Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
Tarzan and the jewels of Opar
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

and open his little knife and cut the
thong which fastened the pouch about
Chunks shoulder and transfer 1t froTf.e
his waistband to the breast OF his
shirt.
Then he rose and approached Tar
IAN
Once again had avarice claimed him
Forgotten were he good Intentions
which the confidence of Jane Clayton
In his honor had awakened. What
she had done the little pouch had un-
done. How 1t had come upon the per.
son of the great ape Werper could no
imagine, unless it had been that the
anthropoid had witnessed his ngnt
with Achmet Eek, seen the Arab with
the pouch, and taken it away from
him; but that this pouch contained
the Jewels of Opar Werper was posi-.
tive. and that was all hat interested
him greatly.
Now" said the ape.man, keep
your promise to me. Lead me 70 the
spot where you last saw my wife,"
1t was slow work pushing through.
the Jungle in the dead of night behin@
the slow.moving Belgian. The ape'
man chafed at the delay, but the Eu-
ropean could not swing through the
trees as could his more agile and mus:
cular companions, and so the speed or
all was united 10 tnat Vi tne sio"'
est.
The apes trailed out behind the
two white men for a matter of a few
miles; but presently their interest
Jagged, the foremost of them halted
in a little glade, and the others
stopped at his side. There they sat
peering from beneath their shaggy
brows at the figures of the two men
forging steadily ahead, until the lat
ter disappeared in the leafy trail be.
yond the clearing.
Then an ape sought a comfortable
couch beneath a tree, and one by
the others followed his example, So
that Werper and Tarzan continued
their journey alone; nor was the lat
ter either surprised or concerned.
The two had gone but a short dis.
lance beyond the glade where The apes
had deserted them when the roaring
of distant lions fell Upon their ears.
The ape-man paid nc attention to the
familiar sounds until the crack of a
rifle came family from the same dl
r%ection, and when this was followed
by the shrill neighing of horses, and
an almost continuous fusillade OF
shots, intermingled with increased
and savage roaring of a large troop
of ions he became Immediately con.
cerned.
> Some one is having trouble over
there" he said, turning toward Wer-
per. I'll have to go to them-they
may be friends"
your wife might be among them"
suggested the Belgian; for since he
had again come into possession Of the
pouch he had become fearful and susp
picious of the ape-man. and in his
mind had constantly revolved MANY
plans for eluding this giant English.
man, who was at one time his savior
and captor.
At the suggestion Tarzan started as
though struck with a whip.
"God!' he cried. "She might be-
and the lions are attacking them
they are in the camp! I can tell from
the screams. Of the horses-and there,
that was the cry Of a man in his
death agony! Stay here, mani will
come back for you. l must go first
to them" n swinging into a tree,
the 1.-the figure swung rapidly off into
the night with the speed and silence
of a disembodied spirit.
Fol a moment Werper stood where
the ape-man had left him. Then al
cunning smile crossed his lips.
Stay here?" he asked himself
Stay here and wait until YOU return,
to find n take these Jewels from
me? Not l, my friend, not l." and
turning abruptly eastward, Albert
Werper passed through the foliage of
a hanging win and out of the sight
Of his fellow men-forever.
CONTINUED TOMORROW