The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-05-21

two or three or four Of you attack him
together. Then no chief will dare to
be other than he should be- for four
Of you can kill any chief"
And the ape who recalled this wise
counsel repeated ii to several OF his fell
lows, so that when Terkoz returned TO
the tribe that day he found warm re-
ception awaiting him.
There were no formalities As Ter
koz reached the group five huge, hairy
beasts sprang upon him.
At heart he was an arrant coward,
which is the way with DULLES among
apes us well us among men. so he did
not remain TO fight and die. but tore
himself away from them as quickly as
he could and fled into the sheltering
boughS of the forest
Two more attempts he made to re-
.oin the tribe. but on each occasion he
vas set upon and driven away At last
he gave it up and turned. foaming with
rage and hatred, into the Jungle.
1t was in this state of mind that the
horrible manike beast, swinging from
tree to tree, came suddenly upon two
women In the jungle.
He was right above them when he
discovered them. The first intimation
Jane Porter had OF his presence was
when the great hairy body dropped to
the earth beside her and she saw the
awful face and the snarling. hideous
mouth thrust within q foot of her
One piercing scream escaped her lips
as the brutes hand clutchcd her arm.
Then she was dragged toward those
awful fangs which yawued at her
throat. But ere they touched that fair
skin another mood claimed the anthro-
poid
The tribe had kept his women. Uo
must find others to replace them This
hairless white ape would be the first of
his new household
He threw her roughly across his
broad shoulders AMI leaped back into
the trees. bearing Jane Porter away
toward a fate a thousand times worse
than death
Esmeralda's scream had mingled
with that Of Jane Porter then. as was
Esmerada's manner under stress Of
emergency which required presence Of
mind. she swooncd.
The scream that brought Clayton and
the two older men stumbling through
the underground led Tarzan Of the
apes STRAIGHT 60 where EHncrllda Law.
/ but II was not Esmoralda in whom ifs
/ interest centcrcd.
/ For n moment he scruunized the
ground below aud the trees above until
/ the ape that was i'm him by virtue Of
training and environments combined
/ with the Intelligence that was his ly
/ right Of birth. told his woodrraft tho
whole story MS plainly ass though lc
/ had seen the thing happen with DTS
/ own eyes
Instantly be- was gone agaln into Che
swaying trees. following the high flung
spoor which no other human eye could
/ have detected. much .gss tram MtoG
Almost silently the oue man sped ON
i'm the track Of Terkoz and his prey.
but the sound Of his approach reached
{ the ears of the fleeing beast md spur
, red &c on To- greater speed
Three miles were covered before
Tarzau overlook them. and then Ter
koz, seeing that further fight was
futile. dropped To- the ground ln "a
small open glade that he might turn
and fight for his prize or be- free TO
escape unh8mpercd 81 Dec saw that the
pursuer was more than a match for
I him
He stiil grasped Jane Porter in Que
great arm as Tarzan bounded like a
leopard into the arena which nature
had provided for this primeval-like
battle
When TcrkOz saw that Sc was Tar.
eau who pursued BIN be jumped to tue