The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15


white native warriors.
and then Tarzan raised his staff and
with a menacing "whee-oor' struck
the gryf vicious blow across the
face.
The creature made sudden side
snap In his direction. a snap that
did not reach him. and then turned
suilenly away. precisely as n had
when the Tor.o-don commanded IT,
Walking around to it's rear as he
had seen the shaggy first.man do.
Tarzan ran up the broad tail and
seated himself upon the creatures
back. and then again initiating the
acts Of the Tor-o-don he proddcd II
with the sharpened point Of his staff.
and thus goading u forward and
guiding It with blows. first upon one
side and then upon the other. he
started u down the gorge in. the di.
rection OF the valley.
At first IL had been In his mind
only to determine u he could sue
ccssfully assert any authority over
the great monsters. realizing that in
this possibility lay his only hope OF
Immediate escape from his jailers
But once seated upon the back OF his
titanic mount the ape-man expe.
rienccd tho sensation OF a new thrill
that recalled 20 him the day In hts
boyhood that he had first clambercd
to the broad head OF Tantor. the
elephant. and this. together with the
sense OF mastery that was always
meat and drink 10 the lord of the
jungle. decided him 10 put his newly
acquired power to some utiiifarian
purpose
Pan.at'Iee be judged must either
have already reached safety or met
with death. At least. no longer
could he be OF service TO her, while
below Kor-uigryf. in the soft green
valley. lay A-lur. the city OF Light.
which. since he. had gazed upon II
from the shoulder Of Pastar vi we'd.
had been his ambition and his goal.
Whether or not It's cleaning walls
held the secret OF hls lost mate he
could not even guess. bu; II she lived
at all within the precincts OF Palui-
don II must be among the Hodon.
since the hairy black men OF this
forgotten world took no prisoners.
And 20 TO A.iur he would go. and
how more effectively than upon the
back OF this grim and terrible crea-
ture that the races OF Pai-ul don held
In such aver
A little mountain stream tumbied
down from kQr vi gryf to be Joined
in the foothills with that which
emptics the waters Of Kor-ui-iul into
the valley. forming a small river
which runs southwest. eventually en-
tering the valleys largest lake Mt
the City Of A.lur. thru the center OF
which the stream passes. An ancient
trail. well marked by countless gen
erations Of naked feet OF men and
beasts. leads down toward A-iur be-
side the river. and along this Tarzan
guided the gryf. Once clear OF the
forest which ran below the mouth OF
the gorge. Tarzan caught occasional
giimpses OF the city cleaning In the
distance far below him.
The country thru which he passed
was resplendent with the rtotous
beauties OF tropical verdure. Thick.
lush grasses grew waist high upon
either side OF the trail and the way
was broken now and again By
patches of open park.likc forest. or
perhaps a little patch Of dense
| jungle where the trees overarched
the way and trailing crecpcrs de
pended in graceful loops from
branch TO branch.
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Guilty In commanding obedience upon
the part OF his unruly beast. but
always In the end It's fear of the
relatively puny goad urged II on TO
obedience. Late in the afternoon as
they approached the confluence Of
the stream they were skirting and
another which appeared 10 come
from the direction Of Kor.ul.ja, the
ape man. emerging from one of the
jungle paths. discovered a consider
able party OF Ho-don upon the op.
posite bank. simultaneously they
saw him and the mighty creature he
bestrode. For a moment they stood
in wide-eyed amazement and then.
In answer 10 the command OF their
leader. they turned and boIted for
the shelter OF the nearby wood.
The ape-man had but a brief
glimpse Of them, but IL was suffi.
Gent indication thaetherc were Waz-
don with them, doubtless prisoners
take In one OF the raids upon the
| Wazdon villages Of which Ta-den and
ON at had told him.
At the sound Of their voices the
gryf had beloved terrifically and
started in pursuit even tho n river
interviewed, but by dint OF much
prodding and beating, Tarzan had
succeeded In heading the animal
back into the path. tho thereafter
for a long umo 1t was sulIcn and
more intractable than ever.
As tho sun dropped nearer the
summit Of the western hills Tarzan
became aware that his plan to enter
A-lur upon the back OF a gryf was
likely doomed 10 failure, since the
sfubbornness Of the great beast WAS
due 70 the fact that It's huge belly
was crying out for food. The ape
man wondered II the Tor-odons had