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Sweetheart Soe BOSE EDGA { By INCE the night of the eartha’ S low, Victoria Custer’s mental high nervous tension superin ‘Apes.”) the Greystoke garden as she paced to > 80, too, seemed her search for thi Yet sho recalled it all—the lonely tramp with only Terkoz, the wolf- hound, at her side; the coming to the cave that tl ggg! ot Aa had opened ler an interval of hundred. thousand years; the finding of her dream man, real, jying there in the bi interior. ‘The attack of the Aral and her abduction—th scoundrelly Abul Mukarram, who stole her from his master, Ibn Aswad, he sheik, These things were all juite vivid, as was the sudden advent ) of her primitive lover, Nu, the son of Nu, as Abul Mukarram was chok- and beating her into submission. ut what most caused her to won- der was the fact that she seemed to have witnessed much that had taken at the Greystoke ranch after she Reston and to know of the pursuit of the Arab slave and ivory raiders who -had stolen her by the party from the ranch, as well as by Nu. She knew that William Curtiss was dead beneath the rending fangs of Terkoz, and she knew why the gaunt wolfhound had killed him, Though the man had loved her, she felt no sorrow at his koe | for pap re hs jtood levelled rifle upon the po! r: Setter ‘a cowardly bullet into the back of her Nu? She was aware, also, that Barney ther, forcing his Carters oe ene Jungte, behini chem fimement pleaded with her to re- Mnquish her mad, idyllic purpose—to give up her savage man and return to the protection and comforts that her brother and civilization repre- there was still another force at mares older by far than the brief span of cultivation that had marked the advancement of her more recent fore- bears—the countless ages of prebis- toric savagery in which the mind and heart and soul of man were born—the countless awful ages that have left ‘upon the soul and heart and mind of man an stopy eee that will endure #0 8 man endures. ies out of that black abyss be- fore man had either mind or soul there ‘still emanates the same mighty power that was his sole master then—in- wee it was instinct that drove Vic- toria Custer deeper into the jungle with her savage lover as she sensed Abe nearer approach of her brother— one of the two master instincts that have dominated und preserved life upon the face of the earth. Yet it was not without a struggle, She hesitated, half turning backward, . Nu cast a questioning look upon her, “They are coming Nut-ul,” he sald, u cannot fight these strange men o hur] lead with the thunders they ve stolen from the skies. Come! ‘must hurry back to the cave of and on the morrow we shall go orth and search for the tribe of Nu, y father, that dwells beyond the rren Cliffs beside the Restless Sea. re, in our own world, we shall be happy" yet the girl held back, afraid. the man gathered her in his mire arms and ran on in tho direction of the cave of Oo, the sabre- toothed tiger. The girl did not even struggle to escape; instead she lay quietly as over her fell a sensation of peace and happiness, as though, after @ long absence, she was being borne home. ‘And at their heels trotted Terkoz, ‘olfhound. : pa ometioaee Nu took to the lower branches of tho trees, for in his own age his raco had been seml-arboreal. Here he travelled with the ease and agility of a squirrel, though often: times the modern woman that lived in the breast of Victoria Custer Quailed at the Sissy leaps and the , perilous tr . le Piney fled her fears were reatest now that they might be ove fiken and herself snatched back in‘ the world of clvilization where her ould never follow. Pyne dusk of the third evening when they camo again to the cave of Oo. Up the steep cliffside thoy clambered, hand in hand. Together they entered the dark and forbidding a erto-morrow, said Nu, “we will pearch for the caves of our people, and we shall find them.” "And then there efme, out of the bowels of the earth, a deep and omi- lous rumbling. ‘The earth shook. The elif rocked, Great masses of shattered rock, ken from its summit, roared and fumbled down its face. “Nu sprang to his feet, onlv to be juried immediately to the floor of the ve, stunned and senseless, Within ‘was darkness, No light filtered through the open- For minutes the frightful din ured and with it the sickening ssing ofthe earth; but at last the mblings ceased, the world sank ik to rest, exhausted. And Nu lay nconscious whe: e had fallen, CHAPTER II. Hud, the Primitive. T was mo&.ing when Nat-ul awoke. The sun was stream- ing in across 4 wide sea to illumine the interior of the’ eave where she lay huddled @ great pile of soft, furry pelts, s) Tarzan’s Creator Tells His Newest and Best Story; (Copyright, the Frank A, Munsey