Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-30


Tarzan watched and was sure that
they would hold. After Numa again
breathed normally and was able to
! roar out his protests and his rage,
his struggles increased to Titanic
proportions for a short time; but
as lions powers of endurance are
in no way proportionate to his size
and strength, he soon tired and lay
quietly. Amid renewed growing
and another futile attempt to free
himself, Numa was finally forced to
submit to the further indignity Of
having rope secured about his
neck; but this time it was no moose
that might tighten and strangle
him, but a bowline ,knot--which
does not tighten or slip under strain
and may be easily upset when the
strain is removed.
The other end Of the rope Tar7an
secured to the stem of the tree;
then he quickly cut the bonds secur-
ing Numa's legs and leaped aside
as the beast sprang to his feet. For
moment the lion stood with legs
far outspread; then he raised first
one paw and then another, shaking
them energetically in an effort to
dislodge the strange footgear that
Tarzan had fastened upon them.
Finally he began to paw at the bag
upon his head. The Ape-man, stand
ing with ready spear, watched
Numa's efforts ,intently. Would the
bags hold?
As the clinging things upon
his feet and face resisted his
every effort to dislodge them,
Numa became frantic. He rolled
upon the ground, fighting, Bit
ing scratching and roaring. He
leaped to his feet and sprang into
the air. He charged Tarzan, only to
be brought to a sudden stop as the
rope securing him to the tree taut-
ened. Then Tarzan stepped in and
raped him smartly on the head
with the shaft of his spear. Numa
reared upon his hind feet and
struck at the Ape-man, and in re-
turn received a cuff on one ear that
sent him reeling sideways. When
he returned to the attack, he was
again set sprawling. After the
fourth effort it appeared to dawn
upon the king of beasts that he had
met his master; his head and tail
dropped, and when Tarzan ad-
vanced upon him, he backed away
though still growing.
Leaving Numa tied to the tree,
Tarzan entered the tunnel and re-
moved the barricade from the oppo-
site end; then he returned to the s
gulch and strobe straight for the
tree. Numa lay in his path, and
as Tarzan approached, growled
menacingly. The Ape-man cuffed
him aside and unfastened the rope
from the tree. Then ensued a half
hour of stubbornly fought battle
while Tarzan endeavored to drive
Numa through the tunnel ahead Of
him, and Numa persistently refused
to be driven. At last, however, by
dint of the unrestricted use of his
spear-point the Ape-man succeeded
in forcing the lion to move ahead
of him and eventually guided him
into the passageway. Once inside,
the problem became simpler, for
Tarzan followed close behind, his
sharp spearpoint an unremitting in
centive to forward movement on
the part of the lion. And so they
passed through the tunnel and
emerged into the jungle.
Numa had now learned the rudi-
ments of being driven; Tarzan now
urged him forward-anG there be-
gan as strange journey as the un-
recorded history of the jungle con-
tains. The rest of that day was
eventful, both for Tarzan and for
Numa. From open rebellion at first
the lion passed through stages of
stubborn resistance and grudging
obedience, to final surrender. He
was a very tired, hungry and thirsty
lion when night overlook them; but
there was to be no food for him that
day nor the next; Tarzan did not
dare risk removing the head-bag,
though he did cut another hole in
the nose that permitted Numa to
quench his thirst shortly after
dark. Then he tied the lion to a
tree, sought food for himself and
stretched out among the branches
above his captive for few hours
sleep.
Early the following morning they
resumed their journey, winding
over the low foothills south of Kill
manjaro, toward the east. The
beasts of the jungle who saw them
took one look and fled. The scent
spoor of Numa alone might have
been enough to provoke flight in
many of the lesser animals, but the
sight of this strange apparition-
which smelled like lion but looked
like nothing they had ever seen be-
fore-led through the jungles by a
giant Tarmangani was too much for
even the more formidable denizens
of the wild. ...
PUT Sabor, the lioness, recognis-
ing from distance the scent of
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