Show I 1 OZAN AND rr THE MIE OF nw UT amr edg cy or UE APES OH or OF TARZAN CO 1 1916 16 CHAPTER XVI IS 15 th the e F flight alot to ties tt jungle ip ake sleepless e m u upon pon it DM a bl a n to kibert auert IN onni let his a 0 ell won mind it well duell upon 1 alie 1 e charms of the in the near bf ant se had ot noted 31 be 4 s sudden interest in the kiel girl and judging uie the man ty his ow own 0 bid stan D dds dirda d ds had gued gue d at the beat basis n of f tit the arab s sudden change or of attitude tile the prisoner A boulden d him be he throw threw 11 the blon lets aiom it 1 in and rose roe to his hig feet pulling on hii bit boots boom and buckling ills his cartridge belt erml re 1 ere bout about hit bit hips hip he be stepped to lo the lp of bifi teat antt looked out there them n y Z w aa a s no as sentry b before f 0 m t the h e entrance to the ila prisoners prisoner trail teut abbat could it mean I 1 late to was uns indeed playing into ills 1 I I 1 hands J stepping outride he passed to tile the lose lear of the girls tent TI orm wr was no embr there either cither and now biddy he be hilkea to the cat entrance mince and kintly within h n lilily the moonlight illumined the interior A across the ent a figure fig u 1 b bent e tit I 1 of above be ill the ab blankets k sto of a b bed ed T there h ere me was a ahi whispered arre it word and another figure row a f from the bi mikOl la I 1 a lift bit ting ling position albert eves enes were mere becoming accustomed to the b half if dl alks ks of tile the tent re fin a saw that liver the figure leaning over tile the bed w was as that of ft a man and ila he m aed at blout the he truth mill of the noc deal A suit sullen jealous rage enveloped him H he e heard a 8 frightened cry bleak bicak from the girl B lips on as she is recognized the ha features of cr the man bole her and 1 I lie be saw mohammed held seize 1111 her by the throat threat and bear live hir back upon the blankets heated cheated passion cist a red blur be tore fare the eves area of the belgian is hoi the ITile man should not at he have her she me was for him and ad him less alone lie III would old aaa at be robbed of his big rights quickly he be ran across the tent and ad throw threw himself upon pop the back of al mohammed bed tile the latter sur priest by this sudden rod and unexpected attack was not one to give ghe up without a battle the belgians fingers were feeling for his throat but the arab tore rare thym them aawar and rising wheeled upon his ad adversary ary As aa they faced each 0 other er ft erper struck strack the arab a heavy blow in the face sending bending him staggering backward it if he had fol jd J d up it bis adian 6 ma taie he be would old hae bale iad had mohammed bed bcd at his merey mercy in another or moment ineat but instead he be tugged at his revolver to draw it il from its ita holster and ad tute film that at that tat to particular cu or moment the weapon 0 should old stick in ita is leather scabbard before he could disengage it mo me h hammed ayd had bad re recovered red himself and ad was mas dashing upon him striking at each ell other and cI ceaselessly esely attempt leg ing to cl clinch inch tile the two battled about the am beall 11 trite interior ter of the tent while I 1 the h girl wide eved d in terror slid and as an to sha tent watchie the dust duel 1 in frozen brals silence agn again u a and nt again struggled gagain to tit draw w h his i weapon open mohammed sold bed a anticipating no DO sun opposition to his hii base desires desire tied bad come to the tent mat on nn armed ad except tor for a long ions knife which he now drow drew as lie he stood panting dur in ing the first brier brief rest met of tile amoun ter ter welper was still dragging futilely mt at his weapon pop th the arab was I 1 almost upon pon hatt him in ID desperation the euro eurn ona tit until Mo mohammed bead beaux peaux we was all I 1 but against him then he threw if himself 1 to one bide aide to the floor of the tent 1 lea leaving arg a leg extended in the path 0 of the arab th the trick succeeded mohammed bead carried on by the momentum of nia file c charge sege stumbled over oer in the project trig ing a stacle obstacle and crashed to the ground instantly he be was up again get and wheel beef ing im to to renew the battle but kerper we wa I 1 on foot feet head ahead of him rod and now his revolver resolve to loosened train from its ita holster a lined I 1 ID his hand and the arab dove hemli headfirst first to grapple with him there was a sharp report a lurid glea gleam of flame dome in ia the darkness and it mohammed bead rolled called a over er id and over upon iran it alie floor to come cants to final rest beside the bed of the woman he be had bad sought dug it to dish dishonor r almost abas t immediately following all ig the report ca came a the sound round of excited voices ze la tho camp without wort men w were calling back it rod and p orth forth to one an another ther asking lim the be meaning of I 1 I 1 the shot in per could old hear them am running hither and ad thither investigating the tw two sentries who had bren been re alithe cleved red old and seat bent to their blankets by mohammed held men the fht to bug g gest going g t to 0 the tent of the prisoner it occurred to them that possibly the woman