Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 109

| Eight Pages in Color | m gtar . - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1931 Ay EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ ©1931, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All rights reserved. BEK- EL- ABIR, AN ANCIENT MOORISH BUT FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS FORT, NOW FLIES THE TRICOLOR OF NOW A CORDON OF TRIBESMEN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, HAS SURROUNDED THE ; FRENCH GARRISON. THE GARRISON HAS BEEN KEPT IN SUPPLEES EVERY WEEK BY AIRPLANE. QGNLY THIS WEEK THE PLANE HAS FAILED TO ARRIVE AND CAPTAIN DU fOURS SCANS THE SKIES IN VAIN. CUT OFF_ FROM RATIONS, THE SOLDIERS e 5 *IT MEANS WE CANT DELAY A ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING,®WHEN 1§ IT ’ - 3 SECOND, SAYS TARZAN WHMEN HE HEARS | THAT WE EAT?" z ( \ | D'ARNOTS STORY."WELL GET THE : SUPPLIES THROUGH ON FOOT. IN A MOMENT, HE 1S IN THE PLANE,HURLING PACKAGES INTO D'’ARNOTS HANDS. [: CAPTAIN D°ARNOTS )OY IN RESCUING TARZAN FROM THE APES SOON GIVES WAY TO BROOD- ING SADNESS. ™ THE CRASH OF MY PLANE MEANS STARVATION FOR THE GARRISON AT BEK-EL-ABIR] HE TELLS THE APE-MAN. BURT. AFTER THE ATTACK OF BOLAT, THE APE, IS ILL WITH "WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE YOU TW. nnDEM’EET HERE , vmuou, TARZAN EXPLAINS SADLY.'IT§ A CHOICE BETWEEN mvme WITH, WOUNDS AND FEVER. PENNOCK 1S NURSING HIM. YOU OR SAVING THREE HUNDRED MEN. GOOD LUCK! WE'LL BE BACK® CAPTAIN DUFOURS INTERRUPTS THEM,COMMANDING SILENCE “YOU'RE FIGHTING MEN, NOT BABIES WHO CRY FOR FOOD ; EVERY. MAN IN THE GARRISON WAVES HiS HE SAYS, “WHO WILL VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT HANDS ON HWIGH AND SHOUTS, LET'S Go!” THROUGH THE ENEMY LINES FOR SUPPLIES ? TNAT NIGHT A PATROL UNDEK COMMAND OF-YOUNG LIEUTENANY ~ CARNOT LEAVES THE FORT TO GO OUT THROUGH THE AT WHERE THE SAVAGE TRIBESMEN STANI WAITING. NEXT W‘EE ' ‘ngEQE:QOXNf’