| Show ia INT ID T THE LL L a e va 3 OF VA OPAR OR AJL J RI 1 CE BURR oo 00 OF TM A adry SON or TARZAN aup 1 vo CHAPTER XVI is the flight t to the tle jungle sleepless lee upon hn blankets albert erper let his ills evil andl erwi the barins of the w ann lohn in the near by tint U nt lie had feted holed cods hods a Intire anit feht bt in lit the girl ami and ju aging the roan man ti t its tits own onn standards had guessed guei bcd at the basis of the aral a sudden change of attitude toward the I 1 ri lioner abner A f uddin resolution possie sul him film he lie threw the tile blankets binn keta from him blin ana roc rote to fits hi feet pulling on ills fits boots at bill I 1 buckling his tits cartridge I 1 idt ot and re oher about his WIN 1 he lie steP stepped Itil to mhd flip of his tent and anti looked out there vaa mus no sentry before the entrance to the prisoner boners tent I 1 hat could it incon late kate was placing into I 1 hi ii hands outside he passed ark tile rear of tin tho girls tent there was mas nu ito sentry there either I 1 ant no now boldly he m walked to the entrance aud and sit lit ld v 11 athin dimly the moonlight illumined the tile interior across the tent a figure bent alove above the blan kits of a bed there nas as a antil mord and another figure rose from the blank blanki ts to a sit ing ling position slowly alart IN e iia es mere becoming accustomed to the tile half halt of the tent he lie pit saw that the figure leaning over mer the bed a as that of a man inan and anti he gussel gued at the he uth of be the nocturnal ul Idt niti k sullen sallen jealous rage ent enveloped loped liiro him 1 alf I heard a frighten ti cr bre brcik ik from ohp th girl a lips as she the features of the man above her and he lie saw sau mohammed bead belze ua her by the tifrit and biar er luck back upon the blanker blankets cheated passion cast a red blur be fore the oyes of the not no the roan man sauld not have hae her tier she site as for him and him hill alone lie ile would mould not riot he robbed of his rights quickly he lie ran across the tent and threw ahlm elf upon the niel of mo tan tined toyd he latter though sup sur pried by this and unexpected attack ag not one to ghe glie up lout a bittle the fingers atre feeling for lila tits but the tile arab tore them amay and rising im baciel pon his adversary As they faced ach cach other erper the aral a heavy blow in the aiice act sending blui tta Pta gering bac backward kNard it if he lie hid fol lowed up his advantage be lie would mould alae ellid nd mohammed ilerd 1 nt tit his mercy in another moment but instead he be tugged at his rEi olver to dra draw it from its holster and fate ordained th tint it at tit that ii moment the weapon should stick slick in its leather scabbard he fie could disengage it mohammed laed had reco recovered ered himself ird ard was darling ditching upon him striking ai at each other and attempt 1114 fo to clinch the two tuo battled about he the small interior of the tent while abe ht girl wide ulde eyed in terror and ns as arched cil the tile duel in lit frozen again and rind again erper struggled to draw his tiapon anticipating no such to lit his I 1 desires had coine come to the tile tent un broel armed except for a long kal aniro e which he arm drew as an h he 4 efto it d panting dur ing g the first brief rast rt it of lie the ter lleeper ll erper was still dragging drogt ing futilely at t his the tile arab was ns almost hlin him in desperation the iuro I uro dean waltie until mohammed bead was as all fill but against alin then lie fie threw hl to one tide tilde to the floor of the tbt leaving a leg extended in it the path dath of the arab the trick succeeded mohammed bead carried on by the momentum of j his hi charge stumbled over the project inc e obstacle and crashed to the ground instantly he lie waa nas up i gain und and heel ing K to renew tile lie battle but erper was a on foot ahead of him and BOW now his ills revolver loosened loo from front its holst holster Pr flashed fla hed in his hand till arab arub dove headfirst to grapple wath ith him there was mas a sharp report a orid gleam of flame in fit the tile darkness end nil heyd rolled over oer and r upon the floor to come to a beside the bed of the woman be he had ad kueht to dib lionor al at lost immediately following the r cime c ime ute sound of incited 01 1 I in the camp without mit hout men lien were 1 l ng back and arid forth to one another X the tile meaning nie aning of fla a shot U er par P could be heir beir ir them running hither bither 1 4 iu r investigating the v wo tv o atries ha who hint had ITCH re t I 1 and tent sent to their litan keu by t 1 filed were ere the tile first to pu aar c t coing gonz to the tile tent of the e acred to them that the ali it 0 o I 1 ad defended teris teri I 1 dinst heir their leader heard he the men len it of pretended ended as a the tile slayer 1 of wed kleid would he be esquival equivalent ent edt plit re tee off 0 immediate Imme date the rr find brote raider raiders would tear to 1 T P who bail had dared split I 1 tt a of tasir emiler lie blust i t t s U us to 1 11 id tl i lit 6 f I 1 H I 1 I 1 n I 1 i I 1 mu I 1 t 0 iea keida it 1 I ad I 1 ly lt IN ifa iii hie ills leolur tr tu to its it holste in lit walked qui kly to hi if c entrance of toe tile