Nebraska Newspapers

    MONDAY, JULY 6, 1914.
PLATTSmOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 7.
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Ccpyritfht. 1913,
PROLOGUE.
Readers of "Tarzan of the
Apes" there were millions of
them have been awaiting with
eagerness "The Return of Tar
zan." They need no introduc
tion to the ape-man, who was
an English Icril by ancestry and
an inhabitant of the trectops by
fate until the same fate brought
him out and made 7iim a civilized
man after twenty years of life
among the great apes of Africa.
His adventures, as wonderful and
interesting as any set forth in
words, have been the center of
interest in a story that is unique
6n its originality.
i'.rotv vjo have "The Return of
Tarzan," as thrilling as its fore
runner. In it are told the fur
ther adventures of the splendid
ape-men, who at last wins his
way to ike side of his true love
after facing countless perils by
land and sea.
vhoever reed "Tarzan of the
Apes" needs no invitation to
peruse this story. Others are
warned that ajtcr they read this
sequel to "Tarzan of the Apes"
they won't be satisfied until they
have read that story also.
CHAPTER VII.
Thz Dancing Girl cf Sidi Aissa.
PgSAIlZAN'S first tni-sion did not
Lid fair to bo either ex ci tins: or
vastly important. There was a
certain lieutenant or spams
whom the govt Tnn.eLt had reason to
suspc.t of improper relations with a
great Kurorea: power. This Lieuten
ant jer:;ois, who was at present sta
tioned at Sidi Lei Abbes, had recently
been attached to t!ie general mihtary
staff, where ct rtain Information of
great military v;:.ue h::d come into his
y. issession in t!i. ordinary routine of
Lis duties. It was this iufortr.ati.nn
which the government suspected the
reat power was bartering f -r with the
o'ueer. And so it was that Tarzan had
come to Algeria in the guise of an
American hunter and traveler to keep
n close eve upon I.jeutemi nt lernois.
At Sidi bcl A! -hes lie resented his 'et
ters of introduction to both civil and
military authorities letters which cave
li clew to the real significance of Lis
mission.
Tarzan possessed a sufficient com
mand of I'nglidi to enahb him to pass
among Arabs ::t:l Frenchmen as an
American, aid t!iat was all that was
required of it. He met Jeriio:, whom
he f und to be a taciturn, dyspeptic
looking man of :.b ut forty. La vim: lit
tle or no social intercourse with his fel
lows. r.ri month nothing of tnomort oc
curred. Tarzan was beginning to h- pe
that, after a!!, the rumor about Ger
Iiois might h ive been false n hen sud
denly the latter was ordered to I'.on
Saada. in the Petit Sahara, far to the
frouth.
A company of spahis and three offi
cers were to relieve another company
already stationed there. Fortunately
vr : of the ol'.kers. Captain Gerard, had
liirniflciii excellent friend of Tarzan's.
a;; 1 so when the ape-man suggested
that he should embrace the opportu
nity of accompanying him to Bou Saa
I i. where he expected to find bunting,
it caused not the slightest siispieion.
At lemma tLe detachment detrained,
and the balance of the journey was
made m Ihe saddle. As Tarzan was
dichtring at P.ouira for a mount he
c:m;-I t a brief glimpse of a man in
Hon ,;:!;) ciothes eyeing him from the
d ";n :iy of ;i native coffee house.
Tit-re had been something familiar
S'.- :t the face or figure of the fellow.
Tarv.i gave the matter no farther
tb.u-ht.
T) o uarch to Aumale was fatiguing
to Tarzan. w hose equestrian experi-vr.-
hitherto had been confined to a
course f ridiuz lessons in a Tarisiau
::c:ulemy. and so it was that he quick
ly sought the comforts of a bed in the
Hotel Grossat. while the officers and
troops tool: up their quarters at the
mnitary pot.
Although Tarzan wa called early tne
following morning, tlie company or
sq.ahis was on the march before he had
finNhtd his breakfast. He wes hurry
ing through his meal that the soldiers
might not get too far in advance of
bini when be g'.tnced through the door
connecting the dining loom with the
bar.
To Lis sun ri--e he saw Gernois stand
ing there iu conversation with the very
fctranger Le l:;J seen ia the coffee
L.i uc at F.owira the day previous. The
m. baik was toward him.
