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MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE 6. Copyrisht. 1913, by PROLOGUE. Readers of "Tarzan of the Apes" there were millions of them have been awaiting with eagerness "The Return of Tar tan." They need no introduc tion to the ape-man, who was an English lord by ancestry and an inhabitant of the treeiops by fate until the same fate brought him out and made him 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 in its originality. I'Jow we have "The Return of Tarzan," as thrilling as its fore runner. In it are told the fur ther adventures of the splendid cpc-m.cn, who at last wins his way to the side of his true love after facing countless perils by land and sea. Whoever read "Tarzan of the Apes" needs no invitation to peruse this story. Others are warned that after they read this sequel to "Tarzan of the Apes" they won't be satisfied until they have read that story also. CHAPTER XXV. The Fifty Frightful Men. ' L'NDIiEDS of times before had Tarzan bet-u to this secluded sixjt. which was so densely surrounded by thorn bushes .Hid tnszled vine? and creepers of huge girth that not even Snbor. the tizer, i-utilil worm bis sinnous way within, nor Tur.tor. with his giant strength, force the barriers which protected the council chamber of the great apes from all but the harmless denizens of the savage jun?le. Fifty trips Tarzan made before he had deposited all the insets within the precincts of the amphitheater. Then from the hollow of an ancient, ligbt riiig blasted tree he produced the very upside with which the had uncovered tho chest of Fmfessor Archimedes Q. Forter. which he had once, apelike, buried in this selfsame spot. With this be ilu' a long trench, into which he laid the fortune that his blacks had carried from the forgotten treasure vaults of the city of Opar. That iu'ght be slept within the am phitheater, an 1 early the next morning set out to revisit his cabin before re turning to his YVaziri. Finding things rs he had left them, he went forth into the jungle to hunt, intending to bring bis prey to the cabin where he might feast in comfort, spending the night i:pon a comfortable couch. For Ove miles toward the south he roamed, toward the banks of a fair sized river that Cowed into the sea r.bout six m'les from his cabin. He had pone inland about half a mile, when there came suddenly to his trained nos trils the one scent that sets the whole savage jungle aquiver Tarzan smelled man. The wind was blowing off the ocean, so Tarzan knew that the authors of l be scent were west of him. Mixed with the man scent was the scent of Nunni. Man and lion! "I had better hasten." thought the ape-man. for he baV reegnized the scent of whites. "Numa may be a-hunting." When he came through, the trees to the edge of the jungle be saw a wo man kneeling in prayer, and before her stood a wi! 1. primitive looking white man, bis face buried in bis arms. Be hind the man a mangy lion was ad vancing slowly toward this easy prey. The man's face was averted; the wo man's bowed in prayer. lie could not tee the featuies of either. Already Numa was about to spring. There was uot a second to spare. Tar zan could not even unsling bis bow ami fit an arrow In time to send one of bis deadly poisoned shafts into the yel Jjw bidL He was too far away to roach l!e beast in time with bis knife. There was but a single hope a lone alternative. And with the quickness if ihought the ape-man acted. A brawny arm flew back for the briefest fraction of an instant a huge spear poised above the giant's shoulder and then the mighty arm shot out. su-.l swift death tore through the In tervening leaves, to bury itself in the beart of the lespiug lion. Without a sound be rolled over at the very feet of bis intended victims dead. For a moment neither the man nor the woman moved. Then the latter opened ber eyes to look with wonder upon the dead beast behind ber companion- As that beautiful bead went vn Tar7.anofjtbArgs gave a gasp of n W. C Chapon structed a rude shelter iu tne urancnes of a tree. high enough from the ground to insure safety, from the larger beasts r "Land, Jans!" he almost shouted. "Thank God, land." incredulous- astoafshirient. Was- he mad? It could not be the woman he loved! But. Indeed, it was none other. And the woman rose and the man took her in his arms to kiss ber. and of a sudden the ape-man saw red through a bloody mist of murder, and the old scar upon his forehead burned scarlet against bis brown bide. There was a terrible expression upon his savage face as he fitted a poisoned shaft to his bow. An ngly light gleam ed in those gray eyes as he sighted full at the back of the unsuspecting man beneath him. For an instant he glanced alon? the polished shaft, drawing the bowstring far back, that the arrow might pierce through the heart for which it was aimed. But he did not release the fatal mes senger. Slowly the point of the arrow drooped, the scar upon the brown fore head faded, the bowstring relaxed and Tarzan f the Apes with bowed head turned sadly into the jungle toward the village of the WazirL For several long minutes Jane Forter and William Cecil Clayton stood silent ly looking at the dead body of the brat whose prey they had so narrowly escaped Incoming. The girl was tin; first io speak again after her outbreak of impulsive avowal. "Who could it have been?" she whis pered. "God knows!" was the man's only reply. "If it is a friend, why does be not show himself '"" continued Jane. "Wouldn't it le well to call out to him and at least thank him?" Mechanically Clayton did her bid ding, but there was no response. Jane Forter shuddered. "The mys terious jnnj-le!" she murmured. "The terrible jungle! It renders even the manifestations of friendship terrify ing." "We had brst return to the shelter." said Clayton. "You will be at least a little safer there. I am no protection whatever." be added