The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-29

DO as ! tell you" he urged. and |
VIII lead you to victory over these enc
mics OF yours. Scatter through the
forest. picking up as many stragglers
as you can find and at night. IL you
think that you have been followed
come by roundabout ways TO the spot
where we killed the elephants today.
Their will explain my plan. and you
will find that 1t Is good
They bad barely time to hasten away
farther into the forest before the first
or the raiders had crossed the clearing
II entered ii in pursuit Of them.
Tarzan ran a short distance along the
ground before he took TO the trees
Then he raced quickly to the upper ter.
race. there doubling on his tracks and
making his way rapidly back toward
the village. Here he found that every
Arab and Manyuema had joined In the
pursuit. leaving the village deserted
except for the chained prisoners and a
single guard.
The sentry stood at the open gate
looking in the direction OF the forest
so that he did not see the agile giant
that dropped to the ground at the far
end Of the village street. With drawn
bow the ape-man crept stealthily to.
ward his unsuspecting victim. The
prisoners had already discovered him
and with wide eyes filed with wonder
and with hope they watched their
would be rescuer. Now be halted not
ten PAGES from the unconscious Man
yuema. The shaft was drawn back its
full length at the height of the keen
gray eye that sighted along its polished
surface. There was a sudden twang
as the brown fingers released their
hold, n without a sound the raider
sank forward upon his face. a wooden
shaft tranSfXing his heart and pro
truding a foot from his black chest.
Then Tarzan turned his attention TO
the fifty women and youths chained
neck to neck or the long slave chain
There was no releasing of the ancient
padlockS in the time that was left him.
50 the ape-man called to them to fol
low him as they were. and. %snatching
the gun and cartridge belt from the
dead sentry. he led the now happy
band out through the village gate and
into the forest upon the far side of the
clearing.
1t was a slow and arduous march.
for the slave chain was new to these
people, and there were many delays as
one of their number would stumble
and fall. dragging others down with
her. Then. too. TarZan had been forced
to make a wide detour to avoid any
possibility of meeting with returning
raiders. He was partially guided by
occasional shots. which indicated that
the Arab horde were still in touch with
the villagers. but he knew that if they
would but follow his advice there
would be but few casualties other than
on the side of the marauders.
Toward dusk the firing ceased entire
ly. and TarZan knew that the Arabs
had all returned to the village.
1t was after midnight when TarZan.
with his slow moving caravan. ap-
preached the spot where the elephants
lay. Long before they reached it they
had been guided by the huge fire the
natives had built in the center Of a
hastily ~improvised bona. partially for
warmth and partially TO keep off
chance lions.
1t was a joyous reception the little
party received when the blacks within
the bona saw the long file OF fettered
friends and relatives enter the freight.
These had all been given up as lost for
ever. as had Tarzan as well. Sleep
was no easy. matter that night. for the
women who had lost their men or
their children in the days massacre
and battle made night hideous with
their continued waiting and bowling.
Finally. however, Tarzan succeeded In
silencing them on the plea that their
noise would attract the Arabs to their
hiding place, when all would be slaugh-
tered.
When dawn came TarZan explained
his plan OF battle to the warriors.
First the women and children with a
guard of some twenty old warriors
and youths were started southwark to
be entirely out Of the zone Of danger.
Two hours after daylight a thin cir
Gle of black warriors surrounded the
village. AT intervals one was perched
high in the branches of a tree which
could overlook the palisade, Presently
a Manyuema within the village fell.
pierced by a single arrow a silent mes
senger of death from out Of the silent
forest.
The Arabs and their followers were
thrown into a fine rage at this unprec-
edented occurrence. They ran for the
gates to wreak dire vengeance upon
the %foolhardy perpetrator of the out
rage. but they suddenly realized that
they did not know which way to turn
to find the foe. As they stood debat-
ing. with many angry shouts and much
gesticulating. one of the Arabs sank
silently to the ground in their very
midst-a thin arrow protruding from
bis heart.
Tarzan had placed the finest marks
men of the tribe in the surrounding
trees. with directions never to reveal
themselves while the enemy was faced