The evening world., 1920-06-22

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Mans Land to the German trenches.
Tarzan pushed Numa forward until
his head was almost in the aperture,
then as though 1t was an after
thought he turned quickly and taking
the machine gun from the parapet
placed IL in the bottom Of the hole
close at hand, after which he turned
again to Numa, and with his knife
quickly cut the garters that held the
bags upon his front paws. Before
the lion could know that part OF his
formidable armament was again re-
leased for action, Tarzan had cut the
rope from his neck and the head bag
from his face, and grabbing the lion
TALLY into the mouth OF the tunnel.
Then Numa baked, only to feel the
sharp prick Of Tarzan's knife point
in his hind quarters. Goading him on
the ape-man finaHy succeeded in get
ting the lion sufficiently far into the
tunnel so that there was no chance
OF his escaping other than by going
forward or deliberately backing into
the sharp blade at his rear. Then
Tarzan out the bags from the great
hind feet, placed his shoulder and
his knife point against Numa's seat
dug his toes into the loose earth that
had been broken up by the explosion
of the bomb, and showed.
Inch by inch at first Numa ad-
vanced. He was growing now ana
presently he commenced to roar
Suddenly he leaped forward and Tar
zan knew that he had caught the
scent OF meat ahead. Dragging the
machine gun beside him the Npe-man
followed quickly after the lion, whose
roars he could plainly hear ahead
mingled with the unmistakable
screams of frightened men. Once
again a grim smile touched the lips
of this man-beast.
They murdered my Wazlri," he
muttered; they crucified WaSimbu,
son of Muviro."
When TarZan reached the trench
and emerged into 1t there was no one
in sight in that particular bay, nor
in the next, nor the next as he hur-
ried forward in the direction OF the
German centre; but in the fourth bay
he saw a dozen men tammed in the
angle OF the traverse at the end
! while leaping upon them and rending
with talons and fanEs was Numa, a
terrific incarnation OF ferocity and
ravenous hunger.
Whatever held the men at last gave
way as they fought madly with opt
another in their efforts to escape this
/ dread creature that from their in
fancy had filled them with terror
and again they were retreating. Som'
clambered over the parados and some
even over the parapet preferring the
dangers of No Mans Land TO thi
other soul-searing menace.
AS the British advanced slowly
toward the German trenches thel
first met terrified blacks who ran int
their arms only too willing to surren
der. That pandemonium had broker
loose in the trench was aRparen
to the Rhodesians not only from th'
appearance OF the deserters but from
the sounds OF screaming, cursing mel
which came clearly to their ears; bu
there was one that baffled them, TO
1t resembled nothing more closel!
than the infuriated growing OF al
angry lion.
| And when at last they reached tn
trench, those furthest on the left o
the advancing Britishers heard a ma
chine gun sputter suddenly befor
them and saw a huge lion leap owe
the German parados with the bod,
OF screaming soldier betweel
his Jaws and vanish into the shadow
of the night, while squatting upon
traverse to their left was Tarzan o
the Apes with a machine gun befor
him with which he was raking tn
length Of the German trenches.
The foremost Rhodesians saw some
thing else-they saw a huge GermaI
officer emerge from a dugout just Il
rear of the ape e-man. They saw hin
snatch up a discarded rife with bayo
net fxed and creep upon the appar
emily unconscious Tarzan. They ral
forward, shouting warnings; bu
above the pandemOnium OF tn
trenches and the machine gun thei
voices could not reach him. Tn
German lenped upon the paEapet be
hind him-the fat hands raised tn
rife butt aloft for the cowardly down
ward thrust into the naked back, an
then, as moves Ara, the lightning
moved Tarzan OF the Apes,
IL was no man who leaped forwar
upon that Boche officer, strikin
aside the sharp bayonet'as one rnigh
, strike aside a straw In a baby's han
1T was a wild beast and the roar @
a wild beast was upon those saVag
. lips, for as that strange sense tina
Tarzan owned in common with tn
other jungle-bred creatures OF hi
wild domain warned him of the pres
ence behind him and he had wAlrle
10 meet t1e attack, his eyes had see
the corpa and regimental insiEni