Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20

still there where IL came down close to
| the four trees near the second bend In
| the river. We left II there becausn'
not knowing what II was wo wcre
afraid to touch il: il is stilI there IL
il bns not dowp au,at ncnir
"it canuat a.. - % 'ai., ,fe" "'u' .,,
o,t t,is TS"m", , ny, said nSanga' WIN
tb;,c ~ ~, H." An, IN II, IL terrible
t;crs ,,.;tL ,,,,,,,', w "T"' ~ vi our sol
"a,,,,. "t',' ~ tvirIh"r' i.ht' ioI " new over our
nnon rs II p ,.ni JhT ihot urUpi'"n , Uonps
tbiy r.Lito ,no,' w, h ,.at YOU capiureu
great bird he ro,,iJ h"ro 'Ti a mn'n miS
90 ,;i,a,,, Hi,m ~ ,I MJu'u my? mnWm over
2our 2nCor,c '''IagT ,"ngGI and Killed all your
pwick"j u.bitn ,,,,,,, i"s ''H''"''" ure very
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lir VIII u, n" more, said Numnbo.
ANA nc pushed the young officer roughly
s"""ru nut III the center OF the viii
las"' Mherc ne was lrtt under guard Of
wv" ""rrlors'
For an hour or more the prisoner
was left to his own devices. which con
sisted in vain and unrcmitting attempts
to loosen the strands which fettercd his
wrists; then he was interrupted by
the appearance" of the black sergeant
Nnngd. who entered his hut and ap-
pronrhCd him.
What are they going to do with
me-" asked the Englishrron "NIv
country is not n, war with those moo,
pie. iou speak their language reIl
thcm that | am no, nn cnpmy. that NV
vrunlc nrr rb~ frinnd. Of ihn bI,nL ,i", ,nn 'ns
Die and that they nust int n'o op i,
peace.
,angn laughed nThev dos pot
know an Englishmnn from n Gnrr,n -
he replied. ''It il nothing m thnm
what YOU arc, rXcrpt that won orn n
white man and an Gncmy' -
Then why did they tnkr mo aliyeg''
asked tho T.ioutruont
Come" soid T,apra. md bo ,cd
the EnClishmnn to the doorway Of tho
hut. "l.ook, he spid. ard poiutrd
toward the end eff tho village strrrf
where wider spacn between rho huts
left a sort Of plaza.
Hero Smitb. OIdvick vaw a rumhcr
Of nrgrcsscs engaged in lnying fagots
beneath number of large cooking yes .
tviS' uv Hh''N''' suggestion was "hlE B
wy an "nn rw'N ,,o. ,,.i,,u a., ,:.
,,Io.,I' "&f ius VIZ Mh''T nun
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Ir,,a,,, ",'" ,it,,, ~ u'. Ivy.
a .hr,,,, Iii i'u '"Naiu MN WI"
ttorI "a "'rS i,STcr MILL mrGrIa n"W' Il" you D'E
'.Ent NV, ",,nf "o',,t II" .o,,ri,l r.,o.,
..I,n 10 , ,'lm,iI'T Ha"Sn'
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,'n,[ h,,t ,,.a ,,.;1i II, 'urh Nno VIZ 'u'
tmrii .T,,o J"' VII N''' H"" 'or III" i'aH''
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,br dnnr,,.n, s 20 tr a'hnin'u h,,. S'unuihS IN
,;ncc nt"r 81 rho a. l"t'n'H,Eu f ,i
rl',,,irr ,rg, tho Pird'urul'"hS iIF 'n'
,,',i,H ,r,ni,sH,t e. ,n". MuS 80 norrIPS I"
LnrJi, hc ns.r,',oI III tit rNin,'ITt' M fnI. cun
,", i Eo III Lo LiI LiI' t'' irIs no rear
nncotb nr ;,nn,,t,,rhnTI ,M, t h,,h II i'TNcteN og
,,,,.y WI ''i"'' '''"HN vi c"o'
I'.orco h,d v.oIl.,,I o,,.,, ..,
,r,,,,,, nf "", "G.I'H nMaA loWard ,
= cnraorntrJ ",I "7T,'"s nitn VINO We're
oLe idii,,o ,,!;, nHI' , i''' H.uN", iaHshihg
uim ;oNtme "'Ln M !mr M"iii"h' y rev
,,n.. M, - H., ,.iiit,,, saw tneIh
a%oir H., ,''"Sr sut'' anu once
T'It;ln Man,. fn,' ,,,,,', m,n 'cu |" various
P'"H' ~ Hl,v'
SrN EKAL miles north of the village.
~ on n little rise of ground close 70
the river where the Jungle, hating at
the base of knoll, had left n few acrrs
of grassy land Sparsclv wooded. a man
and n girl were bnSily engaged in con
Structing n small bona. in the center of I
which a thatched hut already had been .
erected They worked almost in silence !
with only an occasional word of dircr- /
tiun or Interrogation between them.
Except for n loin cloth, the man was
naked, his smooth skin tanned to n deem
brown by the action of sun and wind, /
lie moved with the graceful resa Of a /
jungle cat, and when he lifted heavy |
weights tho action seemed ms cffortIess |
as the raising Of cmptv hands
She had seen him when some months
ago he had entered the hcaduuartcrs of |
the German high command in East |
Africa and carried off the luCklrss |
Major Schneider of whose fatn M hirt
had ever reached the German nGiccrs
and she had seen him again unDu thnt
occasion when he had rescued her from
the clutches of the lion and had made
her prisoner. 1t was then that she had
struck him down with thr butt nf hor
pistol and escaprd. That he might seek
no personal revenge for her 0ct hod
beeu evidenced in Wilhelmstal ON the
night when he mad killed IIauptmann
Fritz Schneider and doparted without
moIcstipg her.
No. She could not fathom him lie
hated her. and at tho Same time hp bod
protected her. as had been evidenced
again when he had kept the great nnes
from tearing her TO nieCes after she had
pscaned from the Namoho VILLAGE 10
Which, Usanrp sang T tbe bIank ta sersaant n.luS hoS 10
brought her captive, But WHY was
he saving her? For what sinister pur-
nose coItid this savage enemy he Nc
tecting her from the other depizens of
his cruel iungleP
Fraulein Bertha Kircher was bv ma.
turc a companionable and cheerful
character. Tarzan. on the other hand
was sufficient unto himself Long Years
of semisolitude among creeturas whoso
powers of oral expression are extremeIv
limited had thrown him almost entirciy
.,,non hi, ,,yr, ro.,o,,,.na. s. ~ t.:I'