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| from limb to limb in rapid descent TO the
! ground or be couId gain the utmost pin
| nncle of tho Iofties, trontcal giant with
| the ease ana sviftnesa of n souirrel.
,-,,o,.-,. 49,, -, l.. ,,.os eutiy
i@noueh @ put Yen years yehIsI o'u I've Ss tr,r,,
| " ','''s "s we aNe,as' ,. ,''''', ,sos'
"n" .i, ~. ,no'e as'e t,Ian .'e nJ ,,,p, hy
zen % athlete ever becomes. A!u ""S ~
'"s MS s'rehs'h was i'ieiee9'"e'
His life among these fierce apes hAd
| been happy; for his recollection heid no
| other life, nor did he know that there
| existed within the universe aught else
than his little forest and the wild jungle
! animals with which he was iamillar'
| lie was nearly ten peiore I'VE coh-
menced to realize that great difference
existed between himselt ana ms ieuoNs' e'
| HIS little body. burned brown ny expo
sure suddenly caused MN teennks VI III n
/ tense shame for he realized that II was
| enureIF hairless IKE some 10" S"'Ne' "
| otner reptile ,.-,.
re attempted 10 ooVla'e .nne uE p'"s,' .
! ing himself from head to foot WIN mud,
| out ths DRIED ana ieIi on beSlues " le't
| SO uHeoh'lortaole 'n"t ne uuI'HlF .ii..
thdt ne preferred the shaihe w '"e "'S
eoii'iO' 49,, ,, .., g..
in the higher iand which ms .rioe ne
quehted was a little laKe' ana IL "as h.Le
tnat lHrIan irs' saw ms l"'0 III ''9
ciear' SUN waters OF us poso,L
| III was on sultrS day OF the ury sea,
son that ne ana one OF ms cousins "au
gone down to the oank 10 urll,h' % As
they leaned over noth niue races were
| mlrrofed on the Placld poor t"e ''eiCe
| ana terrible features OF tne ape oes,us
lnose or the arlstocra''c s'ioh VI All vi"
Enelsh mousse
Iarzah was appalled, IL hau peeh pau pau
enough to he hairless' but 10 own Tuch
countenance! He wondered that the
other apes could look at MN at all
Ihat tlny SIT or mouth ana muse
puny, white teeth! How theE looked oe-
side the mighty lips and poWerlul lahgs
Of his more fortunate bro'hers!
And the little pinched nose OF MIN; so
thln was II that II looheu man starNeu
He turned red as he compared 1t with
the beautiful broad nostriIs of his COM
panion.
Such generous nose! why 1t spread
half across his face! 1t certainly must
be fine to be so handsome, thought poor
little Tarzan.
But when he saw his own eyes; an, that
was the final blow-a brown spot, gray
circle and then blank whiteness! Fright
full! not even the snakes had such hideous
eyes as he.
So intent was he upon this personal ap-
praisement of his features that he did
not hear the parting of the tall grass be-
hind him as a great body pushed itself
steaithilv through the Jungle: nor did mis-
comnanion the ape. hear either, for he
was drinking and the noise of his sucking
Inns and purgles of satisfaction drowned
the oulet approach of the intruder
Not 70 paces behind the two she crouch
ed--Sabor the huge lioness-lashing her
taiI Cantiouslv she moved a great pad
ded nav forward. noiselessly placing it
beSora she lifted the next. Thus she ad-
t,o..., -, boi,v lows almost touching
49,. s,,rroce of tho sround-a great cat
nreporing n snrinr upon its prey.
Tow she was within ten feet of the two
,,,,s,,Sraotir" I,ttio IavfeIlows-carefully |
s,,o dreu, ber hind feet well I'D beneath |
she uie" ie' 80 80 .,,soIas roIiirr, ,,,dor |
her @ pouS. me III,
''ts -, 80 shn Y,as croucbinr now that she |
tS oo ~" sa.tood a. tba oarth excent for
zee ,,rwn"d bend of the glossy back as ii |
w. o5 ~ for tbe snrinr
sStheIeu io. ~ ~, .ou 10 iosbed-ou,et and
no io"ses stI, tT h. - iay
St,alsit uett''u ~ iI yo,isad thus as tboueb
~ An ,ta .o sto,,a opJ then with an awful
lurheu W SUI, ",u '''
scream sne st iIp,,aas r,os wIse buntar
Sapor' the n1less. We" ''i,I oI.,r,, or bar
= ~ one nv'7 rLo snronp would have
'I nelee sooIisL tbing for could she not
s,sema s,,ra,1, nave fallen upon her vic
.,1 aio h,,t ouiatIv leaned without
Inns tin,s loud % shrek
Rut Sahor knew well the wondrous
,,IoLrass or tha iunpIe folk and their
ainnost unhelieyable powers of hearing.
To tham the sudden scraping of one
bIode or grass across another was as
effectuaI a warning as her Ioudest cry,
and Sabor knew that she could not
make that mighty leap without little
noise
Her wild scream was not a warming
II was voiced to freeze her poor victims
in a paralysis of terror for the tiny frac-
tion of an instant which would suffice
for her mighty claws to sink INTO their
soft flesh and hold them beyond perad-
venture of escape.
In so far as the ape was concerned,
Sabor reasoned correctly, The little fell
low crouched trembling Just an instant,
but that instant was quite long enough
to prove his undoing.
Not so, however, with Tarzan, the
His life amidst the dangers
of the jungle had taught him to meet
win seli-oohiluehSe' ' anu
his higher intelligence resulted In
quickness or mental action tar Deyoha
the powers or the apes
So the scream OF saooF' lhe hohess' gal
vanized the brain ana muscles OF niue
rarzan into instant aetloh'
Before him lay the deep waters OF the
little lake, behind MN certain DEATH
cruel death oeneath tearing claws ana