The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-21
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hull that We saw you XIII Gobu
with our own ewes Ne saw you kiia
him. Go away quickly, therefore, or
M shall kiu you- AlEhty fighter s
TarEau q Tao ApeA but miEhiiCf
even than be arv al the swat balls
~ the Pagth. am psgth, kius u the
trtbA % PaEth, 60 s~ay esfeFc ~y
kill YOU
Tar1ta tried TO reason with thsm
but they would not listen, 50 coHn
dent wrrs thsS that Il VAS he who
had slain their fsllov tbs bull Gobu
FINALLY rather thah chance a quarrel
in which samo " them must FnvNt-
tabIy be klIri he turned sorrow
nrly away Hut morv than ever
uoN. Was br determined 20 seek ou'
the SLAYER - 0cbu that he nhlsht de-
nand an accounting % one Who
dared thus invade hs hfr-lons do
nlsiu
Tafan traded The spoor until e.
mingled with the tracks pf uianA men
barcgoolrd blacks mostly hut
atnaar thstu the to0lprlpt. % hool'-i
"a ale mvu, 8Hd once he SAYS he foot
prints ~ woman or child which,
he could not tell The trau led ap
parya,ls toward the Fecsy hlsis saich
. protected ths barren valley al upsf
Fvrgvtfsi new Of his original ms
sion and imhuce apb with saNasr
desire Go Wrtst from the iutrflnpsrs
nlll accouutiuz Cor their prussuvc 100
! the iuugly. aAd 10 mstU uut ~ th"
I SLAYER "a Gobu hts hisi deserts, Tar
uan iors,d ahsad upos The nav broad
and well no ssd tgau % the CONSIDER
able party which could not now hc
much more than a hslf.daN'a march
ahs.d % him which meas, that th.S
were doubtless GOV already upou The
rtm II the valley ~ upar. V this was
their ultimate destination, And What
other they could have tn view Tarnn
could not imagine
lie had always Kept rl~--iy 10 him
s.If the location of Opar. In 80 iar av
hs know no white person other than
lane, and their son Koak. knew u
Z IN. locatiou ~ the forgotten city ~
The ancient Ailant,aRe Ne, what else
could have drawn those whss msn.
with - large a party. into the savage
uncxpiorcd WILDERNESS which hcmmcd
Opar upon an tdcs1
such We're the thoughts that oc-
cupird Tarzaua mind as he followed
swiftly the ,rah that led toward Omar
parkpcss frli but ~ fresh VAS tho
spoor that the apc-mau could follow
a hy scrat even whsn b. could not
see the impgiAts upon tbs grouad
and presently. IN the distance, he Sav
the uEh, o. camp ahead % him
CHATTER v
The Fatal Drops
II HONE, the life In The bungalow
~ and at the farm followed is
usual routine as < had before the de-
parture % Tarzau Korak some
times ON foo, and sometimes on
horseback. followed the activities 81
the farm hands and tho h~riers,
sometimes alone. hut moro often In
company with she white foreman.
JrryIA and often, especially when
they rode. Ianesaccompauisd them.
The goldca lion Kogak exercised
upon a leash since he was not not az
all confident Of hts powers Of con-
troll over the beast, and fsarcd lest.
IN the absence n hls master. Jad-hai-
"a might take 10 ths forest and revert
10 his natural savage state such a
lion. abroad In the jungle. would be
a distinct menace to human life. for
Jad-bal- "a. reared among men. lacked
49, y4.F-eaH sts,tsffstF ~ y,.sss shaf -
so marked a trait of all Wild beasts.
Tsained as he had been 10 make his
Nil at the throat OF a human offigy
Il required no considerable powers
Of IMAGINATION upon the part Of
k0ruk 10 visuallze what might occur
j should the golden lion, loosed from
! an restraint. b. thrown upon MS own
resources IN the surrounding jungle
u was during the fir$, week Of
Tarzan's absence that runner from
Nsirobi brought cable. message 10
Lady Greysicke, announcing the SER
loaS illness of her father IN London
Mother and son discussed the dtua-
ton. II would be five or six weeks be-.
fore Tarzan could return, even "
thsy sent runner after him, and.
were Jane 10 await him. there would
be little likelihood Of her reaching
her father IN time. Even should she
depart at once. there seemed only a
faint hope that she would arrive
early enough TO acc HIN alive. II was
decided. therefore. tina, she should
set out Immediately. Korak accom-
panying her as fur as NaiTobl. and
then returning ia the ranch and re-
Stunning It's general supervision until
! bis fathers return.
II Is bong trek from the Grey.
stoke estate TO Nairobi. and Korak
had not yet returned whom. about
three weeks after Tarzan's departure.
black. whose duty II was to feed
and care for Jad-bal-ia. csrelessly
I lett the door Of the cage unfastened
while he was cleaning II. The golden
lion paced back and forth while the
black Welded his broom within the
cage. They were old friends, and the
Waziri felt no fear OF the great lion.
with the result that his back was as
often turned TO him as not. The
black was working Ia the far corner
Of the cage when Jad-bal-ja paused
a moment at the door at the opposite
END. The beast saw that the gate
hung slightly ajar upon its hinges
silently he raised great padded paw
and inserted 1t in the opening
slight pull and the gate swung In.
Instantly the golden lion inserted his
snout In the wideued aperture. and as
he swung the barrier aside the hor-
Tified black looked up to see his
charge drop softly TO the ground out.
side
stop. Jad bal -lal Stop screamed
the frightened black. leaping after
him. But the golden lion only in.
4 creased his pace, and leaping. the
\ fence. loped off In the direction Of the
fofsA
The black pursued him with brand
Z igliut, broom efnifffuo iotfJ ,snfIa. .haf