Company.) CHAPTER I. A Prehistoric Adonis, now that she had been living in a world of dreams, Greystoke will be remembered best under his other name, “Tarzan of the a said the girl. sweet face, cave, Primeval juake, when she had swooned in her brother's arms at the entrance to Lord Greystoke'’s African bunga- Processes had been dominated by the duced by the shock. It seemed to her (Lord The adventure with the lion that had leaped upon her from the bushes of and fro beneath the great, equatorial Moon—trying to fight down the terrible obsession of those repeatedly re- curring dreams, in which she walked beside a half-naked, prehistoric Adonis though clean cut in her memory, seemed fantastic as any dream picture, © lonely figure of her dreams whom | ghe knew to be wandering, wounded and unhappy, somewhere in the vast _Wwilderness surrounding the Greystoke preserves, Near her lay a woman, older than herself but still beautiful. In front of them, nearer the mouth of the cave, two men slept. One was Tha, her father, and the other her brother Aht. The woman was Nat-ul's mother, Lu-tan, Now she, too, opened her eyes. She stretched, raising hor bare, brown arms above her head, and halt turning on her side toward Nat-ul— it was the luxuriant muvement of the she-tiger, the emboaiment of perfect health and grace. Lu-tan smiled at her daughter, ex- posing a row of strong, white, even tect! 1 returned the emile. glad that it is light again, “The shaking of the ground yesterday frightened me, so that I had the most terribl all during the darkness—ug! And Nat-ul shuddered, Tha opened his eyes and looked at the two women. “T too dreamed,” he said, “Idreamed that the earth shook again, the cliffs sank and the restless sea rolled in upon them, drowning us all. This is no longer a good place to live. After we have eaten I shall go speak to Nu, telling him that we should seek other caves in a new country.” Nat-ul rose and, stepping between the two men, came to the ledge in front of the entrance to the cave. Be- fore her stretched a scene that was perfectly familiar and yet etrang new. Below her was an open patch at the foot of the cliff, all barren and boulder-strewn, except for a rude rec- tangle that had been cleared of rock and debris Beyond lay @ narrow strip of tan- gled tropical jungle. Enormous fernlike trees lifted their huge fronds a hundred feet into the air, The sun was topping the horizon, coming out of a great sea that lay just beyond the jungle, And such a sun! It was dull red and swollen to an enormous size, The atmosphere was thick and hot—aimost sticky. And the life! Such countless myriads of creatures teeming through the jungle, winging their way through the air and blackening the surface of the sea! Nat-ul knit her brows, 5 She was trying to think—trying to recall something, Was it her dream that she attempted to visualize, or was this the dream? She shook ‘her- self. Then she glanced quickly down at her apparel. For an instant she seemed not to comprehend the meaning of her gar- menture—the single red doeskin, or the sandals of the thick hide of Ta, the woolly rhinoceros, held to her shapely feet by thin lacings of the rawhide of the great bos, And yet, she quickly reallzed, she had always been clothed just thus—but, had she? The question puzzled her. Mechanically her hand slipped to the back of her head above the nape of her neck. A look of puzzlement entered her eyes as her fingers fell Upon the loose strands of her long hair that tumbled to her waist in the riotous and lovely confusion of early morning. touch missed? What was it that her light A barrette? What could Nat-ul, child of the stone age, know of bar- rettes? Slowly her fingers felt about her ead, When they came in contact with the broad fillet that bound her hair smiled. back from her forehead she This was the fillet that Nu, the son ot Nu, had fashioned for her from a single gorgeous snakeskin of black and red and yellow, split lengthwise and dried. in Vivid realization of the present. It awoke her to a more She turned and re-entered the cave, From a wooden peg driven into a hole in the wall she took a handful of brilliant feathers. These she stuck in the front of the fillet, where they nodded in a gay plume above her By this time Lu-tan, Tha and Aht had risen, The older woman was busying her- self with some dry tinder and a fire- stick just inside the entrance to the Tha and Aht had stepped out Y might Ia with the morning air. Nat. was a biadder. down the face of Other men and women were ¢1 - ing from other caves that pitted the They greeted the three with smiles and pleasant words, and upon every tongue was some comment upon the earthquake of the rocky escarpmen: preceding night. Tha and Aht went into the jungle beside a little epring clear and cold, at the Here were other itr with bladders which they were H toward the sea. foot of the cliff. 