Show TR TU H U I 1 TB TT AT ID 1 raia abom OF OPAR EDGR or OF OF APES SON or TARZAN V ache aco CHAPTER XIII continued 12 silently they made their way to the file edge of the dealing clearing which surrounded the palisade find and liere here they clambered into the lower branches of a largo large tree overlooking the village occupied ly by the enemy ilia better to spy upon ills his goings and cor corkings aings A horseman white rodo rode out through tile gateway of tile the village maizon whispering to chulk antl anti tug trig aatto int to where they were swung like through the trees in the direction of the trail the alie arab was riding fig from one jungle giant to the next net he sped with the ibe rapidity ot of a squirrel and the silence of A ghost the aral arab rode coile slowly onward unconscious of the danger hovering homing in tile the trees behind him flint the ape man inan made A slight detour find and increased increase ills speed until lie find reached A point upon the trail in advance of ilia alm horseman hero lie ho halted upon a leafy bough which overhung ilia narrow trail on canne came tile tho victim humming it a wild air of ilia lio great desert land of the ilia north above him film poised tile tho ravage savidge brute that was vas today bent upon the destruction of a human life ife file saine creature who a few months before had occupied ills his sent seat in the house of lords at london a respected end distinguished member of that nu att gust body the arab passed beneath the lie over hanging bough thero there as a slight rustling of the leaves above the lie horse brior ted and plunged as a brown skin tied ned creature catine ci dropped upon its cuini A pair of mighty arms encircled ilia lie arab and lio lie was dragged from ills his saddle saddie to tile the trail ten tell minutes later tile tho ape ninn man car trying lie outer garments of nn an arab bundled beneath on arm rejoined tits ills companions lie he exhibited tits ills trophies to them thein explaining lit in low gutturals guttu iala rals alio ile ins tins t of nf his exploit then tarzan led them back through gli the jungle it to tho the trail where eliere the three wildth hid fild th themselves em selves and waited nor line lind they long to wait alt before two of achmet blacks clothed in habiliment similar to their masters blasters came down tile trail on oil foot returning to the camp one moment they were laughing and talking together tho the next they lay stretched in death upon the trail three mighty engines of destruction bending over them tyrnn removed their heir outer garments as lie ho had removed those of its ills first victim and again retired with chulk and to the lie greater seclusion of tho the tree they lind hall first selected efel hero here tile dio ape antill arranged the he gari indents upon ills shaggy fellows nil binl 1 himself until at a distance it might have hac appeared that hint three brio white robed arabs squatted silently among tile the branches blanches of the forest it was ins long after darkness had fillen flint eliat tarzan led tits his companions front from their hitting hiding place in tile the tree to tile ground and around tho the palisade Vall sade to the far side of the village c Ou gathering tho the skirts of his burnoose bin noose beneath one arm that ills logs might have we free notion tho ilia ape annn took a short running start and scrambled to the top of tho the barrier rearing lest tho ilia apes should rend their garin garments eilts to shreds in a similar shullar attempt lie ho had directed them to wait below for him and himself securely sec perched per clied upon tile tho summit of the palisade lie ho tin tinglung slung tits his spear hid and lowered one end of if it to chulk the ape seized it and while held belt tightly to tho the upper ant end the lie an all climbed quickly up tip the lie shaft until wath th ono one paw lie ho grasped ilia lio top of tho ilia wall to scramble then to znna side was tho ilia work ors of but nn an instant lit in like manner was vas con coll ducted to their sides and a moment later inter tho ilia three dropped silently within tile he enclosure tarzan od lod them flroa to the rear of tho ilia hut in which anne clayton claton was confined littre lif tre through tho the roughly repaired aperture it in tile tho wall lie he ought with hla his sensitive nostrils for or proof that tile the silo lie ile had dad coji come lo 10 tor for wits within chull their halry faces pressed close to that of tho ilia patrician with him lacil macli caught thi the scent of the woman ionian within and each according to ills ilia temperament mid d lilg ills lin hiti of thought it left chulk indifferent tile the she was for or tarzan all that eliat lie desired was to buy busy bu y ills his snout in the foodstuffs of the ile he tied come to cat ills till without jabeir tarzan had told illin him that that should be his reft ward ard and he it was vaa satisfied but bogats Tn To gats wicked bloodshot eyes eye narrow owr to tn the realization jf af pf the nearing hearing fulfillment of tits his carefully nursed plau it Is true that sometimes ruling the several dayo that had elapsed since they alipy had set oat upon their expedit expedition lon it had been for to hold ids idea upper uppermost wrist lit in ills