Show gay T TA AK A A TH R ff Z A A TT FN FL I 1 L ilk amill I 1 I 1 r dy by BURROUGHS ta EDGAR RICE AND THE athor ro of tarzan of the apes J W E L S OF F 0 OPAR 1 P A A IR so n of tarn 1911 by A C mcclurr A C anin NUMA THE LION STRODE majestically INTO VIEW Synopsis Hiding in tho the jungle after it after fter killing its his captain in a it fit of brooding madness albert officer Is captured by achmet zek arab slave raider who spares his life and proposes to him a scheme to kidnap anne I 1 wife ife of 0 tarzan lord greystoke and sell her into slavery ac ceata loosing as jules julea Ie Fre coult french traveler worrier Is hospitably received by tho the ila iio learns his host Is in financial straits and Is planning an expedition to the treasure tre asuro vaults vaulta of opar to procure gold eold In fornis achmet zek of the opportunity to seize lady greystoke and prepares to follow tarzan to learn the secret of opar CHAPTER II 11 continued 2 the belgian did not havo have long to walt wait for the following day clay ills his eals sary returned with word that tarzan and a party of fifty warriors had set out toward the southeast early in tho the morning called his lend head man to him after writing a long letter to achmet zek tills this letter ho he handed to the head man send a runner ninner at once to achmet zek with this lie he instructed the hend head man illemann Ill emain here in camp awaiting further instructions from him or from tile nio it if tiny come from feord the bungalow of tile englishman tell them that I 1 nin air very ill within my tent and can see no one now give mo me six sit porters portera and six the strongest and bravest of the safari tind and I 1 will mar march chafter after tho the englishman and discover whom where ills his gold Is hidden and so it was that as tarzan stripped to the loin cloth and armed otter after the primitive fashion lie best loved led tits his loyal toward tile lie lead dead city of opar tho the renegade haunted ill ahli trail through tho the long hot days das and camped close behind him by night and as aa they marched achmet rode with tits his entire following southward toward tow ard the Orey greystoke stoke farm to of tho the apes tho the expedition was in tho the nature of ft a hollday outing ills civilization was at best but nn all outward veneer which lie ho glad ly peeled oft on with his uncomfortable r european clothes whenever tiny reasonable pretext presented itself it vas a won lonians womans ians lovo love which kc kept opt tar tan zan even to the semblance of civi civilize liza cioll n condition tor for which familiarity find bred contempt ile iio glinted tile lie shams and the hypocrisies of it and with tile tha clear vision of nn an unspoiled mind lie ho lind had penetrated to the rotten core coio of the heart of tho the tiling thing tho the cowardly greed for peace all and ease and the safeguarding of property prop city rights and so BO tarzan came bick back b ick to cintino e in the spirit of a n lover keeping a long deferred tryst after a period behind prison walls vails ills at marrow were more civilized than tic he they cooked their meat before they tile ate it and they shunned many articles of food ns as unclean that tarzan hod elton with gusto all hla his life and so in lui la Is tho the virus of hypocrisy that even the stalwart ape man hesitated to give rein to ills hla natural longings before them ile he ato ate burnt nest flesh when lie would lave preferred it raw and unspoiled and lie brought down ganio game with arrow or spear whon when ho would far rather lather have leaped upon it from froin and sunk ills his strong teeth in its jugular but at last the call of the ot of ill alio llio r savage mother that had suckled him to in infancy rose to nn an insistent deini demand and ho craved the hot blood of n fresh kill and lila his muscles yearned i earned to pit themselves against tile the savage jungle in the bottlo fric foe existence that had been his solo sole birthright for tho first twenty years of ills his life mod by these vague yet set all powerful urgings tho the nile ape mati mail lay awake one night in the little thom boma that protected tec teil in a way tits his party from the depredations of the great of the jungle A single worrier stood sleepy guard beside the fire aliat liat yel iel low eyes out of the darkness beyond the camp rondo imperative tho the moans and tile tho coughing of the big cats mingled with the myriad noises of tile lesser denizens of the jungle to fan fail tile tho flame in the breast brunst ot of this 1 anglish lord ile ho tossed upon his bell bed of grosses grasses sleepless for nn an hour and ami then lie ho rose noiseless as a wr wraith and while the back was turned vaulted the bonin wall in tile tho face of the flaming eyes swung silently into n great tree anil and was aas gone roc for a ehno in exuberance 0 of f animal spirit lie raced swiftly through the terrace milli swinging gIng perilously across wide spans fornili arnin ono one jung jungle giant to the next anti wen then ho clambered b ere d upward to the sw eyIng lesser boughs of the upper terrace where tho the moon sliwo full upon him and the air w ana as stirred by breezes and death lurked ready in ench each frail branch hero lie ho paused and raised tits his face aco to