Show tarzan ill AM donw lail db ai and ll 11 40 d the I 1 n U jewels of opar 1 pa am d r by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS author of TARZAN OF THE APES SON OF TARZAN 1918 A C co JON CLAYTON LORD GREYSTOKE TARZAN OF THE APES synopsis hiding in the jungle after killing hla his captain apt aln in a fit of brooding madness road nega aleut alhert albert Vcr per belgian officer IB 1 captured by achmet zek arab slave roller raider who spares hit his life and proposes propose g to him a scheme to kidnap jane wife of tarzan lord arey greystoke stoke and sell her into slavery accepts posing BR as huloa ju les Fre coult frencic Fren cit traveler Is hospitably received blithe grey k stokes t 0 a lie ile learns learn his hl host hobt la in in financial straits and la Is planning an expedit expedition lon to the treasure vaults vaulta of opar to procure gold informs achmet zek of the tha opportunity to selzo lady greystoke Orey Grey tolo and follows tarzan to learn the th secret of opar spying on tarzan sees him load ilia fits blacks blacka with kold gold from the treasure chamber of the sun worshipers A convulsion of nature causes cassea the collapse or of the vault imprisoning both men recovers from the shock chock and leaves tarzan apparently dead seeking a way to safety li Is seized by priests of the naming flaming aad goda degenerate rare race ile he la Is about to bo be offered up as a a sacrifice when the ceremonies are interrupted by the appearance of a hunger maddened lion believing tarzan dead ilia hla black followers return home with the gold achmet zek acting on herpers pers 8 information tins attacked the greystoke home burned it and car ried oft off lady greystoke Orcy Irey stoke farzana tarzana Tar zana lieutenant la Is severely verely ee wounded but recovers rec ovora and follows the raiders ra ldora lord greystoke arey stoke recovers rec overa consciousness but the accident has destroyed tits hla memory and he h Is if again tarzan ot of the apes lie ile finds himself in ill the jewel room of opar lie ile fills hl his pouch with pretty pebbles cut diamonds diamondis of great value ile he reaches the cial chamber just us as the lion halts the sacrifice of by lit la lie la Is lecog nixed by la high priestess whom he ha had known in previous years lie he slays slay the lion and releases tarzan and watch the forseen for merd party return and bury the gold tarzan has haa no memory of the place the diamonds and escapes to achmet stronghold lady graystoke Orey stoke Is in there a prisoner tolls tells the arab of the gold but not of the diamonds CHAPTER VI I 1 I 1 continued 7 achmet zek thought bought for a moment mnnie nt the burled gold was waa of much greater value than the price the woman would brieg it was necessary to rid himself of her as quickly ns possible anti and it was also well to obtain tile gold gald with the least possible delay of all his followers tile the belgian was tile most logical lieutenant to with tile lie command of one of the parties an alt arab us its with the ilia trails and tribes as aa achmet zek himself might collect the won lonians ians price and make good tits his escape into tile the far north bortl i on the other hand could scarce make his escape alone through a country hostile to Huro europeans while thomen the men lie would send with the belgian could fie be carefully selected elected with a view to preventing front froin persuading ng any considerable portion of ills his command comiti ond to accompany hint should lie bontemp contemplate ate desertion of chief at last the arab spoke it Is not necessary that we both return for tho gold yon on shall go north with the lie woman carrying a letter to a friend of titine mine who Is always lit in touch tonch with th ebest markets tor for such disc while I 1 return for the gold we can meet again here when our oui business Is concluded could scarce disguise tile the joy with which ho he received this wl come decision and that he did entirely disguise it front froin the lie kern keen and suspicious eyes of achmet zek Is open to question however the deci decision ret fetched retched ched the arab and tits his lieutenant diri cussed the ahe details of their forthcoming ventures for a short time further when made tits ills excuses imd returned to tits his own tent for tins the comforts aud and luxury of a long desired ianth and shave having bathed the belgian tied a dunall hand mirror to a cord sewn to tho the rear wall of oe tits his tent placed I 1 a rude chair beside an equally kuae table that stood beside tile lie glass and proceeded to remove the rough stubble from his fits face in tile the catalogue ot of masculine pleasures there Is scarce one which imparts a feeling of grenter greater comfort and refreshment than follows a clean shave and now with weariness temporarily pora rily banished albert sprawled in his rickety chair to enjoy a final cigarette before retiring ills thumbs tucked in ills his belt in lazy support of the weight of otliss his arms tou clied cliel the belt which held the jewel pouch about lite his waist ile he tingled with excitement x cit elt ement as lie let tits his mind dwell upon the value of the tha treasure which unknown to all save himself lay hid beneath tits clothing ile he unfastened the pelt belt and drew the pouch