Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-24

| someeiines ueep!y into the rock beneath,
were strange hieroglyphics and the out
lines OF beasts and birds and reptiles,
some OF the latter Of weird form s,ig-
gesting the extinct creatures OF Jurassic
times. Some of the more recently made
hieroglyphics Tarzan's conpa mons read
with interest and commented upon, and
then with the points Of their knives
they, too. added to the possibly age -old
record OF the blackened walls.
Tarzan's curiosity was aroused. but
the only explanation at which he could
arrive was that he was looking upon
possibly the worlds most primitive
motel register. At least II gave him a
further insight into the development of
the strange creatures with which Fate
had thrown him. Here were men with
the tails OF monkeys, one Of them as
hair covered as any fur bearing brute
OF the lower order, and yet Il was
evident, that they possessed not only
spoken, but written language. The
former he was slowly mastering and
at this new evidence OF unlocked for
civilization In creatures possessing 80
many OF the physical attributes Of
beasts, Tarsan's curiosity was still
further piqued and his desire quickly to
master their tongue strengthened, with
the result that he fell to with even
greater nssiduity to the task he had
set himself. Already he knew the names
OF his companions and the common
names of the fauna and fora with
which they had most often come in con.
tact.
TIA den. he Of the hairless, white
skin, having assumed the role Of tutor.
prosecuted his task with a singleness of
purpose that was reflected in his pupil s
rapid mastery Of Ia -den's mother
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seemed to feel that there rested upon
his broad shoulders a portion Of the
burden Of responsibility for Tarzans
education, with the result that either
one or the other of them was almost
constantly coaching the ape man during
his waking hours. The result was only
what might have been expected rapid
assimilation Of the teachings to the end
that before any of them realized It,
communication by word of mouth be-
came an accomplished fact.
Tarsan explained to his companions
the purpose Of his mission, but neither
could give him any slightest thread Of
| hope to weave into the fabric of his
longing. Never had there been in their
country woman such as he described.
nor any tailless man other than himself
that they ever had seen.
II have been gone from A-lur while
Bu, the moon, has eaten seven times"
said Ia den. MANY things may hap
pen in seven times twenty eight days !;
but doubt that your woman could have
entered our country across the terrible
morasses which even you found an
almost insurmountable obstacle, and II
she had, could she have survived the
perils that you already have encoun-
| tered besides those of which you have
yet to learn, Not even our own
women venture into the savage lands
beyond the cities"
A-lur,' Light city, City of Light"
| unused Tarzan, translating the word
into his own tongue. "And where Is
A-lur?" he asked. lis 1t your city,
Tia den, and Om- at's?"
"It's mine" replied the hairless one !;
but not ON ats. The Waz-don have
no cities-they live in the trees Of
is It not 50, black man?" he con-
cluded, turning toward the hairy giant
Yes" replied ON at. I'VE waz.
don are free---only the Ho- don i'm
prison themselves in cities. I would not
be q white mani
Tarzan smiled. Even here was the
racial distinction between white man
and black man-Ho- don and Waz don.
Not even the fact that they appeared
to be equals in the matter of intelli-
gence made any difference-one was
| white and one was black, and it was
easy to see that the white considered
himself superior to the other-one could
see 1t in his quiet smile.
"Where is A-lur?" Tarzan asked
again. you are returning to it?"
at is beyond the mountains" re-
piled Ia den. II do not return to it
not yet. Not until Ko- tan is no more"
"ko-tan?" queried Tarzan.
"Ko-tan is king" explained the
pithecanthropus. He rules this land.
l was one of his warriors. lived in the
palace of Ko-tan and there met
O-lo-a. his daughter. We loved, Like
starlight, and /: but Ko-tan would
fight with the men of the village Of
Dak-at, who had refused to pay his
tribute to the king, thinking that
would be killed. for Dak-at Is famous
for his many fine warriors. And I was
not killed. Instead returned vic
torious with the tribute and with. OAK at
himself my prisoner: but ko-tan was
not pleased because he saw that O-lo-a
loved me even more than before, her
love being strengthened and fortified by
pride in my achievement.
Powerful is my father, Ja-don, the
lion man, chief Of the largest VILLAGE
tated to affront and so he could not but
praise me for my success, though he did
it with half a smile. But you do not
understand! 1t is what we call smile
that moves only the muscles of the
face and affects not the light of the
eyes-it means Hypocrisy and duplcity.
l must be praised and rewarded. What
better than that he reward me with the
hand Of O-lo-a, his daughter? But no,
he saves O-lo-a for Bu-lot, son OF
Mo -sar, the chief whose great grand
he should be king. Thus would Ko-t
appease the wrath of Mo- sar and win
the friendship of those who think with
Mo -sar that Mo sar should be king.
"But what reward shall repay the
faithful Ta-den? Greatly do we honor
our priests. Within the temples even
the chiefs and the king himself bow
down to them. No greater honor could
Ko- tan confer upon a subject--who
wished to be a priest; but / did not so
wish. Priests other than the high priest
must become eunuchs for they may never
marry.
word to me that her father had given
the commands that would set In motion
the machinery of the temple. a mes
senger was on his way in search of me
to summon me to Ko-tan's presence.
"To have refused the priesthood once
it was offered me by the king would
have been to have affronted the temple
and the gods--that would have meant
death but IL ! did not appear before
Ko- tan ] would not have to refuse any.
thing. O'lo-a and l decided that !
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