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f I MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, PAGE 5. l?V T. I5A1 55 f? F!v T? T Me Lll Copyright. 1013, by . . PROLOGUE Readers of Tarzan cf the Apes" here were millions of them have been awaiting with emterness "The Return of Tar- , tan." They need no introduc Hon to the ape-man, who was an English lord by ancestry and an inhabitant of the treetops 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. 17 ow we have "The Return of Tarzan," as thrilling as its fore runner. In it are told the fur ther adventures of the splendid ape-man, 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 XXVII. How Tarzan Came Again to Opar. Ow Ion:: Jane I'orter Jay in k the darkness ,f the vault be- ner.t city or Uiar sue uiu not know. For a time she was d.-liri-:ui.-. with lever, but after this passed she commenced slowly to retrain her strength, livery day the woman who brought her food beckoned to Ler to nrise, Tut for nuu-y days the irl could lily shake her head to indicate that she was too weak. I'.ut eventually she was able to jrain her feet and th'-n to staler a few steps by supporti'i:; liciself with one Hope Left Her Entirely, and She Trem bled In an Agony of Fright. hand upon tLe wall. Her captors now watched I. or with increasing interest. The day was approaching, and the vic tim was gaining In strength. Presently the day came when she could walk, and a young woman whoru .lane I'orter had not seen before came with several ethers to her dungeon. Here some sort of ceremony was per formed. That it was of a reli?iou5 na ture the ;rirl was sure, and so she took new heart and rejoiced that she had fallen amoisp people upon whom the refining and softeuinsr influence of re ligion evidently had fallen. They would treat her humanely, of that she was nuw quite sure. And so. when they led her from her rtu usee a through long, dark corridors and u a flight of concrete steps to a brilliant courtyard, she went wlliijigly f-evea gladly for was she not among the servants cf God'; It might be, of ft'ise, that their interpretation of the f. ii I t-ine being differed from her own, Initrtb'at they owned a god was sutD-. cient evidence to her that they -were kind anil good. ';'' Butjwueu she saw a stone altar" in the center of the courtyard and dark brown stains upon itand' the nearby concrete of the Eoor.fe besnn to won der aii'd fo doubt. ?"iAnd as they stoop ed a ud bound her ankles nnd jsecured iffCmi ww W. G. Clip2aaa W1'sts licr licr doubts were turned to fear. A. moment l:Uer sis she was liftl,d .,a pa(.e,j :u ross the sdtars ti lmpe left her entirely. and she trembled in ;m :iny of fright. IrinK the roies-iue .hince of the votaries which followed she lay frozen hi horror, nor did she require the siht of the thin blade in the hand of the hih priestess as it rose slowly alove her . to enlighten her further as to her doom. As the hand began its descent Jane I'orter closed her eyes and sent up a silent prayer t the Maker she w:is so soon to lace. Then she siieeiimbed to the strain upon her tired nerves and swooned. Iay and ni.nht Tarzan f the Apes raced t'iivrjih the primeval forest to ward the ruined city in which he was positive the woman he loved lay either a prisoner or dead. In a day and a niirht he covered the same ditai: e that the tifly frightful men had taken the better part of a week to traverse, for. Tarzan of the Apes traveetl along the middie ter race high above the tangled obstacles that impede progress upon the ground. The story the voting bull aye had told made it clear to him that the girl captive had been Jane I'orter, for then was not another small, white "sbo" in all the jun-le. The -bulls" he had ree ognized from the ape's crude descrip tion as the grotesque parodies upon hu manity who inhabit the ruins of Opar. And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewit ness to ir. When they would lay her across that grim altar he could not guess, but that her dear, frail body would eventually find its way there he was confident. But finally. ,ift-r what seemed long ages to the impatient ape-man, he top pod the barrier cliffs that hemmed the desolate valley, and below him lay the grim and awful ruins of the now hide ous city of Opar. At a rapid trot he started across the dry and dusty, bowlder strewn ground toward the goal of his desires. Would he lie