Show barz tarzan and the 1 ne jewels of opar opa by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS author of TARZAN OF THE APES SON OF TARZAN coar dat 1918 A C aas S ce TARZAN OF THE APES AGAIN la will voll be the there to lo greet great these thee esel exclaimed laed the high PlIes priestess an alx L la W will I 1 wait waft longing always 1 longing gang until you come again oh tell in me that you will come 1 who it knows asked kd the ape ps p man s as ha be aw swung q quickly into t tha he trees me and raced meed off toward the east cast through the trees from raced mand tarzan taman of th the ap apes until fit the darkness of rogat night had settled fettled upon pan the jungle then he ley lay down and slept with no thought beyond the morrow and with even la but the shadow of a memory within his hia but few coo marches chr to the tha north lady Gray greystoke grayslake slake looked forward I 1 to t the he day when he her mighty lord lard and master should discover the crime of achmet achmat zek zak and be speeding to rescue came and revenge and even as she h pictured the coming of john clayton the oleat object of her be thoughts thought squatted salaried alum almost naked beside a fallen log ing beneath which he wax was searching with grimy fingers for a chance beetle or a luscious grub tarzan taman of the apes ape agail gain I 1 the fifth story of the series of wonder ad f ful tarzan taman jungle tales false by edge edgar rice ree burroughs in this story tarzan taman am goes for gold to the treasure vaults suit of opar in the country of the sun san worshipers an baft earthquake h m it at strikes rice ld him acm senseless lea and he awakes amak with hi hs memory y g gone again g taman of the apes ape instead of john clayton lord Greyt greystoke ke in the meantime marauders have destroyed his home 11 and ad carried aried off lady greytok Gre the ape mans adventures adventure until his life f is brought back to ta normal and his home Is restored sire am thrilling this story needs need no the tarzan taman stories inco have brought fame fam and terms fortune to their author and entertained ter tamed and ad thrilled millions million of reade readers nd thus this story is well worthy of it its place ideas 1 in the cenes enough gh caid aid CHAP CHAPTER ERI I 1 1 belgian and arab alem allier albert t were r had only the prestige of the name das he be had it asb dishon ored to thank 0 for his mal narrow tv e escape pe ollice from being cashiered cashi ered a at first brat he had bar been humbly the thankful k to too that flici th had sent seat him to this old god forsaken fark fori aken congo post instead of court martial marital ing him us as he had so justly deserved but no now six 1 months of the monotony nr the fright at isolation and the lonell sees ness had bad wrought a change the me man n brooded blooded con continually timm llly over or hta if MID fate he regretted the gay life of Bral bruneis lIll a ns as he noer never had bad regretted the file sms bins wid watch ch ii had ad starched him from that gaic t of capitals and as the once davs pealed passed he be came to center his hia resent mat upon the representative in congo Is land no of the authority which had exiled him hla captain and immediate BU an rector perlor tim scale senseless 1 res hatred or of the neaten aaa at grew at last t late into a form of ninnia the capt captains alWs natural taciturnity he distorted into a studied attempt to in bult hit him be because of his bis poll past short lugs he imagined that his hie superior be held d him in contempt and so lo he chafed chafee ati and fumed in inwardly inward lv until one evening bis a madness ad became be suddenly tonal cloa he natured fingered the butt of the revolver oh at his pip hip his yea eyes narrowed and ad his but firms brows contracted at last he spoke puk S yo you he have a insulted me tor for the lost last time me he cried springing to hla his feet 1 isaim I am an officer meet and ad a gentl gentleman earms and ad I 1 shelf put up with it no longer without nn an accounting 11 noting from you you pig I 1 kaptain eap the captain tain an expression of sur a prise pries upon his feR features tures turned toward his junior he had seen men before with aith the jungle madness upon them the madness of solitude altitude and unrestrained mul brooding breading and perhaps a touch of for fever he rose rem and extended his hand to ray fay it upon the others shoulder quiet lords orde of counsel were upon hla his lips tut but they were never spoken on construed trued his super superiors lors action into an attempt attempt to close with him nis ills re volver waa wa OD an a least with the captain a h heart cart and the latter had taken but a step ati p who when pulled the trigger wa without a moan the man A isaab it to the tough rough planking of the veranda nod and as he fell the mists that had clouded allotted herpers pers erB broll brain lifted so that lie he saw caw himself and the deed that he had done 1 in the same a light that those who ho most judge him would mould see bee them he heard excited exclamations from the quarters of the soldiers and he heard board men m running n alze n 4 in his it direction I 1 him they would d s seize e him and ad it II they old if kill hill him they would aid take him down the congo to a point where