Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25

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s;mseT at Tarsdn's sac, ready 70
s,,";i the great cat, and they du oe.
ssme @ friendly aud JonrmeDea on 10
x.Irre, the home ,0 Ia-aeh' wno
= W. w" Inc King, which he had fed
hoIam, h IN n ,eioked plan of the kings.
aBat the risk Is TOO 9red' dsHea
Tarzon: ,.,, 40, ,oo ,reat "
..ol;sd ia. den, ~ shall 90.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
!, ND shall 60 with you, If may,
a .oid the ape man, "for must see
"a, ci,v Of Light, this A-lur of yours,
IA search there for my lost mate, even
,hourb you believe that there Is little
.h.rce that / find her. And you, Om-
4 do you come with us?'
nWby not?" asked the hairy one.
lmho ,airs of my tribe lie in the crags
.hovo A.lur, and though Es-sat, our
chief drove me out ] should like to
ro,urn again. for there is she there
rron whom I should be glad to look
.rce more and who would be glad to look
,non me. Yes, will go with you. Es-
~ feared that / might become chief,
and who knows but that Es-sat was
y,sbt But Pan at lee it is she I seek
s,st even before chieftainship.
ave three, then, shall travel to-
s.ther," said Tarzan.
"And fight together added Tad {;
ntbe three as one," and as he spoke ne
drew his knife and held it above his
head.
"The three as one" repeated ON at,
drawing his weapon and duplicating Ia
denis act. 1T is spoken"
'The three as one - cried Tarzan
Of the Apes. ITO the death - and his
blade flashed in the sunlight.
'"Let us 90, then" said On at "my
knife is dry and cries aloud for the
blood Of Es sat-
The trail over which Ta-den and
ION. at led and which scarcely could be
dignifed even by the name of trail
was suited more to mountain sheep,
monkeys or birds than to man; but the
three that followed 1t were trained to
ways which no ordinary man might es-
Say.
Now, upon the lower slopes, it led
through dense forests where the ground
was so matted with fallen trees and
over .rioting vines and brush that the
vay held always &c the swaying branches
high above the tangle; again it skirted
yawning gorges whose slippery faced
rocks gave but momentary fOothoid even
to the bare feet that light!J touched
them as the three leaped chamois like
nom one precarious foothold to the
next. Dizzy and terrifying was the
way that Om- at chose across the sum
nit as he led them around the shoul-
der of q towering crag that rose n
sheer 2000 feet Of perpendicular rock
above tumbling river. And when at
last they stood upon comparatively
level ground again Om-at turned and
looked at them both intently and espe
cislly at Tarzan of the Apes.
You will both do" he said. "You
are ft companions for Om-at, the Waz-
don"
What do you mean?" asked Tar
San.
u brought you this way" replied
The black, "to learn if either lacked the
courage to follow where Om-a at led. II
is here that the young warriors of Es-
sat come to prove their courage. And
yet though we are born and raised
upon cliff sides, it is considered no dis =
grace to admit that Pastar- lived, the
rather of Mountains, has defeated us,
lor OF those who try it only few
eucceed-the bones of the others lie al
the feet of Pastar -ul we'd"
Ta-den laughed. II would not care
70 come this way often" he said.
!, NO. replie Om-at; "but it has
snortened our journey by at least a full
eay' 80 much the sooner shall Tarzan
,Sok upon the Valley Of Jad ben Otho
ZONE And he led the way upward
siohg the shoulder of Pastar- -ul- wed
until there lay spread below them a
s.She OF mystery and Of beauty-a green
sdliey grit by towering cliffs of marble
MMnteheSS--a green valley dotted by
teeP Diue axes and crossed by tho blue
run OF a winding river. In the center
MY OF the whitcness of the marble
sa a,iiS-a city which even at so great q
Go''nce w. evidenced n strange, vet artis
W architecture. Outside the city
mere were visible about the valley
Solated d groups Of sometimes
sne, again two and three and four In
eluster-but always Of the same glar-
tas,, tns ,whiteness, and always in some fan
ABOUT the valley the cliffs were oc-
SdIisl99haIiy cleft by deep gorges, vcrduro
r;r., giving the appearance of greer
tngrS tsS rloting downward toward a cen
uai sea of green.
ma, osd pelc III Jad ben. Ohio" muir,
tLsu n,.tsu Iar2an in the tongue of The
ccsnecanthropi; "thc Valley Of tho
wv, .T, Hod-it is beautiful"
L;,h mere; in A-lur. lives Ko-tan. tn,
To Tag; ruler over all Pal-u DON" sai(
W. And here in these gorges live tn,
nos masA,HSn, lion, exclaimed ON at, "who dc
n,i0 rVI acknowledge that Ko-tan il the
~ NJ over all the Land Of man"
w;i, in,".uen smiled and shrugged "W,
N 10 not quarrel, you and l." he sai(
\ h,n om at 'over that which all the age,
10 ,s MOI moi proved sufficient time IN which
hn. TIcohclie the 1IO-don and WaY- don
at M iI TL me- whisper to ycu secret. Om
or ,oan hne iio-don live together in greater
whanSS peace undcr one ruler so tha'
tbo uahger threatens them they foct
evs,u ,antmy with many warriors fol
thsrss hgntlng Ho-don of Pal -ul don |.
Win put you Waz- don, how is i
Sataa you! You have a dozen Winps VIII,
nsht not only ,,,;.I a. N,'a' W.