bitterly. "Do not say that. William." she has tened to urge, acutely sorry for the wound ber words had caused. "You have done the best you could. You have leeii noble and self sacrificing and brave. It is no fault of yours that you are riot a superman. There is only one other man I have ever known who could have done more than you. My words were 111 chosen in the excite ment of the reaction. I do not wish to wound you. All that I wish ia that we may both understand once and for all that I can never marry you that such a marriage would be wicked." "I think I understand." he replied "Let us not speak of it again at least until we are back in civilization." The next day Tbnran was wors. Almost constantly he was In a state of delirium. Tbey could do nothing to re lieve him. nor was Clayton overanx ious to attempt anything. On the girl's account be feared the IJussian in the bottom of his heart he hoped the man would die. The thought that some thing might befall him that would leave her entirely at the mercy of this beast caused him greater anxiety than the probability that almost certain death awaited her should she be left entirely alone upon the outskirts of the crnel forest The Englishman had extracted the heavy spear from the bodyof the l'onj so" tha PuTTenTi e"wel7f 1 ui o the forest to hunt that morning he had a feeling of much greater security than at any time since they had been cast upon the sav age shore. The result was that be pen etrated farther from the shelter than ever before. To escape ns far as possible from the mad ravines of the fever stricken Rus sian, Jane Forter bad descended from tm A Paw Covered Her Mouth to Stifle Her S;reams. the shelter to the foot of the tree she dared not venture farther. Here, be side the crude ladder Clayton had con structed for her, she sat looking oct to sea iu the always surviving hope that a vessel might be sighted. Iler back was toward the Jungle, and so she did not see the grasses part or the savage face that peered from be tween. Little, bloodshot, close set eyes scanned hor intently, roving from time to time about the open beach for Indi cations of the presence of others. Frescntly another bead appeared and then another and another. The man In the shelter commenced to rave agnln, and the bends disappeared ns silently and as suddenly as they had come. Cut soon they were thrust forth once more as the girl gave no sign of per turbation at the continued vrallmg of the man above. One by one grotesque forms emerged from the Jungle to creep stealthily upon the unsuspecting woman. A faint rustling of the grasses attracted her at tention. She turned and at the sight that confronted her staggered to her feet, with a little shriek of fear. Then they closed upon her with a rush. Lift ing her bodily In his long, gorllla-like arms, one of the creatures turned and bore ber into the Jungle. A filthy paw covered her mouth to stlCe her screams. Added to the weeks of torture she had already undergone the shock was more than she could withstand. Shattered nerves collapsed, and she lost con sciousness. When she regained her senses she found herself in the thick of the prime val forest. It was nfeht. A huge fire burned brightly in the little clearing in which she lay. About It squatted fifty frightful men. Their heads and faces were covered with matted hair. Their long arms rested upon the bent knees of their short, crooked less. They were gnawing like beasts upon unclean fo6d. A pot boiled upon the edge cf the fire, and out of it ore of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick. When they discovered that their cap tive Imd regained consciousness a piece of this repulsive stew was tossed to her from the foul band of a nearby feaster. It rolled close to ber side, but she only closed ber eyes as a qualm of nausea surged through her. For many days they traveled through the dense forest The girl, footsore and exhausted, was half dragged, half pushed through the long, hot, tedious days. Occasionally, when she would stumble and fall, she was cuffed and kicked by the nearest of the frightful men. Long before they reached their journey's end her shoes had been dis cardedthe soles entirely gone. Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tatters, and through the pitiful rags Ler once white and tender skin showed raw and bleeding from contact with the thousand pitiless thorns and brambles through which she had been dragged. The last two days of the journey found her In such utter exhaustion that no amount of kicking and abuse could force her to her poor, bleeding feet Outraged nature had reached the limit of endurance, and the girl wa3 physi cally powerless to raise herself even to her knees. t As the beasts surrounded her, chat tering threateningly the "while they goaded her with their cudgels and beat and kicked her with their fists and feet, she lay with closed eyes praying for the merciful death that she knew alone could give ber surcease from suf fering. But it did uot come, and pres ently the fifty frightful men realized that their victim was no longer able to walk, and so they picked her up and carried her the balance of the journey. Late one afternoon she saw the ruin ed walls of a mighty city looming be fore them, but so weak and sick was she that it Inspired not the faintest shadow of interest Wherever they were bearing ber there could be but one end to her captivity among these fierce half brutes. At last the; passed throoh two great K. V YJ.H walls and came to the ruinedTcity' within. Ibto a. crumbling pile Uiej box her. and here shewaisurrounJed by hundreds more of the same creatures that had brought her, but among them were female who looked leu horflbi. At sight of them the first faint hop that she had entertained came to miti gate br misery. But It was short lived, for the women offered her no sympathy, though, on the other hand, neither did they abate ber. After ehe had been