Show r I 1 rr A m y A by EDGAR RICE T 1 A K R L A JN N BURROUGHS AND THE ry JEWELS OF OPAR 0 tarzan son o of of tarzan the r apes 1911 1918 by A C itic mcclura Clurg co ca CHAPTER 17 home As of tin the apes agli tit ohp trees tin the discoid nt of the battle between the abs sounds I 1 sinland 4 ifune and ni tile alons smote ninn laore nil 1 wor more distinctly upon his hl sensitive ears cari redoubling lilt its assurance urance that hi it the plight of the lita illin eleni clinent ent of the conflict wa was critical indeed at U dinst the llie glare ot of tin the amp caknip tin fire is shone lione plainly through tile the intervening ant brecq i mill and it moment inter the giant figure of the ape man mail pause 1 upon art overhanging bough to look down don upon the bloody blood scene of carnage below biln ills his quick eye ee took in tin tile ewt I be scene ene with ith a singh shigh glance anil ani upon the figurs burc oi 1 a annn funding facing fix liitt 11 great 11 in across the lie carcass of it hor ibisi tile carnivore n vas is W t spring as abT tarzan tran the ia anif ragle lt tableau guinn auina 1 I is almost hollerith hol lelith nth the branch upon which the ape in r tood stood linked and there anns is not pun even sin an instant b apol ii i tile the part i nit of the hit hitler lt it wai vis ll 11 na though tie lud had not even an in ills his s swift ift progress through it th trees so si like ills his survey n and 11 compre chini ro hn holn of the scene hilow below so 0 o in tellous 3 ills 11 1111 lit action V ida went idill 1 nu limin i M in vander and ili w us slip she 1 hold seeni hig apparition up rl ri i ii from tn lilt tl di le 11 d itie lion nas w is forai atin err own peril everth ilig sm tin tile noll M ilian brulls i 1111 ruele of tills strange mill de demerice cerice she saw si tile the sinewy forill 1 ain lella to lo the shoulder ot of the th lion tile the leaping be bet annit t filhe e it huge liu buttering rain rail she sin saw the t Iru shod nilde aside as lie anas lit ill mot most upon her lit in the instant alii realized that alint no ralth torild thus alius turn the clit anre irge of u dinati in id debited lion knitli ith brutt brute force greater iiii than the brute arute i tarzan jarin her taman gleit A Y cry cri of it unspeakable glad glatties ties broke from her 11 1 only to die lit in terror til lor it us slit she sift aw tin the niter litter li defenseless fens fless of lier her anute tin aind realized that tin the lion had recovered anel was turning upon tarzan carmn in fit land lut lust lu t for veli galice at tit ape ninn b feet lay the HIP ills all baided rille of tin the and d id 11 lull N I 1 iw carlm sprawled aln abere ie had abandoned glnn boned it tile quick glance which alch hud swept the anund ground for some venion of defense discovered it ind and us its the lion reared nail upon its his hind legs to seize the lie rush man tiling thing nho hud had dared interpose its puny pun strength between launia und ills prey p the heavy hea stock through tin the air and splintered upon the hisil f forehead not ns as tin ordinary ordin try mortal might strike a blow lilo did tarzan ol of the lie ap aps strike hut but with alth the maddened frenzy freny of a wilia beast hacked backed by bv the steel illel thefts which his wild arboreal boy bo hood had bequeathed him when han the blow enda d the splintered stock was allen en through gli the splintered skull lulo into tin the simile savage brain anil and the heavy tron iron burrel was v is bent into info a rude V in the instant that the lie lion sank lifeless to the alie ground J tile me clayton claton threw herself into the euger arms of lier husband for or a brief instant lie he strul ned hiir ter deur dear fortu form to his breast and then a n glance about ailin awakened the ape ninn to the danis dangers dan is idich still surrounded the theiu iiii the blinks blacks who lio anul lilt his nINe tit looked on oil in ait ns as thoy tin y saw the naked blunt leap lap easily earll into the branches brant ns of tin the tree from mience lie he hud had dropped alro bcd so uncannily upon ill on the seene SLI m and dinish nl sli its as lie hud had conic bearing bearl iio it uy their alii lr pinkoner ith him fijn molested unbolted larf Turza ill ii passed p