Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

Schneider. The men were stretched
upon the ground without tents, but
there were tents pitched for the Of
ficers. Toward these Tarzan crept.
II was slow and perilous work, for
the Germans were now upon the
alert for the uncanny foe that crept
into their camps to take his toll by
night, yet the ape-man passed their
sentinels, eluded the vigilance of the
interior guard and crept at last to
the rear Of the officers line.
Here he fattened himself against
the ground close behind the nearest
tent, and listened. From within
came the regular breathing of a
sleeping man-one only. Tarzan was
satisfied. With his knife he cut the
tie-strings of the rear flap, and en-
tered. He made no noise. The
shadow of a falling leaf, floating
gently to earth upon a still day,
could have been no less soundless.
He moved to the side of the sleeping
man and bent low over him. He
could not know, of course, whether
it was Schneider or another, for he
had never seen Schneider, but he
meant to know and to know even
more.
Gently he shook the man by the
shoulder. The fellow turned heavily
and grunted.
"Silence" admonished the ape
man in low whisper. "Silence-I
kill"
The Hun opened his eyes. In the
dim light he saw a giant figure bend
ing over him. Now a mighty hand
grasped his shoulder, and another
closed lightly about his throat.
MAKE no outcry," commanded
Tarzan, "but answer in a whisper
my questions. What is your name ?"
"Luberg," replied the officer. He
was trembling. The weird presence
of this naked giant filled him with
dread. He, too, recalled the men
mysteriously murdered in the still
watches of the night camps. What
do you want?"
"Where is Hauptmann Fritz
Schneider?" asked Tarzan. (Which
is his tent?"
"He is not here" replied Luberg.
"He was sent to Wilhelmstal yes
terday."
II shall not kill you--now," said
the ape-man. First I shall 90 and
learn if you have lied to me, and if
you have, your death shall be the
more terrible. Do you know how
Major Schneider died?"
Luberg shook his head negatively.
"I do," continued Tarzan, "and it
was not nice way to die-even for
an accursed German. Turn over with
your face down, and cover your eyes.
Do not move or make any sound"
The man did as he was bid, and the
instant that his eyes were turned
away, Tarzan slipped from the tent.
An hour later he was outside the
German camp and headed for the
little hill town of Wilhelmstal, which
was the summer seat of government
of German East. Africa.
ERAULEIN BERTHA KIRCHER
knew that she was lost. She was
humiliated and angry, that she, who
prided herself upon her woodcraft,
was lost in this little patch of coun-
try between the Pangani and the
Tanga Railway. She knew that Will
helmstal lay southeast of her about
fifty miles, but through a combina-
ton of untoward circumstances she
found herself unable to determine
which direction was southeast.
In the first place she had set out
from German headquarters on a
well-marked road that was being
travelled by troops, and she had
every reason to believe that she
would follow the road to Wilhelms-
tai. Later she had been warned
from this road by word that strong
British patrol had come down the
west bank of the Pangani, effected
a crossing south Of her and was
even then marching on the railway
at fonda.
After leaving the road she had
found herself in thick brush, and as
the sky was heavily overcast, she
presently sought recourse to her
compass; not until then did she dis
cover that she did rot have it with
her.
Her horse had travelled all day
without food or water; night was ap-
preaching, and with it realization
that she was hopelessly lost in a
wild and trackless country notorious
principally for it's tsetse flies and
savage beasts. She found, just be-
fore dark, an open meadowlike break
in the almost indeterminable bush.
There was small clump of trees
near the center, and here she decided
to camp. The grass was high and
thick, affording feed for her horse
and bed for herself, and there was
more than enough dead wood lying
about the trees to furnish a good
fire we'll through the night. Remov-
ing the saddle and bride from her
mount, she placed them at the foot
of a tree and then picketed the ami
NAL close by. Then she busted her