1 joined them. In her hand The three clambered the cliff. te ling with water, There was Ra-el, daughter of Kor, who made the keenest speartips and the best balanced. And there was Una, daughter of Nu, the chief, and sister of Nu, the And besides these were half a dozen fine-fea- tured giris, straight as arrows, sup- They laughed and talked as they filled their bladders at others—all clea: ple as panthers. the spring. “Were you not frightened when Nat-ul?” asked the earth shoo! Una, “I was frightened,” replied Nat-u' more frightened shaking “What did you dream?’ cried Ra. el, daughter of Kor—Kor who mi pear heads, with which strong man could strike @ flying rep- “yes; but I was the dream I had after the had stopped.” the trues tile in mid air, “I dreamed that I was not Nat-ul,” “I dreamed of a strange world and strange people. I ‘was one of them. many garments that were not skin at I lived in @ cave that was not a cave—it was built upon the ground, of the stuff of which trees are made, only cut into thin slabs and fastened ‘There were many caves in replied the girl together, the one cave. “There were men and women, and jo some of the men “Black!” echoed the other girls, “And son of Nu. n-limbed, Ik, were black.” “Yes, black,” insisted Nat-ul, they alone were garbed something as The white men wore strange garments and things upon 4 had no beards. carried short spears that spit smoke and great noise out upon their eno- mies and the wild beasts, and slew them at a great distance.” nd was Nu, the son of there?” asked Ra-el, tittering behind ‘@ our men. their heads, her hand. “He came and took me away,” re- plied Nat-ul gravely. the earth shook as we slept in the And when I awoke I was here in the cave of Tha, my father,” “Nu has not returned,” said Una, Nat-ul looked at her inquiringly. “Where did Nu, the gon of Nu, go?” cave of Oo. she asked. “Who should know better than Nat-ul, daughter of Tha, that Nu, the son of Nu, went forth to slay Oo, the killer of mert and mammoths, that he head before the cave of Nat-ul?” she asked in reply, “He has not returned?” asked Nat- “He sald that he would go, but I thought that he joked, for one man alone may not alay men and of mammoth But sho did not use the word “man.” Instead she spoke in a language that survives only among the apes of our day, If it survives at all, and among them only in crude and dis- Jointed monosyllables, spoke of the mammoth she called him ul. “mammoth” nor the word Gluh, and man was Pah. The tongue was low and liquid, and entirely beautiful and enchanting, and she spoke, too, much with her eyes and with her graceful hand: did her companions, for the trib Nu was not far removed from those earlier peoples, descended from the alalus, who were speechless, and who preceded those who spoke by signs. The girls, having filled the bladders now returned to their Nat-ul had scarco entered and hung up the bladder ere Tha and Aht returned—one with the carcass of an antelope, the other with with water, respective caves, an armful of fruits, In the floor of the cave beside the fire a little hollow had been chipped from the living rock. Into this while Lu- them into the temperature, This she dropped into the water with the meat. There was @ great bubbling and which was repeated as Lu-tan dropped one superheated peb- ble after another into the water, until the whole became a boiling caldron, When the water continued to boil for a few moments after a pebble was thrown in, Lu-tan ceased her opera- tion, sitting quietly with her family about the primitive stew for several sputtering, minutes, Occasionally she would stick @ fin- ger into the water to test its tempera- ture, and when at last she seemed sat- isfied she signalled Tha to eat, The man plunged his stone knife into a plece of the half-cooked meat, the caldron and toased it upon the floor beside Lu-tan, A second piece was given to Nat-ul, a third to Aht and the fourth Tha kept withdrew to himself, The four ate with a certain dignity. There was nothing bestial nor repui- sive in thelr manners, and as they ate they talked and laughed among them- selves—there seamed great good-fel- lowship in the cavehold of Tha. Aht joked with Nat-ul about Nu, TUMBLE TOM—His First Adventure in Bylow-Land ‘lo evening after that our hero Pillow region, pastShut-Eye ‘Tom happened to tumble into Bylow-land. “That is how he got there the first time. He was so fond of adventure and found so much of it there that ever; tumbled andintoBylay . \\ it from Nat-ul poured some water, ‘an cut pieces of the ante- Jope's flesh into small bits, dropping Then she scooped a large pebble from the fire, where it had