Show A A E M r RZ W ata tia THE rr MIE min ira W to 01 L OF OPAR M RICE ay if TA OF APES or TARZANA i ijac A aco 1918 1915 LA ILA LOVES YOU ALL OPAR SHALL OE BE YOURS I 1 Synopsis Hiding in the lie gungl after killing hla his captain in a tit of madness albert belgian officer Is captured by achmet zeu zek arab slave raider who spares hla his lire life and proposes to him a scheme to kidnap jane jana wife ot of tarzan lord Gray greystoke grayslake slake and sell bell her into sla slavery vety accepts posing as jules Pro coult french traveler la is hospitably received by the he learns life his host Is in financial straits and Is planning an expedition to the treasure trea sura vaults of opar to procure gold informs achmet zok zek of 0 the opportunity to seize lady greystoke and follows follow tarzan to learn the secret ot of opar seyit on tarzan seen seas him load hla his blacks with gold from tho the treasure chamber at 0 the sun worshipers A convulsion 0 of nature e causes the collapse ot of the vault imprisoning both men recovers lecove hom m the tha shock arid and leaves tarzan apparently dead seeking a way to safety to Is seized by priests of the naming flaming god a degenerate race ile ho Is about to be offered up as a flea when the ceremonies are interrupted by the appearance of a hunger maddened lion believing believes tarzan dead lite his black followers return home with the gold achmet zek zak acting on herpers pers information has attacked the greystoke Groy stoke home burned it 11 and car ried aled oft off lady greystoke ke Mu gambl Tar leftenant leu tenant Is severely sev erelt wounded but recovers and follows the raiders lord greystoke recovers consciousness but the accident van tas destroyed his memory and he ha Is again tarzan tartan of the apes fleeing from ilia scene of his misfortune he ha finds himself lu la the jewel room of opar ile he flits ills his pouch with the pretty pebbles lie ie reaches the sacrificial chamber lust just as the lion halts the sacrifice of by la I 1 ua CHAPTER VI continued 5 tile creatures lie he saw before him film ho be recognized for what they were trien men unit and women find and a huge lion tho the men mid find women were scuttling for the safety of 0 the exits the lion stood upon tho the body of ano one who had been less fortu fortunate tito than the others ho was in tile the center ot of the temple directly before tarzan a woman stood beside a block ot of stone upon the tha top of the stone lay stretched a n roan man and ns the lie ape man illan watched the scene lie he the lion glare terribly at tho the two who remained within the temple another thunderous roar broke from the savage throat thu the woman screamed and swooned across the tha body of the man stretched cheil prostrate upon the stone altor altar before her helpless liel pless upon tho the altar saw the groat great carnivore preparing to leap upon jilin him lie he saw the sudden change in the hie beasts expression as aa tits his eyes wandered to something beyond tho the altar find and out of the belgians ile he saw the formidable creature rise to a standing position A figure dart ed past ho saw it a mighty arm upraised and n stout spear shoot forward toward the lion to bury itself iti fit the broad chest by a quick side step tarzan eluded the first swinging clutch of the lions paws darting to the boasts beasts side he leaped upon the tawny back nis ills arms encircled the neck his fits teeth sank deep into the brutes flesh lJ hearing oaring leaping rolling and struggling the giant glant cat attempted to dislodge this savage enemy and all tile the while alle one great brown flat was driving a long h keen heen een blado blade repeatedly into the boasts beasts side bide during the battle la regained consciousness elous ness spellbound silo stood above aboe tier lier victim watching the spectacle at last Tar knife found the great heart and with a final spasmodic struggle ruggle bt thit the lion rolled over upon the marblo floor dead leaping to ills fits feet tile the conqueror placed a foot upon the carcass of ills his kill raised ills his face toward the heavens and gave voice to so hideous a n cry that both lit la and trembled us it reverberated through tho the temple then tile ape man turned and per recognized him film as the roan man lie jio lind had left for dead in the treasure room was astounded could this flits creature be the same dignified B ang n 91 lish nian who had find entertained him so graciously in tits his luxurious african home could this wild beast with blazing eyes and bloody countenance bo be nt at the ho same time a man could tile tho horrid victory cry lie ho hall but lust just hoard heard have throat lit lii was studying tile the roans mans features slowly tier her largo large eyes very wide site she exclaimed and then in tile the vernacular ot of the great apes which constant association with the had rendered the common language of the op arlana you have cono back to met mel la line has ignored the mandates of her religion waiting always waiting for tarzan tor for tier her tar aan she has taken no mate for in 1 n nil the world there was but one wl t h whom la would mate and now you have come bacal toll tell roe me 0 tor tar zan that lint it la Is for rue me you have returned listened to the unintelligible