inspected to th entire satisfaction of the Inmates of the building, she was borne to a dark chamber In the vaults beneath and here upon the bare floor she was left with a metal bowl of water and anoth er of food. For a week she saw only some of the women, whose duty It was to bring her food and water. Slo-wly her strength was returning soon she would be In fit condition to offer as a sacrifice to the Camlng god. FoTtunftte indeed It was that she could not know the fate for which she was destined. As Taxsan of the Apes moved slowly through the Jungle after casting the qear that saved Clayton and Jane Fnrter from the savnga fangs of Kama, his mind was filled with all the Borrow that lelongs to a freshly opened heart wound. lie was glad that he had stayed his hand In time to prevent the consumma tion of the thing that In the first mad wave of jealous wTSth he had contem plated. Only the fraction of a second had stood between Clayton and death at the hands of the ape-man. In the short moment that had elapsed after he had recognized the girl and her companion and the relaxing of the taut muscles that held the poisoned shaft directed at the Englishman's heart Tarzan had been swayed by the swift and savage Impulses of brute life. ITe had seen the woman be craved his woman his mote in the arms of another. There had been but one course open to him, according to the fierce jungle code that guided him in this other existence, but just before It had become too late the softer sentiment of his inherent chivalry had risen above the flaming fires of his passion and saved him. A thonsand times he gave thanks that they Lad triumphed before his fingers had released that polished arrow. As he contemplated his return to the Wnzlri the idea became repugnant lie did not wish to see n human being again. At least he "mould range alone through, the Jnngle for a time, until the sharp edge of his sorrow had become blunted. Like his fellow beasts he preferred to suffer In silence and alone. That night he slept again in the am phitheater of the apes, and for several days he hunted from there, returning at night On the afternoon of the third day he returned early. He had lain Itretched upon the soft grnss of the circular clearing for but a few mo ments when he heard far to the south a familiar sound. It was the passing of a band of great apes through the Jungle. He could ret mistake It For several minutes he lay listening. They were coming in the direction of the amphitheater. Tarzan arose lazily and stretched himself. His keen ears followed every movement of the advancing tribe. They were upwind, and presently he caught their scent though he had not needed this added evidence to assure him that ho was right As they entered the cleared space Tarzan of the Apes melted Into the branches upon the other side of the arena. There he waited to Inspect the newcomers. Nor had he long to wait. Fresently a fierce, hairy face appear ed among the lower branches opposite him. The cruel, little eyes toot in the clearing at a glance: then there was a chnttered report returned to these be hind. Tarzan could hear the words. The scout was telling the other mem bers of the tribe that the coast was clear and that they might enter the amphitheater in safety. First the leader dropped lightly upon the soft carpet of the grassy floor, and then, one by one, nearly a hundred an thropoids followed him. There were the huge adults and several young. A few nursing babe? citing close to the snappy necks of their savage mothers. Tarzan recognized many members of the tribe. It was the same into which he had come as a tiny babe. Many of the adults had been little apes during bis boyhood. He had frolicked and played about this very jungle with them during their brief childhood. lie wondered if they would remember him the memory of the ape is not overlocg. and two years is an eternity to them. From the talk which he overheard he learned that tbey had come to choose a new king their late chief had fallen a hundred feet beneath a broken limb to an untimely end. Tarzan walked to the end of an over hanging limb in plain view of them. The quick eyes of a female caught sight of him first With a barking gut teral she called the attention of the others. Several huge bulls stood erect to get a better view of the intruder. With bared fangs and bristling necks they advanced slowly toward him with deep throated, ominous growls. "Karnath, I am Tarzan of the Apes," said the ape-man in the vernacular of the tribe. "You remember me. To gether we teased Numa when we were still little apes, throwing sticks and nuts at him from the safety of high branches." The brute he had addressed stopped with a look of half comprehending, dull wonderment upon his savage face. "And Magor continued Tarzan. ad dressing another, "do you cot recall your former king he who slew the mighty Kerchak? Look at me! Am I not the same Tarzan mighty hunter. Invincible fighter that you ail knew for many seasons?" The aies"aircrowded forward now, but more in curiosity thnn threatening. They muttered among themBelres for a few moments. "What do yon want among us now?" asked Karnath. "Only peace." answered the ape-man. Again the apes conferred. At length Karnath spoke again. "Come in peace, then, Tarsn of the Apes." be said. And so Tarzan of the Apes dropped lightly to the turf into the midst of the fierce and hideous horde he had com pleted the cycle of evolution and bad returned to be once again a brute among brutes. (To Be Continued.) FAIR WARNING One That Should Be Heeded by Platt8mouth Residents. Frequently the first sitrn f kid ney trouble is a flight ache or pain in the loins. Neglect of this warning1 makes the way easy for more serious trouble drnpey, prravel, Bright's disease. 'Tis well to pay attention to the first sign. Weak kidneys generally grow weaker and delay is often danger ous. 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