The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-16
NOGETHER they rose and set OF
.croSS fha desert in tho diroc-

TOGETHER they rose and set OF
across the desert in the direc-
ton Of the mountains.
II was not quite sure that I
should ever reach you," she said at
last. eel adrea is abroad tonight, and
after left the horses think he wind
ed me and was following. l was ter
ribly frightened"
what brave GIRL" he said. "And
you ran all that risk for stranger
an alien. an unbeliever"
She drew herself up very proudly.
81 am the daughter of the Sheik Ka-
dour ben Saden," she answered. 81
should be no fit daughter of his if I
would not risk my life to save that of
the man who saved mine while he yet
thought that / was but a common
Ouled- Nail"
Nevertheless" he insisted, "you are
a very brave girl But how did you
know that 1 was a prisoner back
there?
"Achmet din Taieb. who is my cous-
In on my fathers side. was visiting
some friends who belong to the tribe
that captured you. He was at the
douar when you were brought in.
When he reached home he was telling
US about the big Frenchman who had
been captured by Ali ben Ahmed for
another Frenchman who wished to kill
him. From the description knew that
it must be you. My father was away.
I tried to persuade some of the men
to come and save you. but they would
not do 1t, saying: Let the unbelievers
kill one another If they wish. 1t is
none of our affair, and If we go and
interfere with Ali ben Ahmed's plans
we shall only stir up fight with our
own people,
$50 when it was dark ! came alone.
riding one horse and leading another
for you. They are tethered not far
from here. By morning we shall be
within my fathers douar. He should
be there himself by now-then let
them come and try to take Kadour
ben Saden's friend"
For few moments they walked on
in silence.
1--WE should be near the horses" she
said. ut is strange that ] do not see
them here
Then a moment later she stopped.
with little cry of CONSERVATION.
"They are gonew she exclaimed. ut
is here that tethered them"
Tarzan stopped to examine the
ground. He found that large shrub
had been torn up by the roots. Then
a WY smile on his face as ne rose ana
turned toward the girl.
lei adrea has been here. From the
signs. though, 1 rather think that his
prey escaped him. With little start
they would be safe enough from him
In the Open"
There was nothing to do but con-
tinue on foot. The way led them across
low spur of the mountains, but the
girl knew the trail as well as she did
her mothers face. They walked in
easy, swinging strides, Tarzan keeping
hands breadth behind the girls
shoulders that she might set the pace
and thus be less fatigued. AS they
walked they talked, occasionally stop
ping to listen for sounds Of pursuit
1t was beautiful moonlit night
The air was crisp and invigorating.
Behind them lay the interminable vista
Of the desert. dotted here and there
with an occasional oasis. The date
palms of the little fertile spot they had
just left and the circle Of goatskin
tents stood out in sharp relief against
the yellow sand-a phantom paradise
upon q phantom sea. Before them rose
the grim and silent mountains. Tar
zan,s blood leaped in his viens. This
was life! He looked down upon the
girl beside him-a daughter Of the des-
ert walking across the face of dead
world with a son of the jungle. He
smiled at the thought. He wished
that he had had a sister and that she
had been lie this girl. What a bully
chum she would have been!
They had entered the mountains
now and were progressing more SLOW
", for the trail was sleeper and very
rocky.
For few minutes they had been ST.
lent. The girl was wondering II they
would reach her fathers douar before
the pursuit had overtaken them. Tar
zan was wishing that they might walk
on thus forever. If the girl were only
a man they might. He longed for
friend who loved the same wild life
that he loved He had learned to
crave companionship, but it was his
misfortune that most of the men he
knew preferred immaculate linen and
their clubs to nakedness and the jun
gle. It was. of course, difficult to un-
derstand, yet it was very evident that
they did.
The two had just turned projecting
rock around which the trail ran when
they were brought to sudden stop.
There before them, directly in the mid
do of the path. stood Numa, Ell adrea,