Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-03


 | again. First. however. he must re- move the hide. for it was ns,much for this ns for any other purpose that he | had desired to encompass the dcstruc- | ton of Sabor. the tiger.
 Dcftly he removed the great pelt. for l he had practiced often on smaller ani- mals. and when the task was finished ! he carried his trophy to the fork Of | high tree. There. curling himself se- curely in crotch. he fell into deep l slumber.
 What with loss of sleep. arduous ex- erclse and hearty meal Tarzan Of the apes slept the sun round. awaken ! ing about noon of the following day. He straightway repaired to the car cass of Sabor. but was angered to find the bones picked clean by other hun ! gry denizens of the jungle.
 He hastened on toward the point where he had left the tribe and. when ! he had found them. proudly exhibited the skin ot Sabor. the tiger.
 Look" he cried, "apes of Kerchak. See what Tarzan. the killer. has done. Who elseNamong you has. ever killed one of Sabor's people? Tarzan is ! mightiest among you. for Tarzan is no ape. Tarzan is"- But here he stop ped. for i'm the language of the anthro- poids there was no word for man, and Tarzan could only write the word in English. He could not pronounce It.
 The tribe had gathered about to look upon the proof of his wondrous prow- ess and to listen to his words.
 Only Kerchak hung back. nursing his hatred and his rage.
 Suddenly something snapped in the brain of the anthropoid. With fright full roar the great beast sprang among the assemblage. Frothing and shriek- ing fin the insanity of his fury. Ker- chak looked about for the object of his greatest hatred. and there. upon Q nearby limb. he saw him sitting.
 Come down. Tarzan. great killer" cried Kerchak. ready for battle. Come down and feel the fangs of a greater Do mighty fighters fly to the trees at danger?"
 And he emitted the volleying chal- lenge Of his kind.
 Quietly Tarzan dropped to the ground. Breathlessly the tribe watch ed Kerchak. still roaring. charge the relatively puny figure.
 Nearly seven feet stood Kerchak on his short legs. His enormous shoul- ders were punched and rounded with huge muscles. The back of his short neck was as a single lump of iron sinew which bulged beyond the base of his skull. so that his head seemed like small ball protrudine from . huge mountain of flesh.
 His back drawn. snaTling lips expos ed his great fighting fangs. and his bloodshot eyes gleamed in horrid re- fection of his madness.
 Awaiting him stood Tarzan. himself mighty muscled animal. but his six feet of height and his great rolling sinews seemed pitifully inadequate to the ordeal which awaited them in their struggle with Kerchak.
 His bow and arrows lay some dis. tance away. where he had dropped them when showing Sabor's hide to bis fellow apes. and he confronted Ker- chak with only his knife and his supe- rior intellect to offset the ferocious strength of bis enemy
 AS bis antagonist came roaring to- . ward him Lord Greystoke tore his long knife from the sheath and. with an an swerlng challenge as horrid and blood curdling as that of the beast he faced. rushed swiftly to meet the attack. He |, was too shrewd to allow those long, \ hairy arms to encircle him. and just as their bodies were about to crash to- gether Tarzan of the apes grasped one I of the huge wrists of his assailaut and A sprlnglng lightly to one side. drove his knife to the bllt into Kercbak's body below the heart
 Before he could wrench the blade free again Kerchak's quick lunge to grasp him in those awful arms had torn the hilt from Tarzan's hand.
 Kerchak aimed terrific blow at the ape mans head with the flat of his hand. a blow which had it landed might easily have crushed in the side |, of TarZan's skull.
 The man was too quick and. ducking : the blow. himself delivered a mighty i, one with clinched fist in the pit Of Q Kercbaks stomach.
 The ape was staggered by the blow and. what with the mortal wound in
 his side. had almost collapsed. wher with one mighty effort he rallied for : an Instant. just long enough to enable | him to wrest his arm free from Tar s Zan's grasp and close In a terrific cllnch . with his wiry opponent s Straining the ape man close to him f his great jaws sought Tarzan's throat r but the young lords sinewy fingers . were at Kerchak's own before the il cruel fangs could close on the sleek t brown skin.
 r The greater strength of the ape was f slowly prevailing and the teeth of tn, !. stralning beast were scarce an inch f from Tar2ans throat when, with q a shuddering tremor. the great body !. stlffened for an instant and then sank }, Imply to the ground.
 II Kerchak was dead and Tarzan of the e apes the victor.
 Gro be Continued)