goro coro the moon with uplifted arm lie stood the cry of tile the bull ape quivering upon his bis lips yet ho he remained silent lest lie arouse ills hla faithful wa iva who were all too familiar with the hideous challenge of their master and ami then lie ho went on more slowly and with greater stealth andr and caution aution for now tarzan of tile the apes wan w na reeking a kill down to the ground lie ho came caino in tho utter blaC blackn eai of tho the close set boles and the overhanging venduro of oc tho the jungle lie ile stOOl stooped led front from time to thilo and put lila ills noso nose close to earth lie sought and found a widla tr mr trail anti at last tits his nostrils were rewarded regarded with tile tho scent of the ho fresh spoor of the leer tur tar zana mouth watered and a low growl escaped ills his patrician lips sloughed glied from him was tile last of artl facial casto caste once again ho he was the primeval hunter the he first mon man the highest caste typo type of the human auina n race up lindhe wind lio followed the elusive spoor with sense of perception so transcending that oi of ordinary man as to bo be inconceivable to us presently the body scent of the deer told tarzan that ills prey was close at hand it sent him into tho the trees again into the lower terrace where ho he could watch the ground below anti and catch with ears and noso nose the first intimation ti of actual contact with his quarry nor was it long before the ape man came upon barn bara standing alert at the edge of a moon bathed clearing noiselessly tarzan crept through the trees until lie was directly over tile the deer in tho the ape mans hand was the long hunting knife of his father ther and in ills heart the blood lust of the carnivore just for an instant lie he poised above the unsuspecting darn and then lie ho launched himself downward upon the sleek back the impact of ills his weight carried tile the deer to its knees und and before tile the animal could regain its feet tile the knife lind had found its heart As tarzan rose upon the lie body of its his kill to r scream cream forth his hideous 3 victory cry into the face of the moon the wind carried to his nostrils something thin which froze him to statuesque immobility and silence ills savage eyes blazed into tile the direction from which the wind had borne down tho the warning to him and a moment later tho grasses tit at one side of tho the clearing parted nud numa tile the lion strode majestically jestic ally into view ironi from the lio lips of the ape man broke a rumbling growl of warning arning numa answered ant lie he did not advance instead lie he stood waving his tall tail gently to and fro and presently tarzan squatted upon ills his kill and cut a generous portion from a hind quart quarter br kiima eyed him with growing resentment and rage as between mouth mouthfuls fuls the ape inn man n growled out tits ills savage warnings now this particular lion lind had never before come in contact wath tarzan of the apes and lie ho was enich mystified here was the appearance and the scent of a man thing and numa had tasted human flesh and IL learned arned that though not alie the most palatable it was certainly by far the easiest to secure yet there was that in the bestial growls of tile the strange creature which reminded hini him of formidable antagonists and gave him pause whilo while ills his hunger and the odor of the hot flesh of eara goaded him almost to mildness madness at last dumn 11 r vit numa tho lion strode majestically into view could stand it no longer ills tall shot suddenly erect and at the sonic same instant tile wary ape man inan knowing all too well what the he signal portended grasped ilio iho remainder of tho the doors deers hind quarter between his teeth and leaped into a nearly nearby tree as dumn charged him with all the speed end and a sufficient seni semblance blance of tile abight of nn an express train Tar retreat was no indication that lie ho felt fear jungle life la 14 ordered along different lines than ours anti and different standards proVI prevail III had tarzan been famished lie ho would doub doubtless tle have filoon tits his ground an and met the lions charge no ile had done the tiling thing before upon anoro than one occasion lust as in tile the past lio lie alloha himself but hoaas far from famished and in the lind quarter lie ha lind had carried oil off with him was more inore raw flesh than lie he could eat yet tt it was with no equanimity that he looked down upon numa rending the flesh of Tar kill the pre presumption sumi of this strange nunia must bo be punished t and forthwith tarzan set out to make life miserable for tho the big cat close by were many trees bearing large hard fruits and to one of these tile the ape matil swung the agility of a squirrel then commenced U t bombardment which brought forth earth carth shaking roars from numal numa it was vas impossible for tho the towny tawny cat to cit cat under that hall of missiles ho he could but roar and growl and dodge mid and eventually lie ho was driven away entirely from the carcass of bara tho the deer lie ile went roaring and resentful but in tho the very cry center of the clearing ills voice was suddenly hushed and tarzan saw the great head lower and flatten out the body crouch and the