Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1937, Page 40

1937. I THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, CHINA ‘WEB By Calvin S. White. TARZAN’S QUEST. . his path. He would be jostled any number of times before he reached the spot from which the cry had come. Especially he would be jostled by MRS. BENTLEY ANDERSON nodded silently, gaging into the gathering dusk that enshrouded Shanghai. Tai Ling had stepped ftl) to th Chinese. One B T { 5 :::;(;' mLssv,"l I; . _ would be on either she was frightened Y side of him as he by her house boy's reached the most words she betrayed congested part of no sign, but con- the mass and as tinued to sit relaxed one pushed him and motionless, deliberately from watching the flick- the one side, caus- RTE b K ering lights of the ing, oim to ‘As they had agreed, Tarzan waited until Gupingu The production of weapons required time, and Just inside, and across the threshold he saw the city. gmckly, Tty had returned to his own quarters, then he crawled he was anxious to hurry to the land of the Kavuru. figure of a sleeping warrior. It would have been It had to be intenciogflofstulte out of the hut and moved silently through the Yes, he would take the risk! With utmost cau- the work of only a moment for the steel-thewed Cruel to sacrifice pack gthe ifloher dark streets. At Udalo's hut he paused. Within tion, he approached the entrance of the hut, fingers of the ape man to throttle life from that Bentley, perhaps man behind Bent- were his weapons; should he take a chance of which was illuminated faintly by the pale embers unconscious figure. But Tarzan quickly discarded ... or was it> Did ley now would trying to retrieve them? of a dying fire. that idea. i == L SEs e ~ —— In the first place, the jungle lord never chose to kill wantonly; but even more vital was the possi= bility that the struggles of the dying man would awaken the other occupants of the hut. So, Tarzan decided upon another, and even more dangerous, plan! not the mystic teaching of the East scorn mawk- ish sentiment and the fear to obey what the gods willed? Bentley had | laughed at her ready acceptance of | Oriental fatalism; he himself was fond | of quoting the proverbs and discussing Confucius, but nevertheless continued to hold strongly to sturdy, matter-of- | fact Western ideas. “Buck up, old girl,” he said to her recently. “You're in another of those black moods. China’s done something | to you; we'll have to send you to the | States for a vacation soon.” | Mrs. Anderson smiled ironically at ! the recollection. The poor fool! A | vacation in the States was not what | the gods had willed for her. The tangled web of life had been spun for tonight, the eve of a changed world. She thought of Harry Durrance and her love for him that had grown in spite of her efforts to remain ffll[hf\l[‘ to her husband. She stirred restlessl. in her chair and sighed. Harry! They | had been born to love each other; | neither Bentley nor the whole world | must stand between them. Durrance, like her husband, had the man’s atti- | tude of the Western world toward such things. He cursed himself and sometimes even her, for their love; he shouldn't want another man's wife. | * ok ok ok | | h, RS. ANDERSON wondered if sometime she should tell him of | how she had played this lone and dangerous hand to bring them to- | gether. She decided not. Her mind | reviewed the arrangements she had | made with Tai Ling and his mysteri- | ous friends from the Chinese under- world of Shanghai Bentley would be coming home in his riksha in a few minutes now, she thought as she glanced at her wrist- watch. There would be a small crowd in the street. An English voice would | cry “Help! Heip! They're robbing me!” Bentley, bold and impatient as al- ways, would jump from the riksha and dash to the scene on foot. He would draw his revolver which he, like Harry Durrance, always carried Wwith him through habit formed by many trips in the dangerous interior country. If there was one place in the world where white men hung together firmly, unfailingly, it was in the Far East. The sound of an English voice | in circumstances that indicated trou- bie was a never-failing signal to any fellow countryman within earshot to rush to the scene. Certainly this| psychology didn’t apply at home; just as certainly it did apply in China. *ox ok x ENTLEY would push his way through the surging crowd. He | would shout and knock people from | She thought of Harry Durrance. | have converted me!) | rushed to the couch and threw back | linen coat. plunge a small knife into his back. ‘There would be no sound. A hand would be clapped over his mouth swiftly. Mrs. Anderson closed her eyes and shuddered ever so slightly as she saw the scene in her imagination. Then she straightened up, sipped her high- ball and lit a cigarette. Suddenly a babel of voices was heard in the street below. Mrs. Anderson jumped nervously to her feet and glanced through the lattice work of the porch. It was over already. A handful of Chinese were bearing a lifeless form, covered by a long cloak, toward the entrance of the Anderson home. A moment later Tai Ling ushered the excited group into the liv- ing room. The body was stretched on the couch. Mrs. Anderson sank into a chair op- posite the covered figure and stared at it with morbid fascination. At last he became conscious that Tai Ling was thrusting an envelope into her hands. “For you, missy,” he said. “From master's office place. Boy leave just now.” * X ok % SHE roused from her trance and tore open the envelope with shaking fingers. Her husband’s handwriting met her incredulous eyes: “My dearest: This is my last com- munication to you. I have known about you and Harry for a long time. I do not blame you; I haven't been worthy of you, nor given you all you deserve, and since you two love each other I must not stand in the way. After racking myself to think it all through, I have concluded that hum- ble acceptance of what the gods wills is, after all, the best. (You see, you ‘Crush not the bloom of the flowering heart,’ one proverb says, nor shall I. “I've wangled a transfer to the com- pany's New York offic. When you read this I shall be going down the Whangpoo on the S. S. Pacific Queen for San Francisco. Farewell, my darling. I asked Harry to dinner to- night, not telling him that I wouldn't be there, so you may read this together over cocktails. All happiness to you both. Lovingly, Bentley.” The color slowly drained from Mrs. Anderson’s face. With a low cry she the cloak; it was Harry, eyes staring unseeingly, his revolver still clutched in his right hand. Blood from the fatal wound made a dark stain on his Mrs. Anderson stared with dull hor- ror at her dead lover for several min- utes, then slowly wrested the revolver from his stiffened fingers. 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