in time to rescue? lie hoped against hope. At least he could be revenged, and in his wrath it seem ed to him that he was equal to the task ;.f wipirg out the entire population of that terrible city. It was nearly noon when he reached the great bowlder at the top of which terminated the secret passage to the pits beneath the city. Like a cat he scaled the precipitous sides of thL frowning granite kopje. A moment later he was running through the darkness of the long, straight tun nel that let I to the treasure vault. Through this he passed, then on and on until at last he came to the well like shaft upon the opposite side of which lay the dungeon with the false wall. As he paused a moment upon the brink of the well a faint sound came to him through the opening above. Ilis 'piick ears caught and translated it. It was the dance of death that preceded i sacrifice, and the singsong ritual of he high priestess, lie could even rec ognize the girl's voice. Cjuld it be that the ceremony niark--d the very thing he had so hastened to prevent: A wave of horror swept over him. Was he. after all, to be just a moment too late? Like a frightened deer be leaped across the narrow chasm to the continuation of the pas sage beyond. At the false wall he tore like one possessed to demolish the bar rier that confronted him. With giant muscles he forced the opening, thrust ing Lis bead and shoulders through the first small hole he made and carrying the balance of the wall with him to clatter resoundingly upon the cement floor of the dungeon. With a single leap he cleared the length of the chamber and threw him self against the ancient door. Hut here he stopped. The mighty bars upon the other side were proof even against such muscles as his. It needed but a moment's effort to convince him of the futility of endeavoring to force that impregnable barrier. There was but one other way. and that led back through the long tunnels to the bowl dor a mile beyond the city's walls and then back across the open as lie had come to the city first with his Wazlri. He realized that to retrace his steps and enter the city from above ground would mean that he would be too late to save the girl if it were indeed she who lay iqion the sacrificial altar above him. Hut there seemed no other way. and so he turned and ran swiftly back into the passageway beyond the broken wall. At the well he heard again the njonotouous voice of the high priestess, and as he glanced aloft the opening, twenty feet above, seemed so near that he was tetupted to leap for it in a mad endeavor to reach the inner courtyard that lay so near. If he could but get one end of his grass rope caught upon some proTc tion at the top of that tantalizing aper ture! In the instant'a. pause and thought an idea occurred to him. He would attempt it. Turning back to the tumbled wall, he seized one of the largo, flat slabs that had composed it. Hastily making one end of his rope fast to the piece of granite, he return ed to the shaft, and. coiling the bal ance of the rope on the floor beside him, the ape-man took the heavy slab in both hands, and. swinging it several times to get the distance and the di rection fixed, he let the weight fly up at a slight angle, so that Instead of falling straight back into the shaft again it grazed the far edge, tumbling over into the court beyond. Tarzan dragged for a moment upon the slack end of the rope until he felt that the stone 'was lodged with fair secjrity at the shaft's top, then he swung cw.Tcr the black depths be neath. The moment his full weight came upon the rope he felt it slip from above. He waited there in awful suspense as it dropped in little jerks, inch by inch. The stone was being dragged up the outside of the mason ry surrounding the top of the shaft would it catch at the very edge or would his weight drag it over to fall upon him as be hurtled into the un known depths below? For a brief, sickening moment Tar zan felt the slipping of the rope to which he clnng and heard the scraping of the block of stone against the ma sonry above. Then, of a sudden, the rope was still the stone had caught at the very edge, (iingerly the ape-man clambered up the frail rope. moment his head was above the etfge of the shaft. The court was empty. The inhabi tants of Opar were viewing the sacri fice. Tarzan could hear the voice cf La from the nearby sacrificial court. The dance