The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-06

turbulence of Terkoz. and 1t so hap
pened that one of them recalled the
parting admonition of TarZan:
"If you have a chief who is cruel.
do not as the other apes do and at
tempt. any one Of you. to pit yourself
against him alone. But, instead. let
two or three or four of you attack him
together. Then no chief will dare to
be other than he should be. for four
of you can kill any chief"
And the ape who recalled this wise
counsel repeated it to several of his fell
lows, so that when Terkoz returned to
the tribe that day he found warm re-
ception awaiting him.
There were no formalities. As Ter
koz reached the group five huge. hairy
beasts sprang upon him.
At heart he was an arrant coward,
which is the way with DULLES among
apes as well as among men. so he did
not remain to fight and die. but tore
himself away from them as quickly as
he could and fed into the sheltering
boughs Of the forest
Two more attempts he made to re-
join the tribe, but on each occasion he
was set upon and driven away. At last
he gave it up and turned, foaming with
rage and hatred, into the jungle.
1t was in this state Of mind that the
horrible manlike beast, swinging from
tree to tree, came suddenly upon two
women in the jungle.
He was right above them when he
discovered them The first intimatiOn
Jane Porter had Of his presence was
when the great hairy body dropped to
the earth beside her and she saw the
awful face and the snarling. hideous
mouth thrust within foot of her
One piercing scream escaped her lips
as the brute's hand clutched her arm.
Then she was dragged toward those
awful fangs which yawned at her
throat. Rut ere they touched that fair
skin another mood claimed the anthro-
poid.
The tribe had kept his women. He
must find others to replace them. This
hairless white ape would be the first of
his new household
He threw her roughly across his
broad shoulders and leaped back into
the trees, bearing Jane Porter away
toward a fate thousand times worse
than death.
Esmeralda's scream had mingled
with that Of Jane Porter; then as was
Esmeralda's manner under stress Of
emergency which required presence Of
mind, she swooned.
The scream that brought Clayton and
| the two older men stumbling through
| the underground led TarZan Of the
apes straight to where Esmeralda lay,
but it was not Esmeralda in whom his
interest conferred
For a moment he scrutinized the
ground below and the trees above until
the ape that was in him by virtue Of
training and environment. combined
with the intelligence that was his by
right of birth. told his woodcraft the
whole story as plainly as though he
had seen the thing happen with his
own eyes.
Instantly he was gone again into the
swaying trees, following the high flung
spoor which no other human eye could
have detected. much less translated.
Almost silently the ape man sped on
in the track of Terkoz and his prey,
but the sound Of his approach reached
the ears Of the fleeing beast and spur
red it on to greater speed.
Three miles were covered before
Tarzan overlook them. and then Ter
koz, seeing that further fight was
futile. dropped to the ground in a
small open glade that he might turn
and fight for his prize or be free to
escape unhampered If he saw that the
pursuer was more than a match for
him.
He still grasped Jane Porter in one
great arm as Tarzan bounded like a
leopard into the arena which nature
had provided for this primeval-like
battle.
When Terkoz saw that it was Tar
Fan who pursued him he jumped to the
conclusion that this was Tarzan's wo-
man since they were Of the same kind
white and hairless-and SO he re-
joiced at this opportunity for double
revenge upon his hated enemy.
To Jane Porter the apparition Of this
godlike man was as wine to sick nerves
From the description which Clayton
and her father and Mr. Philander had
given her she knew that it must be the
same wonderful creature who had
saved them. and she saw in him only
protector and friend.
But as Terkoz pushed her roughly
aside TO meet Tarzan's charge and she
saw the great proportions Of the ape
and the mighty muscles and the fierce
fangs her heart quailed. How could
any animal vanQuish such a mighty
antagonist?
Like two charging bulls they came
together and like two wolves sought
each others throat. Against the long
CANNES of the ape was pitted the thin
blade Of the mans knife.
Jane Porter-her 1.-THE form fattened
against the trunk Of great tree. her