Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-15
=, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
- Author Of the Tarzan Tales
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~r1nAT she did mean, she scarcely knew.
w che thought that she loved him; Of
,here can be no question, nor did she
.s,nt tha, love for this young Englishman
-. dlslovaity TO Korak, for her love for
,loA,t was undiminlshed-the love Of e
10, for an indulgent brother
,hov stood there for the moment Of
~ ~ sn,,yersetion the sounds OF tumult In
she village subsidized
..rbsv have killed him - whispered
herle" sr,a .,otement brought Baynes to a
..ati,ation of the cause of their return.
nvvaS, here" he said 'I will go and see.
', he Is dead, we can do him no good. II
he lives. will do my best to free MIN"
1--WE will 20 together" replied Meriem.
cou,sr, And she led the way back toward
~ tent In which they last had seen Korak.
,hov went they were often forced to
80, themselves to the ground in the
shadovv Of tent or hut, for people were
snss,ng hurriedly to and fro now-the whole
pi,i,age p was aroused and moving about The
,a,nrn 10 the tent OF All ben Kadin took
,,ncb longer than had their swift flight to
the pallsade
cout,ously they crept to the slit that
totak's knife had made In the rear wall
. HaWf0
~. er,ntv she crawled through the aper-
~ pnvnes at her heels. and then silently
uas.od the space to the rugs that parti-
.,ored the tent into two rooms Parting the
sonsIng Meriem looked into the front
room. II, too, was deserted
sbs crossed to the door of the tent and
,ooLsd out. Then she gave little gasp
~ horror Baynes at her shoulder looked
uas, her 10 the sight that had startled her.
pa he too, exclaimed; but his was an
oath Of anger.
hundred feet away they saw Korak
,.,,,d to a stake-the brush piled about him
o,roadv aIight. The Englishman pushed
Morlem to one side and started on run
-. tha doomed man. What he could do In
~ AZ, face of scores of hostile blacks and
Arabs he did not stop to consider.
r A, tho same instant Tantor broke through
,ha pnlisade and charged the group In
the face of the maddened peast the cro"o
tnrred and fed carrying Baynes backward
with them.
In moment It was all over, and the
.,ns,nt had disappeared with his prize,
tmt nandemonium reigned throughout the
.,i,oge Men, women, and children ran
heIter sSeter for safety. Ours hed' yeiplng.
mr. horses and camels and donkeys. ter
rorIzed by the trumpeting OF the pachyderm'
licked and pulled at their tethers'
A dozen AONS~'
,h, gaIloping of these past him that brought
sudden idea into Baynes' head. He
turned TO search for Meriem. only to find
her at his elbow.
couple of them !"
Filled with the idea, Meriem led him to
the far end of the village.
Loosen two of them" she said and
,sad them back into the shadows behind
those huts. know where there are sad
dies will bring them and the bridles,'
and before he could stop her she was gone.
Baynes quickly united two of the fright
ened animals and led them to the point
designated by Meriem. Here he waited i'm
patlently for what seemed an hour, but was
in reality but few minutes. Then he saw
the girl approaching beneath the burden
OF two saddles
Quickly they placed these upon the horses.
They could see by the light of the torture
fire that still burned that the blacks and
Arabs were recovering from their panic.
Men were running about gathering in the
loose stock, and two or three were already
leading their captlves back to the end of
the village where Meriem and Baynes were
busy with the trappings of their mounts.