The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-30

| found mark, for as the jungle closed
about the hairy rescuers Chulk, who
bore Werper across one broad shout
der, staggered and fell.
AS Chulk went down he dropped
Werper, so that the latter fell face
downward with the body of the ape
lying half across him. In this position
the Belgian felt something resting
against his hands, which were still
bound at his back-something that was
not part of the hairy body of the
ape.
Mechanically the mans, fingers felt
of the object resting almost in their
grasp-it was soft pouch, filled with
small hard particles. Werper gasped
in wonderment as recognition filtered
through the incredulity of his mind.
1t was impossible, and yeti was
truel
Feverishly he strove to remove the
pouch from the ape and transfer 1t
to his own possession; but the restrict
ed radius to which his bonds held his
hands prevented this, though he did
succeed in tucking the pouch with its
precious contents inside the waistband
of his trousers.
Tarzan, sitting at short distance,
was busy with the remaining knots of
the cords which bound him. Present.
ly he flung aside the last of them and
rose to his feet. Approaching Werper
he knelt beside him. For a moment
he examined the ape.
"Quite dead" he announced. SIT is
too bad-he was a splendid creature"
Grating the Belgian.
He freed his hands first and then
commenced upon the knots at his
ankles.
II can do the rest" said the Belgian.
81 have a small pocket knife which
me-" and in this way he succeeded in
Kidding himself of the ape-man's at
tentions that he might find and open
his little knife and cut the thong
which fastened the pouch about
Chunks shoulder and transfer it from
his waistband to the breast of his
shirt. Then he rose and approached
Tarzan.
SNOW" said the ape-man, "keep
your promise to me. Lead me to the
spot where you last saw my wife,"
1t was slow work pushing through
the jungle in the dead of night behind
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
muscular companions, and so the speed
Of all was limited to that Of the slow
est.
The two had gone but short dis
lance when the roaring of distant lions
fell upon their ears. The ape-man
paid no attention to the familiar
sounds until the crack of rifle came
family from the same direction, and
when this was followed by the shrill
neighing of horses and an almost con-
tinuous fusillade of shots intermingled
with increased and savage roaring OF
a large troop of lions, he became i'm
mediately concerned.
Someone 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 sus-
picious of the ape-man, and in his
mind had constantly revolved many
plans for eluding this giant English
man, who was at once his savior and
his 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. 1 can tell from the
screams of the horses-and therel
that was the cry of man in his death
agonies. Stay here, mani will come
back for you. must go first to them,"
and swinging into tree the 1.-the fig
ure swung rapidly off into the night
with the speed and silence of dis
embodied spirit.
For a moment Werper stood where
the ape-man had left him. Then
cunning smile crossed his lips. "Stay
here?" he asked himself. "Stay here
and wait until you return to find and
take these jewels from me? Not l.
my friend. not l." and turning abrupt
ly eastward Albert Werper passed
through the foliage of hanging vine
and out of the sight of his fellow
man-forever.
(To BE coNTINUED.)