Show r ON Z ajsa jessu u AND THE irmie JEWELS OF OPAR edgar mar ria BICE cy OF me APES I 1 aun UN or ur TARZAN I 1 CHAPTER XIII continued 12 silently they made their way to the edge of the lite el clearing sort A 9 which surrounded Bin rounded the palisade se and it here chev the clambered into the loner set bra branches ches of a large free overlooking the village occupied by the ene enemy my tile the better to spy upon hla his goings game and ad comings coming A horseman obit nolte rode red out ind I 1 through broom the ante av of at the village tarzan ohi whispering spering to chulk chalk end ad tug tag let lat to remain where they were swung mother like the tres trees in the di direction of the trail the arab was rid nd la lug g from one jungle giant to the next he be sped with the rapidity of a squirrel and the silence of a ghost the ar abib b red rode slowly onward erd un on conscious A of flike alie it danger an ger hovering lug 1 ID the trees behind him um the ape pema man made a slight detour and ad increased his speed until he had reached a apt upon the trail in A advance ot of the is fint horse man 11 hee he e he be halted upon a leafy hough bough which ov overhung enning the narrow jungle trait trail on ia the arcas archs hum lug a wild air it of the great desert land ot of the north above him polled indred the savage brute that was bent upon the fill destruction of a h humin life the same creature who a few mouths months before it ha it occupied lila seat beat in tile the house of lords at land london a respected anted bod ad distinguished member of that A oil gest ach th the arab passed beneath the ter over hanging bockh there was a slight rustling of the I leaves ies es above abole the horse snorted enacted and ad plunged as ai a brown brama akin red ned creathie crea craid tuie tain dropped upon its rump A pair of mighty arms encircled the arab and be wag dragged from his sad it die I 1 to the trail id ten tea minutes I 1 A later the ape man car ning ing the outer ter genocide garments of an arab AIDS bundled handle db beneath an orr arm rejoined inid ill his companions io he exhibited hia tr trophies aphis to lo them explaining a ing 1 in low gutturals guttu rals tile the details of bill his exploit toil theu then tar tartan led ther baas bass through the jungle to the trail where the three hid bid glutted themselves and ad waited sued nor had they long to wait before I 1 two a A of f blacks clothed in ID 1011 habiliments similar to their masters came d down oll the trail ou on toot foot returning to the camp one moment they were laughing and Is talking king together the next chev lav 6 arete h ad in death upon the trial trail 1 three mighty might y en g ines of destruction b hinding ding over ever them to tarzan nom removed their out er garments as 11 he had bad removed id the a t effii sj ratha al with chulk go and ago I 1 ib a seclusion of the tree has they had bad fit first selected led here the itic ape man an anaed ane gar ments erds upon his shaggy fal fellows lieve rod and himself afif I 1 sell tap until at a distance it might dt all he have up appeared pe ad that three white whits robed arabs squatted silently rag among the branches of the forest it was lo 10 long A 9 after darkness had bad fallen that taman led his companions train from their hiding biding place in ID the tree to the ground and around the palisade palis nde to tile the far lite fide of the village gathering the th skirts of his burn burnoose orle b beneath one ne arm am that his legs might th have free action the ape man took a short hurt running start and scrambled to the top of the harder barrier fesig fearing lest the apes a should oil rend read their garments to sl arish in a similar attempt he haul had directed them to wait air below for b him im and aimse f securely perched upon the summit of the hallside pal pall iside side he be his spear poor and ad lowered one end of it to chulk chalk th the ape seized it and while adle tarzan taman e h held eld to the a upper ipar end the an climbed quickly up the shaft until with fill one paw he grasped the top of the wall to scramble then to tar too tan 8 side bide was the work of bu but t an in slant scent in 11 like manner was waa eon con dueled ducted to their sides find and a moment later the three dropped silently within the enclosure um T tar uin led ld them first to the rear of the me hut hot it in which jane clayton was waa confined whore here through the roughly repaired aperture 1 in the wall he sought ought with his bis sensitive Bensi tive nostril for proof that the she he had come came for we ana within chalk and aad their hairy fares facea P regard close to that of the patrician patricia ifred with h him I 1 A each caught the alch rent areat spoor of ill the a woman man within and fa I 1 td to id his tempera misso 7 in bl J ri ill hl I 1 at t thought on f chulk indifferent th the she tartan all that h sg he desired dashed 1 to holy bury lit bla snout at lo in the foodstuffs fc 98 basul he tied had come came to il pa bit slit without land ib labor T baraan bad lim that that should be his re and ad he be w was as satisfied jold it tag at wicked bloodshot yen eyes croves to ill the a real realization atio n t the ring fulfillment I 1 of af hahl hia carefully efe luil fraed plu it Is