The evening world., 1914-01-22

upon kerchak. and Tublat, and Ter
kox. upon a dozen Of tho other mighty
bull apes Of his tribe; and upon Tan
tor. tho elephant: there was scarce any
pf the males OF the fores, that did not
at times fan prey to II. Tho priest
went mad. and with his heavy pfudgeon
ran anmok among his fellows. y.
lih screams Of rage were frightful
as no dashed hithcr and thither. deal.
ing terrific blows with his giant weapon,
or sinking his yellow fanwa Into the flesh
Of some iuckless victim. And during
II the prdestess stood with poised knife
above Tarxan. her eyes fixed IN horror
upon the maniacai thing that was deal
ing out death and destruction TO her
votaries.
Presently tie room was emptisd ex.
cHpt for the, dead and dying on the
floor. the victim upon the altar. the
high pricsteas ana the madrnan. AZ the
cunning eyes Of tho latter fell upon the
woman they lighted with = new and
sudden lust. Slowly he crept toward
there fen upon TArxan's surprtDed ears
. language he could understand; the
lest one that hs would ever have
thought Of employing IN attempting to
converse with human beinge-the low,
cultural barking Of the tribe OF great
anthrOpoids-his own mother tongue.
And GliS woman answered the man In
tho sams language. t..!
lie was threatenine- she attempting
20 reason with him, for II was quite evd.
dent that she saw that hs was past her
authority. The brute Was quite close
now--creeping with clawliko hands sx-
tended toward her around the end OF
the altar.
Tarsan strained at the bonds which
held his arms pinioned behind him. The
woman did not ses-Ahs he'd forxotten
her prey IN tho horror OF the danger
that threatened herself. ~ the brute
leaned past Tarxan to clutch his Victim.
the ape-man gave ono supsrhuman
wrench at the thongs that held HIN.
The effort sent him rolling from the
altar to Vhe stone floor on the opposite
side from that on which tho priestess
stood: but as he sprang 70 his feet the
thongs dropped from his freed arms.
and At the same time ne realised that
he was alono In the inner tsmpiA-sho
hish piiestess and the mad priest had
disappeared.
And then q muffed scream came from
me cayernous mouth OF the dark hole
beyond the saorinclal altar through
which the prtestess had entered ehe TEN :
p,s. without. even a thought Tor ne
own safsty, -or tho possibility Tor escape
which this rapid series OF fortuitous
circumstances had thrust upon MIN;
Tatsau OF tho Apes answered the can
Of NJ woman In danger. with . 1.-The
botnA he Was at the 9apiag sntrense
20 gHo eubterranean chamber. ana ,
moment later was running down n'sht
OF aRs.oh concrete steps that LED no
knew not whore
The faint light that hitsrsd m from
above showed him . large. loW-ceileo
vault, from which several doorways iod
on INTO tnhy darkness. but there Wa
no need TO thread an unknown way. TOT
there bsfops him lay the objects OF ~.
ssasch-shc maA brute had the nrl
upon the floor. and Eorilla-like nneer.
were ciutching frantically at her throat
as she struggled TO escape the fury o'
tho awful thing upon her.
A. Tarxan's heavy haad fell upon
his shoulder the priest dropped his VIC
tim and turned upon her w0uld-be res
cuer. With foam-hecksd lips and barred
fanKs ths mad -w0rahipper battled
with the ten-fold power Of the manlac.
In the biood.iust OF his fury the erea-
tuYs had undergone . sudden reversion
10 type. which loft him . villa beast.
forgetfui OF the dagger lNhst protected
from his belt-thinkinS Spiy rature's
weapons with which ~ s.@ ssSetyp'
but II he could use his sesth .and
hands TO advantage. Ne found one even
better versed In the school of pevege
warfare to which ~ had vsvsets6, f0v
Tarxan Of the Apes closed. wlth Aem.
and they fell to the hoor teAktRA end
rendins at one anothss ike S1n.lull
apes; while the primttivs pr1sst1t6N BOD
fattsnsd against the wall. wstshAq lth
wide. fsar-fascinAted syss:ths grovesng.
snapplng beasts at her feet.
At isse she saw tho stranger close
ono mighty hand up0a the throat OF his
antagonist. and ~ he forced the brute.
name head far back rain blow aftss
blow upon the upturned face. A mo-
msnt later he threw the still thing from
him, and, arising. shook himself like
great lion. IIe placed . foot upon the
carcass before him and raised his head
No sivs the victory cry Of his kind. but
as his eyes fell upon the opening above
him leading into the temple OF human
saorifics ne thought better OF his In
tended act.
The s.rl, who had been half paralyxed
by fear AZ the two men fought. had
Just commenced to Savs thought TO
her probable fate now that, though re-
leased from tho clutches OF mailman.
she had fallen into the hands OF ono
whom but moment bsfore she had
been upon the point OF killing. She
looked about for some means OF escape.
The black mouth OF . dlverging corri-
dor was near 1T hand. but ~ she turned
TO dart into II the aps-msn's eye fell
upon her. and . restraining hand was
laid upon her arm.
WALTZ! said Tarsan OF the Apss. In
the language OF tho tribe Of Kerchak.
The girl looked at HIN in aston!sh-
ment.
who are you." shs whispered. who
speaks the language OF tho hrst MANI"
'T am Tarxan OF tho Apes" he an
swsrsd In the vernacular OF the anthro-
poids.
What do you want OF moi" she con-
tinusd. 'For what purpose dd you
save me from Thar
II could not see q woman murderer"
1t was half question that answered
her.
But what DO you intend to do with
me nowY" she continued.
Nothing" he replied, but you can
DO something with ms-you can lead
me out OF this place to freedom" He
made the suggestion without the slight
est thought that she would acoede. lie
felt quite sure that the sacrifice would
go on from the point where II had been
interrupted II the high prisStess had her
way. though no was equally positive