Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-09
-. - .roTNs THE STORY

s.nryure frtth to"p
Tm epemt human friendship -
AZ J'Jb bef,peen the ape man ond
~ man thing. an @ ~. Tos. n. dan.
p~a. az lee he enconn'e,s N he
~ and other oeds's ssppl papuole, As
.srst. with chom ne gIaPpIh ,ccs
.rsors the Guy OF Lsg"', "o ,"ro -
eeopn ,ss, - that broke the hnes
tcw 'gh,;id;ros and iohich seemed 10
N mevn"iinriip me of Ho- don drohifeo-
Ss peonancession, no doubt, TO some
tTe, . ;mst;rct that might be traced
sG'I VI TO their carly chb-doe""9
avn HERE 1T CONTINUES
.ozAN was not surprised that at a
i .Aort distance he aroused no suspicion e..,,a
:. curiosity in the minds OF those ;no Wmo
him, since, until closer sc,u.iny ,
ansdble, there was little to dist,h-
.t lin from a native either IN ms M
elsa n Conformation or his color. Hc
e1e' =, course, formulated n plan OF
., ia, ~ and. having decided, he did not
% s..,tsts in the carrying out OF his
W,rr,.b The same assurance tnat you
..,,.t vsnturc upon the min street OF
ss;,bboring city Tarzan strode into
To.don city Of A-lur. The first
tns ,.,' m detect his spuriousness was
; ..;. eh;ld playing In the arched gate
n,us ~ one Of the walled buildings. mo
s.n, no tail!' It shouted, throwing q
w. ..,. at him, and then 1t suddenly grew
,.uns s and its eyes wide as 1t senscd
M.t iris creature was something other
sSsn mere Ho- o-don warrior who had
iost his tail. With gasp the child
t@nyned nm and fed screaming into the
sourtyard Of It's home. :,
Tssan continued on his way, fully
..sli,ipe that tho moment was immi-
rsrt when the fate Of his plan would be
Ssria,d. Nor had he long to wait, since
y the next turning of the winding street
4. came face to face with Ho- don
warrior. He saw the sudden surprise
n the latter's eyes, followed instantly
b one Of suspicion, hut before the fell
bw could speak Tarzan addressed him.
II am a stranger from another
hnd," he said; Il would speak with
ko.tan, your king"
The fellow stepped back, laying his
| hand upon his knife. There are no
trsngers that come to the gates of
I.lur," he said, "other than 'as ene-
niles or slaves
II come neither as slnve nor an
enemy" replied Tarzan. II come di
rctly from Jad. ben -Otho. Look ~ and
hs held out his hands that the Ho- dan
might sec how greatly they differed from,
his own, and then wheeled about that
The other might see that he was tail
lss, for It was upon this fact that his
plan had been based, due to his recol-
lection of the quarrel between Ia der
md ON at, in which the Waz- don had
claimed that lad. ben Otho had n long
uil while the Hoo don Ind been equally
wiling to fight for his faith in tho tail.
ksmess Of his god ,
The warriors eyes widened and NJ
oppression Of awe crept into them
though Il was still tinged with sus
picion. "Jad. ben Otho!" he mur.
mured. and then, 1T il true that 70,
an neither Ho don nor Waz don. ant
itIis also true that Jad- ben -Otho ha
% tnil. Come" he said, II will TAX
you to Ko- tan, for this is matter ii
which no common warrior may inter
tho handle Of his knife ana keeping ,
wary side glance upon tho ape. maj
10 led the way through A-lur.
The city covered large area. Some
times there was a considerable dis
lance between groups of buildings. an
ysin they were quite close together
There were numerous imposing groups
evidently hewn from the lnrger hills
often rising to a height of a hundre
feet or more. AS they advanced the
met numerous warriors and women. a
Of whom showed great curiosity In tn
stranger, but there was no attempt t
menace him when 1t was found tina
he was being conducted to the palac
4 the king.
They came at last to a great pill
that sprawled over considerable area
rs western front facing upon a larg
blue lake and evidently hewn from wha
hat once been a natural cliff. Thl
group Of buildings was surrounded b.
wall Of considerably greater heiGh
than any Tarzan had before seen. Hi
guide led him to gateway befor
which waited a dozen or more warrior
who had risen to their feet and forme,
z barrier across the entrance-wny d
Iszan and his party appeared aroun,
ne corner OF the palace wall, for b,
ms timo he had accumulated such
following Of the curious as presente,
% the guards the appearance of
formidable mob.
The guides story told, Tarzan wa
conducted into the courtyard. whcr
ne was held while one Of the warrior
entered the palace, evidently with til
intention Of notifying Ko- tan. Fiftee
minutes later a large warrior appeared
Followed by several others, oil of whoI
examined Tarzan with every sign O
curiosity as they approached.
Inc leader Of tho party halted be
iore the man. "Who are your
10 asked. "and what do you of Ko-tan
the king?"
Il am friend" replied tho ape
man, and ! have come from the coun
w OF Jad- Otho to visit Ko- o-tan q
PM.ul- don."
The warrior and his followers SCENE
impressed. Tarzan could see the lat
"f Whispering among themselves.
how come you here asked th
ko.tan?"
Lefzan drew himself to his flu
height. Enough |" he cried. 'Mu,
us messenger Of Jad-ben Otho be sub
.sIed to the treatment that might
WSSorded to wandering Waz don
.sas me to the king at once lest I'll
"tSth OF Jad ben Ohio fall upon you. ;
!eere was some question in the min
ae ape as to how far he migl
ssry ssy his unwarranted show of assuI
suve. and he waited therefore wi,
nsus aused interest the result of his de-
" rand. He did not. however, have lOr
str,t' walt for almost Immediately Il
sMSi,uae SSi,uuae OF his questioner changed. i
tswSr%e t,saed j.. cast an apprehensive glan'
slsSsa lsSsa MS right palm toward Tarzal
ifhsc'ng ihs his left over his own heart
o s%oss s,sn OF amity that was commC
-ITSns Ts the peoples of Pal ul- don,
,hcus,hen stepped quickly back,
srnr.s Ssn from Profaning hand, a feign,
bis face. '''r anu disgust up'
a..