The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-02

them from courting danger uselesL
iy. whose lives are sufficiently fnled
with danger In their ordinary roo
tine OF feeding and mating.
As the riding sun dispeiicd the
shadows OF the night, Tnzs1n found
himself upon the verge OF great
forest into which his guide plunged.
taking nimbly TO the branches OF
the trees thru which he made his
way with CELEBRITY Of long habituds
and hereditary instinct but tho AID
ed by a prehensible tail. fingers. and
toes. the man-thing moved thru the
forest with no greater case or surety
than did the giant apeman.
II was during this journey that
Tarzan recalled the wound In his
side inflicted upon him the previous
night by the raking talons OF Euna,
the lion. and examining II vas sur
prised 10 discover that not only ~Gnq
II painless but along it's edges were
no indication Of inflammation. thief
results doubtless OF the sntiseptic'
powder his strange companion had
sprinkled upon II.
two when Tafzan's companion camel
10 earth upon a grassy slope be1
meath a great tree whose branches
overhung a clear brook. Here they
drank and Tarzan discovered tho
water 10 be Of Icy temperature that
Indicated It's rapid descent from tho
lofty mountains OF It's origin.
Casting aside his Ioin cloth ana
weapons Tarzan entered the little
pool beneath the tree and after q
moment emerged. greatly refreshed
and filled with a keen desire to
breakfast. As he came out Of the
pool he noticed his companion ex-
aiming him with q puzzled express
sion upon his face- Taking the ape
man by the shoulder he turned him
around no that Tarzan's back was
toward him and then, touching the
end OF Tarzan'r spine with his fore
finger, he curled his oxn tail up
over his shoulder and. wheeling the
ape-man about again. pointed first
at Tsrzan and then at his own eau
dal appcndagc. look of puzziemelt
upon his fsce. the while he jabbe1
:, The apeman realized that prob
ably for the first time his compan-
ion had discovered that he was tall
less by nature rather than by accident
and so he called attention to bis own
great toes and thumbs 10 further
impress upon the creature that they
were Of different species
The fellow shook bis head duh1r
ously as tho entirely unable to com
prehend why Tarzan should differ
so from him. but at last. apparently
giving the problem np with a shrug.
he laid aside his own harness. skin.
and weapons and entered the pool
His ADDITIONS completed and his
meager apparel redeemed be seated
himself At the foot OF the tree and
motioning Tarxan to . place beside
him. opened the pouch that hung az
his right side. taking from II strips
II dried flesh and . couple Of hand
fuis Of thin-6helled nuts with which
Tarzan was unfamiliar. Seeing the
other break them with his testh ana
example thus set him. discovering
the meat 70 b rich and well IA.
vored The dried flesh also was far
from unpalata tho Il had evident,
~ been terked without salt . %
modify which Tarzan imaeine
might be rather difficult to obtain
In this locality. ~.
As they ate Tarxan's compans31l
pointed TO the nuts. the dried meat
and various other nearby objects. in'
each instance repeating what Tar.
zan readily discovered must Be the
names Of these things IN the crea-
lures native language The ape man
could but smile at this evident d.
sire upon the part OF his new -foundl
acquaintance to impart to him in
sructions that eventually might
lead to an exchange OF thought ~
tween them Having already MAJ
tered several languages and q multi
tude OF dialects the ape-man felt
that he could readily assimflate an
other. even tho this appeared onoY
entirely unrelated to any with which,
he was familiar.
So occupied were they with then
breakfast and the lesson that neither
was aware Of the bcady eyes glitter.
ing down upon them from .abovos
nor was Tarzan cognizant Of any
impending danger until the instant
that a huge. hairy body leaped fun
upon his companion from thu
branches above them. -
Confined on Mouday3 n