Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

down upon him. Again there was
no sound, as he carried the dead
body with him toward the building
The lower floor was lighted, the
upper, dark. Through the windows
Tarzan saw large front room and
smaller room in rear of it. In
the former were many officers. Some
moved about talking to one another,
others sat at field tables writing.
The windows were open and Tar
zan could hear much of the CONVEX
sation; but nothing that interested
him.
In the smaller back room large
red-faced man sat behind a table.
Some other officers were also sitting
a little in the rear of him, while
two stood at attention before the
general who questioned them. AS he
talked, the general toyed with an
oil lamp that stood upon the table
before him.
TARZAN appraised the various
= people in the room. He wondered
if one might not be Hauptmann
Schneider, for two of them were
captains. A girl he judged to be Of
the intelligence departmental spy.
Finally the general looked up
from the paper.
"Good!" he said to the girl; and
then to one of his aides: "Send for
Major Schneider"
Major Schneider! Tarzan felt
the short hairs at the back of his
neck rise. Already they had pro
NOTED the beast who had murdered
Tarzan's mate.
Impatiently he awaited the COM
ing of the man he sought, and at
last he was rewarded by the reap
pearance of the aide who had been
dispatched to fetch him, accom-
panied by a medium-sized officer
With fierce, outstanding mustaches.
The newcomer strode to the table,
halted and saluted, reporting. The
general acknowledged the salute and
turned to the girl.
"Fraulein Kircher," he said, cal
low me to present Major Schneid-
er-"
Tarzan waited to hear no more.
Placing a palm upon the sill of the
window, he vaulted into the room
into the midst of an astounded
company of the Kaiser's officers.
With a stride he was at the table,
and with a sweep of his hand sent
the lamp crashing into the fat belly
of the general, who in his mad
effort to escape cremation, fell over
backward, chair and all, upon the
floor. Two of the aides sprang for
the ape-man, who picked up the
first and flung him in the face of
the other. The girl had leaped from
her chair and stood fattened against
the wall. The other officers were
calling aloud for the guard and for
help. Tarzan's purpose centered
upon but single individual and
him he never lost sight Of. Freed
from attack for an instant, he seized
Major Schneider, threw him over his
shoulder and was out of the Win
dow so quickly that the astonished
assemblage could scarce realize
what had occurred.
A single glance showed him that
the sentinePs post was still vacant,
and a moment later Tarzan and his
burden were in the shadows of the
hay-dump. Major Schneider had
made no outcry, for the very excel
lent reason that his wind was shut
off. Now Tarzan relaxed his grasp.
eff you make a sound, you will
be choked again." he said.
Cautiously, and after infinite pa
tience, Tarzan passed the final out
post. Forcing his captive to walk
before him, he pushed on toward the
west until, late in the night, he
recrossed the railway, and felt rea-
sQnably safe from discovery.
Until now Tarzan had given little
thought to the details of revenge.
Now he pondered what form the
punishment should take. Of only
one thing was he certain; it must
end in death. Like all brave men
and courageous beasts, Tarzan had
little natural inclination to torture
none, in fact; but this case was
unique in his experience. An inher-
ent sense of justice called for an
eye for an eye, and his recent oath
demanded even more. Yes, the
creature must suffer even as he>had
caused Jane Clayton to suffer.
A LII THROUGH the long night the
= ape-man goaded on the exhaust
ed and now terrified Hun. The aw.
full silence of his captor wrought
upon the Germans nerve. If he
would only speak! Again and agair
Schneider tried to force or coax Q
word from him; but always the re.
suit was the same-continued silence
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