had ceased. It must be almost time for the knife to fall, but even as he thought these things he was running rapidly toward the sound of the high priestess voice. Fate guided him to the very door way of the great rootless chamber. I Set ween him aLd the altar was the long row of priests and priestesses await iug with their golden cups the spilling of the warm blood of their victim. Ij's hand was descending slowly to ward the bosom of the frail, quiet fig are that lay stretched upon the hard stone. Tarzan gave a gasp that was almost a sob as he recognized the fea tures of the girl he loved. And then the s ar upon his forehead turned to i naming band of scarlet, a red mist floated before his eyes, and with the awful roar of the bull ape gone mad he sprang like a huge lion into the midst of the votaries. Seizing a cudgel from the nearest priest, he laid about him like a verita ble demon as be forged bis rapid way toward the altar. The hand of La had paused at the first noise of inter ruption. When she saw who the au thor of it was she went white. She had never boon able to fathom the se cret of the strange white man's es cape from the dungeon in which she had locked him. She had not intend ed that he should ever leave Opar. for she had looked uion his giant frame and handsome face with the eyes of a woman and not those of a priestess. In her clever mind she had concoct ed a story of wonderful revelation from the lips of the flaming god him self, in which she had been ordered to receive this white stranger as a messenger from him to his people on earth. That would satisfy the people of Opar. she knew. The man would be satisfied, she felt quite sure, to re main and be her husband rather than to return to the sacrificial altar. Put when she had gone to explain her p';,n to him he had disappeared, though the door had been tight locked as she had left it. and now he had re turned materia lized from thin air and was killing her priests as though they had been sheep. For the moment she forgot her victim, and before she could gather her wits together again the huge white man was standing be fore her, the woman who had lain upon the altar in his arms. "One side. La!" he cried. "You sav ed me oueo, and so I -would not harm you. but do not interfere or attempt to follow, or I shad have to kill you also." As he spoke he stepped past her to ward the entrance to the subterranean vaults. "Who is she?" asked the high priest ess, pointing at the unconscious wo man. "She is mine," said Tarzau of the Apes. For a moment the girl of Opar stood wide eyed and staring. Then a look of hopeless misery suffused her eyes. Tears welled into them, and, with a little cry, she sank to the cold floor just as a swarta of frightful men dash ed past her to leap upon the ape-man. But Tarzan of the Apes was not there when they reached out to seize him. With a light bound he had dis appeared into the passage leading to the pits below, and when his pursuers came more cautiously after they found the chamber empty, but they laughed and jabbered to one another, for they knew that there was no exit from the pits other than the one through which he had entered. If he came out at all he must come this way. and they would wait ami watch for him above. And so Tarzan of the Apes, carrying the unconscious Jane Porter, came through the pits of Opar beneath the temple of the flaming god' without pursuit. Hut when the men of Opar had talked further about the matter they recalled to iniud that this very man had escaped once before Into the pits. and. though they had watched the entrance, he had not come forth, and yet tenia y he had come upon them from the outside. They would again send fifty meu out into the valley to find aud capture this desaerater of their temple. After Tarzan reached the shaft be yond the broken wall he felt so posi tive of the successful issue of his flight that he stopped to replace the tumbled stones, for he was not anxious that any of the inmates should discover this forgotten passage and through it ccme upon the treasure chamber. It was in his mind to return again to Opar and bear away a still greater fortune than he had already buried in the amphitheater of the apes. (To Be Continued.) Infection and Insect Bites Dangerous. Mosquitoes, flies and other in sects, which breed quickly in garbage pails, ponds of stagnant water, barns, musty places, etc., are carriers of disease. Every time - they bite you they inject poison ' into your system from which 'stnnV dread disease may re'ulti Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment. It is antiseptic and a few drops will neutralize the in fection caused by insect bites or rusty nails. Sloan's Liniment disinfects Cuts, Bruises and sores You cannot afford to be without it in your home. Money back if. tot satisfied. Only 23c at your druggist. VANDERBILT AND FINLEY. Americans Abroad Who v. Are Aiding All Tourists " Stranded on the Continent. m a: tit.??