Show tarzan and the jewels of opar by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS author of TARZAN OF THE APES SON OP OF TARZAN 11 C dd I 1 A C mcclun michea C CHAPTER XIV cot nud 13 in a moment the rho victim flashed bombed beneath the ila limb b and lit at the war same instant the lie ape P man she shore oat but sad ad down upon ft its back bach the weight ot of the men man a body carried the a leer deer t to the ground it stumbled forward a once 1 in tattle futile effort to rise and then mighty ra muscles dra dragged aged its head far back cave ave ill the a beck I a vicious wrench and RI bara 11 nag 1 dead 1 quick I hod bad flee been tile the killing bud and equally quick were tile the ape par man a sub rub sequent actions for who might kno know what naf manner timer of fill haller fee pursued baia or how close at hand he might be scarce had bad the neck beck of tile the victim snapped the than the carm carcass was hanging banging 1 er one me of tarrant broad shoulders and an instant later the afeman was perched parched aate once moie among the lower laic b branches he of a tree alm above the trail hla his keen een gra gray ees ahnin tile the do down which the deer dear had find led fled s sharp eyes eydi saw baw the malle ot of tile the i leading dill bar horse a as it came lot into liew round around a bend in tile the tr tortuous tu trail tend rod nd one a by one they scrutinized the ridera elders as they th ey pat rd R d beneath him in single file beneath him as unconscious of his hl ab presence as 8 were er the be fore and behind him tile rode albert per while the ape in man n scrutinized the belgian for some sign fillin ot if the pouch which be had stolen As tile the rode mile toward the south anath a giant figure hovel hovered ad over ever upon their trail tr a huge almost naked white hit man who he carried the bloody me car bamis cass of a deer upon ape his hia shoulders for lama knew that he be might not net haie bola another opportunity ity to hunt hour tor far some a time it if he be were to follow the belgian A two days davo match brem brought t them to a mout a level lemel plain b beyond ea and I 1 which aich lay by moun te bains I 1 R plain which trocie tarzan bural berea and ad which aroused within him vague gine h halt b memories a ries ind and a strange fr sales longings cag ings beside a charred pile of R be tile the halted and tarzan taman sneaking enraging close and coner concealing maling himself I 1 ID um nearby y shrubbery watched them in J wonderment lie be saw raw them digging up the earth and he wondered it if they bull had hidden bidden meet meat there iffie in the ribo had bad come tor for it then h be re recalled callis how bow he be had bad buried his pret I 1 ty pebbles and the suggestion that had caused him to do it they were war dig ting ging for far the things the blacks had bu burled here I 1 lir presently he saw them uncover a cally ch dirth ltv lellow ow object and he witnessed the joy of weeper and of abdul mou in rate fair as a the grimy object wo was or exposed posed to view lew one ole fir bv one the chev unearthed many similar pieces all of oc the same uniform dirty vellow until a pile of them lay jay upon the ground gromm a pile ulda abdul afonik fondled and ad pet pat ted led in a an ecstasy ot of greed something thing seln ed in the 8 in mind ind a as s he looked long upon th the guide golden ingots inga fibers had lie a san each before what were they he recalled the black men T who a bad ad bur bar led them the things must I 1 ab be theirs vaa we sterling stealing the them as he tied had stolen atole tarzan taman a pouch of pebbles th the apa afeman s eyes blazed in amiter ilie would litre like to find ill the black men and it leid jd them against these ta b As all 11 the these things to ran through the settle mind a party of me men moved out of the forest at the edge of tile the plain and advanced low toward old the r ulna ruins of the burned bungalow abdul hc me it leave always watchful was tile the first to see bee them hut but already they i almant lea set off aarow m to the thu 1 in I P pursuit oil were halfway across the open per swinging win g mg into his bis saddle fastened alb ill evex em spoil pa ill alie newcomers em tile then white hire and ad trembling he turned toward ad abdul I 1 11 it is a achmet achmat zek and his bin cri I 1 F e whispered IP d they alot are come or the old aid it most emst have been at about the a baie instant that achmet zek dincov ered it ot the apfl alie ol 01 t yet yellow 1 ow 11 no and ahmed real tied the we actuality fly of what hat he be hud had already retired reared since eltice tint first ills his ees had upon pea the party narty bealie the ran rufas of the eneith En englishman gith a lion bungalow w ao some one had forestalled him another her had emus come for far tile the treasure ahead of him the arab cred not aberm the thieves might be they would mould not net give up lip the gold without a battle of that it he we was certain and with a wild whoop slump nod nd a command to his foll followers tollow eia ah met et ek put pat spurs put to his hore hoeme and ad d dailies ard down upon the 8 and it after er hlin him willing a ing their long guns above bar their heade telling citing and cursing came a his motley horde battle ot at cut throat threat