Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
16e SONOF TARZAN

than his knife and his rope-they were
light and easy to carry. His spear and bow
and arrows were cumbersome, and he usu-
ally kept one or all of them hidden away in
private cache.
Now he held single coil of the long
rope m his right hand and the remainder In
his left. The antelope was but a few PAGES
from him. Silently Korak leaped from his
hiding place, swinging the rope free from
the entangling shrubbery.
The antelope sprang away almost In.
stantlyi but instantly too, the coiled rope
with its sliding moose flew through the air
above him. With unerrlng precision 1t
settled about the creatures neck.
There was quick wrist movement Of
the thrower; the moose tightened The
Killer braced himself with the rope across
his hip, and as the antelope tautened the
singing strands in q last frantic bound for
liberty, he was thrown over upon his back
Then, instead Of approaching the fallen
animal as a roper of the Western plains
might do Korak dragged his captive to
himself. pulling him in hand over hand
and when he was within reach, leaping
upon him, even as Sheeta the panther
might have done, and burying his teeth in
the animals neck while he found It's heart
with the point of his hunting knife
Recoiling his rope, he cut few generous
strips from his kill and took to the trees
swung off in the direction of a nearby
water hole and then he slept.
In his mind Of course, was the sugges-
tion OF another meeting between Meriem
and the young Engllshman that had been
borne to him by the girls parting TO
night"
He had not followed Meriem, because he
knew the direction from which she had
come, and In which she returned, that
wheresoever she had found an asylum II
lay out across the plains, and not wishing
to be discovered by the girl, he had not
cared to venture into the open after her.
1t would do as we'll to keep in touch
with the young man, and that was pre-
csely what he intended doing.
To you or me the possibility of locating
the Hon. Morrison in the Jungle after hav-
ing permitted him to get such a consider
able start, might have seemed remote; but
to korak II was not at all 30. He guessed
that the white man would return to his
camp; but should he have done otherwise.
1t were a simple matter to the Killer to
trail n mounted man accompanied by an
other on foot. Days might pass and still
such a spoor would be sufficiently plain
to lead Korak unfalteringly to its end |;
while matter Of a few hours only left
It as clear to him as though the makers
themselves were still in plain sight.
And so 1t came that a few minutes after
the Hon. Morrison Baynes entered the camp
to be greeted by Hanson, Korak slipped
noiseessly into nearby tree. There he
lay until late afternoon and still the young
Englishman made no move to leave camp.
Korak wondered If Merem were coming
there A little later Hanson and one of
his black boys rode out of camp. Korak
merely noted the fact. He was not par
ticularly interested in the doings Of any
other member of the company than the
young Englishman.
Darkness came, and still the young man
remained. He ate his evening meal, after
ward smoking numerous cigarettes. Pres
emily he began to pace back and forth
before his tent. He kept his boy busy re-
plenishing the fires.
A lion coughed, and he went into his
tent. to reappear with an express rife.
Again he admonished the boy to throw
more brush upon the fire. Korak saw
that he was nervous and afraid, and his
lip curled in Q. sneer of contempt.
Was this the creature who had sup
planted him in the heart of his Merlem
Was this a man, who trembled when Numa
coughed? How could such as he protect
Meriem from the countless dangers of the
jungle? All, but he would not have to
They would live in the safety of European