Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27

sa asili uII nith 'rras'" nne s,o,bor iI[I,'
t So - and of all the savage
band none was more
terrible than the
.uooth-sltinnod. powerful beast that had
/ hsen but a few short months before n
/ familiar figure in many IA London draw
] ing-room
| ,beif own inclinations for an hour day
| .ro Il was upon one Of these occasions
,rben the qpe-man had wandered through
1 ,he tree e-tops toward the beach. and was
| stretched In the hot sun upon the sand,
4 tbat from the low summit Of a nearby
1 rromontory a pair Of keen eyes discovered
Il him.
For moment the owner Of the eyes
1 lacked in establishment at the figure Of
Il he savage white man basking i'm the
/ ynvs of that hot, tropic sun, then he
1 ,urned, making a sign to some one be-
1 hind him Presently another pair of eyes
| were looking down upon the ape-man,
/ and then another and another, until a full
1 score Ok hileously trapped, savage war
| riors were lying upon their bellies along
sbe crest Of the ridge watching the
vhite-skinned stranger.
Thev were down wind from Tarzan, and
40 their scent was not carried to HIM
1 and as his back vas turned half toward
them he did not see their cautious ad-
y
and down toward the sandy beach whore
1 he lay.
/ Big fellows they were all of them, their
harbaric headdresses and grotesquely
4 painted faces. together with their many
/ metal ornaments and gorgeously colored
feathers adding to their wild, fierce
appearance.
Once at the foot OF the ridge they
came cautiously to their feet and bent
| half-double. advanced silently upon the
/ unconscious white man, their heavy war
clubs swinging menacingly in their
1 brawny hands
Tho mental suffering that Tarzan's sor-
l rowful thoughts induced had the effect OF
| numbing his keen, perceptivc faculties, so
that the advancing savages were almost
upon him before he became aware that he
was No longer alone upon the beach.
So quickly, though, were his mind and
| muscles wont to react in unison to the
Slightest alarm that he was upon his
feet and facing his enemies. even as he
realized that something was behind him.
/ As he sprang to his feet tho warriors
4 leaned toward him with raised clubs and
4 savage yells, but the foremost went down
to sudden death beneath the long, stout
stick Of the ape-man, and then the 1.-the.
snewy figure was among them striking
/ right and left with q fury, power and
1 precision that brought panic to the ranks
Of the blacks.
For moment they withdrew, those
/ that were left of them, and consulted
together at a short distance from the ape
/ man who stood with folded arms, a
haf-smile upon his handsome face,
Watching them. Presently they advanced
upon him once more, this time welding
their heavy war-spears. They were be-
tween Tarzan and the jungle, in n little
semicircle that closed in upon him as
they advanced.
There seemed to the ape-man but slight
chance 20 escape the final charge when
/ all the great spears should be hurled
simultaneously at him; but IL he had
/ desired to escape there was no way other
than through the ranks of the savages
/ Except the open sea behind him.
His predicament was indeed most serious
| when an idea occurred to him that
altered his smile to a broad grin. The
warriors were still some little distance
away, advancing slowly, making, after
| the manner of their kind, n frghtfu din
With savage yells and the pounding of
their naked feet upon the ground as they
leaped up and down in a fantastic war
dance
Then it was that the ape-man lifted his
Voice in a series of wild, weird screams
hat brought the blacks TO a sudden, per-
pexed halt. They looked at one another
| qaestioningly, for here was a sound so
mded into insignificance beside IT, No
human throat could have formed those
oestial notes, they were sure, and yet
with their own eyes they had seen this
white man open his mouth to pour forth
MS awful cry.
| But only for a moment they hesitated
ana then with one accord they again took
ap their fantastic advance upon their
prey; but even then a sudden crashing in
NE jungle behind them brought them
once more to halt, and as they turned
70 look In the direction of this new
noise there broke upon their startled
Visions a sight that may well have
nozen the blood of braver men than the
I Wagambi
Leaplng from the tangled vegetation OF
me jungles rim came a huge panther
WIN blazing eyes and barred fangs, and
n MS wake a score of mighty, shaggy
apes numbering rapidly toward them, hall
erect upon their short, bowed legs. and
With their long arms reaching to the
uound, where their horny lnuckles bore
.ne weight OF their ponderous bodies as
ney lurched from side to side in then
/ gfotesque advance.
The beasts of Tarzan had come in
answer TO his call
betore the Wagambi could recover
nom their astonishment the frightfu
aofue was upon them from one side and
aafzan Of the Apes from the other
neayy spears were hurled and mighty
sar-clubs welded and though apes wen
a0"n never TO rise, so, too, went dowr
me men Of Ugambi.
oheetas cruel fangs and tearing talons
.pped and tore at the black hides
aAuts mighty yellow tusks found the
+ Wsular of more than one sleek-skinnee
ssyage' and Tarzan of the Apes wal
asse and there and everywhere, urginf
~ heree allies and taking a heavy toll
WIN MS long. slim knife.
~ a moment the blacks had scattered
1oi Their lives. but of the score that hae
uept down the grassy sides Of the pro
mohtory only a single warrior managef
escape the horde that had over
"neimed his people
MS one was Mugambi, chief OF tn
Nekambl Of rIgambi, and as he disap
reared In the tangled luxuriousness o.
nc rank growth upon the ridges sum
w only the Keen eyes Of the ape-mhi
nv the direction of his flight
Leaving hh pack 10 eat their an upol
ne nesh OF their victims-hesh that h'
spala not toueh--Tarzan OF the Apes pur
sued the single survivor Of the bloody
tAf sust beyond the ridge he cam'
4 ~'.hin sight Of the fleeing black makinl
e'ln heaalong leaps tor a long war-eano'
n'ai Was drawn well up upon the beael
'tife the high tide surf
Nfaseless as the fellows shadow m