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

from them. The ape-man was in
the lead moving rapidly and yet
with caution, depending even more
upon his ears and nose than upon
his eyes for information of the lions
whereabouts.
The spoor was easy to follow, for
the dragged body of the victim left
a plain trail, blood-spattered and
scentful. Even such dull creatures
as you or | might easily have fol-
lowed it. To Tar2an and the apes
of Kerchak it was as obvious as Il
cement sidewalk.
Tarzan knew that they were near
ing the great cat even before he
heard an angry growl of warning
just ahead. Calling to the apes to
follow his example, he swung into
tree and moment later Numa
was surrounded by a ring Of growl-
ing beasts. we'll out of reach of his
fangs and talonS but within plain
/ sight of him. The carnivorc crouch
! ed with his fOreQuarterS upon the
she-aEc. Tarzan could SEQ that the
/ latter was already dead; but some
/ thing within him made it seem quite
r..ro2sar,. 70 rosr,,o tho r.oIcss bodv
r.or, t,o cIu..hos or tho orcr,,. and
to punish him.
H., ,briol,,J +,,,r,.. o,d insults ot
Numa, and tearing dead branches
fran, tho tro, in ,ybicb he danced,
bu,Iod +bcr, ~ +Lo lion Tho ancs
ro,Iowcd his ovomrIc Nura
ro,rod on. in r.go and yeyatior. He
yay hungry but rnLor such condi-
tiors Lo conrd NOT food
7,bo mas e tbcr had hoon left
- thomyo,ye. vouId dorbtIoss soon
ba,o I,r+ tbo Iio, n noarnruI enjoy
man. or hi. foa.t fo,. was NOT tho
shp doado Tbev couId not restore
bcr 70 I;rn hv tbrowinr sticks at
, \,,,,o and .ho,. ,,,;,rh+ o,.or nov no
fooLi,r +, c,,iot tbomyoIvns. bnt
Torzor ,vo. or diTcrnn+ mind,
\,,,,,, ,,u.4 bo ,,,isbod ,rd driven
ov,oy uo ,,,rs+ bo +,rgbt that oven
tbonrb bo killed. , Nanpari. he
,,.orId no, bo ,or,,it+od m food unon
his kill rho man-mind looked into
t,o rr+,,ro v.biIo +ba mo. porcnived
/ onr,. tbo immediate nroeon+ Tbcv
world he co,tort +o otc,na todav tbo
r,o,,ce or Eun,a v.bila Tor7an saw
tbo roco..it,. and tho moans AS
,.o1I of caforuordiro tho DAYS +o
con,o
50 bo rr,rod tbo rroat antbronoids
y, until N,,,, ,,.ae .boworad with
r,;ssi,o. tba+ tor+ his bead dodpiny
and hi. voico no.lirg forth its saw
arn nroto..t. bnt ,tiII he clunp dos
ror.toIv 70 his kT
ria t,,.ic.s ord hr,r.,bo, b,,rIed at
Nr,no Toryan soor roaIiyed did NOT
r,ur+ hin, ,r,oo+I. oro, whom tbov
, .tr,,cl. bi,,, ord did ro+ ini,ro hin,
~ all "a +bo a,e-uor lookeG about
/ fo, mora ofroct; ;,.o r,i.si1os nor did
bo boro - IooL, limo. An ou+crnr-
ninr or docomDosnd granite NOT far
rroT, Nuro surrosteI ammunition
Of ,o,,ch r,nro no;nfnI nature
CoIIirr IN tbo ane. +o watch him
,ror,on slinnod n tho rrourd and
co+Lorod hordf,L Of sr,olI froo-
,,,o,,+- uo L,ov that whom onco
+ho,. hod soon bi,,, car,v out his idoa
tLoI. ,"o,,Id Lo n,,,ob oI,;cl,or 70 fol-
lou. H.. Iood +b,n 70 obov his in
,.+,.,,o+ioo. u.oro bo IN command
.L,.as - ,,uoa,,,a ,;aoo- of rool, md
Lrrr .l,o,,t ~ NM. for Tor7on u.os
49, .bon l,i,a ~ +ho ana, of tho
.riho of Torohol, ,rbo+ can,o j., Ia+or
,.a,,.. Eor, bo ,ros hut , youth
.LS,,ah ona ,,.,,o olro.,o,. ,o, u.ros4oJ
for Lir,so1f nIaco in the councils
81 4ho so,.ono bo,s+. or,ong whom,
.t,.orro rn+o Lod cost hin, rho
,,JIa, b3,,Is of tLo oIdor yereration
I'm L,tad l,i,,, as hoas+s ho+o +bo.o
- ,.Lo,,, +ho,. oro ,rSnic;ou, wbooo
soon+ oLoroc+ori.+ic !, tho scort
oLoroo+oris,ic If an oIior ordor and
tLanofona ~ an onor,,. ordor Tbo
vounror huII, +bo.o who had rrov-r
- +bror,h cb;Idbood &c hi, nIov-
r,a+os uoro &c occu,tor,od n Tar-
ga,,,s .oor+ os 70 +b,+ If o,v o+ber
,,,a,,, hor of tho +riho Tbov foIt no
rroa+or ,nsn;c;on of him, than of anv
o+bor hnII of +bo;r aconaintanca. vpt
tba,, d;T not ,oyo hin, for +bov Ioyed
noro ortsiJo tho n,oting seayor and
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