Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-22
TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
,o of the "Tnrzan' Stories "Aartian" Stories
CHAPTER ]
r.o pitl,ecanthrOpus

" WIN h.o,,vh the midnight lIhsm. m
fiuns 'green eyes rounu uI uI,i,,I lin
yehon, ,,owy WV tail undulnting aI pVn' and
hr nod lowered ana l'u,,;,i .,,n;,i &c Tho
BIS ,rnusclc vibrant TO 'ne ,h, ~, M,
ever, The Jungle moon uupp'uu a. ont
ssional clearing :, to avoid. Though
W. moved through thlrk Vr,I ,n,ioa brokcu
p ,arnrt Of innumerapie 'm,si osssi,o onvc
aches and leaves M t"Ih hane bcon
ssb no sound thnt ii.s"' ave ave-
iVnrrchpnded by dnIl nui',n .,u e wns tbe
sppnnarently less cautlous .v"n.,, , '
.,n,cd thing moving even nS S,S ~ ,%o
~. Iion q hundred paecS n,r s ,ttrf
.ry ~, carnivore. Tor lhS.v", ,Ionr,,,e.
M,I ,ss tIe moon .snlasbcd nh'unn, ''o",pts H..
nsssed directly across IT'LL p Nv H.,
y, tortuous record OF tI Sioo, H. 'hS" .hSo"o
~ ,,ssssd he guessed that u sous"s Iii NE ~
nus nrsrues Of lenst res,stance. a. H. w.. IL
sisht since. unlike lts gr,.l I,"'me I'll nJ
msILed erect upon, tWo itet, ', "a,n
ruon two feet nna woN hu,.'' ~, hnoI. N'N Il.
for black stna'sh III ad ,nI muIrular:
arms were, well shapea s'"I ,ior ',"ith
ne hands powerful a'p su oo,, m,"
,ons tapering fingers anu NUM-" ,hh
IN almost to me lrHl' iu'n' n,o,,.
index fingers. It's iegsi .oU' w. W. a,omnord:
INF It's feet departed rom w.. ,,ssii,i, y
of all races OF men. 'A,'pt ,I,nt ,ho
few Of the lowest r"'es' ,in,t ~ n,.,no no
reat toes protruueo ~ ''s"' ""e'''
from the foot .u,. :, ,,o ,,u l;,ht
Pausing mom'n.G'.!a ~ ,m ,Lo oro,.
of tie gorgeous airirum 'lo"". . ', ,t,, roar
ture turned an a,lS''i,s ,,s,od h;o sootrros
Al .n.u, n1iI, I hnvr hecn disccrned in the
ngn, rya"'T Thev wrrc strong. clean
mconnsn', ',.orn,or-fcaturcs that would
sut aut ,,roc;od attention for their mas
nase ne. at hoantv in ony of thc great capi-
cum, ,he world But was this thing
hs " II would hive been hard for
,ohsr nan IN tbc trees TO have decided
Ms Hons prey resumed its way
@ the silver tapestry that Luna
,.I nV Io;d unon tbc floor of the dismal
aau "'I for from bcnrath the loin r'ct',
hlock fur TINT Cirllpl its THIGHS
%,rs denended long hairless, white
Nil '
vi In one hand the creature carried
,,out club. and SUSPENDED at its left
IN from a shoulder belt was short,
.Seatbed knife. while a cross belt sun
rorted A pouch at its right hin.
Con6ning these straps to the bod,
and also apparently supporting the Ioir
10Th was a broad girdlc which gilt
tered in the moonlight as though IN
r,usted with virgin gold. and was
cIosncd in the center of the belly with
, huge buckle of ornate design thu,
1,intillated as with precious stones.
c,..,. ord o,osor oro,, S,o ,Lo
uV,et d. anu t.os ;p; Iii; ''u',,1' 1 ~.
