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

Land slowly. Presently they will
hear ~ commotion in the enemy
trench, but they need not hurry, and
whatever they do, have them come
quietly. You might also warn them
that ! may be in the trench, and that
do not care to be shot or
bayonetedn
\ "And that is ALT" queried Capell
after directing an aide to give Tar
zan a hand grenade. "You will empty
the trench alone ?~
"Not exactly alone," replied Tar
zan, with grim smile, "but / shall
empty it; and by the way, your men
may come in through the tunnel from
the istening-post if you prefer. In
about half an hour, Coloneli' And
he turned and left them. G
As TARTAN passed through the
"A camp, there flashed suddenly
upon the screen of recollection, con-
jured there by some reminder of his
previous visit to headquarters, the
image of the officer he had passed
as he quit the Colonel that other
time, and simultaneously recognition
of the face that hadebeen revealed
by the light from the fire. He shook
his head dubiously. No, it could
not be; and yet the features of the
young officer were identical with
those of Fraulein Kircher, the Ger
man spy he had seen at German
headquarters the night he took Major
Schneider from under the nose of
the Hun general and his staff.
Beyond the last line ef sentinels,
Tarzan moved quickly in the direc-
tion of Numa the lion. The beast
was lying down as Tarzan ap-
preached, but he rose when the Ape
man reached his side. A low whine
escaped his muzzled lips. Tarzan
smiled, for he recognized in the new
note almost supplication-it was
more like the whine of hungry dog
begging for food than the voice of
the proud king of beasts.
"Soon you will kill--and feed," he
murmured in the vernacular of the
great apes.
He unfastened the rope from about
the tree, and with Numa close at his
side, skunk into No Mans Land.
There was little rife fire, and only an
occasional shell vouched for the
presence of artillery behind the op-
posing lines. AS the shells from both
sides were falling well back of the
trenches, they constituted no menace
to Tarzan; but the noise of them and
that of the rifle fire had a marked
effect upon Numa, who crouched
trembling close to the Tarmangani
as if for protection.
Cautiously the two beasts moved
forward toward the listening-post of
the Germans. In one hand Tarzan
carried the bomb the English had
given him; in the other was, the
coiled rope attached. to the lion. At
last Tarzan could see the position a
few yards ahead. His keen eyes
picked out the head and shoulders of
the sentinel on watch. The Ape-man
grasped the bomb firmly in his right
hand and withdrew the pin with his
teeth. He measured the distance with
his eye, and gathered his feet be-
meath him; then in single motion
he rose and threw the missile, imme-
diately flattening himself prone unon
the ground.
Five seconds later there was ter
rife explosion in the center of the
listening post. Numa gave nervous
start and attempted to break away;
but Tarzan held him, and leaping to
his feet, ran forward, dragging
Numa after. him. At the edge of the
post he sawSbelow him but slight evi-
dence that the position had been oc-
cupied at all, for only few shrels
of torn flesh remained. About the
only thing that had not been demol-
ished was machine-gu which had
been protected by sandbags.
There was not an Instant to lose.
Already a relief might be crawling
through the communication-tunnel,
for it must have been evident to the
sentinels in the Hun trenches that
the listening-post had been demol-
ished. Numa hesitated to follow Tar
zan into the excavation; but the
Ape-man, who was in no mood to
temporize, jerked him roughly to the
bottom. Before theim lay the mouth
of the tunnel that led back from No
Mans Land to the German trenches,
Tarzan pushed Numa forward until
his head was almost in the aperture;
then, as though it was an after
thought, he turned quickly and TAX
ing the machine-gun from the, para
pet, placed it in the bottom of the
hole close at hand. Next he turned
again to Numa, and with his knife
quickly cut the garters that held the
bags upon his front paws. Before
the lion could know that a part of
his formidable armament was again
released for action, Tarzan had cut
the rope from his neck and the head
bag from his face, and grabbing the
lion from the rear had thrust him