Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-19
By Edgar Rice Burroughs

that the feared devil-god skunk
noiselessly so near them, nor did
they see him possess himself of that
which he coveted and depart from
their village as noiselessly as he had
come.
Later that night, as Tarzan curled
himself for sleep, he lay for a long
time looking up at the burning
planets and the twinkling stars and
at Goro the moon, and he smiled. He
recalled how ludicrous the great
bulls had appeared in their mad
scramble for safety that day when
Numa had charged among them and
seized Mamka, and yet he knew
them to be fierce and courageous. 1t
was the sudden shock of surprise
that always sent them into a panic;
but of this Tarzan was not as yet
fully aware. That was something
he was to learn in the near future.
He fell asleep with broad grin
upon his face.
Manu-, the monkey, awoke him in
the morning by dropping discarded
bean pods upon his upturned face
from branch short distance above
him. Tarzan looked up and smiled.
He had been awakened thus before
many times. He and Manu- were
fairly good friends, their friendship
operating upon a reciprocal basis.
Sometimes Manu- would come run
ming early in the morning to awaken
Tarzan and tell him that Bara, the
deer, was feeding close at hand, or
that Horta, the boar. was asleep in
a mudhole hard by, and in return
Tarzan broke open the shells of the
harder nuts and fruits for Manu-, or
frightened away Histah, the snake,
and Sheeta, the panther.
The sun had been up for some
time, and the tribe had already
wandered off in search of food.
Manu- indicated the direction they
had taken with wave of his hand
and a few piping notes of his
squeaky little voice.
Come, Manu." said Tarzan, "and
you will see that which shall make
you dance for joy and squeal your
wrinkled little head off. Come, fol-
low Tarzan of the Apes"
With that he set off in the direc-
ton Manu- had indicated and above
him, chattering, scolding and squeal-
ing, skipped Manu-, the monkey.
Across Tarzans shoulders was the
thing he had stolen from the village
of Mbonga, the chief, the evening
before.
The tribe was feeding in the for
est beside the clearing where
Gunto, and Taug, and Tarzan had
so harassed Numa and finally
taken away from him the fruit of
his kill. Some of them were in the
clearing itself. In peace and con-
tent they fed, for We're there not
three sentries, each watching upon a
different side of the herd? Tarzan
had taught them this, and though
he had been away for several days
hunting alone, as he often did, or
visiting at the cabin by the sea,
they had not as yet forgotten his
admonitionS, and if they continued
for a short time longer to post
sentries, it would become a habit of
their tribal life and thus be per-
petuated indefinitely.
But Tarzan, who knew them bet
ter than they knew themselves, was
confident that they had ceased to
place the watchers about them the
moment that he had left them, and
now he planned not only to have a
little fun at their expense but to
teach them a lesson in prepared
ness, which, by the way, is even a
more vital issue in the jungle than
in civilized places. That you and
exist today must be due to the pre-
paredness Of some shaggy anthro-
poid of the Oligocene. OF course
the apes of kerchak were always
prepared, after their own way
Tarzan had merely suggested new
and additional safeguard.
Gunto' was posted today to the
north of the clearing. He squatted
in the fork of a tree from where
he might view the jungle for quite
distance about him. 1t was he
who first discovered the enemy. A
rustling in the underground at
tracted his attention, and moment
later he had a partial view of 6
shaggy name and tawny yellow
back. Just glimpse it was
through the matted foliage beneath
him; but it brought from Gunto'!
!, lcathern lungs a shrill "Kreeg- -ah!
(which is the ape for beware, o.
danger.
Instantly the tribe took up thu
cry until "Kreeg- abs" rang through
the jungle about the clearing a!
apes swung quickly to places o.
safety among the lower branches O
the trees and the great bulls has
tened in the direction of Gunto.
And then into the clearing strod'
Numa, the lion-majestic ant
mighty, and from deep chest issuet
tho r,ooan apd tho couub opd III,