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

Tar2an smiled. Doubtless he thinks
the same of you.' he said.
BY this time other apes had entered
the clearing. among which were several
bulls. some young shes and some older
ones with their little balus clinGing to
their backs or frolicking around at their
feet. Though they had seen the girl the
night of the Dunn Dunn when Sheeta
had forced her to leap from her con
cealment into the arena where the apes
were dancing, they still were curious
regarding her. Some of the shes came
very close and pluckcd at her garments,
commenting upon them to one another
in their strange tongue. The girl by
the exercise of all the will power she
could command succeeded in passing
through the ordeal without evincing any
of the trrgOr and revulsion that she
felt Tarzan watched her closely, a
half smile upon his face. Suddenly he
turned to the apes.
'Tarzan goes to hunt for himself and
his She he said. THE she will re-
main there" He pointed toward the
hut. See that no member of the tribe
harms her. DO you UNDERESTIMATE
The apes nodded I'VE will not
harm her. said Golat.
NO" said Tarzan, you will not
For if you do, Tarzan will kill you.
And then turning to the girl, Come, )"
You had better remain at the hut. The
apes have promised not to harm you.
| will leave my spear with you. 1t
will be the best weapon you could have
in case you should need to protect
yourself. but | doubt if you will be in
any danger for the short time | am
away.
He walked with her as far as the
bona and when she had entered, he
closed the gap with thorn bushes and
turned away toward the forest.
TARIAN sought Bara the deer or
l. Horta. the boar. for of all the jung c
animals he doubted if any would prove
more palatable to the white woman. but
though his keen nostrils were ever on
the alert. he Travelled far without being
rewarded with even the faintest scent =
spoOr of the game he sought. Keeping
close to the river, where he hoped to
find Bara or Horta approaching or
leaving Il drinking place, he came at
last upon the strong odOr of the
Wamabo village. and being ever ready
to pay his hereditary enemies an un-
desired visit, he swung into detOur
and came up in the rear of the Village.
From a tree which overhung the pail
sade he looked down into the street,
where he saw the preparations going
on which his experience told him indi
Gated the approach of one of those
frightful feasts the piece de resistance
Of which is human flesh.
Tarzan's view was circumscribed by
the dense foliage of the tree in which
he sat, and so that he might obtain a
bpttpr view he climbed farther alOft
and moved cautiously out upon slen
der branch. Outwardly it appeared
strong and healthy, and Tarzan could
not know that close to the stem bur
rowing insect had eaten away half the
heart of the solid wood beneath the
bark.
And so when he reached point far
out upon the limb, it snapped close to
the bOle of the tree without warning
Below him were no larger branches that
he might clutch, and as he lunged
downward, his foot caught in lOOped
creeper so that he turned completely
over and alighted on the fiat of his
back in the center of the village street.
At the sound of the breaking limb
and the crashing body falling through
the branches, the startled blacks sour
ried to their huts for weapons; and
when the braver of them emerged, the,
saw the still form OF an almost make,
white man living where he had fallen
Emboldened by the fact that he did not
move, they approached more closely
| and when their eyes discovered no sign
of Others of his kind in the tree, they
rushed forward until dozen warriors
stood about him with ready spears. AZ
first they thought that the fall haG
killed him, but upon closer examina,
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