Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-10
cepye%oht, 1912, BY the Frank A.
Munssy mpany.

very voice he owed his life nor that
the creature who hurled it forth was
his own cousin-the real Lord Grey
stoke.
The afternoon was drawing to a
close. and Clayton. disheartened and
discouraged. was in a terrible guam
Diary as to the proper course to pursue.
whether to keep on in search of Pro
fessor Porter. at the almost certain
risk Of his own death in the jungle by
night, or to return to the cabin, where
he might Mt least serve to protect
Jane Porter from the perils which con
fronted her on all sides.
He disliked to return to camp with
out her father: still more he shrank
from the thought of leaving her alone
and unprotected in the hands Of the
dred unknown dangers Of the jungle.
Possibly. too. he thought, before this
til" professor and Philander had re-
turned to camp. Hc started. STUN
bling back through the thick and mat
ted undcrhrush in the direction that
nc thought the cabin lay.
To TarZan's surprise. the young man
was heading farther into the jungle
in the general direction of Mbonga's
} village. and the shrewd young ape
man was convinced that he was lost.
. The fierce Jungle would make easy
) prey Of this unprotected stranger in a
very short time if he We're not guided
: quickly to the beach. thought TarZan.
+ Yes. there was Nuna. the lion. even
now stalking the white man a dozen
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i Clayton heard the great body paral-
leling his course. and now there rose
upon the evening air the great beasts
I thunderous roar. The man stopped
e with appraised spear and faced the
I brush from which issued the awful
I sound. The shadows were deepening;
darkness was coming on.
For a moment all was still. Clayton
= stood rigid with raised spear. Pres
!, emily a faint rustling Of the bush be.
= hind him apprised him of the stealthy
creeping of the thing. 1t was gather
Y ing for a spring when at last he a
it, not twenty feet away-the long
1.-THE. muscular body and tawny head
Of a huge black named lion.
: In agony the nan watched, fearful
to launch his spear, powerless to fly
He heard a noise in the tree above
= him. Some new danger, he thought
but he dared not take his eyes from
d the yellow green orbs before him
u There was a sharp twang. like tn
sound of a broken banjo string, ant
n at the same instant an arrow appeared
in the yellow hide of the crouchint
q lion.
II With a roar of pain and anger tn
beast sprang, but Clayton stumbled t.
one side, and as he turned again t.
'e face the Infatuated king of beasts b
J. was appalled, at the sight which con
q fronted him. Almost simulta neousl,
lie with the lions turning to renew the at
tack a naked giant had dropped fror
!. the tree above sQuarely on the brute
back.
+. With lightning speed an arm tina
was corded with layers Of iron muscl
encircled the huge neck, and the grea
beast was raised from behind. roarin
and paving the air-raised as easil
as Clayton would have lifted a pet do.
That scene he witnessed in the tw
light depths of an African jungle wa
burned forever into the Englishman'
brain.
The man before him was the en-
bodiment Of physical perfection an
giant strength, yet it was not on tn
he had depended in his battle with tt
great cat, for. mighty as were his mu
cles. they We're as nothing by comparl
son with those possessed by Mum
To his agility. to his brain and
his long. keen knife he owed his g.
premacy.
His right arm encircled the lion
neck, while the left hand plunged tt
knife time and time again into IL
unprotected side behind the left shot
der, while the Infatuated beast, draw
upward and backward until he sto'
on his hind legs, struggled impotent
in this unnatural position.
Had the battle continued a few sc
onds longer the outcome might ha'
been different. but all was accol
plished so quickly that the lion n
scarce time to recover from it's 81
prise before 1t sank lifeless to t
ground.
Then the strange figure which h
vanquished it stood erect upon the CT
cass and. throwing back the wi
handsome head. gave the fearsome c
which a few moments earlier had
startled Clayton.
Before him ne saw the figure of
young man naked except for a Il
cloth and a few barbaric ornaments
arms and legs and on the breast
priceless diamond locket gleami
against a smooth brown skin.
The hunting knife had been return
to its homely sheath. and the nan "