The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-20
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you Tor noting
/ There's something wrong here.
growled Throck. Il Amt sol nothln'
% yours and I'm sure these two
haven't neither.
where Is tho oyhers asker Tar
an.
"Oh. Kraskie he disappeared the
same night sou brought us 90 that
Village, We haln't seen hum since
that's d. 1 sot t now-we won
dersd why he ieti. aud now I scv
Il a. plain as the face on me moss
u was HIM that stole that bag Of
stones That's what De done
7 We've been tryip' 20 firure out
ever slnco hc len what be- stole
ami nov I SEQ Il plain enough
"Surc. exclaimed reyblcs, That's
it. and ere NJ are, N that's that
"Vc might have kuowei if Ne
might have knuwcd IL, agreed Biu'
Der.
but nevertheless. I'm EoiuE 90
I have you an searched said Tar
zan. and when the head.man came
and Tarzan had explained what hc
desired. the threc whites weu,
quickly stripped and searched. Even
their few belongings we're thoroi
Eons thru bat no has ~ stones
was revealed
Without wort Tarzan turned
hack toward tho jungle. ana Ia an
other moment the blacks ANA the
three Europeans saw the leafy ssa
OF foliage swallow the apc.man and
the golden lion
Cord help Knskl~ exclaimed
PEBBLES.
''wot do ser suppose he wants
with a bag O. stapesT inquired
rhroek, "'E must be bl, balmy.
I'm say
''Balmy nuddlns." exclaimed HUI
Der Deere l. but yum Kind ~
stones in Africa Vot Kmski would
steal and run of into der jungle
alone NIT diamonds
Peeblcs and Throck opened their
eyes In surprise. Tho damned
Russian exclaimed the former
lie double crossed Us. that's what
e did"
He likely as not saved our
lives. says h. said Throek III
this ape Teller had found krufki
and the diamonds with ua we'd 81
all suffered alike-you couldn't "a
made i'm believe We didn't ave
and "a u. And Kraski wouldn't
"a done no,hln' 10 help Us out
II 'opes e catches the beEEarg'
exclaimed PEBBLES. fsrytnily.
! They were startled Into silence n
moment later by the siEht % Tar
zan returning 10 Tho camp. bait he
paid no attention 70 the whites,
going instead directly 10 tho hcgd-
man. with whom he conferred Tor
several minutes. Then. once more.
he turned and left.
/ Acting on information gniaed
/ from the hradman. Tarzan struck
Off thru the jungle In tho general
direction OF tho village where he
bad left the four whites Ia cherrs
OF the chief. and from which Krasld
had later egcapcd alone. He moved
rapidly. icaviag Jad.bal IN 10 follow
behind. covering the distance 10 the
village IN comparatively shoe;
time. since he moved almost In an
air line thru the trees. where there
was no matted underground 10 Inn
pede his progress.
Outside the village gate he took
up Kraakl's spoor. now aImoei oh
liberated. II is true. but stiii legible
10 the keen perccptive faculties OF
/ the apc.man. This he followed
swiftly. since Kraski had chung
tenaciousiy to the open trail that
wound In a general westward direc-
ton
The sun had dropped almost 10
tire Western trec-tops. whom Tarzan
came suddenly upon a clearing be-
side sluggish stream. near the
banks OF which stood a small. rude
hat. surrounded by palIsade and
q thorn bona.
The spe-ulan paused and listened.
shifting the air with his sensitive
nostrils. and then on uoiseless feet
he crossed the clearing toward the
hut. In the grass outside the pail
sade lay the dead body Of a white
nan. and single glance told tho
hpe-nan that u was the fugitive
whom he sought. Instantly he Re.
allied the futility Of searching the
corpse for the bag OF diamonds.
Stree II was foregone conclusion
that they were now in the posses.
sion Of whoever had slain the Rps-
sian. a perfunctory examination
revealed the fact that he was right
insofar as the absence Of the din.
monds was concerned.
Both inside the hut and outside
Ike palisade were Indications Of the
recent presence OF a man and WON
m. the apoor OF the former tallying
With that Of the creature who had
Killed Gobu. the great ape. and
hunted Bara, the deer. upon the
preserves or the Ape-fnan. But the
woman-who was she7 II was evil
dent that she had been walking
upon sore. tired feet, and that in
lieu Of shoes she wore bandages OF
cloth.
Tarzan followed the spoor OF the
man and the woman where 1t led
from the hut into the jungle. As
IL progressed II became apparent
that the woman had been tagging
behind. and that she . had com.
menced TO limp more and more
painfully. Her progress was very
slow. and Tarzan could sec that the
man had not waited for her. but
that he had been. in some places,
considerable distance ahead Of her.
And so it was that Esteban had
forged far ahead Of Flora Hawkes..
whose bruised and bleeding feet
would scarce support her.
wait for mo, Esteban." she Ind