Show T Ti A R IR Z iA A N By BURROUGHS EDGAR RICE AND THE Auth Author Authar r of if Tarzan of the Apes JEWELS OF F OPAR Son of Tarzan 1915 1913 kT b J A A. C C. McClurr ClUff A Co Ca Ix r X I IZ CHAPTER XII XII Continued 11 11 But he did not flee alone As the frightened beast had pressed In upon Mm him had not been slow to note the quickly emptied saddle and aud the opportunity opportunity op op- it presented Scarcely had the lion dragged eJ the Arab from one f side than thrill the nel Belgian tan seizing the pommel pommel pom pom- nl mel 1 o of the saddle and the horses horse's mane leaped upon the horses horse's back from Irom the other A half hour later a n naked giant s swinging easily through the lower branches of the trees paused and with 1 raised d h head and dilating nostrils nostril's sniffed the morning air all The smell of blood fell strong trong upon ulOn his nose and mingled ld with it was the scent of Numa uma the lion llon The giant cocked his head hend upon one side and listen listened cd From a short hort distance up the trail ame tame the unmistakable noises of the he greedy ft feeding ing of a n lion Hon Tarzan approached approached ap ap- ap- ap the spot still keeping to the branches of the thEe trees He lie made no effort to conceal his approach and presently he Ill had evidence that Numa hoard beard hm hin from the ominous rumbling ng warning that broke bloke from flom a thicket beside beside the trail Halting upon a n low branch just above e the lion Tarzan looked down upon the grisly scene Could this unrecognizable un un- recognizable thing be the man he had bet n trailing fJ He lie scolded Numa m and I tried i to dr drive p the great IeH beast away a only angry fro rows vIs rewarded his efforts He lie lortI tore lort small I a II branches from a near-by near limb and hurled them at Ills ancient enemy Numa looked looke up with bared hared fangs grinning hideously but he did not rise from his his' i kill Ill Then Tarzan fitted an nn arrow to his bow and lra Ing the slim shaft far back let ih drive lve with all the force of the tough n wood woot that only he could bend As the arrow arlow sank deeply Into his side Numa uma leaped to his feet with a aronI ronI of mingled rage and pain He lIe leaped futilely at the grinning ape ape- man tore at fit the lie protruding ing end of the shaft and md then springing Into the trail troll paced back and forth beneath his tormentor A Again aln Tarzan loosed a n swift bolt holt This time tune the missile aimed with care lodged in the lions lion's spine spire That gr great nt creature halted in Its tracks an and l lurched awkwardly forward forward for for- ward upon its face paralyzed Tarzan dropped to the trail ran quickly to the beasts beast's side and dro drove his LIs spear deep into the fierce heart heart then after recovering his arrows turned his Ills attention to the mutilated remains of the animals animal's in the pre prey near near-by thicket ket The face was gone The Arab garments aroused no doubt as to the theman's theman's mans man's identity since he had trailed him into the Arab camp and out again where he might easily have acquired the apparel So sure was Tarzan that the bo body was that of he who had robbed him that he made no effort to verify his deductions by scent among the conglomerate odors of the great carnivore ore and the fresh blood of ot the victim He lIe confined his attentions to s a careful careful care care- ful search for the pouch but n nowhere where whereUpon upon or about the corpse was an any sign of the missing article or Its contents The man ape was disappointed pos disappoInted pos possibly sibly not so eo much because of the loss of of ot the colored pebbles as with Numa for robbing him of the pleasures of reI re re- re- re I Wondering what could have become of his possessions the man ape turned slowly back along the trail In the direction direction di dl from frow which he had come Taking Taking Tak Tak- ing Jog to the trees he moved directly south In search of prey that he might satisfy his hunger before midday and then lie up lip for the afternoon Scarcely had he quitted the trail when a tall black warrior moving at ata a 8 dogged trot passed toward the east It was searching for his mistress lie He continued along the trail halting to examine the body of ot the dead lion Hon The black looked furtively about him The body was still warm and from this fact he reasoned that the killer was close at hand yet no sign of living man maD appeared shook ghook his head and continued along the trail but with redoubled caution All day he traveled stopping occasionally occa occa- to call aloud the single word Lady in the hope that at la last t she might hear and respond but In the end his loyal devotion brought him to disaster t cr From EroID the northeast for several months Abdul In command of ofa a detachment of Abyssinian soldiers had hadeen been een assiduously searching for the Arab raider Achmet Zek who six months previously had affronted the majesty of Abdul M emperor by conducting a slave raid mid within the boundaries of Menelek's domain And now It happened that Abdul had halted for a short rest at noon noon upon this ibis very day and along the same trail that and Mu Mu- gambi gambl were following toward the east It wa was shortly after the soldiers