Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10

A dozen huge and hairy forms loom
ed large beneath the trees at the raj
side of the Enclosure. The white CLAN
one hand free, had struggled TO MI
knees, and was calling to the ~frightful
nocturnal visitors in a hideous medley
Of bestial gutturals, barkings anc
growlings.
Werper had managed to sit up. He
too, saw the savage faces Of the APP
preaching anthropoids, and scarce
knew whether to be relieved or terror
stricken.
Growing. the great pes leaped for
ward toward Tarzan and Werper
Chulk led them. The Belgian officer
called to his men to fire upon the in
truders; but the negroes held back
filled as they were with superstition
terror Of the hairy tree.men, and with
the conviction that the white giant
who could thus the beasts OF
the jungle to his aid was more thar
human.
Drawing his own weapon, the Off
Ger fired, and Tarzan, fearing the ef
feet of the noise upon his really timid
friends, called to them to hasten anc
fulfill his commands.
A couple Of the apes turned and fec
at the sound Of the firearms, but Chulk
n a half dozen others waddled rap
idly forward, and, following the ape
mans directions, seized both him are
Werper and bore them off toward the
jungle.
BY dint of threats, reproaches and
profanity the Belgian officer succeeded
in persuading his trembling command
to fire a volley after the %retreating
apes. A ragged, struggling volley II
was, but at least one of its bullets found
a mark, for as the Jungle closed about
the hairy rescuers Chulk, who bore
Werper across one broad shoulder,
staggered and fell headlong.
In an instant he was up again, but
the Belgian guessed from his unsteady
gait that he was hard hit. He Jagged
far behind the others, and it was sew.
eral minutes after they had halted at
Tarzan's command before he came
slowly up to them. Keeling from side to
side, and at last falling again beneath
the weight Of his burden and the shock
Of his wound.
AS Chulk went down he dropped
Werper, so that the latter fell face
downward, with the body of the ape
lying across him. In this position the
Belgian felt something resting against
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his back-something that was not q
part of the hairy body of the ape.
Mechanically the mans fingers felt
of the object resting almost In their
grasp-it was a softspouch, filled with
small. hard particles. Werper gasped
in wohderment as recognition filtered
through the ~incredulity of his mind.
1t was impossible, and yeti was
true.
Feverishly he strove to remove the
pouch from the ape and transfer 1t to
his W possession, but the restricted
radius to which his bonds held his
hands prevented this, though he did
succeed in tucking the pouch, with its
precious contents, inside the waistband
Of his trousers.
TarZan, sitting at a short distance,
was busy with the remaining knots OF
the cords which bound him. Presently
he flung aside the last Of them and
rose to his feet. Approaching Wer.
per, he knelt beside him. For a mo.
ment he examined the ape.
quite dead" he announced. TT is
too bad-he was a splendid creature"
and then he turned to the work OF
liberating the Belgian.
He freed his hands first, and then
commenced upon the knots Of his an.
kles.
Il can do the rest" said the Bel.
gian. II have a small po~cket.knife
which they overlooked when they
searched me-" and in this way he sue.
cecding in Kidding himself of the ape.
mans attentions that he might find