tra that during the 1 averal I day that had bad hissed since they had set art out upon their expedition it had been base difficult tor for to hold lit hi idea uppermost 1 in his nl inland led n a on 1 averal I act he be had completely forgotten it 11 until ill tunisia k chance word hd bad re called it to a him but far or an ape tug tnt let had ad amie well now he licked his then chops and ad and ads a sickening sacking bucking noise with his hi bibby lips lipa as lie he drew draw in nil his breath Satt satisfied fled if eliat tile the she As ai bale no hi tied hoped to h find d tier term led his hi afier apes tohaid t the I 1 tent at of achmet zek A aina kaising pa ising 9 arab and two ai slaves sav them his her but I 1 the night we was dark and ad tin ill white hite bur A cissna hid the hairy limb of 01 it tin apes ape and the giant d figure guru of their leader BO 80 that the three by squatting down as though in c thin wen mere passed bv b un ur trepan epan 2 to tile rear tf rf the tent the they made tie in their sit war achmet achmat zak conne coincided sed with will several of ins his lieutenants is ii shout t tsal T sal listened CHAPTER XIV the deadly peril of jane clayton lieutenant albert herpe fied by cid con ent tempi a ti on of the fate fail which might ling lit small await him at adia ache abeba ababa cast about for some scheme A of escape cap but after the black had eluded their vigilance the redoubled rea their fire precautions A lion to no prevent at tattooing folio ing the lead of the ne ion gio A day or so an after tied had di dis appeared asked for an audi a euce with abdul abdil SInuru lt abdul eved I 1 liim am frowning litter do aa jou A rant bowl dwir lie hanagin ha asked my illy liberty replied arr r ion sneered noted and you we thus to tell nie ag mb what t say any tool foot might know he said I 1 can pay for it t said herper abdul almiral laughed in 0 had loudly pay in for it b he a cried hat with lb the rs rags that t yu you have upon your back backa or F perhaps e lou ion are concealing be nel neith ill your coal cast a thoun thousand stid pounds of I 1 doiy y get out art I 1 lou aie a a fool do not bother me again or I 1 shall have y yon u whipped hipped but alper persia persisted ted his liberty libarty and perhaps his life depin led upon his success listen ant to me he pleaded eif if I 1 ran can gle ghe you as much gold as a to ten men A may carp car r will you promise that I 1 shall be conducted in safety to the deafest sale at U english echoic cono commissioner IMme 1 A As much gold as ten men may carry repeated abdul yo U are clint crazy 1 I know where it 1 Is hid bid said 11 after fter at per Pro promise mene and I 1 will ill leai a I 1 you to 1 it if 11 ten tea loads land 1 is enough light abdul had ceased to laugh fiz w a 4 lug the fi ln intently the fellow seemed sane enough vet 1 ten loads of gold I 1 it we was pre poster 0 ous well and ad if I 1 promise peanuts le Is said old I 1 how far Is I 1 this thin gold A long lon weeks week s march to the south partied replied W aper and it ft ve us do not find it where you say it ts IS do to vou re realize sill what lour punishment pan I 1 sh at cut will be bea if it Is not there I 1 vill w forfeit my life replied the belgian I 1 know it ian Is there here tor for I 1 saw it burled buried with ith my a own a aea and more there or are not only ten loads but as many as fifty men may carry it is all yours it if you will pron armilie pr milie ie to see rne me safely dal delivered hered into tile hie protection of the english aey cry well said the abyssinian 1 I 1 IRA promise miss a and it even it if there be but five loads load ou on ea shall I 1 all have base your freedom but until a ill the gold Is in my possession assum lou on remain apri a prisoner seDer I 1 am satisfied sold said NN elps to m morrow rw we a stait elect abdul nodded and the B bel nian glan returned to his go guard r it tile the to fol loving tov ing day the abyssinian abyssinia soldiers were surprised to recede recalls an order which turned their faces bum the northeast to the south 1 tt I hile bile dreamed of freedom and the unmolested enjoyment a of f the fortune in hla his stolen pouch panel and abdul amiral lanshe lay in greedy bontem of the fifty loach ads ot of gold which lay but ft A fe few do dais 4 farther to the south of him achmet ZIA gave orders to his illuce to that they sheild P pre part pare a force of fik iding men and car ners to proceed to the ruina coln of the Cagin duh u 8 douar on the morrow and bring back ties the fabulous fortune which ills his re renegade legain lieutenant had told him aas buried and as he initialed delivered his instructions to those within a silent Us listener c 11 crois bromhed hed without hla his tent lent I 1 I 1 tig to for the time when hen he might inight enter in and ad PS prosecute ee IRS his earth for far llie ad lifs lufi ing pouch and the pretty pratt pebbles pebble that bad caught cant his fancy at last the lite swarthy companions companion of achmet zek zak quitted quilted his tent and the leader bent cut with then them to smoke a pipe with jtb one oaf of their number leaving his 1118 am own sit silken ken habitation unguarded Sc scarcely arrela had they left the interior when so a knife blade was thrust through the fabric of the rear nail