The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05

asTake up our ivory and return it to our village, from whence you stole it, We shall not harm you.
 CHAPTER xx. TT. -ss
 fn Search of Gold. sss.e %oR moment the Manynema
 @s hesifated- They had no stom-
 ach to retrace that difficult
 three days trail They talk ed together in low whispers, and one 4urned toward the jungle, calling aloud to the voice that had spoken to thep from out of the foliage
 How do we know that when you have us in your village you will not 1<iIl us allf'' he asked
 You do not know, replied Tarzan, -other than that we have promised not to harm you if you will return our ivory to Us. But this you O know. that 1t lies within our power to kill you all if you do not return as we di- rect, and are we not more likely to do So if you anger us than If you Go as we bid y'
 ssWho are you that spea ks the tongue of our Arab masters7" cried the Man yuema spokesman Let us see you swer.s
 k&@-<A >S--@ ~- -<A-<5 4~-AAt5-<S dozen paces from them.
 .Iookss he said When they saw that was white they were filled with awe. for never had they seen white savage before, ana at his great mus elem and giant frame they were struck with wonder and admiration.
 You may trust me- said TaTzan- @So long as you do as tell you and harm none Of my people, we shall do you no hurt VIII you take up our ivory and return in peace to our vil- laee or shah we follow along your trail toward the north as we have followed for the past three daysT,
 The recollection of the horrid days that had just passed was the tRjng that finally decided the Manyuema, and so, after n short conference, they took up their burdens and set oH to retrace their steps toward tbe iflage of the Wazid
 At the end of the third day they marched into the village gate and were greeted by the survivors Of ethe recent massacre. to whom Tarzan had sent a lnessenger in their temporary camp to the south on the day that the raiders had quilted the village, telling them that they might return in safety.
 It took all the mastery and persua sion that Tarzan possessed to prevent the Waziri falling on the Manyuenaa tooth and nail and tearing them to pieces. but when he had explained that he had given his word that they would not be molested if they carried the Ivory back to the spot from which they had stolen it snd had further impress Hd upon his people thar they owed their entire victory to him they finally needed to his demands and allowed the eannfbals to rest in peace within their palisade-
 That night the village warriors held a big paIaver to celebrate their vlcto- ries and to choose new chief. Since old Wazirrs death Tarzan had been directing the warriors in battle, and the temporary command had been tacitly conceded to him. There had been no time to choose a new chief from among their own number, and in fact 50 remarkably successful had they been under the ape-manss generalshtp that they had had no wish to delegate the supreme authority to another for fear that what they already had gain d might be lost They had so recent ly seen the results of running counter t0 this savage white mans advice in the disastrous charge ordered by Wa ziri. in which he himself had died. that 1t had not been difficult for them to accept Tarzan's authority as final.
 The principal warriors sat in circle about a small fire to discuss the rela- tive merits of swhomever might be sug- gested as old Wazirfs successor. It was Busuli who spoke first:
 --Sinee Waziri is dead, leaving no son. there is but one among us whom we know from experience is fitted to make us a good king There is only Une who has proved that he can sue eessfuE1y lead us against the guns of the white man and bring us easy vic tory without the loss of a single life There is only one. and that is the white man who has led us for the past few days" And Busuli sprang to his Feet and, with uplifted spear and half bent, crouching body, commenced to dance slowly about Tarzan, chanting slowly in time to his steps: ssWaziri, king of the Waziri. Waziri, killer of Arabs. Waziri, king of the Waziri!''
 One by one the other warriors signf- fled theiR acceptaIice-Of Tarzan as their king by Joining in the solemn dance The women came and squatted about the rim Of the circle, beating upon fouatoms. clapping their hands in time to the steps of the dancers and joining fin the chant of the warriors. In the center of the circle sat Tarzan of the apes Wazfri. king or the Waziri; for, like his predecessor, he was to take I the,name of his tribe as his own. Fast CT and faster grew the pace of the dancers, louder and louder their wild and savage shouts The women rose and fell i'm unhson, shzfeking now at the tops of theiE voices The spears were brandishing ferceiy, and as the dancers stopped down and beat their shields upon the hard tramped earth of the village street the whole sight was ms terribly prsmevai and savage as thalGh tt. .maEa hainE RiafzetL zn the eigl l