been raised to a high water. D5 Tumbling from Bylow-land sky, ‘Tom landed at the feet of the Queen of Hearts, This famous lady had left off baking tarts to make a four-and-twenty-black- bird pie for the king's dinner. “Handsomest of men,” she bade gift to the palace,” Tom, "Carry my 1 was clothed in They Nu, “And at night , the killer of When sho 8 of the son of Nu, telling her that doubt- leas a hyena had devoured the mighty hunter before ever he had had a chance to slay Oo. But Lu-tan came to her daughter's rescue, saying that it was more likely that Nu, the son of Nu, had discovered Oo and all his family and had remained to kill them all. “I do not fear for Nu, because of Oo," said Tha presently. “For Nu, the son of Nu, is as t a hunter ae bis father; but I shall be glad to see him safe again from all that ght have befallen him when the earth rocked and the thunder came from below instead of from above, I shall be glad to have bm return and take my iter as his mat whether he brings back tho head o: Oo or not.” Nat-ul waa allent, but she waa worried, for all feared the power of the elements, against which no man might survive in battle, no matter how brave he might be. After breakfast Tha went, as he Sod onid that he should, to the cave ue There he found many of the older warriors and the young men. There were #0 many them that there was not room within the cave and upon the narrow ledge without, so, , at a word from Nu, they all descended i] to the little, roughly cleared rectangle at the base of the cliff. This place was where their councils were held and where the)tribe congre- fated for feasts or other purposes that alled many together. Nu sat at one end of the clearing upon @ flat rock, About his shoulders jaggy haired skin of a huge In the string that sup- loin cloth reposed a wood- en handled stone axe and a stone knife. Upright in his band, its butt be- tween his feet, rose @ tall, slim spear, stone tipped, His black hair was rudely cut into @ shock. A fillet of tiger hide encir- cled his head, supporting a single straight feather. About his neck depended a string of ong, sharp fangs and talons, and from cheek to heel his smooth, bronzed hide was marked with many scars inflicted by these same mementoes when they had armed the mighty paws and jaws of the fierce denizens of that primeval world. He let the skin that covered him slip from his shoulders, for the morn- ing was warm. In that hot and humid atmosphere there was seltom need for covering, but even then men were slavi fashion. They wore the trophies of and bedecked their iy Tha, being second only to Nu, was the first among the wariors to speal speech was young and wor comparatively few, they must needs be supplemented with many signs and gestures. Oratory was, therefore, a strenuous busine: 4 one which re- quired a keen imagination, more than ordinary intelligence, and considerable ‘histrionic ability. When Tha spoke to Nu and the warriors of his tribe he was constantly required to invent signs and words to carry varying shades of meaning to ‘his listeners. It was great mental exercise for Tha, and for his audi- ence as well—men were good listen- ers.in those days; they had to be, , and they advanced more rapidly in proportion to our advancement, be- cause what little speech they heard meant something—it was too pre- cious to waste, nor could men af- ford to attend to foolish matter: where it required all thelr @: well as their ears and the concen. tration of the best of their mental fac- ulties to follow the thread of an argu- ment. ‘Tha stopped to the centre of the group of warriors, There was a little open space left there for the speaker. About ft squatted the older men. Behind them knelt others, and behind these stood the young men of the tribe of Nu. ‘Tha uttered a deep rumbling from his chest cavity. He shook his giant frame. “The ground roars and trembles where we live,” he sald. ‘The cliffs will fall, He pointed toward their dwellings, making a gesture with his open palms toward the ground, “We saall all be killed, Let us go. Let us seek a new place, where the ground does not tremble. The beasts are everywhere. Fruit is everywhere. Grain grows in the valley of every river, We may hunt elsewhere as well as hers, We shall find plenty to eat. Let us take our women and our children and go out of this place.” As he spoke he mimicked the hunt- ing of gamo, the gathering of fruit and grain, the marching, and the search for a new home, His motions were both dignified and graceful, His Msteners sat in rapt attention. When he had done he squatted down among the older warriors. Then another rose. He came to the centre of the open space and told, by word and panto- mime, the dangers of migration, He recalled the numerous instances