The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-29
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AAUDs AAtl own U-dtl naI- III Ile
cradle. EaIa nurses the white child
T A. her own l6.I and at -, ten years Of age
ana Jumps as well az the apes.
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In the higher land which his tribe
frequented was a little lake, and It
was here that Tarzan first saw his
face In the clear. still waters Of its
bosom
1t was on a sultry day Of the
dry season that he and one OF his
cousins had gone down TO the bank
to drink. As they leaned over. both
little faces We're mirrOred on the
placid pool; the fierce and terrible
features of the ape beside those of
the aristOCratic scion Of an old Eng
lish house.
Tarzan was appalled,. II had been
bad enough to be hairless. but 10
own such q coUntenance! he Won
dered that the other apes could look
at him at all.
That tiny slit OF mouth and those
puny white teeth, How they looked
beside the mighty lips and powerful
fangs Of his more fortunate broth
ers!
And the little pinched nose Of him:
so thin was It that Il looked half
starved. He turned red as he com
pared Il with the beautiful broad
nostrils OF his. companion. Such a
generous nose! Why. it spread half
across his facet 1t certainly must
be fine to be so handsome. thought
poor little Tarzan.
But when he saw his own eyes:
ali. that was the final blow-a brown
spot, a gray circle and then blank
whitenessi Frightful, not even the
snakes had such hideous eyes as he.
So intent was he upon. this per
sonal appraisement OF his features
that he did not hear the parting Of
the tall grass behind him as a great
body pushed itself stealthily through
the Jungle: nor did his companion.
the ape. hear either. for he was
drinking and the noise of his suck
ing lips and gurgles OF satisfaction
drowned the quiet approach Of the
intruder.
Not thirty PAGES behind the two
she crOuched-SabOr, the huge lion
ess-lashing her tail. Cautiously she
moved a great padded paw forward.
noiselessly placing it before she lifted
the next. Thus she advanced; her
belly low, almost touching the sur
face OF the ground great cat pre-
pairing TO spring upon its prey.
Now she was within ten feet Of
the two unsuspecting little playfeI-
lows-carefully she drew her hind
feet well UP beneath her body, the
great muscles rolling under the beau
tiful skin.
So low she was crOuching now
that she seemed flattened to the
earth. except for the upward bend
Of the glossy back as It gathered
for the spring
No longer the tail Iashed-qUie-
and straight behind her 1t lay
An instant she paused thus as
though turned to stone. and then
with a nawful scream, she sprang
SAILOR, the liOness, was a wise
hunter To one less wise the wild
alarm OF her fierce cry as she sprang
nO4A4 AAdN6 ECEA4AC4 a AOt4tHAt AAA4l4E
for could she not more surely have
fallen upon her victims had she but
quietly leaped without that loud
Shrek.
But SAILOR knew we'll the wondrous
quiekness OF the jungle folk and
their almost unbelievable powers Of
hearing. To them the sudden scrap
ing Of one blade Of grass across an
other was as effectuaI a warning as
hire lOudiest cry. and SAILOR knew
that she could rot make that mighty
leap without a little noise.
Her wild scream was not q warn
ing. 1t was voiced to freeze her
poor victims In a paralysis OF terror
for the tiny fraction of an instant
which would suffice for her mighty
claws to sink into their soft flesh
and hold them beyond peradventure
Of escape.
In so far as the ape was CON
cerned, SabOr reasoned correctly
The little fellow crouched trembling
Just an instant. but that instant was
quite long enough to prove his I'M
doing.
Not so, however, with TarZan, the
man-child. His life amidst the dan
gers Of the jungle had taught him
to meet emergencies with self-con-
f1dence, and his higher intelligence
resulted in a quickness Of mental
action far beyond the powers Of
the apes.
So the scream Of SAILOR. the lion
H.
OF little Tarzan into instant action.
Before him lay the deep waters of
the little lake. behind him certain
death; a cruel death beneath tearing
claws and rending fangs.