Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-18

ss.,osis, s.o,orsi citv and condemned to
L..g,b lie escapes from the temple,
,,h;Ie fleeing meets and Stays
~ and Il struck toith q brilliant
beo.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
,,,uE beaddress saved from such pos
j .;b,e damage as It must have sus-
..,..d had Il fallen to the floor with the
s.ar ~ ,ts owner, Tarzan relinquished
-, hold upon the corpse, set the head
I a.... carefully upon the floor and stoop-
I,wn severed the tail Of the Ho- don
ms aVm ira root. Nearby at his right
c.s e, A small chamber. from which the
r,;s,t had evidently Just emerged and
tu,o This Tarzan dragged the corpse, the
h.sddress and the tall,
Quickly cutting thin strip OF hide
Am the loin cloth OF the priest. Tar
tied IL securely about the upper
"a ~ the severed member and then
soJ ssnst;ns the tail under. his loin cloth
s.h,nd him, secured It In pace as best
=. could. Then he fitted the head.
l...s over his shoulders and stepped
%om the apartment, 20 all appear
.rcss 4 priest Of the temple OF Jad-
~ .I)tho unless one examined too
e,osely his thumbs md his great toes.
He had noticed that among both the
VI. don and the Waz- don 1t was not at
III III unusual that the end Of the tail
" carried in one hand, and so he
s.,sht his own tail up thus lest the
S i,io'sss appearance Of 1t dragging along
hshind him should arouse suspicion &,
Passing along the corridor and
.s,ougb the various chambers he
sr,srped at last into the palace grounds
saYoSd the temple. The pursuit had
Sot vet reached this point. though he
~, conscious Of commotion not far
hoh;nd him. He met now both warriors
M slaves, but none gave him more
Msn A passing glance, a priest being
"a common a sight about the palace.
And so, passing the guards unchal-
,sn,ed. he came at last to the inner
sntssnce t to the Forbidden Garden and
tHsre he paused and scanned quic ky
NAT norton of the beautiful spot that
IL, before his eyes. To his relief 1t
seemed unoccupicd and congratulating
himself upon the ease with which he
h.d 40 far outwitted the high powers
~ A. .lur. be moved rapidly to the oppo-
~ end of the inclosure. Here he
found a patch Of Towering shrubbery
tbst might safely have concealed a
dozen men.
Crawling we'll within he removed the
uncomfortable headdress and sat down
N await whatever eventualities fate
miubt have in store for him the while
4, formulated plans for the future.
The one night that he had spent in
A.lur had kept him up to late hour.
apprising him Of the fact that while
there were few abroad in the temple
rounds at night, there we're yet enough
10 make it possible for him to fare forth
under cover Of his disguise without at
t,ctlng the unpleasant attention of the
guards, and, too, he had noticed that
The priesthood constituted privileged
class that seemed to come and go at
will and unchallenged throughout the
palace as well as the temple. Alto
Sether then, he decided, night furnished
the most propitious hours for his in
vestigation-by day he could lie up in
the shrubbery Of the Forbidden Garden.
reasonably free from detection. From
beyond the garden he heard the voices
oi men calling to one another both fur
and near, and he guessed that diligent
was the search that was being prose-
cuted for him.
The idle moments afforded him an
opportunity to evolve more salts.
factory scheme for attaching his stolen
caudal appendage. He arranged it in |
such way that it might be quickly as
umed or discarded, and this done he |
iell to examining the weird mask that
had 50 effectively hidden his features.
Ihe thing had been very cunningly |
wrought from a single block of wood,
very probably a section of tree, upon
which the features had been carved and
anerward the interior followed out
unul only comparatively thin shell
remained, Two semi circular notches
na AZ been rounded out from opposite
'laes OF the lower edge. These fitted
Anusiy over his shoulders, aprons of
Sood extending downward few inches
upon MS chest and back. From these
Iptons hung long tasscls or switches of
aair tapering from the outer edges to-
Sara " the center, which reached below
nv ~ potion OF his torso. 1t required but
,.s NY. most cursory examination to indi-
aM 10 the ape-man that these orna-
,0uhs, a,Is consisted of human scalps, taken,
iouotless, from the heads of the sacri.
,..s ~. upon the eastern affairs. The head
Icy itself had been carved to depict
: Iormal design hideous face that
rs,s ',iea ,S ooth man and gryf. There
~. ,I. Me tnree white horns, the yellow
yss WIN VIII Ihe blue bands encircling the
w. ~. ana the red hood which took the
n.u,. ym oi tne posterior and anterior
i. A. Iarzan sat within the concealipp ,
non rse :, OF the shrubbery meditating I
IA ~ sHe Mucous priest mask which he
a ~. ~ MS hands he became aware that {
sDssS S not alone in the garden. He
h ahother presence and presently I
,o,oL uLa'hed ears detected the slow an. {
I sn S ot naked feet across the sward
\. uIst .t ne suspected that il might no s
,,,d d..eaithily searching the Forbidden t
sn,. en ior him, but little later tbe
a % v;.,a Iame within the limited area Of /
tsr. ',oh' which was circumscribed hv r
Isn an, snd foliage and flowers, He saw
nd thnt MAJ II was the Princess O.lo.o {
I'M hat h" she was alone and walking h
on'Sosed sUSed head as though in meditae r
srs ,sOrrowful mcditation-for there r
~ ssaaces traces Of tears upon her lids
,st tD0rtty a,ty after his ears warned him n
ua, su tSaN S,Sers T had entered the garden a
aimed i thSt were and their footsteps pro: d
Or a maait taat they walked neither slowly s.
,vsrd smrdIu,ittatiyely. ~ They came directly s
,uIS uSra u. .he princess and when Tarzan /,
er. eriss,n rH .nem he discovered that both "
ia V,IS'a, ono J., Princess of Pal,ul. don" :"
ho Ii toId addressing m her, "the stranger p
n. .hsnu h,u o Us that he was the son Of O,
!. SrstS s,otno has but just fled from Ii
bo "ssaa s,an OF Lu-don, the high priest le
aspbsppU bpUSed min him and all his wicked @,
q ,se'pseay sna The temple, and the nal. h
ID W. au the city are being searched Ia
orb,SS.n Hs nave been sent to search tho d,
us 'uen s"ia Garden, since Ko. tan, tbe r.
uSd S,u %ro mat only this morning he
! p rnssS MN here, though how he passed a,
"Hsaius no could not guess, " ' "