Show tarzan and a nd the in e jewels of opar JO by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS mahor of TARZAN OF THE APES SON OF TARZAN 11 copyright 1918 g A C mcclurg mcclura cok co LADY GREYSTOKE OnEY STOKE WHERE ARE YOU B in the jungle after killing his captain in a ht fit of brooding madness albert lV erper belgian officer la Is captured by achmet zek arab slave trader who spares tits lit life and proposes to him a schema to kidnap lane jane wife bivito of tarzan lord greystoke Orey rey stoke and sell tier into slavery ac capt posing OB its jules julea Fre coult french trawler la in hospitably received by bk ute the Orye Gray tokes stokes lie ile learns his host Is in financial straits and la is planning an all expedition to the llie treasure vaults of opar to procure gold bold informs achmet zek of the alio opportunity to seize ledy greystoke and follow follows tarzan to 0 o learn the secret of opar spying on oil tarzan tartan sees acea him load tits lila blacks with gold fron from ilia treasure chamber odthe of the sun worshipers A convulsion of nature cailles the collapse of the vault both men recovers front from the shook shock and leaves tarzan apparently dead seeking a way toi safety it is seized by priests of the flaming god a degenerate race jie ile Is in about to bo be offered up na as a sacrifice when the ceremonies are ara interrupted inter by the appearance of a hunger bunger maddened lion Ilet leving tarzan destel dead ilia his black followers return home with the gold achmet achmat zek acting on herpers pera pers information ties lias attacked tits the greystoke home burned it and ca carried off lady greystoke Mii Iu gambl Tar lieutenant to 1 severely wounded but recovers and follows the tha raiders lord Grey greystoke recovers rc overa consciousness but the accident has destroyed his memory and ho he Is again tarzan tartan of tile the apes lie ho finds himself in the lewel jewel room of opar lie he ula fills his pouch with pretty pebble cut diamonds of griat gleat value ile he reaches the sacrificial char chamber hber just ns aa the lion halts the sacrifice ot of by la lieis lie is recognized by ta la high whom hom lie he had known knon in previous years lie slays slay the lion and relea releases release ses NV erper tarzan tartan and ANI erper watch the th formers for mera party return and bury the gold cold tarzan tartan has no ito memory of the place steals eala tho diamonds and escapes to achmet stronghold lady Orey greystoke stoke la Is th there e r i a prisoner tells the arab of tile the gold but not of the diamonds achmet ac limet discovers dl has the jewels and the belgian Uel glan fearing for hla his life escapes with the gerns gema tarzan tartan misses but does docs not discover the theft of ile resumes resu inea the life of a wild man la and tho the priests of tho tha flaning flaming god seek tarzan Tarza nand band to recover the sacrificial knife which the latter had carried oft off they capture tartan Tf the priests make ready to offer tarzan tartan as a sacrifice to tit the flaming god la offers him ito in exchange exclia for hla his lovo love lie ile refu refuels ees and in the jungle language calls tenter the elephant to his rescue comes but ut in an insane rage race destroys all in lite his path la IA frees tarzan and he saves eases tier her from the elephant CHAPTER XI continued 10 cada the high priest lie ho announced noun ced would you both to the flaming god but fill all of us except clida woud would gladly return to baar with our queen you are many a against one spoke up taman why should you not linao your will go your way with ln to opar and if cada interferes slay blin tito the priests of opar welcomed tills with loud cries of opp they rust rushed led forward and heined cada chef talked in loud Illen menacing acing tones ones into his car they threatened him with bludgeon a nu knife until nt at lust last lie acquiesced in their though sullenly find and then tarzan stepped clo close before 1111 arlest Tr lest riest lie said ln goes back tit 1 tier her temple under the tha protection of tier priests iiii and d ali the e threat of tarzan of leaps that whoever bea shiite ile die will go again to opar before the next rains fand tf if harin lins has befall befallen eft la la w woe oe betide 1 I ho a high I 1 priest sullenly cada promised not to barill I 1 ills his queen protect her cried tarzan to the lie other Opar lans protect lier lice so flint when lan tarzan comes again agatin lie will flad find ln lit there to greet ailin ln will bo be to greet erect ilice exclaimed tile the high bijj and ln la will always longing until oil tell nie me that you will cornel comel who knowal asked tile the mic awn HS as lie swung into ahe jrees and raced off townsil tile tike oust bast forn for n moment ln stood looking after then her ber head drooped a sigh escaped tier her lips find like un tin old slie she took up the march toward illAff distant int aparo through thet the trees tarzan of tho apes until tile the dai larl finess ness of night had settled upon the jungle then ll 11 liy lay dowl 1 and slept to alth with no thought the in find with even lit li hilt tl alfs fo shadow 0 o of it within it ills consciousness fiut n few to td the north i I 1 ady dy looked forward to tile lie ay aldy wl when IA lief her mighty