Show tarzan and the jewels of opar by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS author of TARZAN OF THE APES SON OF TARZAN AN i via ill A C idS aaa JOHN CLAYTON LORD GREYSTOKE TARZAN OF THE APES S synopsis hiding tn t the 1 jungle g atter fain knitig 1 1 g his hl captain in an ft att ot or a brooding ding T aa S L aleut lu A albert I 1 W B belguin t 1 r IB as captured roll so by ac aek el hi an his I 1 and arop 1 at cloard ad j jane wife sar of 1 to tartan lord a I 1 os askea and od wll her be into ads alaverdy r ac acma poking as julea 1 old french c a traveler S ad apar I 1 IB hospitably 1 received bv tb he learns a hf host hold as in ad anan financial tad lleon ond no 1 an expedition it to da aha treasure m vault u of opar to procure I 1 gold bold mr m erper r carm A achmet ta ek of th the I 1 opportunity alien to n belie IT of lady dy iby greystoke Grey toke and fi follow TO to learn the bechet act of oper opar S na 0 on n tarzan alon II 11 eeb liim him I 1 lod d alb 1 blacks black with bb soad gold from 1 the ar treasure lonear chand of th the som A Z hoo of it not nature n ill the collapse collue ss ot of the he vault at imprisoning both insana in Sona mett tt cpr recovers re ovela LOvers rene from to tile sh hock slid nd aloin T TSO tarran SO apparently acao Beek lnE a woy lay to 11 barety 1 vi rall is IB seizes by D ts ot of th the ar FIa ardoino ining doing god gad JL dl drolson olson race he 1 IB about t to b offered up na alien in the are 1 imar interrupted r asna bS at d by biml the appearance of nar a hunger 9 1 I hon ban tarzan dv dead hi black na followers return home obas with al the kald achmet zeli acting on ep ardona ar don a has hall aff attacked esc an the Grev 1 I home ban bolt ol 01 it a and ans carried a no off lady greystoke Grey ad oal tarzan B ill tent I 1 tai aveda verely av i eda wounded b but r reconvert re covert liv no nd fm follows th the r baldera d lon ta lord d atoka Greys tolie reco vcra IS lan but the accident haa d destroyed hl his memory and ad a he bc IB beahn kr I 1 tarzan of in the ann no he a d b low if 1 tn the tha b jewel I 1 room ot of 0 opar r he be all ills his ha a pouch h fth a colay pretty pebbled ut at diamonda of 1 great alue he reaches hs the tha In sacrificial clinTa chamber r just jus as the lion on a aalta the are in inc of 1 oy or IA ha 1 is lecog exna by L la man high pr lestee ae who whom he an had bool known know in an previous yeara he way the h lion bon and rs rele aBea ma too to haiean and mryr alca ua the lornita goolt return aad b bury the sold gold baraan ha an no rodo memory of ane a P place ira at steals the a dm diamonda dl amonda an abid if escapes tola 1 to I A bt zek B stronghold nglodh led lady Grev IB there amon va a prisoner rp tella bou ot of th the gold lilt but not of of t the or 4 almand CHAPTER YIH vill continued C 7 achmet zek loul thought for fop a moment the burled buried gol sold it was wa of much garaber a lalue a am b than on the price the woman would fir aning g it was al necessary s r y to rud nd him sell elt of 0 her aa y a as s possible po sible and it was rise also well to ohio obtain the gold wl with th the least possible del delay of nil 11 his followers tol lowera the belgian was the most logical lieutenant to formal with the command of one of the pal ties A arab as familiar with mith the trails ang and as athirst achmet zek zak himself might collect the woman among a price and make good hla his escape into the tar far north earth well on the he other bead band cm could it scarce make his escape alone through country hostile to 10 europeans while ill the me men he be would send sand I 1 with ith the belgian begian could be I 1 IV selected with ill a 4 blew fim to ime preventing noting fro from per fould hill any considerable portion of his con imand ad to lo accompany him she should fit he contemplate cen template dal desertion artion ot of zef I 1 his chief at last at the arab spoke it Is not net Der essary zary that we both return for far the gold you shall go north with mith the woman carrying a letter to a friend of mine joe who ta as always wy I 1 in touch with the best beat market f for such mirhan bior such dib alse while I 1 rotor return far or the gold we I 1 can meet at al again go here when whan our busl bond dav aesa la an concluded rosr could scarce disguise the joy jay mth which he hecei received d this mail et come de decision side and that he be aid a en flinty alleg disguise ulea it fro from the keen and ad fol opall wom eye eyes of ahmet zek zak Is opeo open to question location hoe however it the decision reached aci ched the th arab and his lieutenant discussed discuss d the details of if their forth coming vent ventures uns to tor a short time to fur ther when milem made his licusea und returned to ed to his own tent for the comforts f art a and nd luxury of a 1 19 9 des desired led bath and ad shave having bathed the belgian tied a mull be band ad b to lo a c cord rd be mcewn to the rear w wall all of his tent placed a red rude chair I 1 beside an equally race taid table that stood beside the alons glons and ad proceeded to remove the rough stub his ble fr fron his he ie face in the catalogue of masculine pleasures aut there IB scarce one w alch iro an parts thre a feeling to of greater comfort and ad refreshment the than follows