it tint ut dirting tho the elal laps h stepped out and und d I 1 the tile alei 4 who aho were mere rap itil tit pro athin it L woman mail he lie frocil at and ailed vas forced to hoot lier tier blu III I 1 Is not dead only kightly 81 1 wounded IOU ou may uny at CD back to our I 1 mohammed ailed olid I 1 will look after the tile Pr prisoner ioner th thiu u he turned and r milend the tent and the ral lers satisfied by this lion rt turned to their biroan I 1 4 As he lie atod apparently listening to the retreating retreat lne footsteps footstep 4 0 of the arabi though utu all ng rossel in thought amit blaiton approached him khut are is do now aho asked tile will kill ou oil ilen they tind find hlin 1 I liae a plan he criel 1 I lou oil raut simulate death malle title I 1 curry carry aou ou arni the tile camp callip I 1 will explain to the tile sentries that bild hns has or dered me tile to take your body into the jungle llila seemingly act I 1 shrill explain upon the arouni eliat Aloha milled ailed has conc concel elud tl a violent loi passion for you anil arid that he lie so the act by which he lie had be bt r oine i lour our slayer that he could nut not en dure the silent of your life iss it ss N bly fly hut but how hlll i III you explain ml mil death she he asked it will mill be discos erad lefore eier eer ou can escape he file tamp ump in the tile morning 1 I orill not explain it replied ver per mohammed laed shall explain it hlin elf telf we ue must leave leme that to hlin unit nit I 1 must get you n weapon and ammunition ant erper walked quickly from front the tent nery ery shortly he returned with an extra re oher and ammunition belt str strapped ripped about lit his waist non corn com and throw thron ou nelt h across my left shoulder houlder i and knelt to re elvo ber tier there ho he said as he lie roe toe ro to e to his fet t now non let your linns arms our lega legs rind your head heat lione hang ber her that 3 ou are lend A th III n boina boma had been thrown up about tile camp to discourage disco the bolder holder of the hungry car olura A couple at 01 ten entries trIes paced to and fro in ho tile light of a fire which they kept burning brightly the nearer of hese looked up in surprise as he saw cr pir approaching diio ho tire aou he lie cried IN hat flat liae gaeu nu there eerier the hood of his bur that the fellow might see ills fact this Is the oe booy boil of the tile woman he explained alo hammed heyd has asked ine me to take it into the ju jungle nile for he tie cannot annot bear to look upon the face of her tier whom nhom he loved and whom necessity cassity compelio cl I film to stay slay he lie suffers creati he la Is inconsolable it was mas with difficulty tint thit I 1 prevented him film taking hi his own life across the speakers shoulder limp and anti frightened the girl malted for the he 0 there wt was A sharp I 1 part arab x reply lie e woold would laugh at this preposterous story of that sh ra rits then sure then she he heard the voice of tle tile arab of lie replied to M t urt do you wish are YOU going alone or sow one to pany we to ind hit tone deti oteAl be youl beust surprise ilia t S riot tap had suddenly pit such re sensitive tive benr 1 shall go aone anti ou t through aloe and he kaied on ua bilitch b barrow opening to the boast file sentry stood entered bater he hw a the boles of the with him burden and wren safely safety tad len from tha e 9 view lone d the cul airl 10 tier reel feet with it low bh nh ph when v hie ie would mould have spoken then he led her a little farther further into the etrest halted a large trpe tree fill brant branthon hog buckled a cartridge wit aud ru culver lver about her tier ait and assisted aul etel her tier to into the h lower I 1 touches tomorrow rok norro he a as 1 oon ti as I 1 can elude chent I 1 will III re win to ou oil he ile brave lady ure stoke stok stoke we e may vet et eva evalide sc epe life chank iou she site milled in a low I 1 n loli tune lime been viry try mud kind an I 1 arv rv brava t aper rp r did tild not rt aply ply tin and the tb dark 11 iss of the tile night hid the scarlet lush t f name which aich smelt upward across his face quickly ho be turned and anti made his 1114 muy back to culip tho witry irm frill hi poet saw sun hlin him enter ills own onn tnt tint I 1 ut tit he ho did not t tf e him film crin cowl I 1 un der tier the like camas at the riar and sneak cautiously it to the lie tent which the pris avid occupied where here now non lay the dead deaf INK of hed It hout mi nit instants hesitation he P seized the tie dead lead wrists and the bod 11 upon its back to the point ft here lie had just entered on hand and knees he lie lacked I 1 out as he lie had find come in arim drawing ing the he corpse after him then he lifted it to hie tits shoulder houlder and risking nil all on a quick sail anti ran E att ift iv alriq lie the narrow opening which l the oner s tent from that of the tile dad it ail titan lie ile stooped and nd ral ed the bottom of the tint vail mall backed in and dragged the tile thing that tin had ikan ikid him i the lie it liepins rues rugs of the thad raid er lie drew the corple then he fum bled about in the dar darkness kneis until he lie found licois rf colver no olver lver kneeling beilke le leinde ilde the tile bedling and in fertina his