Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-18

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rapidly across the garden in the direc.
tion OF the princess to an accompani-
ment OF rapid breathing as Of one al
most spent, either from fatigue or ex :
citement.
| n-at-lee," exclaimed O-lo.a,
what has happened? You look as
terrified as the doe for which you were
named "
20 Princess of Pal-ul -don," cried
Pan at lee, "they would have killed
him in the temple. They would havs
killed the wondrous stranger who claim.
ed to be the Dor -ul Ohio"
But he escaped" said O-lo-s.
You were there. Tell me about It,"
The head priest would have had him
seized and slain, but when they rushei
upon him he hurled one In the face o.
Lu don with the same ease that you
might cast your breastplates at me /;
and then he leaped upon the altar and
from there to the top Of the temple wall
and disappeared below.
They are searching for him, but,
o, Princess, pray that they do not And
him."
= And why do you pray that'" asked
phemed earned death?'
"Ah, but you do not know him." re-
piled Pan -at-lee.
And you do. them retorted O-lo-a
quickly: This morning you betrayed
yourself and then attempted to deceive
me. The slaves Of O-lo-a do not such
things with impunity. He Is then the
same Tarzan- -jad -guru Of whom you
tod me; Speak woman and speak only
Pan. lee drew herself up very
erect, her little chin held high. for was
not she too among her own people
at-lee the Kor r-ul ia does not lie," she
said. ito protect herself
Then tell me what you know Of this
Tarzan jad- guru." insisted O-lo-a.
II know that he is q wondrous man
and very brave" said Pam lee, "and
that he saved me from the Tor don
and the gryf as I told you. and that he
Is indeed the same who came into the
garden this morning; and even now !
do not know that he Is not the son Of
Jad ben -Otho, for his courage and his
strength are more than those of mortal
man, as are also his kindness and his
honor: for when he might have harmed
me he protected me, and when he might
have saved himself he thought only of
me. And oil this he did because Of his
friendship for ON at, who is gund OF
Kor r-ul- ia and with whom should have
mated had the Ho-don not captured
me-"
He was indeed a wonderful man to
look upon" unused ,O-lo-a. land he
was not as are other men, not alone in
the conformation Of his hands and feet
or the fact that he was tailless, but
there was that about him which made
him seem different in ways more i'm
NJ har
"And," supplemented Pan. at lee.
her savage little heart loyal TO the man
who had befriended her and hoping to
win for him the consideration of the
princess even though it might not avail
him; "and." she said. "dfd he not
know all about TIA -den and even his
whereabouts? Tell me. o Princess.
could mortal know such things as
these?"
perhaps he saw Ia den." sug-
gested O-lo-a.
"But how would he know that you
loved TIA -den." parried Pan lee. 81
not q god he is at least more than Ho-
don or Waz- don. He followed me from |
the cave of Es-sat in Kor- ia across |
Kor -ul- lul and two wide ridges to the
very cave in Kor -ul -gryf where l hid.
though many hours had passed since l
had come that way and my bare feet
left no impress upon the ground. What
man could do such things as
these? And where in all Pal -ul- don
would virgin maid find friend and pro-
tector in strange male other than heT'
perhaps Lu- don may be mistaken
perhaps he is a god said O-lo-a. in
fiuenced by her slaves enthusiastic
of the stranger.
llD,t hot thar pnJ nr ,oap he 10 toN |
to die" cried Pan lee.
Would that I might save him. II he
lived he might even find a way to give
iou your Ia den. Princess.
"Ah, II he only could sighed
)-la a. "but alas It Is too late. for to-
morrow I am to be given to Blu lot"
He who came to your quarters yes
erday with your fatherg' asked
Pan lee.
"Yes; the one with the awful round
ace and the big belly" exclaimed the
rincess disgustedly. He Is so lazy
e will neither hunt nor fight: To eat
nd to drink Is all that Bu-lot is fit
or, and he thinks of naught else ex-
ept these things and his slave women.
,ut come, Pan at lee. gather for me
ONE Of these beautiful blossoms.
'ould have them spread around my
ouch tonight that l may carry away
nth me in the morning the memory
the fragrance that / love best and
'hch I know that l shall not find in
ne village OF Mo-sar, the father Of
lot. will help youI Pan at lee,
nd we will gather armfuls of them,
'r l love to gather them as love
othing else-they were Ia -den's
lvorite flowers"
The two approached the Towering
lrubbery where Tarzan hid, but as
10 blooms grew plentifully upon every
ush the ape man guessed there would
e no necessity for them to enter the
atch far enough to discover him. With
tile exclamations of pleasure as they
'und particularly large or perfect
ooms the two moved from place to
lace upon the outskirts of Tarzan's
treat.
"Oh, look, Pan at lee," cried O-lo-a
resently; there is the king of them
u. Never did ! see 80 wonderful a
will get it myself-it Is
large and wonderful no other hand
all touch it," and the princess wound
among the bushes toward the point
here the great flower bloomed upon =
bush above the ape mans head. ,
SO sudden and unexpected her ap-
oach that there was no opportunity to
cape and Tar2an sat silently trusting
at fate might be kind to him and
al ko-tan's daughter away before her
es dropped from the high growing
Dom to him. But as the girl cut the
ng stem with her knife she looked
wn strai ght into the smiling face of
lrzan- jad-gu
With stifed scream she drew back
a the ape man rose and faced her.