The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-26


across the expiring beast full upon the
breast of black trooper just beyond.
Gaping fangs closed with single
sickening crunch upon the fear-dls-
torted face and the lion strobe BACK
across the body of the dead horse, drag
ging his limp and bloody burden Win
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Wide-eyed the girl stood watching
She saw the carnivore step upon the
corpse, stumDlingly, as the grisly thhg
swung between its forepaws, ana her
eyes remained fixed in fascination
while the beast passed within lie"
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The interference of the body seemed
to enrage the lion. He shook the IN
animate clay venomously. He growieo
and roared hideously at the dead, IN
sensate thing, and then he dropped IL
and raised his head to look about III
search of some living victim upon
which to wreak his ill temper. his
yellow eyes fastened themselves bale
fully upon the figure of the girl, the
bristling lips raised, disclosing the
grinning fangs. A terrific roar broke
from the savage throat, and the great
beast crOuched to spring upon this
new and helpless victim.
Quiet had fallen upon the camp
where TarzaH and Werper lay securely
bound. Silently and powerfully the
ape-man strained at the bonds which
fettered his wrists.
The muscles knotted beneath the
smooth brown skin of his arms ana
shoulders, the veins stood out upon
his temples from the force of his eX-
ertions-a strand parted, another anu
another, and one hand was free. Then
from the jungle came a low cultural,
and the ape-man became suddenly
silent, rigid statue, with ears and nos
trils straining to span the black Vold
where his eyesight could not reach.
Again came the uncanny sound from
the thick verdure beyond the camp.
The sentries drew close together,
watching the black spot from which
the voice seemed to come.
They dared not approach. Their
terror even prevented them from
arousing their fellows-they could
only stand in frozen fear and watch
for the fearsome apparition they mo-
mentarily expected to see leap from
the jungle.
Nor had they long to wait. A dim,
bulky form dropped lightly from the
branches of tree into the camp. AT
sight of it one of the sentries recov-
cred command of his muscles and his
voice. Screaming loudly, to awaken
the sleeping camp, he leaped toward
the Pickering watch fire and threw
mass of brush upon =.
The flames leaped high upon the re-
iuvenated fire, lighting the entire
camp, and the awakened men shrank
back in superstitious terror from the
sight that met their frightened and
astonished vision.
A dozen huge and hairy forms
loomed large beneath the trees at the
far side of the Enclosure. The white
giant. one hand free, had struggled to
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full nocturnal visitors in hideous
medley of bestial gutturals, barkings
and growliDgs.
Growing, the great apes leaped for
ward toward Tarzan and Werper.
Chulk led them. The Belgian officer
called to his men to fire upon the in
truders; but the negroes held back,
filed as they were with superstitious
terror of the hairy tree-men, and with
the conviction that the white giant
who could thus summon the beasts of
the Jungle to his aid was more than
human.
Drawing his own weapon the Off
Ger fired, and TarZan, fearing the eff
feet of the noise upon his really timid
friends, called to them to hasten and
fulfill his commands. Chulk and
half dozen others waddled rapidly for
rections, seized both him ana Werper
and bore them off toward the jungle.
By dint of threats, reproaches and
profanity the Belgian officer succeeded
in persuading his trembling command
to fire a volley after the retreating
apes. A ragged, struggling volley it
was, but at least one of its bullets
found a 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 a 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
true!
! FeVeriShly he strove to remove the
| pouch from the ape and transfer ii
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 a short distance
was busy with the remaining knots OF
the cords which bound him. Present
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