Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1937, Page 38

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Jane leaped from the dais and ran to the yearning sanctuary of Tarzan's arms They stood thus clasped in silence; their joy was too great for words. Then Brown saw Annette among the girls beside the dais. In a moment they, too, rushed to rapturous embrace. DAN DUNN-—Secret Operative 48 THAT TIP OF SLIPPERY’S WAS GOOD, SHERIFF-- THAT'S THI Jane was horrified as she saw the Kavuru warrior lift his spear to plunge it into Tarzan's back. A Wwarning scream burst from her trembling lips. At the same moment a pistol barked. The war- rior fell, and Tarzan turned to see Brown holding & smoking gun. Then an excited black girl separated herself from the huddled group and ran to Tarzan. “O, Big Bwana, it is you!” she sobbed happily; “at last I am saved.” The jungle lord smiled, for this was Buira, daughter of Muviro, hereditary chief of the Waziri. ‘Then the ape man's smile melied into a grave frown. “Come,” he said to his friends, “we must hurry. Soon the Kavuru warriors their wits and attack us. In any batil us, they will surely win. Their victory can mean only death for us!™ —By NORMAN MARSH OK-~ AND THE PLACE IS SURROUNDED (OND INSIDE--THE ZINGERS LEAP T0 THEIR FEET AT THE SOUND OF DAN'S VOICE!/ " THE COPS ! WE WON'T BE GRAB YO TAKEN ALIVE? CUN, FiARRYrr )| Toeco, e{g‘ Across, . Fluid part of milk. . Heart artery. . Silent and quiet. . A gin. . Debacle. 2. Pilaster, . Prenzy. Having two sides of equal lengtn. 5. Trim. Rockfish. 27. Skillfully. 9. Ostrichlike birds. 31. Orient. Solicit. . Luminous circle, 5. Winged. | . Armadillo. . Minus, 3. Different. . A jot. 5. Scottish cakes. . Figure of speech. . Cud of & ruminant. . Member of a Greek church, 51. Sheeplike. 3. Mongrels. 54. Central American trees. . Greek vase. Source. . American poet, 59. The armpit, 1. A pore. . Minor prophet. 10. Strikes lightly. Potter’s clay. 5. Heart. Reg. U. § Pat. OF.; Copyright, 1937 by Publisher dicate I irow THAT UM BACK _ THIS HERE ONE MBAKES HIM LOOK f LI & FieR /g Permission to nze One’s mother tongue Reliquary, Piece out Seed cover Reclamp. Large extinet bird Burmese measure of length, Heartily 7. Musical note, Pronoun Sea in Turkestan, . Sportive. 1. River in Belgium, houlder blade, . Examines, 6. Inspire with love. 7. An obvious truth, Tinge. 2. Stunted animals. Desire. Goddess of dawn, Leave undone, Punitive, Resound. Biblical name, Abscond. 3. Division of a shield. To be: Latin. 5. Tore down. = (Oopyright, 3087, by 8. L Muatiey) (Trade Mark Reg. 0.8 Fas Offioe — True Stories of G-Men Activities Based on Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Modfied in the Public Interest. DESCRIBE THIS MR. LIONCET"WHO BROUGHT THE | REMEMBER HIM BECAUSE OF HIS LARGE GREENISH EYES. THERE WAS A GIRL WITH THIS BILL WAS FOR REPAIRS ON A SEDAN WITH A ... MICHIGAN TAGS Y-81020 THANKS. IN THAT CASE fLL STICK AROUND A GIRL? HOW DID SHE LOOK?HAVE YOU SEEN HER Bedtime Stories THAT'S THE GARAGE STAY QUTSIDE AND KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. I'LL CHECK FREQUENTLY. IN FACT, | SAW HER JUST By Thornton W. Burgess YESTERDAY / —Old Mother Nature. A STATEMENT difficult to believe is sometimes said to be too big to be Down. swallowed. It was just so now with . Excepting. Migrate. Scarecrow. Egyptian god. . Southern State. Poignant. Annoy. . Toward the mouth, . Hindu weight, ©PMaD B R THEGIRL ! Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle. as Graywing had said Fluketail llves! not hesitate to attack Fluketail him- on. | self, big as he is. All the Seal people| “Has Fluketail any relatives?” | are terribly afraid of Killer. When Reddy asked. I see him I am always glad I don'y “Yes, indeed” replied Graywing. | live in the sea.” “There are quite a number of “I should say s"!. The land is| Whale cousins.” good enough for me,” agreed Reddy “ i12” - So it was that Reddy Fox learned| ,m:;e,:fiyf“ Hikel BAKS AL S DeE | it GekWing: the GUIl abontt Pk Reddy was bigger than Danny Meadow Mouse. Do you really wonder that Reddy refused to believe it? I don't. Of course, it wasn't polite of Reddy to say he didn't believe it. No one likes ’w have his word doubted, and Gray- is Fluketail the Whale.” Once more Graywing lifted his wings as if to fly. “Don’t go,” begged Reddy. “I'm sorry I doubted your word. If Fluke- tail is as big as you say, all the other people who live in the sea must be terribly afraid of him. I suppose he could swallow me whole as easily as I can swallow a Mouse whole.” 1 World, he lives largely on some of the smallest of all living things in the sea, so small that you can hardly see them unless there are a great many of them together. Fluketail has a lot of queer strainers in his mouth. He swims along with his mouth open, and these strainers strain out the food from the water. afraid of him, for he never bothers thém.” “What does he eat?” demanded Reddy. ’ “If I tell you, you probably will say that you don’t believe me, so what's the use?” retorted Graywing. “Ill believe whatever you say,” re- turned Reddy meekly. “If you say wing was to be excused for losing his temper somewhat. He prepared to TIONS?” REDDY ASKED. Evanay. Reddy Fox. Graywing the Gull had told him that in the sea was the largest of all animals anywhere in all the Great World, and when Reddy had asked how big this animal might be Graywing had sald that it was as “Wait & minute,” begged Reddy. “I suppose this biggest of all animals has & name?” “Of course,” replied Graywing. “It would be strange indeed if one as big as that had no name.” “Have I ever heard it?" asked Reddy. many times bigger than s horse asl T doubt it,” replied Graywing. “It b, “He could if you happened to be in the sea where he was, but he wouldn't,” replied Graywing. “Why wouldn’t he?” Reddy asked. “Because he isn'f an eater of meat,” replied Graywing. “Other animals of the ses, like Barker the Seal, are not [ that he doesn’t eat at all, I'll believe you.” “Of course he eats,” replied Gray- wing. “We all have to eat. Such a big fellow as Fluketail the Whale re- quires & lot of food. The funny thing is that, while he is the biggest of all animals anywhere in the Great , He hasn’t any teeth. He doesn’t need any for that kind of food.” Reddy thought this over. It was hard, very hard, to believe that there could be an animal so big. It was even harder to believe that such a big animal could be without teeth and could live on such tiny creatures A “Goodness, no!” replied Graywing. “Some are big and some are little, compared with Fluketail. Some have teeth, and one of these is named Killer, He is the flercest animal in all the sea, and I doubt if there is any on land as fierce. A number of these Whales hunt together and will s tail, the largest animal in all the| Great World, the Blue or Sulphur- bottom Whale, and of some of his cousins. (Copyright, 1937.) | Buenos A Argentina, may b Iaft-hand driviee