fellow a cled clean share be and a BOW to with weariness ter tem por arIY ha banished wished albert pr Iid 1 in BIS a rickety chair to enjoy a beat tim cigarette before retiring his thumbs canada in his belt 1 in 1 laz support p of tile the eight of his has a arms touch touched it if the halt belt which held the jewel pouch pooch about his has waist 11 he tim tingled ed with ex cit ement as he let id his mind led dwell up upon the dahte of the arm treasure un bach an known knew to tc all save himself f lay by hid bad I 1 be is call his e M bang me he unfix un fawned oil the belt and ad drew the lae poach from I 1 its biding place HP 11 me was alone IS the jhb balance of the camp save cave the worries had retired none would ad enter the h a B belgians e aglan s te tent at 13 he hefted the ise aws is first in one p palm kc then h ed in the other and nt last t h he w heeled e 1 his hia chair adow slowly I 1 or around it before or the table and ad 1 in ill the role ras of 1 his bis lowd email lamp let the al gems roll rall out upon tile the bagdi rough wood ad ton the filliat fil lIft transformed the interior of the solid and can on va vas to t the bade splendor hp lendor n der of a palace in the eyes ayea of the dreamt Bg man 13 ue dreamed 1 of joys and luxuries and it le pow had here been botond his er which always ilmy grasp and as he dreamed his 98 gaze lifted from the table as the now gaze of a dreamer ill to a ter tar distant a goal above the mean horizon of terrestrial common a aja unseeing jal ills his even tested rested upon the shaving rel furor arear which shield bu hung 9 upon the tent teat wall above the table halall but hla his 1 ight all was as focus d far beyond and then A reflection moved within mathin the put pol ithee surface of the tiny glas the back out of space to fam luan a eyes shot ahot face and ad 1 in it saw to re 1 abe I mirrors fleeted th abe firl grim visage edge of ahmed zek it fr trained waved 1 in th abe saps flaps of 0 the tent doorway bill behind ad biro T at stifled tied a lat gap ot it dy dismay he be let hub hi W with I 1 tb rare an self iff tae an drop no Bp pearln to have until ill it a rested halted baited up upon the of mirror rr ababa upon the he XII beems without haste basic ahe d thein them the P pouch or in rubb shirt t selected 9 t laner fili urbe into hla his cigarette fro from his case call lighted it and rose ramming and stretching his h arms above his hia head he turned slowly toward the opposite end of the tent the face of achmet zek zak had prad from the 1 I opening to say that albert IN erper was ter rifled would be putting it mildly he realized that he out not cod onla had dwerl faced his treasure but his life it as well mell achmet achmat zek would mould never permit parent the wealth that lie ile tied had disc discovered to slip through his has fingers nor would he for fills tile the duplicity of a lieutenant who he had gained possession of such a treas a ure without offering to state shaie it with ill his ch chief e slowly ly the be bela belgian a prepared for far be bed d if he be were being watched he could wit not know knew but if so no the m catcher allar saw no an indication of the nervous tol excite elte went ment which the european strode I 1 to conceal beneval when ready tor for his blankets the man crossed to the little told tible and ad extinguished the light it was wag two hours later at that the lisp flaps at the front of the tent separated silently silent lv and gave entrance to a dart dark robed figure which pa passed d noiselessly from the darkness without to ties the dark ness a within cautiously the prowler promise cr crossed sed the interior in ID on one hand band wall waa a long knife he came at last to the pile of blankets blanket spread upon several rues man close to I 1 one a of the tent a rails ails Ligh lightly his finfera rager boug sought t and found the bulk beneath the blankets the hulk bulk that should be albert the trey traced out at the figure agree of a 1 man I and then a na trad arm shot hot upward posed poised for an instant and descended again and again it rose and tell fell and each time the long blade of the knife buried itself ia an the thing beneath the blank eta but there was an initial life lol bollal lc siness lal in the silent tent bulk that gave the assassin momentary wonder bev he threw lack back the cover cor erleta call and searched with mith nam denous heads hands tor for the pouch bunch of jewels which he expects expected to find concealed upon pa III his S victim fell s body an last instant t later he rose with voth a rusle upon ulam his lips it was achmet achmed zek cli and he curbed because he had discovered discover beneath the blankets blan keta of la bis abutment only a pile of discarded discard ed clothing ranged arranged in the form and semblance a of a sleeping man albrt albert tt erper had tied fled out into tile the village run ran the chief rolling 1 in angry tones to the sleepy arab araba oho w ho tumbled rambled from their ton tents 1 in answer to his voice but though they searched tile the village glin B and d again they found no trace of tile the R ed gian and foaming with auger anger achmet zek 1 called I led id his follow ars to b horse ise and it I 1 though the m night was pitchy blue black they beest set act out to scour tile the adjoining