Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

much frightened little monkey, fee
ing for his life-there seemed moth
ing sinister about him.
And what of Teeka during all this
time? Was she at last resigned to
her fate and accompanying her new
mate in the proper humility of a
loving and tractable spouse? A
single glance at the pair would have
answered these questions to the ut
ter satisfaction of the most captious
She was torn and bleeding from
many wounds, inflicted by the sullen
Toog in his vain efforts to subdue
her to his will, and Toog too was
disfgured and mutilated; but with
stubborn ferocity, he still clung to
his now useless prize.
On through the jungle he forced
his way in the direction Of the
stamping ground of his tribe. He
hoped that his king would have for
gotten his treason; but if not he was
still resigned to his fate-any fate
would be better than suffering long
er the sole companionship of this
frightful she, and then, too, he
wished to exhibit his captive to his
fellows. Maybe he could wish he1
on the king-it is possible that such
thought urged him on.
At ,ast they came upon two bulls
feeding in a parklike grove-a beau.
tiful grove dotted with huge boul.
ders half embedded in the rich loan
mute monuments, possibly, to
forgotten age when mighty glaciers
rolled their slow course where now 6
torrid sun beats down upon tropit
jungle.
The two bulls looked up, barring
long fighting fangs, as Toog ap
peared in the distance. The latter
recognized the two as friends. az
is Toog," he growled. "Toog ha:
come back with a new she."
The apes waited his nearer ap
proach. Teeka turned a snarling
fanged face toward them. She wa!
not pretty to look upon, yet through
the blood and hatred upon her coun
tenance they realized that she wa
beautiful, and they enyied Toog-
alas! they did not know Teeka.
AS they squatted looking at ont
another there raced through th'
trees toward them a long-tailed littl
monkey with gray whiskers. He wa
a very excited little monkey whel
he came to a halt upon the limb O.
a tree directly overhead.
1.-TWO strange pulls come" h
cried. Zone is a Mangani, the othe
a hideous ape without hair upol
his body. They follow the spoor o
Toog. I saw them"
The four apes turned their eye
backward along the trail Toog ha,
just come; then they looked at on
another for a minute. "Come,
said the larger of Toog's tw
friends, 1--WE will wait for tn
strangers in the thick bushes be
yond the clearing"
He turned and waddled ava
across the open place, the other
following him. The little monke,
danced about, all excitement. Hi
chief diversion in life was to brin,
about bloody encounters between tn
larger denizens of the forest, tina
he might sit in the safety of tn
trees. and witness the spectacles. II
was a glutton for gore, was thi
little, whiskered, gray monkey, S
long as it was the gore of others
typical fight fan was the gray
beard.
The apes hid themselves in tn
shrubbery beside the trail alon
which the two stranger bulls woul
pass. Teeka trembled with excite
ment. She had heard the words Q
Manu-, and she knew that the hail
less ape must be Tarzan, while tn
) other was, doubtless, Taug. New Il
in her widest hopes, had she ea
pected succor of this sort. Her on
thought had been to escape and fin
her way back to the tribe of Kel
chalk; but even this had appeared
her practically impossible, so closel
did Toog watch her.
AS Taug and Tarzan reached til
grove where Toog had come upo
his friends, the ape scent became 4
strong that both knew the QUAR-
was but short distance ahead. An
so they went even more cautiousl,
for they wished to come upon tn
thief from behind if they could an
charge him before he was aware
their presence. That little gra,
, whiskered monkey had forestalle
them they did not know, nor ths
three pairs of savage eyes were a
: ready watching their every NOV
and waiting for them to come will
in reach of itching paws and slave
ing jowls.
On they came across the grow
E and as they entered the path leadiu
a into the dense jungle beyond, a SUI.
5 den "Kreeg-ah!" shrilled out clos
= before them-a "Kreeg-ah" in IL
4 familiar voice of Teeka. The sma
brains of Toog and his companion
had not been able to foresee tn,
Teeka might betray them, and no
that she had, they went wild wit
Q rage. Toog struck the she a mighj