The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-24
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n4d never seen laFUtu tNua teAhN
aud cruel with the blacks who sc'
companisd him Manu- knew how
fcroCious the srest Tarmanssni
could b. with AN enemy. whether
man or beast. bus he had never
seen him accord such treatment 10
the blacks who were his friends.
one b. one and with evident 70
Instance she blacks assembled the
ladder. e0nuuualiy urgyd forward 60
srcaier speed by che sharp spear
~ the white man. when they had
al assembled Taran followed aud
Manu- saw them disappear apparent
IS into the heart OF the gr@t rock,
~ Was ouiy a short time later
that they commenced 90 rcappcar.
and now each vas burdsncd by two
heavy objects which appeared 10
Manu- TO b. Very similar 10 some
u the smaller stone blocks that had
been used ln the construction %
the buildings In opar lie saw them
take the blocks 20 che edge % the
koplc and cast them over 10 the
groaad lseHesgh, zHi shsn this last
~ the blacks had emerged with his
Load and east IL 20 the valley below
one by one the party descended The
ladder 10 the foot Of tho kobe But
this time Tartan % the Apes went
first. Then they lowered the ladder
and took n apart and laid Ia pieces
close TO the foot Of the cliff after
which they took up the blocks which
they had brought frcm the heart Of
[ the kopic. and followed TarEan. who
sst ont In the lead. they commenced
ito rrtmc- their steps toward the
/ rim Of the valley.
/ Manu- would have been ven much
Imystified had he been man, bu,
being only monkey he saw only
what he saw without attempting TO
rrason yvry much about b. tie
knew that the Ways % men were
peculiar and oftentimss unaecounts
able. For example. the Gomangan
who could not travel thru the jungle
land the forest with the easc Of
any other Of the animals which
freauentsd them. added 10 their an
7 ficuihes BY loading themselves down
with additional weights In the form
of metal ankictA and aFnlets. with
necklaces and sirdlcs. and with
skins OF animals. which did nothing
more than impede their progress and
render llfe much more complicated
than that-which the untfRmmeled
beasts enjoyed. Manu-. whenever he
gave she uatteF thought. c0nsEatu-
lated himself that he MAS not a
mamie pltlsd the foolish. unrcs
souabls creatures.
Manu- must have slept He thought
that he had only closed his eyes
moment. but when he opened
them the rosy Hght Of dawn had
.oversprrad the desolaie valley. just
disa ppcaung over the cliffs 10 the
northeast ne could Sc the last o.
Tarzan's parry commencing the
ds-Sent % the barrier. then Manu-
turned HIS raco toward opar and
prepared 10 descend from the kopjs.
and scamper back 10 the safety Of
his tr~es within the walls % opar.
But first he would rseonnoitsr-
shesta. the panther. might bs stlll
abroad and 20 he scampered around
the edge OF the kopis 10 a point
where he could zee the entire valley
floor between himself and Opar.
And there Il was Tint he saw again
that which filled him with greatest
excitement. For debouehing from
the ruined outer wall Of opar
was a large company 81 opars
lfrightful msn-fully a hundred Of
them Manu- could have counted had
Manu- been able to count.
Trey seemed 70 be coming toward
the kopIe. and he sat and watched
them as they approached. deciding
TO defer his return TO The city until
after the path was cleared Of heted
Orparians. II occurred 20 him that
they were coming after him. for
the eEotlsm Of the lower animals
rs inor1lnate. Because he was a
monkey. the idea did not seem at
ali ridiculous and 81 he hid behind
a tutting rock. with only one little,
bright eye exposed TO the enemy
He saw them come closer and he
grew very much excited. tho he
was not at all afraid, for he knssS
that II they assembled one side Of
the kople he could descend the
other and be halfway 10 opar be
fore they could possibly locate him
again.
ON and on they came. but thsy
did no, stop at the kopje--as a mat
tier OF fact. they did not come very
close 10 il. but continued on beyond
n, Then Il was that the truth Of
the matter flashed into the little
brain OF the monkey-CadJ and his
people were pursuing Taran OF the
. Apes 10 slay him. II Manu- hao
been offended b. Tarzan's indif
1 ference to him upon the night be
! fore. he had evidently forgotten II
or now he was quite as eIcitet
, about the danger which he saw men
ACC the ape.rnan as he had beer
, upon the afternoon previous. a
/. inst he thought OF running ahead
/ ana again warning Tarzan. but NJ
/ feared to venture 30 far from th'
{ trees OF Opar. even n the though
j Of having to pass the hated Opar
. lans had not been sufficient TO detei
3 him from carrying out this plan. Foi
: few minutes he sat watching them
, until they had all passed the kopje
aud then Il became quite clear U
him that they we're heading directly
for the spot at which the Inst o
Tarzan's party had disappeared from
the valley-there could be no doub
that they we're in pursuit OF tn
ape.man.
Aanu scanned the valley one'
more toward opar. There was moth
ing in sight to deter him from ar
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