Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-28

slay Go-bu- -balu. He had seen the
strong, white teeth of the ape-man
fastened in the neck of his adver-
sary, and the mighty muscles tensed
in battle. He had heard the savage,
bestial snarls and -roars of combat,
and he had realized with shudder
that he could not differentiate be-
tween those of his guardian and
those of the hairy ape.
While Tarzan pondered his prob
lem concerning the future of his
balu, Fate was arranging to take the
matter out of his hands. Momaya,
| Tibo's mother, grief-stricken at the
loss of her boy, had consulted the
tribal witch-doctor, but to no avail.
1t was known to the blacks that
TarZan did not eat the flesh of man,
| for he had slain more than one of
| their number. yet never tasted the
| flesh of any. Too, the bodies always
had been found, sometimes dropping
as though from the clouds to alight
in the center of the village. AS
/ Tibo's body had not been found,
Momaya argued that he still lived,
| but where?
Then it was that there came to
her mind a recollection of Bukawai,
the unclean, who dwelt in a cave in
the hillside to the north, and who
it was we'll known entertained
devils in his evil lair. Few, if any,
had the temerity to visit old Buka-
wal, firstly because of fear of his
black magic and the two hyenas who
| dwelt with him and were commonly
known to be devils masquerading
and secondly because of the loath-
some disease which had caused
Bukawai to be an outcast-a disease
which was slowly eating away his
face.
Now it was that Momaya rea-
soned shrcwdly that if any might
know the whereabouts of her Tibo,
it would be Bukawai, who was in
friendly intercourse with gods and
demons, since a demon or god it
was who had stolen her baby, but
even her great mother love was
sorely taxed to find the courage to
send her forth into the black jungle
toward the distant hills and the un-
canny abode of Bukawai, the un-
clean, and his devils.
From one of the warriors of the
village, whom she knew to have once
stumbled upon the lair of Bukawai
the mother of Tibo learned how she
might find it-near spring of water
which rose in small rocky canyon
between two hills, the easternmost
of which was easily recognizable
because of a huge granite boulder
which rested upon its summit. The
westerly hill was lower than its
companion, and was quite bare OF
vegetation except for single min
osa tree which grew just a little
below it's summit.
These two hills, the man assured
her, could be seen for some distance
DClOlG SllC iCoSlCu IllCill, anu W
gether formed an excellent guide tc
her destination. He warned her
however, to abandon so foolish anc
= dangerous an adventure, emphasiz
: ing what she already quite wei
= knew, that if she escaped harm a
. the hands of Bukawai and his de
l mons, the chances were that sh,
il. would not be so fortunate with tn,
; great carnivora of the jungle through
l which she must pass going and re
= turning.
r The warrior even went to Mo
t maya's husband, who, in turn, hav
4 ing little authority over the vixenisl
r lady of his choice, went to Mbonga
\ the chief. The latter summoned
n Momaya, threatened her with tn,
i direst punishment should she ventur