Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30
TARTAN THE TERRIBLE
II By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
x,,boy Of the "Tnrsan" the "Martan Stories
ruIs pEGINs THE STORY
Author OF the II


Toysdp, the ape. man, Iho, W
.;ciised life Is Lord Greensboro, hds
scrred hot his ,oife, mouoht aeda'
= q oaptipe IN an African jungle,
~.She searches tor her. IN the
Esole he sapes q, man m,no' q
rsaiure Tith a long tau; from "on'
f"s almost human triendship u.
.sSEshod bet,ocen the ape man and
~ man thing. They journey on 70
f..t, There, too, they meet 0m- at.
"threc- IN one triendship Is
...abE,ksd. ON at, "gund" OF
ns'"i. ia, pith. TG. .der, Tdrsdn,
,ad and 0. dan, start IN guest OF
1psa'at.iee. They find traces OF her
,no,s from tie lion and they en-.
.nter the beast IN all its tdngod
C,s" Tarsan flung himset upon the
,, hack and buried his knife IN its
w .%s aoain and again. They are
r;s,d Bv Pan t.lee's brothers. and
Tsg hear me par cry OF the nor
E,i but ON at and his followers
s"u anon the encmy toith fury, so hdt
tIsy turned back and fed.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
~,NCOURAGED by this first success
nm A, followed them into the brush
q, little company charging valianti'
~ 'ror his either side. and loud and terri,
s',n, were the savage yells with which
Nv pursued the fleeing enemy Th'
,-.,h while not growing so closely
s..s..her as to impede progress, was Of
w .h height as to hide the members OF
~ ,.rty from one another when they
s..,,rs separated by even n few yards
~. ,ssult was that Tarzan, always
"a "a. and always keen for battle, wal
.,.n nursuing the enemy far in thu
,s.d Of the otbers-a lack of prudence
shicb was to prove his undoing.
The warriors Of Kor- ul -lul, doubt
,.s. as valorous as their foemen. re-
.-..,ed only to a more strategic posi-
,,oo IN the brush, nor were they loni
1, guessing that the number of theil
lrursuers was fewer than their own
!rhsy made stand then where the brusl
r,, densest--an ambush it was, ant
into this ran Tarzan Of the Apes. They
t,icked him neatly. Yes, sad as is tht
narration of it, they tricked the willy
Jungle lord.
But then they were fighting on theil
own ground, every foot of which they
knew as you know your front parlor
and they were following their own tac'
tics, Of which Tarzan knew nothing.
A single black warrior appeared tc
'Taryan q laggard in the rear Of thu
rstreating enemy and thus retreating hi
hrsd Tarzan on. At last be turned
st bay confronting the ape-man will
bludgeon and drawn knife and as Tar.
un charged him a score of burly Waz.
don leaped from the surrounding brush
Instantly, but too late, the giant Tar.
nangani realized his peril. There
flashed before him a vision Of his los
mate and a great and sickening regre,
surged through him with the realization
that il she still lived she might NJ
longer hope, for. though she nigh
never know Of the passing of her lord
the fact of it must inevitably seal hel
doom.
And consequent to this thought there
| envelopsd him blind frenzy Of hatred
for these creatures who dared tlfwart
his purpose and menace the welfare o
bis wife. With a savage growl hi
threw himself upon the warrior before
him twisting the heavy club from the
creatures hand as If he had been 9
little child, and with his left fist backed
by the weight and sinew of his gian,
frame, he crashed ,shattering blow tc
the center of the Waz -don's faces
blow that crushed the bones and drop
pod the fellow in his tracks. Then ht
swung upon the others with their faller
comrades bludgeon. striking to right
and left mighty, unmerciful blows that
drove down their own weapons until
that welded by the ape-man was splin
tered and shattered. On either hand
they fell before his cudgcl: so rapid the
delivery of his blows. so catlike his re
covery that in the first few moments OF
the battle he seemed invulnerable to
their attack but it could not last-he
was outnumbered twenty to one and his
Ondoing came from thrown club. II
struck him upon the back Of the head
lof moment he stood swaying. and
men; like great pine beneath the
woodsman's ak. he crashed to earth.
others OF the Kor-ul- lul had rushed
Z, 70 engage, the balance of ON ats party.
i,hey could be heard fighting at a short
We!stance, and it was evident that the
Nor, "a were falling slowly back and
Mthey tsll ON at called to the missing
ono; Iarzan the Terrible! Tar.
~. Iad' 'sIru, indeed" repeated one of
as MOI, 'lul, rising from where Tar
Mn nad dropped him. "Tarzan- lad
'ufu' lie was worse than that"