assid front the forup of tin tile Abys abyssinian front bich tile din of conflict fol followed lowel deel alito tile the jungle until dist unee gradually it entirely back to till the spot win awro ru lie had li id left it ft aliar iiii the apt ape nitin joy jo in ilk hl i heart now icv gnp 0 o fear far und and soi soiro row had so ho recently reigned and in ili lit mind 1 it I to forsmit alln aind ald aid win him in ili making gond po 11 ilk e arapi ape wit lint when hin lie he calne to tin the place pimp wi i r pr per avas as gone and though aarun jarun called alund mum many thaes he reci lul it no reply convinced that tile lie man in in lind purposely eluded i ailin for reasons ot of ili ills own M jolin john C anton iti ton felt ft it tint that lie wn aler it V tn expose ti his wah to ki further danger and discomfort lit in ow lir elution of it more thorough for f i III 1111 Ing lie ile ha liis ad ills his allt by h bis ahli It june jane hi he said salil we e will let him go na to lip lie in III tin tile lid hed that lint lie hi lins tits inside for himself as the lie two MO in ade their ny a tonal board th clr ruin and desolation that hit ind olit oli t bun been the cen tir ter of their happy liis and hah soon to be in by tit alie vl illg muck bonds of labo labonets ninde dippy iraln by li tin the return of ills HIP and ni kliess i aiom tiny they li id infill lied lit d as dind I 1 alst t tit tin hlll 1111 ll ll vo of nf admiel zok k thair thuir way M led thein ind and there 11 t r they th f ind iut UK tile dined charn fl rf ainoo or it ili ilu uli S IP field till tho Ill I 1 ti sl 1111 amik sl ll 11 i i wah 11 aili i i ill in 0 i of n III m imbilli na 1111 in I 1 VP droll MY or of i 1 i iu i fill it lii colim n nwe 1 larin ab a 11 6 y rm i 11 tl god dod bliss bless phenil cried jane clay on oil they cannot be for far ahead ot of us lid barzan bagull and the other rhe fold old Is gone one nw anil the jewels of jane but ve c have hae baell other ellid the HIP we ve have love loe toy lo 10 alty ailt and friendship and what nhat tire gold lilt anil jewels to these it if only poor gambi lived 11 she replied and those thore other brave fil fel lows ims nho ho sacrificed their lives in ald vain endon parl vor to protect me I 1 in tile silence of mingled jy joy and arow airow the they y passed along through thi the familiar jungle and as the afternoon was Ms waning there anine faintly to tin fills lits of the ape nian man the murmuring i lence it nee ot of distant voices alces we L are nearing the jane it in aid I 1 can hear them of us its they diio lie are going into caknip for or the night I 1 him im ielne A half hour 1 nil luhr later the two to canie upon it 11 horde of ebon which bagull lind i id collected tor for ills war of vengeance ill pon un the raiders with ath them were vere the thomen ot of the tribe whom ali hey ind found in the village llinge of df acht 11 t zok i k ail and fall nil eten et n mixing tin 1 lant I hit biln loomed li oiin d n familiar black 1 1 orin nil at the side of bagull it was 1 M hon in june jani had find thought li tl if amlet tile the charred ruins of tin the I 1 Il galow mi ali such it n union long I 1 ong into tin the night all t the dancing and sinking singing and I 1 r amo e the lie echoes of the I 1 ier er 11 nood iud anin again and dignin were the 1 ilis of their various adventures re I 1 lid 1 I d again and once again they fought foit lit their battles lintt lis with alth savage beast in 1 s inan andean and dan dun wusi already I 1 lull baking ing when bagull for the fortieth little narrated how ho hp he and a handful or if warriors find watched at clid the lie battle fa fi tit alie golden ingots ingols chich the aby ah shiland of al dul 1111 find agel n t Il ellist list the arih arab raiders of chhiet zek 1 alid ilow ho idoll tit alie victors Ic hild adden away they alln had noawell no akell out of hurtling against the leaping beast like a huge animated battering ram the riser find an stolen tam kith ith the precious pi e ions ingols ingots to hide tl in win albre re no bobher irl ani oe eye ever ctr could dis bisconer coNer thecil tin in alm 1 out ut from the frarie ailt of their vardoui n 1 ui experiences lilii tin the 1 bilan 1 9 heliin law hi truth concerning the iii nii ilin align I s ot of