Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20


Eight young bulls in. the full prime
OF their vigor pressed forward to Zu-
tag $ side, but the old bulls, with the
conservatism and caution of many
years upon their gray shoulders. shook
Golat.
Good ~ cried Zu-tag. 1--WE want
no old shes to go with us to fight the
Si9mangani,. for that is work for. the
lighters of the tribe
A LII this time Bertha Kircher was a
4 4 wide eyed and terrified spectator
to what, as she thought. could end only
IN a terrific battle between these fright
tul beasts. and when Iu tag and his
followers began screaming forth their
tearsome, challenge. the girl found her
self trembling in terror for of all the
sounds of the jungle there is none more
awe inspiring than that of the great
Dull ape when he issues his challenge
or shrieks forth his victory cry.
If she had been terrified before. she
was almost paralyzed with fear now as
she saw, Zu. tag and his apes turn to-
ward the bona and approach her.
With the agility of cat, Hu- tag
leaned completely over the protecting
wall and stood before her. yaliantly
she held her spear before her, pointing
1t at his breast. He began to iabber
and gesticul late, and even with her
scant acquaintance with the ways of
the anthropoids, she realized that he
was not menacing her, for there was
and his whole expression and sttitmde
was that of one attempting fo oxnlain
knotty problem or nlnad n w6rtbv
cause. ''
Ar last ho hoo,,oo ;,,,,,.;,.
syoem of nme %rnat Hlpa'ient, n',. h Ior WIN
spear from her hand any enT nonSn, ne Snruch i .e
seized her bv thn arn, " h,t 'U,,tins nt clpSe'
She shrank awav in p.r tor,nr n"' tumEniS m
some sense within her seemed 70 he bc
trying to assure her that she was in no
danger from this great beast. m tap
iabbcrcd loudly. ever and again point
ing into the Jungle toward tbo south
aud moving toward the bona. milling
the girl with him: he. seemed almost
frantic in his efforts to explain some
thing to her. He pointed toward tbe
bona, herself, and then TO the forest
and then at last as though by suddcn
inspiration. he reached down and seiz-
ing the spear. repeatedly touched il
with his forefinger and again pointcd
toward the south.
Suddanlv Il dou.,od w A.. .-,
that what the ape was irving to OK
plain to her was related in some wav
to the white man whose property he
thought she was. Possibly her grim
protector was in trouble, and wit With This
thought firmly established, she no
longer held back, but started forward
as though to accompany the yOtlnp buII
At the point in the bona where Tar.
zan had blocked the entrance. She
started to pull away the thork bushes.
and when u-tag saw what sho was
doing. he fell to and assisted her 40
that presently they had an oneninr
through the bona through which She
passed with the great ape.
Immediately Zu tag and his eight
apes started off rapidly toward the i'm
gle, so rapidly that Bertha Eirrhnr
would have had 70 run nt tm ton smanJ mnnIltr ~
keep up with them. This she realizrG
she could not do, and so she was forced
to lag behind, much tO tho cborrin of
Iu tag who kept constantly running
back and urging her to greater snerd
Once he took her by tbo arm and trieJ
to drag her along. Her nrntp'.ts wrEr
of no avail. since the beast could nor
know that they were protests nor did
he dcsist until she caught her foot in
some tangled grass and fell to tbe
ground.
Then ;ndo,d wo. ~, ., f,.;a
erowIed Li,IoomSi1 Nu LEE ias tturious' @ nnu
waiting ot Tho nGro &c IN -, apes were
him re laad 'b ,b v"se VI lhs forest l9r
ind that tbis n!1ar al '"%H''cniA % Ieui
Lnen mo VII ,;tI tJ", III WIN S!Lt couid hot
travelled ot her slow %n rnto 'tdt thor II nEt infE
ba 80 a.. nei s'2M ra'e' th'E hlght
the giant nnthron"iG % it"t n;chod IIpS pantho quo
kircher bodily from the ground and
swung her to his back. Her arms were
about his neck, and in this position he
seized her wrists III one great paw so
that she could not fall off, and started
at a rapid rate to ioin his componions
Dressed os sLo vou IN rid;nn
breechcs. with no entomrIirg ~ ,,,irt. rtaiIe ~
hinder or ratch unon pasuing mi .hrrh 20 .o
berry. she snnn fornJ t%n+ SUI i,gJ
cling tigbtlv to tbn hocls "f IN I,e oit,i ioHlu
bull and when a momcnt iotnr . hn ,,'tni tnoi.
to the lower BRANCHES Of tho trno. 'VIn yba
closed her ewes and cinng to liz, 'ie ;r
terror lest she he nrecinifated I,, ~ tha n
ground below. p''"''' " ''o
Not once did Zu-tag n.uso until bo
came TO n sion amono tha hro,'1,i,a,, ",i,n, f
a tree at no great Gistanco fror, AZ po
village. They could hear Tho noisa. 'n nf
the life within the naIisade tha noIorS iousb ol
ing and sbouting 6f tLa ,,,o .me lausn
the barking of iogs md t5roi ahu thn
foliage the girl conpbt pIimnses 81 thS thS
village from which she Snd Sdipoes po ,.I,, oa tlie
escaped' She shnddered "' to +Sin hi rectntLS I th
possibility of having to retmrn n W 70 tie ~
and of possible recanture % and sho, IN,
wondered wbv Tr TOO bad L anu sue
here. '"e N"u oroush' her
-
NOW tha anos odra,o5 s,o,
N "pe: "u'"hceu SLOWLY once
more ana win great caution, NOV
ihg as nolSeleSsly through the trees as
.ne i sIIirreiS themselves until they had