The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 15, 1921, Page 13

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ GREATEST STORY TARZAN THE TERRIBLE | Reading This Red-Blood ‘Novel Today 3 Copprtght, 1991, A.C MeChurg & Co. Segstestsstaseestegeseegy | Begin BEGIN READING HERE TODAY WHO'S WHO THE STORY TARZAN OF THE APES, who goes into Africa in Search of his abducted wife. She has been sent across the rder:into the Congo Free State in charge of LIEUTENANT OBERGATZ and a detachment of Ger-| Man native troops. Tarzan TA-DEN by killing a lion t kills a tiger that is ¢' QM-AT. Thus Tarzan gains the friendship of the two} He has white skin and Men. Ta-den is hairless. also has a tail and has fled from his home after a quarrel with his} saves the life of hat is pursuing h harging upon im, and later a tail. is covered with black hair. : 0-TAN, over a love affair between Ta-den and O-lo-a, pea king's daughter. The king wants her to wed _ BU-LOT, son of mca. a mighty chief. Om-at was driven from ES-SAT, also a chief. Om-at is in love with PAN-AT-LEE. and seizes her. ; t in which Om-at kills ‘ of the lower order that Es-sat finds Pan-at-lee alone in a cave She knocks him unconscious and flees. Om-at reaches the cave a few minutes later. . Es-sat, and thereby becomes} of his tribe. Then Om-at, accompanied by Tarzan, in search of Pan-at-lee. Tarzan rescues her from a greatly resembles a huge ape. goes in search of food. A huge gryf forces him to up a tree, where Pan-at- : , the low order of rescued Pan-at-lee, appears lee also has taken refuge. A creature from which Tarzan and strikes the gryf on the tt. The gryf apparently is cowed by the Tor-o-don. Tor-o-don shows signs of attacking Tarzan and Tarzan 1] lis it. Meanwhile, in the excitement, Pan-at-lee has fled. is captured by a band of white native warriors. GO ON WITH THE STORY (Continued From Yesterday) CHAPTER VIII », ALUR As the hisning reptile bore down the stranger swimming in the water neor the center of the on the frontier of Pal-uldon seemed te the man that this in roust be tue futile termination arduous and danger-fills1 jour » It seemed, too, equally futile pit his puny knife against this htful creature. Had he been vt- ed on land it ix possible that he sht as a last resort have used his Enfiela, tho he nad come thus fur thru ail these weary, danger-ridden miles without recourse to it, tho s m and again bad his life hung ‘the balance in the face of the sav. ® cenizens cf forest, jungle and For whatever it may have for which he was preserving ‘vs ammunition he eviden: and then Tarzan raised his staff and with a menacing “Whee-oo! struck the gryf a vicious blow across the face. ‘The creature made a sudden side snap in his direction, a shap that did not reach him, and then turned sullenly away, precisely as it had when the Torodon commanded it Walking around to its rear as he had seen the shaggy first-man do, Tarzan ran up the broad tail and seated himself upon the creature's back, and then again imitating the acts of the Toro-don he prodded it with the sharpened point of his staff and thus goading it forward and guiding it with blows, first upon one side and then upon the other, he started it down the gorge in. the di rection of the valley. At first it had been in his mind only to determine if he could suc ceasfully assert any authority over the great monsters, realizing that in this possibility lay his only hope of immediate escape from his jailers But once seated upon the back of his ‘titanic mount the apeman expe Irienced the sensation of a new thrill that recalled to him the day in his boyhood that he had first clambered to the broad head of Tantor, the elephant, and this, together with the sense of mastery that was always “jmeat and drink to the lord of the Jungle, decided him to put bis newly ~|acquired power to some utilitarian purpose. -Panatlee he judged must, elther have already reached safety or met with death. At least, no longer could he be of service to her, while below Kor-ulgryf, in the soft green valley, lay A-lur, the City of Light, which, since he. had gazed upon it from the shoulder of Pastar-ul-ved, had been his ambition and his goal. Whether or not its gleaming walls held the secret of his lost mate he could not even guess, but if she lived at all within the precincts of Palul- don it must be among the Hodon, since the hairy black men of this “| forgotten world took no prisoners, jpaniment of the shrill ning of the dying monster, the sD won at last to the farther edge the open water to take up once the almost superhuman effort crossing the last atretch of cling mud which separated him from solid ground of Palul-don. A g00d two hours it took him to his now weary body thru the sing, stinking muck, but at last, covered and spent, be dragged If out upon the soft grasses of bank. A hundred yards away stream, winding its way down n the distant mountains, emptied the morass, and, after a short he made his way to this and ing @ quiet pool, bathed himself washed the mud and slime from w » accouterments and n cloth. Another hour was spent the rays of the hot sun in , polishing and oiling his En- d, tho the means at hand for dry it consisted principally of dry It was afternoon before he tisfied himself that his prec- if weapon was safe from any harm dirt, or