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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1914. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE 7. TTv tt ' r'v " f --n j y. --tr-rx Copyriaht. 1913. PROLOGUE. Readers of "Tarzan of the Apes" (here were millions of thf.m have been awaiting v.'ith eagerness "The Return of Tar zan." They need no introduc tion to the ape-man, who was cn English lord by ancestry and an inhabitant of the trcetops by fate until the same fate brought him cut and made him a civilized man after twenty years of life anion the greet cpes of Africa. Ilis adventures, as wonderful and interesting as any set forth in words, have been the center of interest in a stcry that is unique in its originality. 1'Jcw we have. "The Return of Tarzcr.," cs thrilling as its fore runner. In it crc told the fur ther adventures of the splendid cpe-mcn, who at last wins his way to the side of his true love after facing countless perils by land end sea. Whoever reed "Tarzan of the Apes" needs no invitation to peruse this story. Others are wzrr.cd that after they read this sequel to "Tarzan of the Apes" they won't be satisfied until they have read that story also. CHAPTER IX. Numa "El Adrea." N the same day tLat Kadour ben tj Sadeii rode south the dillgt-n'-$ from the north brought Tarza :an a letter ir-m i.rimt wmcn had ! een b rwanb d fry Sidi-bet- Abbes. II; to is tin letter: nr Jcrm Since last I wrote you I acn . .- to London on a matter . -s. I w as there Lut three d.iys. 'ry f;rst ri.'y I came upon an ohl . f yo'irs quite u!.c:i. i tf liy in tt.i street. Now. ynu mv-r in the f i. frr. i . (J . . ' r. :-ir ;: whom. None other a T. rhl'atidcr. Fat it is t .:oi - tru.v Nor is to t:.- the oti of i-ic:.'dub;y ti.is ;!!. He insisted th it I rrtum i i. tl with i:::n. ti'.ere I f..u:id . rs P.-of.-.-.-r Archim-!es Q. IV-- t.-r. Miss I'.irt'T ar.'l t! v . n.n:i. JI1.-3 l'urt-r's st triorrrvi:.- blru-k I wis there Clriy- j r.-; 1 re .1 ten ca::ie 11. They e to to r.n ri : 1 's i'.o:th 'y tio.j-i "n. On ;i.or-::-it is to t o a v-ry of his f-it'r.cr uic-t affair o: rthitlv. ' ili- I was :!',..ne with Mr. Fhi'nrsler the e! f--!!Mv be'.-ji me rut her confiU-T-ir1 1 : f aid i:? i'ortvr hr.d already i.st-.oi'l 1h vvtl.r.? cn three- d;:Ter. ::t occ.''s?ions. Ho -.--r:',d-l t!.:i. it ;ir "nred to him that she w.i r. 't ! : rt :.;::h: r!y ii::s:us to mnrry Cluyteii .'it hut tniP time it soc-ins that it i.-s j-:itc likt'.y ti ci t' r. .c!;. .f ..:r.-e they ai! ah. 1 a'l-vr you. but I rt-s; ctc-1 your wishes i". thj matter of jour true f tiirin ar.d or.'y spoks to tr.em cf ":r present a:':".ur.-. l.rtr was (:r'''ia!'y iptere?te1 In overyt: i"'-t 1 l..:d to say r.!-ot:t yc.i ar-d a.-hed m.-ny )- .-ii'"::s. J am afrai t 1 to .k a rather t:::.-'.ii .0: ens ;!. ht in pic-turinc j-ni:r dviro ar.'l rt -solve t u liaek eventu ally to voir r.alive jairie. 1 was sorry afterward, for it did .-je-a to cause her real 1 ri-uish t c i;teT"i.!:ie the awful darvers to which you wished to refsrn. At: 1 ytt." tl.tt s. id. "I O.o i.ot fcTH.w. There are more ut.happy fates that the prtf.i and terrihle .'ui.u-lo I r s. rits to M Tar .an At has his conscience- will foe t:ee from ie-::orse. At tints 1 to M::rn thtie. for 1 cannot hut feel that the happics-t monie-rsts 'f my life were p. -rii there." There was an expression of ineffable snd-ie-ns en her fa'-e as fl:o spoke. Cliyion apptnred ner-.f.us and til at ease while you were the subject of caversa tioa. lie wore :i worried aral harassl e-xprfs'on. yet he w -.s very kindly in his xprcssiors of interest in you. 1 wonder if he suspects the truth Vi-Jt you? Tr ::'i -'o:i rn'iie in with Clayton. They are ure ;it f 1 lends, you kc.ow. He is aboat t. st m;t i:p':i one of liis hiterininahl cniists i'l that yacht of his and was i:r iro 1! e e::!lre party to ac-e-o.