellows.
Then Tarzan and Abdul stepped into
the semidarknesS Of the court. The
frightened Ouled- Nails were crouching
at the tops of the stairs which led TO
their respective ooms. the only light
in the courtyard coming from the sick
~ candles which each girl had stuck
with its own grease TO the woodwork
of her door frame.
Scarcely had Tarzan and Abdul
emerged from the room ere a revolver
spoke close at their backs from the
shadows beneath one of the stairways,
and as they turned to meet this new
antagonist two muffled figures sprang
toward them, firing as they came. Tar
Fan leaped to meet these two new as
s~ailants. The foremost lay a second
later in the trampled dirt of the court.
disarmed and grooming from a broken
wrist. Abdul's knife found the vitals
of the second in the instant that the
fellows revolver missed fire as be held
it to the faithful Arabs forehead.
The maddened horde within the cafe
were now rushing out in pursuit of
their quarry. The girls had extinguish-
ed their candles at a cry from n OF
their number. and the only light with
II the yard came feebly from the open
and half blocked door of the cafe. Tar
Fan had seized a sword from the man
who had fallen before Abduls knife.
and now be stood waiting for the rush
Of men that was coming in search OF
them through the darkness.
C;IAn.lr bo fnIt an Iirht honI tnnn
his shoulder from behind and a WON
ans voice whispering: Quick, m'sieur.
This way. Follow me!'
Come, Abdul" said Tarzan. in a
low tone to the youth; W can be no
worse off elsewhere than we are here"
The woman turned and led them up
the narrow stairway that ended at the
door of her quarters. Tarzan was close
beside her. Instinctively he knew that
she was the same who had whispered
the warning in his ear earlier in the
evening.
As they reached the top Of the stairs
they could hear the angry crowd
searching the yard beneath.
"Soon they will search here" whis-
pered the girl. Hasten: you can drop
from the farther window Of my room
to the street beyond. Before they dis
cover that you are no longer in the
court or the buildings you will be safe
within the hotel"
But even as she spoke several men
had started up the stairway at the
head of which they stood. There was
a sudden cry from one Of the search
ers. They had been discovered. Quick
~ the crowd rushed for the stairway.
The foremost assailant then leaped
upward. but at the top he met the sud
den sword that he hsd not expected
the quarry had been un@rmed before.
With a cry the man toppled back
upon those behind him. Like tenpins
they rolled down the stairs. The an
cient and rickety structure could not
withstand the strain of this unwonted
weight and %jarring. With a creaking
and rending of breaking wood 1t col
lapsed beneath the Arabs, leaving Tar
Fan. Abdul and the girl alone upon the
frail platform at the top.
Come cried the Ouled-Nail. They