dampness, and then he and took up the search for the he had followed to the opposite of the swamp. Would he find again the trail that d led into the opposite side of the to be lost there, even to his d senses? If he found it not upon this side of the almost ble barrier he might assume his long journey had ended in jure. And so he sought up and n the verge of the stagnant wa- for traces of an old spoor that would have been invisible to your or mine, even had we followed ly in the tracks of its maker. ee As Tarzan advanced upon the is he imitated as closely as he wld recall them the methods and of the Tor-o-don, but up huge creatures he that his fate still hung in for the thing gave forth , either menacing or other- “It only stood there, watching out of its cold, reptilian eyes, And so to A-lur he would go, and how more effectively than upon the back of this grim and terrible crea- ture that the races of Pal-ul-don held in such awe? A little mountain stream tumbled down from Kgr-ulgryf to be joined im the foothif’s with that which empties the waters of Korul-lul into the valley, forming a small river which runs southwest, eventually en- tering the valley's largest lake at the City of A-lur, thru the center of whteb the stream passes, An ancient trail, well marked by countless gen- erations of naked feet of men and | beasts, leads down toward A-lur be- aide the river, and along this Tarzan guided the gryf. Once clear of the forest which ran below the mouth of the gorge, Tarzan caught occasional glimpses of the city gleaming in the distance far below him, ‘The country thru which he passed was resplendent with the riotous beauties of tropical verdure. Thick, lush grasses grew waist high upon either wide of the trail and the way was broken now and again by patches of open park-like forest, or perhaps a little patch of dense jungle where the trees overarched the way and trailing creepers de pended in graceful loops from branch to branch At Umes the apeman had diffi culty in commanding obedience upon the part of his unruly beast, but always in the end its fear of the relatively puny goad urged it on to obedience. Late in the afternoon as they approached the confluence of the stream they were skirting and another which appeared to come from the direction of Kor-ul-ja, the ape-man, emerging from one of the jungle paths, discovered a consider able party of Hodon upon the op posite bank. Simultaneously they saw him and the mighty creature he bestrode. For a moment they stood in wide-eyed amazement and then, in answer to the command of their leader, they turned and bolted for the shelter of the nearby wood. The apeman had but a brief glimpse of them, but it was suffi cient indication tha#there were Waz don with them, doubtless prisoners take in one of the raids upon the Wazion villages of which Ta-den and Omat had told him At the sound of their voices the gryt had bellowed terrifically and started in pursuit even tho a river intervened, but by dint of much prodding and beating, Tarzan had succeeded in heading‘ the animal back into the path, tho thereafter for a long time it was sullen and more intractable than ever, As the sun dropped nearer the summit of the western hills Tarzan «|became aware that his plan to enter A-dlur upon the back of a gryt was likely doomed to fallure, #ince the stubbornness of the great beast was due to the fact that ita huge belly was crying out for food, The ape man wondered if the Toro-dons had There is a} COME ON OLIVIA, | IT ISN'T Cop! THE CRAZY QUILT ERS [Pee > ks "SHE GAVE HIM _ AN ICY STARE EATTLE DOINGS OF THE DUFFS + ey | any means of picketing their beasts | for the night, but as he did not know Jand as no plan suggested itself, he determined that he should have to trust to the chance of finding it |again in the morning. There now arose in his mind a question as to what would be their relationship when Tarzan had dis mounted. Would it again revert to that of hunter and quarry or would fear of the goad continue to hold its supremacy over the natural instinct of the hunting flesh-eater. Tarzan wondered, but as he could not re main upon the gryf forever, and as he preferred dismounting and put ting the matter to a final test while it was still light, he decided to act at once, How to stop the creature he did not know, as up to this time his sole desire had been to urge it onward. By experimenting with his staff, however, he found that he could bring it to a halt by reaching for. ward and striking the thing upon its beaklike snout, Close by grew a number of leafy trees, in any one of which the ape-man could have found sanctuary, but it had occurred to him that should he immediately take to the trees it might suggest to the mind of the gryf that the creature that had been commanding him all day feared him, with the result Tarzan would once again be held a prisoner by the tric tops. And #0, when the gryf halted, Tar zan slid to the ground, struck the creature @ careless blow across the flank as tho in dixmissal and walked indifferently away. From the throat of the beast came a low rumbling sound and without even a glance at Tarzan it turned and entered a river where it stood drinking for a long ume, Convinced that the gryf no longer constituted a menace to him the ape man, spurred on himself by the | snawing of