-npatiy hi;r. Tried to invti-le me into it too. Is think ire f co umtiavi-it:r:t- Africa this time. Veste'thiy 1 :u t the Count and Countess At- Cci; d. at the races. They irnptirid aft ,t yci. He Con do really Ft-i?ms f;i:te fond f.f "!. Ioosn't af.poar to harbor the least iH will. t)lsa is as beautiful as ever, l-'it a trif'e subdaed. asked me to tt'l yfu that Nikolas l,ad 1. ft France. She 1 aid. hhn -(VO francs 10 no away and ftay. She is congratulat ing hersc-'.f that !?he crt rid of him before h. triel to carry oat a threat he recently iTia le her that he snould kill you at the J:rst opiortunity. H ive been ordered back to my ship. ra'.la fram Havre in two aays under sealed orders If you will aeh'ress me in her care the letters w ill f'nd ne eventually. I thall write you as sooa as another oppor tunity presents. Your fiacjre friend, PAUL. D A KNOT. "I fear." mused Tarzan, half aloud, -that Olga has thrown away her '20. 0 fiaucs." He read over that part of D'Arnot's j letter several times in which he had ; ,'h.ted from his conversation witj-i Jane TortiT. Tarzan derived a rather pathetic happiness from it, but It was v Letter than no happiness at all. The following three weeks at Don Faada were quite uneventful. Gemois, never cordial, kept more than ever Ho f from Tarzan since th episode in the dining room of the hotel at Au tuale. Ilis attitude oa the few osca- 0 km 4 1J! B w - fj by W. G. Chapmen sions that tlit-y Lad l.ttn "thrown to ptt!;or had been distinctly hostile. That he mijrht keep the appear ance of the -haracter lie was playing Tarzan spent eonsiderable time huut in in the vicinity of Hon Saada. On: e. I probably leernise of the fact that he I rde alone, he was like to have lost his 1 iife. He was ridii- slowly through a iittie ravine when a shot sounded close behind him and a bullet passed through the cork hehn t ho wore. Al though he turned at on -e and irallop.yj rapidly to the top of the ravine, there was no mVii of any enemy, nor did he see air.'Lt of :1riot!:or human beiri un til he reached I'on Saada. "Ve." he soliloipii.ed in re nl'inu: tlie occurrence. "Olga has indeed thrown away her .ihki francs." Oi.e n:ht lie was Captain Herards ;';:rt at a little dinner. "Your hunting has not been very for tunate;" questioned the oihoer. "No." replied Tarzan. "I think 1 shall move on farther south and have a try at some of your Algerian lions." b.-d:" exclaimed the captain. "We are marching toward Ijelfa on the morrow. You shall have company that far at least. Lieutenant f.'ernois and I, with 1 nan. are ordered south to patrol a district in which the marauders are trivinj; considerable trouble. Possibly we may have the pleasure of hunting the lion together. What say youV" Tarzan was more than pleased, nor did he hesitate to say so. but the cap t.iin would have been astonished had he known the real reason of Tarzan'a pleasure. !ernois was sitting opposite the ape-man. lie did not seem so pleased with his captain's invitation. "You will Jind lion huntiirjr more ex citimj than gazelle shooting." remark ed Captain Gerard, "and more dan gerous." "Even jrazeKe shooting has it.s dan gers." replied Tarzan. "especially when one goes ali.ne. I found it so to day. I also found that, while the ga zelle is the most timid of animals, it is iM't the mo.-t cowardly." Tarzan saw a dull red creep tip from hetieatlj Gernois collar. lie was sat isfied and quickly changed the subject. Yhe!l the column rode south from r,u Saada th.? next morning there were half a dozen Arabs bringing up the roar. "They accompany 11s on the road for companionship," said Gerard. Tarzan had learned enough about Arab character since he had been in Algeria to know that this was no real motive, for the Arab is never overfond of the companionship of strangers, and especially of French soldiers. lie was convinced that there were hired assassins on his trail, nor was he in great doubt but that Rokoff was at the bottom of the plot. Whether it was to be revenge or was in some way connected with his mission in the Ger nois affair he could not determine. If the latter, and it neerued probable since the evidence he had had that Cernois suspected Lim. then he had two rather powerful enemies to con tend with. After camping at Ijelfa for two days the column moved to the south west, from whence word had come that the marauders were operating against the tribes whose douars were situated at the fo.t of the mountains. The little band of Arabs