The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-06-15
About Ready to
Make a Capture

Lady Jane, ignorant Of the fact that
state OF war existed between Great
Britain and Germany, welcomed the
Officers most Hospitality and gave or
ders through. her trusted waziri to
prepare a feast for the black soldiers
Of the enemy.
Far to the east. Tarzan Of the Apes
was travelling rapidly from Nairobl to-
ward the farm. At Nairobi he had
received news Of the World War that
had already started. and. ANTICIPATING
an immediate invasion of British East
Africa by the Germans, was hurrying
homeward to fetch his wife TO a place
Of greater security. With him were a
score OF his ebon warriors, but far too
slow for the ape-man was the prog
ress of these trained and hardened
woodsmen.
When necessity demanded, Tarzan
Of the Apes sloughed the thin veneer
or his civilization and with 1t the
hampering apparel that was it's badge
In n moment the polished English
gentleman reverted to the naked { pc
man.
His mate was in danger. For the
time that single thought dominated.
He did>not think OF her as Lady Jane
Greystoke, but rather as the she he
had won by the might OF his steel
thews, and that he must hold and
protect by virtue Of the same often
sive armament.
II was no member OF the House OF
Lords who swung swiftly and grimly
through the tangled forest or trodI
with untiring muscles the wide
stretches OF open plain-it was a great
he ape filled with a single purpose
that excluded all thoughts Of fatigue
or danger.
Little Manu-, the monkey. scoldinG
and chattering in the upper terraces
Of the forest, saw him pass. Long
had II been since he had thus beheld
the great Tarmangani naked and
alone hurting through the jungle
Bearded and gray was Manu-, the
monkey, and to his dim old eyes came
the fire Of recollection OF those days
when Tarzan OF the Apes had ruled
supreme. Lord OF the Jungle. over all
the myriad life that trod the matted
vegetation between the boles of the
great trees, OF flew or swung or
climbed in the leafy Businesses up
ward to the very apex OF the Hottest
terraces.
And NumR, lying up for the day
close beside last nights successful kill,
blinked his yellow-green eyes and
twitched his tawny tail as he caught
the scent spoor Of his ancient enemy.
Nor was TarEan senseless to the
presence Of NumR or Manu- or any Of
the many Jungle beasts he passed In
his rapid hight toward the west. No
particle had mis- shallow probing OF
English society dulled his marvellous
sense faculties. His nose had picked
out the presence Of Numa, the Hon,
even before tho majestic king Of
beasts was aware OF his passing.
He had heard noisy little Manu-, and
even the soft rustling Of the parting
shrubbery where Sheeta passed be-.
fore either OF these alert animals
sensed his presence.
But however keen the senses OF the
ape-man. however swift his progress
through the Wild country OF his adop-
ton, however mighty the muscles
that bore him, he was still mortal.
Time and space placed their ineKor-
able limits upon him; nor was there
another who realized this truth more
keenly than Tarzan. He chafed and
fretted that he could not travel with
the swiftness II thought and that the
long tedious miles stretching far
ahead OF him must require hours and
hours of tireless effort upon his part
before he would swing at last from
fthe hnal bough VI the fringlng forest
into the open plain and in sight OF
his goal
Days Il took, even though he IaJ