Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
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much superior force, was at last
coming into its own. The German
offensive had been broken, and the
I Huns were now slowly retreatine
along the railway to Tanga. The
break in the German lines had fol.
lowed the clearing of a section Of
their left-hank trenches Of native
soldiers by Tarzan and Numa the
lion, upon that memorable night
when the Ape-man had loosed fam.
ishing man-eater among the super
stitious and terror-stricken blacks
The Second Rhodesian Regiment had
Immediately taken possession of the
abandoned trench and from this po.
sition their fanking fire had raked
contiguous sections of the German
line, the diversion rendering possible
q successful night attack by the rest
4 Of the British forces.
Weeks had elapsed. The Germans
were contesting every mile Of water
less, thorn-covered ground and
clingingly desperately to their posi-
tions along the railway. The officers
of the Rhodesians had seen nothing
more Of Tarzan of the Apes since he
had slain Unterleutnant Won Goss
and disappeared toward the very
heart of the German position, and
there were those among them who
believed that he had been killed with
N in the enemy lines.
"They may have killed him." as
scented Colonel Capell, "but l fancy
they never captured the beggar
alive"
N Nor had they-nor killed him
either! Tarzan had spent those in
tervening weeks pleasantly and prof
itably. He had amassed a consid-
II cradle fund Of knowledge concerning
the disposition and strength of Ger
man troops, their methods Of war
fare and the various ways in which
lone Tarmangani might annoy an
army and lower its morale.
At present Tarzan was prompted
by a specific desire. There was a
certain German spy whom he wished
to capture alive and take back % the
British. He had made his first visit
to German headquarters shortly
after his wife had been murdered by
Hauptmann Fritz Schneider; upon
that occasion he had seen young
woman deliver a paper to the Ger
man general, and later he had seen
that same young woman within the
British lines in the uniform of
British officer. The conclusion was
obvious: she was spy.
And so Tarzan haunted German
headquarters upon many nights,
hoping to see her again or to pick up
come clue as to her whereabouts;
< and at the same time he utilized
many an artifice whereby he might
bring terror to the hearts of the
Germans. That he was successful
was often demonstrated by the
snatches Of conversation he over
heard as he prowled through the
4 German camps. One night as he lay
concealed in the bushes close beside
regimental headquarters, he lis
4 tened to the conversation of several
boche officers. One of the men re-
verted to the stories told by the ma
tive troops in connection with their
rout by lion several weeks before
and the simultaneous appearance in
their trenches Of naked white giant
whom they were perfectly assured
was some demon of the jungle.
at, fellow must have been the
same who leaped, into the gen
erals headquarters and carried off
Schneider" asserted one. II Won
der how he happened to single out
the major? They say the creature
seemed interested in no one but
Schneider. He had Won Kelter in
his grasp, and he might easily have
taken the general himself, but he
ignored them all except Schneider.
Him he pursued about the room,
seized him and carried him off into
the night. Gott knows what his fate
was"
"Captain Fritz Schneider has some
sort of theory" said another. "He
told me only q week or two ago
that he thinks he knows why his
brother was taken-that it was a
case of mistaken identity. He was
not so sure about it until Won Goss
was killed, apparently by this same
creature, the night the lion entered
the trenches. Won Goss was attached
to Schneider's company. One Of
Schneider's men was found with his
neck wrung the same night that the
major was carried off, and Schneider
thinks that this devil is after him
and his command-that It came for
him that night, and got his brother
by mistake. He says Kraut told him
that in presenting the. major to
Fraulein Kircher$the formers name
was no sooner spoken than this wild
man leaped through the window and
made for him."
Suddenly the little group became
notwithstanding what was that?"
snapped one, eying the bushes from
which smothered snarl had issued
as Tarzan Of the Apes realized that
through his mistake the perpetrator