who had accompanied them from lion Saada disappeared suddenly the very night that orders had been given to prepare for the morrow's march from ljeifa Tarzan had seen Gernois in conversa tion with one of them some half hour after Captain Gerard had issued his iiotructioiis relative to the new move Only Gemots and Tarzan knew the di rection of the proposed march. Late that afternoon they went into camp at a little oasis in which was the donar of a sheik whoso flocks were be ing stolen and whose herdsmen were being killed. Tarzan. who by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had i' kcd up quite a smattering of Arabic, questioned one of the younger Arabs. No, he had . seen no party of sis horsemen riding from the direction of lielfa. There were other o:ies scat tered about. Possibly they had been journeying to one of these. Early the next morning Captain Gerard split his command in two. giv- j ing Lieutenant Gernois command of one party, while he headed the other. They were to scour the mountains upon opposite sides of the plain. "And with which detachment will M. Tarzan ride?" uskf-d the captain. "Or maybe it is that monsieur does not cart? to hunt marauders'.'" "Jb. I shall be delighted to go," Tar zan hastened, to explain. He was won dering what excuse he could make to accompany Gernois. Ilis embarrass ment was short lived and was relieved from a ni't unexpected source. It was Gernois himself who spoke. "If n:y cartain Ayill forego the pleas I & r. A. a 4 -7 ure of"M. Tarzan's company for this once I shall esteem it an honor Indeed to have monsieur ride with me today." he said, nor was his tone lacking in cordiality in fact, Tarzan imagined that ho had overdone it a trifle. And so it was that Lieutenant Ger nois and Tarzan rode off side by side at the head of the little detachment or :-pahis. Gernois cordiality, was short lived. No sooner had they ridden out of sight of Captain Gerard aud Ids men than he lapsed once more into his ac customed taciturnity. As they advanc ed th ground became rougher. Stead ily it ascended toward the mountains, info which tliey hied through a narrow canyon close to noun. 15y the side ! a little rivulet Gernois called the mid day halt. Here the men prepared and lite their frugal meal and retilled their canteens. After an hour's rest they advanced again along the canyon until they pres ently came to a little valley, from which" several rocky gorges diverged. Ve shall separate here," Gernois said, "several riding into each of these gorges." And then he commenced to detail Ids various squads and issue in structions to the noncommissioned of ficers who wen; to command them. When he h id d'-ne he turned to Tar z.i'i. "Monsieur will be so g.iod as to remain here until we return." Tar.an demurred, but the otHoe-r cut him shoit "There may be fightinir for one of these sections." he said, "and troops cannot li embarrassed by civil ian ih ..ncomhatar.ts during action." A moment later Tarzan found himself alone in the midst of a desolate moun tain fastness. The sun was hot. so he sought the shelter of a nearby tree, where he tethered his horse and sat down upon the ground to smoke. Inwardly he swore at Gernois for the trick he had played upon iiim. A mean little re vet! ire, thought Ta.rza::, and then sud denly it occurred to him that the man would not be such a fool as to antag onize hi:u through a trival annoyance of so petty a description. There must lo something d'-eper than this behind it. With the thorn-lit ho arose and re moved his ritle from its boot. He look ed to its loads and saw that the maga zine was full. Then he inspected ids revolver. After this preliminary pre caution he scanned the surrounding heights and the mouths cf the several gorges he was determined that he should not lx caught napping. The sun sank lower and lower, yet there was no sign of returning spahis At last the valley was submerged in shadow. Tarzan was too proud to go back to camp until he had given the detachment amide time to return to the valley, which lie thought was to have In-cn their rendezvous. With the closing in of night he felt safer from attack, for he was at homo in