Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-05

upon the neck OF his lifelong enemy
and. raising his eyes to the full moon.
threw back his fierce young head and
! voiced the wild cry Of his people.
One by n the tribe swung down
from their arboreal retreats and form
ed a circle about Tarzan and his van
pushed foe. When they had all come
Tarzan turned toward them.
II am Tarzan!" he cried. II am a
great killer. Let all respect Tarzan Of
the apes and Kala. his mother! There
be none among you as mighty as Tar
Fan. Let his enemies bewure!"
Looking full into the wicked red eyes
of kerchak, the young Lord Greystoke
beat, upon his mighty breast and
screamed out once more his shrill cry
of defiance.
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Tarzan of the apes lived on in his
wild. jungle existence with little
change for several years. only that he
grew stronger and wiser and learned
from his books more and more of the
strange worlds which lay somewhere
outside his primeval forest.
Many days during these years he
spent in the cabin of his father. where
still lay untouched the bones of his
parents and the little skeleton of Kala's
baby. At eighteen he read fuently
and understood nearly all he read.
Also could he write with printed let
tiers rapidly and plainly. but script he
had not mostorod for tbo,ph tboro
were several copybooks among his
treasures. there was so little written
English in the cabin that he saw no
use of %bothering. with this other form
of writing. though he could read it la
boriously.
Thus, at eighteen. we find him an
English lordling who could speak no
English, yet who could read and write
his native language. Never had he
seen a human being other than him
self. for the little area traversed by his
tribe was watered by no great river to
bring down the savage natives of the
interior.
High bills shut it off on three sides,
the ocean on the fourth. 1t was alive
with lions and tigers and leopards and
poisonous snakes. Its untouched maZes
of matted jungle had as yet invited no
hardy pioneer from among the humans
beyond it's frontier.
But as Tarzan of the apes sat n
day in the cabin Of his father, delving
into the mysteries of a new book, the
ancient security Of his jungle was
broken forever.
At the far eastern confne q strange
tavalcade strung in single file over the
brow Of a low hill.
In advance were fifty black warriors
armed with slender wooden spears,
with ends hard baked over slow fires,
and long bows and poisoned arrows.
On their backs were oval shields, in
their noses hung rings, while from the
kinky wool Of their heads protruded
tufts of gay feathers.
Following them were several hun
dred women and children. the former
bearing upon their heads great burdens
of cooking pots, household utensils
and ivory. In the rear were a hundred
warriors. similar in all respects to the
advance guard.
That they more greatly feared an at.
tack from the rear than whatever un-
known enemies might Turk ahead was
evidenced by the formation Of the
column. and such was the fact, for
they We're fleeing from the white mans
soldiers who had harassed them for
rubber and ivory.
For three days the little cavalcade
marched slowly through the heart of
this unknown and untracked forest.
until finally. early in the fourth day.
they came upon a little spot near the
banks of a small river which SEEM
ed less thickly overgrown than any
ground they had encountered before.
Here they set to work to build a new
village. and in a month a great clear
Ing had been made. huts and palisades
erected. plantains. vans and maize
planted. and they had taken up their
old life in their new home. Here there
were no white men. no soldiers nor
any rubber or ivory to be gathered for
thankless taskmasters.
Several moons passed ere the blacks
ventured far into the territory sur,
rounding their new village. Several
had already fallen prey to old SAILOR,
the tiger. and because the jungle was
so Infested with these fierce and blood
thirsty cats and with lions and Loop
ards the ebony warriors hesitated to
trust themselves far from the safety
Of their palisades.
But n day Kulonga, a son Of the
old king. Mbonga. wandered far into
the dense mazes to the west. Warily
he stepped. his slender lance ever
ready, his long oval shield grasped in