Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-20

which constituted the temporary pro
lection against roaming CaruivOreS. At
last he bade her stop.
"Why%" she asked 1T is no more
painful to me than it must be to YOU.
and rs it is solely for my protection
that you ar" building this bona. there
is no reason why | should not do my
share
You arc woman replied Tar2an,
This is not a woman : work. II you
wish to do something, take those gourds
| brought this morning, and ill them
with water at the river. You may need
it while am away.
while you are away - she asked
You are going away"
When the bona is built. ! am go
ing cut after meat re replied. TO
morrow | will go again and take you
and show You how YOU NAV make YOUR
own kills after | am gone.
Without a word she took the gourds
and walked toward the river. As she
filled them, her mind was occupies with
painful forrb0dingS of the future. So
occupied WAS she with her gloomy
prom lPcics that she had neither ears nor
eyes for what went on about her
Mechanically she filled the gourds and
taking them up, turned slowly to re-
trac" her steps to the bona, only i'm
mediately to voice a half stifed scream
and shrink back from the menacing fig
ure looming before her and blocking her
way to the hut.
Golat, the king ape, hunting q little
apart from his tribe, had seen the
woman go to the river for water, and
it was he that confronted her now
iolnt was not pretty creature when
judged by standards of civilized hu
manity-though the shes of his tribe
and even Golat himself. considered his
glossy black coat shot with silver. his
huge arms dangling to his knees. his
bullet head sunk between his mighty
shoulders, marks of great personal
beauty. His wicked. bloodshot eyes
and broad nose, his ample mouth and
great lighting fangS, ouly enhanced the
claim of this Adonis of the forest upon
| the affections of his shes.
But Bertha kirChcr saw only a
hideous beast, fierce and terrible carl =
| cature of man. Tarzan heard the girl s
cry and looking up saw at a glance
the cause of her terror. Leaping light
| ly over the bona, he ran swiftly toward
| her, as GOlat numbered closer to the
girl AS Tarzan drew nearer. he called
! aloud to the ape, and the girl heard
from the human lips the same sounds
! that had fallen from those of the an
/ thrUpOid.
II will not harm your She" Golat
called to Tarzan.
Il know it." replied the apeman.
/ but she does not. She is like Numa
/ and Sheeta, who cannot understand our
talk, She thinks you come to harm
| her.
BY this time Tarzan was beside the
! girl He will not harm you" he said
to her. You need not be afraid. This
ape has learned his lesson. He has
learned that Tarzan is lord of the jun
gle He will not harm that which is
The girl cast n quick glance at the
mans face. 1t was evident to her that
the. words he had spoken meant nothing
to him, and that the assumed proprie
torship over her was. like the bona
only a means for her protection.
But | ain afraid of him." she said.
You must not show your fear. You
will be. often surrounded by these apes.
At such times you will be safest. Be
fore / leave you, I will give you the
means of protecting yourself against
them should one of them chance to turn
upon you. If were you. would seeE
their society. Few are the animals of
the jungle that dare attack the great
apes when there are several of them
together. If you let them know that
YOU are afraid of them, they will take
advantage of il, and your life will be
constantly menaced. The shes espe
eially would attack you. ! will let
them know that you have the means OF
protecting yourself and Of killing them,
Then they will respect and fear you. .
II will try said the girl, "but
am afraid that ii will be dificult, liz
Is the most frightful creature have