Show aff AND THE ie E lq L OPAR EDGAR BICE RICE BURROUGHS ar TAR 0 OF F TIE ea SON or rt TARZAN a 0 C I 1 I 1 D CHAPTER XIII continued Sl lenti ili thy Y anade 12 lhoir ny to tile he e 1 of f th tell 1116 A lilli sun bounded the afo palisade e and I 1 cre they clain bend into tl ti e 0 imn owr er branches of a lare tri trie e 0 lanc arlook 1119 lilt occupied b 1 the tile enin the 1 iter better to ip ulon 1114 i find coming i I 1 t white nde ride i out ut the tile gate gateway ay of the tile I 1 milage whirring to to tin I 1 ling I 1 ag lilt it to othere wire like IMP ih tle the trees in ili the he line dInc ion tion of the trull trail the arab us rid gitig K I 1 fin one jungle plant giant to tit thi post he ard i with fill the of n squirrel nd ind the tile flit nee ct of a ghost the arab rode softly onward un of he the dinger awerin in lit the trees behind min the appman app ape man made milde it n dutour tour and increased his till aed med until he had bull reached a point UP 11 life lie trull trail in advance of the horseman lit c he lie linstid upon n leaf N r ligh ch which i m the tile narrow jan cle gle trull trail on came the tile victim full I 1 inn hug a wild nir air of lie gnat desert land of the north etli above urn poised the u brute that ins today bent ill 1 I on it lie tile destruction of if a human life lie file same creature who ito n few months eftie had his ills scat sent in the houze of lords at I 1 ondon london a cUd end pull distinguished of that au all gust glit the arab passed beneath the mer hil tiOng loi loish ih hero there aas as a slight of the leases lemes aboe the tile borbe 11 an ani I 1 plunged ns its a bro brown n skin neil creature dropped upon its rump k pair of mighty anos arms encircled the ralf rill and lie uns dragged from alasad his sad die to the trail ten tell minutes later lie the ape man car nine will the tile outer gar niente of an rill arab bundled beneath an arm rejoined his tits to iiii anions unions lie exhibited his ills trophies to them explaining in to low gutturals 11 hi it lulls rf ef is exploit then hen tarzan led tell them I 1 ack through sli fit alit jungle to the trail N lacre here the tile chri thred d hid fild ind malted cited nor or had find they long to pit before two tuo of achnitz leks ebs blacks clothed in similar to their masters came camo down the tho troll trail on foot returning to the camp ont on moment they were laughing and talking together the next they iv stretched in loath upon the trail three mighty engines of destruction bending bendin 1 tiler them taran removed their outer garments ae as he ind removed those fit of his tits first victim and aboin ret retired ird I 1 mill chulk and to abe he grentel greater se seclusion chislon of the tree they had hall alst litre hire the ape man arrin ed the ho ear got merits upon his ills shaggy fellows and bull lim elf until tit it a distance tt it might fit ive appeared that three malte hite rats j squatted battel silently among the branches ft rf the forest it wis ig long tong after darkness had find fallen that birzon led tits companions from front their hiding biding place in the trie tc the tile ground and around the palisade to tit the lie fa fit side of the ilia village gathering the skins skirts of his tits burn burnoose onse beneath one nirm that his legs might haie free roe action the he ape man inan took R short running start and cran bled to the tile top op of the tile barrier fearing fearful lest the apes rind their to shreds in a similar attempt he lie had hoof directed them to wait valt I 1 low for him film and himself securely perched per cheil upon the tile of the tile palisade he lie lils ills spoor and lo 10 vered ne no ind call of it it 0 o chulk the ne cie seized it end anti while tarzan field tightly to the upper end it tie e nn tin pod climbed quickly up the tile shaft until with ono pil paw he ile rapel grasped the till till 1 l of the u mall all to scramble ramble ec then to itans of but nn an in tide side as the work slant stant in 11 like ke manner was cm vill ducted to heir their bides allies and it it later the three dropped silently within the enclosure laizan lai zan 1041 1 them first to the tile rear of the hut in ift which arne clayton was as confined confine ol atre ht re through the roughly repaired aperture in 11 the wall lie he ought sought with his sensitive nostril for proof that the tile rhe he he tie had come for wits within chulk nad and hairy facea presed pres ed close clo to that of the tile patrician the tile caught salfred with him jilin haiti I 1 bullin hitun a anti and the of scent spoor awo each arv tell ac cording to hie his tempers ter opera ment merit tod ind his hab Is tx of tho U it lett chul I 1 df dif trent terent the she was nas fer for tor 0 fl 11 that flat he desired to bury lili ills bout in the was ant lie bad had come to 0 o of the had eat erit his ills flu 1111 without vit hout tarafin hould be hia his re ro that old told him tha ilia wani ward and dd he lie was fled wicked bloodshot PY ps lint s realization atlon lt lon of the th the th Aar narrow rosed 10 carefully V ful fitment dit ment of his it Is true that cursed plit J tat daring I 1 several ec in lay ys that had 1 bey they bad vet let 0 t upon cloce elapsed had tew teen difficult expedition their tar t ta bold hii hi 