Show Q 11 Th I JJ w wll n Q f f Q fy V Edgar Rice Burroughs K THE TAE STORY Albert Werner a disgraced W of tio Congo Joins forces with net zet et Zek an Arab marauder Tho suggests that they can got Set even 1 Tarzan John Clayton Lord Grey- Grey for preventing their trading In b by hi his wife When I an starts for Opar to more moro moroto to ItO repair their fortune W trails I Zek Zok kidnaps Tarzan's wife and I. I his home Wh While While- II 0 Tarzan and ander per er are arc In tho the treasure vaults an quake fells fella them thorn and a t blow on the from the fall tall causes Tarzan to reto re- re 4 J to his primitive man ape-man Intent- Intent falls falIs Into the hands of oC ugh priestess of oC Opar Op whose epa pr-epa- ns to offer otter him as a sacrifice arc ara In- In by a no lion Hon Tarzan single ed kills the tho lion and La declares hor her herfor for him Tarzan 11 fights his way out outI oute outi i e temple following and ani out OUte I o e Jungle shows a handful of or jewels ewels of Opar he ho had found l s tho thu jewels jewel and makes males his way M o to Zek's camp Tar- Tar 8 II faithful black slips Into tho the Arab Jp p to rescue Lady Greystoke finds she sho 41 escaped and tries to follow her trail the tho Jungle When Zek sees I ii h the tho stolen gems Werner flees Meanne Mean- Mean lie Ue ne Tarzan misses the Jewels and foi- foi Werner's Werners trail Into Zek's camp and fagain Wandering aimlessly In tho the KlO Tarzan comes upon the ape men I recognize him as their old leader y r spy Lady Greystoke and a attempt emPt capture capture- her but aro driven off otC byi bYs by l i s who carry her back to Zek's camp wn Rn without t realizing that I LadY Lad dj stoke toke In Is his wife plans to follow and ana andi anale le i her Ho Is 18 unsuccessful In doing so 1 never rever falls In with a band of under Abdul and them to go to tho the burned and get Tarzan's burled gold i an follows them The They secure tho the but arc are attacked by Zek's followers I tin tho fight that follows Tarzan r Continued from yesterday y I I I II I fr one rona ne of ot the raiders there but was mar with the name and fame of ot tzan iian zan of ot the Apes un and l th the tho fact that tr br y had bad recognized the white giant as ns ferocious l enemy c cC Cf the wrongdoers the he Jungle added to their terror for jy fr had been assured that Tarzan f dead superstitious the they fully tully that the they had seen the US- US bodIed spirit of tho the dead man and pc tr 1 thc they cast fearful glances about us In Jn e. e expectation of the ghosts ghost's im ly return to the scene of the ruin y had inflicted upon him during air pir ir recent raid upon his home and trussed fearfully and in affrighted the probable nature of the thet t which the tho spirit would Woul in- in ct ct f upon them should he return to id d. d them in possession of his gold A AH As they conversed their terror grew tile from the concealment of the ids ds along the river below them a aall aall anil all nil band of naked black warriors Itched their every move From the beyond the river these black il had bad heard tho the noise of the cont con- con down to the t tand and creeping arlly warily iam am had tor forded ed it and advanced lugh Jugh the reeds until they were in to watch eve every move of or the a I Ja half halt hour the tho raiders awaited net Zek's Zok's return their fear tear of ot thE tho thor ther r r return of tho ghost of Tarzan undermining their loyalty lid d fear tear of their chief Finally one g if them voiced the desires of ot all tf the he announced that he intended r forth toward the forest Int InI in 1 t a of or Achmet Zek Instantly every overy f af Df them sprang to his mount l e 0 gold will be bo safe here cried tWo LWe have killed tho the Abyssinians I here are no others to carry it I M Let us ride in search of ot Ach- Ach ek I 4 fa f moment later amidst a a. cloud oJ lt t the raiders were ere galloping gallopIng- 5 across ss tho plain and o out t from of the tho reeds along along- the 4 a a. party of black warriors l Uthe tho golden ingots of ot Opar per had still sUIl been in advance of Att l t Zek when whon ho he reached the for for- tc ted Mt t. t the latter better mounted e tt 11 Lining upon him Riding Riding- with kless courage of desperation I glan gian urged his mount to greater n to within tho the narrow confines 14 1 4 wind winding InS InS' game Same trail that the thein i in 1 L 1 laB as following ite hundred yards within the tho forest ud tl ti n ll branch lay across the trail L i small thing thing- that a horse might ly liy take In his natural stride noticing its presence but butt 1 t s 's horse was Jaded his feet avy with weariness and as tho the between his front legs was unable to recover 1 A I land jand went vent down sprawling in j t I. I T r r going over his head rolled a as J s farther on scrambled 1 to his t ran back Seizing tho the reins ed to to o dra drag tho the beast to his histo histo to 1 tho animal would not or could t cJ and anti as the tho Belgian cursed tI ICk at him A Achmet Ahmet Zek ap- ap th n view If E the tha Belgian Belian ceased his ef- ef the the dying animal at 01 his cut s t oJ seizing his rifle