THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1914.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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