jargon jn reon lie ile looked from la to taman would th in latter understand ills strange tongue to the file belgians surprise to 19 englishman lishman answered in a language evidently identical to tiers hera no repeated muslin gly tarzan the name sounds familiar it Is your name you are taman cried la 1 I 1 nm nin tarzan tito the ape vinn shrugged well it Is a good name I 1 know no other so I 1 will keep it but I 1 do not know you I 1 did not conic come hather for you rhyd conic I 1 do not know nt at fill all ileather do I 1 know from whence I 1 conic came can you tell me la shook tier head 1 I never knew site she replied tarzan turned toward and aar put tho the same question to bilm but in the language of the great apes ape the belgian shook ills his head 1 I do not understand that language he it said bald in french without effort and apkor apparently e antly with out realizing that flint ho he made tile the change taman taiwan repented repeated his question in ii french rench suddenly came to a n full fuli realization of the magnitude of the injury of which tarzan was a victim the mail had lost his memory no hinger could lie recollect past events the belgian was wan upon the point ot of ell him when it suddenly denly oci him that eliat by keeping Tar zari 1 1 n in ignorance for a time at atlease least of 1 1 1 a true identity it might be possible to turn the ape mans misfortune to his bla own advantage 1 I cannot tell you from whence you came he sold sald but this I 1 can tell you MH if wo we do not got get out of this horrible place wo we shall both tie be slain upon this flits bloody the woman was wai about to plunge tier her knife into my heart when the lion interrupted tile the fiendish ritual comet let us ind find a way out of their damnable temple taman turned again toward la why liu lie asked aked would you have killed th this isman man are you li hungry tingry the high hig 11 0 r 1 e a te cr cried IC d out in it aln IS gust raised her slender arm and pointed toward tile sun BUU wo we were offering ingup up ills his soul ns as a gift 0 to o the flaming god alto said tarzan looked puzzled ho waa again nil an ape and apes donot understand such stich matters as souls and flaming do you wish to die lie ho asked the belgian assured him with tears earn in lil hla 9 ryes eyes that lie ho did not wish to die very well then you not said tagui Coli come lel I 1 wo we will go this she would kill you and keep me for herself it Is 1 no place anyway tor for a Man gaill I 1 should soon die shut up behind thes stone estone walls ile ho turned toward ln wo we are going now ho be said woman rushed seized the ape mans hands in hers berm do not leave me lite I 1 silo sho cried stay and you shall be high priest ln la loves you all opar shall bo be yours stay tarzan of the lie apes and let love reward you the ope ape man pushed the kneeling woman aside does docs not delaro you lie ho said old simply and stepping to herpers pors pers side lie ho cut tho the Del gions bonds nad motioned him to follow panting her face convulsed with rago rage la sprang to tier her feet stay you shall lill she screamed la will have you if site she cannot have you alive she will have you lend and raising her fier face to lie oun aun she gave voice to lie some same hideous tha lint t had heard once before and tarzan many times in ili answer to tier her cry a babel of voices broke froni froin the lie surrounding chambers and corridors conic come guill tilfen she cried the In infidels fidelm have tile the hollest of it alic holle bohea boniol strike terror error to their hearts defend ln LA and tier her pillar clean the templo with the blood of tile tho polluters polluter pol luters sill 1 tarzan understood thouc ch did not lint tile former glat ed cd ut lit the lie liel glau und saw hint lio lie was nit armed stepping auckly q to lna las ald side 0 tile iho ape inan seized tier her in its ills strong arms and though silo fought with oil nil tile the anad savagery of it 11 denion demon tie ho soon charmed tier her landing handing tier lier long sacrificial to you will need this ile ho said salil and thou then from each doorway A hordo of tile the monstrous little nien inen of opar streamed into tho the templo they were armed with bludgeons and knives and fortified in their courage by fanatical anto anti frenzy pcr was terrified burzon stood cycler the too in proud disdain slowly jie he toward tho the exit lie ho tind had ellosia to utilize in making tits his way arora tho the templo temple A burly priest barred tits his way behind the first war it of others tarzan swung ills heavy spear clu blike down upon tile the skull of tho the priest tito tho follow col d lite his liand crush tid again and again tho the weapon fell tie ns made his any slowly toward the lio doorway pressed close behind casting backward glances to word ward tho lie sh shrieking dancing inoa menacing their rear conr hed the flegal knife ready to strike whoever might conic como within its rench but none conic for a time lie ho wondered flint should so BO bravely battle with tho the glant nrc man yet heil tate to rush upon him who wits relatively so weak V oak burzon lind had reached tile doorway over tho the corpses of nil all that lind hod stood to dispute ills his way before guessed tit nt tho ilia