The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-01-23

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Shrek of Terror.
was to barricade the portal from the
inside. With this idea in view she
turned to search for some means Of
putting it into execution, but her first
view Of the interior Of the cabin
brought a shrek Of terror to her lips,
and. like frightened child, the huge
black ran to bury her face in her mis-
tress' shoulders.
Jane Porter. turning at the cry. saw
the cause of it lying prone upon the
floor before them-the whitened skele-
ton of man. A further glance re-
vealed a second skeleton upon the bed.
What horrible place are we in!'
murmured the awe stricken girl. But
there was no panic in her fright
At last. disengaging herself from the
frantic clutch of the still shrieking Es-
meralda, Jane Porter crossed the room
to look into the little cradle. knowing
what she should see there before ever
the tiny skeleton disclosed itself in all
its pitiful and pathetic frailty.
What an awful tragedy these mute
bones proclaimed! The girl shuddered
at thought Of the possibilities that
might fie before herself and her friends
in this i'll fated cabin
Quickly, with an impatient stamp Of
her foot, she endeavored to shake off
| the gloomy forebodings, and turning
! to Esmeralda babe her cease her wall
| ing.
stop. Esmeralda; stop it this min
ute" she cried. You are only making
baby"
Soon the girl found that the door
was equipped with a heavy wooden
bar upon the inside. After several
efforts the combined strength Of the
two enabled them to slip it into place
the first time in twenty years.
After Clayton had plunged into the
jungle. the sailors-mutineers of the
Arrow-fell into a discussion of their
next step, but on one point all were
agreed-that they should hasten to put
off to the anchored Arrow, where they
could at least be safe from the spears
of their unseen foe.
So much had TarZan seen that day
that his head was in q whirl of wonder.
But the most wonderful sight Of all to
him was the face of the beautiful white
girl.
Here at last was one of his own
kind; of that he was positive. And
the young man and the two old men,
they, too. were much as he had pic
tured his own people to be.
He did not understand anything Of
the motives behind all that he had
| seen. but somehow intuitively he
liked the young man and the two old
men. and for the girl he had strange
longing which he scarcely understood.
AS for the big black woman, she was
evidently connected in some way with
the girl, and so he liked her also.
For the sailors, however, and espe-
cially Snipes, he had developed a great
hatred. He knew by their threaten
ing gestures and by the expressions
upon their evil! faces that they were
enemies of the others, and so he de-
cided to watch them very closely.
TarZan wondered why the men had
gone into the jungle. Never did it
occur to him that one could become
lost in that maze of underground
which to him was as simple as the
main street of your own home town.
When he saw the sailors row away
toward the ship and knew that the
girl and her companion were safe in
his cabin he decided to follow the
. young man into the jungle and learn
what his errand might be- He swung
J off rapidly in the direction taken by
Clayton and in a short time heard
l family in the distance the now only
occasional calls Of the Englishman te
his fri
Presently Tarzan came up with the
.. white man, who. almost tagged, was
leaning against q tree wiping the per
spiration from his forehead. The ape