Show II h l JJ n I rw I fio BY l 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ed from yesterday yesterdayS w It mean to tc to LM life S-life life la In the hands ol oJ r renegade who esteemed thEt the t u unbeliever less highly than that thata thana a dog Verper loved life I i this is woman to him any- any hesitate murmured the J bU but weighing the chances of lied id and and my reBra re- re js s Bra a European I can gain adr ad- ad 11 r home and table You II other with you who could do he hc risk will be great I t mirell wel paid Achmet Zek Zel te of relief passed over the thet t Cace ce sald and Achmet d. d his lieutenant upon the You should be well paid shall Now let us sit toan to- to toI tod I d plan an how best the thin thins thing t i done and the two men a soft rug beneath the Achmet's once gorgeous together in low voices night I te when he arose and retired day spent in n jing his Belgian uniform re- re fr from it every vestige of evl- evl tat might indicate its military ry y yI I r From From a heterogeneous s colf col- col f loot Achmet Zek procured a almet amet met fill met and a European saddle lilt black slaves and follow- follow t porters and tent ii ake up a modest safari for a hunter II ead of this party er set setI I IL i camp camo CHAPTER II rhe 1 Priests of Opar Opa I P two o weeks later that JohI John Johr I Lord rd Greystoke riding in It tour ur of inspection of his vast vasi eState state estate glimpsed the head bead of a s fAmen crossing the plain that thai en his bungalow and the forand for- for and west in his borse horse and watched i party as it emerged from a s ag 7 g gK swale His keen eyes eye the he reflection of the sun upon thelmet t helmet of a mounted man J conviction that a wan wan- t hunter was seeking wan wan-I a he wheeled his mount forward to meet the erf ea later he was mounting I into the veranda of low alow and introducing M Jules J I to lost M. M r. r My head man had never teen in this part of the country who were to tol ac- ac cI c c- c I from the last village we knew even less of the country They finally deserted us two 0 ro I 1 am very fortunate indeed I stumbled so pro providentially K cot cot- cotI I do not know what I 1 ve done had I 1 not found you Undecided that and his remain several days or orey Jey ey were thoroughly rested 1 Ady ad Greystoke would furnish I them safely ly back Into with which head I familiar guise of a French gentleman I found little difficulty I l L l ing g his host and Ingratiating I i with both Tarzan and Jane Janet t but the longer he remained became he of an easy of his designs passed and was no nol l el fulfillment of his plan so Il Judge than upon t the e but then something gave him renewed hope upon an even greater whan ban hana a a womans woman's ransom i had ier-had arrived at the he bunga- bunga Ithe he weekly mail mall and Lord LordI I e had spent the afternoon In inY Y reading and answering lett let- let t tinner dinner r he seemed distraught the evening he excused Land Jand nd retired Lady Greystoke lg him very soon after er cr sitting upon the veranda jear ear eai their ther voices in earnest dis- dis M and nd having realized that of Ing ng of unusual moment was rose from his chair well in the shadow of or growing profusely about galoW made his silent way to a meath the window of the room h hiis is host and hostess slept and not without re almost J L. L the first words he over- over I Piled Bled him w l excitement Lady L dy 4 was VaS was speaking as hearing rays feared for the stability of pany j-pany pan she was saying hut but it credible that they should have 1 enormous a sum unless sum unless there has been some dishonest manip manip- That is what I 1 s suspect replied Tarzan but whatever the cause the fact remains that I have lost everything everything everything every every- thing and there is nothing for it but butto butto butto to return to Opar Olar and get more Oh John crier Lady Greystoke and Verper could feel the shudder through her voice is there no other way I cannot bear to think of you returning to that frightful city I would rather remain In poverty always than to have you risk the hideous dangers dangers dangers dan dan- gers of Opar You need have no fear replied Tarzan Tarzan Tarzan Tar Tar- zan laughing I 1 am pretty well able to take tale care of myself and were l I 1 not the who wh will accompany me will see that no harm befalls me They ran a away way from Opar once and left you to your fate Lady Greystoke reminded him They will wilt not do it again ho he an an- an They were very much ashamed of themselves and were coming com corn log ing back when I 1 met them But there ther must must be some other way Insisted Insisted- the tho woman There is no other way half so BO easy to obtain another fortune as to go to the treasure vaults of Opar and bring it Jt away he replied I r shall be very careful Jane and arid the chances are that the inhabitants of Opar will never know hat I have been there again and despoiled them of another portion of the treasure the very existence of which they are as ignorant of as they would be of it Its value The finality in his tone seemed to assure Lad Lady Greystoke that further argument was futile and so she sie abandoned the subject j Werner WernA remained for mr a I sh short t time me and then d-then then confident that he had overheard all aU that was necessary and fearing discovery returned to the veranda where he smoked numerous cigarettes In rapid succession before retiring The following morning at breakfast announced his intention of making an early departure and asked Tarzan's permission to hunt big game in the country on his way out permission Lord Greystoke readily granted The Belgian consumed two days in completing preparations but finally got away with his safari by a single guide which Lord Greystoke Greystoke Greystoke Grey Grey- stoke had loaned him The party had hadI made but a single short march when I simulated Illness and an- an announced his Int intention of remaining where he was until he had fully re re- re covered As they had gone but a short distance from Greystoke bungalow I dismissed the guide telling the warrior that he would send for him when he was able to proceed The gone the Belgian summoned summoned summoned sum sum- one of Achmet Zek's trusted blacks to his tent and dispatched him to watch for the departure of Tarzan returning Immediately to advise per of f the event and the direction taken by the Englishman The Belgian did not have long to wait for the following day his emissary emissary emissary emis emis- sary returned with word that T Tarzan and a party of fifty warriors had set out toward the southeast early In the morning called his head man to him after writing a long letter to Achmet I Zek This letter he handed to the head man Send a runner at once to Achmet Zek ek with this he Instructed the head man Remain here In camp awaiting further instructions from froni him or from me e. e If It any come from the bungalow of f the Englishman tell them that I 1 am very ill HI within my tent and can see no o one Now give me six porters and six askari the askari-the the strongest and bravest of f the sat safari safari and and rl-and and I 1 will march atter after the he Englishman and discover where Ills his is gold old Is hidden And so so- it was that as Tarzan I tripped stripped d to loin cloth and armed after the he primitive fashion he best loved ledis led Ms his is loyal toward the dead city I jf of Opar verper the renegade haunted i i ius I his liis us trail the long hot days davs and close behind him by night I At the edge of the desolate valley vaney overlooking the golden domes and minarets of Opar Tl Tarzan halted By tIght night he would go alone to the treasure treasure treas treas- ure ire vault reconnoitering for he had determined that caution should markis mark his is every move upon this expedition With the coming of night he set Ret forth arid and d who had scaled the cliffs rifts alone behind the mans ape s sparty party a and hidden through the day among amonI the rough boulders of pf the mountain moun moun- Lain tain tops slunk stealthily after him The strewn boulder-strewn plain between the valleys valley's ed edge e and the ml mighty granite kopje outside the city's walls where lay the entrance to the passageway leading to the treasure vault pave gave aYe the Belgian ample cover as he followed I Tarzan toward Opar Opal He sa giant man ape-man swing himself nimbly up the face of the great rock ck clawing fearfully durIng during dur dur- ing ng the p perilous ascent scent sweating in terror error almost palsied by fear but spurred purred on on onby by avarice followed upward up up- ward yard until at last Jast he stood upon the sum summit lit lt of the rocky hill bill I To ToBe Be Continued Tomorrow I |