Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-25
T'4PZAN THE TERRIBLE
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
,sr NJ the "TarzGn Stories and the "Maran" Stories
,-.,Is aEGINs THE STORY

THIS DEo .,
Torsan, the ape-mdnn, .. smomn W
.,r;iised hfe as L0ra ursgs,G"G J
s.",s fhat his wite, though' aeaa, ~
st;,s in an AFRICAN !hng'o,
espS eeslprcSes for her. finds her, OUT oetore
~ can claim her, IS mroWn tnto
ss;,on. =; from iohioh ne escapes. his
rW meanphile,. Is CARED oU oV
KY, g,o,,sossins of the king OF forgot
~ ~ c;tv, Who had sought. 10 mdrrp
m When the party taxes TO canoes
~ -. IA freed from her oonds.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
ME CLAYTON sat alert in the
.,.rn Of the last canoe. For months
" std been under constant suryeii-
ne tbe prisoner first Of one ruthless
ns and now the prisoner OF another
~. tbe long gone day that Haupt-.
Slnee Fritz Schneider and his band OF
pahn German troops had treacherously
Ss.nh tbe Kaiser's work OF rapine
wr9'sd obstruction on I the Greystoke
sna Low and carried her away to cap
puhs gnlsv she had not drawn free. preath.
gnV' sbe had survived unframed the
lp,,sss Ina, @ dangers through which she
souhsse ssed she attributed solely to the
sao .f"snce @ Of kind and watchful
erst sbe had been held on the
h Of the German High Command
Guef' view of her ultimate value as
Wn,,sos VIZ and during these months she
IVt henn subjected to neither hardship
nao aUnnressior, but when the Germans
POI ypp bacome hard pressed toward the
mo their unsuccessful campaign In
Gose hfrica Il had peen determined to
Lss' har further into the interior, ana
u.e .bore was an element of revenge
now motives, since it must have been
nassnt sas that she could no longer be
nossible military value
ol p;t;er s indeed were the Germans
..,nst n that half savage mate OF hers
had cunningly annoyed and
xno them with fiendishness OF
ns,stence narasi and ingenuity that had re-
w.J In n noticeable loss in morale In
cui'.u gu sactor 70 he had chosen for his opera
~. W. They had to charge against hlm
t,ohii; y. i;vss of certain officers that he had
tln.,uharotely taken with his own hands,
osa one entire section Of trench that
ny n,odc nossible q disastrous turning
non,snt nau mont by the British. Tarzan had
upnv,,.voreraled them at every point. lie
euvet guy n,ot cunning with cunning. and
nau n ,.ith cruelties until they feared
elue ,cotbed his very name. The cum
snu ~. tr;ck that they had played upon
lns ~, IN destroying hrs nome, murderlhg
p,m -nto;ners. and covering the abduc,
ns @ st his wife in such way as to Lead
n ~ ~ bel;eye that she had been killed,
llm ~ h.S regretted thousand times, FOR
vney egy.nsordfold msa had they repaid the price
thoir senseless ruthlcssness, ana
iOi mnoble 70 wreak their vengeance
lym M',,,lv mnon him, they had conceived
sa' sHa idsa Of inflicting nrther suffering
upon his mate. A. ,..,ou .o
.,.id tbe nath of the victorious British,
NJ had chosen MS her escort Lieuten-
' nt Er;cb Obergatz, who had been Sec
s sns IN command of Schneider's com,
var varv and who alone of its officers. had
ssconed the consuming vengeance OF the
y rFor long time Obergatz had held
h.r IN n native village, the chief OF
Moi was still under the domination
N his fear of the ruthless German OPP
r,essors, While here only hardships
mi discomforts assailed her, Obcrgata
himself being held in leash by the or
iers Of his distant superior. but as time
Vent on the life in the village grew to
M yeritable hell of cruelties and op-
nressions practiccd by the arrogant
Pmssian upon the villagers and the
members of his native command-for
dme hung heavily upon the hands of the
lieutenant and with idleness combining
With the personal discomforts he was
compelled to endure, his none too agree
able temper found an outlet trst IN
petty interference with the chiefs ana
later in the practice of absolute cruel
ties upon them. =,
What the self sufficient German could
hot see was plain to Jane Clayton-that
the sympathies Of Obergatz's. native
bcldiers lay with the villagers and that
all were so heartily sickened by his
abuse that it needed now but the slight
est spark to detonate the mine Of re-
Nenge and hatred that the pig headed
Hun had been assiduously fabricating
beneath his own person.
And at last 1t came, but from an un-
expected source in the form Of Ger
man native deserter from the theatre of
war. Footsore. weary and spent, he
Dragged himself into the village late
pns afternoon, and before Obergatz was
wen aware Of his presence the whole
Village knew that the power of Ger
many In Africa was at IN end. 1t did
bot take long for the lieutenant's
bttive soldiers to realize that the au-
hority that held them In service no
onger existed and that with it had gone
(he power to pay them their miserable
wage. Or at least, so they reasoned.
10 them Obergatz no longer represented
ught else than powerless and hated
ortgner, and short indeed would have
PNn his shrift had not native woman
Who had conceived a doglike affection
|cr Jane Clayton hurried to her with
3ord Of the murderous plan, for the
ate OF the innocent white woman lay
Tsuton.
ALREADY they arc quarreling as 70
shich one shall possess you" she told
When will they come for us?"
sssd ss Jane. did you hear them say?"
tonight replied the woman, "for
yen now that he has none to fight for
im they still fear the white man. And
Iney Will come at night and kill him
"Ile ne sleeps
Jane thanked the woman and sent her
way lest the suspicious of her fellows
aroused against her when they dis
S'ered that the two whites had learned
helr Intentions. Jane went at
e 70 the hut occupied by Ober-
~ NJ 4. she had never gone there before
q eae German looked up in surprise
e saw who the visitor was.
h,arduy UsdIeuy she told him what she had
p,,uster arrogantly. with a great disnlay
fnptorily. N'' A''' pe'
.ho,tEeh Sueh talk is useless" she said
MY sg ~ You have brought upon your
M iae Just hatred of these people. Re-
tsnOrt ultSS OF the truth or faisity of tho
Nav Ssv't wch which has been brought to them,
oy toslieve in it and there is nothing