Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09

Tarzan'S hands. Even where there
is sameness there cannot be- monot-
ony if most of the sameness con-
sists in dodging death first in one
form and then in another; Ar in
infiicting death upon others. There
is a spice to. such an existence; but
even this Tarzan of the Apes varied
in activities of his own invention.
He was full grown now, with the
grace of Greek god and the thews
of bull, and, by all the tenets Of
apedom should have been sullen,
morose and brooding; but he was
not. His spirits seemed not to age
at all-he was still playful child,
much to the discontinue of his fell
low-apes. They could not under
stand him or his ways, for with
maturity they quickly forgot their
youth and it's pastimes.
Nor could Tarzan quite under
stand them. 1t seemed strange to
him that few moons since, he had
teped Taug about an ankle and drag
ged him screaming through the tall
jungle grasses, and then rolled and
tumbled in good-natured mimic bat
tie when the young ape had freed
himself, and that today when he
had come up behind the same Taug
and pulled him over backward upon
the turf instead of the playful young
ape, great, snarling beast had
whirled and leaped for his throat.
: Easily Tarzan eluded the charge
and quickly Taug's anger vanished
though it was not replaced with
playfulness; yet" theS ape-man rea-
Z lized that Taug was not amused nor
was he amusing. The big bull ape
seemed to have lost whatever sense
of humor he once may have pos
!. sessed. With a grunt of disappoint-
4 rnent, young Lord Greystroke turned
] to other fields Of endeavor. A strand
: Of black hair fell across one eye. He
brushed it aside with the palm of a
Z hand and a toss of his head. 1t
1 suggested something to do, so he
sought his quiver which lay cached
in the. hollow bole of lightning,
riven tree. Removing the arrows
he turned the quiver upside down
empting upon the ground the con-
tents of it's bottom-his few t.eas'
ures. Among them was fiat bit
!, of stone and shell which he had
picked up from the bench near his
4 fathers cabin.
, With great, care he rubbed the
edge of the she'll back and fortf
2 upon the fiat stone until the soft
edge was quite fine and sharp. He
Z worked much as a barber does who
homes a razor, and with every evi'
dence of similar practice; but his
proficiency was the result of years
of painstaking effort. Unaided he
Sltad worked out a method of his owr
for putting an edge upon the shell
he even tested it with the ball OF
his thumb-and when it met witt
his approval he grasped wisp Of
the hair which fell across his eyes
grasped it between the thumb anc
4 first finger of his left hand anc
sawed upon it with the sharpenet
! shell until it was severed. Al
around his head he went until his
Z black shock was rudely bobbed with
z ragged bang in front. For the
! appearance of it he cared nothing
4 but in the matter of safety and com
| fort it meant everything. A lock o.
1 hair falling in ones eyes at the
wrong moment might mean all the
\ difference between life and death
while straggly strands, hanging
Y down ones back were most uncom
Portable, especially when wet witt
dew or rain or perspiration.
As Tarzan labored at his tonsoria
s task, his active mind was busy with
Z many things. He recalled his recent
battle with Bolgani, the gorilla, 'the
wounds of which were but just
\, healed. He pondered the strange
sleep adventures of his first dreams
I and he smiled at the painful out
come of his last practical joke upor
! the tribe, when, dressed in the. hide
of Numa, the lion, he had come
roaring upon them, only to be leapec
upon and almost killed by the great
bulls whom he. had taught how te
defend themselves from an attack Of
their ancient enemy.
His hair Topped off to his entire
satisfaction, and seeing no possi
bility of pleasure in the company Of
the tribe, Tarzan swung leisurelI
! into the trees and set off in the di
! rection of his cabin; but when part
= way there his attention was at
tracted by strong scent spool
coming from the north. 1t was the
scent of the Gomangani.
: Curiosity, the best-developed