Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-23

was lifted and placed across the affairs
top hope left her entirely, and she
rembIed in an agony Of fright
During the erotesque dance Of the
yotaries which followed she lay frozen
In horror nor did she require the sight
Of the thin blade in the hand Of the
high priestess as it rose slowly above
her TO enlighten her further as to her
doom.
As the hand began its descent Jane
Porter closed her ewes and sent up a
silent prayer TO the Maker she was so
soon to face Then she succumbed to
the strain upon her tired nerves and
swooned
Day and night Tarzan Of the Apes
raced through the prmeval forest to-
ward the ruined city in which he was
positive the woman be loved lay either
a prisoner or dead
In q day and a night he covered the
same distance that the fifty frightful
men bad taken the better part Of q
week 60 traverse. for Tarzau Of the
Apes travelled along the middle ter
race high above the tangled obstacles
that impede progress upon the ground
The story the young bull aye had
told made # clear TO him that the girl
captive had been Jane Porter, FOR there
was not another small. white "she' in
all the Jungle The bulls he had rec
Oguized from the apes crude descrip-
ton as the grotesque parodies upon hu-
manity who inhabit the ruins OF Opar.
And the girls fate be could picture as
plainly as though he were an eyewit-
ness to It, When they would lay her
across that grim altar he could not
guess but that her dear, frail body
would eventually find its way there he
was confident
But finally, after what seemed long
ages to the impatient ape-man, he top.
ped the barrier cliffs that hemmed the
desolate valley. and below him lay the
grim and awful ruins OF the now hide
Gus city Of Opar At a rapid trot he
started across the dry and dusty,
bOwlder streWn ground toward the goal
Of his desires.
Would he be in time to rescue7 He
hoped against hope At least he could
De revenged. aud ia his wrath IL seem
ed 10 him that be was equal TO the task
Of wiping out the entire population OF
that terrible city. Tt was nearly noon
when be reached the great b0wlder at
the top Of which terminated the secret
passage TO the pits beneath the city.
Like cat he scaled the PERCEPTIONS
sides of the frOwning granite kOple. a
moment later he was running through
the darkness Of the long, straight tun-
mel that led 10 the treasure vault
Through this he passed, then on and
on until at last he came 20 the we'll
like shaft upon the opposite side OF
which lay the dungeon with the false
wall
AS he paused a moment upon the
brink OF the well a faint sound came
10 him through the opening above His
quick ears caught and translated it. Il
was the dance OF death that preceded
a sacrifice. and the singsong ritual Of
the high priestess He could even rec
ognize the girls voice.
Could It be that the ceremony mark
ed the very thing he had so fastened
TO prevent A wave of horror swept
over him Was be- after an, to be just
a moment too late? Like q frightened
deer be leaped across the narrow
chasm 20 the continuation OF the pas
SAGE bovOnd AT the fnlso wall he tore
ike one possessed 20 demolish the bar
rier that confronted him. With giant
muscles he forced the opening, thrust
ing his head ana shoulders through the
first small hole he made and carrying
the balance of the wall with him TO
clatter resoundingly upon the cement
door OF the dungeon.
With single leap be cleared the
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