Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-30
CHAPTER X-CContinuedD

u tree nearby from the overhanSing
Branches of which he might spring upon
his unsuspecting prey; but though
there was no tree, the idea gave pirtil
TO a plan. The caves Of the nut were
just above the head Of the sentrles-
from there he could leap upon the
tarmangani unseen. 4 quick snap OF
those mighty jaws would dispose OF
one of them before the other reaIlGeu
that they were attacked, and the sec
lond would fall an easy prey TO u'e
strength agility and feroctty OF
second quick charge.
Taglat Withdrew a few PAGES to the
rear of the hut. gathered himseIt LOT
the effort. ran quickly forward ana
leaped high into the air. He struck
the roof directly above the rear wall
Of the hut. and the structure, re-enforce-
ed by the wall beneath, held his enor'
nous weight for an instant; then he
moved forward a step, the roof sag
ged. the matching parted, and the
great anthropoid shot through into
the interior.
The sentries. hearing the crashing
of the roof poles leaped to their feet
and rushed into the hut. Jane Clay
ton tried to roll aside as the great
form lit upon the floor SO close to her
that one foot pinned her clothing TO
the ground.
The ape, feeling the movement be-
side him, reached down and gathered
the girl in the hollow of one mighty
arm. The burnoose covered the hairy
body so that Jane Clayton believed
that a human arm supported her. and
from the extremity of hOpelessness a
great hope sprang into her breast that
at last she was in the Keeping of
rescuer.
The two sentres We're now within
the hut, but hesitatlng because OF
doubt as to the nature Of the cause
of the disturbance. Their eyes, not
yet accustomed to the darkness of the
interior, told them nothing, nor did
! they hear any sound, for the great
ape stood silently in the center OF the
hut quietly waiting their attack.
Seeing that they stood without ad.
yancing, and realizing that, handi.
capped as he was by the weight of the
'she. he could put up a poor battle,
Taglat elected to risk a sudden break
for liberty. Lowering his head, he
charged straight for the two sentries
who blocked the doorway. The i'm.
pact of his mighty shoulders bowled
them over upon their backs, and be.
fore they could scramble to their feet
the ape was gone, darting in the shad-
ows Of the huts toward the palisade
at the far end of the village.
The speed and strength of her res
Could it be that Tarzan had survived
the bullet of the Arab? Who else in
all the jungle could bear the weight Of
a grown woman as lightly as he who
fheld her? She spoke his name: but
there was no response. Still she did
not give up hope.
At the palisade the beast did not
even hesitate. A single mighty leap
carried it to the top. where it poised
hut for an instant before dropping to
the ground upon the opposite side.
Now the girl was almost positive
that she was safe in the arms or her
husband, and when the ape took TO the
strees and bore her swiftly into the
Jungle. as Tarzan had done at other
times in the past, belief became con
viction
In the little moonlit glade, mile or
20 from the camp Of the raiders. her
rescuer halted and dropped her TO the
ground. His roughness surprised her
but she still had no doubts. Again she
called him by name, and at the saline
instant the ape. frettiug under the
restraints of the unaccustomed gar
ments of the tarmangani, tore the bur
moose from him, revealing to the eyes
Of the horror.stricken woman the hid
eous face and hairy form OF gian
Anthropoid.
with a piteous wall OF terror JAM
Clayton buried her face in her hand
and swooned, while, from the co.-ceal
ment Of a nearby bush, Numa tn
lion. eyed the pair hungriiy and licked
his chops.
Tarzan. entering the tent OF Achme
Zek. searched the interior Thoroughly
TIE tore the bed to pieces and scat
tered the contents Of box and ba
about the floor. He investigated what
aver his eyes discovered, nor did thos
keen organs overlook a single articl
within the habitation Of the raide
chief; but no pouch or pretty pebble
rewarded his thoroughness.
satisfied at last that his belonging
were not in the possession OF Achme
1at unless they we on the persol
M the chief himself, Tarzan dCelder
"a secure the person Of the she befor
f,xt,,er prosecuting his search for tn
ponch
Aaotioning for Chulk TO follow hin
4 nassed out Of the mt by the sam
80 that he had entered II, and walk
80 boldly through the village mad
asreetly for the hut where Jane cla,
IN, had been Imprisoned.
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