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


the second tree had been
left behind the distance
to the ncxi was considerable, and II
was then that Numa walked from
tho conceaiing cover Of the jungle
and. seeing his quarry apparently
helpless before him. raised his tail
mifny erect and charged
Two months--two long. weary
months filled with hunger. with
thirt with hardship. with dishp-
pointmeut and. greater than all.
with gnawing psin--bad pa'sed
fince Tarzan Of the Apes learned
from the DIARY OF tho dead German
ca plain that his wife stiii lived. a
brief investigation in which he wis
enthusiastically aided by the intclli'
renco department ~ the British
East African expedition revealed
the fact that an attempt had been
made To keep Lady Jane In hidins
In the interior. for reasons OF which
only the German high command
might be cognizant
In charge Of Lieutenant Oocrrnts
and a detachment OF native German
troops abe had been sent across
the border into the Congo Froe
State.
Starting cut alone In search OF
her. TsrzAn had succeeded In md.
ing the village In which she had
been incaruoaied. only 10 learn
that shs had enoapcd months be
fore. and that the German officer
had disappeared at the same time.
From thero on the stories OF tho
chiefs and the warriors whom he
quiszed. we~ vaxue and often con
tradictory. Even the direction thai
tho fugitivss had taken TarrAn
could only xuos- nj by psecing to
gessscr bits Of frnrrnentary evidence
CLEANED from various aourceA
Sinister conjccsurea were sorcef
uron him By various observations
hlch he mad. In the village. One
vas inoontrovertible proof that
tLose people were man sater: the
other. tho presence In the village
OF various articles OF native Ger
man uniforms and equipment At
groat rtnk and In the face Of suriy
objection on the part OF the chief.
tho ape man made careful In
spcction OF every hunt In the village
from which al least n htlo rsy
Of hope resulted from the fact
that be found no article that might
have belonged to his wife.
Leaving the village he had made
hn way toward tho southwest.
crossing. after the most appalling
harsiship1. q vast wa'eriess rteppe
covered for tho most part with
eenss thorn. coming AZ last into
district that had probably never
|been previously entered by any
white man and which vss known
onfy In the legends Of the tribs
who's country bordcred T.
Two months OF effort bad rsveA1ed
no slightest evidence that his wife
he sought had entered this bsauu-
fui yet foroiddins land HIS invss-
uest.on. however. Of the oAnnfbal
village and his questioning OF other
sr1b~s In the neighborhood had
convinced him that N Lady Jane
stu lived II must BE- In this direc-
ton that he seek her. sinoc by .
process Of elimination he mad 70
auced the direction OF her Night TO
only this possibility. How she had
crossed tho morass he could not
guess and yet something within
scanned 20 urge upon him belief
that she had crowned Il. and that
II she stan lived II WAS hers that
she must be sought But this un'
known. untrnversed Wild was OF
vast extent: grim, forb.ddins noun
,sins blocked his way. torrents
tumbiing from rocky fastnesses i'm
perfied his progress. and at every
turn he was forced 10 match wits
and nuscios with the great carni-
vorH that he might procure sus.
tsnance.
Time and again TarzAn and M.
ma stalked the samc quarry and
now ono, now the other bore off
tho prfxe.
Tarzan often wondered Why IN
70 rich . country he found no EVIL.
dcnccs OF man and had nj last come
TO the conclusion that the parched
tbornooverod steppe and the
hdoous morA~cs had formed q SUI.
flcicnt barrier 70 protect this coun-
try effectively from the inroads Of
mankind.
After days Of searching be hah
succeeded finally In discovering .
pass thru the mountains and. com
Ing down upon the opposite side.
had found himself In . country
practically Identical with that which
he had left The hunting was good
and at a water hole In the mouth
OF q canyon where II debouched
upon q trce-covercd plain. Bara.
tho deer. fell an easy victim TO