The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-13
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When Pan at.lee awoke she looked
but upon the niche In search OF
MARIAN. He was not there. She
prana to her feet and rushed out.
ooking down into kor.ulgryf guess
Ing that he had gone down In search
o. food and there she caught a
1 glimpse OF him disappearing into the
Forest For an instant she was pan
t-stricken- She knew that he was
4 stranger In Pal.uidon and that. so,
be might not realize the dangers
that lay In that gorge Of terror. Why
Ma she not call 10 him TO rcturnl
You or | might have done so. but
n psi-uldon. for they know the
Vays OF the gryf--they know the
reak eyes and the keen ears, and
hat at the sound OF n human voice
hey come. To have called to Tar.
nn, then, would but have been to
4 invite disaster and 80 she did not
Y eall. Instead. afraid tho Ae was.
she descended into the gorge for the
warning him in whispers OF his dan
kenr. Ii was brave act. since II
as performed In the face OF count
- ages Of inherited fear OF the
reaturcS that she might be cpiied
mon to face Men have been dec
Dr1ted for less.
Pan.at-Iee. descended from a long
|<&ne OF hunters. assumed than Tar
IN would move up wind and In this
airrcsion she sought his tracks
which xhe soon found well marked
49, he bad made no effort 70 con.
~ them she moved rapidly unui
- reached the point at which Tar
- had taken 70 the trees. OF course
- know what had happened. since
~ own people were scni-areoreai'
~ sha could not track him hru
80 trsea. having no such weuocvcf
4 Goened sense OF scent ~ ne i.
ne could but hope that ne nha
1r,noiuued on up wind and 10 snis
1fection she moved. her ncaF
1ounding In terror against her rios'
] her eyes giancing- first IN one oirec
ian and then another. she mad
fuached the edge Of . clearing vnsn
Two things happened-she caught
6rhs Of Tarxan bending over q dead
Aeer and at the same instant a
Rsafening roar sounded almost be
lde her. 1t terrified her beyond
nnrription. but u brought no paraiy.
= OF fear. Instead IL galvanized
~ into instant action with the re-
III that Pan-at-lee swarmcd up the
earest tree to the very ioftiest
ranch that would sustain her
night Then she looked down
The thing that Tarzan saw charg.
him when the warning below
Facted his surprised eyes doomed
critically monstrous before him
pustrous and awe-inspiring: but II
not terrify Tarzan. It only an
red him. for he saw that II was
Sond even his powers ~ combat
hd that meant that It might cause
him TO lose his kill, and Tarzan was
hungry. There was but single al
ternatlvc to remaining for annihila-
tion and that was fIight--swift and
immediate. And Tarzan fled, but he
ffed the carcass Of Bara. the deer,
v1th him. He had not more than a
pxsn PAGES start. but on the other
Ind the nearest tree was almost az
lose. His greatest danger lay. he
imagined, In the great. . towering
Eight of the creature pursuing him
BIZ even tho he reached the tree he
ouId have to climb In an incred-
bly, short time as. unless appear
nces were deceiving. the thing could
beach up and pluck him down from
any branch under 30 feet above the
round. and possibly from those up
y SO feet, IL II reared UP on It's hind
".
But Tarzan was no sluggard and
b the gryf was incredibly fast de-
bite it's great bulk. II was no match
n Tarzau. and when II comes 10
irnbing. the little monkeys gaze
Nth envy upon the feats OF the ape
IAN. And so II was that the below
he gryf came to a baffled stop at
e Ne foot OF the tree and even tho
y reared up and sought 10 seize his
Drcy among the branches. as Tar
IAN had guessed he might, he failed
krn this also. And then. wen out OF
zach, Tarzsn came to a stop and
Nuns Just above him. he saw Pan
Flee sitting. wide-eyed and trem-
hing.
How come you here7- he asked.
Z She told him. ~You come TO warn
me- he said. 1T was very brave and
unselfish of you. ! am chagrined
nat I should have been thus sur
Drised. The creature was up wind
rom me and yet / did not sense its
bear presence until 1t charged, can
Dot understand IT,"
ut ia not strange said Pan-af-
Re- This is one Of the pccuIiarities
% the gryf--it IL said that man
1bever knows of its presence until II
y upon him--so silently does II move
despite its.great size."
"But I should have smelled H."
|eried Tarzan. disgustedly.
| "smelled itr' calculated Pap-at-
he. "Smelled itT'
1 ~Certsinly. How do you suppose ]
Hound this deer ~ auicklyY And I
ecnsed the gryf, too. but family as
fnpgreaf distance" Tarzan sud
~ ceased speaking and looked
< down at the believing creature be-
low them--his nossils auivered as
tho searching for scent ABR he
soxclaimed. II have itr'
II ''What2' asked Pap.at-lee.
) II was deceived becauss the crea-