Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26

His arm was passed beneath Ter
koZ's arm from behind. and his hand
and forearm encircled the back Of Ter
koZ'S neck. 1T wa" the half nelson Of
modern wrestling which the untaught
ape man had stumbled upon. but di-
vine reason showed him in an instant
the value of the thing he had di>cov-
cred. 1t was the difference to him be-
tween life and death.
And SO he struggled to encompass il
similar hold with the left hand. In a
few moments TerkoZ's bull neck was
creaking beneath n FIJI! nr'.a.:
! Th"rn WIS n" ino:v .t.nSln2 about
NON. The two lay perfectly still upon
the ground. TarZan upon Terkoz's
back. Slowly the bullet head Of the
ape was being forced lower and lower
upon his chest.
Tarzan knew what the result would
be. In an instant the neck would
break. Then there came to Terkoz's
rescue the same thing that had put
him in these sore straits-a mans rea-
soning power.
"If l kill him." thought Tarzan.
what advantage will it be to me?
Will it not but rob the tribe of a great
fighter? And if Terkoz is dead he will
know nothing Of my supremacy. while
alive he will be an example to the 9th
er apes"
"Ka-goda?" Kissed Tarzan in Ter
koz's ear. which in ape tongue means.
freely translated. DO you s~urrender?"
For a moment there was no reply,
and Tarzan added a few more ounces
of pressure. which ELECTED a Mortified
shrek of pain from the great beast.
"Ka-goda?" repeated Tarzan.
"Ka-goda!" cried Terkoz.
Listen" said Tarzan. easing up a
tri6e. but not releasing his hold. II
am Tarzan. king Of the apes. mighty
hunter. mighty fighter. In all the jun
gle there is non so great.
You have said 'Ka-goda' to me.
All the tribe have beard. Quarrel no
more with your king or your people,
for next time I shall kill you. Do you
understands"
Huh" assented TorkoZ.
And you are satsfed?"
Huh" said the ape.
Tarzan let him up, and in a few
minutes all were back at their voca-
lions as though naught had occurred
to mar the tranquility Of their prime
val forest hauntS.
But deep in the minds of the apes
was rooted the conviction that Tarzan
: was a mighty fighter and a strange
! creature-strange because he had had
. it III his power to kill his enemy, but
had allowed him to live. unframed.
That afternoon as the tribe came to.
= gether, us was their wont after dark
!, !, ness settled on the jungle. Tarzan, his
:. wounds washed in the limpid waters
! Of the little stream. called the old
! males about him.
You have seen again today thai
Tarzan OF the apes is the greatest
among you" he said.
: Huh they replied with one voice
4 "Tarzan is great"
'"TarZan." he continued. lis not ar
ape. He is not like his people. His
: ways are not their ways. and so TarZal
is going back to the lair Of his owl
kind by the waters Of the great lake
which has no farther shore. You mus
Il choose another to. rule yon. Tarzal
will not return"
: And thus young Lord Greystoke tool
the first step toward the goal which b.
had set himself the finding Of Othe
o. white men like himself.
n The following morning Tarzan. lam
and sore from the wounds Of his bat
ID tie with Terkoz. set out toward tn
west and the s%eacoast.
v. He travelled very slowly. sleeping il
10 the jungle at night and reaching hi
% cabin late the following morning.
n. For several days he moved about bu
little. only enough to gather what frui
q and nuts he required to satisfy the dc
mands of hunger.
In ten days he was quite SCUM
again except for a terrible. half heale
nj scar which. starting above his left eye
% ran across the top of his head. endin
Ct at the right ear. 1t was the mark lei
- by TerkoZ when he bad torn the seal
m away.
es During his convalescence TARA
tried to fashion a mantle from th
IN skin of SAILOR. the tiger, which ha
he lain all this time in the cabin. But b
found the hide dried as stiff as
be board. and. as he knew nanght Of tai
ming. be was forced to abandon ht
IN cherished plan.
I'm Then he determined to tilch VIII,
ce few garments he could from one of til
a black men of Mbonga's village. for
,e, had decided to mark his elevato
from the lower orders in every p0ss
an BILE manner. and nothing seemed
lie him a more distinguishing badge
ey manhood than ornaments and clothin
re- To this end. therefore. he collecte
a the various arm and leg ornaments |
ay had taken from the black warriors wi
re mad succumbed to his swift and sflel
[fe moose and donned them all.
About his neck hung the golden cha
ed from which depended the diamond /
crusted locket of his mother. the Lac
mr. Alice. At his back was a culver Of q