Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-23

life Lord Grepstoke, learns that MS
rife. thought dead, 10 cdpfioe IN an
d African Jungle, seeks and fnds heri
brt before he cdn CLAIM, her Is hropn
into cavern from ohich he escapes.
Lady Grevsfoke, mednphhe, unniu,
tnolv betrothed to the k'ng, IS odrr'ea
of by his dssdssins. And at that
o,omsrt Torson is making his udp
ont Of the temple on the heels OF a
oriest pho does not suspect his
preseuoe. This priest, moving
Through a secret passage, suddenly
atoms and removes a pile Of rabblc,
rcpeaI;no a small aperture at the base
of Inc rail upon tho opposite side Of
,ehich there appears to be another
pile.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
yr,HIs he also removed until he hat
i a hole of sufficient size to permit the
massage of his body, and leaving tht
eresset still burning upon the floor thu
nriest crawled through the opening he
had made end disappeared from tht
sight Of the watcher hiding In the shad
ows of the narrow passageway' behino
him.
No sooner. however. was he safely
rome than the other followed. hndine
Himself. after passing through the mole,
IN a little ledge about halfway between
ths surface OF the lake and the top OF
tbe cliff above. The ledge inclined
steeply inward, ending at the rear OF q
building which stood upon the edge OF
tbe cliff and which the second priest
entered lust in time to see Pan sat
mass ont into the city beyond.
As the latter turned n nearby corner
tbe other emerged from the doorway
and quickly surveyed his surroundings.
He was satisfied the priest who had
led him hither had served his purpose
In so far rs the tracker was concerned:
Above him, and perhaps a hundred
yards away, the white walls OF the
sky. The time that 1t had taken him
20 acquire definite knowledge concern
inc the secret passageway between the
\ temple and the city he did not count
kas lost, though he begrudged every
Snstant that kept him from the prose-
rution of his main objective. 1t had
,eemed to him, however, necessary to
|the success of bold plan that he had
formulated upon overhearing the con-
yersation between Lu- don and Pan sat
ma he stood without the hangings Of the
apartment Of the high priest:
Alone against a nation Of suspicious
and half savage enemies he could scarce
hope for a successful outcome to the
one great issue upon which hung the
life and happiness of the creature he
loved best. For her sake he must win
allies and It was for this purpose that
he had sacrificed these precious mo-
ments, but now he lost no further time
IN seeking to regain entrance to the
palace grounds that he might search
out whatever new prison they had found
An which to incarcerate his lost love.
He found no difficulty in passing the
guards at the entrance to the palace,
for, as he had guessed. his priestly dis
guse disarmed all suspicion. AS he
approached the warriors he kept his
hands behind him and trusted to fate
that the sickly light of the single torch
which stood beside the doorway would
not reveal his un-Pal- ul -donian feet.
As a matter of fact so accustomed were
they to the comings and goings of the
priesthood that they paid scant atten-
ton to him and he passed on into the
palace grounds without even mo-
ment's delay.
His goal now was the Forbidden Gar
den and this he had little difficulty in
reaching, though he elected to enter 1t
over the wall rather than to chance
arousing any suspicion on the part of
the guards at the inner entrance, since
be could imagine no reason why n
priest should seek entrance there this
late at night.
He found the garden deserted, nor
any sign Of her he sought. That she
had been brought hithcr he had learned
from the conversation he had overheard
between Lu-don and Pan sat, and he
was sure that there had been no time
or opportunity for the high priest to re-
move her from the palace grounds. The
garden he knew to be devoted exclusive
ly to the uses of the princess and her
women, and it was only reasonable to
assume therefore that IL Jane had been
brought to the garden it could only
have been upon an order from Ko-
tan. This being the case the natural
assumption would follow that he would |
fnd her in some other portion of
O.lo-as quarters.
Just where these lay he could only |
conjecture, but it seemed reasonable to |
believe that they must be adjacent to
lhe garden, so once more he scaled the
val and passing around its end di-
rected his steps toward an entrance
way which he judged must lead to that
poition OF the palace nearest the For
bidden Garden.
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ansuarded and then there fell upon his
n from an interior apartment the
SOUND OF voices raised in anger and ex-
element. Guided by the sound he
quickly traversed several corridors and
chambers until he stood before the hang
lnss which separated him from the
eaamber from which issued the sounds
81 alteration. Raising the skins slightly,
~ looked within. There were two
women battling with q IIo-d don war
ror. One was the daughter of Ko tan
ul.ja. '' 'A' N0'
AT the moment that Tarzan lifted the
Aansihgs, the warrior threw O-lo- a
ppclously to the ground and seizing
ssa aa'at'lee by the hair drew his knife
t suu raised 1t above her head. Casting
ms ehcumbering headdress of the dead
R,ea from his shoulders the ape man
ss;,;a Spsu across the intervening space and
the brute from behind srruch
A'h u single terrible blow.
AS the man fell forward dead. the
tsnsoWSe wSneh recognized Tarzan stimuli
aaees and would have bowed her head
rse rpon MS feet had he not, with nm i'm
Eaatht gesture, commanded her to rise.
sS,aaa V naa no time to listen to their pro-
snmols ss,ons OF gratitude or answer the
,eIous xon,d questions which he knew
ieninins0o iu soon be flowing from those two
vomsn sa me- he cried, "where is the {
bronsbt Vi my own race whom ia don
''S'ysnt ''sha here from the tempIe?" I
cried n Is but this moment gone"
this thH,io,a. Mo-sar, the father of Z
boSv HR ~ here,' and she indicated the
seized t'u nu lot with a scornful finger,
wv "WS,dahe aer and carried her away" $