Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-16
~ EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Autbor Of the Tarzan Tales
nnAprrR xxvII-oontlnued

...,,r-Nr FOO. had come the tantalizing fear
n.t all might not be well with him
.nhralded herself for not thinking of
-. hafore--of letting her desire to ge,
~ .ro,,nded Morrison back to the bunga-
~. hind her to the possibilities Of Koraks
Ia of her. She had been travelling rapid
:. o.. s.yeraI hours without rest when she
.a ahead of her the familiar cry Of a
neat neat ape calling to his kind.
sbe did not reply, only Increased her
-need until she almost new.
No,v there came to her sensitive nostrils
~ scant Of Tantor and she knew that she
,rss On the right trail and close to him she
,,nht she did not call out because she
tsbsd to surprise him, and presently she
"a breakIng into sight of them as the
srsat elephant shuffied ahead, balancing
- wan and the heavy stake upon his head.
satalnr .ng them there with his upcurled trunk.
'EcoTak p cried Merlem from the foliage
above them.
instantly the bull swung about, lowered
a.. h,,rden 10 the ground. and. trumpetlnR
yageIv. prepared to defend his oomrade
Tha anert1an recognizing the girls voice,
falt A sudden hump In his throat.
aMerienlw he called back to her.
tappily the girl clambered to the ground
md ran forward to release Korak, but
Tantor lowered his head ominously and
trtimpeted warming
aGo back Go backr' cried Korak He
will kill you
,be huge brute Don't you remember me7
I am little Meriem. used to ride on your
broad back" but the bull only rumbled
a. his throat and shook his tusks In angry
defiance
Than Korak tried to placate him-tried
~ order him away, that the girl might ap-
nroaoh and release him; but Tantor would
nat 20. He saw In every human being
ether than Korak an enemy. He thought
The girl was bent upon harming his friend.
ana he would take no chances.
For an hour the girl and the man tried
N and some means whereby they might
clro,Imvent the beasts ill-directed guard
ianshlp. but all to no avail. Tantor stood
his ground in grim resolve to let no one APP
proach Korak
Presently the man hit upon scheme
aPretend to go away" he called to the
.ir, .Keep down wind from us SO that
Tantor won't get your scent, then follow
us After a while I'll have him put me
down and find some pretext for sending
him away. While he is gone you can slip
up and cut my bonds-have you knife?"
Eyes. / have a knife" she replied. I'll
ro now-I think we may be able to fool
him; but don't be too sure-Tantor in
vented cunning"
Korak smiled. for he knew that the girl
was right. Presently she disappeared. The
elephant listened, and raised his trunk to
catch her scent Korak commanded him to
raise him to his head once more and pro.
ceed upon their way. After moments
hesitation he did as he was bid. 1t was
then that Korak heard the distant call of
an ape.
"Akutw he thought. Good Tantor
knew Akut we'll. He would let him ap-
proach."
Raising his voice, Korak replied to the
call of the ape, but he let Tantor move off
with him through the Jungle; 1t would do no
harm to try the other plan.
They had come to a clearing. and plain
" Korak smelled water. Here was a good
place and a good excuse. He ordered
Tantor to lay him down. and go and fetch
him water In his trunk. The big beast de-
posted him upon the grass in the centre
OF the clearing: then he stood with cooked
ears and attentive trunk. searching for the
slightest indication of danger.
There seemed to be none, and he moved
away in the direction of the little brook