Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-28
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of tangled thicket close under the
cool face of an overhanging rock,
Tarzan had found the lair of Numa,
the lion, and of Sabor, the lioness.
Here he had watched them with
their little balus-playful creatures,
spotted leopard-like. And he had
seen the young fawn with Bara, the
deer, and with Buto, the rhinoce-
ros, its ungainly little one. Each
of the creatures of the Jungle had
its own--eXcept TarZan. 1t made
the ape-man sad to think upon this
thing, sad and lonely; but presently
the scent of game cleared his young
mind of all other considerations, as
catlike he Crawled far out upon a
bending limb above the game trail
which led down to the ancient wa
tering place of the wild things Of this
wild world.
How many thousands Of times had
this great, old limb bent to the say
age form Of some bloodthirsty
hunter in the long years that It had
spread its leafy branches above the
deep-worn jungle PATH Tarzan, the
ape-man; Shceta, the Panther, and
Histah, the snake, it knew we'll.
They had worn smooth the bark
upon its upper surface.
Today it was Horta. the boar
which came down toward the
watcher in the old trco-Horta, the
diabolical temper preserved him
from all but the most fcroclous or
most famlShed Of the larger car
nivora.
SO today, instead Of staying his
hand until a less formidable beast
found its way toward him, Tarzan
dropped his new moose about the
neck of HOrta. the boar. 1t was an
excellent test for the unt'1ed
strands. The angerod boar boIted
this way and that; but each time
the new rope held nm where lar
2an had made it fast about the
stem OF the tree above the prah'h
from which he had cast 1t.
As Horta grunt"d and charged
Slashlng the sturdy jungle patriarch
with his mighty tuSkS until the
bark flew IN every direction, l ar
zan dropped to the ground h'hino
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Horta, understanding nothing OF
what Tarzan said, was none the less
enraged because OF that. lie saw
only naked man-thing, hairless and
futile, pitting his puny fangs and
soft muscles against his own m
domitable savagery, and he charged
. Tarzan of the Apes waited until
the upcut of a wicked tusk would
have lad open MS thlgh, theh he
moVed-JuSt Uhe ieaSC olI 10 one
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