.ou; " n,n - in,e nnt on.;noi' CIV .""s 's
ss ,is %,.,, Iouno, va, os % oyidanooG h, thn y"
IN Jans'' t,ou,o,.,, m"" ,.;,h ~ a.h;nh & IL H.,
.NasIg neI'vn WIN Ill MniIn sin.,l Nv
iu'seu n,S I'LL, eaI anu ,''s o., '""lp JIM 'its
Ie ~ h'y J;d s'o NJ ~ ront,,, @ ga, ; mp"m h;S "
uan; .iI uu nT. .",,s ~. INV. .t tase .hs i's
speu, a aohs ominss WIN "uele liS
.p,' so J., ;,n ,n.I, .noi,,auI Om m o",m o, nm
as AIne luz. III H. w. IL, s"ad;, unu -. "'
",t ,..rt nePI act;on MO .'u' !" e"''"''' ''' II"
''Ia, T"rs;n, ' ~ ,ost throroh rorro,
,,.:u :s donso ;',,aIo h,'usm ,ao.a.;nm tho
wy l., U.s. '.nse ,ese."'i"' Wv
ms,. msu' 'n.nS .nani ufonu 'nLousn ih.o 1n ~
.U, .v,' 're,e'S ron "'eu y. t'Isl'etao;. h ; w
lau .su.;, ror ;ai % 'nstan1 ti L u" neSi'a,'u h,
,a",,"t p"aon,s o'n,h. A., mn u,lu INV,
~ " AZ w. . IVY VI '"c VI oI"i'n'H ".
,ao nu S.eoa ..evs "aS.ns Lyle s on'ln'"u, W,
iUs"os1 Usu s.ea'I H. "se n ,r", VI I""',o s
I wan0d M iS a;u "i.'oiUn o. "thp"ii;,,iLS W.
S.r;n, O,'t tho On e.. sm '.S r. VI" to noa "
him Al greater or loss intervals Icofv
anctuaries dotted the grassy cxpansr
hadinr from ono to another indicated
thnt be had not ontirclv cnvt discrctinn
IA the winds Rut aftcr Tho soronI
t;ee had been left behind tho distance
10 the neYt was considerable and II
was then TINT Numa walked from thc
cOncealinp cover of the iungle and, SEQ
iDg his Guarrv annarcntlv helnlcss he
fore him roised his toil stiflv crcct
and charged
Two months--two long weary months
flIed with hunpcr with thirst with
hardship. with disannoiptment. and,
greater than all With gnewinc nain-
Ind nassoJ u;ro, Toryon of tnn Ano.
learned from tho diary of tho dcnd Ger
man cant9in that his wifm sill livod
A brief inycstigxation in which no wos
tntnuSlQSflpnllV aided hN fhn lntplll
gence dcnortmcrt of tbc Rritish Enst
African cxpcditIon, revealed thr fort
that an attemnt hed becn mndc to keen
Lady Jane in hiding in thc interior
for reasons Of which only thc German
High Command might bc cornizant,
7, ,h,.s a ,.,.'... o!7.-..
da,ooSs dSse oi 'neu.rn"nS Np'ls".n nnu
she had hon Vi na''se WV nr'',Ian .p tJ troJL'n
IN. ;r,, ,ho .aa r oeen sent sent across the ooroer
81 Star,ia ,rv Honso Free free o!ate. ,.
Tsr,an a,''Is H,S out % alonS IN Seafcn Oh hGr, ,
riIla%o nuu ' SuEcetueu u, @ @lilu'ng tn'
rsrstod sa III wnlch She haa oech lh'arI
] sscanod nI,n on,S 10 @ learn tnh1 M 81" nau n
iie,mon nR aIHn.nS pS'ot", anu thut .hc
Svr,nul soma no omcrr had disappeared at the
~ ts nv 'lne, ahI.. from thcrc on the stories
Oni1aeS Cr ,me rhleiS ana the warriors whom ne
troSictorn Gru "eFE vague ana ana ol'rn con. on
S;ao''i Sa;.in'i EEo. lhr dlr"'tIoh t'at tn'
sns"s "'sS .. w nSu .uNch larHan 'o",! oh'E
~ t.sss,ouy u, ny plcc'ng together O''S OF
soriono ir"surS su', '''"'h'e Gl'"u'd from