a turP properly orly ordered military trill tribunal 1 would do so an lost just as a effectively though in a more mom regular manner v werder marc had bad no adeal desire to IRS die never name before her re had he be so an yea yearned r tied tor for life as in this as moment ament that he had mo 0 o effectively h his I 1 right to live the men were nearing hearing him what was he be to do 1 in despair he be turned and ad fled fed from th the oncoming I soldiery accord the compound he ran on his bis valver revolver still clutched tightly rightly 1 la hla his hand bead at the gates a sentry batted baited him werner did not pause imm to parley or to ezert exert the in 1 flarence of his commission he merely raised III hla weapon and shot down the In allent black A moment let later the fulti fugitive tir had torn earn open the gates and woodshed vanished into the blackness blakne gs of the jerade bu but t not mot before he had trial tran ferrad the rifle itle stud and ammunition belt of at V r a it dead ad so beatry at cy to his bla own pace person A all 11 that night eight fled farther and further farther lots lets the heart or of the wll wit is berness ler ness xa more am bartul of the humar human I 1 ID b bis I 1 rear mar than lima of at the will wild Min lora ahead pawn 11 a came at teat 1 at but still the taso poff ded on as all sense of at lim hunger lumgair gair sue ad f enileme we were lost inart in the of 0 con A tern plated ceata capture he could to think thin I 1 am cob of escape campe he dared not paus dause to rest rat or eat cut until fit there the 0 a aa n DO A further baneer do go r im from pursuit pu I 1 and so an he be staggered on until at last he tell fell and could rl rife re no more and thus it was that achmet zer zek the arab found him achmet a followers were for running a spear through the body of their hereditary enemy but achmet achmed would have it oth otherwise emlee pint first he would mould que question tion the belgian it were bezler to question a man first and kill him afterward than kill him first and then question estian him so he had albert were mr car ried rl ed to b his Is own fill and there stores slaves administered do 14 at dwin wine and ad food 1 in small 11 quantities until fit at last the put prisoner er regained consciousness As he be op opened cited his eye eyes ve he be saw th the a faces of at strange 1 m black me men S bout about him and bof lust d antsu outside de the tent the figure of an arab nowhere was the uniform of his soldiers to be seen the arab turned and ad the opeo open ebes of the prisoner upon him entered the tent beat 1 I am attract achmet zeli zek R he be announced ad who are am you and 0 hat were ere you doing in my cou country tryl where are your soldiers of o f I 1 achmet I 1 herpers pers eyes went wide and his heart sank he was in the inches clutches of the mot most notorious of cut throats a h hater ter of all europeans especially the those who ulm wore the uniform of 0 belgium but B t in 1 the very hatred of the man for belgians torpor saw a faint ray of hope for himself ile he too was an outcast lt and ad an outlaw so go far at least they a commma a interest and ad decided to play im roon it tor far all 11 that it might yield 1 I have heard of you he replied and was searching tor for you my p afo pie have turned against me I 1 hate them even now their soldiers soldier are am searching for me to kill roe me I 1 knew that you would protect me from them for you ym too hate bate them la in return I 1 will take service with you I 1 am a trained soldier idler I 1 con can fight and ad you your enemies ies are am my enemies achmet zek zak eyed the european I 1 in silence in his mind he resolved evolved many thoughts chief among ug was that t the unbeliever lied of 0 ell course so here WAS waa the chance that he be did not lie and if he told the truth then his propose if alon was ms one cre well worthy of considers con cal maid sidera tion alon since fighting men were never over mier plentiful capeci especially ally white olitte am men with the tha training and ad knowledge of military matters that a european of beer must possess plans if you have lied to me er said old achmet zek 1 I will kill you at any time what return other than your life do you expect fac for bour or I 1 my keep only at first replied piled later afima if I 1 am worth our more we can easily reach an understanding R warries derpera ay only desire at the moment was to Pr preserve oserve his life and so the agreement was waa reached and ad at al bert became a member of the ivory and wave slave ridding raiding band of the notorious atanat zek I 1 or months the renegade belgian rode with the savage raiders he fought with a savage age abandon and a vicious cruelty folio equal to that of his fellow desperadoes achmet zek watched his recruit with eagle eve and ad with a growing satisfaction which thich finally found capaul expression 1 on in a greater c confidence falati in the man ft and resulted in an increased independence of notice action tor far achmet zek zak took the belgian into his hi confidence to 0 a great eat extent estoos and at felt unfolded to him a pet sch me which the fine arab had long fostered but be I 1 wb which h he never had found a un masor faulty to effect with the aid of it a ell european po pon n bor however