As his cyps lingered on the twa Ger-jj-ls
looked up and caught tue intent
lowing morning, tlie company
SO
by W. G- Cfiapmn
expression oTi Tarzaifs" lace. Tlie
traner was talking in a low whisper
at the time, but the French officer im
mediately interrupted him. and the
two :it once turned away and passed
out of the range of Tarzan's vision.
This was the first suspicious occur
rence that Tarzan had ever witnessed
in connection with Gernois" actions,
but he was positive that the men had
left the barroom solely because Germ-is
Lad caught Tarzan's eyes upon
them; then there was the persistent
impression of familiarity about the
stranger to further augment the ape
man's belief that here at length was
something which would bear watching.
Tarzan did not overtake the column
until he reached Sidi Aiss shortly
after noon, where the soldiers had
halted for tin hour's rest. Here he
foLiiul Gernois with the column, but
there was no sign of the stranger.
It was market day at Sidi Aissa and
the numberless caravans of camels
coming in from the desert and the
crowds of bi. kerimr Arabs in the mar
ket place filled Tarzan with a consum
iug desire to remain lor a day that he
might see mere of the sons of the des
ert. Thus it was that the company of
spahis marched out that afternoon to
ward Ilou Saada without him. lie
spent the hours until dark wandering
about the market in company with a
youthful Arab, one Abdul, who bad
been recommended to him by the inn
keeper as a trustworthy servant and
interpreter.
Here Tarzan purchased a better
mount than the one he had selected at
F.omr.T. and. entering into conversation
with th sitrttly Arab to whom tut
ari!m'-.l had belonged, learned that the
selier was Kadour ben Saden. sheik
of a desert tribe far south of Djelfa.
Through Abdul Tarzan invited his new
acquaintance to dine with him. As the
three were making their way through
the crowds of marketers, camels, don
keys and horses that tilled the market
place with a confusing babel of sounds,
Abdul jdueked at Tarzan's sleeve.
"Look, master. Lehind us!" And he
turned, pointing at a figure in A rat
garb which disappeared behind a cam
el as Tarzan turned. "lie has been
following us about all afternoon. lie
must be a bad man or he would have
honest business of his own to oecmpv
his time."
"He is on the wrong scent, then.
Abdul." replied Tarzan. "for no one
lure can have any grievance against
me. This is my first visit to your coun
try, and none knows me. He will
soon discover his error and cease tc
follow us."
Kadour ben Saden having dined well
prepared to take leave of his host.
With dignified protestations of friend
ship he invited Tarzan to visit him it
his wild domain, where the antelope,
the stag, the bo.ir. the panther and
the lion might still be found in sutfi
dent numbers to tempt an ardent
huntsman.
It was after 8. and the dancing was
in full swing ns Tarzan and Abdul en
tered a Moorish cafe. The room was
filled to repletion with Arabs. All
were smoking and drinking their
thick, hot coffee.
Tarzan and Abdul found seats near
the center of the room, though the ter
rific noise produced by the musicians
upon their Arab drums aud pipes
wuuld Lave rendered a seM farther
from them more acceptable to the
quiet loving ape-man. A rather good
looking girl was dancing, and. per
ceiving Tarzan's Kuropean clothes and
scenting a generous gratuity, she threw
her siikeu handkerchief upon his shoul
der, to be rewarded with a franc.
When her place upon the floor had
been taken by another the bright eyed
Atxlul saw Ler in conversation with
two Arabs nt the far side of the room
near a side door that let upon an inner
court, around the gallery of which
were the rooms occupied by the girls
w ho danced in this cafe.
At first he thought nothing of the
matter, but presently he noticed from
the corner of his eye one of the men
nod in their direction and the girl turn
and shoot a furtive glance at Tarzan.
Then the Arabs melted through the
doorway Into the darkness of the
court.
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and for the ape-man alone were her
sweetest smiles. Many an ugly scowl
was cast upon the tall European by
swarthy, dark eyed sous of the desert.
Nut neither smiles nor scowls produced
any outwardly visible effect upon him.
Again the girl cast her handkerchief
upon his shoulder, and again was she
rewarded with a franc piece. As she
was sticking it upon her forehead,
lifter the custom of her kind, she bent
low toward Tar.on. whispering a quick
word in his ear.
"There arp two without In the court."
sh said quickly, ia broken French.
lwho wjyujd harm m'sieur. A first 1
'
promcd to lure you to them, but you
have been kind, and I cannot do it. Go
quickly, before they find that 1 have
failed them. I tnink that they are
very bad men."
