Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-14

OF the Safarl-and i Will march after
the Englishman and discover where
his gold is hidden"
And SO It was that as Tarzan,
stripped to loin cloth and armed after
the primitive fashion he best loved, led
his loyal Waziri toward the dead city
of Opar, Werper, the renegade, haunt
ed his trail through the long, hot days,
and camped close behind him by night
And as they marched Achmet Eek
rode with his entire following south.
ward toward the Greystoke farm.
At the edge Of the desolate valley
overlooking the golden domes and
minarets of opar, Tarzan halted. BY
night he would go alone to the treas.
ure vault, reconnoitering, for he had
determined that caution should mark
his every move upon his expedition.
With the coming of night he set
forth, and Werper, who nad scaled the
cliffs alone behind the ape.man's party
and hidden through the day among the
rough boulders of the mountain top,
der.strewn plain between the valleys
edge and the mighty granite kopje
outside the citys walls, where lay the
entrance to the passageway leading to
the treasure vault. gave the Belgian
ample cover as he followed Tarzan
toward Opar.
He saw the giant ape-man swing
himself nimbly up the face Of the
great rock. Werper, clawing fear
fully during the perilous ascent,
sweating in terror, almost palsied by
fear, but spurred on by avarice, fol.
lowed upward, until at last he stood
upon the summit Of the rocky hill.
Tarzan was nowhere in sight. For
time Werper hid behind one of the
lesser boulders that were scattered
over the top Of the hill, but, seeing
or hearing nothing of the Englishman,
he crept from his place of conceal
ment to undertake systematic search
of the surroundings, in the hope that
he might discover the location Of the
treasure in ample time to make his es-
cape before Tarzan returned. for 1t
was the Belgian's desire merely to 10.
cate the gold, so that after Tarzan had
departed he might come in safely with
his followers and carry away as much
as he desired.
He found the narrow cleft leading
downward into the heart of the kopje
along we'll worn granite steps. He
advanced quite to the dark mouth of
the. tunnel into which the runway dis
appeared; but here he halted, fearing
to enter lest he meet Tarzan return
ing. w.
The ape-man, far ahead of him,
groped his way along the rocky pas
sage, until he came to the ancient
wooden door. A moment later he
stood within the treasure chamber.
where, ages since, long dead hand had
ranged the lofty rows of precious in
gots for the rulers of that great con,
tinent which now lies submerged be-
. meath the waters of the Atlantic.
No sound broke the stiffness Of the
:. subterranean vault. There was no
evidence that another had discovered
, the forgotten wealth since last the ape
. man had visited it's hiding place.
), Satisfied, Tarzan turned and re.
:. traced his steps toward the summit of
: the kopje. Werper, from the con-
cealment of a jutting granite shoulder,
watched him pass up from shadows
:. Of the stairway and advance toward
the edge Of the hill which faced the
. rim of the valley where the Wazirl
awaited the signal of their master.
Then Werper, slipping stealthily from
D his hiding place, dropped into the
somber darkness of the entrance and
disappeared.
Tarzan, hating upon the kopje's
edge, raised his voice in the thunder.
Gus roar of lion. Twice, at regular
intervals, he repeated the call, stand.
: ing in attentive silence for several
minutes after the echoes of the third
call had died away. And then, from
far across the valley, family came an
y. answering roar-once, twice, thrice.
;, Basuli, the Waziri chieftain, had
= heard and replied.
. Satisfied, TarZan turned again to
:. ward the treasure vault, knowing that
in a few hours his blacks would be
:, with him, ready to bear away another
fortune in the strangely shaped gold
en- ingots of Opar. In the meantime
!, he would carry as much of the pre-
a cious metal to the summit of the kopje
Il as he could.
: Six trips he made in the five hour.
! before Basuli reached the kopje, ant
d at the end of that time he had trans
It ported forty.eight ingots to the edge oi
e the great boulder, carrying upon each
q trip load which might well have
t staggered two ordinary men. Yet his
s giant frame showed no evidence OF
fatigue as he helped to raise his ebor
l. warriors to the hilltop with the rope
d that he had brought for the purpose
n Six times he had returned TO the
l, treasure chamber. and six times Wer
% per, the Belgian, had covered In tn,
n black shadows at the far end of the
long vault. Once again came the ape
o man, and this time there came Will
s. him fifty fighting men. turned porters
n for love of the only creature in tn,