The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-05

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neck of the boar.
Scarcely had the shaft left his
bow ere Kulonga had fitted another
to it. but Horta. the boar, was upon
him so quickly that he had no time
to discharge 1t. With a bound the
black leaped entirely over the rush
ing beast, and, turning with incred-
ible swiftness, planted a second ar
row in Horta's back.
Then Kulonga sprang into a near
by tree.
Horta wheeled to charge his en-.
envy once more, a dozen steps he
took. then he staggered and fell
upon his side. For asmornent his
muscles stintened and relaxed con-
vulsively. then he lay still.
Kulonga came down from HIS
tree.
With the knife that hung at his
side he cut several large pieces from
the boar's body, and in the center
Of the trail he built a fire, cooking
and eating as much as he wanted.
The rest he left where it had fallen.
Tarzan was an interested spec
tator. His desire to kill burned
hercely In his wild breast. but his de-,
sire to learn was even greater. He
would follow this savage creature
for a while and know from whence
he came. He could kill him al his
leisure later, when the bow and dead
ly arrow were laid aside.
When Kulonga had finished his re-
past and disappeared beyond a near
turning Of the path, Tarzan dropped
quietly to the ground. With his knife
he severed many strips Of meat from
Horta's carcass. but he did not cook
them.
He had seen fire, but only when
Ara, the lightning, had destroyed
some great tree. That any creature
of the jungle could produce the red.
and-yellow fangs which devoured
wood and left nothing but fine dust
surprised Tarzan greatly, and why
the black warrior had ruined his de-
licious repast by plunging IT into the
blightingheat was quite beyond him.
Possibly Ara was a friend with whom
the archer was sharing his food.
But, be that as It may, Tarzan
would not ruin good meat IN any
such foolish manner, SO he gobbled
down a great quantity Of the raw
flesh, burying the balance Of the
carcass beside the trail where he
could find 1t upon his return.
And thens Lord Greystoke wiped
his greasy fingers upon his naked
thighs and took up the tran of Ku-
Tonga, the son of Mbonga, the king;
while in far-on London another Lord
Greystoke, the younger brother of
the real Lord Greystoke's father,
sent back his chops to the clubs chef
because they were UNDERGONE, and
when he had finished his repast he
dipped his fnger-ends into a silver
bowl OF scented water and dried
them upon a piece of snowy damask.
All day Tarzan followed K~ulonga,
lowering above him in the trees like
some malign spirit. \ Twice more he
saw him hurl his arrows of destruc-
tion-once at Dango. the hyena, and
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each instance the animal died almost
instantly. for Kulonga's poison was
very fresh and very deadly.
Tarzan thought much on this
wonderous method OF Staying as he
swung slowly along at a safe dis
lance behind his quarry. He knew
that alone the tiny prick Of the
arrow could not so quickly dispatch
these wild things of the jungle, who
were often torn and scratched and
gored in a frightful manner as they
fought with their jungle neighbors,
yet as often recovered as not.
No there was something mys-
terious connected with these tiny
sliyers of wood which could bring
death by q mere scratch. He must
look into the matter.
That night Kulonga slept IN the
crotch Of a mighty tree and far
above him crouched Tarzan Of the
Apes.
When Kulonga awoke he found
that his bow and arrows had dis
appeared. The black warrior was
furious and frightened, but more
frightened than furious. He searched
the ground below the tree, and he
searched the tree above the ground:
but there was no sign of either bow
or arrows or of the nocturnal
marauder.
Kulonga wa panic-stricken. His
spear he had hurled at Kala and
had not recovered; and. now that
his bow and arrows We're gone, he
was defenseless except for a single
knife His only hope lay In reach
ing the village of Mbonga as quickly
as his legs would carry him.
That he wa not far from home
he was certain, so he took to the
trail at a rapid trot.
From a great mass Of i'm
penetrable foliage a few yards away
emerged Tarzan of the Apes to
swing quietly in. his wake4
Kulonga's bow and arrows were
securely tied high in the top of a