followers the me men of abdul met the them aith iab a volley which emptied a feml fe few sad ml tills dips and then the raiders lucre ere among them and sword pistol and maket ma ket each ell was doing its most at hideous rod and bloody work ainars zek ailing ft peeper erper fit at the list bola boie down doon upon tile the bil bolum glan and the latter t terrified rifled bv inal con temp I 1 atlon of the fate ate he deer deserved ved tinned lined la his horses homes head and dashed ma madly it iv away I 1 in a an ail effort to escape shouting shooting to a lieutenant to take corn am inami and bulging him upon mom palo pain of death to dil dispatch patch the and b brine tile the gold back to his camp ach met te 1 zek zeh set act oft off av across the plain in ill pur a suit 1 t ot of the belgian his wicked nature car unable to torero the plea pleasures suree of to re eng ange men at the 1 risk I sit ot if sacrificing act MO the trem treasure carper go going f g oe let his head rolled a few lards ard farther on oil scrambled I 1 to ills his feet unit and ran back seizing the reins rein lie he tugged logged to lo law tile the beast to his feet but the animal would not or could not rise and as the belgian cull cursed bud and struck him kaliniec Ali nieC lek ek ap appeared neared in view Int instantly antly the belgian ceased his el tons with will tile the dying an animal at his th feet and ml selling 1 liis I ride tie deop dropped blind d the hore borne and filed at the oncoming arab his bullet going to low struck achmet zek yoke s intran horse 1 n tile til herself breast bringing him dow down n a hundred 5 bards ards from where here warp 1 IB I to fir fire R ae ond ad shat the tha amb who he had gow gone down dovid with his mount was waa standing a tride him and selling seeing the belgian be a 7 a m P po a film behind his fallen flen im horse lot last no me time 1 in tailing up a similar one are behind his on as n B and there the to two I 1 lav firing at and cursing mg each other office while from behind the ajab tarzan taman of the apex apes approached to the edge of ill the forest keeping to one side ot of the trail tile the ape man came presently to a point where he could I 1 11 look k down in comparative safety up upon I 1 the be fighters taa first one me and then the other would partially raise himself shea aboe ill his breastwork areas of horseflesh fire his weapon pa and ad immediately chop flat be hind bind his shelter white ollove lie he would re oad rod and repeat the act a ame moment arrit inner jut later ift 11 erper arper had fired all but a single cartridge when during A lull in the fighting bidding it he called III aloud to his 1113 ment dent ze zek k 1 he cried allah alone knows knon which 0 one n e of us may leave lease our timpas bones to wt rot where hem lie lies upon tills this trill t today a day it if we keep keel up our or foolish battle lou wish vish tile the contents or of the pouch I 1 wear about my waist a and u iti 1 wish my life and mv me liberty even more than 1 do tb the a jewels let us each the then take that which he most desires char lesse IV nud go our wall wais in pence peace I 1 will toy lay the P pouch ouch up upon I 1 tile the carcass I 1 rca of my horbe where iou on way may see bee it and i 3 a in a turn lurd will lay jay your yen gm up upon your horse w ith halt butt toward me then I 1 will go away leading baling the pa pouch ch to ou on and iou will let me go in safety I 1 want art only my life and my freedom the alain thought in silence for a moment ahr then he be spoke poll B his reply d vas 1 influenced ull or a a U by y t the lie fact that he had expended ep ended his he last shot liar go our or way then he be growled 1 aak the pouch bouth in plain sight bight be 1 ilma you see sea I 1 lay my go gun thus with fill tile butt toward vou van go a 13 weeper laid the pouch contess its contents undisturbed upon the body of his home rose suit and taking his rifle with him backed do down the U ail until ill a far turn fild him from arota lot ile blew ot of th the aItch watchful fl alert but bu t achmet ak ek w was a no ool act to ex p pose e himself to the blueL blackened ened honor e of a thief and ad a murderer it taking his long 9 gun n with him he lift left the trail a en 1 eiling g the ra rank it and tangled eRet atlon 1 ill we wailed it end and li cian bellog ling slowly iv icara forward I 1 on hands and ad knees lie par paral k helel hal the lie trail flat but never ever for an a in start slant v was ilia his bada evis vied to tile the rifle if f the bedd n a 1 tills achmet lek ek chanced nhan ced until he h md had mine come opposite ap pp dt the dead line horff of 1 his enemy anal ill ahe pouch lav ther in in full I 1 view III while a short distance e alo alone it the trail weeper waited in g growing r oil Z impotence impatience and mider bonder ing ine why the arab did not mine comp to claim id lili reward rd ile presently artly he saw the imme of a till rifle 0 app appear on r sud derly ray find and mysterious I 1 iv v a few inches above tile the pouch end ad before he could realize the cunning trick that tile the arab had played upon open him the sight of the weapon was adroitly hooked hacked lot into the rawhide is ifs which aich formed the carrying allay of the pouch and ad the tha latter waa as