the dark, and he fell asleep, with his back against the tren. lie must have slept for several hours, for when he was suddenly awakened by the frightened snorting and plung ing of his horse the moon was shining full upon the little valley, and there, riot ten paces before him. stood the grim cause of the terror of his mount. Superb, majestic, his graceful tail ex tended and quivering, and his two eyes of fire riveted full 11 0:1 his prey, stood Ximia. el adrea. the black lion. A lit tle thrill of joy tingled through Tar zan's nerves. It was like meeting an old friend after years of separation. For a moment he sat rigid to enjoy the magnificent spectacle of this lord of the wilderness. Hut now Numa w-ns crouching for the spring. Very slowly Tarzan raised his gun to his shoulder. lie had never killed a large animal with a gun in all his life. Heretofore lie had dependeel upon his spear, his poisoned arrows, his rope, his knife or his bare hands. Instinctively he wished that he had his arrows and his knife. lie should hare felt surer with them. Xunta was lying quite Hat upon the ground now. presentir.g only his head. Tarzan would have preferred to tire a little from one side, for he knew what terrific damage the lion could do if hf lived two minutes or even a minute after he was hit The horse stood trembling in terror at Tarzan's back The ape-man" took a cautious step to one side. Numa but followed him with !iis eyt"s. Another step he took and then another. Xumu had not moved. Now he could aim at a point between the eye-md the ear. Ilis finger tightened upon the trig ger, and as lie fined Numa sprang. At the same instant the terrilied horse made a last frantic effort to escape. The tether parted, and he went careen ing down the canyon toward tlie des ert. No ordinary man couTd have escaped (hose frightful claws when Numa sprang from s' short a distance. Hut Tarzan was ho ordinary man. From earliest childhood his muscles had been trained by the fierce exigencies of his existence to act with the rapidity of thought. As quick as was el adrea Tarzan of the Apes was quicker, and so the great beast crashed against a tree, whore he had expected to fee! tlie soft flesh of man. while Tarzan. a couple of paces to the right, pumped another budet into hi:n that brought him. clawing and roaring, to his side. Twice more Tarzan tiriKl in quick succession, and then el adrea lay still and roared no more. It was no longer M. Jean Tarzan. It was Tarzan of the Apes that put a savage foot upon the body of his savage' kill and. raising his face to the full moon lifed his mighty voice in the weird and tetrible chal lenge of his kind a bull ape had made j his kill. And the wild things in the ; wild mountains stopped in their hunt- j ing and trembled at this new and i awful voice, whi'e down in the desert the children of. the wilderness came H- 4 out of their goatskin tents amFh 'oVed toward the mountains, womlering what new and savage scon.-grj h4 come to devastate their flocks. CHAPTER X. "Through the Valley of the Shadow. HALF iuHe from the valley in which Tarzan stood a score of white robed figures, beariug long, wicked looking guns, halt ed at the sound and looked at one an other with questioning eyes. But pres ently, as it was uot repeated, they took up their silent, stealthy way toward the valley. Tarzan was now confident that Ger nois had no intention of returning for him, but he could not fathom the ob ject that had prompted the officer to desert him. yet leave him free to re turn to camp. Ilis horse gone, he de cided that it .would be foolish te re main longer in the mountains, and so he set out on his lonely way toward the desert. He had scarcely entered the confines of the canyon when the l.rst of the white roled figure's emerged iuto the valley upon the opposite side. For a moment they scanned the little depres sion from behind sheltering bowlders, but when they had satisfied themselves that it was empty they advanced across it. Ileneath the tree at one side they came upon the body of el adrea. With muttered exclamations they crowded about it. Then, a moment later, they hurried down the canyon which Tar zan was