Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-27
Bu Edgar Rice Burroughs

saw him take a long grass rope from
about his shoulders as he ran. They
saw the moose swinging in an undu-
lating circle above his head. They
. saw the white girl in the machine
, glance down and discover him.
J Twenty feet above the running ape
man scared the huge plane. The open
moose shot up to meet 1t, and the girl,
, half guessing the apeman's intentions,
reached out and caught the moose, and
bracing herself, clung tightly to it with
both hands. simultaneously, Tarzan
was dragged from his feet, and the
plane lurched sideways In response to
the new strain. Usanga clutched
wildly at the control, and the machine
shot upward at steep angle. Dangling
} at the end of the rope, the apemap
swung pendulum like in space. The
Englishman, lying bound upon the
ground, had been witness Of all these
happenings. His heart stood still as
} he saw Tarzan's body hurtling through
the air toward the treetops, but the
! plane was rising rapidly, so that the
, beastman cleared the topmest branches.
} Then slowly, hand over hand, he
, climbed toward the fuselage. The
girl, clinging desperately to the moose,
, strained every muscle to hold the great
weight dangling at the lower end Of
, Usanga, all unconscious Of what was
going on, drove the plane higher.
1t seemed to Bertha Kircher that the
, fingers of her hands were dead, The
} numbness was running up her arms to
her elbows. How much longer she could
cling to the straining strands she
7 could not guesss. 1t seemed to her
that those lifeless fingers must relax
r at any instant-and then, when she
3 had about given up hope, she saw a
e strong brown hand reach up and grasp
, the side of the fuselage. Instantly the
weight upon the rope was removed, and
a moment later Tarzan of the Apes
raised his body above the side and
1 threw leg over the edge. He glanced
forward at Usanga; and then, placing
his mouth close to the girls ear he
cried: Have you ever piloted q
=, plane?" The girl nodded quick
i affirmative.
Have you the courage to climb up
4 there beside the black and seize the
control while l take care Of him?'
The girl looked toward Usanga and
shuddered. Yes" she replied. but
: my feet are bound.''
Tarzan drew his hunting knife from
. It's sheath and reaching down, severed
5 the thongs that bound her ankles. Then
the girl unsnapped the strap that held
> her to her seat. With one hand Tar
zan grasped the girls arm and stead
= led her as the two crawled slowly
= across the few feet which interyened
between the seats.
q The first intimation Usanga had that
i new perils threatened was when the
: girl slipped suddenly to his side and
y grasped the control-and at the same
: = instant steel fingers seized his throat.
A brown ha hot
= blade and severed the strap about his
q waist, and giant muscles lifted him
g bodily from his seat. Usanga clawed
. the air and shrieked, but he was help
9 less. Far below, the watchers in the
v. meadow could see the airplane careen-.
: ing in the sky, for with the change of
control it had taken sudden. dive.
They saw it right itself and turning in
short circle return in their direction,
put 1t was so far above them, and the
light OF the sun so strong, that they
could see nothing of what was going
on within the fuse.age. But presently
Smith -Oldwick gave gasp of dismay
as he saw human body plunge down.
ward from the plane. ...
With a muffled thud it fattened upon
the turf near the center of the meadow
lowered with an ebon hide. Usanga
had reaped his reward.
d A GAIN and again the plane circled
above the meadow. The blacks, at
first dismayed at the death of their
!, leader, were now worked to a frenzy of
d rage and determination to be
e avenged. The girl and the apeman
q saw them gather in a knot about the
= body, of their fallen chief. They saw
q as they circled above the meadow the
Il black fists shaken at them and the
q rines Drandishing menace toward
y them. Tarzan still clung to the fuselage
n directly behind the pilots seat. His
n face was close beside Bertha Kircher's !;
= and at the top of his voice, above the
- noise of propeller, engine and exhaust,
, ne screamed few words into her ear.
i, AS. the girl grasped the significance
y o. OF ms words; she paled, but her lips
: set in a hard line and her eyes shone
r with sudden fire of determination as
d she dropped the plane to within a few
e feet OF the ground and at the opposite
/ end of the meadow from the blacks,
d and then at full speed bore down upon
the sayages. So quickly the plane came
q that Usanga's men had no time to es-
y cape it after they realized its menace.
=, 1t touched the ground just as it struck
"a among them and moved through them,
y. veritable juggernaut of destruction.
h when 1t came to rest at the edge of
% the forest, the apeman leaped quickly to
/, the ground and ran toward the oung
# BY the time Tarzan had freed the
is Englishman the girl joined them. She
" tried to voice her thanks to the ape
i. man, but he silenced her with ges-
h ture.
ID You saved yourself" he insisted,
il for had you been unable to pilot the
2 plane l could not have helped you
st And now," he said, "you have the
ID means of returning to the settlements.
J. The day is still young. You can easily
l. cover the distance in few hours il
y you have sufficient petrol"
ne Smith -Oldwick nodded his head
g, attirmatively. II have plenty" he re-
ne piled.
ne '"Then go at once" said the ape
l. man. ''Neither of you belongs in tn,
jungle" A slight smile touched his
ne lips as he spoke.
i, The girl and the EngIIshman smiled,
90 too. '"Hhis jungle is no place for us,
40 at least" said Smith Oldwick, "and il
Is is no place for any other white man
2 Why don't you come back to ciyiliza
: se ton with us?"
m Tarzan shook his head. 81 prefer the
RS jungle" he said.
In The aviator dug his toe into the
w ground and, still looking down, blurted
m something which he evidently hated tC
ne siy. ''If it is a matter of living, olt
IN top" he said, CT money. you