Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-30

A~ = EGxa savages returned and
n !. . q. !.
NJ &Rxgl as Tarzan walked up
ETA a ES6ElG1 the village street to-
E&EhA FAN ward the chiefs hut
y mS@ - n9M he was surrounded
kHrI ~UkKX by host Of curious
u WH~F1HH men, women and
tC[Ekf%<& children.
From the chief he
learned that RokoT had passed up the
river a week previous, and that he had
horns growing from his forehead and
was accompanied by a thousand devils.
Later the chief said that the very bad
white man had remained month In his
village.
Though none of these sta tements agreed
with Kavrfs, that the Russian was but
three days gone from that chieftain's vii
lage and that his following was much
smaller than now stated, Tarzan was in
no manner surprised at the discrepancies
for he was quite familiar with the saw
age minds strange manner of functioning
what he was most interested In know
- Ing was that he was upon the right trail
arc that 1t led toward the interior. In
this circumstance he knew that Rokoh
could never escape him.
After several hours of questioning and
cross-uueston the ape-man learned
that another party had preceded the Rus
sian by several days--three white-a man,
woman and a little man-chlld, with
several Mosulas.
Tarzan explained to the chief that his
people would follow him in n canoe, prob
ably the next day. and that though he
might go on ahead OF them the chief was
to receive them kindly and have no fear
of them. for Mugamb would see that
they did not harm the chiefs people, II
they We're accorded a friendly reception,
And now" he concluded. II shall lie
down beneath this tree and sleep. / am
very tired"
NH III
zan, from past experience of native
dwellings, preferred the open air, and
J further. he had plans of his own that
could be better carried out IL he remained
beneath the tree. He gave his reason
desire to be close at hand should ShectI
return. and after this explanation the
chief was very glad to permit him to
sleep beneath the tree
e Tarzan had always found that 1t stood
him in good stead to leave with natives
the impression that nc was to some eX-
tent possessed of more or less miraculous
powers. He might easily have entered
their village without recourse to the
gates, but he believed that a sudden
and unaccountable disappearance when
he was ready to leave them would result
In more lasting impression upon their
childlike minds. and so as soon as the
! VILLAGE was quiet in slesp- Ire--roso, and,
lieaping into the branches of the tree
above him, faded silently into the black
mystery OF the Jungle night.
All the balance of that night the ape
" Sn swung rapidly through the upper
"a middle terraces of the forest. When
- going was good there he preferred
upper branches of the giant trees,
s.. then his way was better lighted by
t1-ie moon; but So accustomed were all
& his senses to the grim world OF his birth
that 1t was possible for him. even in the
dense. black shadows near the ground.
to move with ease and rapidty. You
or l walking beneath the ares of our
own main street, or Broadway or State
7 street, could not have moved more surely
or with a tenth the speed of the agile
apeman through the gloomy mazes that
would have baffed us entirely.
t dawn he stopped to feed, and then
\. he slept for several hours. taking up the
pursuit again toward noon.
Twice he came upon natives, and
though he had considerable difficulty in
approaching them, he succeeded i'm both
Instances in quieting both their fears and
beleosc intentions toward him, and
learned from them that he was upon
the trail OF the Russian.
Two days later still following up the
Ugambi. he came upon a large village.
The chief, a wicked-looking fellow with
the sharp-filed teeth that often denote
the cannibal, received him with apparent
friendliness
The apeman was now thoroughly ia
tigued, and had determined to rest for
eight or ten hours that he might he
+ fresh and strong when he caught up with
RokofT, as he was sure he must do with
In Very short time,
The chief told him that the bearded
white man mad left his village only the
morning before and that doubtless he
would be able to oYertake him i'm a short
time. The other party the chief had not
seen or heard of. so he said
IarZan did not like the appearance or
manner of the fellow, who seemed
though friendly enough, TO harbor GER
tain contempt for this half-naked white
man who came with no followers and
offered no presents; but ne needed the
rest and food that the village would
afford him with less effort than the
jungle, and so, as he knew no fear of
man, beast or devil, he eurled himself
! up In the shadow Of hut and was soon
asleep.
Scarcely had he left the chief than the
latter called two of his warriors, to whom
he whispered few instructions. A mo-
: ment after the sleek, black bodies were
racing along the river path, upstream.
toward the east.
{ In the village tho chief maintained per-
feet quiet He would permit no one to
approach the sleeping visitor, nor any
singing. nor loud talking, He was re-
markably solieitous lest his guest be dis
turbed.
1 emily into view from up the Ugambi.
hi They We're being pushed ahead rapidly
a by the brawny muscles of their black
4 lFrews. Upon the bank before the river
ktood the chief. his spear raised in a
lorlzontal position above his head, as
housh in some manner of predetermined
gna! to those within the boats
And such indeed was the purpose of
~ attitude-Whieh meant that the white
Danger within his village still slspt
speacefuly
IN the bows of two Of the eanoes were
I the runners that the chief had sent forth
three hours earlier. 1t was evident that
khey had been dispatched 10 follow ana
bring back this party. and that the signal
from the bank was zane that had been
aateFmined upon before they left the VII
I lage.
Ia few moments the dagouts drew
pp 70 the verdure-ciad bank The native
Warriors piled cut, and with them a half
nozen white men. Sullen, ugly-looking
Fustaners they were. and none more so
than the evil-faeed blaek-bearded man
Nho commanded them
where Is the white man your nessen-