threading a brief distance in advance of them. They moved cau tiously anil in silence, taking advan tage of shelter, as men do who are stalking man. As Tarzan walked down the wi!I canyon beneath the brilliant African moon the call of the jungle was strong upon hir:i. The solitude and the savage freedom filU'd his heart with lite and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle en emyyet treading lightly and with head erect in proud consciousness of his might. The nocturnal sounds of the moun tains were new to him. yet they fell upon his ears like the soft von-e of 2 half forgotten love. Many he intui tively sensed ah. there was one that was fami'iar indeed; the distant cough ing of Shi'eta. the leopard, but t!i"r? was a strange note in the final wail which made him doubt. It was a pan ther he heard. Presently a new sound a soft, stealthy sound obtruded itself among the others. No human ears other than the ape-man's would have detected it. At first he did not translate it. but finally he realized that it came from the bart feet of a number of human beings. They were behind him. and they were coming-toward him quietly. He was being stalked. In a flash he knew why he had been left in that little valley by Gernois. hut there had been a hitch in the arrange ments the .men had come too late. Closer and closer came the footsteps. Tarzan halted and faced them, his rir ready in his ha ml. Now he caught a r-eeting glimpse of a white burnoose He called aloud in French, asking what they would of him. Ilis reply was the llash of a long iin, and with the sound of the shot Tarzan of the Apes plunged forward upon his face. The Arabs did not rush out immedi ately; instead, they waited to be sure that their victim did not rise. Then they came rabidly from their conceal ment and bent over him. It was soon apparent that he was not dead. One of the men put the muzzle of his gun to the back of Tarzan's head to finish him. but another waved him aside. "If we bring him alive the reward is to be greater." explained the latter. So they bound his hands and feet and, picking him up, placed him on the shoulders of four of their number. Then the march was resumed toward the desert. When they had come out of the mountains they turned toward the south and about daylight came to tlie spot where their horses stood in care of two of their number. From here on their progress was more rapid. Tarzan. w ho had regained cohseiousuess, was tied to a spare horse, which they evidently had brought for the purpose. His wound was but a slight scratch, which had furrowed the flesh across his temple. It had stopped bleeding, but the dried and clotted blood smeared his face and clothing. He had said no word since he had fallen into the hands of these Arabs nor had they addressed him other than to issue a few brief com ma mis to him when the horses had been readied. v For six hours they rode rapidly across the burning desert, avoiding the oases near which their way led. About 1:0011 they came to a douar of about fwenty tents. Here they halted, and as one of the Arabs was releasing the a'fa grass repes which Ixumd him to his mount the-y were surrounded by a mob of men. women and children. Many of the tribe-, and more especial ly the women, appeared to take delight in heaping insults upon the prisoner, and some had even gone so far as to throw stones at him and strike him with sticks when an o'd sheik appear ed and drove them away. "Ali hen Ahmed tells me," he said, "that this man sat alone in the moun tains and slew el adrea. What tlie business of -the stranger who sent us after him may be I know not. ami what he may do with this rutin when we turn him over to him I care not. but the prisoner Is a brave man. and while he is in our hands he shall b treated with the respect that be due one who hunts the lord with the large j head alone and by night and slays j him." " j Tarzan had heard the respect in which Arr.b" bM a liou killer and he ! A was not sorry that chance' had leaved into lu's hands thus favorably to re lieve :?m of the -tty torti.res of the tribe. Nhort'y after thi.: h? was taken to a go:lsk'n tnt upon the tipper side of