hunger, unslung his bow and selecting a bandful of arrows set forth cautiously in search of food, evidence of the near presence of which was being borne up to him by a breeze from down river ‘Ten minutes later ne had made his gain one of the Palul-don 4 of antelope, all species of which Tarzan had known since child hood as Bara, the deer, since in the little primer that had been the baxis of hin education the picture of a to the likeness of the antelope, from the giant eland to the smaller bush buck of the hunting grounds of nis youth. Cutting off a haunch he cached it in a nearby tree, and’throwing the balance of the carcass across his shoulder trotted back toward the spot at which he had left the gryf. ‘The great beast was just emerging from the river when Tarzan, seeing {t, issued the weird cry of the Tor-o don. ‘The creature looked in the di rection of the sound, voicing at the same time the low rumble | with which it answered the call of its master. Twice Tarzan repeated his cry before the beast moved slowly toward him, and when it had come within a few paces he tossed the carcass of the deer to it, upon which it fell with greedy jaws. “If anything will keep {t within call,” mused the ape-man as he re turned to the tree In which he had cached his own portion of his kill, “it is the knowledge that I will feed it.” But as he finished his repast and, settled himself comfortably for the night high among the swaying branches of his eyrie he had little confidence that he would ride into A-lur the following day upon his pre. historigyateed, When Tarzan awoke early the fol |lowing morning he dropped lightly to the ground and made his way to h v Rt peta deer had been the nearest approach | The Laugh Isn’t on Olivia ONE OF THE \ NEW GUESTS: OW,WELLO ALEK! LOOKOUTe JUMBO WANTS" ‘To CoME OUT THERE. “THE WORDS FROZE IN HIS MOUTH“: | “1 think that things in the sky | will take care of themselves now for | spell,” said Sprinkle-Blow to Nancy and Nick, “so we may as well le getting down to earth again. As I told you betore, the only way in which I can find out just what peo- ple want is to ay around and see what they're planning to do. Let's jbe going.” | So he said, “One for the money and two for the show," and all the| rest of it, and they all gave a big} nd came landing down right | jopen.”” jump bentd Farmer Smith's chicken-coop where Biddy Bantam was scratching for grubs and shiny black beetles. Middy hadn't started to ruine a fam lily, yet. but she was going to soon, the weather was so fine. She had found a lovely p! le |the stream. Removing his weapons land loin cloth he entered the cold waters of the little pool, and after his refreshing bath returned to the tree to breakfast upon another por tion of Bara, the deer, adding to his repast some fruits and berries which grew in abundance nearby His meal over, he sought ground again and raising his vo in the weird ery that he bad learned, he called aloud on the chance of at tracting the gryf, but tho he waited for some time and continued calling there was no response, and he was finally forced to the conclusion that he had seen the last of his great mound of the preceding day. And so he set his fa toward AJdur, pinning his faith upon his knowledge of the Hodon tongue, his | sreat strength and his native wit. (Continued Tomorrow) the “ CANARIES WARBLE prepara- the onnary St. Andreas berg to restore cage bird to health and and prevent them fron ing il, Sold by druggist Mailed for CAUTION--Bird Manna is sotd only tn White Metal Caps, with this trade mark in red. Beware of imitations. BOOK ON CAGE beautifully Mustrated, in thelr natural colors, Full information on song and rare canaries, How to breed them for profit, Hints on their diseases ‘9 cure them, All about parrots to teach them to talk, A most » book on tho subject. Mailed for or both for 250, by the Philadel phia Hird Food Co, 400 N, Third Bly Philadelphia, Pa “Te the secret tion use breeders RDS, 120 pages, showing canaries at pe Thay) arm ADVENTURES — OF cine Webel: Bet ‘Better roost high,” suggested Sprinkle-Blow. might like chicken better than he does eggs.” » in the hay stack | ISN'T SHE ASCREAM?| 4 IN AND ETS GO WATCH HER! “A COLD RECEPTION AWAITED HIS RETURN” “Fleety nobody knew about and already had 10 eggs in it. When she had four more she was going to cluck. She swelled with pride when she thought of the 14 little Muffy peeps she would soon be mothering, and scratched harder than ever. It was well to keep in practice .with the prospect of such @ large family to feed. “Clk, clk, clk,” she clucked. “Won't Farmer Smith be surprised. But I'm worried for fear something may happen to my nest. Since it is so warm now, I think I'll sleep up in the plum tree and keep one eye} “How can you sleep and keep one eye ‘open? asked Nancy.: “Oh, so you heard what I said?’ | remarked Biddy, turning around. “I didn't Know anybody was near. Yes, T have to wateh, for Fleet Fox is as hungry as a bear after such a cold winter.” “Better roost high,” suggested Sprinkle-Blow, “Fleety might like chicken better than he does eggs.” