The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-06

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First" whispered om-at Il WI
20 TO the cave OF Pan.at.lee Then
win seek the cave OF my ancestors
TO have speech with my own blood
II win not take long. Wait here
shall return soon. Afterward shall
We so together TO Taden's people"
He moved silently toward the foo,
OF the cliff up which Tarzan could
presently see him ascending like a
great fly on a wall. In the dim light
the ape-man could not see the pegs
set In the fac. Of the cliff. omat
moved warily. In the lower tier OF
caves there should be a sentry. Ills
knowledge OF his people and their
customs told him. however. that In
all probability the sentry was asleep.
In this he was not mistaken. yet he
did not In any way abats his war;.
ness. Smoothly and swiftly he ar
ccnded toward tho cave OF Pan at.
lee while from below Tarran and
TIA den watched him.
How does he do IT. asked Tar
ran. Il can see no foothold upon
the vertical surface and yet he sp-
pears to be climbing with the ut
most ease
Ta-den explained the stairway Of
pegs. you could ascend easily he
said. 'al,ho a tail would be OF great
assistance"
They watched untf Onat was
about 70 enter the cave 81 pana.-iee
without seeing any indication that
he had been observed and then. sim
ultaneousiy. both saw head appear
In the mouth OF one OF the lower
caves. IL was quickly evident that
its owner had discovered orn-at for
Immediately he started upward In
pursuit Without . word TxrEan
and Ta-den sprang forward toward
the foot OF the cliff. The pifheczn-
thropus was the first to reach II and
the apc-ran saw him spring upward
for . handho,d on the lowest peg
above him Now Tarzan saw other
pegs roughly pAraileiing each other
IN zsg.zag rows up the cliff face. He
spnnx and caught enc Of these.
pulled himself upward By one hand:
and when he had ascended far
enough TO use his feet. discovered
that he could make rapid progress
Ta-den was outstripptng him. how
ever. for these prccarious ladders
were no novelty 20 him and. further.
he had an advantage In possessing .
tan.
Nevertheless. the ape man gave 4
good account Of himself. being pres
entity urged 70 redouble efforts by
the fact that the wazdon above TIA
den glanced down and discovered his
pursuers Just before the Ho.don over
took him Instantly a Wild cry shat
tered the silence OF the gorge--a cry
that was Immediately answered by
hundreds Of savage threats a. war
ricr after warrior emerged from the
entrance Of his cave.
The creature who had raised the
alarm had now reached tho recess
before Pan-at-lee's cave and here he
halted and turned 10 give battle 10
Ta-den. Unsiingfng his club which
had hung about his neck he stood
upon the level floor OF the entrance
way cffectnaiiy blocking Taden's as
cent From all directions the war.
riors OF Kor.ui-ja were nwarrnlng
toward tie interlopcrs Tarzan. who
had reached point on the same
level with Ta-den. but a little 10 the
latter's left. saw that nothing short
Of miracle could save them. Just
at the ape-man's left was the en-.
trance TO a cave that either was
deserted or whose occupants had not
as yet been aroused. for the level
recess remained unoccupied- Re
sourceful was the alert mind OF Tar.
zan Of the Apes and quick to respond
were the trained muscles. In the
time that you or might give TO
debating an action he would accom-
plish Il and now, tho only seconds
separated his nearest antagonist
from him, in the brief span OF time
at his disposal he had stepped into
the recess. unslung his long rope
and leaning far out shot the sinuous
moose. with the precision OF long
habitude, toward the menacing fig
ure welding It's heavy club above
Ta-den. There was a momentary
pause OF the rope hand as the moose
sped toward it's goal. a quick move
ment Of the right wrist that closed
II upon It's victim as II settled over
his head and then a surging tug as
selling the rope in both hands, Tar.
zsn threw back upon IL all the weight
Of his great frame.
Voicing a terrified shrek. the waz.
don Hinged headforcmost from the
recess above Ta-den. Tarzan braccd
himself for the coming shock when
the creatures body should have
fallen the full length OF the rope and
as II did there was a snap OF the
vertebrate that rase sickeningly In the
momentary silence that had followed
the doomed mans departing scream
mistaken by the stress OF the sud
denly arrested weight at the end OF
the rope, Tsrzan quickly pulled the
body 10 his side that he might re-
move the moose from about It's neck.
for he could not afford 10 lose so
priceless a weapon.
During the several seconds that
had elapsed since he cast the rope
the Wazdon warriors had remained
inert as tho paraiyzed by wonder or
by terror. Now. again. one OF them
found his voice and his head and
straightway, shrieking invectives at
the strange intruder. started upward
for the ape-man. urging his fellows
to attack. This man was the closest
to TarZan. But for him the ape.
man could easily have reached TIA.
denis side as the latter was urging
him to do. Tarzan raised the body
Of the dead Waz-don above his head.
held IT poised there for n moment
as with face raised to the heavens he