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

(CopDrtDht 1919, bD the PuOHo LedBer Co''
HlARZAN of the Apes was disguised,
He had had the German spy, Bertha
Kircher, in his power, and had left her
unscathed. 1t Is true that he had slain
Hauptmann Fritz Schneider, that I'm
terleutnant Won Goss had died at his
hands, and that he had otherwise
wrought vengeance upon the men of the
German company that had murdered
pillaged and outraged at Tarzan's bun
galow in the Waziri country. There
was still another officer to be a"ccountod
for; but him he could not find. Lieu
tenant Obergatz he still sought, though
yainly, for at last he learned that the
man had been sent upon some special
mission, whether in Africa or back to
Europe, Tarzan's informant either did
not know or would not divulGe.
But the fact that Tarzan had per
mitted sentiment to stay his hand when
he might so easily have put Bertha
Kircher out of the way in the hotel at
Wilhelmstal that night ranked in the
ape-man's bosom. He was shamcd Ivy
his weakness, and when he had handed
the paper she had given him to the
British chief Of staff. even though the
information it contained permitted the
British to Illustrate q German flank
attack. he was still much dissatisfied
with himself. Tarzan blamed ms
weakness, as he considered 1t, upon ms
association with the dominating lniiu-
100 80 a;yslfvutfnn for in tho bottom
of his savage heart he held in contempt
both civilization and its representatives
the men and women Of the civilized
countries Of tho world. Always was he
comuaring their Weaknesses, their wees,
their hypocrisics and their little van.
ties with the open, primitive ways OF
his feroCious jungle mates ana all me
while there battled in that same ,blg
heart with these forces another mighty
fnrce-Tarzan's love and loyalty for his
friends of the civilized world. More
thar once had Tarzan reverted to the
primitive. only to return again to civil
zatIon through love for his mate; but
now that she was gone, he felt that thls
time he had definitely departed forever
from the haunts of man, and that ne
should live and die a beast among
beasts. even Us he had been from IN
fancy to maturity.
FOR several uHNN I"I""H
country rich in game and w~atcrcourS'S.
He moved slowly. hunting and tisilng
or again fratCrnizing or QIarroIinC with
the other savage dCnjZeUs Of the jungle.
Now it was little Manu- the monkey
vino chartered and sColdCd at tn" mighty
Tarmangaui and in the next breath
warned him that Histah the snake Iay.
coiled in tho long grass just ahead. ~
Manu-, THrzan inquired concerning 'iF
great apes--thC Mangani-ahh was 'n'u
that few inhabited thus part or tho
jungle. and that even these We're hunt
ing farther to the north at this sra
son of the year.
but there is Bolganl, said Manu-
t'Would YOU like to soc BolganlE
Manu's tone WIS sncering' aud lar
Ran knew that il was because little
Manu- thought all creatures feared
mighty Bolgani the gorilla. Iarzan
arched his great chest and struck J,
with a clCnchcd fist. II am Tarzan,
he cried. "Whil Tarzan was yet a
balu. he slew u Bolgani. TarZan seeks
the Mauguni. who are his brothers; hut
Bolgani he does not seek SO let Bolgan'
keep from the path of TarHau.
Little Manu- the monkey was muct
impressed, for the way Of the jungle !:
to boast and TO believe. 1t vas theI
that he condescCndod to tell Tar2ar
more of the Manganl. .
"They go there and there and there,
he said, making a wide sweep with &
brown hand first toward the north, Their
west and then south again. For
there'-and he pointed due weSt-'l;
much hunting: but between lies a great
place where there is no food and n
water so they must go that way.
And again he swung his hand through
the half circle that explained TO IarZaI
the great detOur the apes made TO CONE
to their hunting grOun TO the west.
That was 81 right for the ManganI
who are lazy ""' 10 not care to NOV
rapidly but for Tarzan the stralgh
road would be better. lie would eros
the dry country and come I" the go"t
hunting in a third of the time that /
would take to 20 far to the north an
circle back again. And so 1t was tina
he continued on toward the west, an
crossing a range of low mountains
came in sight Of a broad plateau, rock
strewn and desolate. Far in the dis
lance he saw another range of noun
tains, beyond which he felt u il
There he would join them and renal
for a while before continuing on towar
the coast and the little cabin that hi
father had built beside the land locke
harbor at the jungle'S edge.
The ape-man found the country h
was crossing rough in the extreme, tn
toughest he had ever encountered. TIL
plateau was cut by frequent canyons, til
passage of which often entailcd hour
of wearing effort. The vegetation wa
sparse and of a faded brown color tina
lent to the whole landscape a most de
pressing aspect. Great rocks wer