The evening world., 1914-12-05

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scarcely bfd he drawn himself to the
safety ~the limb than two gaping
moutb snapped enormously bcloy'
him /For q few minutes Tarzan reyE-
ed H the tree that had proved The
rpSAns Of his salvation. Hi/ eyes
canned the river as far dowH stream
As the tortuous channel wovfd permit.
but there was no sign Of fhs Russian
When he had re,teSHand bound up
his wounded leg he Started on in pur-
suit OF the drifting Canoe. He found
himself upon the opposite side Of the
river to that at Which he had entered
the stream. bN as his quarry was
upon the bosom Of the water Il made
little differeIce to the ape man upon
which side ne took up the pursuit.
To his INTENSE chasrin he soon
found thft his leg was more badly in
jured than no had thought. and that
Its coIdltion seriously impeded his
est hniculty that he could proceed
faster than q walk upon the ground,
AND In the trees he discovered that II
not only impeded his progress, but
rfndered travelling distinctly danger
From the old negress. Tambudza.
Tarzan had gathered O suggestion
that now filled his mind with doubts
and misglvinss. When the old woman
had told him OF the chiid's death she
had also added that the white woman.
though grief stricken. had confided to
her that the baby was not hers.
Tartan could see no reason for be-
lievinS that Jane could have found It
advisable to deny her Identity or that
OF the child: the only explanation that
IA
that, after all. the white woman who
had accompanied his son and the
Swede into the Jungle fastness of the
interior had not been Jane at oil.
The moro he gave thought to the
problem the more firmly convinced he
became that bis son was dead and his
wife still safe ID lAr1doa SAnd In igno-
rance of the terrible fate that had
.overtaken her nrst born.s
After all. then, Ids Interpretation of
Rokoff's sinister taunt had been err
roneous, and he had been bearing the
burden OF double apprehension need
lessly-at least 80 thought tho ape
man. From this belief he garnered
some slight surcease from the numb
ing grief that the death Of his little
son had thrust upon him.
And such death! Even tho savage
beast that was the real Tarxan. in
ured to the sufferfngs and horrors Of
tomplated the hideous fate that had
overtaken the innocent child.
As he made his way painfully
toward the coast he let his mind dwell
so constantly upon the frightful crimes
that the Russian had perpetrated
against his loved ones that the great
scar upon his forehead stood out al
most continuously In the vivid scarlet
that marked the mans most relent-
less and bestial moods Of rage. At
times he startled even himself and
sent the lesser creatures Of the Wild
jungle scampering to their hiding
places as involuntary roars and growls
rumbled from his throat.
Could he but lay his hand upon the
Russian!
\Twice upon the way to tho coast
bAIlicose natives ran threateningiy
from their villages to bar his further
proAress. but when the awful cry OF
the Aull-ape thundered upon their at
frigh@ed ears. and the great white
giant charged believing upon them.
they hAd turned and ned into the
bush, n6I ventured thence until he
had safeiA passed.
Though ny progress seemed tanta-
idea Of speed had been gained by such
standards a. TIM lesser apes attain. he
made, a. q matter Of fact. almost a.
rapid progres as\the drifting canoe
that bore Rokon on ahead Of him. so.
that he came TO thsba and within
sight Of tho ocean 1ushefter darkness
Jane Clayton and the Rlxsian ended
Nheir fights from the interNU.
Whe darkness lowered 30 \heavily
up&p the black river and the apcirc-
lingNungle that Tarzan. even With
eyes accustomed to much use affey
dark. NNld make out nothing a few
yards fMW him. His idea, was to
search the>Shore that night for signs
Of the RusSeNn and the woman who
he was certain must have preceded
Rokoff down tn ugarali. That the
Kincaid or otherSip lay at anchor
board the steamer.
Even as he commenced>kls search
his attention was suddenly S&&racted
by a noise that ne had not M>first
perceived--the stealthy dip OF Did
dies in the water some distance from,
shore. and about opposite the point
at which he stood. Motlonless as n
statue he stood listening intently to
the faint sound.
Presently 1t ceased, to be followed
by n shufhlng noise that the apo
mans trained ears could interpret as
resulting from but a single cause
the scraping Of leather-shod feet upon
the rounds of q ships monkey oder.
And yet. as far as he could see. there
was no ship there--nor might there be
one within a thousand miles.
As he stood thus. peerinG out into
the darkness OF the cloud enshro GUIDED
night, there came TO him from across
the water Ike slap In the face. so
sudden and unexpected was II. the
sharp staccato Of an exchange OF
shots and then the scream Of a
woman
Wounded though nc was, and with
the memory Of his recent horrible ex.
perience still strong upon him. Tar
zon OF the Apes did not hesitate as
the notes OF that frightened cry rose
shrill and piercing upon the still night
air. with q bound ne cleared the In.
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