Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-07
CHAPTER XIX.

THE CITY OF GOLD.
TIME very night that Tarzan Of thu
i Apes became chief of the wnziri thu
woman he loved lay dying in tiny boat
200 miles west of him upon the Atlantic
AS he danced among his naked fellow
savages, the freight cleaning against
his great. rolling muscles, the personif-
cation Of physical perfection and strength
the woman who loved him lay thin and
emaciated In the last coma that precedes
death by thirst and starvation.
The week following the induction OF
Tarzan into the kingshlp OF the WazirI
was occupied in escorting the Manyuema
OF the Arab raiders to the northern boun-
Diary of Wazlri. in accordance with the
promise which Tar2an had made them.
Before he left them he exacted a pledge
from them that they would not lend any
expeditions against the Wazlri In the fu-
ture, nor was II n difficult promise to
obtain. They had had sufficient expert
ence with the fighting tactics of the new
Waziri chief not to have the slightest de-
sire to accompany another predatory
force within the boundaries of his do
minion,
Almost Immediately upon his return to
the village Tarzan commenced making
preparations for leading an expedition in
search OF the ruined city of gold which
old Wazlrl had described to him. He
selected so OF the sturdest warriors of
his tripe. choosing only men who seemed
anxious to accompany him on the arduous
march and share the dangers OF new
and hostile country.
The fabulous wealth of the tabled CITY
had been almost constantly in his mind
since Waziri had reeounted the strange
adventures OF the former expedition
which had stumbled upon the vast ruins
by chance. The lure of adventure may
have been quite as powerful factor In
urging Tarzan OF the Apes to undertake
the journey as the lure OF gold, but the
lure Of gold was there too. for he had
learned among civilized man something
OF the miracles that may be wrought by
the possessor OF the magic yellow metal.
What he would do with golden fortune
in tho heart Of savage Africa it had not
occurred 70 him TO consider-it would be
enough to possess the power to work won
ders, even though he never had an oppor-
tunity to employ It.
So one glorious tropical morning Waziri.
chief of the Waziri, set out at the head OF
20 clean-llmbed ebon warriors IN quest OF
adventure and of riches They followed
the course which old Waziri had described
TO Tarzan. For days they marehed-up
one river. across low divide; down an
other river; up third until az the end
OF the twenty-fifth DAY they camped upon
mountain side, from the summit OF
which they hoped TO catch their first view
Of tho marvellous city of treasure.
Early the next morning they were
climbing the almost perpendicular crags
which formed the last. but greatest. nat
ural barrier between them and their des-
tinaticn. II was nearly noon before Tar
zan who headed the thin line OF climbing
warriors scrambled over the top OF the
last Gilt and stood upon the little fiat
tableland OF the mountaintop.
on either hand lowered mighty peaks |
through which they were entering line |
forbidden valley Behind him stretched |
the wooded valley across which they had
marched for many days, and at the oppo,