The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-05-07

day.
Quickly she snatched it from it's
hiding place and, leveling 1t full at the
tigers face, pulled the trigger.
There was a fash Of flame, the roar
Of the discharge and an answering
roar Of pain and anger from the beast.
Jane Porter saw the great form dis
appear from the window. and then
she, too. tainted.
let had but inflicted a painful wound
in one of the great shoulders. In In
other instant he vas back at the lat
tice and with renewed fury was claw
Ing at the aperture. but with lessened
effect, since the wounded member was
almost useless.
He saw his prey-two w~omen-lying
senseless upon the floor. There was
no longer any resistance to be over
come. SAILOR had only to worm his
way through the lattice to claim it.
Slowly he forced his great bulk.
inch by inch. through the opening.
Now his head was through, now one
great lure icy anu SuOuluer.
Carefully he drew up the wounded
member to i~nsinuate it gently beyond
the tight pressing bars.
A moment more and both shoulders
through, the long, sinuous body and
the narrow hips would glide quickly
after.
1t was on this sight that Jane Por-
ter again opened her eyes.
When Clayton heard the report Of
the firearm he fell into an agony Of
fear and apprehension. What were
the thoughts Of his strange captor or
guide Clayton could only vaguely con-
lecture, but that he had heard the shot
and was I'm some affected by
1t was quite evident. for he quickened
his pace so appreciably that Clayton.
stumbling blindly in his wake. went
down.
For a moment Tarzan looked at the
young man closely, as though unde-
cided as to Just what was best to do;
then, STOPPING before Clayton, he mo-
toned him to grasp him about the
neck, and with the white man upon
his back Tarzan took to the trees.
The next few minutes were such as
the young Englishman never forgot.
High into bending and swaying branch
es he was borne with what seemed to
him incredible %swiftness, while Tarzan
chafed at the slowness of his progress.
From the first sensation Of chilling
fear Clayton passed to n of admira-
ton and envy Of those giant muscles
and that wondrous instinct or knowl-
edge which guided this forest god
through the inky blackness Of the
night.
Presently they came to the clearing
before the beach. Tarzan's quick ears
had heard the strange sounds of Sa-
boris efforts to force his way through
the lattice, and 1t seemed to Clayton
that they dropped a straight hundred
feet to earth SO quickly did Tarzan
descend. Yet when they struck the
ground it was with scarce a jar, and
as Clayton released his hold on the
ape man he saw him dart like a SPUR
rel for the opposite side Of the cabin.
The Englishman sprang quickly after
him just In time to see the hind quar-
ters Of some huge animal about to dis
appear within the cabin.
AS Jane Porter opened her eyes to a
realization Of the again imminent peril
which threatened her her brave heart
gave up its final vestige Of hope, and
she turned to grope for the fallen
weapon that she might mete to herself
3 merciful death before the cruel fangs
tore at her flesh.
The tiger was almost through the
window before she found the weapon.
and she raised 1t quickly to her temple
to shut out forever the hideous jaws
gaping for their prey.
An instant she hesitated to breathe a
short and silent prayer to her Maker,
and as she did SO her eyes fell upon
the poor Esmeralda lying inert, but
alive, beside the cupboard.
How could she leave the poor, faith
full thing to those meIciless yellow
fangs? No, she must use one cartridge
on the senseless woman ere she turned
LuS COlu nuZLlc tOWuAu hckSCh dSdti.
She shrank from the ordeal. But
it would have been cruelty a thousand
times less justiiable to have left the
loving black woman who had reared
her from infancy to regain conscious
ness beneath the rending claws Of the
tiger.
Quickly the girl sprang to her feet
and ran to the side Of the negress. She
pressed the muzzle Of the revolver
tight against that devoted heart, closed
her eyes, and
The tiger emitted a frightful shrek.
Jane Porter, startled, pulled the
trigger and turned to face the beast,
and with the same movement raised
the weapon against her own temple.
She did not fire a second time.
Astounded, she saw the huge beast
being slowly drawn back through the
window, and In the moonlight beyond
she saw the heads and shoulders Of two
men.
AS Clayton rounded the corner Of
the cabin to behold the animal disap-
pearing within it was also to see the
ape mar seize the long black and yell
low tail in both hands. and. bracing
himself with his feet against the side
of the cabin. throw all his mighty
strength into the effort to draw the