when strangers, in small parties and in great numbers, had come too close to the country of Nu, and how they, Nu's warriors, had rushed upon them, slaying all who could not escape. “Others will do the same to us,” he said, “if we approach thetr dwell- ings.” ‘When he had sat down Hud pushed through to the centre from the ring of young warriors, Hud desired Nat-ul, the daughter of Tha. Therefore, he had two good reasons for espousing the cause of her father. One was that he might ingratiate himself with the older man, The Evening World Daily Magazine, Mond and the other was the hope that the tribe might migrate at once while Nu, the aon of Nu, was absent, thus giv- ing Hud uninterrupted opportunity to push his suit for the girl. “Tha has spoken wisely,” he said. “This land is no longer safe for man or beast. Scarce a moon passes that does not see the ground tremble crack, and in places have faces of the mountains tumbled away. “Any time it may be the turn of our cliff to fall. Let ua go to a land where the ground does not tremble, We need not fear the strangers. That ia tho talk of old men and timid women. “The tribe of Nu ts mighty. It can go where it pleases and those who would block its way. Let us do as Tha says and go away from here at once, Another great trem- bling may come at any moment. Let us leave now, for we have eaten,” Others spoke, and so great was the fear of earthquakes among them that there was scarce a dissenting voice—nearly all wished to 9°. wa feee of en or & listened with grave dignity. had spoken who wished to speak he arose, “It is best,” he sald. “We win go away”—Hud could scarce suppress a smile of elation—“so soon a % my Hud scowled. “I go ‘The counc"’ was over, duti Tha accompanied Nu in search of the latter's son, A party of hunters went north toward the Bar- ren Cliffs t the foot of which, not far from the sea, one of the tribe had seen a bull mammoth the pre- vious day. Hud went to his cave and watched his opportunity to see Nat-ul alone. At last his patience was rewarded by sight of her going down toward saw the spring, which was now deserted. Hud ran after h He overtook her as she stooped to fill the bladder, “I want you,” said Hud, coming dt- rectly to the point in most primitive fashion, “to be my mate.” Nat-ul looked at him for a moment and then laughed full in his face, “Go fetch the head of 0 t before my father’s cav nm swered, “and then, maybe, Nat-ul will think about: becoming the mate of Hud. — But I forgot,” she suddenly cried, “Hud does not hunt; he prefe to remain at home with the old men and the women and the children while the men go forth in search of Gluh.” She emphsized the word men. The man colored, He was far from being a physical coward—cowards were not bred until a later age. He seized her roughly by th 5 “Hud will show you that he ts no coward,” he cried, “for he will take you away, to be his mate, defying Nu and Tha and Nu, the son of Nu. If they come to take you from him, Hud will slay them all. As he spoke he dragged her toward the jungle beyond the spring—the jungle that lay between the cliff and the sea. fighting to be Nat-ul struggled, free; but Hud, a great band gen r his her mouth and an arm about body, forged silently ahead with captive. Beyond the jungle the man turned north along the beach. Now he relaxed his hold upon the girl's mouth. “Will you come with me,” he asked, r must I drag you all day?” “IT shall not come willingly,” she replied, “for otherwise Nu, the son of Nu, nor my father, nor my brother might have the right to kill you for what you have done; but now they may, for you are taking me by force, as did the hairy people who lived long time ago ti.xe their mates. You are a beast, Hud, and when my men come upon you they will slay you for the beast you are!” “You will suffer most,” retorted Hud, “for if you do not come willingly with me the tribe will kill child.” “Tl will be no child,” replied ind beneath her red-doe skin she hugged the etag-handle of a stone knife. Hud kept to the beach to escape detection by the mammoth hunters upon their return from the chase— for they, too, had gone northward; but along the base of the cliffs upon the opposite aide of the strip of jun- gle that extended parallel with the beach to the very foot of the Barren Cliffs, where they jutted boldly out into the Restless Sea half a day's Journey northward, ‘The sun was directly above the two when Hud dragged his unwilling companion up the steep face of the Barren Cliffs which he had deter- mined to cross in search of a secure hiding place, for he knew that he might not return to the tribe for a full moon after the thing that he had done, Even then it might not_be safe, for the men of the tribe of Nu had not taken their mates by force for many