The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-16

which they buried was not good "a
cat. bur Wrrper WAS intensely "Ncif'
ed lie would have given much mad
he had his own followers with MIN,
that h. might ,ake away III" treasure
os soon as ,he blacks left. for he was
sure thar rhey would leave Tho soon"
O; d.snlarion and death as soon as
possible.
Tie ,rraSurr buried ihe blacks r"'
moved themselves a short dlStanc" W,
wind from the fe1id corpS"S. wh"r"
they made camp that rh"y might resi-
before setting ont in pursuit Of III"
Arabs.
II was already dusk. Wnrper ami
Tarxan sat devourinc som" pieces %
meat they had brought from 'hci;
laSr camp. TIL" Belgian was ocrUpie"
with his plans for 'hr immediate III
r,re. He was rnsitiv" that the Nazlri
would purSu" Achmet Eek. for Il"
knew enough ri savage warfare. ana
OF ;hn characteristics OF the Arabs
and their DEGRADED followers. TO guess
that they had carried the NaZiTl VIC
mcu into slavery.
This alone would assure immediate"
pursuit hv so .warlike people as thr
Waziri.
W.rnnr fel' tina. he should find Tho
means and opportunity 20 push on
ahead thar he might warn Achmnf Eek
Of the coming BuSuli. and also OF III"
location OF the buried treasure Wha'
tho Arah would now dn with Lady
C;r.vstnka in view Of Tho mental az
slir-ion of her husband. N"Tp"r
neither know nor cared.
But BY far the most important con-
sidoration. 20 Werper al least. was inH
inra!cu!ably valuable treasure in the
little leather pouch ar TarZan's side
If 10 could but obtain possession OF
his. He must. lie would.
His eyes wandered to tho object or
his greed They measured Tarzans
giant frame. and rested upon the
rounded muscles OF his arms. II was
hopeless What could he. Werpcr,
;,npr 10 accomplish. other than MIS-
own death. by an attempt 10 wrest
niSconsnlatr. Wrrper threw himself
upon his side. His head was pillnw"d
on one arm. the other rested across
his face in such 4 way that his eyes
were hidden from the ape-man. though
one nf .hrm was fastened upon him
from beneath the shadow OF the BEL
CLANS forearm. For time ha lay
- Tai n n l.
ing schemes for plundrring him OF hiA
,reaSurr--s schemes that Were discard
ed as fufiie rs rapidly rs they were
born.
Tar2an presently let his own eyes
r.S; upon Wrrprr. Tho belgian saw
that h. was being watched. and lay
err still. After few moments he
simulated the regular breathing Of
deep stumb"r.
Tarzan mad boon thinking. He had
seen the Waziri bury their belongings.
Wcrprr had told him that they were
hiding them lest some one find than
and take them away.
This saemed 10 TalZan splendid
plan Cor Safeguarding valuables. Sine"
Wcrprr had evinced Il desire to pos
scsS MS glittrring pebbles. Tara 4, ,
with tho suspicious OF Il savage, had
guarded the haubles. Of whose worth
no was entirely ignorant. as zralouSly
rs though ,hey spelled life or death
10 him.
For long time 'he ap"man sat
watching his companion. At last. con
WINGED that he slept. Ta"zan withdyeW
III hunting knif, and commenced TO
dig a hole in Tho Er0un! before him.
With tho blade he luoScncd the earth,
and with his hands h. Scooped If OUT
until 10 had cxcavai"d a ii'tle cavity
~ a f5w inches in diameter and five
or six inches in depth. Into this he
placed he pouch oS jewels
Werprr almost forgot 10 breathe AZ
ter The fashion Of Il sleeper as no saw
what rhn apa-man was doing: no
scarce reprrSsed an ejaculation of sat
!sfactinn.
Tar2an suddenly became rigid as hts
keen ears no,ed the cessation nj the
regular ms aspirations and "NpiratiOnS ni
ais companion His narrow eyes
bored straighr down upon thu Belgian.
Warpar FL; that H.. was lost: he must
risk all on his ability 20 carry on his
deception. liz sighed. throw both
arms ont ward. and turned oyer on his
back. mumbing as though In the
throns Of bad dream. \ moment
la!rr hn rtsurn,rI his regular breath.
ing.
Now r. could rot warch Tarzan.