albert 11 roii lt in if ip parent lit nh lady 1 ia Givy iii stoke suk f 11 id ini aught flit to eralso 11 alsi in tit lit conduct i if tile llie inan und and it ns evea em for fi owr 1 r to rec nii onelle ille ills many liell in it wil ills acts vill till lails one evidence of chivalry chit clr and nil I 1 1 hollor lor li doli i 11 in hi tin the soul it if evri earry until 11 sill sidd finian tinian lurk lull the gerin 0 t f bisin s it was vas your mii n or lr I 1 i little radar even than sour li ip h I 1 ne in s alii Ii lell li nutt iud lor for 11 1111 in stint tile ali latent intuit decency of t tills 1 I 1 ls degraded man in that one nil net ni L 1 in its ri re rivien hi and when iti lie Is 1 caell 11 to file ance ili lis maker allay nut it outweigh in III halal lL L nil all tile HIP sins sills lit hu 1 n culli and nd jane I 1 nil clubton uton breal I 1 lieda 1 n fervent atri lit anwyl ii n month had passed I 1 the alie binl III i r of tit tin and ain I 1 tin gold of fleir p ar luid i 1 hullt li rt I 1 and iad tho u il sti d lunn tend of f tit til 11 st I 1 i ii 1 in tile lift life of f law april 11 1 1 11 A I 1 i in ili farin f iain ant ait on n it us it luid li 11 waon i aw li K 1 ning ul of I 1 I 1 i U lind nil I 1 lh i I 1 I 1 01 ol ottell were tit tin thi sirs orron 1111 liall 1 1 n acs is of lor for the list flit t ahne lit in in i his luril I 1 aid greystoke On felt blint he illicit in culpi in ili it a holiday liol iii and so a great 11 it liblit nals v is organized that tilt the faithful binl i n might feist ili ID celebration del ration of if tin the colli i in of tin their ir work noil in ili itself the hunt ns it a si i ss s una 11 1 tell 1 ii d ii i i after its in nini i tin i it 11 iwin 1 I 1 n harari took to k ul u it its laii li t 11 1 the ll 11 t nil phien il aln lord 1 alad in I 1 I 1 h n is hi ali ith linsell in mn i n 1 I 1 1 I 1 logn hi lher alln 1 tit lit ahe li i 1 f hi collit i inn lill n I 1 and lull in t tg ti 1111 i in ii that hint LIISI in iiii li antem ts mid and mutual respect breed between hont lioi iett st tin ami intelligent inen of stay races lane jane horse shied suddenly lit tin an object half hidden in the long glasses of mi ail open space pace in tile the jungle heen eyes sought q quickly alck I 1 y f for 0 r nil ail explanation of the ani animals nials action what have we here lie cried ale il swinging ringing from lit his sl saddle iddle mid alid a lit mo later the four were g grouped about it a human skull and a little utter litter of whitened human bones tarzan stooped and lifted a leat leathern beim pouch from the grisly relies relics of a roan man the hard outlines of the contents conten ta in ought brought an exclamation of surprise to his lips llie ill e jewels of opar he cried holding the lie pouch aloft and pointing to the bones at his feet all that i rein cumins alas of corper aci por the belgian laughed look within lawana he cried and you iou will see alint flat tire the jewels of opar you vou will MP ve nhat hit the gave gam his life tor for ind the black laughed aloud why do you ou laugh Imi Kli asked taman ill lir eva rause aie replied 1 I filled all tin pouch with river gravel grael before I 1 d the camp of the ab abis ditl ins ahoe prisoners we w e I 1 I 1 left tile lie belgian only worthless stoops while I 1 brought away with me th the jewel lip lie host bad stolen from you ou that they anere afterward stolen from froin me lille I 1 slept in the jungle Is roy my shame illy disgrace but at least the del bel glan lost thein open ills his pouch and you nu will see IM tarzan untied the he thong which held field tile lie mouth month of the leathern ling bag closed ind permitted the contents to trickle slowly forth into his open palm mu iri nihls eyes as went wide tit at the sight and tile the outliers uttered exclamations of 0 surprise and incredulity for front from the rusty anil weatherworn pouch ran a stream of brilliant scintillating gen gems ilie hie jewels of opar cried targan nt but liow how did come by them theal again none could answer tins for both chulk chalk and were here dead and no other knew poor dil said the ape abc man as lie he wung swung back into his fits saddle len even lit in death lie he has made restitution let ills his sins lie with alth ills bones jim |