all some six oil feet above the ground and a mitt downward stroke strake opened an entrance to those who waited beyond th an sit the opening stepped the ape man and close behind him came llie lie buxe ce chulk chalk hot but did suit not follow them hem a d he h turned in it and ad slunk look through the d darkness ekr lament tow ard the it hut t the alie she an atho had arrested his brutish interest lay iny securely 11 1 bound talithi the young woman oman lay upon ft filth filthy 1109 9 mat at signed resigned through utter after hopelessness to in what alint ever fate let iny illy in store tor for her bar until ill the ill opportunity ap pp 0 durity alried which won donld ri 1 d permit her to free herself by the e onil means which now low seemed A even remotely p possible allak the flie hitherto detested dett sted set act of self destruction creeping silently t toward rd the me sen san cifes a watte figure op fin pr preached abd the shadows bad at one as end ot of the hut it came to the corner center of the hut but and peered around the se sentil ettle cs were a but a few paces away but t the B ape did not dare expose himself even for far en an instant to those feared and listed hated tl thunder in sticks which the tar domig S k knew so we well how bow to use if there acre re another and hater method ane are a of f attach it ck withdrew ith draw a few paces to the rear of the lot lint gathered massif for far in the a effort run ran quickly forward and leaped high aleh into the air lie he struck ill the a roof it directly above the rear watt wall of t the be hui but rd and th the structure rel rein forced by the wall vall beneath held his enormous enols weight tor for an instant then he moed it f forward mard a step I 1 the root of tagged the thatching period parted and ad the great anthropoid shot through into the interior interior the sentries hearing the er erbing crashing bing in of roof poles leaped to their feet and rushed into the hut but jane clarion tried to roll aside ashle as the gleat torn farm lit fit upon the floor 0 a close to her th ahn it one toot foot panned her clothing to the gr ground it the ape feeling ill alie in movement moi ement be a side its him reached don and gathered the girl in tile the hollow hallow of one mighty arm am the burno e covered the hairy body so that jane C lanton believed that a human b or arm supported parted her and train from the extremity of baillo hopelessness als a great grant hope sprang late into her breast that at last bile was nas la in the keeping of a rescuer the two luct sentries let were an now within I 1 the hut hot but h hesitating alting b because a of doubt as to the nature of the calls of the disturbance seeing that they stood w without t advancing and realizing that h ban an di df cupped as he was as b ba tile 0 of the bhe he be could put pill up but gr battas a 7 poor batt elected to risk a sudden bres i ter for liberty I 1 I 1 P the hideous face and hairy form of a giant anthropoid his head lie he charged st ight for the two too sentries who blocked the doorway the impact of his mighty shoulders deri bowled them over upon their back and before they could scramble I 1 to their tiet list the ape was gone darting darling in I 1 the a shadow s of the huts hut toward the fuhs palisade lill at the far end of the village the speed and strength of her rew res i cast filled jane chilton with wonder could it be that tartan taman had bad survived hed the bullet of the arab who sis else in nil all the jungle could bear the weight eight of a grown woman oman as lightly as he who held hera she spoke his name but i there we was no le lapouse les still she like did not rile up hope at the palisade the beat beast did not hot en so hesitate bits A single ing 1 might lap jeep carried it to the top where allen it poised but tor for an A instant before dropping t to A the ground up upon the opposite aid side row now the girl ana as almost positive that bile be was as safe in a the or arms of 1 her be huf band ban d and ad when shen the ape took to the trees and bore her swiftly into the jung jungle as taron had done at other time throes 1 in ahe past belief became con fiction lion in ill a little moonlit glade I a mill mile or efrom i from 11 the a camp of the raiders her r net limited baited and dropped her to the ground his toughness roughness surprised her but still she be had no doubts again she called him by name and at the same mime last instant m at the ape fret ing under the r re e billion of the unaccustomed get garments e t S of it tile the Tarmon gani Ran tore fare the burno burnore bur ove from him revealing to tile tl ees cles of in the I 1 horror struck woman I 1 the be h filous face and ad hairy form of a giant anthropoid with a piteous wail of terror jane chuden cluden swooned while lills fro from the ian con of S a nearby bush numa dumn the lion itou eyed the pair hungrily and licked his chops taryan taman entering enter ln the tent of achmet achmat zeli zek searched the interior thoroughly ile he tore the bed to pieces and scattered the mutant contents of box and bell bag about the floor door ile he investigated whatever his eyes discovered nor did those keen organs Over overlooks looka a ingle eingle article within the habitation of the raider chief but no DO pouch or at |