Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-22

thciiiScNcS over the surface of the
earth, wrestling the hunting grounds,
iiom the lower orders, from the moment
that tue first ape shed his hair and
ceased to walk upon. his knuckles. Even
the sprcieS with which TarZau was In
miliar showed here either the results
OF divergent line Of evolution or an
unaltcred form that had been trans.
mitted without variation for countless
uACH. =.
'n,, There we're many hybrid strains
not the least interesting of which TO
larzan was yellow aud black striped
li0hs'--"lllGllcr ;Aam the species with
'hI"in wac familiar. but still n
most formidable beast, since it possessed
=, ton To sharp ,mbrr- like CANNES
the disposition of a devil.
TO TarZan IL presented evidence thai
tigers had once ronmrd the junglcs Of
Afr'cn. possibly giant sabcr- tuoths of
another 'pr"h. and these apparently
had crossed with lions. with the result
ant lvrrOlS that hC occasionally Cncoun.
tered at the present day.
The true lions Of this now Old WorIl
tifercd bat little frOm those with which
be was familiar; in size and conformn-
: tloh thry were almost idCntiraf. but in.
stead OF shedding the leopard spots Of
cubhood. they retained them through
life n$ definitely marked as those of the
leopard.
Two months of effort mad revealed no
Siislt'St evidence that she he sought
had entered this beautiful yet forbiJding
!ihd. III" investigation. hoHCvcr. ol
inc cahnihnI village and hs questioning
uf 0thcr tribes. in the nCghborhooJ hnJ
convinced him that if Lady Jane sill
'ivtd 1t must be in this direction that hc
seek her. since by Druccss or q, c,iminn
ton he had reduced the direction OF her
night to only thiH possibility. lIcw She
FAD crossed the mOrasi he could not
guess. and yet something within seemed
to urge upon him belief that she had
f"Ssed 1t. md that il she still lived il
vas mere that Hhc muHt DO sought. Buh
i"iS unknown, untruvCrscd Wild was of
vast extent grim, fOrbiddng noun
ans blocked his way. torrents tumbling
from ROCKY businesses Impcded his
Progress. ana at every turn hc wa
:"rcci to match wits ANA muscles VITA
the great carnivora that he lnight pro
cure SuStcnancc.
Time and ngnin Tar2an and Numa
TAXED the same quarry. and now one.
| %ow the other bOrc off the prize. Sci
"om, however. did the npc-man go
hungry. for the country was rich in
:amo animals and birds and fish. in
lEult and the countless other forms of
vegetable life dpon which tnc Jungle.
| bred man may subsiSt.
| Tarznn often wondered why in 50 rich
a country he found no evidences Of man
| ana had at last come to the conclusion
! tat the parched, thorn covered ytrppc
| ~ hn 1. 4
Il sufficient barrier to protect this co,,n-
try effectively from the inroads of man.
kind.
After days of searching he had sue.
cteded finally in discovering pusS
through the mountains. ana. coming
| Gown upon the opposite side. had found
himself in country pruCtIrany identi-
cal With that which he had left The
huntiny was good. and at a water hole
| IN the mouth of canyon where it de-
"uchcd upon tree -CorCrci plain Baln.
the deer. fell an easy victim to the ape
mans GINNING,
1t was just at dusk. The voices of
Srrat four fOOto'l hunters rose now and
again from various dire tiOns, and a.
the canyon afforded among it's trees no
comfortable retreat the ape imam Shoul-
ICred the carcass of the deer ana started
downward onto the plain.
At its opposite side rose lofty trees
n great forest which suggested to his
prarticed eye mighty jungle. Toward
TINS the ape man bent his step, but
when midway of the plain he discovered
standing alone such tree as best suited
him for nights abode, swung lightly
to it@ branches and, presently, a com
Portable resting place.
Here he ate of the flesh of Bara
and when satisfied carried the balance
OF the carcass to the opposite side of
the tree, where he deposited it far above
thc ground in Il secure place. Return
Ing to his crotch, he settled himself for
sleep, and in another moment the rours
of the lions and the h0wlings of the
lesser cats fell upon deaf ears.
The usual noises of the jungle com
posed rather than disturbed the ape.
man. but an unusual sound however
imperrcptiblc to the awakened ear of
rivilized man. seldom fnilrd to impngc
upon the consciousness of TarHan. how
ever deep his Slumbcr. and SO it was
that when the moon was high n sudden
rush of feet across the grassy carpet
in the vicinity of his tree brought him
t" alert and ready activity. Tnrzan
hoes not awaken nS YOU and | with
the weight of slumbcr still upon his
ryeS and brain. for did the creatures of
the wild awaken thus. heir awakcnngS
| would be few. As his eyes snapped
open, clear and bright. so. clear and
bright upon the nerve ccntrTS Of his
brain. Wrrr registered the various per-
rtptiOns o. all hi, SCn|eG.
Almo beneath him, racing toward
his tree was what at first glance ap-
| pared to be an almost naked white
nan, yet even at the first instant Of
discovery the long. white tail project
Ing rrarWHrl did not escape the ape
mun Hrhud the h"cng figure, and
now so close a. 10 preclude the posi-
bility of it, quarry escaping, came
NumN. the Lion. in full charge. Voice.
less the prey. v0ircirSH the killer; as
two spirits in dead world the two
moved in silent !wiftnCSS toward the
eliminating tragedy OF this grim race.
Even as his eyes opened and took
in the scene beneath him--even in that
brlef instant of perception, followed
reason, Judgment and decision, so rap
idly one upon the heels of the other,
that almost simultaneously the ape
man was IN midair for he had seen a
white skinned creature east in Il mold
rimilar to his own. pursued by Tar
. .ans \ her, ditHry enemy. SO close was
the lion to the fleeing man thing that
, TarZan had 10 time carefully to choose
n" method of his attack. a. diver
-. lraps from the SpringbOard hcadtOre
most into the waters beneath, 50 Tar
yan of the Apes dove straight for NUma
| the lion; naked In his right hand the
blade of his father that 50 many times
. before had tasted the blood of lions.
, A raking talon caught Tarzan on the