generations, There was a strong belief among them that the children of women who mated through their own choice were more beautiful, better natured and braver than those whose mothers were little better than prisoners and slaves, Hud hoped, however, to per- suade Nat-ul to say that she had run away with him voluntarily, to which there could be no objection. But that might require many days, From the top of the Barren Ciifts thero stretched away toward the north an entirely different landscape than that upon the southern side, Here was a great level plain, dotted with occasional clumps of trees. At a Nttle distance a broad river ran down to the sea, its banks clothed in_jungle, Upon the plain herds of antelope we —— ‘The huge ple prevented Tom seeing the path. He stumbled over the [roe-whiwoulbe-Wocnee, Wig ‘would not step aside even for the bearer of 1! ing’s Plunk! ‘Tom tumbled on the pie. Smash! went: crust, Whiz! away flew the blackbirds, se men dispersed to thelr various be: ay! July and bison browsed in tall graases and wild grains, Sheep, too, wore there, and rooting just within the great Jungle were great droves of hoga. Now and then there would be a sudden stampede among the feeding herbivora as so! beast of prey dashed among t Bleating, bel- lowing, squealing or grunting they would race off madly for a short dis- tance only to resume their feeding and love-making when assured that they were not pursued, though the ‘reat carnivore might be standing in ull sight of them above the carcass of its kill. But why run further? All about them, in every direction, were other savage, bioodthiraty beasts, Tt rae but ® part of thelr terror-atricken lives, fleeing hither and thither as they snatched sua- tenance, and only surviving because they bred more surely than the beaste that preyed upon them and could live further o water, Hud led Nat-ul down the northern the Barren Cliffs, searching cavern in which they might make their temporary home, Halt way between the summit and the base he Hud picked up a bone and threw it within. There was no re- monstrative growl—Ur was not at home. Hud pushed Nat-u! within, then he rolled a few large boulders before thi cave's mouth—enough to bar the oF trance of the gigantic bear upon hi return—and crawled through the ve, small opening that he had left. In the dim light of the interior h Nat-ul flattened against tho tu ther of the He crossed to- ward her to tak in his arms, CHAPTER Ill. A Real Cave Woman. HEN Nu, the son of Nu, re- gained consciousness day- ight was filtering through several tiny crevices in the debris that blocked the en- trance to the cave in which the earthquake had found and imprisoned him. As he sat up, half dbewildored, he cast his eyes about the dim interior in search of Nat-ul. Not seeing her he #prang to his feet and searched each corner of the cavern minutely. She was not there. Nu stood for @ moment with one hand pressed to his forehead, deep in thought. He was trying to marshal from the recesses of his memory the occurrences of his immediate past. Finally be recalled that he had set forth from the village of his people in search of Oo, as he had been wont to do often in the Pe that he might bring the head of the flerce monster and lay it before the cave of Nat-ul, yo next light, daughter of Tha, But what had led him to believe that Nat-ul should be there now in the cave beside him? He passed his hand across his ¢: yet the same memory-vigion pe a confused and chaotic muddle of etrange beasts and etranger men, among which he and Nat-ul fled through an unknown world, Nu shook his head and stamped hia foot—it was all a ridiculous dream. Tho shaking of the earth the pre- vious night, however, had been no dream-—this, and the fact that he was buried alive, were all too self-evident, He remembered that he had not found Oo at home, and when the quake had come he had run into the cave of the great beast to hide frou the wrath of the elementa, Now he turned his attention to the broken rock piled before the mouth of the cave, ‘To his immense relief ho discovered that it was composed largely of small fragments. These he loosened and re- moved one by one, and though others contin’ to roll down from Above and ti their places for a while, up- til the cave behind him was half filled with the debris, he eventually suc- ceeded in making an opening of suf- ficient size to pass his body through into the outer air, Looking about him he discovered that the quake seemed to have do: but ttle damage other than to the top of the cliff which had overhung before and now had fallen from above, scattering its fragmenta upon the ledges and at the foot of the es- carpment. For years Oo had latred here, It was here that Nu had sought him since he had determined to