Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-14
,raINs THE STORY

| l1fns, IN the African ja"g "tgorootten
| sodgHvv. v.v.orch Of her, IN q IG,9o;yb
~ n G;,rhabited BY people @ 'o,.n
sssnfry, ,hs Citv Of Light, ne poses
wv, .;ty ~ w and 10 so dcold,med op
4 die'nmp ~ But the high priest
ihe end peytt he is an imposfor,
1ossincea ' n;no 10 place him under
sstwt ne az sse Ling, though morfGW
ssrest, ony Ma men TO seize MN.
mad, ofas.s teoy into them pih
fsraa Pa,st P0st and they shrink back
| ssp TN HERE IT Continues @ .
.uan smiled. Fear not,
| Tx. " mid, I will go %ilsinsis VIII sSs b BIAS. as
A chamber to race '"'
inqeusu. whoe accuse me- .,uo,oroom n
ypns. w." at the great thronerou ,unr,d
Iru,ication arose. ko.t"I w don
~ eoeInnpnwledge the right OF ~ La 'uoI o0I
" acknoWsh,s'sp she spex Of the pyramid anu
h ecupy youid G not consent to occupy occupy
la.don sos;or woJ; position, while Tarzah, h
hSsn in.' consistent with his niEn
" remain ,,stcd that no one snou,"
ddns, s him, but only to the ape
~ sO0'ts tse humor Of tho situa'ion
- was tn0
asfsnas s.,s the situation Ja-don sugv gr
10 renew al III three Of them occupy
pksd .na' hut this suggestion was re,
y thrcns, oK Ko tan. who argued that
pdiaNo y, ,o,her than a King OF fai-
aon had ever sat upon ph.rn,ore' ,n there
% .rsss and that, fur'nea .tara
es' sv, not room for three rarson .neor' sis my
y. a,,"t oy Who" said Taraan, -, ny
pu. and who Is my judge ,.;,od
'STE S.TTES.don Is your aecuser' eAp'"
Tss;!s.na; ss ~ Tn don Is your judge cried
,. hi!n pi,,'b 10 be Judged by him wWho wWhIo,
! an ma then" said Tarzan., ~
pffus,ss s.,tsr M 10 dispense then with any
~ .,,.,ss v., and ask don to sentence
beginTMf,I IN. tome was ironical and MS
~ toce. looking straight into that
uWnn{ E ,riest but caused the lat
ps VA 70 rise to still greater pro-
~ evident that Ko-tan ana ms
nx saw the justice of Tarzan s
"slIsd | objection to this unfair methoa aou
dispensing justice. only neiun NC his
Z, INDIE in the throneroom OF nis
s.isssD said ia don. Let MN neas ~
Es.Tna charges and the testimony OF
y Witnesses, and then let ho-tah
hdmsnt be final. 40. ,ortic.
Ro.tan, however, was not Pul. :,
.,..S snthusiastic over the prospect OF
..Ar, In trial upon one who mign'
nsuas m = ,srv nossIbly be the son Of hi7
W. "a so he temporized, seeking fol-
.,snre ~ escape. "It is purely q
IAS.rs matter" he said, "and 1t Is
,sSInonal that the kings of Pal-ul- dor
staisrs not in questions OF Tn
Auch." -, :. a.,
tuple," cried one Of the chiefs, fol
4. warriors were an anxious as thei'
n 10 be- relieved of all responsibilit!
( ths matter. This suggestion wal
~, than satisfactory to the high priest
m iuvardly condemned himself fo
" having thought of 1t before. .
IN "a true" he said, this man.
= 4 against the temple. Let him b
k,frsd thither then for trial
The son of Jad ben Otho will b
AIRED nowhere" cried Tarzan. "Bu
M this trial Is over 1t Is possible tina
n corpse Of Lu- don, the high priest
vl bs dragged from the temple OF tn
Mhe would desecrate. Think well
bn, Lu.don before you commit thi
AlJ."
Els words, intended to frighten tn
Z VI priest from his position, faile
vttry in consummating their purpose
la.don showed no terror at the sug
gfion the ape-mans words implied.
Here is one," thought Tarzan
who, knowing more Of his religion tha
tnS. Of his fellows, realizes fully tn
hliE OF my claims as he does tn
hlig Of the faith he breaches.
Ha realized, however, that his onl
nope lay In seeming Indifference to til
+ tirges. Ko-tan and the warriors wer
III under the spell of their belief i
N and upon this fact must he depen
} the Anal act Of the drama that Lu
"a was staging for his rescue from tn
Mpus priest whom he knew had al
Mty passed sentence upon him in hi
NJ heart.
With a shrug he descended the step
he pyramid. 1T matters not t
Y h.ul. .0tho," he said, where Lu do
nfyes bis god. for Jad-ben Otho ca
ma as easily into the chambers of tn
e@M as into the throneroom @
inneasurably relieved by this eas
Autoa Of their problem the king an
Mmriors thronged from the throne
en toward the temple grounds, thei
an N Tarzan increased by his ap
.nnt indifference to the charge
Ilhst him. Lu-don led them to tn
X AIsst Of the altar courts.
Mking his place behind the wester
M 20 motioned 10 tan to a plac
Y ~ the platform at the left hand @
- htar and directed Tarzan to
4llar place ut the right.
=. - Iarsan assembled the platform hi
~ narrowed angrily at the sigh
4. .Sa met them. The basin followed /
~ IoP Of the altar was filled wit
sNr IN which floated the naked corps
III, ,I newborn babe. What mean
la.don. ""e'''s' turning upo
,sa als !. latter smiled malcvolcntly. ""Tha
SS.SO not Know he replied, "is bu
|. thM '''uence of the falsity of you
dn ne who poses as the son of 20
Ks s... ~, know that AZ the last rays {
h X. s'ang sun flood the Eastern altS
NdS.sa' ds temple the liteblood of an adu
e,tIon Ssns y the wsite stone for the ediii
Su Ss OF Jad' ben Otho; and thar whe
t nst.I 'sa rises again from tive body {
sm Iiser si,s 1t looks first upon This West
n.n and rejOices in the death ,
4 A,%S,SOrn WS,aS babe each day, the gho,
h,,,sus ~n,eh accompanies it across ii
sjaIte I'D BY day as the ghost Of II II
might. win II TO Jad ben OIL
dimsA Aow these things, While he he WI WI
noVs s 70 % be the son Of Jad. ben. OtI
. III Hss ssosas them not; and if this M proof G'i
%aGSush there is more. Come 'V Wa,
sse ,,nes ne cried, pointing to % a tail " sla, n,
Id op1sst "SSa with a group Of other bIacl
"a di si'itsts tsa on the temple floor at " ii
h T,II Ts n fellow came forward fearful
h~a ha us us what you know Of this sfrr., crat
. nu "aon they called Tarzan e' ie'