lord ford and master should discover discor pr alio crime of bf ml and be speckling ling to rescue und and iii enge and even ecil as ole pictured the coming of john clayton the object of her ter thoughts squatted almost linked Ili I 1 eside a fallen log beneath which lie he was ana searching with grimy ingers fingers for a n chance or a galib 1 4 0 0 i two days addys elapsed following the theft of tile lio jewels before tartan gave them n v i ought then athen as they chanced to cater ills mind he conceived ft a desire to play with theal cm again and having it tetter b etter to do than satisfy tile tho first whim possessed ill aliu ile he rose and started across tile the plain froni from tile llie forest in willell which lie ho had spent aba libecc dang day though I 1 no mark showed where tile the gems had been burled bura and though the ilia spot resembled the balance of nn an un broken stretch several miles in length where the ilia reeds terminated nt lit tile the yet the ape man moved with unerring precision directly to the place where he had lift hid ills his treasures with Us bis hunting knife ho he upturned thi the loose e earth arth beneath which taj pouch should be but though lie he ex to it a greater distance than linn tile the depth of the original hole there was no sign of f PG pouch I 1 or jewels Tar brow clouded us its fiodi ho discovered eliut lie had been despoiled little or no reasoning was required to convince him hill of the identity of tile lla guilty party slid and with tile tho barua celerity that had kiark d ila ha decision to unearth the jewels it he a set out upon the trall trail of the though 1110 lie spoor depoor na two days old I 1 did dd practically obliterated in many place tarzan followed it with cow the nian man lie he follow followed td mus as two IMO thia of ailin when tar tut uv tile pur suii suli and each day tie lie gained upon the ilia ape nian man the latter however felt not tile the slightest doubt ns as to the outcome some day lie would overhaul ills his quarry lie hii could bide ills time la in peace until that slay day dawned doggedly ho he followed the lie faint spoor pausing by adny only to lilli ul mid and ent eat and at night only to sloop and refresh himself occasionally lie he passed parties of savage warriors but these lie he gave a 11 wide berth tor for lie he was hunting with a purpose that was not to be distracted eted by tile the minor accidents of the trail the parties were of the collecting hordes of the and their allies which basill hall scattered ills big mes broad civit to summon suin nion they were marching marchin to a common rendezvous in n preparation for or on an assault upon tile the stronghold of lachniet zek kek but to tarzan they were enemies no lid etli inell MO cull a 11 i en v r r V ut t any friendship for the black men inen it was night when afien ila ho halted outside the palisade palisades ded village of ilia arab raider perched in the brandies branches of a great tree ila hu gazed down upon tile the life within tho ilia inclosure to tills place lint and tile the spoor led him ills his quarry must be within but how was lie he to find lint among 0 o many huts buts tar zun zall although cognizant of his mighty powers realized also his limitations lie knew that lie he could not successfully copo with great numbers in open battle ile ho must resort to I 1 the lie steal stealth ali fand of the wild beast it if he 11 feea were to succeed patiently lie halted until were deserted by y nil 1111 save the ilia sentries nt nj the gates then lie dropped lightly to tile the ground circled to tile the opposite side of ozithe the village and approached tile the palisade pall sade at tits ills side hung it long rawhide n natural and more inore dependable evolution froin ilia he grass glass ropo rope of ills his cl childhood loosening this ills lie spread ilia lio noose upon the ground behind lafin and with n quick movement of lili lik wrist tossed the he colls coils over one of the lie sharpened sh ed projections of the summit of lie palisade drawing the noose taut lie he te esteil the solidity of its hold satisfied old ape man inan ran up tile vertical wall by the rope which lib cli clutched ached in both hands bands once onca nt at the top it requited require but a moment to gather tile dangling rope once lice more into its colls coils Itil lico it fast again nt at ills his waist take a quick glance down dow ward within the palisade and assured that no abne one lurked directly beneath him blin drop softly to the ground now lie he was within the village uc ilc fore flint stretched a series of tents and native huts it was not necessary that ila ho enter each habitation through a door door a window or on all open chink ills his nose told lold blin whether or tie no ills his prey lay within for some rome tinte time lie found one disappointment following upon the heels of another lu in quick succession no spoor of the belgian was discernible but at last lie he cania came to it a tent betit where the liy smell of the lie thief was strong taran Ils listened ened ills ear car close to the canvas nt at tile rear jut but no sound pound caute came front from within A al last lie he cut one of the pin ropes raised the lie bottom of the canvas and intruded his bis head within the interior all was hns quiet and