The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

encd about his neck.
SO rapidly did Tarzan OF the apes
drag back his prey that Kulonga's cry
OF alarm was throttled I'm his wind
pipe. Hand over hand Tarzan drew
the struggling black until he had him
hanging by his neck In midair. Then
Torzan, climbing to larger branch
pulled the still thrashing victim well
up into the sheltering verdure OF the
tree.
He fastened tue rope securely TO a
stout branch and then, descending
plunged his hunting knife into Ku.
lonSa's heart. Kala was avenged.
Tarzan examined the black infinitely.
Never had he seen any other human
being. The knife. with its sheath and
belt caught his fancy. lie appropriate.
ed them. A copper anklet also took
his fancy, and this he put on his own
leg. Then quickly he lowered Ku-
longa's body to the ground. removed
the moose and took to the trees again.
From a lofty perch Tarzan viewed
the village of matched huts across the
intervening plantation.
He saw that ut one point the forest
touched the village. and to this spot
he made his way. lured by fever of
curiosity to behold animals OF his own
kind and to learn more of their ways
and view the strange lairs in which
they lived.
His life among the brutes OF the
jungle left no opening for any thought
that these could be other than enemies.
Similarity OF form led him to no err
roneous conception of the welcome that
would be accorded him should be be
discovered.
His strange life had left him neither
morose nor bloodthirsty. That he JOY
ed in killing and that he killed with a
laugh upon his handsome lips betoken-
ed no innate cruelty.
So ii was that now. as he cautiously
approached the village OF Mbonga he
was quite prepared either to kill or be
killed should he be discovered. He
proceeded with unwonted stealth. for
Kulonga had taught him great respect
for the little sharp splinters of wood
which dealt death so swiftly and I'M
erringly.
At length he came TO n great tree.
heavy with thick foliage and loaded
with pendant loops OF giant creepers.
From this almost impenetrable bower
above the village he crouched, looking
down upon the scene below him.
There were naked children running
and playing in the street. There were
women grinding dried plantain I'm
crude stone mortars. while others were
fashioning cakes from the powdered
-four. Out In the fields he could see
still other women hoeing. wedding or
inthering. Doing I'm the shade he
Jaw several men, while at the extreme
outskirts of the clearing he occasion
ally caught glimpses OF armed war
riors apparently on guard.
He noticed that the women alone
worked. Finally his eyes rested upon
woman directly beneath him.
Before her was small caldron
standing over low fire, and I'm It bub-
bled thick, reddish, larry mass. On
one side of her lay quantity of wood
en- arrows, which she dipped into the
seething substance and then laid them
on narrow rack Of bows which stood
at her other side.
Tarzan OF the apes was fascinated.
Here was the secret OF the destructive
ness or 1.-THE archer's" tiny missiles.
He noted the extreme care which the
woman took that none OF the matter
should touch her hands.
How he should like to have more of
those little death dealing slivers! II
the woman would only leave her work
for an instant he could drop down,
gather up handful and be back i'm
the tree again before she drew three
breaths.
AS he was trying to think out some
plan to distract her attention he heard
wild cry from across the clearing.
He looked and saw a black warrior
standing beneath the very tree in
which he had killed the murderer OF
Kala an hour before.
The fellow wns shouting and waving
his spear above his head. Now and
again he would point to something on
the ground before him.
The village was I'm an uproar in
stantly Armed men rushed from the
interior OF many hut and raced mad.
iy across the clearing toward the ex-
cited sentry. After them trooped the
old men and the women and children,
until, In a moment the village was de-
serted.
Tarzan Of the apes knew that they
had found the body OF his victim. but
that interested him far less than the
fact that no one remained I'm the VIII
lage to prevent his taking supply OF
the arrows which lay below him.