Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-02

Kulonga came down from the tree.
With the knife that hung at his
side he cut several large pieces from
the boar's body, and in the center of
the trail he built a fire, cooking and
eating as much as he wanted. The
rest he left where it had fallen.
Tarzan was an interested spectator
His desire to kill burned fiercely in
his wild breast, but his desire to learn
was even greater. He would follow
this savage creature for awhile and
know whence he came. He could kill
him at his leisure later, when the bow
and deadly arrows were laid aside.
When Kulonga had finished his re-
past and disappeared beyond a near
turning of the path Tarzan dropped
quietly to the ground. With his knife
he severed many strips Of meat from
Horta's carcass, but he did not cook
them.
He had seen fire, but only when the
lightning had destroyed some great
tree. That any creature of the jungle
could produce the red and yellow
fangs which devoured wood and left
nothing but fine dust, surprised Tar
zan greatly. Also, why the black war
rior had ruined his delicious repast by
plunging it into the blighting heat,
was quite beyond him. Possibly the
fire was friend with whom the arch
er was sharing his food.
Tarzan would not ruin good meat
in any such foolish manner, so he
gobbled down a great quantity Of the
raw flesh, burying the balance of the
carcass beside the trail where he
could find it upon his return.
And then Lord Greystoke wiped
his greasy fingers upon his naked
thighs and took up the trail of Ku-
Tonga, the son of Mbonga, the king;
while in far off London another Lord
Greystoke, the younger brother of the
real Lord Grekstoke's father, sent
back his chops to the clubs chef be-
cause they were underdone, and when
he had finished his repast he dipped
his finger ends into a silver bowl Of
scented water and dried them upon
a piece of snowy damask.
All day Tarzan followed Kulonga,
lowering above him in the trees like
some malign spirit. Twice more he
saw him hurl his arrows of destruc-
tion-once at Dango, the hyena, and
again at Manu-, the monkey. In each
instance the animal died almost in
stantly, for Kulonga's poison was very
fresh and very deadly. There was
something mysterious connected with
these tiny silvers Of wood which could
bring death by mere scratch,
thought Tarzan. He must look into
the matter.
That night Kulonga slept in the
crotch Of mighty tree and far above
him crouched Tarzan Of the apes.
When Kulonga awoke he found
that his bow and arrows had disap-
peared. The black warrior was fur
ious and frightened, but more fright
ened than furious. His spear he had
hurled at Kala and had not recover
ed, and, now that his bow and arrows
were gone, he was defenseless except
for a single knife. His only hope lay
in reaching the village of Mbonga as
quickly as his legs would carry him.
That he was not far from home he
was certain, so he took to the trail at
a rapid trot. From a great mass Of
impenetrable foliage a few yards away
emerged Tarzan of the apes to swing
quietly in his wake.
Kulongas bow and arrows were Sc
curely tied high in the top of giant
tree, from which a patch of bark had
been removed by a sharp knife near
to the ground and a branch half cut
through and left hanging about fifty
feet higher up. Thus Tarzan blazed
the forest trails and marked his
caches.
AS Kulonga continued his journey
Tarzan closed up On him until he trav-
eled almost over the blacks head. His
rope he now held coiled in his right
hand. He was almost ready for the
kill.
The moment was delayed only be-
cause TarZan was anxious to ascertain
the black warriors destination, and
presently he was rewarded, for they
came suddenly in view of a great
clearing, at one end of which lay
many strange lairs.
Tarzan was directly over Kulonga
as he made the discovery. The forest
ended abruptly, and beyond lay 200
yards of planted fields between the
jungle and the village.
AS Kulonga emerged from the
shadow of the jungle the quick moose
frightened about his neck.
So rapidly did Tarzan of the apes
drag his prey that Kulonga's cry of
alarm was throttled in his windpipe.
Hand over hand Tarzan drew the
struggling black until he had him
hanging by his neck in midair. Then
Tarzan, climbing to a larger branch,
pulled the still thrashing victim well
up into the sheltering verdure of the
tree.
He fastened the rope securely to a
stout branch and then, decending,
plunged his hunting knife into Ku-
longa's heart. Kala was avenged.
Tarzan examined the black minute
ly.
Never had he seen any other human
being. The knife, with its sheath and
belt. caught his fancy. He appropriat-
ed them. A copper anklet also took
his fancy, and this he put on his own
leg. Then quickly he lowered Ku-
longa's body to the ground, removed
the moose and took to the trees again.
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From a lofty perch Tarzan viewed
the village of thatched huts across the
intervening plantation.
He saw that at one point the forest
touched the village and to this spot
he made his way, lured by a fever of
curioSity to behold animals of his own