Tarzan thanked the girl, assuring her
that he would be careful, and. having
finished her dance, she crossed to the
little doorway and went out into the
court. Hut Tarzan did not leave the
cafe as she h id urged.
For another half hour nothing un
usual occurred, then a surly looking
Aran ento-.'d tlie cafe rroni the street.
He stood near Tarzan. where he de
liberately made insulting remarks
n bout the European, but as they were
in his native tongue Tarzan was en
tirely innocent of their purport until
Abdul took it upon himself to enlighten
him.
"This fellow is looking for trouble."
warned Abdul. "He is not alone. In
fact, iu case of a disturbance nearly
eery man here would be against you.
It would be better to leave quietly,
master."
"Ask the fellow what he wants."
commanded Tarzan.
Tie says that 'the dog of a Christian'
insuitisl the Ouled-Nail (dancing girb.
who belongs to him. He means trou
ble, m'sieur."
"Tell him that I did not insult his
or any other Oiiled Nail, that I wish
him to go away ami leave me alone;
that 1 have no quarrel with him nor
has he any with me."
"I.' sa.vs." replied Abdul, after de
livering this message to the Arab,
"that besides being a dog yourself that
you are the son of one and that your
grandmother was a hyena. Inciden
tally you are a liar."
The attention of those near by had
now been attracted by the altercation,
and the sneering laughs that followed
this torrent of invective easily indicat
ed the trend of the sympathies of the
majority of the audience.
Tarzan dii not like being laughed at.
neither did re relbh the terms applied
to him by the Arab, but he showed no
sign of auger as he arose from his seat
Umii the bench. A half smile played
about his lips, but of a sudden a
mighty fist shot into the face of the
scowling Arab, and back of it were
the terrible muscles of the ape-man.
At the instant that the mau fell a
half dozen tierce plainsmen sprang into
the room from where they had appar
ently been waiting for their cue in the
street before the cafe. With cries of
"Kill the unbeliever!" and "Down with
the dog of a Christian!" they made
straight for Tarzan.
A number of the younger Arabs in
the audience sprang to their feet to
join in the assault upon the unarmed
white man. Tarzan and Abdul were
rushed back toward the end of the
room by the very force of numbers op
posing them. The young Arab remain
ed loyal to his master and with drawn
knife fought at his side.
With tremendous blows the ape-man
felled all ,who came within reach of
his powerful hands. So closely packed
was the howling, cursing mob that no
weapon could be wielded to advantage,
and none of the Arabs dared use a fire
arm for fear of wounng one of his
compatriots.
Finally Tarzan succeeded in seiziug
one of the most persistent of his at
tackers. With a quick wrench he dis
armed the fellow, and then, holding
him before them as a shield, he back
ed slowly beside Abdul toward the lit
tle door which led into the inner court
yard. At the threshold he paused for
an instaut and, lifting the struggling
Arab above his head, hurled him as
though from a catapult full in the
faces of his oupressing fellows.
Then Tarzau and Abdul stepped Into
the semidarkness of the court. The
frightened Ouled Nails were crouching
at the tops of the stairs which led to
their respective rooms, the only light
in the courtyard coining from the sick
ly candles which each girl had stuck
with its own grease to the woodwork
of her door frame.
Scarcely had Tarzau and Abdul
emerged from the room ere a revolver
spoke close at their backs from the
shadows beneath one of the stairways,
and as they turned to meet this new
antagonist two mu filed figures spraug
toward them, tiring as they came. Tar
zan leaped to meet these two new as
sailants. The foremost lay a second
later iu the trampled dirt of the court,
disarmed and groaning from a broken
wrist. Abdul's knife found the vitals
of the second in the instant that the
fellow's revolver missed fire as be held
it to the faithful Arab's forehead.
The maddened horde within the cafe
were now rushing out iu pursuit of
their quarry. The girls had extinguish
ed their candles at a cry from one of
their number, and the only light with
in the yard came feebly from the open
and half blocked door of the cafe. Tar
zan had seized a sword from the man
who had fallen before Abdul's knife,
and now he stood waiting for the rush
of men that was coming in search of
them through the darkinss.
Suddenly he fvlt a light hand upon
his shoulder from behind and a wom
an's voice whispering: "Quick, m'sieur!
