The evening world., 1914-01-23

feet, and without a backw ward glance at
Opar, he turned his face toward the
guardian cliffs. and at rapid trot sc;
on across the valley.
The sun was just rising a. ne gained
the summit Of the nat mountain at the
valleys western boundary. Far be-
meath him he saw smoke arising above
the treetops ofths forest at the base OF
tho foothills.
Man." he murmuPed. AND there
were fifty who went forth to track me
down. Can II be they?'
swiftly ne descended the face OF the
cliff, and. dropping into narrow rA-
vine which led down to the Tar forest.
ne FASTENED onward in the directien OF
the smoke. striking the forests edge
about q quarter Of n mile from the point
At which the slender column arose nto
,ha stNl air, he took to the treea Cau-
t,o,,s,v ne approached until there sud
6sniv hurst upon his Wow . rude BONA.
An the centre Of which. squattsd ABOUT
their tary fires. sat nh nifty black wa
slri. He called to them In their o""
tongue: ~ -. .. Gan.
with EXPLANATIONS Of surprise and
fear the warriors leaped to their feet.
scarcely knowing whether to nee or not.
Then Tarsan dropped lightly from an
overnansing branch into their midst.
when they realised that Il was indeed
their chief In the flesh. and no mate
riaaixed spirit. they went mad With Joy:
I'VE were towards. oh. Wasfri!
erioA Bssuli. I'VE ran away and left
vou 70 your fate; but when our panic
vas over We sWore to return ana save
you. or at least take revenge upon your
murdsFers. We were but nov prepar.
ine 10 scale the heights once more ana
city"
oass down from the cllffs into this for
est. my children?" asked Tarzan.
Eyes. waziri." replied Basuli. They
passed us late ycstsrday. a. We were
about TO turn back after you. They had
no woodcraft. We heard them coming
for q mile before We saw them. ana as
We had other business IN hand We with
drew into the forest ana let them pass.
Thsy were waddiing rapidly along upon
shor. less. and now ana then one would
20 upon cal tours like Bolgani. the
gorilla. They were indeed nifty frightfni
men. waxiri."
When Tarzan had related his adven-
tures. and told them OF the yellow
metal. he had found not one dsnurred
when he outlined a plan to return by
night and bring away what they could
carry of the vast treasure. and 40 1t was
that a. dusk fell across the eesoiate
valley Of Omar nifty ebon warriors trailed
At q smart trot over the dry Apd dusty
ground toward the giant bowider that
ioomed before the city.
II it had seemed . dimcult task to
descend the face Of the bowdes. Tar
xan soon found that II would be next TO
imposaibls 20 get hi nifty warriors ia
tho summit. Finally the feat was &C
complishsd By dint Of hsrculean EFFORTS
upon the part Of 0s epe-man: zen
spNAre were fastened end 70 end. ana
rim one end of this remarkable chain
attached to his waist Tartan at last
succeeded In reaching the summit
Once there ne drew up one OF MS
blacks, and In this way tho entire party
Wa dually laaAed IN safety upon the
powders top. Immediately Tarsan LED
them 70 the treasure chamber. wnsre
to each was allotted load OF two
insots, for each about eighty pounds.
BY midnight the entire party stood
once moro at the foot Of the bowlder.
hut with their heavy toads II was mid
forenoon ere they reached the summit
OF the cliffs From there on the nome
ward journey was slow. - these PROUD
fxhtinr men we're unaocustomod to the
duties Of porters. But they bore their
burdens uncomoiainiAsey. and az me
end of thirty days snesrsd their own
Here. instead Of ssntinu,ns on 10
ward me northwest and their village.
Tarzan guidsA them almost directly
west. until On the morning OF the thirty
third day no bnAs them break camp ana
return to their own village. leaving the
gold where they had stacked II the pre-
vious night
"And you. wasirir' they asked.
IT shall remain here for few days
my children" ne replied. Nov hasten
back to your wives and children"
cred up two Of the ingots and. sprmg-
Ing into Q tree. ran lightly above the
tangled and impsnstrabls mass OF un:
derSrowth for . couple OF hundred
Yards. TO emerge Suddenly upon Q cir
cular clearing about which the giants
of this jungle forest lowered IKE
guardian host. In the centre OF THIS
natural amphitheatrs was little. nat
topped mound Of hard earth.
San been to this secluded spot.I which
was no dsnsely surrounded by thorn
bushes and tangled vines ana ersspers
Of huge girth that not even eahor. the
tiger, could worm hs sinuous way
within, nor Tantor. with his giant
strength, force the barriers when pro-
tected the council chamber OF the ereat
apes from all but the harmless dsnizens
of the savage Jungle.
Fifty trips Tarsan made before he
had deposited all the ingots within the
precincts Of the amphitheatre. Then
from the hollow Of an ancient. light
ning-blasted tree ne produced the very
spade with which he had uncovered
the chest Of Professor Archimedes @.
Porter which he had once. apslihe.
buried In this seifsame spot. With this
ne dug long trench. into which no LAID
the fortune that his blacks had carried
from tho forgotten treasure vaults Of
the city Of Opar.
That night ne slept within the am
phitheatre. and early tho next morning
set out to revisit his cabin before re-
turning to his Waziri. Finding things
- he had left them. ne went forth into
the Jungle TO hunt Intending to brinG
his prey to the cabin. where he might
feast in comfort. spending the night
upon Q comfortable couch.
For ave miles toward the south he
roamed. toward the banks OF q fair
sized river that flowed into the sea
about elk miles from his cabin. He and
gone inla about half . mile when
there camo suddenly to his trained nos
trl that aAta thu "a hOta