| Show T 1 4 A AL Z 7 A JN by BURROUGHS EDGAR RICE AND THE i arf tf tan 0 of the apes JEWELS OF OPAR son 0 of ciretta Cirr tta 1911 lt by t A C C 3 V ZM X CHAPTER I 1 17 home As tarzan tartan of tie tue apes hurtled through the trees the discordant sounds of the tile battle between the abys inland and the lions en sn ote more aud anti more distinctly upon his ills sens iffie cars redoubling his assurance that the I 1 light flight of the human clement of the conflict was critical indeed at last the glare of the camp fire isbone plainly through the tile intervening Inte trees und a mou ent later the giant figure of the ape man paused pau ted upon un an overhanging bough to look donn dotin upon the balooly scene of carnage below ills quick ebe a took tn u the whole scene with fill a single comprehending glance and stopped upon the figure of a woman oman standing facing a g giat tat lion across the carcass of a horse the carnivore ans crouching to spring as tartan the tragic tableau auina as ai almost bett beneath eath the brinch upon which the ape inan stood naked and unarmed ther nos not even een in instants upon the part of the latter latterio latt erIt it was an though he lie had not eveni aused in his satt progress resil through the trees so lightning gilld his euney and haensli ti of the scene below ilin so in his tits action ido ide went ent jane Cla claton tons eydi in wonder onder annl an I 1 incredulity ag as bhe beheld hit this tic ining from the lend the lion was forgotten lier her onn peril c save the tile won on drow miracle ot of this flit strange debenc dec de enc she saw savi the sinewy form leap to the flit shoulder of tile lion hurtling against the leaping beast tile iia e a huge sali salivate nate battering ram she saw it the carnivore brushed nilde onide as he lie was mas at almost upon hir 1 and in ili the instant fhe realized that no wraith could thus turn the charre of a mad i bened lion w i lilt brute force greater than the ilia brute brutes s tartan tier Ta lit ed I 1 A cry of 0 bable gladness broke from her tier only to ille dle in terror as she ra aw fit tin utter of her tier binate ninte realized zed that the lion had to bini alf and und was turning upon tarzan tartan lu in mad lust luit for vengeance enge ance at the tile amman are bunns to falt flit lay t the lie dia tits carded rifle of the dead whose hobe mutilated corpse sp sprawled railed where fuma had abandoned it the quick glance alch indich had sept the ground round for some weapon 0 defense discovered it and as the lion i cared upon his ills hind legs to eelie seize tile lie rash rush man titan tiling thing 0 ito o had dared interpose its it puny putty strength between auma anil anu his tits 1 rey the tile heavy stock whirred through the nir air and L upon lie the broad forehead not t as an ord ordinary luary mortal might strike a blow did tartan of the tile apes strike hut but with still the maddened franty of a vill mill I 1 benqt backed hy by the etcel steel which hia tits wild ild arboreal boyhood lad hall bequeathed hica him hen lien the tile blo blott ended the splintered stock lia was driven through gli the splintered skull into the avage savage brain and the heavy iron barrel was beat luto into a it rudo V in the instant that the lion sank lifeless to the ground jane june clayton threw herself into the flit eager arat ct 61 latr husband I 1 or a brief infant instant he lie sti mined her dear tonn form to bl breast and then a glance about film aNak awakener awa kenel ened the tile apo ape nion to the tile danger dangers which still surrounded them the blacks who ito had hia ills adient looked on in lit as they saw aw the naked giant imp entity easily into the branches of the tree from whence lie had dropped eo so uncannily upon the cene scene add still cs as ho lie had hall come bearing fisi anway ay their prisoner with lilt him film va molested tarzan passed from the cenap of the from froin khith the din of conflict fol followed loed him deep into the jungle until distance gladu ally lly obliterated it entirely hack co to the tile pot spit where lie hud had left cartwr went the ape lean joy in hi hit heart now where atar and borrow had so recently reigned ildi in his hi mind n determination to forgive the th belgian and old aid him in baking taking good hia his cocove bilut ul leithe came to the tile place and though tarzan tartan pr per wall wa one called aloud anany times he I 1 elved no reply convinced that the nan us n had purposely eluded film for reasons of that iw he wea as bt his own john clayton felt under n i obligations to ell expose e hie his wife i to further daar r end and dl din comfort in n the prosecution of a more thorough tho roush search for the belgian lie ile has acknowledged hi his guilt by ble his night june jane he lie said we will let him go 50 to lie ile in the bed W that be he baa has made for him himself hl melt telf straight Stra leht as tion homing ting pigeons the two made their way sy toward the ruin and de deflation Jallon hat that had bad once len le n the cen ten ter of their happy lorce and which was as own to be restored reo by the willing black bends of laughing laug hinc laborer laborers made happy again 1 by the tit return retain of 1 the jeater end and balor 1 they bad hall as n dead lat past the village of achmet their way ird id them awl and they bom but the flit 1 of 0 atle petik and th the ball le tiete buts till still inc as mule V ma at of tw flit wrath ond of a este sity majarr r matl mn tl taman IT tb tw f en 1 aw te god bits then I 1 cried jane clay ton they cannot be far ahead of ul tit ald sald tartan lla aull sull and the other others the cold gold Is gone and thu tho jewel of opar jane but we me have each other and the 1 avirt we have to ahne a and joy y ally aud and what ure gold and jewel jenels to these it if only poor lived she re