The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

look straight into them Then as they fell Tarzan saw a faint wave of erfIn- son creep swiftly over the now half averted face.
 He smiled to himself at the result of his very uncivi1ized and ungallant action, for he had not lowered his orn eyes when they met those of the young woman. She was very young and equally good to look upon Fur ther, there was something rather fa- miIiar about her that set Tarzan to wondering where he had seen her be fore. As she walked away she raised one hand to the black, waving mass at the nape of her neck, and Tarzan, saw upon a finger of this hand the ring of strange workmanship that he had seen upon the finger of the yelled woman short time before.
 After dinner that evening Tarzan 1oI1ed 1azily by the forward rail watch ing the play of the moonlight upon the gently rolling waters. He was half hidden by a davit, so that two men who approached along the deck did not see him, and as they passed Tarzan caught enough of their conversation to cause him to fall in behind them to follow and learn what deviltry they were up to- He had recognized the voice as that of Rokof and had seen that his companion was Paulvitch-
 Tarzan had overheard but few words: And if she screams you may choke her until"- He kept the two men in sight as they walked briskly now along the deck. To the smoking room he followed them, but they mere ly halted at the doorway long enough apparently to assure themselves that one whose whereabouts they wished to establish was within.
 Then they proceeded directly to the first class cabins upon the promenade deck. Here Tarzan found greater diff fculty in escaping detection, but he managed to do so successfully As they halted before one of the polished hardwood doors TarzanA slipped Into the shadow of passageway not doz- en feet from them.
 To their knock a woman's voice ask ed in French, ssWho is it ?"
 teIt is I, Olga Nfkolas." was the an- swer in. Rokoffs now familiar guttural .tlday I come in ?''
 ssWhy do you not cease prosecuting me, NikoIas ?'' came the voice of the woman from beyond the thin panel q have never harmed you.
 ssCome, come, Olga,8 urged the man
 
 dozen words with you. shall not harm you nor shall enter your cabin, but cannot shout my message through the door."
 Tarzan heard the catch click as it was released from the inside. Roken was standing directly in front of the | door. Paulvitch had hattened himself | against the paneled wall of the corri- dor beyond The door opened. Rokoh half entered the room and stood with l his back against the door, speaking in l a low whisper to the woman, whom Tarzan could not see. Then Tarzan l heard the woman's voice, level, but | loud enough to distinguish her words. | s.No, Ni<o1as." she was saying; s'it is 1 useless. Threaten as you will, shall never accede to your demands" TaFzan saw Rokof turn and nod to PauIvitch, who sprang quickly toward the doorway of the cabin, rushing in 1 past Rokoff, who held the door open for him. Then the latter stepped quickly out. The door closed. Tarzan I heard the click of the lock as Paul witch turned it from the inside. Ro- l koff remained standing before the door with head bent, as though to catch the words of the two within A nasty smile curled his bearded lip Tarzan could hear the woman's voice commanding the fellow to leave her cabin sI shall send for my bus I band,s' she cried. "He will show you 1 no mercy
 | Paulyitch's sneering laugh came l through the polished panels.
 ''The purser will fetch your husband i madame,'' said the man. Tn fact, thal officer has already been notified thai you are entertaining a man other thar
 your husband behind the locked dool
 of your cabin
 "Bahr' cried the woman. 'tMy bus
 band will know!''
 Most assuredly your husband vii
 know, but the purser will not, nor vii
 the newspaper men who shall in som,
 mysterious way hear of it on our land
 ing"
 l Alexis Pau1vitch," came the wom
 ans voice, cold and fearless, you ar,
 a coward, and when whisper cer
 tain name in your ear you will thinl
 better of your demands upon me ant
 your threats against me" And tl1er
 came a moments silence in whicl
 Tarzan could imagine the woman lean
 ing toward the scoundre1 and whisper
 ing the thing she had hinted at into hi
 ear-only a moment of silence an.
 then a startled oath from the man, tn l scuff1ing of feet, Woman's scream
 and silence.
 But scarcely had the cry ceased be fore the ape-man had leaped from his hiding place. Rokof started to run
 but Tarzan grasped him by the collal
 and dragged him back. Neither spoke for both felt instinctively that murder
 was being done in that room, and Tar
 gan was confident that Rokof had ha6
 no intention that his confederatt
 should go that far. He felt that tho
 mans aims were deeper than that Ll deeper and even more sinister thar
 brutal, cold blooded murder.
 Il Without hesitating to question thos'