Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-02

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ture had said that Il would do,
released It's hold upon her hair as 1,
prepared to charge, Charge Il did and
In those close quarters there was nc
room to fence for openings. Instantly
the two beasts locked in deadly EN-
brace. each seeking the others throat.
Pan at-lee watched, taking no advan
tage Of the opportunity TO escape which
their preoccupation gave her. She
watched and waited, for into her
savage little brain had come the resolve
to pin her faith to this strange creature
who had unlocked her heart with those
four words-"I am ON m-at's friend -
And so she waited, with drawn knife,
yanquishing Of the Tor-o- don. Tint
the newcomer could do It unaidcd she
well knew to be beyond the realms Of
possibility, for she knew we'll the
prowess OF the beast like man with
whom It fought. There were not many
Of them in Pal -ul-don, but what few
there were were terror to the women
Of the Waz-don and the Ho-don, for
the old Tor-o don bulls roAmed the
, mountains and the valleys Of Pal-ul-
don between rutting seasons and woe
betide the women who fell into their
paths.
With his tail the Tor don sought
one Of Tarxan's ankles, and finding 1t,
tripped him. The two fell heavily, but
30 agile was the ape man and 20 quick
his powerful muscles that even in fall
ing he twisted the beast beneath him.
so that Tarxan fell on top and now the
tail that had tripped him sought his
throat as had the tail OF In-tan, the
hor- lul.
In the effort Of turning his antago-
nist's body during the fall Tarzan had
had to reiinquish his knife that he might
seize the shaggy body with both hands,
ana now the weapon lay out OF reach
at the very edge of the recess. Both
hands were occupied for the moment i'll
tending OIL the clutching fingers that
sought to seize him and drag his throat
within reach Of his foes formidable
fangs and now the tail was seeking it's
oeaa'y noid M,,a iormlaao,e persist-
's. '""s "ou'" "'' "e ush'eu'
Pan-at-iec hovered ABOUT, breathless,
her dagger ready, but there was no
opening that did not also eDdanger Tar
xan, 30 constantly were the two duellsts
changing their positions. Tarxan felt
the tail slowly but surely insinuating
itself about his neck, though he had
drawn his head down between the mus
cles OF his shoulders in an effort to pro-
tect TINS Vulnerable part. The battle
seemed to- be going against him, for
the giant beast against which be strove
would have been a fair match In weight
and strength for Bolgani, the gorilla.
- NJ oms tn,s, no suuuehy eAe'teu
ansrt e .,a suptrntniam p;ant h enor., 'nrmst .sr
Sw'stno.s "w n' gun, a,.;h;n nanus am wlta tnn
tsnrs In tba i,a,inm 81 'tae thn Tord %ueu u.S
"ss ~ .ne ?usu,ur vI tne Ior aon;
nt I'M .he sanie ,ns'ant tne creatures ta,l
oonS eoeu auos' MS own throat ana tnen
.ud eS .s,.;s.; os!s.e royaL OK tulnins
dnJ d;sio Nv smiSts .h tod'ss as eacn sought 10
ua % sxe taa. hoIu ci ,he otner, OUT
munuh 9rain ana thus II was that the
rollng ooales roiied IN the direction that
cSa haraah wiShed-toward inc eose OF the
ieeeaS'
The choking tail had shut the air
from his lungs, he knew that his grasp
ing lips were parted and his tongue
protruding; and now his brain reeied
and his sight drew dim; but not before
he reached his goal and a quick hand
shot out to seize the knife that now
lay within reach as the two bodies tot
tered perilously upon the brink Of the
chasm.
With all hfs remaining strength the
npe-man drove home the blade once. |
twice, thrice, and then all went black |
before him as he felt himself, still in |
the clutches OF the Tor % don, topple |
from the recess.
Fortunate It was for Tarzan that
Pan at lee had not obeyed his iniunc.
ton to make good her escape while he
engaged the Tor % don, for it was TO
this fact that he owed his life. Close be.
side the struggling forms during the
had realized every detail of the danger
to Tarzan with which the emergency
was fraught, and as she saw the two
lolling over the outer edge of the niche
'he seized the ape man by an ankle Mt
he same time throwing herself pronc
ipon the rocky floor. The muscles of
he Tor O don relaxed in deotb with
ne ihst thrust OF Tarzan's knife and
Win its hold upon the ape-man re-
eased II shot from sight into rno gorge
'eiow.
IL was with infinite difficulty that
'an at-iee retained her hold upon the
NIKE OF her protector, but she did so.
ma then, slowly, she sought to drag the
lead weight back to the safety Of the
liche. This, however, was beyond her
trength, and she could but. hold on
lightly, hoping that some plan would
uggest itself before her powers of en-
urance failed. She wondered II, after
y, the creature was already dead, but
nat she could not bring herself to be-
ieve--and IL not dead. how long it
'ouid @ Dc peiore ne regalned conscious
eas. $50 ~ he aiu not regain IL soon ne
e.eI on ah "oIiu % regain II, tnat she knew,
tro;a ~ sue u LEI. ner 4s hhgers numbing TO the