hla and on several lie he had completely forgotten fo rotten it until fly ty a tunnoe rd had rt re called it to ailin but fur for on oil ape tog tag lat int had done one veil nell now lie ho licked ills chops and nindo made it sickening sucking noise with ills hla flabby lips ns lie drew draw in tits ills breath Sati sned that the silo was whore where lie had hoped to lo find tier glicr marynn led ills ha apes toward ilia tent of belc ck A passing anil and two slaves saw raw but the ilia night flight was dark find and ilia white burnooses bur nooses hid ilia halry limbs of tile the apes and the glant giant figure of their leader so flint ilia lio three by squatting down as though in ill coners atlon were bagged pas cd by unsuspected to tile rear of ille tent they inneo their way within achmet zek pit with ft ith several of ids lieutenants without listened CHAPTER XIV the deadly peril of jane clayton lieutenant albert lV erper terrified by of the tato fate which might awalt him at adla adis abeba cost cast nebout for some scheme of escape but after tile black had eluded their vigilance tile the re doubled their precautions to prevent following the lend lead of ilia negro A tiny day or so after had disappeared asked for nil an an audience with abdul abdul eyed him frowningly what do yon ion want ant now lie naked asked my ity liberty replied the abyssinian sneered and you disturbed me ilia thus to tell mo me what any fool might know lie he said 1 I can imy for it said abdul loudly pay for it lie ho cried what with the rags that you hilve upon your jour back or perhaps you are arc concealing beneath your coat a thousand pounds ot of ivory hory get out I 1 you are aio a fool do not bother me again or I 1 shall havo have you I 1 on whipped 11 hilt but werver persisted ills liberty and perhaps tits life depeu depended led upon ills his success Ll listen sten I 1 to nip file lie plea pleaded dedo if I 1 can call give you iou as much goldas ten tell men may carry will you promise that hot I 1 shall be conducted in abety to tile the nearest english commissioner As much gold as ten men may carryll carry I 1 repeated abdul you aro are crazy 1 I know where it Is hid said promise and I 1 will land you iou to it if ten loads foods Is enough abdul had censick to laugh he was eyeing lie he belgian intently the fellow seemed sane enough yet ten tell loads of gold it was as preposterous well and it if I 1 promise lo lie said how far la this gold A long weeks march to the south replied and if we do not find it where you ou say it Is 19 do you realize what your punishment will bo be it if it la Is not there I 1 will forfeit my life replied the belgian 1 I know it Is there for I 1 saw it ft burled with iny in own on eyes acs and inore thera are not only ten loads lends but us is ninny many as fiffy men may carry cany it Is all yours it if you will promise to see mo me safety safely delivered into the protection of tile Bil glIsh very well sald said tho the abyssinian 1 I promise and even it if there be but live five loads leads you iou shall have your fic edom but until tile gold Is in my iny possession you ion remain a prisoner 1 I am satisfied 11 said tomorrow wo we start abdul nodded find the belgian le turned returned to tits ills guards tho the following day the abyssinian soldiers were surprised to receive till an order which turned their faces brorn the northeast northen 41 to tho the south while dr dreamed earned of freedom and the lie unmolested enjoyment of the ilia for fortune n ills his stolen pouch and abdul loy lay awake lit in greedy con contemplation teine Plat loll of tile lie fifty loads of gold which lay but a few days farther to the south of hlin film zelt el gave orders to ills his lieutenants that they should prepare a force of fight fighting log men and carriers bjers to proceed to the ruins of the ilia English mans douar on oil me morrow and bring back the fabulous fortune which tili lili his renegade lieutenant bad told hirn was burled buried there and as lie he del deler vered cd ills his instructions to those within a silent listener crouched without idol his tent availing for the time when w lien ho enter lit in safety and prosecute its his search for tile inosa lug pouch and tho the pretty pebbles that had caught ills his fancy at last lie ilia companions of zek zak quitted ills his tent and tile the leader went with them to moko a pipe with one of their number leaving his own silken habitation unguarded cil Sk scarcely Arcely had they left the interior when a knife blade wits was thrust through tile the fabric of the ilia rear wall somo some six feet above the ground and a swift downnard down pard Tard stroke opened tin nn entrance to those feho walled waited beyond through tho the opening stepped tho the ope man and close behind hini him conic came life lie huge milk but did biot follow them hem instead ho he turned and slunk through the lie darkness toward ilia ho hut but where tile the silo who bad arrested ills his brutish interest lay iny securely bound within the ilia young woman iny upon it filthy sleeping Ble flint resigned through utter titter hopelessness to whatever fate lay iny in store for tier hir until the opportunity arrived which would permit her to freo free herself by tho ilia only means which now seemed