had dismounted that the Belgian unaware nf of f their presence nce rode his tired tul mount almost Into their midst before he ill had discovered them Instantly he lie was wal 9 l. l mid and a 0 volley of questions at 11 tutu him ns as he was pulled from hi hl nor lyre and im 1 lod It'd 11 toward the rile presence I ol ul Hi tb d dor der r. r I Falling back upon his European nationality nationality na lIa- na- na assured Abdul that he was a Frenchman hunting In Africa and that lint he had been attacked by strangers his Ills safari killed or scattered and himself escaping escaping es es- es caping only by a n miracle From a n chance remark of oC the Abyssinian Abys Abys- sinian discovered ed the purpose of the expedition Lest he might again fall fail into the hands of the raider he lie discouraged discouraged dis dis- Abdul in the tile further prosecution of his pursuit assuring the theAh Ah Abyssinian that Achmet Zek commanded command command- ed d a J large and dangerous force and md also that he was marching rapidly toward to to- toward ward the south Con Convinced that tint It would take a n long longtime longtime longtime time to o erl overhaul ul the raider and that the chances of engagement made the outcome extremely questionable Mou Mou- rak none too unwillingly abandoned his plan and gave the thc necessary orders for his command to pitch camp where they were preparatory to to taking up the return march toward Abyssinia the following morning It was late In the afternoon that the attention of the camp was attracted toward the west by the sound of a 8 powerful voice calling a n single word ord repeated several times Lady Lidy Lady I l ILa lLady La Lady y True to their instincts of precaution a number of Abyssinians acting under orders s from Abdul advanced stealthily through the Jungle toward the author of the call A half halt hour later they returned dragging 1 among them The first jl t person the big blacks black's s 's eyes eyes eyes' fell upon as ns he was hustled into the presence presence presence pres pres- ence of the Abyssinian officer was M. M Jules the Frenchman who had been the guest of his master muster and whom he last had seen entering the village llInge of of Achmet Zek under circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances which pointed to his familiarity familiar famIliar- ity and friendship for the raiders Between the disasters that had befallen befallen befallen be be- fallen his master and his masters master's house and the Frenchman saw a sinister relationship which kept him from recalling to W attention attention attention atten atten- tion the Identity which the latter evidently evidently evi evi- evl- evl dently failed to recognize Pleading that he was but a harmless harmless harm harm- less hunter from a tribe farther south begged to be aU allowed owed to go upon his way but Abdul Moura admiring admiring admiring ad ad- miring the warriors warrior's splendid physique ique decided to take him back to Adis Abeba Abeba Abe- Abe ba and present him to Menelek had bad not the slightest doubt but that during the course of the Journey journey journey Jour jour- ney he would find ample opportunity to elude the vigilance of his guards and make good his escape Then there came a time when h he learned a very surprising thing by ac ac- The party had camped early carly In the afternoon of a sultry day upon the banks of a clear and beautiful stream The bottom of the river was grave gravelly there was no Indication of crocodile those menaces to promiscuous bathing In the rivers of certain portions of the dark continent and so the Abyssinians took colt advantage of the opportunity to perform long-deferred long and much needed needed needed need need- ed ablutions As who with had been given gl permission to enter the water removed remo his clothing the black noted the care with which he unfastened unfasten unfasten- ed something which circled his waist and which he took off oft with his shirt weeping seeping the latter ah a always s 's around and aud concealing the object of his suspicious solicitude It was this very carefulness which attracted the blacks black's attention to the thing arousing a natural curiosity Inthe in inthe inthe the warriors warrior's mind and ane so It chanced 77 1 a John Johni She Cried that when the Belgian In the nervousness nervousness nervous nervous- ness of fumbled the lure hidden hidden hid hid- den article and dropped dropper it It MIJ saw It as us It fell fen upon the ground Ing lug a n portion of its contents on till the sward Now l had hurl heen been to with his master lIe He not nol tin iii tin iii I sophisticated savage that hi Ills his rare aI l proclaimed him The Instant that the Jewels of or Opar rolled scintillating before beCore his astonished astonished aston aston- eyes he reco recognized them for what they were but he lie recognized recognizer something else too that Interested him fur far more deeply than the value of the stones A thousand times he hf had seen the leathern pouch which dangled dangled dangler dan dan- gler at nt his masters master's side when Tarzan of or the Apes had In Id a spirit of play and Uld adventure lId elected to return for a afew afew afew few hours to the primitive manners and customs of his boyhood and surrounded sur stir rounded by his naked