the douar There he was fed. and then, securely bound, was left lying on a pieve of native carpet alone in th' tent. lie could see a guard sitting before the door of his frail prison, but when he attempted to fuive the stout bonds that heid him he realized that any ex tra precaution on th? part or' his cap tors was quite unnecessary n -t even his giant muscles could part those nu merous strands. Just before dusk several men ap proaehed the tent where he lay ami entered it. All were in Arab dress, but presently one of the number advanced to Tarzan's side, and as he let the fold: of cloth that had hidden the lower half of his face fail away the ape-man saw the malevolent features of Nikolas I'o koff. There was a nasty srniie on th. bearded lips. "Ah. M. Tarzan." he said, "this is indeed a pleasure. F.ut why do you not arise and reot i'our gucstV" l ft. j i .i I He Kicked Tarzan Heavily In the Sic'e Then, with an ugiy oath. "Get up. yor. I'.gi" And. drawing back his booted f-ot. he k'eked Taan heaviiy in the side. "And he-re is another and anoth er and another." he continued as he kicked Tarzan about the face and side, "one for each of the injuries you have done me." The ape-man made no reply. He did not even deign to I ok upon the Kus si::n again after the i'.rst glance of rec ognition. Finally the sheik, win had lccn standing a mute and frowning witness of the cowardly attack, inter vened. "Stop!" he commanded. "Kill him if you will, but 1 will see n brave man subjected to such indignities in my presence. I have half a mind to tr.-n hi:n loese thit 1 may see how long you would kick h'ui then." This threat put : sudden end to Ih ko.Ts brirality. for he had no craving to see Tarzan loosed from his ponds; while he was within reach of those powerful hands. "Very well." he repl'od to the Arab. "I shaft kill him presently." "Not within th.' precincts of ray douar." returned the sheik. When he leaves, here. he leaves alive. What yon do with hi:n in the desert is none of my concern, but 1 shall not have the blood of a Frenchman on the hands of my tribe em account of another man's quarre-1. They would send sold ers here and kill many of my people and burn our tents and drive away our flocks." "As you say." growled Ilokoff. "I ll take him out into the desert below the douar and dispatch him." "You will take him a day's ride from my country," said the sh""k firm'y. "ami some ef my children shall follow yon to see that yon do not disobey me Otherwise there may be two dead Frenchmen in the desert." Rokoff shrugged. "Then I shail have, to wait until tomorrow. It is already dark." "As you will." said the sheik. "Hut by an hour after dawn you must be gone from my domir. I h ive litt'e lik ing for unbelievers and none at all for a coward." IJokotf would have made some kind of retort, but he checked himself, for he realized that it would -require hut little excuse for the old man t turn upon him. Together they left the tent. At the door I'okofr could not resist the temptation to turn and tling a parting taunt at Tarzan. "Sleep well, monsieur." he said, "and do not forget to pray well, for when you die tomorrow it will be in such agony that you will be unable to pray for blaspheming." No one had bothered to bring Tarzan either food er wjter since noon, and ctuisequ'T.tiy he suffered considerably from thirst. He wondered if it would be worth while b ask his guard for water, but. after making two or throe rem: est. s without receiving any re sjcuise. he de.-ided that it would not. Far up in the mountains he heard a lion roar. How much safer one was. he soiiioq-iized. in the haunts of wild beasls than in the haunts uf men. Never in all his jungle life, had he beet more relet r.lessl.v tracked down than in the past lew months of his ex terience among civilized men. Never had he been any nearer death. Again the lion roared. It sounded , little nearer. Tarzan felt the old. wild impulse to reply w ith the challenge or his k'i-d. His kindV lie had a1 most 4 A H Mia r forgotten that ho w:: a man and mt an cpo. lie tug;red -it his !.,e:d. God. if h i-oeM. nit get t'n-ni cor those stno.g teeth of i)i: He ft-:: a wild wave of madhc- s sc. his efforts to reg..ia with failure. Numa was roaring ; ov.