Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-19
TIE LION
ht. 1919, by Public Ledger Co.
1919, bp Edodr Rice Burroughs

5hg pool where the river eddied
below the bend. There was a
fhers and on either bank a
5tMA trail, broadenod far out
PuSYer's brim, where, for
INJURIES, the wild things
New Y,le and of the plains be-
81. leone down to drink, the
ehioA'with bold and fearless
w.spthe herbivora timorous,
S,U3, fearful.
Log the lion, was hungry; he
cry hungry, and so he was
silent now. On his way to the
liking place he had moaned often
roared not little; but as he
red the spot where he would lie
yait for Bara, the deer, or Horta.
boar, or some other of the many
W-fieshed creatures who came
BIO drink, he was silent. 1t
rim, terrible silence. shot
With yellow-green light Of
.eyes, punctuated with un-
sstremors of sinuouS ,ail.
,;,Eacco, the zebra, who came
of Id Numa, the lion, could
otlestrain a roar Of anger, for
ththe plains people none are
.ary than PacCo. the zebra.
patthe black-stripcd stallion
ierd of thirty or forty Of The
md vicious little hor>ejrkc
AS he neared the river, the
paused often, cooking hi.
SCI raising his muZzIe to sniff
tie breeze for the telltaIe
hepoor of the dread flesh
a bas
"A1ifted uneasily. drawing
and quarters far beneath his
.possdy, gathering himself for
ceed,n charge and the savage
I" His eyes shot hungry fire.
theat muscles quivcred to the
Sasnt of the moment.
eco came a little nearer, halted,
ted, and wheeled. There was a
;ering of scurrying hoofs and tire
was gone; but Numa, the ion.
I'd not. He was familiar with
ways of Pacco, the zebra. He
slaat he would return, though
b4mes he might wheel and tly
thle summoned the courage to
st, harem and his offspring to
s,ter. There was the chance
acco might be frightened off
ny. Numa had seen this hap
before, and so he became almost
'~lsEt he be the one to send them
nag, waterless, back to the
hol
90 and again came PaCco and
Iy, and again and again did
n and fee; but each time
lie closer to the river, until
Dthe plump stallion dipped
Nat muzzle daintily into the
as Che others, stepping warily,
n.ned their leader. Numa
"a a sleek, fat filly and his
weyes burned grcedily as they
sb upon her, for Numa, the
Tyes scarce anything better
of meat of Pacco, perhaps be-
soacco is, of all the grass
w,he most difficult to catch.
! the lion rose, and as he
-, twig snapped beneath one
c,great, padded paws. Like a
som a rife he charged upon
of; but the snapped twig had
n,ough to startle the timorous
ESQ that they were in instant
simultaneously with Numa's
Atallion was last, and with a
R,us leap, the lion catapulted
II the air to seize him; but
n1ping twig had robbed Numa
,dinner, though his mighty
raked the Zebra's glossy
Ieaving four crimson bars
the beautiful coat.
as an angry Numa that quit
river and prowled, fierce,
bus and hungry, into the
Far from particular now
appetite. Even Dango, the
al would have seemed titbit
sat ravenous NAV. And in this
,et it was that the lion came
| The tribe of Kerchak, the great
ne does not look for Numa, the
thus late in the morning. He
-M be lying up asleep beside his
nights kill by now; but Numa
made no kill last night. He was
hunting, hungrier than ever.
anthropoids were idling about
Earring, the first keen desire of
.dornins's hunger having been
fled. Numa scented them long
re he saw them. Ordinarily he
Id have turned away in search of
II game, for even Numa respect
be mighty muscles and the sharp
of the great bulls Of the tribe
,erchak, but today he kept on
ly toward them, his bristled
wrinkled into a savage snarl.
.hout an instant's hesitation,
charged the moment he reach
point from where the apes were
lie to him. There were a dozen
lore of the hairy, manlike crea-
S upon the ground in a little
e. In a tree at one side sat a
,n-skinned youth. He saw
las swift charge; he saw the
|. turn and fee, huge bulls
apling upon little balus; only