The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

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furHdr thsy hii -ssm 90 think ho D.
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ffrtd meT
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.Etf ta fsil Joke 10 Hs iEnorsHt
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tsrofs 70 fought pefhaps dat yoa
Frfe q native John hs calls u'l
der natives Eietau. una he haE
great iotes by himself ft.t dem
because hs ku0w dsY canHet uu1Hf
stand sol d. asyH Hoy John. ss
u not 90. y0t Il iaa uY7' uut
the ahr5wi Hiubfr did not aait for
John 20 reply You see De- went
uH ESQ au Iasi uHd sou take US
npd mis- die lunEie. sc pay yuu
.aastluF sou name your own price.
Tho aprmu only half believed
blm. yet he vas somewhat Modified
.uy their rg.ae1tIT friendly Wi-u
uana rsriBpa after 8ll they HrIe
telling him hsIftHsth and l.i
REALLY wandered into DIS territory
uuw.fluFly That however Do
would find oui definitely from their
native elulsm. from whom bis
own WBnH would uoan The truth
uut the matter ~ his having boon
mistaken Tor Esietan afll plagued
bis curiosity. also br was siili d.
sirgua % learning tGs identify ~
che slayer uf Gotu toe great aue
"plsass Ft down urged Ktaald
I'VE were about 10 have roffce and
Wg should b. delighted 90 have you
join ua We meant no wrong in
coming here. hnd ! cen assure sou
that Ne will gladly and Willingly
make FUN amends 90 you, Or TO
whDmevsr eiae We may haye uutin-
tsuuanbilY wrunEed
10 take e1ffre with these mon
would 10 no harm Perhaps he had
WronEcd them. hut however that
might BE- cup % coffee would
plare no great obligation upon him
Flora bad lsern right Boa her hHsr-
ton thar n Iarnau Of the Apes bad
ans weakness Whatsoever Il was gor
an occasional cup 81 black coffee
late az night lie did NOT accept
the praiirrrd camp stool. but squat
ted. ape fashion. before them. Tho
Pickering neht ~ the beast rreH
playing upon his brunzrd hide end
bringing into relief the gracefully
conioufrd muscles q hiH EodiiRF
frame S0t ar the nuHelsn u the
blacksmith of the professional HtronE
man were the muscles ~ Turznu ~
the Apes. but rather those q der-
curry or Apollo ~ HymmeirlrallH
balanced we're their proportions aiig
Krstiug only the great strength that
las in them Trained 10 speed and
agility we're they aa well a. 20
strength. and thus. clothing as they
did his giant frame. they Impaired !
20 him the appearance OF a DENT !
GOD
Throck. PEBBLES and Biul,er sat
watching him Ia sprllbound faarin. .
alton. while kraslI walked over 20
the cook fire 10 arrange for the
coffee. Tho two EuFilshmcn Sere
as set only half awakened to the
fact that they had mistaken this
newcomer FOR another. and BH u
was. PEBBLES sull scratched his head I
and grunblrd 70 himself in in-
aticulais half denial II KrpHkfs nH-
H0mpiian OF the ncw Identity %
Tarnu. nlubsr was inwnrdly ter
ror-Hirickru Ills kccner intelii-
grncs had quickly grnspcd the truth Z
N Kranki'H recognition 81 the man /
Tor what he was rather than Tor
what PEBBLES and Throck thought i
him to hs. and. as Bluber knew
nothing Of Flofa's plan. he was in .
quite a state Of funk as he tried 7
10 visualize Tho outcome Of Tarznu'H
discovery Of them ~ the very threa-
hold 81 opar he did not realize. os
did Flora. that their very lives woru
in dnnrer-that Il was Thrzan OF
the Apes, beast Of the jungle,
with whom they had 20 deal, and
not John Clayton, Lord Gruysioke,
an English peer Rather was Bluber
tho two thousand pounds
that they stood TO lose thru this de-
plorable termination ~ their expe-
dition. Tor he was sufficiently fnmil-
lar with the reputation Of the ape
man 10 know that they would never
be permitted to take with them the
gold that T.stchan wus very likely,
AZ this moment. pilforinE from the
vaults Of Opar Really Btubcr was
almost upon the verge Of tears when
Krasd returned with the coffee.
which he brought himself
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