The evening world., 1920-07-03

Whht She was doing. ne rev 70 anu
assisted her so that presently they
through which she passed with the
great ape.
Immediately Zu-taR and his eight
apes started off rapidly toward the
Jungle. 30 rapidly that Bertha Kircher
would have had to run ut top speed 70
keep up with them. This she realized
she could not do and 80 she was
forced to lag behind much to
the chagrin OF zu-tag who con-
stantly kept running back and
urging her to greater speed. Once
he took her by the arm and
tried TO draw her along. Her pro-
tests were OF no avail since the beast
could not know that they were pro-
tests, nor did he desist until she
caught her foot In some tangled grass
and fell to the ground. Then indeed
was Zu-tag furious and growled
hldeously. His apes we're waiting at
the edge of the forest for him 70 lead
them. lie suddenly realised that this
| poor weak she could not keep ND with
| them and that II they travelled at her
slow rate they might be too late 70
render assistance to the Tarmangant.
and 50 without more ado, the giant
anthropoid picked Bertha Kirchor
bodily from the ground and swung her
/
neck and In this position he seized
her wrists In one great paw 20 that
she could not fail off and started a.
a rapid rate to join his companions.
Dressed as she was In rfdlnR
oreeches with no entangling skirts 70
hinder or catch upon passing shrub
fbery, she soon found that abe cogld
cling tightly to the back OF me
mighty bull and when a moment later
he took TO the lower branches Of the
trees, she closed her eyes and chung 20
him In terror lest she be precipitatad
to the ground below.
That Journey through the primovnl
forest with the nine great apes VIII
live in the memory OF Bertha Kircher
for the balance Of her life, as clearly
delineated as at the moment Of It's
enactment.
The first overwhelming wave q
fear having passed, she was at last
able to open her eyes and view her
, surroundings with Increased interest
J and presently the sensation OF terror
slowly left her TO be replaced by one
OF comparative security when she saw
the ease and surety with which theaa
2 great beasts Travelled through the
trees, and later her admiration for
the young bull Increased as 1t became
2 evident that even burdened with her
a
idly and with no greater signs Of ia
4 tigue than his unburdened fellowH
Not once did Zu-tag pause until
- he came to stop among the
. branches OF tree no great distance
from the native village. They could
?, hear the noises OF the life within the
5 palisade, the laughing and shouting
q of the negroes and the barking OF
o rogs. and through the foliage the
= girl caught glimpses OF the village
a from which she had 50 recently es-
a capped. She shuddeTed TO think OF
the possibility OF having TO return 10
O II and of possible recapture, and she
q wondered why Zu-tag had brought
\ her here.
Now the apes advanced slowly
z once more and with great caution
Il moving as noiselessly through the
= trees as the squirrels themselves un-
o I'll they had reached a point where
they could easily overlook the pal
. isade and the village street below.
o Zu-tag squatted upon great
h branch close to the bole OF the tree
4 and, by loosening the girls arms
y from about his neck. indicated thai
d she was to find footing fol
herself, and when she had done
Il so, he turned toward her anG
e pointed repeatedly at the opeI
e doorway OF hut upon tho op-
poslte side OF the street below. b.
o various gestures he seemed to bt
o trying to explain something to her
n and at last she caught at the germ
It OF his idea-that her white man wa
y a prisoner there.
& Beneath them was the roof Of ,
- hut onto whlch she saw that sh,
: could easily drop, but what she coulC
do after she had entered the villag'
IS was beyond her
" Darkness was already falling anC
"a the fires beneath the cooking potl
'e had been lighted. The girl saw TN,
x stake in the village street and the
z piles Of fagots about II and in terror
le she suddenly realized the portent ol
r. these grisly preparations. oh, II she
le but only had some sort of weapon
g that might give her even a faint
m hope, some slight advantage against
Is the blacks. Then she would not hesi.
tate to venture into the village in an
le attempt 20 save the man who upoT
W three different occasions saved hOr
N She knew that he hated her and We
r. strong within her breast burned tn,
y sense Of her obligation 10 him. Bh
lg could not fathom him, Never in Re
ly life had she seen a man at once 5,
+ paradOXical and dependable. In man,
N the beasts with which he associates
1e and yet, on the other hand, he was a
ID chivalrous as knight Of old. Fo
Or several q IYs she had been lost wit
L him in the jungle absolutely at hi
mi mercy yet she had come to trust =
l. implicitly in his honor that any fea
or she had had OF him was rapidly dts
o. appearing.
n On tho other hand, that he Nigh
he be hideously cruel was evidenced {
~ her by the fact that he was plannin
OF TO leave her alone in the midst OF tn
or frghtful dangers which mcnaced he
n by night and by day.
he Zu-tag was evidently waiting Il
at darkness to fall before carrying Ot
er whatever plans had matured In n
lie savage little brain. for he and his fe
rd lows sat quietly In the tree about hs
m, watching the preparation of the black
T. Presently II became apparent that son
'r' alteration had arisen among n
r negroes, for a score or more Of thel
on were gathered around one who al
n pcared to be their chief and all Wei
r. talking and gesticulatinE heated.