Show CHAPTER XIII tarzan again leads the Man mandant Manga gant nl achmet zek with two of ills hla followers find circled tar far to the bouth to intercept the light flight of its hla deserting lieutenant terin tit others had spread out in various directions so that it i vast circle tind had been formed hy by them during tile the night flight and now they were beating 1 in I toward the center A slight nolte in the jungle upon the opposite side of tile ho cle a ring III bi 0 o ought u gl I 1 t zek to immediate nud all alert attention ile iio gathered his fits rifle in readiness for foi instant uge use tit nt tho lie samo same tine time motioning ills his followers to silence und anil concealment the foliage parted and a womans comans face appeared glancing fearfully from side to side bide A moment later evidently satisfied that no tin till ine dinto danger lurked before her she stepped out into the clearing in ault view of the ilia arab achmet zek caught tile big breath with it a muttered exclamation of incredulity and an imprecation the woman wits was tile ho prisoner lie he had thought safely guarded at ills his campt apparently shil she wits was alone but achmet zek waited that lie he might make sure of at it before seizing her hei slowly jane clayton started across tho the clearing though sho she was almost despairing of ever reaching safety slip she stilt still was determined to fight on until death or success terminated terminate tier her endeavors As aa tile alie arabs watched tier lier front from the safety of their concealment anti and achmet zak noted with satisfaction that s she lie was walking directly into his clutches another pair of eyes looked lown down upon tile the entire scene from the foliage of an adjacent tree troubled eyes they were for till all their gray savage glint for their owner was struggling with tin an intangible suggestion of the familiarity of tho lie face and figure of tile tho woman below him A sudden crashing of the bushes at the lie voltia from which jane clayton claton bad emerged into toe the clearing brought her to a sudden stop and attracted the I of the ilia arabs mid and the watcher lit in the tree to the same point the woman wheeled about to see what now new danger inen menaced need tier lier from behind and as aa she did so a great apo ape waddled into view behind hini him come another and another but lady greystoke did not wait valt to learn how many moro more of the hideous creatures were so rinse close upon her trail with a smothered scream site she rushed oward the opposite jungle and ris as site she ten beached leached clied tile the bushes there achmet zek and his fits two henchmen rose up tip and seized tier her at the same instant a naked flaked brown giant dropped from thu ihu branches of a tree at tho the right of the clear cl carlu luC turning toward the astonished astonish Vil apes lie he gave voice to n short volley of low guttu C gutturals rals anti and waiting to note the effect of tits ills words upon them wheeled and charged for tile the arabs achmet Ach nilet zek was drugging dragging jane clay ton toward tits hla tethered horse ills ilia men were hastily un fastening till all three ni mounts the woman struggling to escape tile lie arab turned and saw the anpo dmn running toward tier her A glad light of hope illumined tier her face john I 1 she cried thank go god that hot you have com coni oln in time I 1 behind came the great apes wondering but obedient to tits his sum anoni tho rhe arabs raw aw chilt they would not have linao time to mount and make mahe their heir escape before the ilia beasts bensis and the lie tuan wert wen upon them achmet zek recognized tile the latter its as the I 1 hi redoubtable enemy or of such ruch as he be will nun lie he sv raw too 00 in tho the circumstances till nn unity to rid fort ver of ilia ho menace or of the ipe bunns presence calling on oil falit hi men to follow ill lilt 4 ex ample ile ti his hl rifle anti it apoll tin tile lor lii hl ri lowers with tits ni lex less it aliu rita afian ium self fired almost ich toni ton I w with ith the squirt rp rt tot it ib ilif rille 4 1 I of f ma aliu aint tind tu luu ul its fits hairy henchmen pitched fo forward rivard among the cudgle grasses the alie noise of the rifle fine shots brought the he balintfi of the apes to a wondering pause and taking of their momentary distraction achmet Aili inel zek anti anil ills his followers leaped to their horses backs antl anil and galloped anway with flit now hopeless and grief woman ionian thick lack to the village tillage they rode and onre once again lady orel stoke found her self salt incarcerated la in the filthy little lint but from which she had find thought to leave dinv inv ees escaped for rood good singly and in twos the searchers who lind had ridden out with achmet zek upon the ho trail of tho ilia belgian returned empty linni led with tha tho report of each the tha raiders rage and ami increased until lie he was 8 in such a transport ol of ferocious anger that hint none dared approach film with ilia hie escape of 0 the arabs tile the great apes had turned their attention to their fallen comrades tarzan taman was the lio first arst to regain consciousness alt ting up lie he looked about him wood was ns honing vIng from a wound in ills his shoulder the shod shock hall thrown him down nil and dazed him but lie was far from dead slowly to his feet he let ills eyes ees hunder toward the spot where last he had seen the site who had find aroused within tits savage sango breast such strange emotions where Is she he asked the Tar mangani took tier her away replied one of the apes who tire are you QU who speak the language of the 1 I atil am taman replied tho the ape man mighty hunter greatest of fighters lit ew stealthily they approached when I 1 roar the jungle Is silent and trembles with terror I 1 oin nin tarzan of tile the apes I 1 have lave been away but now I 1 have come back to my people yes spoke up nil an old ape he la 13 tarzan I 1 know him it Is well that he has come back now wo we shall have good hunting ane told tarzan that they had been traveling toward the enst east when the he scent spoor of the sho abo had attracted them and they lind stalked tier her now they wished to continue upon their in march but tarzan preferred to follow the arabs and take the woman from them and so ns as jane clayton was waa pushed into her prison hut but and tier her hands and feet securely bound tier her natural pro roamed off toward the east in company with a score of halry hairy monsters alth with whom ho he rubbed shoulders as familiarly ns as a n few monteas before lie hall mingled with tits ills follow fellow members of one of londona Lon dons most select and exclusive clubs cluba hut but nil all the time thoe there lurked in the pack back of tile his injured brain a troublesome convection that lint lie he had no bustness business where lie he tins that lint lie ho should be for tome settle unaccountable reason elsewhere and among another sort of creatures also there was the he compelling urge to bo be upon the scent of tits tho arabs undertaking the rescue of the woman who find appealed so strongly to tits his engage sentiments though tile thought word which naturally cicur occurred red to him in n the contemplation of the venture vins capture rather than rescue ile he spoke to his fellow apes upon the matter in n art ari attempt to persuade them to him but all except tog tag lilt int and chulk refused the latter was young and strong endowed with a greater intelligence than hla his follows and therefore the possessor or of better developed powers of imagination to hlin him tile the expedition savored of adventure and so appealed strongly with bailat there was another incentive a secret anti sinister incentive which lift and targan of tile lie apes hao and knowl c edge dge of it would have sent him at the others thront throat in jealous rage englat was tic no longer young but he wits still n formidable beast mightily muscled cruel and because of ills his greater nrc experience crafty and cunning these two then hen were to bo be Tar companions upon his return to the village of Ael lillet zek As they set olt off the balance of tile the tribe vouchsafed them but 11 sture end and then resumed serious business of feeding it was of a sultry tropical lily when tile the leen keen vense tense of file he three warned them of the lie proximity of the te aral anil calip they approached keeping to the lie dense denge tangle gle of growing glowing things which made vo em bilky to their uncanny jungle craft ITO lilt HI CONTINUED perfect our men or 11 life would iii t to alf it lt atil dilill il jill I 1 int wile and 44 u 1 I tiu |