The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-06

that he found a path up the face
Of the frowning escapement and
then only after travelling inland for
a considerable distance.
DEYOND the summit rolled a
ID broad lakeland dotted with
trees. A herd Of thags grazed
quietly in the sunlight. At sight
Of the man passing among them,
these great-horned cattle became
restless. An old bull beloved and
paved the ground, and Tanar meas
ured the distance to the nearest
tree.
But on he went, avoiding the
beasts as best he could and hoping
against hope that he could pass
them successfully without further
arousing their short tempers. But
the challenge Of the old bull was
being taken up by others of his
sex, until score Of heavy-shoul-
dered mountains of beef were con-
verging slowly upon the lone man,
stopping occasionally to paw or
gore the ground, while they bel
lowed forth their displeasure.
There was an opening among
them just ahead of him, and Tanar
accelerated his speed, but just at
that instant one of the bulls took
it into his head to charge and then
the whole twenty bore down upon
the Sarian.
There was naught to do but seek
the safety of the nearest tree and
toward this Tanar ran at full speed.
With scarcely more than inches to
spare, Tanar swung himself into
the branches of the tree just as the
leading bull passed beneath him. A
moment later the believing herd
congregated beneath his sanctuary.
For a while they rnilled around
beneath him and then several de-
liberately lay down beneath the tree
as though to prevent his escape.
But the Sarian possessed certain
pbilosophic outlook upon life that
permitted him to accept his fate
with marked stoicism and to take adj
vantage Of the enforced delay by
fashioning bow, arrows. and a
spear from the material afforded by
the tree in which he was confined.
The tree gave him everything that
he needed except the cord for his
bow, and this he cut from the raw
hide belt that supported his loin
cloth-a long, slender strip Of raw
hide which he inserted in his mouth
and chewed thoroughly until it was
entirely impregnated with saliva.
Then he bent his bow and
the wet rawhide from tip
to tip. While it dried, he pointed
his arrows with his teeth. In drying
the rawhide shrunk, bending the
bow still further and tightening the
string until it hummed to the
slightest touch.
TzHE weapons were finished and
4. yet the great bulls still stood
on guard, and while Tanar re-
NAMED helpless in the tree, Jude
was taking Stellara toward the in
terror of the island.
But all things must end. I'm
patient of delay, Tanar sought some
plan whereby he might rid himself
of the short-tempered beasts be-
meath him. He hit upon the plan
of yelling, and throwing dead
branches at them, and this did
have the effect of bringing them
all to their feet.
A few wandered away to Craze
with the balance of the herd, but
enough remained to keep Tanar Sc
curely imprisoned.
A great bull stood directly be-
meath him. lamar jumped UP and
down upon a small branch, making
its leafy end whip through the air,
and at the same time he hurled bits
Of wood at the great thags. And
then, suddenly, to the surprise and
CONSERVATION of both man and
beast, the branch broke and pre-
cipitated Tanar full upon the broad
shoulders of the bull. Instantly his
fingers clutched its long hair as,
with a below of surprise and terror,
the beast leaped forward.
Instinct took the frightened ami
NAL toward the balance of the herd
and when they saw him with a man
sitting upon his back, they, too, be-
came terrified. with the result that
a general stampede ensued, the herd
attempting to escape their fellow,
while the bull raced to be among
them.
Stragglers, that had been gazing
at a considerable distance from the
balance of the herd, were stringing
out to the rear and it was the pres
ence Of these that made it impos-
sible for Tanar to slip to the ground
and make his escape.
The thag, now thoroughly fright
ened because of his inability to dis
lodge the man-thing from his
shoulders, was racing blindly for
ward, and presently Tanar found
himself carried into the very midst
Of the lunging herd as 1t thundered
across the lakeland toward g. dis
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