Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-03

spaces, and they seemed to be travelling
up the river in the direction of the
kor -ul-ja.
At first Ja don was inclined TO doubt
the veracity of his informant; but, like
all good generals he could not permit
even palpably false information to go
uninvestigated and so he determined to
visit the knoll himself and learn pre-.
cisely what 1t was that the sentry had
observed through the distorting spec
tacles of fear, He had scarce taken
his place beside the man ere the fellow
touched his arm and pointed. They
can see them plainly" And sure
enough, not a quarter Of a mile away
ia don saw that which In his long ex-
perience in Pal-ul- don he had never
before seen--two humans riding upon
the broad back Of gryf.
At first he could scarce credit even
this testimony Of his own eyes, but soon
he realized that the creatures below
could be naught else than they ap-
peared, and then he recognized the man
and rose to his feet with loud cry.
1T is he !" he shouted to those about
him. 1T Is the Dor -ul- -Otho himself"
The gryf and his riders heard the
shout though not the words. The former
beloved terrifcelly and started in the
direction Of the knoll, and ia don, fol-
lowed by q few of his more intrepid
warriors, ran to meet him. Tarzan,
loath to enter an unnecessary quarrel,
tried to turn the animal, but as the
beast was far from tractable 1t always
took few minutes to force the will of
its master upon it; and 80 the two
parties were quite close before the ape
man succeeded in stopping the mad
charge of his furious mount.
ia don and his warriors, however,
lad come to the realization that this
believing creature was bearing down
upon them with evil intent and they
had assumed the better part of valor
and taken to trees, accordingly. 1t
was beneath these trees that Tarzan
finally stopped the gryf. Ja-don called
down to him.
1--WE are friends" he cried. II am
ia don, Chief Of Ja-lur. l and my
warriors lay our foreheads upon the
feet of. Dor -ul- Otho and pray that he
will aid us in our righteous fight with
Lu-don, the high priest
"You have not defeated him yet?'
asked Tarzan. Why l thought you
would be king Of pal.ul-don long be-
fore this
No" replied Ja-don. THE peo-
pie fear the nigh priest and now that
he has in the temple one whom he claims
to be Jad~ ben -Otho many of my war
riors are afraid. If they but knew that
the Dor III Otho had returned and that
he had blessed the cause of Ja-don
am sure that victory would be ours
Tarzan thought for long minute
end then he spoke. "Ja- don" he said,
"was one of the few who believed in me
and who wished to accord Inc fair
treatment. l have debt to pay to
ia don and an account to settle with
Lu- don. not alone on my own behalf,
but principally upon that Of my mate.
I will 20 with you ia don to mete to
Lu don the punishment he deserves.
| Toll me. chief. how may the Dor r-ul-
| Otho best serve his fathers peopley'
..By coming with me to Ja-lur and
the villages between" replied in don
ouickly "that the .people may see that
Il ia indeed the Dor ul- Otho and that
he smiles upon the cause of Ja-don. /"
.Vou tb;nE thnt thew will believe in
r,o more now than bcfore?r asked the
na.mon
..yVhn vii, dare doubt that he who
r;deS rn,r Tho ere,t grvf is less than a
i nnnS, "pon roturnod Tho Hii chief
s'e" ID 20 20 ,v;th wo,, to the hattie
| .. nu :, a,ios tn Ton,o.n .' ..o-. ,m os.
- ,ha Co., af NV n,o+o wL;io om
sure tne saIe.y ~ my na'e "''''' an
sone rom Ier :: ?. , ,.;.l,
A. SIe Shun lS'nu'n III IVA ur M WIN ',n
| the frihceSS C-Io-h "nu .1nS mS oMn
| women, repied ia uoh' iHerr Snc
Will DC sure loI 'hcrc 1 . SuuIi iV.,'. u,
trusted warriors 10 protecI 'neni' pay
that you will come, y Dor, u otn1'
and my cup OF happiness VIII DC 1ul,
| for even row Ia -ueh' my son, tnarcnes
toward A-lur win loTce from tne
northwest and II we can attack' WIN
the Dor -ul-Otho at our head; from the
northeast our arms should be VICTOR
ious;" l., ;.
1T shall be as you wish, Ja-don,
replied the apc-mnn; but first you
must have meat fetched for my gryf.
There are many carcasses IN the
| camp above replied ia don, for my
men have little else to do than hunt.
'GOod,' exclaimed Iarzan. Lave
them brought at once
And when the meat was brought ana
lnid at distance the ape man slipped
| from the back Of his fierce charger and
fed him with his own hand. See
that there Is always plenty OF flesh for
him." he said to ia don, for he guessed
that his mastery might be short-hved
should the vicious beast become over
hungry. :,
1t was morning before they could
leave for ia lur. but Tarzan found the
gryf lying where he had left him the
| night before beside the carcasses OF two
antelope and n lion; bat now there was
nothing but the gryf.
''The palcontologists say that he was
herbivorous, said Tarzan as he and
Jane approached the beast.
The journey to Ja-lur was made
through the scattered villages where
| In don honnI IN arnusa a knanor on .