front from its hitting hiding place lie was alone tito the balance of the cit camp move cave the sentries entries had retired none would enter tile ho Bel belgian glan s tent it he belted the bug first in one palm then lit in the other and at last lie wheeled lite his choir chatir slowly around before tit tho table and in the rays of lite his small lump lamp let tile he glittering gems roll out upon the rough wood tito refulgent laya transformed ille interior of the soiled and squalid vim vas raa to the splendor of a palace lit in the eyes of the dreaming map lie ile dreamed of joys aud and luxuries and power which always had been beyond ilia his grasp and as he dreamed ills his gazo gaze lifted from the table as the gazo gaze of a dreamer will to a tar far distant goal above the mean horizon of terrestrial commonplaceness commonplace nesa Uil unseeing seeing his fits eyes rested upon tho ho mirror which hung upon the tent wall above tile the table but tits sight right was focused for far beyond and then a reflection moved within the polished surface of tile the tiny glass the ibo mans eyes shot back out of space to tile the mirrors face unit and in it t saw reflected the grini grim visage of ach achmet in et zek fronted framed in the lie laps flaps of ahe the tent doorway bewis him stifled a gait gnp of dismay with roro ho let tits ills gaze caze drop willi willious out appearing appt to have called alti upon the lie mirror until it t rested again dignin upon the ha gems without haste he replaced alit ii in the lie pouch tucked III aitho laatt r nto into ills 1114 shirt F elected a cigarette front from hta fits case lighted it and rose yawning and stretching tits hta arins above aboe ills his head lie turned slowly toward tile the opposite end ot of the tent the face of achmet zek ek had disappeared front from the lie opening tobay that albert was terrified would be putting it mildly ile he refill realized zed that lie ho not only lind find sacrificed tic tits ills tr treasure ensure hut but his lifes alfo ns well zek would never permit the wealth that lie he had discovered to slip through ills lagers n nor or would he forgive tile the duplicity p of a lieutenant who hn had gained possession of such a treas tire lira without offering to share it with ills his chief slowly the belgian prepared forbel if lie were being watched lie could not know hut but it if so the watcher saw no indication of the nervous excitement which tile the Euro peati strove to conceal when ready for its his aln blankets acts the man crossed to the little balile and extinguished tha ilia light it was waa two hours later inter that the flaps at the front of the tent separated silently tind find gave entrance to a dark robed figure which passed noiselessly from the darkness without to the darkness within cautiously tile the prowler crossed the interior in one hand wa was n long knife ile he came at dinst to the ahe pile of blankets spread upon several rugs cups close to one of the tent walls lightly ilits his fingers sought and found tho ilia bulk beneath the blankets the bulk that hat should be albert they traced out the figure of a ninn and then nn an arm shot upward poised for nit an instant and descended again and again it rose and fell and each cacti time little the long blade of the knife burled itself in the thing beneath the blankets but there was tin an initial life loss neBa in the silent bulk that hat gave the assassin momentary wonder bev lie ho threw back the coverlets and searched with nervous hands for tile hie pouch of jewels which ile he expected to find concealed upon his bis victims body an instant later lie rose with a curse upon his him lips it was achmet ack and lie cursed because lie had hi covered beneath the blankets of his lieutenant only a pile of d discarded I 1 oc ardel clothing arranged in tile the form and semblance of bf a sleeping man albert had tied fled out into the village ran the chief f calling in angry tones tonea to tho the sleepy sleep arabs who tumbled from their tents in answer to tits his voice but though they searched scorched tile the village again and lignin they found no trace of the belgian foaming with anger achmet zek called its his followers to horse and though the night was pitchy black they set out to scour the adjoining forest for their quarry As they galloped from tile open gates hiding in a nearby near by bush slipped unseen within the palisade in the darkness lie ho passed unchallenged and for an hour lie he crept about in the rear of the various buts and tents lit in tin nn effort to locate that lit in which tits his musters masters mote mate was imprisoned one there was waa which lie was reasonably assured contained tier her for it was tile tho only hut but before the ilia door of which a sentry had been posted jbf was crouching in the shadow of this structure just around the corner from the unsuspecting guard when another approached to relieve hit its comrade the prisoner Is safe within asked the newcomer she to la replied the other for none has purified passed this doorway since I 1 come came the new sentry squatted beside the floor door while he whom he had rell relieved eved made his fits way to 10 his bis own hut bl slunk closer to tile the corner of the building in one powerful hand he gripped a leavy knob stick