Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-25

they came 10 the portals Of Kulongas
hut, the very one IN which Tarzan had
wrought his depredations
Scarcely had half a dozen entered the
building ere they came rushing out IN
/ wild, jabberlng confusion The others
hastened TO gather about There was
much excited gestculating, pointing and
chattering; then several of the warriors
/ approached and peered within.
Finally an old fellow with many orna-
ments Of metal about his arms and legs,
and a necklace Of dried human hands de-
pending upon his chest, entered the hut
1t was Mbonga, the king. father Of
Kulonga
For n few moments all were silent.
| Then Mbonga emerged. a look of mingled
| wrath and superstitious fear writ upon
| his hideous countenance. lie spoke a few
words TO the assembled warriors, and In
an instant the men were flying through
the little village searching infinitely every
hut and corner within the paisade
Scarcely had the search commenced
than the overturned cauldron was discov-
cred, and with II the theft OF the pol
soned arrows. Nothing more they found,
and 1t was a thoroughly awed and fright
ened group of savages which huddled
around their king few moments later
Mhonga could explain nothing OF the
strange events that had taken place. The
longa-on the very verge of their fields
and within easy earshot of the village
knitted and stripped at the door of his
fathers home, was in itself sufficiently
mysterious, but these last awesome dis
coveries within the village, within the
dead kulonga's own hut filled their
hearts with dismay, and conjured in their
poor brains only the most frishtful Of
superstltlous explanations.
They stood in little groups, talking In
low tones, and ever casting affrighted
glances behind them from their great
rolling eyes.
Tarzan of the Apes watched them for
awhile from his lofty perch in the great
tree. There was much in their demeanor
which he could not understand, for OF
superstition he was ignorant, and of fear
of any kind he had but vague concep-
tlon.
The sun was high in the heavens Tar
zan had not broken fast this day. and 1t
was many miles to where lay the tooth
some remains of Horta the boar.
So he turned his back upon the village
of MbonEa and melted away into the
leafy fastness of the forest
1t was not yet dark when he reached
the tribe. though he stopped to exhume
and devour the remains of the wild boar
he had cached the preceding day. and
again to take Kulongas bow and arrows
| from the tree top in which he had hidden
| them.
1t was a well-laden Tarzan who dropped
from the branches into the midst of the
! tribe of Kerchak.
with swelling chest he narrated the
| glories of his adventure and exhibited the
| spoils of conquest.
| Kerchak grunted and turned away, for
| he was jealous of this strange member
! of his band. In his little evil brain he
| sought for some excuse to wreak his
hatred upon Tarzan.
The next day Tarzan was practiclnG
| with his bow and arrows at the first
gleam of dawn. At first he lost nearly
every bolt he shot, but finally he learned
to guide the little shafts with fair ac-
| curacy, and ere u month had passed he
was no mean shot; but his proficiency had
cost him nearly his entire supply of ar
/ rows.
| The tribe continued To find the hunting
| good in the vicinity of the beach, and so
| Tarzan of the Apes varied his archery
practice with further investigation of his
fathers choice though little store Of
| books.
CONTINUED TOMORROW