The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-01-16

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With Bound the Black Leaped En-
tireIy Over the Rushing Beast.
he staggered and fell upon his side
| For moment his muscles stiffened
and relaxed convulsively: then he lay
still
KulOnga came down from his tree
With the knife that hung at his side
he cut several large pieces from the
boar's body, and in the center of the
trail he built a fire. cooking and eating
as much as he wanted. The rest he
left where it had fallen.
| Tarzan was an interested spectator.
His desire to kill burned fiercely in his
wild breast, but his desire to learn was
even greater. He would follow this
savage creature for awhile and know
whence he came He could kill him
deadly arrows were laid aside.
| When Kulonga had finished his re-
past and disappeared beyond a near
turning of the path TarZan dropped
quietly to the ground. With his knife
| he severed many strips Of meat from
Horta's carcass. but he did not cook
| them.
| He had seen fire. but only when the
| lightning had destroyed some great
tree. That any creature Of the jungle
could produce the red and yellow fangs
which devoured wood and left nothing
| b,,+ Gnn dine To
~. Also, why the black warrior had
ruined his delicious repast by plung-
! ing it into the blighting heat, was
quite beyond him. Possibly the fire
was friend with whom the archer
was sharing his food.
| TarZan would not ruin good meat in
any such foolish manner, so he gobbled
down great quantity Of the raw flesh.
burying the balance of the carcass be-
side the trail where he could find it
upon his return.
And then Lord Greystoke wiped his
greasy fingers upon his naked thighs
and took up the trail Of Kulonga, the
son of MbOnga. the king: while in far
off London another Lord Greystoke,
the younger brother of the real Lord
Greystokes father, sent back his chops
to the clubs chef because they were
underdone. and when he had finished
his repast he dipped his finger ends
| into a silver bowl of scented water and
dried them upon piece of snowy dam
ask.
All day Tarzan followed Kulonga.
lowering above him in the trees like
some malign spirit Twice more he
saw him hurl his arrows of destruc-
tion-once at Dango, the hyena. and
again at Manu-, the monkey. In each
instance the animal died almost in
stantly. for Kulonga's poison was very
fresh and very deadly. There was
something mysterious connected with
these tiny slivers Of wood which could
bring death by a mere scratch. thought
Tarzan. He must look into the matter.
That night Kulonga slept in the
crotch Of mighty tree and far above
him crouched TarZan Of the apes.
When Kulonga awoke he found that
his bow and arrows had disappeared.
The black warrior was furious and
frightened, but more frightened than
furious. His spear he had hurled at
Kala and had not recovered, and, now
that his bow and arrows were gone,
he was defenseless except for a single
knife. His only hope lay in reaching
the village of Mbonga as quickly as
his legs would carry him.
That he was not far from home he
was certain, so he took to the trail at
a rapid trot. From a great mass of
impenetrable foliage a few yards away
emerged Tarzan of the apes to swing
quietly In his wake.
Kulonga's bow and arrows were Sc
curely tied high in the top of q giant
tree, from which a patch Of bark had
been removed by sharp knife near to
the ground and branch half cut
through and left hanging about fifty
feet higher up. Thus TarZan blazed
the forest trails and marked his caches.
AS KulOnga continued his journey
Tarzan closed up on him until he trav-
eled almost over the blacks head. His
rope he now held coiled in his right
hand. He was almost ready for the
kill.
The moment was delayed only be
cause Tarzan was anxious to ascertain
the black warriors destination. and
presently he. was rewarded, for they