dark tarzan crawled cautiously within the scent of the belgian was strong but it was not live lire scent anven before IW s bad h examined the ilia interior minutely tarzan knew that no ono one was waa within it in ono one corner lie be found a pile of blankets and clothing scattered about but no vouch pouch of pretty pebbles at tile the ahle where the ilia blankets nud and clothing lay tho ilia nii ap ninn nian discovered that hint the tent wall avail had been loosened ut tit the bottom and presently lie ho settled sensed that the belgian had recently passed out of the tent by tills this avenue was waa not long in following the lie way that isla his prey hail led fied tile led always in tap th shadow tind nd at the rear of the tints huts unit onil lents lenta of tile the allace lt it was wa to hint tile belgian had find gone alone aloin tind secretly upon ills mission at the luck back of a native lint hut tho the spoor led through a dinall beall holo hole recently cut tn in ilia brush wall all nud into the dark interior beyond fearlessly in followed tile the troll trail on linnas handa and knees lie he crawled through tile small nurture within tho ilia lint hut ills his nostrils were assailed by ninny odors but clear und distinct among thorn hem was ono one that hint half aroused a latent intent memory of lie ilia past it was tile alio faint and delicate ador of a n woman with lie ho cognizance of it there rose in tile tho breast of tile tho ape man it strung strange un cashiers cashie gs the result of an all irresistible fore dorco a which lio lie was destined to become acquainted with anew lie atie instinct which draws tho ilia luale finlo to ilia his mute in the saine lint was tho scent spoor of tile alie Kol glnn too slid and ns HS POW both cheso astall assailed ed tile nostrils of tho ape man inan in mingling ingling one with the other a jealous rage leaped and burned within him blin ills memory held before WO the mirror of recollection no linage imago of at tho the silo to which lie ho had attached ills desire like tho the tent lie he had investigated tile lint hut too wits was empty and after satisfying himself that III his stolen pouch was secreted nowhere now hero within lie he leftt left lis as he bo had entered by tile the in the ho rear wall etere lie took the ilia spoor of tile the belgian followed it across the clearing over the palisade and out into tile lie dark jungle beyond CHAPTER XII the flight of after had arranged tho the durning in ills his bed bad and sneaked out injo ano tile darkness ss of the village beneath ilia rear willi wall of tits his tent lio lie had gone directly to the lint hut lit in which jane clayton was held captive fhe belgian being one of principal lieutenants might nat aurally go where lie he wished within or without the village and so tho the sentry did not question ills hla right to enter enier the lint hut with the white woman prisoner within called in french and in a low whisper lady Grey irv I 1 I 1 14 q 4 protect her cried tarzan but there no response lins hastily tily the man felt around the ilia interior groping blindly th brought rought the darkness with outstretched hands there was waa no ono one within I 1 herpers pers astonishment surpassed words ile ho was on the point of stepping without to question tho the sentry when ills his eyes bc becoming comIng accustom ud A to the dark discovered n blotch of lesser blackness near tile tho base of tile tho rear wall wait of the lint hut ro re willed tile fact that lint the blotch was an all opening tut cut lit in the wall it was large eti ought to lo permit tho the passage of lift body and assured as aa lie ho was waa that lady greystoke had find passed out through lie ilia aperture it in rill nn attempt to esca pethe village lie he lost no ila bitne in availing hiru himself self of the same saine avenue but neither did delose he lose titue tn in a fruitless search for jane clayton ills own life depended upon the chance of ills his eluding or outdistancing zek when that worthy should havo discovered flint lie ho had find escaped his original plan had contemplated connivance in ili the escape of lady greystoke for good and clont ren reasons sons accompanied by a titled filled englishwoman had bad rescued frown from a frightful fate and ills hla identity vouched couched for by her ter na as that of a frenchman by the name of Fre Vre coult lie had looked forward and not without reason to the lie fictive assistance of the lie from crow the moment that ho come caino in contact with their first outpost but now that thai lady greystoke had disappeared though lie he still looked town ward rd tile enst east for hope bode lite his chanes chances were lessened arkil another subsidiary design completely dil dashed shed from ilia moment that hat lie he had ural laid eyes upon jane clayton lie ho and burned within ills his foreast n secret passion passim for the ho rul rill american wife of ilia hie Cn anglish glish lord ond ahou hu acks ot of tho jewels hod find necessitated light flight the belgian lind had dreamed in ili ills his planning ot of a future in which lie ho might convince lady giuly Greys ore stoke tolie that her husband was dead and liy fly playing upon hr lar gratitude wit will her for himself at hut 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