The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-23
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near the Yllsge gateway. ard that
them he had further secured sou 90
a stake driven into thc floor OF the
hut. After the NilAge had becn
DESTROYED BY fire Usult ani the
other wa1ri returned 60 search for
You with some u the prisoners
they had taken who pointed out
TIE location Of the hat whore the
eharrcd remains % a human hoiy.
were found beside a burned stake
To which Il had apparently been
tied
All exclaimed the sirl Il see
Iuvlnl did bind me hand and foot
and tie mo 20 tho stake, but later
he came hack into the hut and
removed the bonds lie attempted
20 attack mellow Ions We fought
/ do not know. but 80 ~eusrossed
were We In our struggle that neither
one Of US was aware % the hurnins
o. the village about us. As l per
sistsntly fought him of caught
"A glimpse o. a knife In his belt
and then l let him seize me and as
his arms enclrcled me I grasped
the knife and. drawing q from its
sheath. plunged il into his back
below his leu shoulder-that was
the End. LuVint sank listiuss 10
the floor OF the hut. Almost stimuli
t~aneously the rear and roof OF the
structure burst into flames
Il was almost naked for he had
tern nearly an my clothing from
me 10 our struggles, Hanging upon
80 wall a tfe hut wal this white
burnoose, the proper, doubtless or
one OF tho murdered Arabs l
seized Il. and. throwing Il about me,
ran into the village street. The huis
were now all afiamc. and tsc last
Of the natives wsrc disappearing
thru tho gateway. To ms Hght
a a section of palis1ie that had
not yet been attacked by The flames.
To escape into tho jungle by the
gateway would have meant running
into the arms OF my enemies, and
30. somehow. I managed 20 scale
the palisade and drop into the
Jungle. unseen BY any.
u have had considerable difh-
Guilty GLIDING the various hands Of
blacks who escaped the village. a
part OF the time I have been hunt
Ing for the Waziri and tho balance
I have had TO remain In hiding
I was resting in the crotch Of a
tree. about half a mile from here
when I saw the light OF this mans
fire. and when / came 10 investi-
gate / was almost stunned By JOY
90 discover that l had. as !
Imagined. stumbled upon my Tar
ran"
II, was Luyinrs body. then. and
no. yours that they buried" aid
Tarzan-
yes" said Jane. and II was
his man who Just escaped whom
! saw run Off into the jungle with
Flora, and not you. as believed.
Flora Hawkes. looked up suddenly
sAud I, must have been EstoOan
who came with the wazir and stole
the gold from US. He fooled
men and he must have fooled inc
wazir. too"
..He might have fooled anyone u
he could deceive me" said Jane
Clayton. Il should have discovered
the deception in a few minutes
have no doubt. but in the nickedns
light OF the campfire. and influenced
a. was by the great Joy OF seeing
L~d Greystoke again. ! believed
quickly that which / wanted to
believe.
The ape-man ran his fingers thru
his thick shock OF hair In a eharac-
t.ristic gesture Of meditation. Il
cannot understand how he fooled
UsuIa in broad daylight" he said
with a shake Of his head.
Il can. said Jane. HE told him
that he had suffered an injury 10
his head which had caused him TO
lose his memory partially-an ex.
PLANTATION which accounted for many
lapses in the mans Interpretation
Of your personality"
He was a clever devil" com.
mented the ape-man.
He was a devil. all right" said
Flora.
1t was more than an hour later
that the grasses at the river bank
suddenly parted and Jad.bal-ja
emerged silently into their presence.
Grasped In his jaws was a torn
and bloody leopard skin which he
brought and laid at the feet Of his
master.
The ape-man picked the thing up
and examined II. and then he
scowled. 81 believe Jad.baIja killed
him after ALL" he said.
'He probably resisted said Jane
Clayton. '1n which event Jad-bal.ja
could do nothing else in self-defense
but sIay him"
do you suppose he ate him."
cried Flora Hawkes., drawing fear
fully away from the beast.
mo" said Tarzan, "he has not
had time. In the morning we will
follow the spoor and find his body.
] should like TO have the diamonds
again" And then he told Jane the
strange story connected with mis- ac.
QUESTION Of the great wealth rep
resented by the little bag OF stones.
The following morning they set
NJ in search of Esteban's corpse.
The trail led thru dense brush and
thoms to the edge Of the river
farther down stream, and there II
disappeared. and tho the ape-man
searched both sides Of the river for
n couple OF miles above and below
the point at which he had lost the
spoor, he found no further sign Of
the Spaniard. There was blood
aiong the tracks that Esteban had
made and blood upon the grasses
Ut the rivers brim.
At last the ape-man returned 70
-. r,op.ou .rrbat fd tho and