This way. Follow me!"
"Come. Abdul." said Tarzan. in a
law tone to the youth; "we can be no
worse off elsewhere than we are here.'
The woman turned and led them up
the narrow stairway that ended at the
door of her quarters. Tarzan was close
beside her. Instinctively he knew that
she was the same who had whispered
the warning in his ear earlier iu the
evening.
As they reached the top of the stairs
they could hear the angry crowd
searching the yard beneath..-
"Soon they will search here." whis
pered the girl. "Hasten: you can drop
from the farther wind w of my room
to the street beyond. Kef ore they dis
cover that you, are no longer in tLe
court or the buildingsyouwilf be" safe
within the hotel."
Dut even as she spoke several men
had started up the stairway at tlie
head of which they stood. There was
a sudden cry from one of the search
ers. They had been discovered. Quiet
ly the crowd rushed for the stairway.
The foremost assailant then leaped
upward, but at the top he met the sod
den sword that he had not expected
the quarry had been (inarmed before.
With a cry the man toppled back
upon those behind him. Like tenpins
tney roiled down the stairs. The an
cient and rickety structure could not
withstand the strain of this unwonted
weight and jarring. With a creaking
and rending of breaking wood it col
lapsed beneath the Arabs, leaving Tar
zan. Abdul and the girl alone upon the
frail platform at the top.
"Come!" cried the Ouled-Nail. "They
will reach us from another stairway
through the room next to mine. We
have not a moment to spare."
Just as they were entering the room
Abdul heard and translated a cry from
the yard below for several to hasten to
the street and cut off escape from that
side.
"We are lost now," said the girl simply-
"We?" questioned Tarzan.
"Yes. m'sieur, she responded; "they
will kill me as well, nave I not aided
yon?"
Alone Tarzan could have sprung into
the midst of that close packed mob
and. laying about him after the fash
ion of Numa, the lion, have struck the
Arabs with such consternation that es
cape would have been easy. Now he
must think entirely of these two faith
ful friends.
He crossed to the window which
overlooked the street. In a minute
"We are lost now."
there would be enemies below. Al
ready he could hear the mob clamber
ing the stairway to the next quarters
they would be at the door beside him
in another instant. He put a foot upon
the siil and leaned out. but he did not
look down. Above him. within arm's
reach, was the low roof of the build
ing, lie called to the girl. She came
and stood beside him. He put a great
arm about her and lifted her across
his shoulder.
"Wait here until I reach down for
you from above." he said to Abdul.
"In the meantime shove everything in
the room against that door it may de
lay them long enough." Then he step
ped to the sill of the narrow window
with the girl upon his shoulders.
"Hold tight." he cautioned her. A mo
ment later he had clambered to the
roof above with the ease and dexterity
of an ape. Setting the girl down, he
leaned far over the roofs edge, calling
softly to Abdul. The youth ran to the
window.
"Your hand." whispered Tarzan. The
men in tne room beyond were batter
ing at the door. With a sudden crash
it fell splintering in. and at the same
moment Abdul felt himself lifted like
a feather on to the roof above. They
were not a moment too soon.
As the three squatted upon the roof
nbove the quarters of the Ouled-Nails
they heard the angry cursing of the
Arabs in the room beneath. Abdul
translated from time to time to Tar
zau. "They are berating those in the street
below now," said Abdul, "for permit
ting us to escape so easily. Those in
the street say that vve did not come
that way. that we are still within the
building and that those above, being
too cowardly to attack us. are attempt
ing to deceive tbem into believing that
we have escaped. In a moment they
will have fighting of their own to at
tend to if they continue their brawl
ing." Presently those in the building gave
up the search and returned to the cafe.
A few remained in the street below,
smoking and talking.
Tarzan spoke to the girl, thanking
her for the sacrifice she bad made fee
him, a total stranger.
T liked you,' she said simply. "Yon
were nnlike the others who come to
the cafe. You did not speak coarsely
to me. The manner in which you gave
me money was not an insult-"
"What shall you do after tonight?"
he asked. "You cannot return to the
cafe. Can you even remain with safe
ty in Sidi Aissa V"
jTj)morrowItwili be forgotten she
replied". ' '"But 1 stould "be glad" if it
might be that 1 need never return to
this or another cafe. I have not re
mained because I wished to. J have
been a prisoner."
