The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-12

tut you called om-at. gund OF
KorSuLta" shc insisted. ''E.s-sat Is
gund"
"t.s-s sat Is dead" explained the ape
man. -orn at slew him and now ON
at Is gund- om.at came back seek
Ing you. lie found E,s sat In your
cave and killed him"
Yes" said the girl ''Es-sat came
to my cave and struck him down
with my golden breastpiate and es
capped.
And q lion pursued you.- con
tinucd Tarzan. "and you ieapcd
from the cliff into Kor.ul-lul. bu,
why you were not killed Is beyond
mc"
us chcre anything beyond your
exclaimed Pan-ai-lec. How could
you know that lion pursued me
and that l leapcd from tho cliff and
not know that II was the pool OF
deep water below that saved mer''
Il could have known that. too. had
not the Kor-uiiul come then and
prevented me continuing upon your
trail. But now I would ask you a
auestion-by what name do you call
the thing with which just foushtf'
1T was Toro-don.- she replied
Il have seen but one before. They
arc terrible creatures with the Gun,
ming Of man and the f~rocity OF a
beast Great indeed must be the
warrior who Stays one single
handed" She gnxed az him tn open
admiration.
And now said rarzAn. you
must sleep. for tomorrow we shall
return TO kor.ul-ja and om-at. and
doubt that you have had much
rest these two nighta-
Panat.iee. iuried By . feeling Of
security. slept peacefully into the
morning while rarnn sfresrhed him
self upon the hard floor q the re
cess just Outside her cave.
The sun was high In the heavens
when he awoke: for two hours n had
looked down upon another figure
miles away-ths figure Of q sodiike
man fighting his way thru the hid.
eous niorass that lies like q filthy
moat defending Pai-ul-don from the
creatures Of the outer world. Now
waist deep in the sucking oox.. nov
mcnaccd by ioathsorne reptiles. the
man advanced only By virtue Of Her.
culcan efforts. gaining iaboriousiy
by inches along the devious way
that he was forced TO choose In sc.
lactins ths least precarious footing
Near the center OF the morass was
open water--slimy. green-hued wa.
ter. He reached II at last after
more than two hours OF such effort
as would have left an ordinary man
spent and dying In the sticky mud.
yet he was less than halfway across
the marsh. Greasy with slime and
mud was his smooth. brown hide.
and greasy with slime and mud was
his beloved Enfield that had shone
80 brightly HI the first days OF the
rising gun.
| He paused 4 moment. upon the
edge OF the open water and then
throwing himself forward struck out
TO swim across. He swan with
long, easy. powerful strokes caiculat.
ed less for speed than for endurance.
for his was. primarily. a test OF the
latter. since beyond the open water
was another two hours or more OF
grueling effort between it and solid
ground. He was. perhaps. halfway
across and CONCENTRATING himself
upon the ease OF the achievement
OF this portion OF his task when
there arose from the depths directly
In his path hideous reptile. which.
with wide distended jaws. bore down
upon him, kissing shriily.
Tarzan arose and stretched. ex.
banded his great chest and drank IN
deep draughts Of the fresh morning
air. His clear eyes scanned the
wondrous beauties OF the landscape
spread out before them. Directly be.
low lay kor.ul-gryf. a dense. somber
green OF gently moving tree tops.
To Tarzan II was neither grim. nor
forbidding--it was Jungle. beloved
jungle. To his right there spread a
panorama OF the lower reaches OF
The Valley Of Jad.ben- Ohio. with It's
winding streams and It's blue lakes.
Cleaning whitley in the sunlight
were scattered groups OF dwellings
the fuedal strongholds OF the lesser
chiefs OF the Ho-don. A.iur, the City
Of Light. he could not see as II was
hidden by the shoulder of the cliff
In which the deserted village lay.
For a moment Tarzan gave himself
over to that spiritual enjoyment of
beauty that only the man-mind may
attain and then nature asserted her.
self and the belly OF the beast called
aloud that II was hungry. Again Tar.
IAN looked down at Kor.uI-eryf
There was the Junglei Grew there
a jungle that would not feed Tarzan ?
The ape-msn smiled and commenced
the descent to the gorge. Was there
danger there7 OF course. Who knew
II better than Tarzan7 In all jungIes
lies death. for life and death go hand
In hand, and, where life teens. death
reaps his fullest harvest. Never had
Tarzan met a creature OF the Jungle
with which he could not cope
sometimes by virtue Of brute
strength alone. again by comblna.
ton OF brute strength and the cum.
ming Of the man.mlnd; but Tarzan
had never met a gryf.
He had heard the bellowings In the
gorge the night before after he had
lain down 10 sleep and he had meant