The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-06

~AARzAN recalled something that
 he had read in the library at
 Paris of lest race of white
 men that native legend describ- ed as living i'm the heart of Africa. He wondered If he were not looking upon the ruins of the civilization that this strange people had wrought amid the savage surroundings of their strange and savage home. Could 1t be possible that even now remnant of that lost race inhabited the ruined grandeur Again he became conscious Of a stealthy movement within the great temple before him.
 ssComer' he said to his yvaziri. Let us have q look at what lies behind those ruined walls. N As4 Tarzan entered the building he was distinctly aware of many eyes upon him There was rustling in the shadows of a nearby corridor, and he could have sworn that he saw ht- man hand withdrawn from an e1n bra- sure that opened above him into the domelfke rotunda in which he found himself
 The floor of the chamber was of con crete, the walls of smooth granite, upon which strange figures of men and beasts were carved. In places tablets of yellow metal had been set in the solid masonry of the walls
 When he approached closer to one of these tablets he saw that it was of gold and bore many hieroglyp yphics. Be yond this first chamber there we're others. and back of them the building branehedA out into enormous wings. Earzan passed through several of these chambers, finding many evidences of the fabulous wealth of the original builders. In one room were seven pill lars of solid gold, and in another the floor itself was of the precious metal And all the while that he explored, his blacks huddled close together at his back, strange shapes lowered upon either haIadl and before them and be- hind. yet never eIose enough that any might say that they were not alone.
 The strain. however, was telling upon the nerves of the Wazirf. They begged Tarzan to return to the sunlight. They said that no good could come of such an expedition. for the ruins were haunted by the spirits of the dead who had once inhabited them.
 @They are watching us, oh, king" whispered Busuif. .They are waiting until they have led us into the inner most recesses of their stronghold, and then they will fall upon us and tear us to pieces with their teeth That is the way with spirits My mothers uncle, who is great witch doctor, has told me all about it many times-s
 Tarzan laughed -Run back into the sunlight, my children he said q will join you when have searched this old ruin from top to bottom and found the gold or found that there is none At least we may take the tab7 let's from the walls, though the pillars are too heavy for us to handle. But Ehere should be great storeroonns filed with gold-goid that we can carry away upon our backs with ease. Run Du now out into the fresh air, where Fou may breathe easier
 Some of the warriors started to obey their chief with alacrity. but Busuli and several others hesitated to leave him-hesitafed between love and loyal fy for their king and superstitious fear of the unknown And then, quite un- expectedly. that occurred which decid- ed the question without the necessity for further discussion Out of the si- 1ence of tke ruined temple there rang close to their ears the same hideous shrsek they had heard the previous night, and with mortified cries the black warriors turned and fed through the empty halls of the age old edifice.
 Behind them stood Tarzan of the Apes where they had left him, grim smile upon his lips. waiting for the en- emy he fully expected was about to bounce upon him. But again silence xeigned except for the faint suggestion of the. sound of naked feet moving steaithfiy in nearby places
 Then Tarzan wheeled and passed on znfo the depths of the temple. Fxom