moman had ame successfully defended her self it galt against gal t their lair leads leader huard V herper erper heard tile mon men approaching cpr aching la 1 fe e apprehended us as the slayer of bead would be equivalent 1 to a assue nce ul 14 immediate death th the fiand fierce bretl would tear to pieces a who one had dared spill lc aie ot of their hair leader he must most find iino some a imis I mis to in delay the bading of mohammed boyd a d dead end body returning hil revolver tells r to a ita holster aitto lie walked quickly to t the I 1 entrance ranco of fit tile the tent putting parting the it naps ups be stepped out and confronted tile the reen men wit who were rapidly approaching ap pp alg the cowam resisted he be aid and mohammed bead will forced to shoot sham lie her site she 1 is pat not dd only ay iy slightly v wounded 0 loll 1011 mi may may go back to our blankets bl mohammed held and it I 1 will in look I 1 after the pil pill boner then he tinned and rt rc entered tile til tent ind ad the raiders ed by this explore tom tin gladly returned to their broken el 11 in them hers As lie he wool stood apparently listening to the retreating entreating foli footsteps timp ot of the arabs alaba though actually engrossed in thought gassed june ism claiton ill approached r bed hit him AN hat are arc so 0 o do now nott she asked the they will mill kill ion ml when they find him I 1 likic is a pa plia be cried lou ie mut must simulate alth ahil chile I 1 carry you f thoin it ill llie camp I 1 will explain plot to the se belittles littles sen tilea that mohammed blyd has ban or del deded e it me to take your body into the jungle iti chii seemingly unnecessary net act I 1 shall explain upon the grounds that ayd tins ban lams conceived ived a passion for you and that he so ao tile the act by which he ind hid become ion bour slayer thit mit lie he could not net so en diirck t the is silent of your life iffe less body but how bow will vou volt I 1 explain P I 1 at n N johnm I 1 inov med mcd bs death she ehe asked it will be discovered before ever iou on can escape the camp 1 in the he i ing 1 I shall not explain it replied per yield shall explain it 11 himself vic we must leave eliat to him wait I 1 must get you weapon and ammunition and v walked quickly hom aiom the tent very shortly he returned with nn an e extra to revolver ohe and ammunition belt a strapped bout about its hii wt waist now ow come find and throw yourself sour self limp ly class across my left shoulder and we knelt to receipt 1 her there he be bald fit I 1 ai he rose a to his feet N ow on lot apt your arris arms bour legs and var r head bang limply romend her ber that Y jou on are dead aab A than home boina had been thrown up about the camp to discourage di rge the bolder of the hungry car A couple oi it sentries paced to nod and fro in tile the light of a fire which bich they kept hept burning brightly the nearer ot at these looked up in 1 surprise as he saw wor per approaching ah atho are lou onlie cried ebat hoy hae you w there aler caled the hood head of his bur noose that tile fellow might see his face this Is the body of the woman he explained mohammed blyd has asked me to take it into the jungle tor for be cannot bear to look upon the face of her w bourn he loved and w whom loon necessity cassity compelled him to slay he nor form fera greatly tv he 1 la lato onnal this ible it we was with difficulty that I 1 prevented him taking 1 ats own w life aar acroix s the speakers speaker s shoulder ehon lder limp old and frightened tile the girl giri waited tor for the 3 there we waa x sharp report arabs arab 8 reply he 13 e would laugh tit at this prop preposterous t mo story etory of that edve was vas all eure then she she he heard the voice loice of the arab as a he be replied to M are at I 1 ion 3 on going alone or do you w on me a to awaken avan some one to accompany ion he be asked and his tone time denoted not net the least surprise that Moba mohammed romed ayd had bad suddenly odde tily discovered such each re workably mar nor kably sebit a characteristics I 1 shall eliell KO go alone replied wolper and he passed on and on out 1 11 through gh wah the lie avil narrow opening a to in the b boina iy ay y in tie as senthy I 1 kiy stood A moment later tie be had entered maing use the boles being ot of the ames ath his bis little burden and ad whom when badely rely Wil billion lion from me 1 1 stew 11 lowered 11 tha girt gar 0 o her feet feek with a low asb sh sh all when she would have spoken then he be led her a little further farther into at the forest halted baited beneath a large tree me with spreading branches b buckled ckles a can cartridge dge belt and ad res revolver milver bout about her waist and assisted her to climb into t th the lower lover ba branches hc tomorrow morrow he be whispered wh leered M boon on ns I 1 cap can elude do them floon I 1 all ft r return to to you be 0 o brave braso lady grey stoke vin ve may yet escape pe Ilian lr you bhe he replied in a low law tone you antie been very vary kind and verv ver brive brave did not reply and the dark beia 3 of the in 0 night 1 gilt hill the ill 0 scarlet flush of aim 1 tell swept ill upward across his face quickly he be turned and made lots hift way back to camp the sentry troia from his post raw him enter