piled and those other brave fl ill iowa lox nho ho sacrificed eat belr atnes in vain endeavor endea or to profit let e in tbt he silence of mingled joy and sorrow sorro they kassoo along th the th familiar farall lar junkle jungle and ai as the afternoon wa as there come faintly to the ears of the ape man the murmuring cadence of 0 distant voices wc we arf are nearing the arlel jane he lie enid sold 1 I can hear thim ahead of ui Us they are going into ramp camp fur for the night I 1 imagine I 1 A half halt hour later the two tuo came upon a horde of ebon warriors arri ors which filch had collected tor for his akar ar of vengeance upon the ralden raiders with them wire the captured omen of the tribe whom hom they had bad found in the village of ach met ak and tall even among tho th clant giant loomed a familiar black furm form at the side of 11 it as whom jane had thought thou clit dead the charred of the ilia bungalow ah all such a reunion I 1 lon into tho night the dancing and singing and I 1 laughter the echoes echoe of the tile goin her 00 oo again and again were the stories of their various adventures uden adsen turp tures retold again and once again they fought their battles with savage beast nikl isaacc andrain br breaking when tor for the fortieth time narrated low he und and a handful of 0 warriors warr arri lora ors had find wa watched tche the tattle for the golden ingate which the aha of abdul had hall waged against the tile arab raiders of aek and how haw when the victor had ridden anay hey they find out of I 1 hurtling against the leaping dealt beast like a huge animated battering ram the he river reeds and stolen awny miny with the precious ingots to hide tilde them where here no robber ce ke ever could desemer them ilecia out ott from the of their various experiences A lilt the he alel blan glan the truth concerning the ign activities cf of albert herper bedaine ap p onla lady ludy Grew toke found ought to pratte la in the conduct of the maa man and anti it uni difficult eveir for her tier to reconcile hia tits many heinous nets acts with lilt this one evidence ot of and honor deep in file he soul of every man mid said taman tarr nn must lurk the genn germ ot of it as your own vir 1 tuc tue jaae rather even titan your licia leeone s which filch awakened for en an i i stant f tan tin tile latent intent jece jey of this tieman in that ont on net act he re grieved himself and lien hen ho he Is called to face hat h maler maker may it outweigh out elgh in t tie balance all the be bins 10 lo lie he has im coin com nit and jane clayton breathed a fervent amen hillid lagod the ile labor of the I 1 avirt and the fold gold of opar bad hall rebuilt and refurnished tl the asted of the Grey stokes once mere the simple life of the great aall caa can farm went ent on as it had defore the tile of the Itel gion and tile aral arab forgotten lor tor rotten gotten were the u sor roAt and dan ken gers of kor the tile first time in months ord lord l greystoke Ore Orey yeto stoke ie felt that he might indulge la in a holiday and so ft gratt hunt dav wa organized that the faithful laborers labor crr erx might featt in tn cl eb braon raton of the corn phellon of their a la in itself the tile vant int ua tali a and anti IMI ten ass dal after if its inauguration a well viell leden safara tol took un up its it return march toward the aten fad and badr groke rr teke with dakill and stu auw rod rode toma at the hwd hw of ai the bahma laux lav hinc ablog ad 1 talking together hi ia tilt cr ew coinman interests inter and anti rea respect hect bret breed 1 be tween dionest and intelligent men of any raws race jane clayton s home horse allied at ao an oba object ct halt hidden in the loan long of no an or opt n pare space in the jungle tartan it keen eee bought quickly foe for an explanation of the file animate to action hat liale we vie here ho be cried front from his tits laddie saddle and a moment later the tile four were ere gro grouped about a human skull and a little litter ot of whitened lilt ened human bone larann stooped niu lifted a leathell pouch from the grisly relice relies of a man kic itie hard outline outlines of the contente contents brought brou clit an exclamation of 9 to hit his lips the je aels of 0 opta he cristl holding bottling tho the pouch aloft and point ini ing to the bones at his fert feet I 1 all that remain remains of herper erper the laughed ik within llana he cried and you will we see what hat aru are the jewl of opar you will see ce what hat the 11 aclan cave gave hie his life tor for and nd the black lauh laughed lied aloud hy do ou lauchy asked larian because lle cause replied 1 I filled the liel glans pouch with ith river gavel before I 1 escaped the tile camp of the aby abys shiland whose prisoners we bere ere I 1 left the 11 0 only worthless north orth lees less stones while I 1 broucht brought away with fill me the jewila he had find stolen flom fl om you that they viere nere afterward after Mard from roe me hae title I 1 in tit the flit jungle lit I 1 my shaine and my dla grace i but at lost the lie bell clan lost them open bis his pouch and aou ou will III see tartan untied united the tile hone thong which bild the mouth of the tile leathern bag closed and permitted the content contents to aloir forth into ida tile open palm poll ift a cyer went sent wide at the leht and the other others uttered exclamations of surprise and tor for fron front tile rusty anti pouch ran a atrium of brilliant scintillating cents the rite jewel jerls of opar I 1 cried marynn nut hav did come by them again I 1 hone could ans anft er cr for I 1 oth chuly unil anti herper erper were lead and no ether other knew ioor devil devill I 1 eald said the ape man all 1 ho lie ung linck buck into ills tits saddle dlo even in bendi ho he line has dinatle let his alus lie ath th hie ilia bores till |
