The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
copyrssaat. 1918.

AUQEA6E the shelter commenced to rave again. and the heads disappeared as silently ana as suddenly as they had come. But soon they we're thrust forth once more as the girl gave no sign of per furbation at the continued xailing of the man above.
 One hy one gr0tesque forms emerged from the jungle to creep stea1thily upon the unsuspecting woman. A faint rl1sf1fng of the grasses attracted her at- tention- She turned and at the sight that confronted her staggered to her feet. with a little shriek of fear. Then they closed upon her with a rush. Lift ing her bodily in his long, gorilla-like arms, one of the creatures turned and bore her into the jungle A filthy paw covered her mouth to stifie her screa ans Added to the weeks of torture she had already undergone the shock was more than she could withstand Shattered nerves collapsed. and she lost con Peiousness-
 when she regained her senses she found herself in the thick of the prime vnl forest It was night 4 huge fire burned brightly in the little clearing in which she lay. About 1t squatted fifty friehtful men Their heads and faces were covered with matted hair. Their zone arms rested upon the bent knees of their short crooked legs. They were rnawing like beasts upon unclean food A p0E balIed upon the edge of the fire, and euf 1f It one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with sharpaned stick.
 when they discover that their cap live had regained consciousness piece of this repulsive stew was tossed to her from the foul hand of nearby zeaeter. It rolled close to her side. but she only closed her eyes as a quaIm of nausea surged through her
 For many days they travelled through the dense forest The girl, footsore pushed through the long, hot, tedious days Occasionally, when she would stumble and fan, she was cuffed and kicked by the nearest of fhe frightful men. Long before they reached their journeys end her shoes had been dis carded-the soles entirely gone Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tafterz. and through the pitifuE rags her once white and tender skin showed EaW and bleeding from contact with the thousand pif5lass thorns and bra mbles through which she had been dragged
 The last two days of the journey found her in such otter exhaustion that no amount of kicking and abuse could force her to her poor, bleeding feet. Outraged nature had reached the limit of endurance, and the girl was physf- caIlF powerless to raise herself even to her knees-
 AS the beasts surrounded her. chat terfng threateningly the while they roaded her with their cudgeis and beat ~n-E<- <x..ze feet. she lay with closed eyes praying for fhe nercifuI death that she knew Rlone could give her surcease from suf- Fexfng. But it did not come. and pres entlF the fifty frightfuI men realized thaf their victim was no longer able to walk. and so they picked her up and carried her the balance of the journey
 Late one afternoon she saw the ruin sd walls of mighty city looming be- Tore them. but sd weak and sick was she that it.. inspired not the faintest shadow of interest Wherever they were bearing ser there could be but r1e end to her captivity among these Herre half brutes-
 At Inst they passed through two great walls and can,e to the ruined city within. Into crum bling pile they bore her and here she was surrounded by hs1ndteds more Of the same creatures that had brought her. but among them were females who looked less horrible. At sight Of them tie first faint hope that she had entertained came to rniti- gate her misery But 1t was short lived. for the women offered her no sympathy though. on the other hand. neither did they abuse her
 After she had been inspected to the entire satisfaction of the inmates of the building she was borne to q dark eha nber tnrftbe vaults beneath and here upon the bare floor she was left with metal bowl of water and anoth- CT of food.
 For week she saw only some of the women. whose duty it was to bring her food and water. Slowly her strength was returnine-soon she would be in at cspdition to offer as "a sacrifice to the Tanning god } Fortunate 1naeed it was that she could not know the fate for which she was destined.
 
 AS Tarzan of the Apes moved slowly through the jungle after casting the smear that saved Clayton and Jane Porter from the savage fangs of Numa, his mind WAS filled with all the sorrow thaE belongs tosa freshly opened heart sr1uxd
 HE was glad that he had stayed his hand in time to prevent the consumma- tsnn of the thing that in the first mad wave of jealous wrath he had contem- plated Only the fraction of a secolyd had stood between Clayton and death at the hands of the ape-man- In the short moment that had elapsed after he had recognized the girl and her companion and the relaxing of the taz1t muscles that held the poisoned shaft directed at the Englishma ans heart, Tnrzan had been swayed by the nwsf* nnd savage impulses of brute fife
 Ha bn8 seem the woman he craved- h5s #nnaam-M3B mNfe-5m the arms or