Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13

- u Az NnldBe. sne nad recently
Quilted a weird and high pitched cry,
The effect upon the apes was cleo
trical; they stopped their movements
and stood in attitudes of intent listening
Tor a moment and then one fellow.
huger than his companions, raised his
race to the heavens and in n voice that
sent the cold shoulders through the girls
sllght frame answered the far-off cry.
Once again the heaters took mn their
drumming and the slow dance went on.
lhere was q certain fascination in tho
savage ceremony that held the girl, and
as there seemed little likelihood of her
being discovered, She felt that she might
as well remain the rest of the night in
her tree and resume her fight by the
comparatively greater safety of day
light.
!, A HALF-HOUR passed, during which
- the cadence of the drums increased
gradually. Now the great bull that
nad replied to the distant call leaped
from the inner circle to dance alone be-
tween the drummers and the other buIls
and to utter a piercing scream-the
challenge of the bull ape, had the girl
but known it.
He stood thus in the full glare of thu
great moon, motionless after screaming
forth his weird challenge, when from
close behind her the girl heard an an
'"'iih6 Scre"m, ana an instant later
saw an almost naked. white man drop
from a nearby tree into-the clearing.
instantly the apes became a roaring,
Snarilng pack of angry beasts. Bertha
! hircher held her breath. What maniac
was this that dared approach these
trighttul creatures in their own haunts,
alone against fifty? She saw the
, brown skinned figure bathed in moon,
light walk straight toward the s%narling
Dack. Slp SnW tho Svnr,ntru opJ sIn
beauty OF that perfect body-its grace,
its strength, its wondrous proportion,
! ing; and then she recognized him. II
; was the same creature whom she had
; seen CARRYING Major Schneider from
Y General kraut's headquarters. the same
who had rescued her from Numa the
lion, the same whom she had struck
, down with the butt Of her pistol and
. escaped when he would have returned
her to her enemies, the same who had
1 slain Captain Fritz Schneider and
e spared her life that night in WilhelmsA
! tai.
Fear. filled and fascinated, she
watched him as he neared the apes.
e She heard sounds issue from his throat
f sounds identical with those uttered
4 by the apes; and though she could
e scarce believe the testimony Of her own
f ears, she knew that this godlike crea-
= ture was conversing with the brutes in
r their own tongue.
Tarzan halted just before he reached
t the shes of the outer circle. 81 am
Tarzan of the Apes !" he cried. "You
e do not know me, because l am of an
o other tribe but Tarzan comes in peace,
f or he comes to fight-which shall it be?
e Tarzin will talk with your king" And
e so saying, he pushed straight forward
G through the shes and the young, who
:. now gave way before him, making a
"A ~ n 49, IN ,A Nh.4,L ,.Lsal l. 49,
toward the inner circle until he faced
the great king ape.
= Again he spoke. II am Tarzan Of
n the Apes! - he cried. '"Tarzan comes
n to live with his brothers. He will coma
= in peace and live in peace, or he will
kill but he has come, and he will stay.
r Which-shall Tarzan dance the Dunn
Dunn in peace with his brothers, or
: shall Tarzan kill first?"
d II am Go-lat, king of the apes"
= screamed the great bull. II kill! I
= kill! / kin" And with a sullen roar
e he charged the ~Tarmangani.
4 TIME A~pe-man, as the girl watched
d l. him, seemed entirely u%nprepared for
q the charge, and she looked to see him
borne down and slain at the first rush.
: The great bull was almost upon him,
: with huge hands outstretched to seize
him. before Tarzan made a move; and
:. when he did move, his q~uickness would
y have put Ara the lightning to shame.
As darts forward the head of Histah
the snake. so darted forward the left
- hand of the man-beast as he seized the
left wrist of his antagonist. A quick
turn, and the bulls right arm was
locked beneath the right arm of his foe
d in a iujutsu hold that Tarzan had
learned among civilized men-a hold
with which he might easily break the
great bones, a hold that left the ape
helpless.
le II IN Tarzan of the Apes"
II screamed the ape-man. shall Tar
'e zan dance in peace or shall Tarzan
y kill?" He exertcd IA little pressure on
II kill. / kill. I kill" shrieked
Go-lat.
ID With the quickness of a cat, Tarzan
10 swung the king ape over one hip and
y sent him sprawling to the ground. II
am Tarzan. king of all the apes" he
shouted. Shall # be peace" -.
Z Tarzan approached him. II am Tar
J. Fan of the Apes" he cried. Shall
t. Tarzan dance the Dum-Dum with his
brothers now, or shall he kill first?"
re Go-lat raised his bloodshot eyes to
r: the face of the Tarmangani "ka-
" coda y he cried. 'larIan OF the Apes
at will dance the Dum-Dum with his
OF brothers, and Go-lat will dance with
him."
or And then the girl in the tree saw
&c the savage man leaping, bending and
in stamping with the savage apes in the
I'd ancient rite of the Dum-Dum.
s. AS she gazed, spellbound. a stealthy
I'D movement in the tree behind her caused
o, her to turn her head and there, back
us of her, blazing in the reflected moon
D. light, shone two great yellow green
e. eyes. : Sheeta the panther had found
e her out
r. The beast was so close that it might
ed have reached out and touched her with
Il, a great taloned paw. There was no
d. time to think, no time to weigh chances
b. or to choose alternatives. With a
cd scream she leaped from the tree.
of INSTANTLY the apes, now maddened
l. by the effects of the dancing and the
moonlight. turned to note the cause OF
he the interruption. They saw this she
~Tarmangari, helpless and alone, and
nd they started for her. Sheeta the pan
v ther, knowing that not even Numa the
lion, unless maddened by starvation,
d. dares NEEDLE with the great apes al
r their Dum-Dum, had silently vanished
s. into the night, seeking his supper else
he where.
Tarzan. turning with the other apes
Nv toward the cause of the interruption,
n saw the girl, recognized her and also
n bn. ,aril Have oUoin niohf che do nj