Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
J. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
b nD1 ...,sor Of the Tarzan Tales
CHAPTER XIV
Atoofinp


CoaSi., .,a,a. ,a roaming the jungle In soli-
y s'nsu s, made his way slowly toward
re hV'' - south. He made but few
~ day. for he had a who'o lifetime
npe ~, and no place In particular p, 20
hslors MI, L,,, he would have moved more
% s,,t for the thought Wn'Sn @ @co-
fsploaw hsmnted him that eacn iill,e me LAY
ilnusiH rr,ed him further anu iu.tue. IVY
tiss sforienn--no longer ms ~. a. to
ppn m II Is true but sun DO
q ever; or,e upon the trail of the sheik's
thus ne .",n ~ ,,eled down-river from the
bsnd as y tbe sheik had captured Meriem
Tclnl VIZ w stockaded village. korak knew
o US owl i,, ,ybo Il was that had passed.
pretty .,,ora few in tB2 great jungle with
fpf Ipete v,as not familiar though II had
whom " ". s,noe he had come this tar north
bern yealss % particular business however,
ne nv sbeik and so he did not pur-
Win w tunsa,'.,,g bin--the further from men
rose '',a stoy the better pleased ne Woulu
D "u' w. wished that he might never see
h ~. face again. Men always Drought
|. ~ sorrow and misery.
liver suggested fishing ana SO ne
,,.d in1 unon It's shores. catching hsh
e fashion of his own deNisihg' ana
ihsl ,hem raw. When night came he
Ia Ia nm in a great tree pesiue tne stream
e M one from which he had oeen ls,ins
--the Vu. .S. af,ernoon-and was soon asleep.
epllns e,a roaring beneath him, awoke him.
Nun's shou, TO call out in anger to his
~ va.,gbhor when something else caught
hs y. listened. was there another in the
h' .ns,dn himself? Yes, he heard the
,s. uss u something below him trying to
sa,nber upward. .,,,,- 80 orooo.
*. tsu,s IN the water beneath, and then,
ens ~, dIstinct: "By George! The beN;ar
s..,iv ~ cot met The voice was tamiiiar
xofak glanced downward toward the
,.saker outlined against tne talht iuihl-
hser I.,.v Of the water he saw the figure OF
rs.V c,inpinr to a lower branch of the
tree -,,
sil,ntly and swiftly the apeman Chamber
!, ,sswnward. He felt hand beneath his
~ tis reached down and clutched the
ss,,. beneath him and dragged 1t up among
~ ~ hranches. 1t struggled weakly and
s.,scS AZ him; but Korak paid no more
.,,srt,on than Tantor to an ant. He lug
"a Ma burden to the higher safety and
.sg.,sr comfort Of n broad crotch, and
gstp he propped 1t in sitting position
s,sinst the bole of the tree.
Ntma still was roaring beneath them,
ionMless in anger that he had been robbed
!, ma prey Korak shouted down at him.
s,lInr him, In the language of the great
ms 'old green-eyed eater of carrion,"
spother Of Dango" dhe hyena), and other
aslce appellations of jungle opprobrium.
me- Hon. Morrison Baynes, listening, felt
,slred that gorilla had seized upon him.
II felt for his revolver and as he was
lawing 1t stealthily from its holster. a
voice asked in perfectly good Emglish:
sWho are you?"
Baynes started so that he nearly fell
from the branch.
MY Godr' he exclaimed. Are you a
mani"
what did you think 1 was?" asked
Korak
Va gorilla replied Baynes honestly.
Korak laughed
"Who are you?" he repeated.
I'm an Englishman by the name of
Baynes; but who the devil are you?" asked
the Hon. Morrison,
"rhey call me the Killer" replied korak
giving the English translation of the name
that Akut had given him, And then, after