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1921, by Seattle Star) 1 SEE WHERE PAGE 13 — BY ALLMAN REMEMBER NOW, WE MUSTN'T LAUGH! THEYVE NAMED A THE NOAH OF THE INDIANS (Chapter 3) “O-la-qua heard the voice of the Great Spirit above the voice of the storm and above the sound of the waters and this is what it said:|Y the other venomous “ ‘Arise, O-la-qua, and take your wife and your family and climb higher the'steep side of the moun- tain, for in the morning the waters shall cover the place where you now rest. “'Go to the very top of the mountaiif, stand there and shoot an arrow straight into the heav- ens, quickly following it with a second, taking great care that the poifit of the second shall pierce the shaft of the first, and then with the third pierce the shaft of the second.’ “Then the Great Spirit spoke low and soft: ‘Climb what they shall become,’ he said, ‘taking great care that all your family are with you.’ “In the early dawn O-la-qua did as he had been told, and when he looked, there were the three ar- rows stuck into each other and into the cloud, but they began to quiver with life, and as he look ed they grew into a mighty tree, with wide, spreading branches and sheltering leaves, a tree big enough to shelter all his family “Instantly when the tree was full grown, word went round that all were to seek safety in ite branches, and old Wak-e-poosh, the rattesnake, followed closely _ snakes — and creeping thinga hastened to — the highest branches. : “But when the snakes they found two vultures on the topmost branch. these came the savage beasts the Kindly beasts, and last of the little, harmless who had to hang low on th Most branches, because else was left them. “O-la-qua looked about see that all were safe and was well. Then he climbed the tree, taking with him his ily, his faithful dogs and all, drawing up after blankets. “For many days all was ness and the awful rush and of the water made even the most savage beasts keep silence, so igs iis ¥ that in the magic tree which the § Great Spirit has caused to grow | from O-la-qua’s arrows there was — peace. “Hardly were they placed in their refuge when the very top of the mountain trembled and shook with the surge of the water. But at last the rain grew less and less and ceased to fall. The darkness seemed to lift and the face of the sun shone once more upon them, Soon the waters began to go back to their place in the rivers and lukes and the sea, and the ground again appeared. (To Be Continued) BEREUE Confessions of a Husband My firgt question when I got home that evening was about Bob bie. “He had a fine day,” Dot assured me, “The doctor thinks he will bi able to get up in a few more days.” “That's great! I won't feel that everything is really all right until I see him running around again.” “It would have deen terrible, wouldn't it, if anything had—hap: pened?” “Brave off partnert You've had a hard time, but you've stood it like a little major!” “It was just as hard for you,” “Yeu, it was especially hard for me because of a situation that you knew nothing about. It was my fault that Bobbie became ill, 1 met Edith that Sunday afternoon—by appointment —and she was with me in the park. “We were so busy talking to- gether that I forgot to put a blanket about Bobbie when it became cool, and that is why he caught pneu- monia, “I don't think you have suspected anything about Edith, but I feel I must tell you everything in order to preserve my self-respect, “The whole truth is that I have simply been foolish; I have allowed (Copyright, 1921, by Seat 61. WHAT I TOLD DOT myself to flirt with her and perhaps she believes I care for her. “But I can tell you honestly that I have merely been amused by her, and that in my heart you remained the dearest woman on earth to me. “If that ts so, you ask, why did I permit this sjlly affair with Edith to develop? I am trying to answer that implied question hontstly, but I find it very difficult. There is a cer- tain sameness even in a very happy marriage, “She amused me. It wasn't only that. It was flattering to fifid that there still was a woman who re- garded me as @ man—not merely as your husband. It was almost like being young again. “But that is all over, It Is as dead as the dodo, and I am proving it to you by telling you the whole story as truthfully and frankly as I am able, “Very humbly I ask you to forgive me and you can do so with the full and absolute knowledge that this foolish little escapade is the only one that will ever interrupt our married life."* No, that ts not what I said. It was what I imagined myself saying, but when the time came to put it into words my tongue rebelled. It may have been shame; it may have been simple cowardice, but I could not utter those syllables. On the contrary, I heard myself saying to Dot: “Do you know, I met George this morning and we walked down to 72d st. before taking the subway.” And she replied “I'm glad you got phat exercise.” Very soon I was to have reason to be sorry I had not taken that oo casion to tell Dot the truth. (To Be Continued) Eyes Strained? If your eyes are work-strained or tired; if your vision is dim or blurred; if it bothers you to read; if your eyes burn or itch or ache; if you wear glasses, get a bottle of Bon-Opto tab- lets from your druggist, dissolve one in a fourth of a glass of water and use from two to four times a day bathe the eyes. Bon-Opto brought comfort and relief to thou. sands and thousands. Note: Doctors sa; a ene tyesient soe Int wack'e tiie ta instances.—-Advertisement,