-r him ?s as liberty met almost eontiir.i- ally now. It was quite e'.i.!"rt that he was coming down into the desert to hunt. It was the ro.:r of a hungry lion. Tarzan envied him. for lie w-is free. No one would tie h'oi with ropes and slaughter hiia like a sheep. It was that which galled the ape-man. lie did not fear to die-, no it was the humiliation of defeat before death, without even a chuuee to buttle for his life. It must be near rniJnight, thought Tarzan. He had several hours to live, l'os-ibly he would yet find a way to take IZ ikoli with hhn on the long jour ney. He ceuld hear the savage lord of the desert quite close by now. I'os sihly he sought his meat from among the penned animals within the douar. For a long time silence reigned, then Tarzan's trained ears caught the sound e? a stealthily moving body. It came from the side of the tint nearest the mountains the back. Nearer and n.-arer it came", lie waited. Jistening intently, for it to puss. For a time there wrs silence without, such a ter libh: silence that Tarzan was surprised that he did h"t hear the breathing of the animal lie feit sure must be crouch ing clo.-e to the back wail of his tent. There! It i moving again. Closer it creeps. Tarzan turns his head in the direction of the sound. Tlx inside of the tent is black as ink. Slowly the bach: rises from the ground, forced un by the head and shoulders of a body that looks all black in the blackness. Iley.'-hd is :i faint glimpse of the dimly moonlighted desert. A grim smile plays about Tarzan's lips. At least Kok- fi will be cheated. How m -d lie will be And death will be more merciful than la cu:id have hop, d for r't the hands of the Kussian. Now the bail; of the tort drops into place ami ail is darkness again what ever it is is inside the tei.t with him. II hears it creeping close to him 1 w it is beside him. He closes his cyi s anl waits for 1 lie mighty paw. Upon his upturned face falls ti e gentle touch of a soft hand groping in the dark, and then a girl's voi -e in a scarcely audi- Ye whi proMoiiiy-es name. " i'es. it is I.' he whispers i?i reply. "Ihit in the name of hcacn who are you'" "The Onled-Nail of Sifd A!ss;f," came the answer. While she s poire Tarzau could feel her working about his bonds. Occasionally the cold steel of a knife touched his f.csh. A moment later he was free. "Come:" she whispered. On hands and knees he followed her out of the tent by the way she had come. She continued crawling thus flat to the groimd until she reached a little patch of shrub. There she halt ed until he trained her side. For a mo ment he looked at her before he spoke. "I cannot understand." he said at last. "Why are yon hero? How did you know that I was a prisoner in that tent? How does it happen that it is you who have saved me?" She smile-el. "I have come a long way tonight." she said, "and we have a long way to go before we shall be out of danger. Come: I shall tell you all about it as we go." tTo He Continued.) AFTER MISSOURI PACIFIC House to Inquire Into Its Default cn Subsidy Bends. Washington, July S. The house passt d the resolution of Congressman Ik; r ton cf N bra.sk a requiring the secretary of the treasury to send to the house important ;::! . rm.it ion now in th ? file s of the treasury dermrtment com ' rr.ing government bonds of the i lL- souri Fa' ISc railroad covering the o miles of railroi-.! cxbnling from Aichii.cn to Wati-rville. Kan. Tlie said bondj were L.- i:ol by the povernr.-!. i;t when that lire was owncl by the central branch f.f the Union IV.cihc hefoi e taken over by the Mis souri Pacific. In explaining (his resolution of in quiry Mr. Hancu said that tin Mi.