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

her own estimation and even in the
estimation of the men of Mbonga's
tribe, though she was of another
people-a trophy of war seized in
her maidenhood by one of Mbonga's
fighting men.
Her child was a boy of ten, 1.-THE,
straight and, for a black, handsome.
Tarzan uncoiled his rope, and
shook out the moose. The two be-
fore him, all ignorant of the near
presence Of that terrifying form,
continued prcoccupied in the search
for shellfsh, poking about in the
mud with short sticks.
Tar2an stepped from the Jungle
behind them; his moose lay open
upon the ground beside him. There
was a quick movement of the right
arm and the moose rose gracefully
into the air, lowered an instant
above the head Of the unsuspecting
youth, then settled. As it encom-
PASSED his body below the shoulders,
Tarzan gave a quick jerk that
tightened it about the boys arms,
pinioning them to his sides. A
scream of terror broke from the
lads lips, and as his mother turned,
atfrighted at his cry, she saw him
being dragged quickly toward a
great white giant who stood just
beneath the shade Of nearby tree,
scarcely a dozen long PAGES from
her.
With a savage cry Of terror and
rage, the woman leaped fearlessly
toward the ape-man. In her mien
Tarzan saw determination and
courage which would shrink not even
from death itself. She was very
hidcous and frjghtful even when her
face vas in repoSo; but convulsed
by passion, her expression became
torrifyingly fiendish. Even the ape
man drew back, but more in revul-
sion than fear-fcar he knew not
Biting and kicking was the black
she's balu as TarZan tucked him be
meath his arm and vanished into the
branches hanging low above him,
just as the infuriated mother dashed
forward to seize and do battle with
him. And as he melted away into
the depth of the jungle with his
still struggling prize, he meditated
upon the possibilities which might
lie in the prowess Of the Conan
gani were the hes as formidable as
the shes.
Once at safe distance from the
dospoiled mother and out Of earshot
of her screams and menaces, Tar
zan paused to inspect his prize, now
so thoroughly tcrrorized that he had
ceased his struggles and his out
cries.
The frightened child rolled his
eyes fparfully toward his captor,
until the whites showed cleaning
all about the iriSes.
81 am Tarzan." said the ape-man,
in the vernacular of the anthropoids.
81 will not harm you. You are to be
Tarzan's balu. Tarzan will protect
YOU. He will feed you. The best in
the jungle shall be for Tarzan's
balu, for TarZan is mighty hunter.
None need you fear, not even Numa,
the lion, for Tarzan is a mighty
fighter. None so great as Tarzan,
son of kala. Do not fear"
Tarzan sighed. His newly &C
quired balu had much indeed to
learn. 1t was pitiful that a balu of
his size and strength should be SO
backward. He tried to coax Tibo to
follow him; but the child dared not
so Tarzan picked him up and car
ried him upon his back. Tibo nc
longey scratched or bit. Escape
seemed impossible. Even now, We're
he set upon the ground, the chance
was remote, he knew, that he could
find his way back to the village OF
MbOnga, the chief. Even if he could
there were the lions and the leopardS
and the hyenas, any one of which, as
Tibo was we'll aware, was particu-
larly fond of the meat of little black
boys.
And so Tarzan came to the clear.
ing where the tribe fed, dropping
among them with his new balu
clinging tightly to his shoulders. He
was fairly in the midst of them be.
/ fore Tibo spied a single one Of the
/ great hairy forms, or before the
apes realized that TarZan was not
alone. When they saw the little
, Gomangani rerched upon his back
some Of them came forward il
curiosity with upcurled lips anc
snarling mien.
Tibo could only stare in wide-eyeC
horror at the approaching apes. He
saw their beetling brows, their grea
fangs, their wicked eyes. He notet
their mighty muscles rolling beneath
their shaggy hides. Their every atti
tude and expression was menace
S2rzan saw this, too. He drew TibC
around in front of him.
This is Tarzan's Go-bu-malu,
he said. "Do not harm him, or Tar
zan will kill you," and he barred hi
own fangs in the teeth of the near
est ape.
During the week which followed
Tarzan found his time much occu
pied. His balu was create
responsibility than he had counte,