1 i wert id urferd l mind aad tied on several wr aloe rl oe la in hk his wa I it t until bad bed completely be word hid had re ra blate avus Tar fy fly a lied it to him ut mt for un an apt tag int lot hart 1184 done well nell oft lie licked his chips anil and made tt a tic kelling ticking with ill tits hal fial hi b till lia ns as lie drew tire I 1 i hie ills breath hut that the S ie to was in mit re hu lie imd had it 1 ped lied to find lit lr r larann led iid h his Is tits it toward the tint flat of Achi litt t zek V k tw assIng ami arch and two mo a slim i 14 saw klicin but the lilt aloit was mas dark ne the tile white title lild bild he tile hairy hatry limbs of tin ita and atilt file lie giant thure of heir their lualer ia i a that tho tile three b squatting domi us u 4 though in lit were ere b ai ciui atel to the rear of if tile th tint flat tiny made their way inny athmer ak k conier 0 with lilt several of his tits lieutenants without tureau CHAPTER XIV the deadly peril of jane clayton I 1 lieutenant leute abbt albirt rt AN erper er pr terrified ly c it to loll 1011 of the tile fate which filch inight nult him at adis abeba cast about fur for fronie some scheme of escape but tho the black had lad etude aluir ig glance latice the tile re doubled their to present prevent aper rp er tol following loIng the atad it ad of the tile ne kit iro A day or so after had lind die tits al cared leared berrr asked for nn tin audi ence ene with ith abdul abdul eed him mutt ht lo 10 aou oil want ant now no T he asked 1113 mi replied the sneered and you 11 me thus to tell me what fiat any fool might know lie said 11 1 I can call lay ay for it said sold NN erper abdul laughed l loudly I 1 pay for 10 he lie cried diat fiat with i ith the rags thit lou ou hae hole uton ulon your buck or crimps loll 1011 ou are concealing beneath lour coat a thousand bourlds of 1 10 ra gt got outi you loll ale are a fool do not bothar me rite again or I 1 shall hae hole PU OU chippe wh ippe it tit jt r Vir persisted alsted ills liberty ind perhaps I 1 his ills life depended dep ened led upon his suc cei I 1 I 1 isten to me lie pleaded if I 1 can con glie gile jou as lucli cold as ten men may carry will iou promise that I 1 hall be conducted in safety to the nearest F t anglish As much gold as ten tell men may curral repeated abdul ak lot ov arc cr az y 1 I 1 know where it Is I 1 hid fild 1 aid said lvcy per I 1 promise lind I 1 will N ill lead lend you to it if ten loads Is enough abdul had to laugh he ile was as eyeing the tile intently tile fillow seemed sane zone enough yet ten loade of colda it vas preposterous cr ou linell ell and if I 1 he be said 1 how flow far la Is thie this cold gold long i march to the south replied and nd if we do not find it where you say it Is do iou reallie what mist you pun kliment will be bel if it Is not there I 1 will ill forfeit my II 11 replied the I 1 I 1 know it is 1 hire for or I 1 row saw it burled with alth in t awn u n eyed and arid more inore there are not only iea ten ion loal N but ri a may us a fifty men may racy carry it Is all jours ours if you will to neo see me safely delivered del hered into ide tile protection of the lie 1 tu glish N ery v well ell said the tile ab Ats linan 1 I 1 pr onike and even there be but live oada loads ion shall hall harp havo your freedom but until the gold Is in my possession posse salou yo remain n prisoner 1 I im m satisfied natt zatis ned fied suld IN erper to forroi we ne start abdul nodded and still the hil glan retti nied d to his guards the fol fat lorinc lo leini Ini daa da the Aby eginton soldiers wire surprised to receive an order which bucl turned their faces from the tile nort to the couth south title arper dream dreamed 41 of freedom and the unmolested enjoyment of the tile fortune in ills stolen pouch and abdul lay ay awake in tit greedy content I 1 of the tile fifty ion ton ie is of gold which lay but a few days farther further to the tile sloth if him achmet zek 7 ek gave order orders to hia his lieutenants that ibey they should prepare a force of fighting men and car flem to proceed to the tile julns of tile lie r douar on tie morrow and bring back the tabu abu loua tous fortune which filch his ie le lieutenant tuni find told him was burled buried there and us its he delivered hl nh instruction instructions to those within a silent allent listener crouched without ills til tent r baiting for the lime time when he might enter ill n abety safety an end prosecute prose citte his bearch for the nils miss lug jug pouch and the pretty pebbles that had bad caught his fancy it U last just the he nanny companion companions of unmet zek quitt I his hi tent and the feeder leader went with them to moke smoke pape pp ap will one of their number leaving his awn own silken habitation unguarded scarce scarcely ly had lied they left hie the interior finhen ft hen a knife blade was as thrust through hie lie fabric of the rear tear wall some elx ill feet above ne be ground end and a swift downward opened an entrance to 10 it abow who waited ivond through the stepped the ipe aftan 1 11 and close behli behind att him came the huge chulk but did not follow them intend instead he turned and slunk though tile darkness toward lie the hut u where here the she m who he had cd ed his tits brutish interest lay