The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-01-02

Inherent in him was calloused fa-
miliarity with violent death. The re-
finements of his recent civilization ex-
plunged by the force of the sad calam-
ity which had befallen him. left only
the primitive sensibiities which his
childhood's training had imprinted In
delibly upon the fabric of his mind
Again, that night. as the two sat
before their camp fire. Tarzan played
with his shining baubles. Werper
asked him what they were and where
he had found them. The ape-man re-
piled that they were gay-colored
stones, with which he purpOsed fash
ioning a necklace, and that he had
found them far beneath the sacrificial
court of the temple of the Flaming
God.
Werper was relieved TO find that
Tarzan had no conception of the value
of the gems. Possibly the man would
give them to him for the asking. Wer-
per reached out his hand toward the
little pile that TarZan had arranged
upon a piece of fiat wood before him.
LET me see Them" said the Bel
gian.
Tarzan placed large palm over
his treasure. He barred his fighting
fangs and growled. Werper with
drew his hand more quickly than he
playing with the gems and his CONVEX
sation with Werper as though nothing
unusual had occurred. He had but ex-
hibited the beasts jealous protective
instinct for a possession. When he
killed he shared the meat with Wer-
per; but had Werper ever by acct
dent. laid hand upon Tarzan's share.
he would have aroused the same saw
age and resentful warming
From that occurrence dated the be-
ginning of a great fear in the breast
of the Belgian for his savage compan-
ion. He had never understood the
transformation that had been wrought
in Tarzan by the blow upon his head.
other than to attribute it to a form
of amnesia. That Tarzan had once
been, in truth, savage, jungle beast,
Werper had not known. and so. of
course, he could not guess that the
man had reverted to the state In
which his childhood and young man.
hood had been spent
Now Werper saw In the Engllshman
dangerous maniac. whom the slight
est untoward accident might turn
upon him with rending fangs. His
one hope lay In eluding him, and max
ing for the far distant camp of Ach-
met Eek as rapidly as he could; but
armed only with the sacrlficial knife,
Werper shrank from attempting the
journey through the jungle. Tarzan
constituted protection that was by
no means despicable, even in the face
Of the larger carnivora, as Werper
had reason to acknowledge from the
evidence he had witnessed in the
Oparian temple.
Achmet Eek should know nothing of
the jewels-these would be for Wer-
per alone, and as soon as he could en-
compass his design he would reach
| lea, where he could conceal himself
beneath the veil of new identity
and enjoy to some measure the fruits
of his theft.
1t was upon the third day of their
progress from Opar that the keen ears
of Tarzan caught the sound of men
behind them. Werper heard nothing
above the humming of the jungle in
sects and the chattering life of the
lesser monkeys and the birds.
For a time Tarzan stood in statu-
esque silence. listening. his sensitive
nostrils dilating as he assayed each
passing breeze. Then he withdrew
Werper into the concealment of thick
brush and waited. Presently along
the game trail that Werper and Tar
zan had been following there came in
sight sleek black warrior. alert and
watchful.