The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20

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practically urrle5s,
n was a mh afternoon tho THIRD
week Of the m8uh that T1rDn,
ranging FAR ahead ~ hiH blacks tn
s-arrh % game. came suddenly upon
the canvass % Rara, tho deer.
faltherrd arrow pFOtruiing from Be
Gauk. m was evident that Kara had
been wounded az some lHilr distance
from where b had lain down 90 die,
DOR the location ~ the missile indir
Gated that rho wound could not have
caused Immediate death hot what
particularly caught tho attention ~
tha apc-mau. even before Dc had
come CLOSE enough 20 make minute
examination. vas Tho design ~ The
arrow. and Immediately he withdrew
Il from the body % tho deer De knew
DC Tor What u was. and was fi.leH
with such wondcrmrut as might com.
Co sou or 10 mo were We 20 a see Is
native Swat hradirrgs upon broad
way or the Strand. for the arrow WIS
precisely such aa ono may purchase
ia most any sporting goods house iu
any large city OF the wurld-such al
arrow "a - sold and used Tor archery
nractic. in tho parks and suburbs
Nothing could have been moro incou
Eruous than this silly toy On the
heart % sayaEr Africa. and yet that
ID hal done ita work effectively was
evident by the dead body q Bam,
tho the Bpe-man guessed that the
shaft had been sped by no practiced.
savage hand
TtrDn'E curiosity was aroused and
also his Inherent Jungle caution. ono
must know his jungle well 20 survive
I long the jungle. and n one would
know IL we'll no must ict no unusual
occurrence or circumstance so uney
planned And so e was that TarEau
~ out upon the hack track u Eagg
7 f1r the purpose of hsrsrt8iuinE u
possible. the nature % Elu's slayer
I Tho bloody spoor was easily follow I'd
and the ape-man wondered why Il
was that the hunter had not tracked
I and Overtakeu his quarry. which had
evidently been dead since the prsyi-
Gus day. lie found that Hau hgd
Travelled f1r. and the sun was already
I low in tho west before Tarzan came
upon tho first indications % tho
slayer Of tho animal These were iu
! the nature % footprints that filled
him with quite as much surprise ~
had the arrow He examined them
carefully. and. stopping low. even
shifted at them with his sensitive
nostFils. improbable. nay Impossible
tho II seemed, tho naked footprints
wo- those OF a white mana large
man. probably us large as Tarzan
himself As the f0stcr-Eon Of Ella
stood gazing upon tho spoor OF the
mysterious stranger he ran the I'm
gers Of one hand thru his thick. black
I hair IN n characteristics gesture in
d.catlvc Of deep puzzlemcnt.
7 What naked white man could there
/ be IN Tarzan's Jungle who slew Tar
zans game with the pretty arrow OF
an archery club7 II was incredible
that there should be such n one. and
I yet there REQUIRED 70 tho ape mans
mind the vague rumoFs that he had
heard weeks before. Determined 70
solyo tho mystery no set out now
upon tho trail OF tho stranRer-an
erratic trail which wound about thru
the jungle. apparently aimlessly.
I prompted. Tarzan guessed, by the
! ignorance OF an inexperienced hunter.
But night fell before he had arrived
az solution Of the riddle. and II was
I pitch dark as the apc.man turned his
steps toward camp.
He knew that his wazirl would be
expecting meat and u was not Tar
zan's intention 20 disappoint them.
tho he then discovered that no was
not the only carnivoro hunting the
district that night Tho coughing
Erunt Of a lion close by appriscd
/ him Of n first. and then. from tho
distance. tho deep ronr OF another.
/ But OF what moment WAS II 10 the
ape.man that others hunted? II
would not DO the first time that
he had pittcd his cunning. his
strength. and his agility against the
other hunters Of his savage world
both man and beast.
And so II was that Tarzan made
his kin at last, snatchlng It almost
from under the nose Of a disap-
pointed and Infatuated Iona fat
antelope that the latter had marked
as MS own. Throwing his kin to his
shoulder almost IN tho path Of the
charging Numa, the apc.man swung
lightly TO the lower terraces and with
- haunting laugh FOR tho Infatuated
cat vanished noiselessly into the
night.
He found tho camp and his hungry
Waziri without trouble, and 30 great
was their faith in him that they not
for moment doubted but that he
would return with meat for them.
Early the following morning Tar
zan set out again toward Opar, and
directing his Waziri 10 continue the
march in the most direct way. no left
them that he might pursue further
his Investigations Of the mysterious
presence In his jungle that the ar
row and tho footsteps had apprised
him Of. Coming again to the spot ut
which darkness had forced him to
abandon his Investigations. no took
up the spoor Of the stranger. Nor
had he followed II far before he came |
upon further evidence Of tho presence
Of this new and maliRn personality |
stretched before him In the Trail was I
the body OF "a giant ape. one OF the /
tribe Of great anthropoids among
whom Tarzan had been raised. Pro.
truding from the hairy abdomen Of 1
tho ManRani was another Of the /
maehinemadc arrows Of civilization.
The ape-man's cyes.uarrowed and a
scowl darkcned his brow. who was
this who dared invade his sacred |
preserves and slaughter thus ruth
lessly Tarzan's peoplc2
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