The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-18

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 Tarzan V as more than pleased. nor did he hesitate to say So. but the cap tain would have been astonished had he known the real reason of Tarzanss pleasure. Gernois VI as sitting opposite the ape-man He did not seem so pleased with his captains invita lion. You will find lion hunting more ex citing than gazel1e shooting z remark cd CaptHin Gerard. .sand more dan 1 gerous "
 Even gazeIIe shooting has it's da h. gers, replied Tarzan especially
 when one goes alone. found 1t so to- ! day also found that, while the gas zelle is the most timid Of animals, if lis not the most cowardly."
 Tarzan saw dull red creep up from | beneath Gernois' collar. He WAS sat is6ed and quickly changed the subject When the column rode south from. Bou Saada the next morning there
 were half dozen Arabs bringing up the rear. ssThey accompany us on the road for companionship.v z said Gerard.
 | Tarzan had learned enough about | Arab character since he had been in Algeria to know that this was no real motive, for the Arab is never overfond I Of the companionship of strangers.
 and especially of French soldiers He was convinced that there were hired assassins on his trail, nor was he in great doubt but that RoloG was at | the bottom of the plot. Whether it
 was to be revenge or was in some way l nois akfair he could not determine If
 
 since the evidence he had had that | Gernois suspected him. then he had
 two rather powerful enemies to con l tend with. l After camping at DJeIfa for two | days the column moved to the south west, from whence word had come i that the mar uders were opera t1ng 1 against the tribes V hose douars were satuated at the foot of the noun tains- I The little band of Arabs who had ! accompanied them from Bou Saada disappeared suddenly the very night I that orders had been given to prepare :! for the morrowss march from Dje1fa. sfarzan had seen ernois in conversa= 7ion with: one of them some half hour after Captain Gerard had issued his instructions relative to the new move Only Gernois and Tarzan knew the di- I rection of the proposed march.
 Late that Afternoon they went into
 camp st little oasis in which was the 1 douar of sheik whose aocks were be-
 ing stolen and whose herdsmen were
 being killed Tarzan. who by this d time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite smattering Of Arabic,
 questioned one of the younger Arabs. I No, he had seen no party Of six
 hoasemen riding from the direction of l Djel9a. There were other oases scat tered about Possibly they had been I journeying to one of these.
 4 Early the next morning Captain
 Gerard split his command in two, giv- q ing Lieutenant Gernois com mand of
 one party, while he headed the other.
 They were to scour the mountains <, upon opposite sides Of the plain.
 And with Which detachment will 4 M Tarzan ride ?'' asked the captain, EI GOT maybe it is that monsieur does not i care to hunt marauders 2''
 ..Oh, shall be delighted to ge.'' Tar.
 gan hastened to explain. He was won l dering what excuse he could make to .l accompany GernoIs. His embarrass- ment was short lived and was relieved
 from most unexpected source II
 was Gernois himself who spoke,
 If my captain will forego the pleas ure Of M Tarzanss company for this f once shaIf esteem it an honor indeed to have monsieur ride with me today ? he said, nor was his tone lacking in cordiality in fact, Tarxan imagined that he had overdone 1t trife. il And so 1t was that Lieutenant Ger
 noisf and Tarzan rode off side by side at the head Of tile little detac hnnent or spa fis Gerneiss cordiality was short 'f lived. No sooner had they ridden out .f of sight of Captain Gerard and his men than he lapsed once more into his ac- Il customed taciturnity. As they advanc- ed the ground became rougher. Stead
 Ny it ascended toward the mountains,
 Into which they filed through narrow canyon close to noon By the side of
 little rivulet Gernois called the mid a day halt Here the men prepared and ate their frugal meal and rehlled their canteens.
 After an hours rest they advanced again along the canyon until they pres lf entity came to a little Yailey, from which several rocky gorges diverged.
 We shall separate here, Gernois said, several riding into each of these ! gorges. And then he commenced to detail his various squads and issue in Strucfl0ns 10 the noncOmHtSsiOHeA Vh lncers who were to command them When he had done he turned to Tar q zan sAfonsieur will be so good as to
 remain here until we return.
 l Tarzan demurred, but the officer cut him short There may be fighting Tor I one of these sections, 7 he said, ..and I troops cannot be embarrassed by civil 4 ian noncombatants during action" A i moment later Tarzan found himself Il alone in the midst of desolate noun II tain fastness.
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