hla his own conf but bit he be did not of see sea him crowl crawl un dir the is canvas at tile rose roar and sneak cautiously bously to the tent which tha tit prisoner tied had occupied accepted where now new iny the dead mohammed bead without jve im t nu no instants instant B hesitation he be seized the t dead wrists metal and ad dragged the taisy to y upon mom its bulk back to tile the point where he had just enst entered 0 on hands bands and hl knees he be backed out a as he had bad come in cl wing the corpe after him then he lifted it to his shoulder houlder and cal ing ig nil 11 on 1 a quick salli ran swift ly across the narrow opening which sept the prisoners prisoner a tent from flows that list of if the lie load dead man re lie stooped and r sit the bottom of the tout tent wall backed in and ad the thing that hid been mohammed bard after him to tile the sleeping rug of the dead told raid er lie he drew draw the corpse then he turn fum tiled hied about in the carlm darkness until he be found mohammed beds be d a revolver kneeling betide belde the die bedal bedding g and in setting his right hind with t the it e weapon beneath tile rolis piled a number of ali icci nesses of the clely cl ely woven woon f fabric I 1 ric over else and it bout about the revolver with its his loft left hand then he pulled the trig ger slid and at the came a instant he coughed ille hie muffled report could not have be bean efard it bole aboe the sound of if lie his tough cough ill hi one directly outside the tent aper erper we was agran A grim emile M touched his hia lip lipa on as he wald withdrew w the apon weapon from the rugs rings and plus placed d it are 14 in the right fight hand of the dead man fixing three a of the fingers round around the grip grift and nd the index finger lost inside de the fligger fouard auard then he returned to his own tent entered fastened down the canvas can as and created crawled lot into to his blankets blocks the following morning he 11 w as awakened by the excited voice of macol mohammed blan s slave love falling to him 1 at ill the entrance of his tent quick I 1 quick I 1 cried the mack blue 1 in a frightened tone cornel come I 1 li allain in med BM berd Is dead is in his teat dead bed by his hia am own hand 1 I comein come ft erper called to the slave and ad drawing on his bout boots rose rest and it went out of his tent for far a time lie pretended to believe elleve li murder had been committed but at last a permitted himself to be convinced d that mohammed ard bei d tied had aided indeed killed himself 1 in re readill amill to for the he death of the hire woman he had bad all un on lineon known to ills his followers loved to 0 de nl etith alln achmet zek and ad mohammed berd both dead the raiders were without a leader and after a brief conference they decided to return into tile the north on visits to tile the various tribes to which stitch thes belonged As thy they rode off weeper sat his horse hilet e in the center of the clearing watching ehing them one b one me into the jungle jangle and thanked his god that he had bad tit at last escaped their vil gainous clutches bes mh liea he could no longer hear any sound of them he be turned to the right fight and ad role rode into the forest toward the use tree where here he be had hidden loll 1011 grev grel stoke slid and drawing rein beneath it called lip in a pay gay and hopeful voice a pleasant good mo morning ing thea there was no rent rod and though his eyes searched the thick foliage above him he could oil ron efe no sign of it the e girl dismounting b he quickly climb climbed it into the tree where he be could onto obtain I 1 aview a view of all I 1 its 8 bra branches debts thi the true tree was empty jane clarion had va vanished alid during the silent of ibe be jungle night CHAPTER tarzan taman rec recovers a his hia reason As taman let the pebbles from the recovered recovered pouch run through gh his fi fin gets gera hlll Is thoughts thought returned to the pile of yellow ingots ingols about wh which it the arabs rod had the abtil Abt Ml had w waged their relentless battle slowly and painfully recollection was a attempting aftem ting to reassert itself tho the ip hurt bm blip was mending as ill the coue use of it its recent fullum failure to function me waa being slowly lowly absorbed or to remold ld by the heeling be tiling Pro processes process cens of perfect clr cir dilation culson tarzan taman shook his head and ad sighed ched why a waa it t that he a could not at to decol act at rest least in he howo was sure abi that in some way oy the pile of gold geld the place gome w where ere ft t lav his the aideth aroma amad of t the elusive she he had been pur pursuing puring ing tit the memory figure of the white amp woman aerah and ad he be himself were arte inextricably bly con can feted by tile it ties of a forgotten fratt past it if the woman belonged there them wit b batter ater place piece to search or own await t he her than tile the very spot which his hia broken recollections seemed to assign to her it was vaa worth t eving ni taryan taran slipped the thong of the empty pouch over sia shoulder and started off through throng the breeb in the direction of tile the plain pill alho II 11 hen lie upon up the 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