drawn quickly from his view ilot into if the da dauie foliage at the trails trail a side bide there them wag another he mi alio had swa see the pouch and ad recognized it ft who rd ad red with achmet hol hovering pring she aboa him as silent ilet a slid ad as 1 sure are as death evil and as the arab finding a little spot of less I 1 sa mei grown geown with bushes than he be had yet encountered prepared pie pared ared to gloat giant his eyes upon the contents of tile the pouch aarian paused it directly above him ment intent upon the same bonie object metting V etting his bis thin lips with in his hl tongue temple achmet yek luned loosened the tie string closed the mouth of tile the aib and rd filling cupping one claw like band protect poured forth a portion of 0 tile the contents lot into lita it point palm A login look lie he took at the armm stones hing in his hand his ar eves marr narrowed bcd a curse carse broke ft from his lip lips and ad he be hurled burled the he wall small objects upon the ground disdainfully disdain fulli quickly lie emptied the balance of the contents dottl lie be had each separate tone stone and as it he I 1 dumped them alt all upon tile the ground and upon them his rage grew unit the muscles muscle of his I 1 face worked in fury and ills his finger cle clenched until ill his nails all bit j into to tile heb ali above carml watched in vo wonder ment eat he had her been curious to dis cover what all 11 the von pow wow a w all about it hla his pouch panel had meant he a wanted aad to see ite above in taman ached watched in iff wonder treat ment what allot the arab would do after the other had on gone no aw i leaving the pouch behind h him I 1 and ad h having an satis leving tze fled bed his bis curiosity he wu would then n li have pounced upon zek zak und and taken the p pouch h and ad his pretty pebbles way away from him for did they not belong to carean H HP saw the arab now throw aside ill the empty pouch and ad grasping his long gun by the barrel clu blike a k stealthily through the jungle beside the trail along which m inch tt erper had go gone A aa th the man ll disappeared bom ills his view lew tarzan taman dropped to the ground and commenced gathering up lip G the spilled ct it contents of the pouch unit and the h moment thit he a obtains 1 liis I best fir time near i lew of the scattered pebbles 1 he un on d der stood the rage of the arab I 1 for rin in limit of the glittering suit and amt scintillating LOW 1 mg gran bluell had bad that I 1 caught amit und and b held id the attention of tile the ape roan the bo pouch hod had now contained contain ad bu but a callec to tion of ordinary ther river pebbles CHAPTER XV aa lane clayton ibm A again in a prisoner adu mabi after his bis successful break tor for lib liberty eriv had fallen upon hard times his vay hay had led him abacon tb through acon a country I 1 IF with which he was no enfa a ral bralliar liar a jungle country 1 in which he could bad n no a water and ad but little ittle final so that afir several days day of wandering heing he be found himself so a re lamb 1 in strength that he be could barely drug drag himself f along A few stagnant pools at considerable di part apart sard him from death by but fits bis was as a pitiable state aben hon finally he stumbled by deal upon a li it rge liar in a country whole sa halt was abundant and d aso also go game which he might bag by aunus of a combination of stealth cunning a and a cloth I 1 which h he had fah glomd from a alln limb hint G one 1 day as he hunted a fair of sav mv age ym dim discovered md him alwa tile con call of if the mantras blanches of a gre grot t tree free beneath which the his black rk w rl pase bloodshot wicked eyes they were act I 1 in a tierce and hairy flee ace the creature aduca on w aa chalk bulk ind and he looks looked it down upon poll uie the unconscious man all more lii curlo curiosity vily than in liste hate clack eyed the lauc pouch I 1 w which hah suspend B ped ed ad over Muga aib a ab a it a swung wom his bla black hip T this h tm took it hla his f fancy I 1 tor for it was wan led with feth to ind and n and GO the up ape hung bung about b ait gambl s home bonia waiting an opportunity to atoo it eltar by or mig might I 1 nor was 5 it long before tile the faulty come came peeling safe of his hia enclosure wun oos wont to stretch crotch himself la in the shade of his bl shelter during the heat beat of the day and steep sleep in peaceful security until the declining ann in carried with it the ener voting temperature of ard idda watching from above chulk saw the black warrior sector stretched thus thug 1 in the un on consciousness of sleep one sultry afternoon f term a I 1 he fir approached the at sleeper roper upon pon padded feet winch which gave gale forth no sound ind and with an uncanny 1 wood 11 1 craft that rustled not a mat leaf or a glass blade P pouring ing beside the man B pr r slid and examined him hh belongings belonging the and detachable things were the and the pouch which had bad fall fallen tram from ti the black 3 shoulder as be rolled 11 I 1 lu sleep seizing these two articles article chat chuch retreated with haste and every indica if tinn of nei mr v robia teeter to the of f tile the tree from which he had dropped ama and atilt G haunted by that indefinable terror |