rUle dropped be bete beb be- be te b horse and fired tired at tho on- on I rab let going low struck Achmet se in tho the breast breas bringing him Jd hundred yards from whore where 0 OnD y preparing to fire a second secondi dab ab i who had gone one down with f ot of gt t t. t was standing astride him of g- g the Belgians Belgian's strategic t I behind id his fallen tallen horse hone lost tro taking up a similar one dO id s own oVon L ro J jn j-jn re the tho two lay alternately alternate e ed te tet r j A and cursing one another I behind the Arab Tarzan at 0 vm m vj s es 3 approached to the edge of fD D 13 u 1 h Here he heard the occa- occa laStel 0 ta ts of the duell duelists ts and choos- choos h U for ter and swifter of ot the n pan pane anches to the tho uncertain a api reSt tion afforded by a 0 half half- It 1 pony pon took tool to the ed agg r EP cW bad but little ammunition hastily armed by Abdul 5 en rom om the tho body of ot one of the at Abyssinians who had 5 J i tIght fight l ht about the pile of InY in- in sir lr x bow liow ow ho realized that soon ho o sAd l' l Y f j 0 o used his hs last bullet ande and e mercy of the Arab Arab Arab-a a mercy I g gI gf h ii ho he was wag well acquainted I OB nB oth death and despoilment ure the Bel Belgian ian cast about p treB e of e escape and the only I j th r o rJ Appealed to him as contain contain- rune iLU l remote possibility of sue sue- ol 01 11 upon tho the chance chanco ot of bribing r 0 ar J k ri-al' ri t to had fired all alj but a n. single hen hen during a lull in tl the thee e eIS IS III c called aloud to his op- op op the e J I ed edi Zel Zek ck ho cried Allah alone alono II O 0 h i one of us may leavo leave his hist t where he lies upon this f tU it P pTa d j lO itt it tP P trail today if wo we IH keep CP up our foolish battle You wish the contents of ot tho pouch I T wear about my waist and I wish my Ufo life and my liberty oven even more than I do tho the Jewels Let us each then take tako that which ho most desires and go SO our separate ways In peace I will lay the pouch upon tho carcass of m my horse where you may see seo it it and you In iii turn will lay your gun Sun upon your horse with butt toward me Then rhen I will go so awa away leaving tho pouch to you and you will let me mo go o In safety I want ant only m my life and my freedom Tho The Arab thought in silence for a moment Then ho spoke Ills reI reply I was influenced b by tho the fact tact that ho he had expended his last shot Go your our wa way then ho growled leaving vInS' vInS the pouch in plain sight be behind behind behind be- be hind you ou See I la lay my gun Sun thus I with tho butt buR toward you Go Verper removed tho the pouch from about his waist Sorrowfully and af affectionately at- at he let his fingers press the hard outlines of tho the contents Ah It if he ho could but extract a a. little handful of the tho precious stones stones' But Achmet Zek was WIlS standing now his eagle eyes commanding commanding com corn manding a plain view of ot tho the Belgian and his every act e- e Regretfully r Verper laid the pouch its contents undisturbed upon the bod body of ot the horse rose and backed cd slowly slowly- down tho the trail until a turn hid him from the view of tho the watchful Arab E EVen then Achmet Zek did not advance advance ad ad- vance fearful tearful as ho was of somo such treachery as he himself might have I been guilty of under und like lIko circum- circum z J. J I I 1 t ii t- t I 1 L' L S I i t J I t 4 5 i I a J g F r 4 I 9 r stances nor were his suspicions groundless for tor the Belgian no sooner had he passed out of ot the range of or the Arabs Arab's vision halted behind tho the bolo bole of a tree and raising his rifle covered coy cov ered er-ed tho the spot where the others other's body must appear when he camo came forward to seize the tho treasure But Achmet Zek Zel was no fool to ex expose ox- ox pose poso himself to the tho blackened honor honorof of a thief and a murderer Taking his long gun with him he ho left the trail entering the rank and tangled vegetation tion which walled It It and crawling slowly forward on hands and knees h h I paralleled the trail trait but never for tor an Instant was his body exposed to the rifle of ot the hidden assassin Thus Achmet Zek Zele advanced until ho he had come opposite tho the dead horse of ot his enem enemy A short distance along the trail trait waited In growing Impatience Impatience tience and nervousness wondering wondering- why the Arab did not come to claim th the reward Presently he saw the muzzle of a rifle appear suddenly and mysteriously a a. few tew inches above e the pouch and be before be- be fore foro he could realize the cunning cunnin trick that th the Arab had played upon him the sight of ot the weapon was adroitly hooked hooke l Into the rawhide thong which formed the carrying carnin strap of oC th the pouch I and tho the latter was drawn quickly from his view Not for fOI an instant had the r i er exposed a square Inch of hi his hiM v- v id dared not fire h hi main main- ing shot unless sure of or I tui tul hit Chuckling to o e er eV Zek withdrew a r few w paces farther Into the jungle for tor v JP v-r v r