The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-01-09

clustered about him.
The Waziri gazed about in mute
rage for several minutes. Everywhere
dence of the ruthlessness of the cruel
enemy that had come during the Great
Bwana's absence and laid waste his
property.
what did they do with Lady,"
asked one of the blacks.
They had always called Lady Grey
stoke thus.
1.-THE women they would have taken
with Them" said Basuli. "Our women
and his"
A giant black raised his spear
above his head and gave voice to n
savage cry of rage and hate. The
others followed his. example. Basuli
silenced them with gesture.
This is no time for useless noises
of the mouth" he said. 1.-THE Great
Bwana has taught us that it is acts
by which things are done, not words.
Let US save our breath-we shall
need 1t all to follow up the Arabs
and STAY them. If Lady and our
women live the greater the need of
haste, and warriors cannot travel
fast upon empty lungs"
From the shelter of the reeds along
the river Werper and Tarzan watched
the blacks. They saw them dig a
trench with their knives and fingers
They saw them lay their yellow bur-
dens in it and scoop the overturned
earth back over the tops of the ingots
Tarzan seemed little interested
after Werper had assured him that
that which they buried was not food
to eat but Werper was intensely in
tereSted.
The treasure buried, the blacks re-
wind from the fetid corpses, where
they made camp, that they might rest
before setting out in pursuit of the
Arabs. 1t was already dusk. Werper
and Tarzan sat devouring some pieces
of meat they had brought from their
last camp. The Belgian was occupied
with his plans for the immediate fu-
ture. He was positive that the Wa
ziri would pursue Achmet Eek, for he
knew enough of savage warfare, and
of the characteristics of the Arabs
and their degraded followers to guess
that they had carried the Waziri
women off into slavery. This alone
would assure immediate pursuit by so
warlike a people as the Waziri.
Werper felt that he should find the
means and the opportunity to push on
| ahead, that he might warn Achmet
Eek of the coming of Basuli, and also
of the location of the buried treasure.
What the Arab would now do with
Lady GreystOke, in view of the men,
tai affliction of her husband, Werper
neither knew nor cared. 1t was
enough that the golden treasure buried
upon the site of the burned bungalow
was infinitely more valuable than any
ransom that would have occurred
even to the avaricious mind of the
Arab, and if Werper could persuade
the raider to share even a portion of
it with him he would be we'll satisfied
But by far the most important con-
sideration, TO Werper, at least, was
the intellectually valuable treasure in
the little leathern pouch at Tarzan's
side, If he could but obtain possess
sion of this He must! He would !!
His eyes wandered to the object of
his greed. They measured Tarzan's
giant frame and rested upon the
rounded muscles of his arms. 1t was
hopeless. What could he, Werper,
hope to accomplish, other than his
own death, by an attempt to wrest the
gems from their savage owner?
Disconsolate, Werper threw him
self. upon his side. His head was pill
lowed on one arm, the other rested
across his face in such a way that
his eyes were hidden from the ape
man, though ole of them was fas-
tened upon him from beneath the
shadow of the Belgian's forearm.
Tarzan presently let his own eyes
rest upon Werper. The Belgian saw that
he was being watched, and lay very
still. After a few moments he simu-
lated the regular breathing of deep
slumber.
Tarzan had been thinking. He had
seen the Waziri bury their belongings.
Werper had told him that they were
hiding them lest someone find them
and take them away. This seemed to
Iarzan a splendid plan for safeguard
ing valuables. Since Werper had
evineed desire to possess his glitter
ing pebbles Tarzan, with the suspi-
cions of a savage, had guarded the
baubles, of whose worth he was en-
tlrely ignorant, as jealousy as though
they spelled life or death to him.
For long time the ape-man sat
watching his companion. At last, con-