warriors hunt the lion and the leopard the buffalo and the elephant after the manner he I loved best saw that had seen the pouch and antI the stones Hastily he gathered up the thc precious gems and aud r re returned returned re- re turned them to their container while l assuming an air of Indifference Indifference ference strolled down to the river for his bath The following morning Abdul Mou Mou- rak- rak was enraged and find chagrined to discover discover discover dis dis- cover that his huge black prisoner had escaped during the night while Ver Verper per pcr was terrified for the same reason until hl his trembling fingers discovered the pouch still in its place beneath his shirt and within it the hard outlines of Its contents CHAPTER XIII Tarzan Again Leads the Achmet Zek with two of his followers follow follow- ers had circled far to the south to Intercept intercept In in- the flight of ot his deserting lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant Others had spread out In various directions so that a n vast circle had hind been formed forme by them during the night and now they were beating in toward the center A slight noise in tn the Jungle upon the opposite side of the clearing brought Achmet Zek to Immediate and alert attention He gathered his rifle in readiness for instant use at the same time motioning his followers to silence and concealment Presently the lie foliage parted and a womans woman's face appeared glancing fearfully fearfully fear fear- fully from side to side A moment later evidently satisfied that no Immediate Immediate immediate Im Im- im- im mediate danger lurked before her she stepped out Into the clearing In fullview full fullview fullview view of the Arab Achmet Zek Zel caught his breath with witha a muttered exclamation of Incredulity and an Imprecation The woman was the prisoner he lie had thought safely guarded at nt his camp Apparently she was alone but Achmet Achmet Achmet Ach Ach- met Zek waited that he might make sure of It before seizing her Slowly Jane Clayton started across the clear clear- ing Though she was almost despairIng despair despair- Ing of ever reaching safety sh she still was determined to fight on on until death or success terminated her endeavors ors As the Arabs watched her from Crom the safety of their concealment and Achmet Achmet Achmet Ach- Ach met Zek noted with satisfaction that she was walking directly into his clutches another pair of eyes looked looke down upon the entire scene from the foliage of an adjacent nt tree Puzzled troubled eyes they were for foran all an their gray savage age glint for their owner was struggling with an Intangible Intangible intangible In In- tangible suggestion of the familiarity of the face and figure of the woman below him A sud sudden en crashing of the bushes at atthe atthe atthe the point from which Jane Clayton had emerged into the clearing brou brought ht her to a su sudden den stop and attracted the attention of the Arabs and the watcher In the tree to the same point The woman wheeled about to see what luit hut new danger menaced her from behind and as she did so a great anthropoid ape waddled Into view Behind Behind Be De- hind bind him come another and another but Lady Greystoke did not oot wait walt to learn how many more of the hideous creatures were so rinse Jose upon her trail With a smothered scream she rushed toward the opposite jungle and as she reached the bushes there Achmet Zek and his hits two henchmen rose up and seized her At the same Instant a naked brown giant dropped from th the branches of a tree at the right of the clearing Turning toward the astonished apes he gave voice to a short volley of ot low gutturals and without waiting to note the effect of hl his words upon them thew wheeled and charged for Cor the Arabs Achmet Zek was dragging Jane Clayton Clayton Clayton Clay Clay- ton toward his tethered horse His ills two men were hastily unfastening till nil three mounts The woman struggling to escape the Arab turned and saw the ape roan running toward her Iler A glad light of hope Illumined her face John I she cried Thank God that you have come In time timed I Behind Tarzan came the great grent apes wondering but obedient to his sum sum mon mons The Arabs saw that they would not have time to mount and make their escape before the beasts and the mini man were well upon them Achmet Zek Zel recognized recognized the latter as liS the redoubtable enemy ene ene- my nry of such as he ana nna ne le saw too In Inthe Inthe inthe the circumstances an opportunity to rid I himself of forever forc of the menace of or orthe the mans man's presence Calling on hi his men to follow his Ills example ex ex- ample he Iw rinsed raised his and leveled n U upon tin till din firing giant Ills followers fol fol- lowers net Ing with nn nil less IlS alacrity 1111 than limn himself lf frt I d almost 11 h I the lit ri part n nt lit the II I rides lilies II leos au of the Apes Ape and two tuo of ui I I his hairy henchmen pitched forward among the Jungle grasses I I IThe j The noise of the rifle shots brought I the balance of the apes to a n wondering pause and g advantage nd of their momentary distraction Achmet Zek I I and his followers roped to their horses borses backs s and galloped away with the now hopeless and stricken grief-stricken |