securely bound mahlo tho the woman oman lay til upon tilon on a slot ping mat rant n signal through utter to what ver er fate in lit batore for tier until tile he opportunity which would ir dilt her to free herself by tho tile means ahlai now stained estu re r motel possible po sible the detested act of self destruction cre tit rs i ll toward tonni the fin irles a ih h te fe figure at approached pro ached the nt tit oun aid lid of the hut it came cattle to to the cornar of thi till hut and slid leend around the sent sentries ere but a few lacea but tho tile ape did lid not dure tare eliv e if elt ein for an rill instant to eliom fand und and hated listed which the tile lar nian gani knew klie so 60 will how flow to use it there were pro another and safer rutt liml of attack withdrew a few fell pacts to tit the nar of the hu hut gathered tl for tile effort ran run quickly forward and leaped high into the nir lie ile struck ab tl roof direct directs aboia 1 the roar wall ull of the tie hut but ant and the structure alin forced b tho the loll 1011 benrath held field Us ills enon weight eight for an HI instant tatti he moed forward a the roof gg 1 l the thatching I 1 arted and anti the great anthropoid pilot through into tile interior the hearing the crus liln of root polo I 1 aped to their fiet and call into the hut jane claton brittl to roll asido ns as the creat great forni form lit upon the tile floor so close to her tier that one foot her tier clothing to the ground the ore ape he lie trio movement heattie ailta reached down doti and gathered catli the tile girl arl in the tip hollor if of one arin 1 r 1 thu the burnoose comred tile hairy butry il body i y io i o that jane clayton billed that A bul liall arm supported eup ported her tier and from tho the extremity of hopelessness a great hope sprang into her tier breast that at 1 s site wa u in the keeping of a rescuer tile sentries were now nov within it tin hut but but hesitating bet iuso of doubt as to the tie nature of ilia taum cause of the disturbance seeing that f per ey stood without N ad and rt a izing that handicapped as he lie was ini by tile he weight eight of the he bhe he tie could put up hut but a poor cliatt elected to risk it gull lp brent ten r fi liberty I 1 lowering om erang 1 ka I 1 the hideous face and hairy form of a giant anthropoid ids ills head fiend he ike charged straight for the two sentries who ito blocked the doom dokmay ay the impact ot of his eh bowled them over upon their backi backo and before they could scramble amblo to their feet the ape wax fone gone darting in the slin hadow doms of the hut the ilia pall inde at tit the far for end of the tile village the peed speed and anti strength of her hor rescuer filled jane claton with lilt wonder could it be that tamil tartan had find imbed the bullet of the ilia amb aniio lio titio tise in all the jungle could bear the weight of a grown gronn woman moman ai as lightly an he lie who held beld hera she rooke his hill balne but I 1 there ere was wa no re onoe elio site did not give lip hope at the pal lallande lande the ilia beast did not even hesitate A single mighty leap carried it tt to he the top here it poised hut for an tin instant before dropping drori dror ping Ing to the ground upon the opposite elde now the girl was illis almost positive that idie she was stife in the arnn arms of her tier hus hu and and when hen ilia ape look took to iho tile trees frees and bore lier tier into tho the jungle as tartan hail hall done at other times lu in me 0 o past bellej breame con birtton in a little moonlit glade a mile or 1 from front the ilia comp of the tile raiders ral dern her tier halted and anti dropped dropp Pol her to the tie ground hie ills rought less hr lor h r lut till still she had hall no doubt doubts again she rh called him by name and at the prime instant the he ape fretting unlit r the he re te mints of the unaccustomed garment garments ef of tho tile tore the burnoose bur from him revealing to it eyes of the horror borror struck woman the lie hideous face and hairy form of a giant anthropoid alth a piteous wall of terror jane cayton s swooned while liffe from the con roll ceni wilment ment of a nearby busl busi surna the lion ton eyed the pair hrin attly end and licked hie his chom 1 arzon alt 0 entering the tent 0 of zek searched the he interior thoroughly tits tore the bed to pieces and scattered catt ered the contents of box and bair about stout the floor lie ile investigated whatever what tir evir his hi eye tires nor did thaw keen organs overlook look a f ingle single article within the habitation of the raider chief but no pouch or pretty pebble pebbles regarded ed his thoroughness satisfied at tail last that hs belon inc inere not lit the of ek k dunlea tho tan en ert on the person of the chief him stif tartan decided to aure the of the sho she before furtner prost ills tits starch 1 for the pouch motioning lne for chulk to follow liliu film he puis out of the like tent b the mine nay that lie 10 had find entered it unil unit walk malk lug boldly though the made it dl cicil for lie tile hut where jano jane clinton had batti imprisoned As A lie ni the he hut the tile ape man mail irmler if that tt a crowd croud had hall collect tit d about flut in 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