The evening world., 1920-06-22
CHAPTER Y.
THE little British army in EaS,
Africa after suffering severe
reverses at the hands Of q


reverses at the hands Of q
numerically much superiG
force was at last coming into 10
own. The German offensive had beed
broken and the Germans were nov
slowly and doggedly retreating alon6
the railway 10 Tanga. The break in
the German lines had followed thd
clearing a section OF their left-fant
trenches OF native soldiers by TarEaa
and Numa. the lion, upon thRt menu
orablo night that the ape-man hqA
loosed a famlshing man-eater among
the superstitlous and terror-strickea
blacks. The Second Rhodesian
Regiment had Immediately taken pos
session OF the abandoned trench aud
from this position their llanl1ing fire
had raked contiguous sections of th1
German line, the diversion rendering
possible a successful night attack Oh
Nthe part of the balance of the British
forces.
Weeks had elapsed. The GermanS
were conteStlng stubbornly every
mile of Waterless, thorn-coVered
ground and clinging desperately 70
their positions along the railway. The
. officers OF the Second Rhodesiand
had seen nothing more OF TarZan O1
the Apes since he had slain Untsr-
lieutenant Won Goss and disappeare6
toward the very heart of the German
position, and there were those amona
them who believed that he had been
killed within the enemy lines.
They may have killed him." asi
sented Colonel Capell; but fancy
they never captured the beeBal
alive"
Nor had they. nor killed him either.
/ TarZan had spent those intervening
weeks pleasantly and profitably. he
had amassed considerable fund OF
knowledge concerning the disposition
and strength Of German troops, their
& methods of warfare, and the various
ways in which a lone Tarmangani
might annoy an Prmy and lower ita
morale.
At present he was prompted by q
/ specific desire. There was a certain
! German spy whom he wished to can
ture alive and take back to the Brit
ish. When he had made his first
visit to German headquarters he had
/ seen a young woman deliver a paper
TO the German General and later he
had seen that same young woman
within the British lines in the unit
form of a British officer. The con-
clusions were obvious-she was q
spy.
And 30 Tarzan haunted German
headquarters upon many nights hop-
ing to see her again or to pick uu
., some clue as to her Whereabouts.
and at the same time he utilized
many an artifice whereby he might
bring terror to the hearts OF the Gers
mans. That he was successful Waa
often demonstrated by the snatchea
OF conversation he overheard as he
prowled through the German campo.
One night as he lay concealed in the
bushes close beside a reEimenta1
headquarters he listened to the COM
versation OF several German ohflcera.
One OF the men reverted to the stor-
les told by the native troops in COM
nection with their rout by a lion
; several weeks before and the simuI-
taneous appearance in their trenches
OF a naked, white giant whom they
were perfectly assured was some
demon OF the Jungle.
/ The fellow must have been the
same as he who leaped into the Gem
erals headquarters and carried OF
Schneider" asserted one. II wonder
how he happened to single out the
poor Major. They say the creature
seemed interested in no one but
Schneider. He had Won Kelter IN
, 40 bluSpI anu nc might easily have
taken the General himself; but he
ignored them all except Schneider.
Him he pursued about the room,
seized and carried on into the night'
Gott knows what his fate was"
Captain Fritz Schneider has SONS
sort OF theory" said another. CHG
told me only a week or two ago that
he thinks he knows why his brother
was taken-that II was a case OF nnis-
taken identity. He was not 30 sure
about 1t until Won Goss was killed,
apparently by the same creature. thc
night the lion entered the trenchea
> Won Goss was attached to Schneddel'G
company One OF Schnelder's men
was found with his neck wrunR thg
same night that the Major was car.
! RED of and Schneider thinks thai
J this devil is after him and his com
mand-that II came for him thai
: night and got his brother by mis-
take, He says Kraut told him that
in presenting the Major to FrauleIu
; Kircher the formers name was nd
: sooner spoken than this wild mar
leaped through the window and made
A for him"