Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-29

l. LM ~ 4Hk t*|rAA the thing upon MN
1| 81 9IInE was shutting off for
|| 81, fVI4 ever. Then he lost
consciousness.
when he opened his eyes once more
be found much to his surprise, that he
was not dead lie lay, securely bound,
IN the bottom Of mis- own canoe. A great
I nanther sat upon its launches, looking
Z down upon him.
Kaviri shuddered and closed his eyes
again, waiting FOR the ferocious creature
70 spring upon him and put him out of
|, his misery of terror.
After a moment. no rending fangs hav-
ing buried themselves in his trembling
bodv he again ventured to open his
ewes. BEYOND the panther kneeled the
white giant who had overcome him.
+ The man was welding paddle, while
|. directly behind him Kaviri saw some of
his own warriors similarly engaged.
Back Of them again squatted several of
the hairy apes
Tarzan. seeing that the chief had re-
gained consciousness, addressed him.
"Your warriors tell me that you are
l. the chief of a numerous people and that
your name is Kaviri," he said.
"Yes." replied the black.
"Why did you attack me? I was com
ing In peace
"Another white man came in peace
after we had brought him presents Of
goat and cassava and milk he set upon
q us with his guns and killed many of my
people and then went on his way, taking
all OF our goats and many of our young
men and women"
81 am not as this other white man."
replied Tarzan. 81 should not have
harmed you had you not set upon me.
Tell me- what was the face of this bad
white man like? I am searching for one
who has wronged me. Possibly this
may be the very one"
A. "He was a man with bad face COW
cred with a great black beard, and he
was very, very wicked-yes, very wicked
indeed"
WAS there a little white child with
him?'' asked Tarzan, his heart almost
stopping as he awaited the blacks an
swer
mo. bwana," replied Kaviri, "the white
child was not with this mans party-it
was with the other party"
"Other partyT exclaimed Tarzan.
"What other party?'
with the party that the very bad
white man was pursuing. There was
white man, woman and the child, with
six Mosua porters. They passed up the
river three days ahead of the very bad
white man. ] think that they were run
ming away from him"
WnlIe man, woman ana cHllu' lar
d zan was puzzled. The child must be his
little Jack; but who could the woman
be-and the man? Was it possible that
J. ono of ROkoff's confederates had con-
spired with some woman-who had ac-
companied the Russian-to steal the baby
from him?
II this was the case, they had doubt
less purposed returning the child to civil
ization and there either claiming a re-
ward or holding the little prisoner for
ransom.
But now that Rokoff had succeeded in
chasing them far inland, up the savage
river, there could be little doubt but that
he would eventually overhaul them, un-
less as was still more probable, they
should be captured and killed by the
very cannibals farther up the Ugambi,
to whom, Tarzan was now convinced, It
mad been Rokoffs intention to deliver
the baby.
AS he talked to Kaviri the canoes had
been moving steadily upriver toward the
chiefs village. Kavri's warriors piled
the paddles in the three canoes, casting
sldelong terrified glances at their hid
eous passengers. Three of the apes of
Akut had been killed in the encounter.
but there were, with Akut eight of the
Irightful beats remaining, and there was
sheeta, the panther, and Tarzan and Mu-
gambi.
Kayri's warriors thought that they
mad never seen so, terrible crew in all
their lives. Momentarily they expected
10 be pounced upon and torn asunder by
some of their captors, and. in fact, II
was all that Tarzan and Mugambl and
Akut could do to keep the snarlng, ill
hatured brutes from swapping at the
ghstening naked bodies that brushed
against them now and then with the
movements of the paddlers.
At Kavri's camp Tarzan paused only
long enough TO eat the food that the
blacks furnished and arringe with the
eniet for dozen men to man the pad
dies of his canoe.
kaviri was only too glad to comply
with any demands that the ape-man
might make IL only such compliance
would hasten the departure OF the horrid
PACK; but 1t was easier, he discovered
70 promise men than to furnish them
lor when his people learned his inten.
uons those that had not already fed into
me jungle proceeded TO do so without
loss OF time. so that when Kaviri turned
70 point out those who were TO accom-
pahy Tarzan he discovered that he Wai
me only member OF his tribe left within
the village
Iarzan could not repress a smile.
Tihey do not seem anxious 10 accom-
pany u.s." he said; but just remair
quietly here, Kaviri. and presently yol
side"
Then the ape-man rose and. calling hii
PACK about him, commanded that Mu
sehoi remain with KaYiri and disap
peared in the jungle. with Sheeta ant
las apes at his heels.
for half an hour the silence of thu
ss,lh forest was broken only by the or
slnafy sounds OF the teeming life tina
w adds TO its lowering loneliness. Ka
sls and Mugambi sat alone In the pail
eaaed village-waiting.
hideous sound. ausambi Recognizes
Ms weird challenge of the ape-man. I'm
meolaeely from different points Of tn
soMRass rose a horrid semioirele OF simi
.af shrieks and screams, punctuated nov
sha again by the blood-eurdling cry OF
honsfy panther.
CHAPTER VII
lhE two sayages. Kaviri and Mu
gambi squatting before the entranc