The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-20
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hAt NAfGina tNt ufAd ttatii . NA-tt.tt
into his hut. whore be had aiss
taken the girl who erouchcd in d
corner sohblng.
Poor Carl Peor CARR N,
moancd. and thea 20 the man fae'
ing her You hcastr
yes" he cried. with hush
7 am a beast, am Tarzan 81
the Ares. ana that dirty Russian
darcd 20 can me Estcban. ] am
Tarzani / am Tarsan ~ the Apes
he repeated in a loud scream 'Wha
eares call me otherwise dies
vii show them. I will show them.
be mumhled.
Tho girl looked al him with wide
and flaming eyes and shuddered.
mad" she muttsrci Mad MS
God-alone in tho jungle with
manlaeg And. m truth, In one ne
spect was Estehan Anmnttt mad
mad with tho madness OF tho artist
Who lives the part be plays. And
Tor so long. now. had Estehan M
ranaa played tho part, aud So reall'
proficient had he become I'm his I'M
terpctauon of the noble charaeicr
that he believed himself Tarzan. and
in outward appearance Dc m'Eh'
have deceived the npe-man's best
friend. But within that EodliSs
form was the heart Of a cur and
the soul Of craven.
HE would have stolen Tafans
mate" muttercd Estshan. '-rarshn,
lord Of the JUNGLE Did you see how
slew him. with a single shafts You
could love weakiiug. could you,
when you could have the love Of
the great Tarzan.
II iothe YOU" said the giri. You
are indeed a beast. You arc lower
than the beasts"
you are mine. tho" said the
Standard, "and you shall never to
another's-first would XIII you-
but let us see what the Russian
had in his little bag Of hides. u
feels like ammunition enough TO
kin a regiment" and he united the
thongs that held the mouth OF the
bag closed and let some Of the con
tents spill out upon the floor OF
the hut. As the sparkling stones
rolled sctntlllant before their aston
ihsd eyes. the girl gasped In In
credulity
Holy Nary exclaimed the Span
lard, "they are diamonds"
Hundreds of them," murmured
the girl. Where could he have
gotten themF'
Il do not know and do not
care" said Estshan. They am
mine. they are all mine--I atm
rich. Flora. I am rich. and II you
are a good girl you shall share ms
wealth with me"
Flora Hawkes. eyes narrowed
Awakened within her breast wai
the alwnys-prescnt greed that doml
mated her being. and beside u. aud
equally as powerful now TO domi
nate her. her hatred for the span
iara Could he have known Il. pos
session OF those cleaning bau6les
had erystallized at last In the mina
Of the woman determination she
had long fostered to slay the Span
lard while hs slept. Heretofore
she had been afraid Of being lefi
alone in this jungle but now tn
desire to possess this great wealth
oyercamc her terror
Tarzan. ranging the jungle. picked
up the trail OF the various bands
Of West coast boys and the fleeinE
slaves OF the dead Arabs. and over
hauling each in turn. he prosecuted
his search for Luvini. awing tbs
blacks into truthfuiness and leavinE
them in a state OF terror when h
departed. Each and every one, thsJ
told him the same story. Thers
was none who had seen Lnvini sincs
the night OF the battle and the fire
and each was positive that he MUS
have escaped with some other band
SO thoroly occupied had the ape
mans mind been during the pas
few days with his sorrow and his
search that lesser considerations
had gone neglected, with the result
that he had not noted that the has
containing the diamonds was miss
ing. In fact, he had practically
forgotten the diamonds when, b.
the merest vagary OF chance hi
mind happened to revert to them
and then II was that he suddenly
realized that they we're missing
but when he had lost them, or tn
circumstances surrounding the loss
he could not recall.
Those rescaIly Europeans" h
rnuttsred 10 Jad.bal-ja. they mus
have taken them" and suddenly
with the thought the scarlet AGA
famed within him against the pei
fidy and ingratitude OF the men h
had succored. Come he said Z
Jad-bal-ja, ''as we search for II
vini we shall search for these other
also" And 20 It was that Feeble
and Throck and Bluber had travels
but short distance toward tn
coast when. during a noon-day halt
they were surprised to see tn
figure OF the ape-man moving ma
jestically toward them while. at hi
side, paced the great. blackmane'
lion.
Tarzan made no acknowledgment
of their exuberant greeting, bu
came forward In silence TO STAN
ut last with folded arms befor
them. There was a grim, accusing
expression upon his countenanc
that brought the chill of fear to Blu
ber's cowardly heart, and blanche
the faces of the two hardened Eng
Iish pugs.
what Is lt?" they ehorusec
what is wrong7 What has haI
pened?"
II have come for the bag G
stones you took from me-" sal
Tarzan simply.
r.ct ~ thu 4hrea eyed nj. oo,n