oven even remotely possible tho hitherto detested act of self destruction creeping silently toward ilia ho sentries it i white figure igau o nil preached pron pro ched ached the shadows nt fit onu end of ilie lint it cattle to the corner of tit tho ill hut and peered around the sentries were but a few anica anees away but tile tho ape did not lure daro expose himself ever even for nn nil instant to phoso feared und find lulled hated thunder sticks which ilia tar know knew so well liow how to uso use it if there were another and safer method of attack withdraw a few paces to tile rear of ilia lio but gathered himself for tho the effort ran quickly forward anti leopod lilli high into tile tho air ile ho struck loli tile tho root roof directly above tile lie rear wall of afie lint eliut and tho ilia structure reinforced by tile lio wall bo call beld ills enormous weight for nn nil instant the then ho moved forward re a step thu tho root roof sagged the thatching ported parted and the grout great anthropoid shot through into tho interior the sentries hearing tho the crashing of roof poles leaped to their feet find rushed into the lie hut hill jane CIn clayton YtOll tried to roll aside ns as tile the great form forin lit upon lipon tile floor door so close to tier that one toot loot pinned tier her clothing to tho ilia ground the ape feeling tile tho movement ho bo side bid mal him reached down anti and gathered tho ilia girl in tile hollow of ono one mighty arin anil the burnoose burno oso covered tho lie hairy body no 0 that inna anno clayton believed that a human arm supported tier her ond and from lie extremity of hopelessness it grent great hope sprang into tier breast that alint nt at last silo alio was in tile keeping of a rescuer the two sentries were now within tho the but but he hesitating of doubt ns as to 0 o the ile tia nature tilrO of tile the canuso of tho ilia disturbance seeing that they stood without advancing and realizing that hint handicap handicapped its as ho was by tile tho weight of tile lie could put up but a poor elected to risk a sudden brea bread t for liberty lowering EE the hideous face and hal hairy ry form of a giant anthropoid ills head lio charged straight for ilia two sentries who blocked tile alio doorway tho the impact of tits ills mighty shoulders bowled them over upon their bucks backs and before they could scramble to their feet ilia ape was waa gone darting in life shadows of the lie huts toward tho ilia palisade nt at the lie far end of tho ilia village tile speed and strength of tier her rescuer filled tane clayton with wonder could it bo be that taman tali survived tile he bullot bullet of ilia arab who else in nil all the jungle could benr bear ilia weight of a grown woman its as lightly as lio lie who held tier her she aho iko his name but there was no i response espouse stilt still she blie did not give up hope at the palisade the beast did not oven even hesitate A mighty leap carried it to the top where it poised but for nn an instant before dropping to the ground upon the lie opposite side now the lie girl was na almost positive flint abe was safe lit iti the arms of tier her husband band and when tile ape took to the lie trees tree and bore tier swiftly into the jungle as tarzan had done at other times in tho pon past belief became conviction vic tion in it a little moonlit glade ft anllo or from the lie camp of tho ilia raiders tier her er halted and dropped tier lier to the I 1 ground ills roughness surprised surprise tier auf still rho file had no doubts again she called him by name and at ilia same instant the ape fretting frettin gunder under ilia alio restraints stra ints of tho unaccustomed garments of ilia ho to toro rethe tho burnosso burno oso from him revealing to tl 0 eyes of tile horror borror struck woman the tie hideous face anti and halry hairy forra forni of it a giant anthropoid with a piteous wall of terror jano chifton swooned while from the concealment ceal ment of a nearby bush numa tho the lion ion eyed the pair hungrily and licked ills ilia chops 0 tarzan taman entering tho the tent of achmet zak searched tho lie interior thoroughly hf alq tore tile lie bed to pieces and scattered the lie contents of box and bag about the tie floor door ile iio investigated whatever ills ayea discovered nor did those keen organs overlook a single article within the hi habitation of the raider chief but no pouch or pretty rewarded lila at last that ills his were acro not in fit tile possession of achtner Ailiin ct zek unless they were acte ou on the person of tile alio chief himself taman decided to secure tile lio pron of tile lie sliu silo before further ills bis fur for tire vouch pouch motioning for to follow film lie lid pasted out of if ilia tent hi by tile alio anizio way n that liu lie had entered it find and ivack alk ing jig boldly belill though tile the village winnilu dined directly erectly for llo ilia lint but where jane clayton ba tind bien been As lio lie approached the tho the anpo annn notley A that hint A crowd had bad collect td about file lio entrance fe fearing caring lest disguise dl gulso should prove lende quate to to lio lie concealment of ills true identity identify lit in the anco ace of so anany ers cis lio lie conini the five to lietzke himself to lie far |