Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09

oyick lean he ras at her side. and n re-
strainlng hand was laid upon her arm.
"Nvaiti' said Tarkan Of the Apes. IN
the language OF the tribe Of Kerchak
The girl looked at him In astonishment.
"wbo are you,v she whispered. who
speaks the language OF the FIRST man1
4 am Tarzan OF the Apes" he an
swered IN the vernacuiar OF the anthro-
poids
what do you want Of me7" she con-
tinued. For what purpose did you save
me from Thar"
II could not see n woman murdered7 p
1t was a half question that answered.
her.
but what do you intend to do with me
now7" she continued
Nothing" he replied. but you can do
something for me-you can lead me out
OF this place to freedom" He made the
suggestion without the slightest thought
that she would accede. He felt quite
sure that the sacrifice would go ON from
the point where it had been interrupted
II the high priestess had her way, though
ho was equally positive that they would
find Tarzan OF the Apes unbound ana
with a long dagger in his hand a much
less tractable victim than Tarzan ols-
armed and bound.
Inc girl EAOOu Aubhith ~ hiha
long moment before she spoke.
"You are a wonderful man." she said.
You are such a man as have seen IN
my daydreams ever since I was a nttle
girl You are such a man as ! Imagine
the fcrebeans OF my people must nave
been-the great race Of people VINO Duht
this mighty city In the heart OF savage
world that they might wrest from the
bowels of the earth the fabulous wealth.
he, haH oaHTiHrp1 their IAE=
distant civilization.
''I cannot understand why you came TO
my rescue in the first place, and now 1
can't understand why, having me within
your power, you do not wish TO be re-
venged upon me for having sentenced you
TO denth-for having almost having put
you to death with my own hand.
"I presume" replied the ape-man' that
you but follow the teachings OF your re-
iigion. cannot blame you for that no
matter what l may think OF your creed
But who are you-what people have
fallen amongg"
81 am La, high priestess OF the Temple
OF the Sun, in the city of opar. We are
descendants of people who came TO TINS
savage world more than ten thousand
years ago In seach of gold. Their cities
stretched from great sea under tne rls-
ing sun to n great sea into which the sun
hngCenuA
brow. They were very rich and very
powerful, but they lived only Few
months of the year In their magnificent
palaces here; the rest Of their time they
sDent in their native land, far, far TO the
north.
.'Many ships went back and forth be-
tween this now world and the old. Dur-
ing the rainy season there were but re"
inhabitants remained here, only those
eha rHgnFlfinU
mines by the black slaves, and the mer-
chants who had to stay to supply tnelL
wants, and the soldiers who guarded the
cities and the mines.
"It was at one OF these times that the
great calamity occurred. When the time
came for the teeming thousands to return
none came. For weeks the people Walteu'
Then they sent out great galley TO learn
Iyhy no one came from the mother coun-
trv but though they sailed about for
many months, they were unable to ma
any trace of the mighty land that had
Cor ages borne their civilization-it had
sunk into the sea.
"From that day dated the downfall OF
nv people Disheartened and unhappy
they soon became a prey to the placA
hordes OF the north and the black horues
of the south. One by one the cities were
deserted or overcome. The last remnant
Jvas finnIly forced to take shelter within
this mighty mountain fortress. Slowly
we have dwindled in power, In civiliza-
tIon, in intellect. in numbers, until now
we are no more than small tribe OF
savage apes.
"In fact, the apes live with us, and have
for many ages. We call them the first
men-we speak their language quite as
much as we do our own; only In the
rituals Of the temple do we make any
90 In attt- DnOthpr tongue. In
time il will be forgotten, and We Will
speak only the language OF the apes;
in time we will no longer Danish those
of our people who mate with apes and
SO in time we shall descend to the very
beasts for which ages ago our pro-
genitors may have sprung"
But why are you more human than
the others?" asked the man.
CONTINUED TOMORROW