The evening world., 1914-01-22

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So one glorious tropical morning
Tarzan, chief Of the waziri. set out at
The head OF nifty clean-limbod ebon
warriors in quest Of adventure and OF
riches. They followed the course wh!:h
old Waxlri had described to Tarzan.
For days they marchsd-up one river.
across a low divide: down another
river; up a third. until at the end Of
the twenty.fifth day they camped upon
a mountainside. from the summit OF
which they hoped to catch their hrst
Early tho next morning they were
climbing tho almost perpendicular crass
which formed the last. but greatest.
natural barrior between them and their
d destination. II was nearly noon before
Tarxan, who headed the thin line OF
climbing warriors. scrambled over the
top Of the last cliff and stood upon tho
little nat tablsiand OF the mountain
top.
For an hour the little sxpsdttiea
rested upon the mountaintOp, and then
Tarxan led them down into the valley
below. There was no trail. but the way
was less ardu6us than the ascent OF tft
opposite face Of the mountain had been.
Once In the vk1lsy their progress wae
rapid. 20 that Il was stili light whaN'
A. AzA An~AYinR WAllA
Of the ancient city. !.
For nftsan minutes they marched
along the face Of the wall before they
discovered Q means Of ingress. Then
they came to . narrow cleft about
twenty inches vide. Within. . flight OF
concrete steps. worn hollow by centuries
Of use, rose before 4 pm. to disappear
at a sharp turning y the passage .
few yards ahead.
Into this narrow alley Tarsan made
his way. turning his giarA shoulders
sideways that they might enter at all.
Behind htm trailed his black warriors.
At the turn In the cleft the stairs endee
and the path was level; but II wound
and twisted In q serpentine fashion. un-
I'll suddenly at q sharp angle II de-
bouched upon q narrow court, across
which loomed an inner wall equally a.
high a. the outer. This inner wall was
set with little round towers alternating
along ats entire summit with pointed
monolithS. In places these had fallen
and tho wall was ruined. but II was IN
a much better state Of preservation than
ths outer wall.
Another narrow passage led through
this wall, and at Its end Tarzan and his
warriors found themselves In broad
avenue, ON tho opposite eide OF whioh
al nj
loomed dark and forbidd!ng. Upon the
crumbiing debris along the face Of the
buildings trees had grown and vines
wound In and out OF tho hollow. star
ane windows; but the building directly
opposite them seemed less overErown
than the others and In a much bettsr
state of preservation. It was q massive
pile, surmounted by an enormous dome.
AZ either side OF It's great entrance
stood rows Of tall pillars. each capped
BY Q huge. grotesque bird carved from
the solid rock OF the monoliths.
'Coms!" he said to fn Waziri lie,
US have look at what lies behind those
ruined walls"
His men were 10th to follow him.
but when they saw that he was braveiy
entering the frowning portal they trailed
q few paces behind In a huddled group
that seemed the personihcation OF
nervous terror. A single shrek SUCH az
they had heard the night before would
have been sufhcient to have sent them
ali ra acing madly for the narrow cleft
that led through the great walls TO
the outer world.
A. Tarxan entered the building no
was distinctly aware Of many eyes upon
him. There was q rustlipg In the shad-
ows Of q nearby corridor. and he could
AkaS ~ ~ n human nAn0
Withdrawn from an embrasure that
opened above him into the 6omenks
rotunda In which he found himself.
The floor OF the chamber was OF con-
crete, the walls Of smooth granite upon
which strange figures Of men ana beasts
were carved. In places tablets OF yel.
low metal had been set in the solid
masonry OF tho walls.
When he approached closer to one OF
these tablets he saw that Il was OF gold.
and bore many hisrogiyphics. Beyond
this frst chamber there were others,
and back of them the building branched
out into enormous wings. Tarsan passed
through several OF these chambers. nnd-
ing many evidences OF the fabulous
wealth Of the original builders. In one
room were seven pillars Of SOLID gold.
ana IN another the floor itself was OF
the precious metal. And all the while
that he explored. his blacks huddled
close together at his back, and strange
shapes hovered upon either hand and
before them and behind. yet never close
enough that any might say that thsy
were not alone. -,
They are watching US. o King"
WHISPERED Busuli. ''They are waiting
until they have led us into the inner.
most recesses OF their stronghold, ana
then they will fall upon US and tear US
TO pieces with their teeth. That In the
way with spirits. My mothers uncle
who is 4 great witch doctor. has told
me all about II many times"
Tarzan laughed, Run back into the
sunlight, my children" he said. ~ will
Join you when ] have searched this oId
ruin from top TO bottom, and found
the gold. or found that there 10 none.
Al least We may take the tablets from
the walls. Though ti,s piIlaN ere too
k>~ss lnS "a hAuAfas Xuk thaRn