---touri I'acific has issued bond? to the government in the sum of $1.".o'V'oO, that the accrued interest in ail makes; that ainonat r.o.v nearly ?.v,'',i'oO, that the road rccr has paid any part, cf the rrin'ipal or interest, being the only road in th United States that i.as not ma'le pood on its subsidy bond. Votes to Exte'-d Trcllcy Franchise. Kansas Ci.y, Ju'y S. Kansas City voted to extcml tiie franchisr of the Mctropi Street Railroad company nineteen years. The fran -hise carried by about 7,' co ot .. Under its: terms fare of ' cer.ts will Le chai-red. WIovq Your Goods by rSotcr Van We can move ytmr housfhold goodj by motor van from one town ;o arottn-r (within lo-) iniko) che?ptr and quicker than the rail rcad. can da it. io you intend moing? Let us c.u 'f you prices and 1 1 II you Low ejuicirly it caa he done. Write cr phone. Corsica Fireprscf WcreteeSLVan Cc. 219 f.'srth 1Uh t. OMAHA, f!E3. DISTRICT ATTORfiEYSMITI? Seeking to Solve the Baffling Murder Mystery That Arouses Country. jr 1 - , ' i. ; -. . - 5 ir -rS x .-- t ..r-. "; - ' ' ' Photo hy American Prs Arfociation. RAfrlSGM NOT PAID, ZAPATA SLAYS MAN Juan Veiaso Executed When Delivery is De'ayel Vera Cruz, Mexico. July S. Fchiy in the payment of u ransom of 1oo,oi-j l.rso.s has resulted in, tin execution by Zapathitus of Juan Velasco. the manager of a cotton inanufactuiiri concern, who was tae-n i-risotn-r neai AtMxco. state of Ihiehia. .cconiiug tc Velusco's hrcther, wlio b ft 'era Ciuz to obtain his rele-rse, b-it returmd irom h's unsuccessful mission. Th-? prisoner was coriipoib d to s- iid to the officials of the company in I'ucida tlie demand for the ransom and VeT:.5fo's hi other started cit immeili at'dy to aid him. He proc eed' J aj far as Apizaco, near Fuehla. where he was pcing tj get in touch with the Zapatistas, when he was informed that the captive already had been killed. FUNSTON REPORTS FIGTHING Washington Interested In Reports of Mutipy cf Huerta Trocps. Washington. July S. The mutiny which has broken out among Mexican federal soldiers near American out posts at Vera Cruz was a suhjo, t of kern interest in American official quarters and several nus-ac-s on the sul;joct were received firm General F.niPton, who reported that fichtin; between the federals and mutineers was in progress. Fur.ston tep.orted the Mexican com. niauJer hrd inforr.i'-d liim f.f the 1 1 j -rising raid cf the threat of the muti neers to attack the American lin s. According to a personal message from Villa, received in Washington from Toircon, cii;Te rr-uccs between himself and Carranza are being satis fectoriiy adjusted. Four Federal Officers Executed. Nogak-s. Ai!7... July S. Four f. doral officers were captured during thy fighting near Guaymas and immedi ately executed, ai-coruing to reports reci. ived by Corstitui ier.alNt oifici.els. Thirtv four sobiicrs r.Isowcie taken. ILLINOIS MINERS IDLE Fcrt Thousand Are Out of Work, Says Secretary McDonald. Sprir tSi Id, lib, July S. A desperate condition in the coal mining iinlu tty in Illinois was depicted by liuncan Mc Donald. ? cc retary-tre asurf r of the Illi nois n.itie worhers, addrf-ssing th', state efficiency and economy comnrt tee at its me' ting at the state hous-. ccm-idering reorganization of the labor and mining agencies of Illinois. Forty thousand of the !)'v member.; of his orcior in the state hre out or be a u se of Work, .-aid Mr. McFcuald. lio ov-rdo'ng of the coal mining in diftry in Illinois. "Many of these miners are on the verge of starvation." said the speaker, "as we have not enough mcuey in our rcliof fund to supply thrm ail. Ih'cbt een mining companies faiio! I.-.sl y'-ar and probably more than ihat numbi-r will fail this year. Too many mines are ivir.g opened. Th-ro should a law here li'.c- that in Geimany, ro stricting the opening of new mines " Oricr.t Contractors Also Eankrupr. Knnsas City, July 7. 1he iflo ronstirf f'oa comp;.nies whi' h built iht Kanrns City, Mexico and OrieM 1.1'b way and which went in'o l-arkmpuy with the road, wte auctioned off on the steps of the federal building lw; for tents on Hie dollar. Iienjamin t. Hart.iou of New York City, repre senting the stockholders' comniitt -e, hou,bt all three companies for an ag-c-egaio. of SM.'i.uOo. No Public Funeral For Anarchists. Now York, July S. The public fu neral and demonstration planned for Saturday by anarchists and 0t.he.r3 in honor of throe men and the worran hilled by the bomb explosion of July ha- been" called off. It Is posslhlA thp 'victiros will bo cremnfed and tho tjaLllc funeral held over tte ashes. .'S- . . -i . - J