Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-28
Witt II F8EE
Tarzan : Jad. Guru

AS lHrZan ana om at ClamDerc0 DaCk
to the vestibule Of Pan at lees cave
and took their stand behind Ia den in
readiness for whatever eventuality might
follow the death of Es-sat. the sun
that topped the eastern hills touched
also the figure of a sleeper upon dis
tant, thorn covered steppe awakening
him to another day Of tirelcss tracking
along a faint and rapidly disappearing
spoor.
For a time silence reigned in the Kor
ul-ja. The tribesmen waited, looking
now down upon the dead thing that
had been their chief, now at one an :
other, and now at On at and the two
who stood upon his either side. Pres
emily Om-at spoke. II am ON at he
cried. 'Who will say that ON at is
not gund of Kor-u -ja?'
He waited for taker of his chal-
lenge. One or two of the larger young
bucks fdgeted restlessly and eyed him ;
but there was no reply.
Then ON at is gund," he said with
finality. Now tell me. where are Pan
t-lee, her father, and her brothers,"
An old warrior spoke. Pan at lee
should be in her cave. Who should
know that better than you who are
there now? Her father and her broth
ers were sent to watch Kor ul -lul but
neither of these questions arouse any
tnmuit IN our breasts; There is one
that does: Can ON at be chief of Kor-
ul- ja and yet stand at bay against his
own people with Ho-do and that
terrible man at his side-that terrible
man VINO has no tail! Hand the strang-
ers over TO your people to be slain ms
IL the way Cf the NaZ-do and then
may Om-at be gund.
Niether Iarzan nor Ia den spoke
.nth tney ont $1,000 watching Om-at
anu Waiting tor ms decision, the ghost
m III shiiie upon tne Ups OF the ape man:
ia-aeh' at ieast. knew that the old
Wnrri1r yW haa spoken the truth-the
waH uoh entertain no strangers and
'anr T, no PRISONERS , ol an amen race.
Then spoke Om-at. Always there
Is change. he said. Even the old
hills of Pa l-ul don appear never twice
alike-the brilliant sun. a passing cloud.
the moon. mist. the changing seasons.
the sharp clearness following a storm:
theSe things bring each new change
IN our hills. From birth to death. day
Dy day, there is constant change in
each OF us. Change, then, is one Of
Jad Den -otho s laws.
ana now J., Om-at. your gund.
orlhg another change. Strangers who
are DraVe men ana good friends shall
no no longer be slain by the Waz-don of
NOT ul-Ja.
ihere were growls and murmurings
una restless moving among the war
rlors as each eyed the others to see
WWho would take the initiative against
om, at, the iconoclast.
tease your mutterings, admon-
lshed the new gund. Il am your chief.
MY word Is your law. You had no part
IN making me chief. Some of YOU
helpcd Es-sat to drive me from the
'ave OF my ancestors the rest OF YOU
Iepmlttpa hna Tea! II, n, owe you nothing. Only
XII, were loyal to me. am gund and
II there be any who doubts it let hnn
'perak-he cannot die YOUNGER" "
man after his own heart. He admired
the fearlessness of Om-at challenge
and he was sufficiently good Judge of
men to know that he had listened TO
no idle bluf-Om- at would back up his
words to the death II necessary, and
the chances were that he would not be
the one to die. Evidently the majority
Of the Kor-ul jaians entertained the
II will make you a good gund." said
Om-a at, seeing that no one appeared in
rlined to dispute his rights. Your
wives and daughters will be safc-thcy
were not safe while Es-snt ruled. Go
now to your crops and your hunting.
leave to search for Pan at lee. Ab-on
will be g,nd while ! am away--look |
10 him for guidance and to me for an
when ! return--and may
lad ben Otho smile upon you.'