"A prisoner!" ejaculated Tarzan in
credulously. "A slave would be the better word."
she answered. "I was stolen in the
night from my father's douar by a
band of marauders. They brought me
here and sold me to the Arab who
keeps this cafe. It has been nearly
two years now since 1 saw the last of
mine own people. They are very far
to the south. They never come to Sidi
Aissa."
"You would like to return to your
people?" asked Tarzan. "Then I shall
promise to see you safely so far as
Bon Saada at least. There we can
doubtless arrange with the comman
dant to send you the rest of the way."
"Oh. m'sieur!" she cried. "How can
I ever repay you? My father can re
ward you, and be will, fors he not a
great sheik? He is Kadour ben Sa
den." "Kadour ben Saden!" ejaculated Tar
zan. "Why, Kadour ben Saden ?s in
Sidi Aissa this very night. He dined
with me but a few hours since."
"Hush!" cautned Abdul. "Listen!"
CHAPTER VIII.
The Fight In the Desert.
FROM below came the sound of
voifl'S. quite distinguishable
upon the still night air. Tar
zan could not understand the
words, but Abdul and the girl trans
lated. "They have gone now." said the lat
ter. "It is you they want, m'sieur.
One of them said that the stranger
who had offered money for your slay
ing lay in the house of Akmed din Sou
lef with a broken wrist, but that he
had offered a still greater reward if
some would lay in wait for you upou
the road to Bou Saada and kill you."
"It is he who followed m'sieur about
the market today." exclaimed Abdul.
"I saw him again within the cafe
him and another and the two went
out into the inner court after talking
with this girl here. It was they who
attacked and fired upon us as we came
out of the cafe. Why do they wish to
kill you. m'sieur?"
"I do not know," replied Tarzan, and
then, after a pause, "unless" Hut
he did not finish, for the thought that
bad come to his mind, while it seemed
the only reasonable solution of the
mystery, appeared at the same time
quite improbable-
Presently the men in the street went
away. The courtyard and the cafe
were deserted. Cautiously Tarzan
lowered himself to the sill of the girl's
window. The room was empty. He
returned to the roof and let Alxlul
down: then he lowered the girl to the
arms of the waiting Arab.
From the window Abdul dropped the
short distance to the street below,
while Tarzan took the girl in his arms
and leaped down as he had done on so
many other occasions in his owu for
est with a burden in his arms. A little
cry of alarm was started from the
girl's lips, but Tarzan landed in the
street with but an imperceptible jar
and lowered her in safety to her feet.
She clung to him for a moment.
"now strong monsieur is and how
active!" she cried. "El adrea. the black
lion, himself is not more so."
"I should like to meet this el adrea
of yours." he said. "I have heard
much about him."
"And you come to the douar of my
father you shall see him," said the
girl. "He lives in a spur of the moun
tains north of us and comes down
from his lair at night to rob my fa
ther's douar. With a single blow of
his mighty paw be crushes the skull of
a bull, and woe betide the belated way
farer who meets el adrea abroad at
night"
Without further mishap they reached
the hotel and sent a messenger for Ka
dour ben Saden. They bad waited
perhaps half an hour when the mes
senger returned with the old sheik,
ne entered the room with a question
ing expression upon his proud face.
"Monsieur has done me the honor
to"' he commenced, and then his eyes
fell upon the girl. With outstretched
arms he crossed the room to meet her.
"My daughter!" he cried "Allah Is
merciful !" And tears dimmed the
martial eyes of the old warrior.
When the story of her abduetioD and
her final rescue had been told to Ka
dour ben Saden he extended his hand
to Tarzan.
"All that is Kadour ben Saden's Is
thine, my friend, even to bis life." he
said very simply, but Tarzan knew
that these were no idle words.
Early next morning the party was
on its way south toward Bou Saada.
For a few miles the road was good,
and they made rapid progress, but sud
denly it became only a waste of sand,
into which the horses sank fetlock
deep at nearly every step. In addition
to Tarzan. Abdul, the sheik, and his
daughter were four of the wild plains
men of the sheik's tribe who had ac
companied him upon the trip to Sidi
Aissa., Thus, seven guns strong, they
entertained little fear of attack by day.
and if all went well they should reach
Bou Saada before nightfall. But soon
Abdul announced that they were being
followed by six horsemen.
"At the next village 1 shall remain
and question these gentlemen while
you ride on." said Tarzan.
