Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-08
CHAPTER XV-(Continned)

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A Low growl of warning rumbled
"A from his throat; but Tarzan, guess
ing that the beast had but just quilted
his kill and was we'll filled, merely
made a slight detour and continued to
the river, where he stopped a few yards
above the tawny cat, and droppins
upon his hands and knees, plunged his
face into the cool waters. For a
moment the lion continued to eye the
man; then he resumed his drinking
and man and beast quenched their
thirst side by side, each apparently
oblivious of the others presence.
Numa was the first to finish. Rails.
ing his head, he gazed across the river
for a few minutes with that stony
fxity Of attention which is a charac.
teristic of his kind. But for the ruff.
fling of his black lar to the touch of
the passing breeze, he might have
been wrought from golden bronze, so
motionless. so statuesque his pose.
A deep sigh from the cavernous
lungs dispelled the illusion. The
mighty head swung slowly around
until the yellow eyes rested upon the
man. The bristled lip curved upward.
exposing yellowed fangs. Another
warning growl vibrated the heavy
jowls, and the king of beasts turned
majestically about and paced slowly
up the trail into the dense reeds.
Tarzan of the Apes drank on, but
from the corners Of his gray eyes he
watched the great brute's every
move until he had disappeared from
view, and after. his keen ears marked
the movements Of the c~arnivore.
A plunge in the river was followed
by a scanty breakfast of eggs which
chance discovered to him, and then
he set off up-river toward the ruins
of the bungalow where the golden in.
COTS had marked the center Of yes.
terday's battle.
And when he came upon the spot.
great was his surprise and ~conster-
nation. for the yellow metal had dis
appeared. The earth, trampled by the
feet Of horses and men, gave no clue.
1t was as though the ingots had
~evaporated into thin air.
The ape-man was at a loss to know
where to turn or what next to do.
There was no sign Of any spoor which
might denote that the she had been
here. The metal was gone. and II
there was any connection between the
she and the metal, it seemed useless
TO wait for her now that the latter
had been removed elsewhere.
Everything seemed to elude him
the pretty pebbles, the yellow metal,
tho cho hic n,nnnrN' Tlrv1n wa dis.
gusted. He would go back into the
jungle and look for Chulk, and so he
turned his steps once more toward
the forest. He moved rapidly, swing.
ing across the plain in a long, easy
trot, and at the edge of the forest
taking to the trees with the agility
and speed of a small monkey.
His direction was aimless-he mere.
~ raced on and on through the jun
gle, the joy of unfettered action his
principal urge, with the hope of
stumbling upon some clue to Chulk
or the she a secondary incentive.
For two days he roamed about.
killing, eating. drinking and sleeping
wherever inclination and the means to
II occurred simultaneously. 1t
was upon the morning Of the third
DAY that the scent spoor of horse and
mar were waited family to his nos
trils.
Instantly he altered his course to
glide silently through the branches in
the direction from which the scent
came.
II was not long before he came
upon "A solitary horseman riding to-
ward the east.
Instantly his eyes confirmed what
his nose had suspicioned-the rider
was he who had stolen his pretty
pebbles.
The light of rage flared suddenly in
the gray eyes as the ape-man dropped
lower among the branches until he
moved almost directly above the UNI
conscious Werper.
There was a quick leap, and the Bel