mr the thing be ens easily IT accomplished Us he sounded handed wor per you have ban heard of ts man men call targan be asked addda we tr it 1 I have heard of him m but I 1 do not know him but tor for him we might carry a on our trailing in safety and with great pro profit continued the tha arab par for years he has ought fought us ua driving us from the richest part pact of tin the co country marry hiras sing us as and arming the natives that they may inay repel opol us when we come to trade lie he Is very cry rich IT if we could find some come way to make him pay us u many pieces of gold ws we should not nol only be avenged upon him but repeal repaid for far much that lie be be has prevented ui 1 from winning from the bathes order hla his protection and you have a plan to make him pay worries weeper asked re he be has a wife replied achmet zek who men say la Is very beautiful she would bring a great prim price farther north it if we found it too difficult to collect ransom money from th this is tar tap zan hour bent hla his head in thought yes stood awaiting ids hi r alv what good remained tn in albert revolted at tho the thought of selling belling a white woman into the silvery and ad degraa degradation tion of a moslem harem barem ile he looked up at achmet zek eck ile he saw the arab s eye eyes narrow and he guessed guei sed that the other had bad sensed his aniag to the plan ahat would it mean to worrier to refuse what wes was this woman to him anyway she was a european doubtless a member of organized S society he was so an outcast animal the hand of every wh white is man was use against 0 go trial wm him she was WAR his natural enemy my a and ad if he refused to lend lead him self to her undoing A achmet c ahmet zek would woula have him killed you hesitate imitate n murmured the arab 1 1 I was waa but weighing wright the be chances chance of amort success numma lied land and my reward As a european I 1 ell can get gain ad I 1 wit pittance tance to their hom home and table e Y you 0 have no other with Y you who could ld d do so no reach much the risk rik will be great 1 I should bf be well weh paid achmet achmat zek zak A stalk smile of relief passed over the raiders raider a 1 lace see well said aid and achmet zek slapped lapped his lieutenant mant upon the shoulder you should be well paid and you yen beall now I 1 let c at us ns sit together I 1 if I 1 ra r 1 z I 1 11 4 made his SI silent sid d way to a point beneath the window and plan how best the thing may be there done and ad toe the two men talked to gether tn in low voices fee well lot into the night the following day spent in overhauling his belgian uniform re moving from it every vestige of evl evi acom that might indicate its military purpose from a hote heterogeneous g co 1 col I lection of loot Actu achmet reat zek zeh proe procured a pith helmet and a european saddle and from his bis black slaves sierra and foll follow mir ers era a party of potters porters and tent boys to make up a modest safari for a big game hunt bout at the head bend of this party set out from camp CHAPTER 11 0 on the tha road read to opar it we was M two weeks weak later that john clayton clay ton lo 10 lord d greystoke Grep stoke riding in from a to tour or of inspection of MR his vast african estate glimpsed the head bead of a cut column of mea man crossing the plain that thai toy lay bet between betm m his bungalow and the for eat to the north and ad west Hs his keen item avea caught the reflection begs ot of I 1 the a sun a upon the white helmet of a mounted rum man and it with the andrle tion that a wandering lumpton hunt or er was waa seeking his hospitality he wheeled his mount at and rode do etowla vl forward to meet cut the newcomer me abutin A halt half hour later it he waa mounting w the tha tp leading to the veto veranda do of his bungalow and introducing 10 gal M jules julea lo lady crays greystoke t I 1 was camp completely a toy lost led 31 froc Fre coult it me was explaining 11 my he head roan had acier a before been 1 lo 10 i this his part of the country and the gildea idea who were to have accompanied me from the lat last I 1 illige we passed knew even less fen of at the country than we they many finally de sorted us two dais since bince I 1 do not know what chat I 1 should liae hae done had I 1 not found you yon it was a decided that fm Fre coult it had his party should r remain ara let or until they were aers thoroughly rested who when lord jum Gre greystone Greys would old furnish guides guide to lc lead it them aal y back into count country ry W with ith w u aich ic h a head man inan was amplis ampuis supposedly ty familiar in his guise of amb a grat gentleman orations ions of leisure IV r fou found it little delb it dellapa bittl hail rally culty in decd ving b his i 4 li host ost and nd in 1 ln 9 blI lf with both tom tarzan I 1 and june jane clarion ton but the longer he be remained the less hopeful he became of an easy Y aco accomplishment 1 of his ile de signs lady Grevi toke never rode alone at any user great dil distance from the bungalow and the sai age loyalty of at the ferocious warriors who formed a great part of tarran taman s followers seemed to preclude the possibility of a success ful ul attempt at for forcible e this abduct 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