Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
'TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
= BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
- =, The "Tor.an" Stories and ~Martian" Stories

attempting 10 steal canoe and force |
ms way up stream with single paddle. |
! was his intention to put as much |
distance as possible between himself and
Tu.l before he slept ,or ne was sure
that Mo-sar would not lightly accept
ms loss, but that with the coming OF
gay, or possibly even before, he would
dispatch warriors in search of him,
A mile or two from the city he en-
tered q forest and here at last he felt
such measure Of safety as he never
knew IN open spaces or in cities. The
forest and the jungle were his birth
right. No creature that went upon
the ground upon four feet, or climbed
among the trees, or crawled upon its
belly mad any advantage over the ape
man In his native heath. As myrrh and
frankincense were the dank odors OF
rotting vegetation in the nostrils of the
great Tarmangani. He squared his
broad shoulders and lifting his head
flled bis lungs with the air that he
loved best. The heavy fragrance of
tropical blooms. the commingied odors
OF the myriad scented life of the Jungle
went to his head with n pleasurable in
lokication far more potent than aupht
ization. " ~''"
He took to the trees now, not from
necessity but from pure love Of the wild
freedom that had been denied him so
long. Though it was dark and the for
est strange yet he moved with n snrety
ana ease that bespoke more a strange
uncanny sense than wondrous skill. He
heara Ja moaning somewhere ahead and
an o~i hooted mournfully to the right
OF him-long familiar sounds that i'm
parted to him no sense of loneliness as
tney ipight to you or to me, but on the
contrary one of companionship, for they
Detokened the presence of his fellows OF
the jungle, and whether friend or foe
IL was all the same to the ape man.
lie came at last to little stream at
spot. where the trees did not meet
ABOVE 1t. so he was forced to descend
10 the ground and wade through the
water and upon the opposite shore he
stopped as though suddenly his godlike
figure had been transmitted from fiesb
to marble. Only his dilating nostrils
bespoke his pulsing VITALITY. For long
moment he stood there thus and then
swiftly, but with caution and silence
mat were inherent in him, he moved
forward again, but now his whole atti-
tude bespoke a new urge. There was
dehnite and masterful purpose in every
movement of those steel muscles rolling
Softly beneath the smooth brown hide.
ne moved now toward n certain goal
that quite evidently filed him with far
greater enthusiasm than had the posi- :
Die event of his return to A-lur.
And so he came at last to the foot
OF a great tree and there he STONED
and looked up above him among the
! foliage where the dim outlines of q
roughly rectangular bulk loomed darkly.
There wns choking sensation In Tar
Zan's throat as he raised himself gently
into the branches. It was MS though
his heart were swelling either to a
great happiness or great fear.
Before the rude shelter built among
the branches he paused listening. From
within there came to his sensitive nos
trils the same delicate aroma that had
arrested his eager attention at the little
stream mile away. He crouched upon
the branch close to the little door.
Jane he called, "hcart Of my
heart, 1t is l."
The only answer from within was n.
the sudden indrawing of a breath tina,
was half gasp and half Sigh, and tn,
sound of a body falling to the floor
Hurriedly Tarzan sought to release tn,
thongs. which held the door, but the,
were fastened from the inside. and a
last, inpatient with further delay, h,
seized the fraif barrier in one gian
hand and with a single effort tore Il
completely away. And then he entered
to find the seemingly lifeless body O
his mate stretched upon the floor.
He gathered her in his arms hel
heart beat; she still breathed, and pres
emily he realized that she had bu
swoOned
yc;ouana.s nun Jane ~ oiuyton regaincd con
tiebtIw ;n :. TO-, "as 80, ~ ma nerselt heit
n;iinn..od - ~ umo etrohs arms, her heat
''%tu 90 ofton ui"I hf .ne proad shoulder where
s"otbod ard Ietore hou ner lears had Deer
first she was not 'ru"S suro S.' to,nioteea' Az
nu 1' 'nt I. was NOT sure out that It was
az areah' Ilmldly her hand stole
W ms cheeki
T. rooi1n oomn' ro,S Snc murmured' tell me. is
In ".s ro,,y yoI M d.u
reply ne drew her more closely
tp 10 MN. t rs -, he replied. Blu,
mere Is something In my throat" he
Saiu naitlns,y;, that makes it hard for
me u speak.
She smiled and snugg'ed closer 10
MN. Tod has been good to us, Tar
~an oi the apes she said.
TOT some time neither spoke. 1t was
ehousn t9at they were reunited and
that ehch knew that the other was alive
anu "n;aaS sure, but at last they found their
voices ana when the sun rose they were
Still talking, so much had each to tell
the other; 40 many questions there were
10 oe asked and answered.
oAnd jack she asked, where is
he!
,.r,l 40 not KNOW replied Tarzan.
.hn ne iaSe ! heard OF him he was on
'"e n,sonne 'front.'
nI AZ: 'neh our happiness is not quite
'ese, sodnrss crooSim sine satd' little note Of