"If you stop we shall stop." said Ka
dour ben Saden "Until you are safe
with your friends or the enemy has
left your trail we shall remain with
you. There is nothing more to say."
Tarzan but nodded Ids Lead. He was
a man of few words, and possibly it
w..s for this reason as much as auv
that Kadour ben Saden bad taken to
hi on for it there be one thing that an
Arab despises it is a talkative man.
All the balance of the day Abdul
caught glimpses of the horsemen in
1 n j-i i t roo i T litr rorn tinnH n I n-n v ?i f
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about the same distance. During the
occasional halts for rest and at the
longer halt at noon they approached
no closer.
"They are waiting for darkness."
said Kadour ben Saden.
And darkness came before they
reached Bou Saada. Th? pursuing
horsemen rapidly closed up the dis
tance that intervened between them
and their intended quarry. Abdul
whispered this fact b Tarzau. for he
did not wish to alarm the girl. The
ape-man drew back beside him.
"You will ride ahead with the oth
ers. Abdul." said Tarzau. "This, is my
quarrel. I shall wait at the next con
venient spot and interview tiese fel
lows." "Then Abdul shall wait at tliy side."
replied the youug Arab, nor would any
threats or commands move him from
his decision.
"Very well, then." replied Tarzan.
"Here is as good a place as we could
wish. Here are rocks at the tcp of
this hillock. We shall remain hidden
here and speak with the geienuu."'
The' drew in their horses and dis
mounted. The others, riding ahead,
were already out of sight in the dark
ness. Beyond them shone the lights of
Bou Saada. Tarzan removed his rifle
from its boot and loosened his revolver
in its holster. He ordered Abdul to
withdraw behind the rocks with the
horses so that they would be shielded
from the enemies bullets should they
fire. The young Arab pretended to d
as he was bid. but when he had fasten
ed the two animals securely to a low
shrub he crept back to lie on his elly
a few paces behind Tarzan.
The ape-man stood erect in the mid
dle of the road, waiting. Nor did he
have long to wait. The sound of ga'
Ioping horses came suddenly out of the
darkness below him. and a moment
later he discerned the moving blotches
of lighter color against the solid back
ground of the night.
"Halt," he cried, "or we fire!"
The white figures came to a sudden
stop, and for a moment there was si
lence. Abdul raNed himself to one
knee. Tarzan cocked his jungle train
ed ears, and presently there came to
him the sound of horses walking quiet
ly through the sand to the east of Litn.
to the west, to the north and to the
south. They had been surrounded.
Then a shot came from tLe direction
in which he was looking. A bullet
whirred through the air above nil
head, and he fired at the Cah cf tho
enemy's gun.
Instantly the soundless waste was
tern with the quick staccato of guns
upon every hand. Abdul and Tarzan
fired only at the Cashes. They could
not yet see their foemen. But one
came too close, for Tarzan was accus
tomed to using his eyes in the dark
ness of the jungle night, than which
there is no more utter darkness this
side the grave, and with a cry of pain
a saddle was emptied.
"The odds are evening. Abdul," said
Tarzan. with a low laugh.
But they were still far too one sided,
and when the five remaining horsemen
whirled at a signal and charged full
upon them it looked as if there would
be a sudden ending of the battle. Both
Tarzan and Abdul sprang to the shel
ter of the rocks that they might keep
the enemy in front of them. There
was a mad clatter of galloping hoofs,
a volley of shots from both sides, and
the Arabs withdrew to repeat the ma
neuver, but there were now only four
against the two.
From one direction came the sound
of a new charge. But scarcely had the
first gun spoken ere a dozen shots
rang out behind the Arabs. There
came the wild shouts of a new party
to the controversy and the pounding
of the feet of many horses from down
the road to Bou Saada.
The Arabs did not wait to learn the
identity of the oncomers. With a part
ing volley, as they dashed by the posi
tion which Tarzan and Abdul were
holding, they plunged off along tlie
road toward Sidi Aissa. A moment
later Kadour ben Saden and Lis men
dashed up.
"Why did you not tell roe that you
contemplated ambushing those fel
lows?" asked the sheik in a hurt tone.
"We might have had them ail instead
of killing only two if the seven of us
had stopped to meet them."
"It was to prevent tiie transfer of
my own quarrel to another's shoulders
that Abdul and I stopped off to ques
tion them. Then there is your daugh
ter. I could not be the cause of es
tosing her needlessly to the marks
manship of six men."