idt right hand with nith tho the weapon capon i I 1 month the rugs piled filled a number of of the closely noen fabric aser 01 and arid about the tile with fill his tits lift hand then ho lie pulled the trig ter er and at the came same instant ho he the report could not riot have bein heard aboe abo the sound of his ills cough b bi one directly outside the tile tent erper mail ns A grim smile touched his tits 11 lips as its he mith withdrew drew the talon from the ru ruas s and placed it carefully in the right hand of the dead man nail fixing three of the fingers around the tile crip grip and the tile index finger inside the trigger guard then lie returned to his hi own onn tent entered fastened down domn the canvas and crawled into hie his blanket blankets the fol loving morning he lie was as awakened anak ned ened b the tile excited olce olee of mo hammed bends calling to film at the entrance of his fits tent quick I 1 quick I 1 cried the black in n a frightened tone chinel mobutu niad ikid Is dad ir his tent acad by his ills own hand I 1 I 1 come 11 aper t ca called lied to the tire alne elne e anti drawing on his tits dooh looh roc roq and went neat out of his tent bior or a time he lie pretended to believe burder had been but nt at last lat permitted liluis blui self elf to be convinced that mohammed bead had inlaid in let d killed himself in remorse for tit tho 0 tie death ath of the white woman noman he fie had all un known to his ills foll follow miers ere loved so devotedly vot edly inith achmet ack and mohammed ileya both dead tile ralden raiders wire lre without a leader and arid utter after a n brief conference tile decided to return into the north on vilta to the allori ar lori tribes to which they belonged As they rode rod off on erper frat hie his horse in the center of the clearing nat watching chIng them disappear one by fly one into the jungle and thanked ills his god gott that he be lind find at laet last escaped their vil failous clutchett clui rhes 11 mien lien he fie could no longer hear any pound of them ho fie turned to the right and arid rode into the he forest townsil the tile tree where here I 1 had hidden I 1 lady ady drey stoke and drawing rein beneath it called up in a gay and hop lint ful voice boico a pleasant goti got I there wn was no reply a A d though ahli lit eyes the talk follose above him film he could ste no sign of tit the girl dismounting he fie quickly climbed I 1 into no the tree where he fie could obtain a 8 view few of all its bronc branches the tree was empty jane cla claton ton had find van shed duang the silent matche of the jungle night CHAPTER tarzan recover recovers his HI reason As tarzan let the pebbles froni from the reco recovered pouch run through his ills fin gers his thought returned return cj to the tile pile of yellow ingots about which the arabs und the 11 had lied magad their rilent n lentil lisia bittle blowfly and painfully recollection recollect lea uns attempting to reassert itself lie tile hurt was nas mending as the cause of ite its recent failure to function unction wn ns being befog lowly slowly absorbed or removed by the healing of perfect df cu dilation lation tarzan cheok his tead end and sighed 1 hy fly was it that he could not decol lect iott at least he fie was eure sure that in wine some way may the pile idle ct ef rold old the place where here it lay the subtle aroma aronia of the tile elusive she be he lie had been pursuing the memory figure of the white woman and anti he him elf were ere inextricably con necked by the lies ties of a forgotten past if the woman belonged lucre there what hat better place to earch search or await awalt her tier than th tit very ery pot whitt hia his broken eions to n to heri her it 11 was worth trying tarzan tartan lippl slipped it the alo of 0 tit U ower lie 16 hoo liler and tuel on off through I 1 alif I 1 le ir ire in the dir llon of the plain when iw be came upon 00 the spot 1 great was til and conet matlon for or th the e yellow artal hail had the tile erih trampled trem irp pled by the feet of hor 4 and low ism gave DO de clem lt it wa 1 as tb b ingots had evaporated into hin thin air the eive man was wa at a loa lose to know where tu to turn or what hat next to 10 lo do there was nas no elan of any spoor which might 4 tinte tant the mie ohe had been here tle the was as gone and anti ad it there was mat nn all connett connection lon the ai ami arid lie the it fined us it 41 to wait for her tier now that the tile latter baa bee demoi LA IM for two daas da liu lie eAl about kill inc eating drinking unit am slee plu ln liewer und anti the tie means to indulge it it mus wu upon the meriting of tho tile third da do that the scent spoor of horse and titan ure muffed utility to hit his noa instants Ine tanti be lie altered lilt lili cour coure e tu to elide glide hl lenti through the brunches brun chee in III thil direction froin which the tile scent ram cant it mas not long iong before lie came come upon it stall solitary tary ho horseman riding toward the tile tut ius instantly bis his eyes confirmed what his tits nose ilose had previously up lwft ct ed the hidir was mas he lie who mho had ad stolen III his pretty pt libles ills leht of ruse rage flared in the gray tam as th the 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