The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-29

Now and Then 80 Vs-y- ~ i-te-vsi. q
Man Woyic FIyne. For~srt Dead.
ow Of death Presently I Msuyuema
forged ahead u tIs COMPANIONS there
was none u see from what direction
death came. and 50 il came quickly.
and d moment isler those behind STUN
bled over the dead body OF their com
radcliffe inevitable arrow piercing the
still heart.
1t does not take a great deal OF this
manner of warfare to get upon the
nerves of white men. and so it Is little
to be wondered at that the Manyuema
were soon panic stricken Did one
forge ahead an arrow found bis heart;
did one lag behind he never again was
seen alive: did one stumble 10 one side
even for q bare EyU-1t from the sight
Of his fellows le id not return, and
always we they came gpoC tie bod
les Of their lead they found those Ter
rible arrows driven Win the accuracy
OF su~perhuuAu power straight rlrUugn
the victims henri. But worse than all
else was the nIt-ogs 1aCr that not once
during tue morning l1d they seen or
heard the slightest sign Of an enemy.
other than the piri.ess arrows.
When finally they returned to the
village il was no better. Every now
and then at varying intervals that were
maddening in the terrible suspense they
caused. a man would plunge forward
dead. The blacks besOught their white
masters to leave this terrible place, but
the Arabs feared to take up the march
through the grim and hostile forest be-
set by this new and terrible enemy
while laden with the great store OF
ivory they had found within the vii
lage: but. worse yet. they hated to
leave the ivory behind.
Finally the entire expedition took
refuge within the thatched huts.
Here, at least. they would be free
from the arrows. Tarzan. from the
tree above the village. had marked the
hut into which the chief Arabs had
gone. and balancing himself upon an
o~verhanging limb. he drove his heavy
spear with all the force OF his giant
muscles through the matched roof. A
howl of pain told him that it had
found a mark. Then Tarzan returned
to the forest, collected his warriors
and withdrew a mile to the south to
rest M eat.
An inspection of his force showed
not a single casualty-not wen q mi
nor wound. while rough estimates OF
the enemies loss convinced the blacks
that no fewer than twenty had fallen
before their arrows. They were wild
with citation and were for finishing the
day in n glorious rush upon the vii
lage. during which they would slaugh-
ter the last of their foemen.
lyon are crazy" Tarzan cried. 81
have shown you the only way to fight
these people. You will fight just as !
tell you to fight or | shall leave you
and go back to my own country"
They were frightened when be
threatened this and promised to obey
him s%crupulously If he would but
promise not to desert them.
very we'll" he said. I'VE shall re-
turn to the elephant bona for the
night. have a plan to give the Arabs
a little taste OF what they may expect
If they rep,ain in our country, but
shall need 10 help
So they marched back to their camp
of the previous night and. lighting
great fires. ate and recOunted the adj
ventures of the day until long after
dark. TarZan slept until midnight,
then he arose and crept into the Gin
merriam blackness Of the forest. An
hour later he came to the edge of the
clearing before the village. There was
a camp fire burning within the pals,
ade. The ape-man crept across the
clearing until be stood before the bar
red gates. Through the interstices he
saw a lone sentry sitting before the
FIRE.
Quietly TarZan to the tree at
the end OF the village street. He
climbed softly to his place and fitted
IN arrow to bis bow. For several
minutes he tried to sight fairly upon
the sentry. but the waving branches
and pickering freight convinced him
that the danger OF a miss was too
great. He must touch the heart fuIl
in the center to bring the quiet and
sudden death his plan required.
He had brought beside his bow, ar
rows and rope the gun he had taken
the previous day from the other sentry
he had killed. Caching all these in a
convenient crotch Ut the tree. he drop