-, i. 4X t i "V V 4 v' Vi HI rhoto by American Press Association Cornelius Vanderbilt at top and John. II. Finley below. Summer Constipation Dangerous. Constipation in summer time is more dangerous than in the fall, winter or spring. The foot! you eat is often contaminated and is more likely to ferment in your stomach. Then you are apt to drink much cold water during the hot weather, thus injuring your stomach. Colic, Fever, Pto maine Poisoning and other ills are natural results. po-l)o-Lax will keep you well, as it increas es the Bile, the natural laxative, which rids the bowels of the con gested poisonous waste. Po-Do-Lax will make you feel belter. Pleasant and effective. Take a a dose tonight. 50c at your drug gist. Gurnie Thomas ami wife came down Saturday evening from Omaha, being called here by the illness of their uncle G. M. Pat tern, whose death is expected at any time. Cut the Weeds. Now is the proper lime for all farmers to mow the weeds along their farms. The law provides for a penalty for failure so to do between the i5th of July and the 15th of August. While the law has set the above date, now is the lime to mow' them, as the greatest good can.be accomplished at this time; I;vouhi advise all the farm ers along the highways of our dis trict' to get after them just, as soon as possible, while they can be cut inueh' easier. A. F. Seybert, Road Overseer Dist. No. 2. Evening Journal, 10c per week. I f . . ... ;M 1 37 v A v r 7.1 A wi HELP THE KIDNEYS Plattsmouth Readers Are Learn ing the Way. It's the liltle kidney ill The lame, weak m back arli in; The unnoticed urinary dis. orders That may lead to dropsy ami Bright's disease. When the kidneys are weak. Help them with lJoan's Kidney Pills, A remedy especially for weak kidneys. Juan's haw been i;ed in kid ney troubles for 50 years. Endorsed by :jo,000 people en dorsed by citizens of this locality. William Gilmeur, farmer, four miles south of Plattsmouth. says: '"One of my family had been suf fering intensely from lameness in the back. She got no relief until she began using iKian's Kidney Piils. They did more to relieve these troubles than anything else that had previous been taken." Price 5oc. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get lJoan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Gilmour recommends. Fosfer-Milbum Co., Props, Buf falo, N. Y. Mrs. J. M. Young 111. The many trieiids d Mrs. J. M. Yiing will be greatly grieved to learn that this lady is quite ill at her home in this city and that it lias become necesaiy to summon her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Godwin, from Omaha to assist in her care. Mrs. Young has been in poor health fop some time, but seem ed to be improving, but a few days auo suffered a relapse and has not been in the best condiliem since that t ime. Thanks to Patrons. I desire to lhank the many patrons for wheun I did threshing this season, it has always been my earnest, desire to give the wry best of satisfaction in my work, and I desire by this method to ex tend my sincere (hanks to all my friends and patrons for the work during the past season. Henry Thiorol f. .1. S. Hall eb'paiied ihis morning on the early Burlington train for Aiiselma, Neb., to look after the 'ale of some furnaces in that lo cality. Mrs. Hall accompanied him as far as Omaha on his journey. Make Your Wants Known Advertisements urult-r this lieadins five cents per line eali insertion. iix words will be counted as a line and no advertisement taken fur less tl:an ten cents. AUTO FOlt SALE iU 11. P. Yelie Touring Car, fully emiippoil, splendid condition. I'.ig bar gain. T. II. Pollock, Platts mouth. Tel. No. 215. ,S-i2-2!d-2lv FARMS FOlt SALE 0 acres im proved, one miles from Platts mouth; 80 acres improved, sown miles from Plattsmouth; liit miles from Pacific Junc tion; also one team of black horses, 7 years old; one cow ami calf and some implements. For particulars address the Plattsmouth Journal. X-lO;!vks-ukl Poll SALE - The Mrs. McVicker residence on North Sixth street, tor particulars call on Mrs. J. E. Leeslev. FOR SALE Native lumber., In quire of Mrs. Kate liiutner, (wo and a half miles northeast of M u r ray. 8 - i ( - 2 wk s - w k I y FARM FOR SALE 80-acre farm, well impreiwJ, 3 good wells and wind-mills, 3 miles ead. of L'niem. Address Win. Rakes, Union, Neb. HORSES For sale or trade. Frank Vail cry, Plat Isnmuth. 