The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-11

ascent TO the ridge and thus bach
to the village OF omNs. the kcr.ui
IA lie came at last 10 . place wher'
the river ran SO close to the rocky
wall that he was forced TO swim q
In search OF n trail upon the opposits
side and here II was that his kcef
nostrlls detected n familiar spoor. II
was the scent OF Pan.at.lee at tn,
spot where she had emerged from
the pool and taken TO the safety oil
the jungle
Immediately the ape mans plan,
were changed. Panatiee lived. OF
at least she had lived after the lear
from the cliffs summit He hac
started in search OF her Cor om-at
his friend. and for omat he would
continue upon the trail he had picked
up thus fortuitousiy by accident. II
led him into the jungle and acsos.
the gorge and then TO the point al
which Pan.at-lee had commenced tbs
ascent Of the opposite cliff. Here
Tartan abandoned the head OF In
OF tree. for he knew tha, IL would
handicap him In his ascent OF the
steep escarrmcnt. Ape-iike he as
cended. following easily the scent
spoor OF Pan-st-lee. over the sum
init and across the ridge the trail
lay. plain as . printed page 10 the
delicate senses OF the jungie-bred
tracker.
Tarzan knew naught OF the Kor
ulgryf. He had seen. dlmiy In the
shadows Of the night. strange. mon
srous forms and Ta-dcn and om II
had spoken Of great creatures that
all men feared; but always every,
whers. by night and By dag. there
were dangers From infancy death
had stAiked. grim and terrible. at bis
heels. He knew little OF any other
existence To cope with danger was
hts life and he lived bis life a. simply
and ~ naturally ~ you live yours
amidst the dangers Of the crowded
city streets. The black man who
goes abroad In the Jungle at night "a
afraid. for he has spent his life since
infancy surrounded by numbers Of
his own kind and sAfeg1arded. espe
ciaiiy at night. by such crude means
~ lie within his powers. But Tar
xan had lived - the lion lives and
the panther and the elephant and
the ape--a true jungle creature d.
pendent solely upon his prowess and
his wits. playing a lone hand agains,
creation Therefore he was sur
prised at nothing and feared nothing
and no he walked thru the strange
night as the farmer TO the cow 10,
IA the darkness before the dawn
Once more Pan.atlec's trail ended
at the verge OF a cliff: but this tins
there was no indication that she had
ieaped over the edge and a moment
search revealed to Tartan the stons
pegs upon which she had made her
descent As he lay upon his belly
leaning over tho top OF the cliff cx
aiming the pegs his attention was
suddenly attracted by something al
the foot OF the cliff. He could moi
distinguish its Identity. but he saw
that II moved and presently that II
wns ascending slowly. apparently BY
means Of pegs similar TO those d.
rectiy below him. He watched n In
tentiy as IL rose higher and higher
until he was able TO distinguish ia
form more clearly. with the result
that he became convinced that II
more nearly rcscmblcd some form OF
great ape Than a lower order. II
had tail. tho. and m other respects
II did not seem a true ape
Slowly II ascended to the upper
tier Of caves. into one of which II
disappeared Then Tarzan took UT
again the trail Of Pan-atiee. He fol
lowed II down the stone pegs TO the
nearest cave and then farther along
the upper tier. The spe-man raised
bis eyebrows when he saw the direc
ton In which II led, and quickened
his pace lie had almost reached the
third cave when the echoes Of Kor.
ul-gryf we're awakened By . shrill
scream Of terror.