Kadour ben Saden shrugged hi
bhoulders. He did not relish having
been cheated out of a light.
The little battle so close to Bou Saa
da had drawn out a company of sol
diers. Tarzan and his party met them
just outside the town. The officer in
charge halted them to learn the sig
niticai.ee of the shots.
"A handful of marauders." replied
Kadour ben Saden. . "They attacked
two of our number who had dropped
behind, but when we returned to them
the fellows soon dispersed. They left
two dead. None of my party was in
jured." This seemed to satisfy the oCker,
and after taking the names of the par
ty he marched his men on toward the
scene of the skirmish to bring back
the dead men for purposes of identifi
cation if possible.
Two days later Kadour ben Saden.
with Ids daughter and followers, rode
ponth through the pass below Bou Saa
da. Icund for their home in the far
wilderness. The sheik had urged Tar
au to Hccouii any him. and the girl
had added feer entreaties to those of
.
Mi Sjfttf-W
"Why did you rot tell me you con
templated ambushing those fellows?"
her fa tiler; Vut. though "lie counl n -t
explain it to them. Tarzan'r. duties
loomed particularly large alter the
happenings of the pat few days so
that he could not think of having his
pot for an instant. But he promised
to come later if it lay within his power
to do so. ami they had to content them
selves with that assurance.
During these two days Tarzan h.-d
spent practically all his time with Ka
dour I en Saden and his daughter. He
was keenly interested in this rate of
stern and dignifi d warriors and em
braced the oppoitunity whi'-h their
friendship offered to learn what be
could of their lives and customs. In
his l:e;:d revolved an idea that when
he had completed his missivu he would
resign ami return to live for the re
mainder of his life with the tribe of
Kadour ben Sac Ti.
Tie front if the Hotel du Petit Sa
hara, v.h-.-re Tarr.an stopped in Bou
Saada. 5-? taken up with the bar. two
dining rooms and the kitchens. Both
cf the dining rooms open directly off
the bar. and one of them is reserved
for the use of the officers of the garri
son. As yoi stand in the barroom
you may look into either of the dining
rooms if you wish.
It Mas To the bar that Tarzan re
paired after speeding Kadour leii
Saden and his party on their way. It
was yet early in the mornii g. for Ka
dour ben Saden had c do'tod to ride far
that day. so that It happened that w lieu
Tarzan returned there were guests still
at breakfast.
As his casual glance wandered Ir.fo
the officers dining room Tarzan saw
something which brought a look of in
terest to hi.-t eyes. Lieuttn:nt Gernoi-;
was sitting there, and as Tarzan look
ed a white ro'.-ed Arab approached ami.
bending, whispered a few word-- into
the lieutenant's ear. Then he passed
on out of the building through another
door.
In itself the thing was nothing, but
as the man had stooped to speak to (ho
officer Tarzau caught sight of some
thing which the accidental parting of
the man's hu moose revealed bo car
ried Lis left arm iu u sling.
(To lie Continued.)
M ET .JA FOUL P LAY
Belief Exists That V2nce cf Tekamah
Murdered In Colorado.
Crostcne, Co'.o.. July J. S. .1. Viauo
)f Telwraali, Nth., is com incd that
his In .the., lUnjamin the
prospector whose body uas. found in a
gui'y at the hast of a di.l near Pah
tt.it a pass, was mm doted a; ler locating
a promising mineral vein. Tic lxd.
was fo:;nd alter an orgai.ir.ed search
had re. n st.-.rteJ by the Nebraska man
a week a co. His suspicions were
j aron.-ed when u:i:-atisfa tory answ rs.
were given him regarding the locate n
of the dead m.n's mining projcity.
lie found his brother's c;.bin, wi:ih
levealcl many hi ,'h grade or J samples,
hidden, in a secret p is-aueway.
Yanre disappeared last (ctoher. li s
body was ft. und lying face upward,
icioss a log. Above it rf Med th - d vd
holy of his collie dog. its fare rc.-t ng
r.cair.sl that of its del 1 muster. Two
hobs, apparently mile by I 'ilb-m. and
numerous curs and ahrn-dons were
found on Vamo's body. His brother
nsserts that v rything indicate.- the
ram was m-i' dried. I ho has a.d.ed
the authorities to invert i.-.-ate.
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