no sign bilgri of elation disturbed ills his phlegmatic calm yet inwardly lie was aroused to joy IY by the proof he had just juat had that littly really was aa within the Hent Rent rya rys back wits was toward tho the corner of the hut but hid the giant blip it the fellow did not see the he huge form which silently loomed behind him tile the knob stick swung upward in a curve and downward downard there was ivas the sound of a lull dull thud iliad lie crushing of heavy bone and the sentry slumped shimpei into a silent inanimate lump of clay A moment later Alu gambi was searching the interior of the lite hut at first slowly culling calling lucyl in III a low whisper and finally with almost frantic haste baste until the truth presently dawned upon him the hut but was empty I 1 CHAPTER IX X tarzan boromes a beast again for it moment had stood above tho the sleeping ape man his mur derous enito poised for lie ilia fatal thrust but fear stayed ills his hand what if the first blow should fall fail to drive the point to ills his vict victims lins heart shuddered shudder cil in contemplation of tile disastrous consequences to himself again come came tile the soft sound of pad tie dd footsteps foot stepa lit in the reeds closer this time ile he abandoned his fits design before him stretched tho the wide plain and escape the jewels were in ilia his possession to remain longer was to risk death at the hands of tarzan or the juns jaws of the ilia hunter bunter creeping ever nearer turning lie slunk awny away through the night toward the distant forest tarzan slept on where were those hose u guardian powers that had find formerly rendered him immune liui nune froni from the di dividers of surprise coutil this dull sleeper be the alert sensitive tarzan of old Perhaps the blow upon his bend had numbed his senses temporarily who may imay say closer crept tho the stealthy creature through the reeds tile the rustling curtain of vegetation parted a few paces front where tile the sleeper lay and tho the inas massive sive lend head of a lion appeared it was the beating of the ilia beasts tall against the reeds which awakened tarzan jungle folk do not awaken slowly instantly full consciousness and full command of their every rac faculty returns to thorn them from the depth of profound slumber kven its as tarzan opened ills his eyes lie he was upon lila fits feet ills hl spear grasped i again and again it rose and fell firmly in his file hand and ready for attack again was lie he of the apes sentient vigilant ready whether it was surprise fear or caution which prompted tile tho lion crouching ready to spring upon the man Is immaterial the tho fact remains hint ho be did not carry out tits his original design he did not spring at the n ann la at all but instead wheeled find and sprang buck back into the reeds as tarzan arose and confronted him the apo ape man shrugged his broad shoulders and looked about for his hl companion was nowhere to be sewn at first was puzzled but presently came to tile tho conclusion that had been frightened by tile the approach of tho the lion and had mi sneaked leaked off tn in terror A sneer touched tou clied Tar Tur lips ns as lie he pondered the tha roana mans net the desertion of a con comrade in time line of donger danger and without warning well it if that was WB the ilia sort of creature wets was tarzan wished nothing moreon more of him lie he imd gone und and for fill all tile the ape man cared ho might remain away tarzan would not search for him film A hundred yards from where he stood grew a large tree aiono upon n the edge of tile reedy jungle tarzan tarza n made his film wily way to it clambered into I 1 it t find and finding a comfortable crotch among its branches reposed himself for uninterrupted sleep until morning and when morning came opened his eyes stretched lite his giant yawned dawned rose and gazed about hint him through tigh tho the leafy foliage of his file retreat across the wasted meadow lands and fields of john joan clayton lord greystoke tarzan of the apes looked as aa a stranger upon the moving figures of burull aia his fits braves as they prepared their morning meal oni and mude made ready to set out ont upon the ilia expedition which banull tin lind planned after discovering the havoc and disaster which had befallen befall eu the estate of 0 lite his dond dead IlIn master str tin the ape man eyed the blacks with wi t h curiosity in the blick of hla his brain loitered it a fleeting sense of familiarity famil larity with all that lie saw yet lie he could not connect any of the lie various forms of life antni animate nto and inanimate which had find fallen within the range of lite vi vision ton since rince lie had emerged from the thinness t ki of the hie pits of opar with any particular event of the past finst ile ho watched tho the blacks titer their cook tire ire and depart but though the face of each of them bliem had but recently been as familiar to him na as tits his own they awakened within him no decol lec titas whatsoever when they had gone he descended front the tree and sought food A plump young zebra mare and a stallion grazed nearest to him as lie he neared lie herd it was instinct which selected the former for his meat A low bush grew but a few yards from irdill ilia ho unsuspecting two the tha ape |