Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-12

| and lnshod his b0g black sides with ! his angry tail Then he roared-the l fearsome. terror inspiring roar of the ! hungry lion which Is also angry. "Your knife.n said Tarzan Co the | girl. extending his hand. She slipped ! the hllt Of the weapon into his wait l ing palm. As his fingers closed upon ! lt he drew her back and pushed her be- hind him. "Walk back to the desert as rapidly as you can. If you hear me call you will know that all is well and ! you may return"
 'It is useless" she replied resigned ! ly. "This is the end"
 "Do as l tell you," be commanded. | "Quicklyl He is about to charge" | The girl dropped back few paces. where she stood watching for the ter. l rible sight that she knew she should soon witness.
 | The lion was advancing slowly to- ward Tarzan. his nose to the ground, ! like a challenging bull, his tail. extend ed now. and Qulvering as though with ! intense excitement
 The ope-man stood, half crouching, the long Arab knife glistening in the | moonlight Behind him the tense dg- ure of the girl. motionless as a carved statue. She leaned slightly forward. her lips parted, her eyes wide. Her l only conscious thought was wonder at the bravery of the man who dared face | with a puny knife the lord with the large head. A man of her own blood would have knelt in prayer and gone down beneath those awful fangs with 1 out resistance. Tn either case the re | suit would be the same-it was inevita- ble. but she could not repress a thrill l of admiration as her eyes rested upon l the heroic figure before her Not a i tremor in the whole giant frame--his attitude as meuacing and as defiant as that of el adrea himself
 The lion was quite close to him now but a few paces intervened-he crouched and then. with a deafening roar. he sprang.
 As Numa. el adrea, launched himself with widespread paws and barred fangs be looked to find this puny man as easy prey as the score who had gone down beneath him in the past To him man was a clumsy, slow moving, de Ifeuseless creature-he had little respect for him.
 But this time he found that he was pltted against creature as agile and as quick as himself. When his mighty frame struck the spot where the man had been he was no longer there.
 Tue watching girl was transdxed by astonishmeut at the ease with which the crouching man eluded the great paws. And now, O Allahl He had rushed in behind el adrea's shoulder even before the beast could turn aud had grasped him by the mane. The lion reared upon his hind legs like a l horse-Tarzan had known that be would do this, and he was ready. A giant arm encircled the black maned throat and once twice a dozen times a sharp blade darted in and out of the bay black side behind the left shoulder
 Frantic were the leaps of Numa; awful bis roars of rage and pain. But the giant upon his back could not be dlslodged or brought within reach Of fangs or talOns in the brief Interval Of life that remained to the lord with the large head He wus quite dead when Tarzan of the Apes released his hold and arose Then the daughter of the desert witnessed a thing that terrified her even more than had the presence of el adrca. The man placed a foot upon the carcass of his kin and. with bis handsome face raised toward the full moon. gave voice to the most frightful cry thut ever smote upon her ears.
 With little cry of fear she shrank away from him. She thought that the fearful strain of the encounter had driven him mad As the last note of that 6endish challenge died out in the diminishing echoes of the distance the man dropped bis eyes until they rested upon the girl
 Instantly his face was lighted by the kindly smile that was ample assurance of bis sanity, and the girl breathed freely once again, smiling in response.
 What manner of man are youf' she asked. "The thing you have done is unheard of. Even now | cannot be- Ileye that it is possible for a lone man, armed only with a knife. to huve fought hand 10 hand with el adrea and conquered him. unscathed-to have conquered him at all And that cry it wnB not human Why dld you do thatT'
 TcrzaB flushed. "It is because for get" he said. sometimes that am civilized man When ] kin 1t must be that ] am another creature" He d.d not try to explain further for 1t al- ways seemed Co him that a woman must look with bathing upon one who was yet SO nearly a beast Together they continued their journey The sun was an hour high when they came out into the desert again beyond the noun tains. Beside little rlyulet they found the girls horses grazing They had come this far on their way home and. with che cause of their fear no longer present. had stopped to feed With little trouble Tarzan and the girl caught them and. mounting. rode out Into the desert toward the dOuar of n.a