Show Ps 1 14 7 61 pt chapter XIII A THIEF IN TIM TEE NIGHT MIGHT continued Blid midnight night in the jungle saw the fearful secretary who had been sleepless before the fire began to stir himself lie ile rose cautiously and looked around not a sound from aa any y 0 of them it was I 1 tarzan ot 0 whom he feared most but tarzan tartan was asleep in the blotch of a tree ile he was doubtful but he must take the chance besides ho he knew black john was It liking somewhere in the dai dankness daik kness nesa and if he did not take the chance black john would got get him before he was safely on oil the th yacht asala ile he fingered the haiti biltof of his bunting knife ks As boisi essiy aslie ashe as lie he was able the secretary siept into the tent lent of gre stoke lie he bent over him axed and lightly searched for the precious papers there they were and an 1 he slowly them Giey greystoke stoke sti shined ried pawn down plunged the knife of the secretary as with the othir hand he choked back Grey stokes cry oi of alarm lie ile feli the man go limp then stole front from the tent and struck out into the sh shadows a da ws ot of the jurgle to the black john had used fixed ills his relief was int intense ellse when lie he encountered black john skulking skull ting exactly where it had been pi ear ranged did you get bet them yes and alid I 1 got at him good goad then lets beat it that tarzan slept with one ne ear and one eye open even the sound of 0 ar unwonted whisper was enough tor for ills his trained jungle senses lie ile hail had heard sam ething and instinctive instinct iv lv y lie he was awake and on oil guard it was tarzan swinging down from the tree tree and into the camp to see sea what was wrong froug the secretary wg was gone flom the be fire that was wrong suddenly hi he heard a faint noise as if a call fol fo help helli muffled was it mary no it was from the other tent it was from his uncle ile he shiang to the lent pushed his way in ill there was greystoke Grey sloke in ill a pool of 0 blood callins calling weakly tarzan did not know what to do lie ile did not need to mary had heard and in a moment she sha sensed the danger too and was with them a beatle and efficient nurse at work at ance cace with the first aid kit of 0 greystoke As greystoke weakly told what w h a had happened to him from his less secretary again the ire of tarzan was roused what an all introduction lie was this to civilization how little do we realize that we human after thousands ands of years are not even eron equal to the law of the jungle g we have from our golden age into mere merc efficient organized gani zed bigoted ignorance born of education tarzan sensed it and that something must be done it was only a matter of seconds before lie he had raged around and found the trail of at the traitor lie ile was olt off inthe jungle to anfor enforce ce tho the lex tal lonis lolis here give me those p papers apers demanded black john ill keep them until we get out of oe this the secretary was loathe here I 1 say hand them over the safer barer gitil me im sure to set get out alive there was a murderous gleam in black johns eyes ile he grabbed tha secretary and the smuggle was short the secie secretary tary was no match tor for him lie ile had bad the papers a abul nl was about to fling the secretary from him when lie he heard a nilso that thai lie he knew only too well it was wag tarzan on the war path ile he turned suddenly the secretary chull clung to I 1 lim him pl pleading e abing ading but ile he shook him off ruthlessly hulling him aim at a tree and slipping into the dankness dai kness the secretary staggered blindly to his big teet feet A moment later black john stopped ile he coul hear bear tarzan ire ile could hear the tha cowardly traitor lie he knew tarzan would hear and follow that was just a chance that ho he might gotto the camp with will greystoke arcy dead seize mary and with all those rifles act tarzan 0 or r at least hold out through the night all and make his got get away with the girl too the secretary stumbled and abid cried for or help as he heard the snarl ot of a tiger tarzan heard it too he would have liked to kill the himself but mary would never have approved approve ot of that still it he kept his hands off and the tiger did it was not that justice T what more could mary expect the secretary wild with tear fear now leaped and disappeared over a clump of bushes on a bank an instant later the tha tiger made the same leap mary was binding bindl ng up the wounds ot of lord greystoke glang him water and a little stimulant he was getting better and stronger under her care she was waa intent on her woman comans B ministration ot of mercy bending over him for the hundredth time to ask it she might do something to make hini him more comfortable when she was startled by a noise behind her she turned and gasped there jn in the door of the tent lent with only a email boy bobbie and a wounded man sorely even unto death deach was die che facing the evil countenance of black john as his villainous noua hands bands clutched as it if at last he were about to fasten them about his prey chapter XIV MOMENTARY TRIUMPH greystoke youre in ia the way and I 1 wont want bungle the job ii like ke the thea other did black john rn in the ent entrance ran ce a 0 tb the e tent ot of lord greystoke Grey Giey stoke too took k t in R the whole situation the inefficient treacherous tary had done onty only half his job Hs he had secured the papers but he had bungled the i murder 0 of greystoke under the care of mary his grace had art an ex cellena chance of being on his feet again though sorely wounded tarzan was not there and by that same token black johns john assurance rose high ile he smiled insultingly as he thought how wise he had been to lake the papers from the secretary and after setting him adrift ta in the jungle to return to the camp it was his bis crowning opportunity and lie fingered the knife at his belt thoughtfully mary read what was in his mind and she flung herself between lord greystoke and the renegade to protect him black john had hla his eyes oxel on mary blary and did not see bobby slide quietly and unobtrusively out of the tent then disappear on a run into the jungle black john reached his hand like ilka a claw out toward mary blary who drew dr ew back greystoke struggled helplessly to protect the girl leay leave him unharmed aej lid wi will 11 go with you daood man blary black john laughed with DM lasprance asseran las urance ce go with will me aie at 8 how he made a quid quick move to d circle the girl with his anns almi b J mary was quicker sh she 0 seized J knife fron from his belt at the same uj eluded his emar embrace ce aa she bac liace away but not tar ar from she poised the knife ife dalgero close to her own breast over i rapid beating heart r take me and leave him in leflek or I 1 will die black johns eyes narrowed i his voice assumed its trial trickiest besst ity he agreed to do what M wished but his that that there pas some mental he took a step toward but the girl halted him n in him keep his distance he a a and at last they came to an aa i ment she slowly started aleci ab ter a sad look around at ehg w was as leaving and blackjohn black join 1 lowed closely still cratty crafty and acing greystoke GMys toke tried to rise I 1 and stop the girl but he wa wai weak s along the jungle trail with S john directing her mary alary ard p ed still carrying the knife no Now then thea she glanced buck over ovetie shoulder at black john fol bollt her but not too closely his ha tude was watchful and ready whatever opportunity might suddenly marys foot sank said a hole in the path and it hen turned with a sharp pain paia 1 she ahe could regain her beala john had leaped it was j justia he was wag waiting tor for ile he flu powerful arms about her I 1 hr her arms to her sides and andian i t ing the knife in ill her band ile he almost crushed her in I 1 tin brace until she cried with and her grasp of 0 the knife the moment the knife fell taj ground black jo john lin hadj madeu chirt grasping her wrist h powerful hand and reachel reache diw iab other hand down tor for the knaf the ground the moment his fingers i over the knife he lifted li about and carried bar lira gling back toward the ew J fought like hire a young tigress t but the slender girl was no do for the hardened adventure fought more and more w seemed almost ready to fa all lier her struggles and her blab emotions temotio ns black john loo looby at the weakening girt girl alth eyes as he carried her il ward the camp mary was limp and K the time black john soil got burden back to Grey fretting and worrying worry lag fl safety of the girl sad and ati rr the pain from his bis wa stoke tried to raise hil leims w pa he heard a noise outside out slie was tarzan instead it fl john with mary airas greystoke tell fell back his eyes lie he felt that thu end to be conta |