reason for ills hla immunity tito priests feared the sacrificial knifel willingly would they vy ane aleath and welcome it it if It ettine while they defended their high priestess tier her altar hut but evidently thero here were deaths and deaths draths sonic somo strange superstition must surround Bur round ti tant lot vol pol fished blade flint no cared to clennee A death thrust from it yet kindly rushed to the slaughter of tho the niang finans hying flying spear once outside the temple choplo court communicated ilia his discovery to taman the ape nian mon grinned ad let go before him brat dIshing the jeweled and holy weapon liko leaves before a kale gale tile rians scattered in ili nil all directions und find tarzan ind tile belgian found it 11 clear through the ho corridors corridor sand and chambers ot of the ancient temple on the two went chance them hero toward the brond broad which lay between ilia stately lilies of 0 tile hio liale edifices edifice i and tile ho inner wall of the city great apes tit nt them und and menaced them but bilt tartan nn an them after their own kind giving buck back taunt for tor for lit ti suit challenge tor for challenge 1 n verper saw a i lantry bull swing down doii alfrom from a broken column and nd ad vance egged and bristling to wa word rd tile eked giant tho the yellow an fn fangs 1 gs were bored bared angry snarls and markings barkl nga rumbled threateningly through tile thick and hanging bringing lips the delghan watched ills his cot comann ion to life his horror honor he saw tile the man inan stoop until ilia his closed knuckles rested upon the ground ns as did those of tho the anthropoid lie ile faw min him circle stiff about the iho circling ape iio licord ard tile tho same bestial barnings bar kings tind anti grow lings issue front from the human throat that were coming coining from tho the mouth of the lie brute ind lilt hit eyes ces been closed lie he could not have known but that two to gannt apes were bridling for combat but thero there na no bottle battle it ended ns as the majority of such jungle encounters counters 9 end otle orte of tile ho tion boasters stem loses tits his nerve find be becomes colnes suddenly interested in a blowing bloing leaf ft a beetle or the he lice upon his halry hairy stomach in ili tills flits instance it ent tile tho anthro anthropoid flint ant retired in stiff dignity to inspect nn fill unhappy caterpillar which lie he presently devoured for it a moment all seemed inclined to pursue tile the argument no ile swaggered truculently stuck muck out ills liest i oared and advanced closer to ilia bull it was with that finally persuaded him to leave well enough alone and continue his way from tho the ancient city of tho the sun still worshipers tarzan had rio ho iden idea in so tar far as an could discover ns an to where lie ho was or chenco lio lie conic came ile iio wondered wandered aimlessly about searching scorching for food which ho he discovered beneath small email rocks or hiding ili ID the shade of tile the mcnut brush which dotted tie tho ground tito tho belgian liel glnn was horrified by tile tho hideous menu menti of tits ills compall companion on be neo lion rodents ond and caterpillars were devoured with seeming relish tarzan was ab indeed nn an opa ngali at dinst Eucce succeeded eded in fit lending leading hla his companion toward the file distant hills bills which mark the lie northwestern bout dary of tile lie vall valley y and together the two set out in the df direction of the bungalow that night they camped lit in the val apy beyond the hills bills find us its they pat mt before a little fire where cooked a wald pig that find fallen to 0 o ono one of tar zan arrows tho lilt latter sat lost in speculation tie ile seemed continually to be trying to grasp some mental image which no na constantly eluded him at NO last he opened the leather pouch which hung tit nt tits his side from it lie into the me palin of tits lil hand a quantity of glittering rema gems the ore alro light playing upon them conjured a multi multitude tudo of scintillating rays und and ni its the wide eyes of I 1 the ho belgian looked on in rapt tile expression nt lit last tic ft a tangible purpose in ili courting the tha society of 0 uie the ope aau CHAPTER VII the theft of the jewels for two days sought for tho the party that had accompanied him film from tile to 0 the barrier cliffs but not until late inte in n tl afternoon of tile ho second ilay flay did lie ho find clew to its where nud mid then lit in such guch gruesome Kruc sonio foroi form flint lie ho was totally unnerved by tho sight ili n nil open bindo no canto upon tho the bocles bodles ot of three of aliu lie blacks terribly mutilate nor did it require consider aalt deduc deductive tivo etower to explain their murder of tile little party only these three buta not bean mayes tho the others evidently tempted to hope for or fre freedain rec doin edoin from their cruet cruel arab master inn ster lind taken af or their separation from tho the iraln camp to slay blay tho the three of tile tho hated power which held befit them in slavery nod and vanish ish into tile tho jungle showed not slightest surprise cir ir interest lit in tho the discovery inherent in ili him was A calloused familiarity mili arity with violent |