Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-24
RAN THE TERRIBLE
I -, .roINs THE STORY
y. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS


)ssn Me I'orrd rd Grcvsfoke, has
w. tns, =, ~ aa Afrioon jungle.
oepueo for her. In he
- se"s .orss a "man thing.
y .,sh IN = long tail, from lion.
~ wv tWs the Hon. The
epem" ,ecs no cause for dp-
* as Tarson re,urns ,Ut:,s ~
ngr gr,He to his sheath. Wh,'e
Z. auts and dried meat pro-
~ - ',mou thing" they arc
u M w huoe hairy body cho
l w.. ~ thing in a death strmQ-
~ ~" oioces them beneath the
4. 81 o stream OF pdfer, ans .,, z.
~ y instant there came ,o,te'm
g u 1'n,sans Uision, just behind
g!,roie form Of his companion,
.sino devil faced figure OF
rdI" r..uNd saber. tooth hybrid,
si. 9th snarlino, molevolenf
IN HERE 1T CONTINUES
,uosr simultaneously Tarzan's
s1sry antagonist discovered the
~ fsure Of the great cat. I'M
a. be ceased his belligerent ac-
s.oinst Tarzan, and jabbering
|. .ts,ripe to the ape man. he tried
sssse himself from Tarzan's hold,
reh way that indicated that
!. Ne was concerned their battle
Appreciating the danger to
,onscious companion and being
w. n protect him from the saber-
AZ ape man relinquished his hold
us adversary and together the two
b their feet, -
soward the body of his COM
srpecting that his recent antag-
ccuid grasp the opportunity for
To his surprise, however, the
after regaining its club, advanced
sreat cat, flattened upon its
,smsined motionless except for
klss tail and snarling lips where
Wrhaps fifty feet beyond the body
pithecanthropus.
isrsan stepped over the body OF
~ he saw the eyclids quiver and
1Sd IN his heart he felt a strange
4 relief that the creature was not
g "a 4 realization that without his
1lInr Il there had arisen within
e1re bosom n bond Of attachment
Ia strange new friend.
&sfran continued to approach the
tooth, nor did the shaggy beast
4 RI rirht lag behind. Closer and
Y they came until at distance of
q twenty feet the hybrid charged.
|;vsh was directed toward the shaggy
Ias ape, who halted in his tracks
upraised bludgeon to meet the as
q Tarzan, on the contrary. leaped
gard and with II celerity second not
80 that Of the swift moving cat,
|Anw himself headlong upon him as
n 4 Rugby tsckler on an American
La. His right arm circled the
n neck in front of the right
~. his left behind the left fore
"a 90 great was the force of the
that the two rolled over and
Neral times upon the ground, the
fireaming and clawing to hberate
q Aat II might turn upon its at
the man clinging desperately to
1insly the attack was one of mad,
a ferocity, unguided by either
~ Or skill. Nothing, however,
1laSe been farther from the truth
me6 an assumption, since every
y In the ape mans giant frame
n tie dictates of the cunning mind
long experience had trained to
livery exigency Of such an encount-
he long, powerful legs, though SEEM
= inextricably entangled with the
fleet Of the clawing cat. ever as
u miracle escaped the raking
lls and yet at just the proper in
h In the midst Of all the rolling and
nc they were where they should be
esrry out the ape mans plan OF
ne. So that on the instant that the
believed 1t had won the mastery of
lntagonist it was jerked suddenly
llrd % the ape man rose to his feet,
ding the striped back close against
body Is he rose and forcing 1t back
u until 1t could but claw the air
Ilessly.
nstantly the shaggy black rushed in
drawn knife, which it buried in the
rs heart. For a few moments
m retained his hold, but when the
had relaxed in Anal dissolution
6hed II from him and the two who
Formerly been locked in mortal
1t stood facing each other across
Aody Of the common foe.
man waited, ready either for
or war. Presently two shaggy
hands were raised; the left was
Iupon It's own heart and the right
ndsd until the palm touched Tar
: breast. 1t was the same form of
NJ salutation with which the
eeenthropus had sealed his alliance
The ape. man, and Tarzan, glad Of
ally he could win in this strange
avase world, quickly accepted the
ltred friendship.
the conclusion of the brief cere-
Tarzan, glancing in the direction
ne hairless pithecanthropus, dis
red that the latter had recovered
eiousness and was sitting erect
hing them intently.
now rose slowly and at the same
the shaggy black turned In his
'tion and addressed him in what
tntly was their common language.
hairless one replied and the two
gached each other slowly. Tarzan
ned interestedly the outcome of
meeting. They halted a few PAGES
|, ntst one and then the other
nns rapidly but without apparent
fment, each occasionally glancing
'edding toward Tarzan, indicating
y was to some extent the subject
leir conversation.
ssently they advanced again until
met, Whereupon was repeated the
ceremony Of alliance which had
pusly marked the cessation of hos |
y between Tarzan and the black.
men advanced toward the ape
'suaiessing him earnestly as though
.,oring to convey to him some i'm
M information. Presently, how
,uey gave It up as an unprofitable
aua, resorting to sign language,
weu ~ 70 Iarzan that they We're pro-
- upon their way together and
sstsing him to accompany them.
- .Is vi direction they indicated W.
y ,soS Sh'eh Tarzan had not previously
I'ea' 4 ne was extremely willing to
70 their request, as he had de-
'ntd Thoroughly "a avnIo.r tL;, 80.