The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-02
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uECtN uEWE rOnAN
rraNiuE his wife. Jane. and bis
SON hurak. af che GraNstuht estate
TARTAN th- ape=wau once asA'h
frururFs tn bpHr tu huFak char
fsrazn leaves iad-balHia beau li-
roo Eoldrn-yairrrd lion trained hh
fHr aPr-Wan Co obey his command
EaLeia escapes
The ape man tracks down party
90 bite UruVi1 Va no have Us e. Hfsf
ms the Jungle beasts. They wrl-
Nomed him % their camp taking
yare Co conceal from him rho fact
that thsy arr after inEots. and that
the leader of their party r. lloFa
Hawkes.. one time maid lu the GREY
stoke household Doping The ape
mans yuffrr, they tlrg on tow ards
opaE With them is Estrtan Miriam
ga a Spsniuri ~ unusual rh' slQu''
who is urasuurradinE 1s FAFaan
Tadtt hI-h priest 20 upsr, ludH
Taraau.s sensrl IS body and about
O. sacrifice him O. the FiuwiuE Gud
hen Ia, thr high privstrss arrives
and effects the aPr-maua rescue
fleeing with him toward an unknown
village inhabited by the CONAN
CANT From a hiding place IATtan
and Ia see q hidrnus gorilla attempt
Co carry ufT one of the shes TnrIau
hilIa the gorilla hut the GomaugHul
are not pleased. and iu order Ca
paCtfN them TarEHu offers Go dispose
10 Eorilla's body so abe BrIganl viii
not know Dc was slain iu tbr Gu-
rho apr-mau makes thr blacks PROM
Use H0 harm shall come Go la during
hts absruyr,
Al this time the Flora Hawkes.
party are nearly starving. abe blacks
threaten mutiny and tho others are
ushtins among themselves Estas
ueu b. uut hunting when he comes
face % face with a hand 81 WaEirL
tho mistake him for their beloved
Tartan.
Now 90 ON wtru TuE stony
20 Bwana, Bvana." cried one OF
the warriors. rushing forward. 1T
IS indeed you, Taran OF the Apes.
Lord Of the Jungle, whom we had
gwen M as lost, We. your faithful
Waziri, havc been searching Tor you.
and even now We were about a
dare the dangers OF Opar. feariuE
that you might have yenturcd there
without us and had been captured. ''
The black. who had az one ,imc
accompanied Tarzan 20 London as a
body servant, spoke broken English.
an accomplishment % which he
WIS inordinately proud. losing no
opportunity 10 air his attachments
before his less fortunate fellows.
The fact that Il had been he whom
fate had chosen 20 act az spokesman
was indeed a fortunate circumstance
to Miranda, Altho the latter had
applied himself aSsiduously 10 mas.
tering the dialect Of the West coast
carriers, he would have been hard
put 10 Il 10 carry on conversation
with one OF them. while no under.
s.ood nothing Of the wazirt tongue.
Flora had schoolcd him carefully and
well IN the lore Of Tarzan. so that
hc realized now that he was in
The presence OF a baud OF the ape.
mans faithful waziri. Never he
fore had he seen such magnificent
blacks-clCan.cui. powerful men.
with intelligent faces and we'll
nodded features. appearing as much
were the West coast blacks above
the apes. Lucky indeed was Este
ban Miranda that he was quick Wit
ted and consummate actor. other
wise must he have betrayed his ter
ror and his chagrin upon learning
that this hand OF Taran's fierce
anu faithful followers was In his
part OF the country For a momcn,
longer he stood In silence bcfo,e
ihem. gathering his wits. and then
he spoke. realizing that his very lie
depended upon his FEASIBILITY And
as he thought a great light broke
upon the shrcwd brain OF the un
scrupulous Spaniard.
since / last saw you" he said
II discovered that party Of white
men had entered the country TOT
the purpose Of robbing the treasur,
vaults Of Opar / followed them
until / found their camp. and then
came in search Of you. for there
are many OF them and they have
many lngots OF gold. for they have
already been 10 opar. Follow me
and we viii raid their camp ana
take the gold from them. Gomez
md he turned back toward the camp
that he had just quilted
As they made their way along
the jungle trail. Usula. the wazir
who had spoken English to him
walked at Esteban's side. Behind
them the Spaniard could hear the
other warriors speaking in theii
native tongue. no word OF which
he Understood. and II occurred tC
him that his position would be most
embarrassing should ne be addressed
in tho waziri language. which. Of
course. Tarzan must have under
stood perfectly. As he listened e
the chatter OF Usula his mind wal
working rapidly. ana presently. a,
tho it were an inspiration. there
REQUIRED to him the memory OF az
accident that had befallcn Tarzau
which had been narrated 10 him by
F'lora-the story Of the injury h,
had received in the treasure vaults
Of Opar upon the occasion that h,
had lost his memory OF a blow upor
the head. Esteban wondered II h,
mad committed himself too deeply al
first TO attribute TO amhesia ans
shortcoming in the portrayal Of IN,
role he was acting. At its worst
however. IT seemed TO him the best
that he could do. He turned sud
denly upon Usula.
do you remember" he asked
tho accident that befell me in the
treasure vaults Of Opar, depriyIng
me Of my memory?"
Yes. Bwana, ] remember II we'll"
replied tho black.
~ similar accident has befaller
me- said Esteban. "a great tire,
fell in my path. and in falling a
branch struck me upon the head
II has not caused me 20 lose my
memory entirely. but since then II
is with difficulty that recall many