Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01

| IL slain.
The chief rose and approached the
ape-man, who closed his eyes and
feigned unconsciousness. He felt hairy
hands upon him as he was turned over,
none too gently. The gund examined
him from head to foot, making COM
ments, especially upon the shape and
size of his thumbs and great toes.
with these and with no TAIL" he
said, "it cannot climb
| NO., agreed one Of the warriors,
ut would surely fall even from the cliff
pegs"
II have never seen a thing like it,"
said the chief. 1T is neither Waz-
don nor Ho don. wonder from where
IL came came and what 1t is called"
'Tarzan- -jad- guru 7 and we thought that
they might be calling this one" said
warrior. Shall we kill 1t now?"
No" replied the chief, I'VE will
wait until its life returns into its
head that may question it. Remain
here, tan, and watch 1t. When 1t
can again hear and speak call me.'
He turned and departed from the
cave, the others, except In-tan, fol.
lowing him. AS they moved past him
and out of the chamber Tarzan caught
snatches of their conversation, which
hhiNateu Iuut tne nut III = JH re e-enIOrCc-
ments had fallen upon their little party
IN great numbers and driven them away.
Evidently the swift feet of O-dan had
saved the day for the warriors of Om- at.
The ape-man smiled, then he partially
opened an eye and cast it upon In tan.
The warrior stood at the entrance to
the cave looking out-his back was
toward his prisoner.
Tarzan tested the bonds that securedl
his wrists They seemed none too stout
and they had tied his hands in front of
him Evidence indeed that the Waz-
don took few prisoners--if any.
Cautiously he raised his wrists until
he could examine the thongs that con
fined them. A grim smile lighted his
features. Instantly he was at work
upon the bonds with his strong teeth,
but ever wary eye was upon In tan,
the warrior of kor- -lul. The last
knot had been lOosened and Tarzan's
hands were free when In-tan turned to
cast an appraising eye upon his ward. |
He saw that the prisoners position was
changed-he no longer lay upon his
back as they had left him, but upon
his side and his hands were drawn up
against his face. 1n-tan came closer |
and bent down. The bonds seemed very |
loose upon the prisoners wrists. He
extended his hand TO examine them
with his fingers and instantly the two
hands leaped from their bonds-one to
seize his own wrist, the other his
throat. SO unexpected the catlike at
tack that tan had not even time to
cry out before steel fingers silenced him.
The creature pulled him suddenly for
ward, so that he lost his balance and
rolled over upon the prisoner and to
the floor beyond to stop with Tarzan
upon his breast In-tan struggled TO
eleasc himself-strugge TO draw his
knife; but Tarzan found it before him.
The Waz-don's tail leaped to the
others throat. encirclng it--he, too.
could choke but his own Knife, In the
hands Of his antagonist. severed the
beloved member close to its root.
The Waz- don's struggl les became
weaker-a film was obscuring his Wis
ion. He knew that he was dying and
he was right. A moment later he was
dead. Tarzan rose to his feet and placed
one foot upon the beast Of his dead foe.
How the urge seized him to roar forth
the victory cry Of his kind! But he
dared not. He discovered that they
had not removed his rope from his
shoulders, and that they had replaced
his knife in its sheath. 1t had been in
his hand when he was fclled. Strange
creature! He did not know that they
held a superstitous fear Of the weap-
ons of dead enemy, believing that If
buried without them he would forever
haunt his slayers in search Of them.
and that. when he found them, he
would kill the man who killed him.
Against the wall leaned his bow and
Quiver of arrows.
Tarzan stepped toward the doorway
of the cave and looked out. Night had
just fallen. He could hear voices from
hn fn
his nostrils the odor of cooking food. !!
He looked down and experienced a SEN
sation of relief. The cave in which he
had been held was in the lowest tier
scarce thirty feet from the base of the
cliff. He was about to chance an i'm
mediate descent when there occurred to
him thought that brought grin to his
savage lips-a thought that was born
Of the name the Waz don had given him
,,;-Tarzan- jad- ad-guru.,Tarzan the Terri
ble-and recollection of the days when
he had delighted in batting the blacks of
the distant jungle of his birth. He
turned back into the cave where lay
the dead body of In-tan. With HIS
knife he severed the warriors head and,
carrying it to the outer edge of the
recess, tossed II to the ground below,
then he dropped swiftly and silently
down the ladder of pegs in q way that
would have surprised the Kor- lul
who had been so sure that he could not
climb.
At the bottom he picked up the head
Of In tan and disappeared among the
shadows of the trees, carrying the grisly
trophy by it's shock of shaggy hair.
Horrible? But you are judging wild
beast by the standards of civilization.
You may teach lion tricks, but he is
still lion. Tarzan looked well in a
Tuxedo. but he was still a Tarmangani
and beneath his pleatcd shirt beat a
wild and savage heart.
Nor was mis- madness lacking in
method. He knew that the hearts OF
the Kor- lul would be filed with
rage when they discovered the thing
that he had done. and he knew. too,
that mixed with the rage would be
leaven of fear and II was fear of him
that had made Tarzan master Of many
jungles--one does not win the respect
Of the killers with bonbons.
Below the village Tarzan returned to
the foot Of the cliff. searching for Il
to the ridge and thus back to the village
Of ON at, the Kor -ul-ja. He came at
last to a place where the river ran so
close to the rocky wall that he was =
forced to swim il in search of a trail
upon the opposite side and hero 1t was
that his keen nostriis detected a fa-
miliar spoor. 1t was the scent Of Pan
1t lee at the spot where she had emerged
from the pool and taken to the safety
IF the jungle.
Immediately the ape mans plans
were changed. Pan-at lee lived, or at
least she had lived. after the leap from
the cliffs summit. lie had started in
search of her for Om- at, his friend,
and for Om-a he would continue upon
the trail he had picked up thus for