Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-27

into the village and eat it. Such a thing
| was unheard Of and it filed their super
| stitious minds with all manner of vague
fears.
Nor was this all The periodic disap-
pearance of their arrows, and the strange
pranks perpetrated by unseen hands, had
wrought them to such a state that life
mad become veritable burden in their
new home, and now 1t was that Mbonga
and his head men began to talk Of
abandoning the village and seeking n
site further on in the Jungle
Presently the black warrior, began -o
strike further and further south into the
heart OF the forest when they went TO
| hunt, looking for site for a new village
More often was the tribe of Tarzan dis
| turbed by these wandering huntsmen.
| NOW was the quiet, fierce solitude of the
| prlmeVal forest broken by new, strange
cries. No longer was there safety for
bird or beast. Man had come.
other animals passed up and down the
jungle by day and by night-fierce, cruel
peasts-but their weaker neighbors only
ned from their immediate vicinity to re-
turn agan when the danger was past.
With man 1t is different. When he
comes many of the larger animals in
stlnctively leave the district entirely
seldom II ever to return; and thus 1t has
always been with the great anthropoids.
They flee man as man fees pestilence.
For short time the tribe of Tarzan
fingered in the vicinity of the beach be-
cause their new chief hated the thought
or leaving the treasured contents of the
httle cabin forever But when one day
member of the tribe discovered the blacks
In great numbers on the banks of a little
stream that had been their watering
place FOR generations. and in the act of
clearing space In the jungle and erect
Ing many huts, the apes would remain no
longer. and so Tarzan led them inland
TOT many marches to a spot as yet un-
detiled by the foot of human being
once every moon Tarzan would go
swinging rapidly back through the sway
ing branches to have a day with his
books, and to replenish his supply OF
arrows. This latter task was becoming
more and more difficult, for the blacks
had taken TO hiding their supply away
at night in granaries and living huts.
This necessitated watching by day on
Tarzan's part to discover where the ar
rows were being concealed.
Twice had he entered huts at night
while the inmates lay sleeping upon their
mats, and stolen the arrows from the
very sides OF the warriors. But this
method he realized to be too fraught with
danger, and so he commenced picking up
solitary hunters with his long, deadly
moose, stripping them of weapons and
ornaments and dropping their bodies from
high tree into the village street during
the still watches of the night.
These various escapades again so terror
ized the blacks that, had 1t not been for |
the monthly respite between Tarzan's |
visits, in which they had opportunity 10 |
renew hope that each fresh incurslon |
would prove the last, they soon would /
have abandoned their new village
The blacks had not as yet come upon |
Tarzan's cabin on the distant beach, but |
the ape-man lived in constant dread that. |
while he was away with the tribe, they |
would discover and despoil his treasure,
So 1t came that he spent more and more
time in the vicinity OF his fathers last
home. and less and less with the tribe.
Presently the members Of his little COM
munity began TO suffer on account OF his
neglect for disputes and quarrels con-
stantly arose which only the king might
settle peaceably.
At last some OF the older apes spoke to
Tarzan on the subject, and for a month
thereafter he remained constantly with
the tribe.
The duties OF klngship among the an
thropoids are not many or arduous.
In the afternoon comes Thaka, possibly
to complain that old Mungo has stolen
his new wife. Then must Tarzan sum
mon all before him. and II he finds that
the wife prefers her new lord he COM
mands that matters remain as they are,
or possibly that Mungo give Thaka one
OF his daughters IN exchange.
Whatever his decision, the apes accept
IL as anal. and return 70 their oceupa-
lions satisfied.
Then comes Tana. shrieklng and hold
ing tieht her side from which blood Is
streaming Gunto. her husband, has
cruelty bitten herl And aunto. SUM