fe foiest for tm quarry Q As they galloped from tile the open gates magnolia hiding I 1 in a nearby iby near I by bush slipped unseen meic with within I 1 it the pill pal itada 1 in the darkness he be passed un on challenged and tor for an hour he crept about 1 in the rear of the various huts hut and tents in no an site effort it to locate that in which fit hla ad masters ast 1 I mati 1 was full boned one there we was which lie he won was reasonably assured contained her tor for it I 1 was the only lilt hut before the door of 1 which a sentry matry had be been posted fiddiman id won wag machine crouching in the shadow of tills ihla structure just around the cor car ad ner a from the unsuspecting guard via ft hen another to ardive his comrade rude tile the pris Is sets safe within asked the new am I iser comer ser st she Is the other for far none he has passed tills doorway since I 1 fame came th the atry new sentry squatted beside bibid ill the door vh while Is h he S whom ile he had red cl made if his isvolt way to bi bib abut own hut malm bt ad stunk stork closer to the he corner a of 1 the building in one powerful hand he gripped a heal tiesa v knob ob stick no sign of elation disturbs disturbed d hla his phlegmatic mile calm yet inwardly he was waa vre vreed aroused ed to joy jay by the proof he be had h d abt had that final ludy lady really we was wit wathla withla 1 1 the ibe sentry back was sea toward the corner career of the hut hid bid tile the giant black the fellow did not ant a see the tinge hug form which silently loom loomed in be hind bid him th the I 1 knob ad b stick swung 9 up ward 1 in if a curve call al and ad downward gain again there then waa we the sound sd of a dull t thud fi oil ne the of hemy bone and d the sentry w allon slumped aped into ft a silent intent inand mat mate S lumo of day clay A moment cat tent later asa as searching arching the interior of the hut at first slowly calling lady 1 in 11 a low ow whimper and finally sith mth almost from rin if tic a hast ban until the truth prea aly dawned von blai bl nithe th tut but was a empt I 1 CHAPTER IX taman becomes became 2 brand again for a moment had bad stood above the sleeping ri ape mau mart his bis mar deceus knife pulsed polled for far the fatal thrust but tear fear stayed his hand bead ft X hot hat if the first blow it fail to drive the point to hla his victim s per shuddered in contemplation of the these disastrous rion commo aces to him sif again came the soft sound of pad ded footsteps 1 tn the reeds closer tins tills if time ile he abandoned his design before are him san stretched e I 1 the wide file plain and it escape 1 the jewels als were mere in his possession n lo in in remain fain longer was vast to risk d death I 1 ill at the hands of tarran or tin the jews jaws ot of the hunter heater creeping ever nearer turning he slunk way away through h the night toward the distant forest foreit targan slept on where when were am dhove the uncanny nn canny guardian powers that had formerly rendered him immune from the dong danirri rv of surprise carl this thin dull sleeper be the alerts alert sensitive tar zon of old perhaps the mow blow upon his lend head had numbed his senses temporarily who may say bayl closer crept tile the stealthy mature creature through landfall the reeds the rustling curtain of vee vegetation bation parted afi a few p paces ion f from ad ill where el in the sleep sleeper er I 1 li and ad tile the ma cassne ae head of I 1 lion appeared it nam aa the hearing beating of the beasts beast a tall tail aal t the reeda reed which wakened awakened tarzan jungle folk do not net awaken slowly host instantly antly full consciousness and full command of their every foe fac alty fly returns return to the them fr from the depth of prof profound land slumber lumber even as aa tarzan latif opened his bis eyes ile he was am upon his feet his in spear grasped ind 0 I 1 k again and again it rose and fell firmly in his bis head hand and ad ready for far at tack tach aga again I 1 n was vas he TA barzun of the apes scia sentient tient vigilant ready whether it was surprise fear or caution at which prompted the lion crouching I 1 limit ready dy to spring upon the in man Is I 1 s immaterial the fact remains laid eliat lie did ad not it ed out net his ads origin original dign d ign he did not spring at the man at all 11 but instead Ilin wheeled cled and it sprang back into the made re ds as aa tar tarzan laro arose and confronted him th thal allmor ape man sl iru eged his hi broad bb mildena and ad looks looked about for his companion companies W me was nowhere let to be all seen n at fl first at to tarzan SO was puzzled plastic but presently came to the bonc conclusion in that M alper had been frightened by by the 1111 0 1 ot 11 ill the ill lion old and id had auto sneaked ad off tn in terror aheimer A aneer touched laizan s 6 UPI lips es as he ced the man itei act th ohp de dest of a comrade comrad in time of da darber raer unit and without warning 19 we well 11 I 1 it if tall was tile the sort art of I 1 crea 1 iuie I 1 warp an was tar tarzan wished nothing oth an mote moie of him af it had bad go aone wol and for nil 11 the up ape man all rated cared he might I 1 main IY fl away we T baraan an a would mould not 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