'Phone UUo J Wanted--Posilion as farm hand by the month or year around, or janitor work in the city. Ad dress Box 510, Plattsmouth, Neb. LOST Bel ween the Wm. Heil residence and John L'rish resi dence, a ladies' gold watch. In itials "A. B. G." in back of case. Fender please return lo (his office and receive reward. 8-14-tfd !me Rare Bargains: Separate Shirts and Drawers for men, each . . . A small lot of Children's Dresses to close at . . . A small lot of Children's Roumpers to close at, A few Gingham Skirts to close out at , Wo have the Bungalo Aprons to close at .... , A small lot of Misses' Hose to close at A small lot of Ladies Hose to close at We still have the $1.25 Princess Slips at An excellent line of Ribbon for girgles at .... . Some New Our new Dress Goods is in for Fall. We have never shown such an extensive line as this. Remember that every yard of our Dress Goods (that sells at 60c and over) is full shrunk. ,0ur new Fall Silks are also in. You never saw a better selection in Plattsmouth. The Ribbons that we show in our window are brand new. Zuckweiler & Lntz (4 Summer Coughs Aer Dangerous. Summer colds are dangerous. They indicate low vitality and often lead to serious Throat and Lung Troubles, including con sumption. Dr. Kintr's New Dis covery will relieve the eouph or cold promptly and prevent com plications. It is soothing and antiseptic and makes you feel better at once. Money back if not satisfied. 50c and i bottles at your druggist. ACRE TRACTS FOR SALE Sev eral small improved acre tracts adjoining Plattsmouth. T. H. Pollock. Tel. 215. S-17-2tw Tyewriter ribbons at the Jour nal office. Why Rent, and Work For Your Landlord? when the reality of ownership is open to you? Take stock of yourself as a renter. Are you any better off than you were five year? ago? Go West now, take a Mondell homestead in Wyoming or buy 160 acres of land in Western Nebraska or Eastern Colorado on easy terms, with finan cial aid, if you become a dairy farmer. See the West's heavy crojis of 1914. Note the success of dairy farmers, made certain with feed crops and the silo. Ask Western bankers how cream checks in their locality establish a farmer's credit Note what five years' industry has brought to the farmer adjoining the land offered you. Would you not give five years of your life if you could develop a dairy farm for your self and create an heritage for your family? Write me for Homestead folders or Deeded land matter and about personally condu ted excursions. I am in touch with the owners and jPttj with the Government. I am paid to locate you SB Your Best Vacation! TAKE IT THIS SUMMER no TO the beautiful While River Country, down in the Missouri Ozarks; a stream and mouutaiu para dise. Fine fishing. Long, lazy floats. Ideal camping sites. Every out-door pleasure. Good hotels and boarding houses. Reached directly, quickly by the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Call or write for our White River, Booklet. H. W. THORHASj Ag-ent. an i t 25c 50c 15c 50c 50c 10c 10c 9eSc 25c Arrivals! FOR SALE FINE CASS COUNTY FARM 1, V2 MILE OF MURRAY, NEB. Fine :j0uacre farm, could ;b'i diided in one iO0acre and kif iCiU-acre farm, all located one aiid one-half miles of Murray, splon-' did soil, fme improvements, houi-e, bain, graneries, etc. orchard of small fruit, springs and runniir-r water. I. foo rods of hog-tight wire fencing. This is one of the best farms in Cass county. I am advertising this farm in several Nebraska and Iowa papers and anyone interested should see me at once for I will find a buer soon. Price $150 per acre. T. H. POLLOCK, Plattsmouth, Neb. Tel: Office, 215; Res., 1. Blank books or all kinds at the Journal office. along the Burlington Kauroad. S. B. HOWARD, Ass't Immigation Agent, 1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. SB ZEZ ZS3SC
