The evening world., 1914-12-05

apc-man to project his giant thews
into the conflict without further In.
vsstigation.
The 6rst ma. either OF tho sailors
knew that there was a new force
at work upon the ship was the faH-
Of each. As II they had
eS0ln the grip of a hy wheel they
wereg1ted suddenly from she.r
VIVA. sens sh,.r asked a low
voice In the cara
They were HSen no time TO reply.
however. for af>&hs sound of that
voice the young Woman had sprang
to her fest and witSS little cry OF
Joy leaped toward thcfe ssailant
''Tarzan!" she cried. y
sailors across the deck, wH&gs they
cooled. stunned and tcrrinS Into
ths scuppcrs upon tho opposite>&lde,
an& with an exclamation of\Nn-
creduNty gathered the girl into w
Brief. hQwovcr. were the momentS
for their sSeeting.
Scarcely md they recognized ono
another than Nc clouds above them
dozen men clambArins over the side
Of the Kincaid 10 Me steamers deck.
Foremost among\ them was the
Russian. As the bfNliant rays Of
ehe equatorial moon ltSNted the deck
aud he realized that the\ man before
him was Lord oreS@toke. he
screamed hyste-ical commands to his
followers to IRE upon the two.
Tarzan pushed Jane behind the
standing. and with a au.sk hound
started for Rokoff. The men bN,ind
the Russian. at least two of tAem,
raised their rifles and fred at Nhe
charging ape man. but those behikd
them were otherwise engagcd-fdr
up the monkey bladder In their reaN
wns thronging a hideous horde.
First came five snarling apes. huge,
manlike beasts. with barred fangs and
slaver1ng jaws; and after them .
giant black warrior. his long spear
cleaning In the moonlight.
Behind him again scrambled an.
other creature. and OF all the horrid
horde II was this they most feared
Sheeta. the panther. with cleaning
jaws ngape and fiery eyes blasting at
them In the mtghtiness Of his hate
and OF his blood-lust.
The shots that had been fired at
Tarxan missed him. and he would
have been upon Rokon In another In.
1
lodged backward between his two
henchmen. and. screaming In hystsri-
cal terror. bolted forward toward the
For the moment Tarsaus attention
was distracted by the two men before
him. so that he could not Mt the ttms
pursue the Russian. About him ths
apes and Mugambi were battling with
the balance Of the Russians party.
~
beasts the men were soon scnInpef.
Ing In all directions--those who still
lived to scamper. for the great fanKs
Of the apes OF Akut and the tearins
tnlons Of Sheeta already had found
more than single victim.
Four. however. escaped and dlsap.
peared into tho Sorocastle. where they
hoped to barficade themselves aGains!
further assault. Here they found
of them In their moment OF peril. nc
less than nj the uniformly brutal
treatment II had been his wont to &C.
cord them, they gloated upon the CO.
portunity now offered them TO re-
venge themselves In part upon their
hated employer.
Despite his prayers and grovellins
pleas. therefore, they hurled him bod
lily out upon the deck. delivering him
to the mercy OF the fearful things
from which they had themselves Just
escaped.
Tarzan saw the man emerge from
even AZ soon.
II was Sheeta. and with grinnirs
Jaws the mighty beast skunk silently
toward the terror stricken man. !
When Rokoff saw what II was that
staikcd him his shrIeks for help nIsd
the air. AZ with trembling knee1 he
stood, az one paralyzcd, befor9 the
hideous death that was creeping upon
him.
Tarzan took a step toward mo Rus
sian. his brain burning vitHa raging
fire OF vengeance. At last ne had the
murderer Of his son aHhls mercy
Ills was the right TO avefge.
Presently he saw th6t Shceta WINS
about TO forestall him/robbing him OF
the fruit1 OF his greN hate.
lie called SHARPLY to the panther.
ana the words ayif thew had broken
a hideous spell Mat had held tho Rus
sian, galvanizN him into sudden &C:
ton. With% scream he turned ana
fed town rathc bridge
After him bounced Shceta, the PAM
Their, ,pninindtul OF his masters wary
ing ySrn aen' wa. about to leap aftsMho
Mo when ne felt n light touckupon
his arm. Turning nc found /hne at
his elbow. H.
DO not leave me-" shZ<hispered.
II am afraid" II
All about were thThideous apes OF
Akut Some, eveX/worc approaching
the young woXh with barred fangs'
and menacinx>galttura' warnings.
The ape<Han warned them back.
Tarza1furned again toward the
RussLxX chagrincd that he should
hayto forego the pleasure OF per-
Dfal revenge-unless the man should
ESCAPE Sheeta. But as he looked he
saw that there could he no hope OF
that. The fellow had retreated to the
end OF the bridge, where no now
stood trembling and wide-eyed. fac
ing the beast that moved slowly to-
ward him.
The panther crawled with belly to
the planking. uttering uncanny
mouthings. Rokoff stood as though
petrifed, his eyes protruding from
their sockets. his mouth agape. and
the cold sweat OF terror olammy upon
his brow.
Below him. upon the deck. he hal
seen the great anthropolds. and So
had not dared to seek escape In that
f., al