long tall quiver as the beast slunk cautiously toward tho the trees upon the OP opposite side bide immediately tarzan was he lifted his head and sniffed tho the slow jungle breeze what was it that had attracted numas attention and token him soft footed and silent away from the scene of ills his discomfiture just ns the lion disappeared among the trees beyond the clearing tarzan caught upon the down coming wind the explanation of his new interest the scent spoor of man was wafted wafred strongly to the sensitive nostrils caching tile tho remainder of the deers beeri hind quarter in the crotch of a tree tile the ape man moved through the trees the shadow of a wraith tho the savage cat and the savage roan man saw numas quarry almost simultaneously though both had known before it como come within the vision of their eyes that it was a black ronn all their sensitive nostrils lind had told them this much and Tar had told him that tha th scent spoor was that of a stranger sti anger old and n male for race and clr and 11 age g a each has haa its own distinctive scent it was on an old man that made lila ills way alone through the gloomy jungle a wrinkled dried up ii little atle old man hideously scarred and tattooed aftel strangely garbed with v lah tho the skin of a hyena about tits his shoulders and the th dried head mounted upon tits his gray pite pate p ite tarzan recognized the earmarks of the witch doctor and awaited numas charge with a feeling of pleasurable anticipation for the ape nian man had no love for witch doctors but in the instant that numa did charge the white man suddenly recalled that the lion ila had stolen his kill a few minutes before and that revenge lg 11 sweet tile iho first intimation tile the black man had that lie he was in danger was the crash of twigs as numa charged through the bushes into the game trail hall not lot twenty yards behind him then tic ho turned to seo see a lingo huge blade lion racing toward him and even ns as lie turned numa seized him at the fiame instant the innia dropped from an overhanging limb full upon tile tho lions back and us is lie ho alighted lie he plunged ills hla knife into the tawny side alde behind tho the left shoulder tangled the fingers of ills right hand in the long mano burled buried tits hla teeth in numas neck lind wound ills his powerful legs about the beasts torso with a roar of pain and rage numa reared up and fell backward upon the apo ape man but still tho the mighty man thing clung to ills his hold and repent repeatedly edly tho the long knife plunged deeply into ills his side over and over rolled numa the lion clawing and biting at tho the air roaring and growling horribly in savage attempt to reach tho the thing upon its back more alore than once was tarzan almost brushed from aiom ills hold lie ile was battered and bruised and covered with blood from numa nod dirt ilar from the trail yot yet not for an in ettina did lie he lessen the ferocity of hlo 1110 mad attack nor ills alg grim hold upon tho the back of ills his antagonist where ho he had fallen beneath tho the spring of tho the lion tho the witch doctor lay iny torn and bleeding unable to drag blin himself self away and watched the terrific battlo battle between these two lords of tho the jungle uia ills sunken eyes glIt glittered terea and his wrinkled lips moved over toothless gums as he mumbled weird incantations to the demons of his cult F for 0 r a time lie he felt no doubt as to the outcome tho the strange white man must certainly succumb to terrible numa whoever heard of a lone ronn man armed only with a knife slaying so 90 mighty n beasil yet presently tho old black mans man 2 eyes went wider and lie hu commenced to 0 have ills doubts and misgivings what alint wonderful sort of cren arenture ture was this that battled with numa and reid held his own despite desetto the mighty muscles of tho the king of beasts then slowly there dawned in thop sunken eyes i gleaming so brightly from tho the scarred and wrinkled face the light ot of a dawning recollection it was kas the picture of a little lithe white skinned youth swinging through the trees in company with a band of hure nam and tits ali old eyes blinked and a great fear camo into the super ious tear fear of one who ho believes in ghosts find spirits anti demons and callich tile the time alma once more when tho the witch doctor no louger longer doubted the outcome of tho the duel due yot ahli first judg was reversed icer bed tor for now nov lie ho knew that tho the jungle god would slay auma vuma and the old black was even more herrl fled of his own impending fato fate at tho the hands of the victor than lie he had been by the suro sure and sudden death which tho the triumphant lion would have meted out to him lie ile saw the lion weaken from loss of blood ile he saw BOW tile the mighty limbs tremble and stagger and at last he saw the beast sink down clown to rise no more ile he saw the forest god or demon rise from tho the vanquished foe fod and placing a foot upon tho the still quivering carcass raise lila face to the moon und and boy out a hideous cry that froze tile the ebbing blood in the veins of the witch doctor CHAPTER ill III prophecy and fulfillment then tarzan turned his attention to the alie mam ile ho had not slain numa to save the negro |