i as positive that was w- w ting near by hy for tor a chance hance to pot him as aR though his eyes had p penetrated the to the figure figure figure fig fig- ure of ot tho the Belgian V did not dare advance anco his cupidity would not permit him to dopart dopart do- do part and fo so h ho he stood there his rifle ready in his hands his eyes watching the tho trail But there was wao another r who had seen the pouch and anti recognized It who did advance with Achmet Zek hovering ho above him as silent and as aR sure as death itself and as the tho Arab finding i 1 1 little spot less overgrown with bushes than he ho had yet encountered prepared to gloat his yes ryes upon the tho contents of tho the pouch Tarzan paused directly above him Wetting his thin lips with his ton tongue ue Achmet Zek loosened tho the tie strings which clo closed ed the mouth of tho the pouch and cupping one hand 1 forth a portion o of the tho contents Into his palm A single look ho took toole nt at the stones lying In his hand Ills eyes narrowed a curse broke from his lips and he ho hurled the small objects upon the ground round disdainfully Quickly ho he emptied emptied emptied emp emp- tied the tho balance of the contents until ho had scanned each separate stone and as he dumped them all upon the ground and stumped stamped upon them his rage raKe grew rew until the mm muscles of his face faco worked In fury and his fingers ers cl clenched until his nails bit Into hi his palms Above Tarzan watched In wonder wonder- ment lie Ho wanted to see what tho the Arab would do after the other had gone Jonc awa away leaving the pouch behind him and amid having satisfied his curiosity he would then have pounced upon Achmet Zek and tal taken en the pouch and hi his pretty prett pebbles away from him for did they not belong belon to Tarzan He lie saw tho the Arab now throw aWa away tho the empty pouch and grasping his long gun n b by the tho barrel sneak stealthily through h tho the jun lo beside tho the trail along which had gone gono CHAPTER XII and arid the Lion after his successful break breal for Cor liberty had fallen upon hard times His way had led him through h a country country coun coun- try with with which which he was unfamiliar a al l- l I rp r p I. 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W r- r J W ff E i L i ij 4 j z I Pausing beside the man the a ape e I gi bent over ver and examined his I belongings i j jun Jungle le c country in iii which he he- could find no water and but little food tood so that after actor several days das o of wandering ho he found himself so reduced In strength that he could barely drag himself along A few Cew stagnant pools at considerable distances apart saved him from death by thirst but his was a a. pitiable state when finally he stumbled by accident upon a lar large e river In a country where fruit was abundant and small game which he might hag bag by means of ot a combination of stealth cunning and a n crudo crude stick which ho he had fashioned fashioned fash fash- toned from a fallen limb Realizing that he still had a long march ahead of him before he could reach even the outskirts of tho the country wisely decided to re remain remain remain re- re main where he was until he had re recuperated recuperated re- re his strength and health A few tew days' days rest would accomplish wonders won won- ders s for him h ho he knew and ho could ill afford aCford to sacrifice his chances for fora or ora a safe return by setting forth handicapped handicapped handi handl- capped by weakness And so it was that he constructed a substantial thorn boma and rigged a thatched shelter within it It whore where he might sleep by nl night ht in security and from which he sallied forth by uy day to hunt the tho flesh Jesh which alone could re return return return re- re turn his ils giant their normal One day as he hunted a pair pall of ot savage eyes discovered him hin from tho the concealment of tho the branches of a I great tree tre beneath which the black I warrior passed Bloodshot wicked eyes they were were set in a fierce and hair hairy face They watched l make his I little litt-Io kill of a small rodent and the they followed him as he returned to his hut their owner moving quietly through the trees upon the trail trall of the tho negro The Tho creature was Chulk and he looked down upon the unconscious man more in curiosity than in hate The wearing of ot tho the Arab burnoose which Tarzan h had d dA dla A placed la e upon pol his Is pe person on h had in me toe mind minu or tile the anthropoid a a. desire for tor similar mimicry of or the The burnoose though had obstructed his movements and proved such a n. nuisance that the ape had long Ion since torn It from him and thrown It awa away Now however h he lie saw a I arrayed in less cumbersome apparel apparel- a a. loincloth a few tew copper ornaments I and a feather hea headdress ress These were moro more in Hue line with Chulk's ChuU's desires than thana a a. flowing robe which was constantly getting between ones one's legs and catchIng catching catch catch- Ing upon every limb and bush along I the tho leafy trail Chulk eyed tho pouch which suspended suspended suspended |