win his of all trophi: was lk with the debris of the gia NP Oo would have to seek elsewhere for a den, and that wight carry him far from the haunts of Nu. That would never do at all—Oo must be kept within striking distance until his head had served the purpose for which the troglodyte intended it. So for several hours Nu labored tn- dustriously to remove the rocks from the cave and from the ledge trume- diately before it, as well as from the rough trail that led up from the foot of the cliff, All the time he kept his spear close to his nand, and his atone axe and knife ready in his gep-etring, for at any moment Oo might return. As the great cat had @ way of ape pearing With most uncanny silence and unexpectedness, it behoowed one 12; 19185 A COMPLETE NOVEL EACH WEEK IN THE EVENING WORLD upon the ledge, filling their lungs By W. B. M. ever to be on the alert. But at last the work was completed and Nu set forth to search for a breakfast, He had determined to it the re. turn of the sabre-toothed tiger and Garrison’s Finish: F ERGUSON _ have the encounter over for good and ing al Had not the young men and women of the tribe begun to smile of he returned late each time that oqpay handed from the hunt for Oo? fone had doubted the sincerity of his desire to mect the formidable beast from which it was no to always with excuses instead of the head of bis quarry. Nu had scarce settled himself com- fortably upon the branch of a tree where he could command the vari- ous approaches to the tiger's lair when his keen ear caught the sound g% povenems in the jungle at bis ck. The noise was up-wind from him, and presently the scent of man came down the breeze to the sensitive nos- trils of the watcher. Now he was alert in this new direction, every fac- ulty bent to discovering the identity of the newcomers before they sensed his presence. Soon they came in view—two men, Nu and Tha searching for the form- er’ son. At sight of them Nu, the eon of Nu, called out @ greeting. “Where go Nu and Tha?" he asked as the two came to a halt beneath his _perch. “They sought Nu, the son of Nu,” eplied the young man's father, “and oe Feelin of Nws’ people a the ings of u's byl the son of Nu, returns ih one The young man shrugged his broad shoulders. “Nu, the son of Nu, would remain and alay Oo,” he replied. “Come down and accompany your father,” returned the older man, “for the people of Nu’ start to-day in search of other ing where the earth does not shake nor the cliffs crumble and fall. Nu slid nimbly to the ground. “Tell me which way the tribe travels,” said Nu, the son of Nu, “that I may find them after I have slain Oo, if he returns to-day. If he does not return to-day, then will I ect ovt to-morrow after the tribe.” The young man’s father thought in silence for a moment. He waa very proud of the of his son. He should be as elated as the young man himself whon he re- turned with the head of the hunter of men and of mamotha. Thon, too, he realized the humilia- tion which his son might feel on being forced to retfirn again without the trophy. He laid his hand young man’s shoulder, “Romain, my son,” he sald, “until Tho tribe will travel beside the Restless Sea a the Barron Cl Beca and the babes we shall move slowly. upon the 15e It will be easy for you to overtake us, ans If you do not come we shall know pg) Oo was mightier than the son of fu.” Without other words the two older men turned and retraced their steps toward the village, while Nu, the aon of Nu, climbed again to his perch within the tree. Below the woolly rhinoceros browsed and lay down to sleep. A pack of hyenas slunk down from the Dlatohu above the cliffs. ‘They circled the great beast. Tho rhinoceros opened its little eyes, Lumberingly it came to its feet, Wheeling about until is faced up- wind, en, Ii @ mountain run amuck, it charged straight for the line of now growling hyenas. The cowardly brutes leaped aside, and the whole pack closed upon the roar of the rhinoceros, ot The big beast turned, quick as a cat, Down went his armed snout, 4nd one of his tormentors was hurled 1} far aloft, torn by the mighty born that had pierced him through. Again the rhinoceros wheeled and going ran, and again the pack closed in upon him. The jungle swallowed them, but for a long time Nu could hear the savage growls of the pur- glad to sulng beasts and the yolpa of as from time to time the Thinoosros bar upon his bina A en came @ cave-bear, lumbering down the face of the cliff, At the mouth of the cave of Oo he halted, sniffing about warily, and uttering deep-throated growle of rage and hate, Nu shrugged his shoulders. It was evident that Oo was far aw wise he would never hi challenge go unanswered, Now the bear had continued his way to the foot of the cliff. He was advancing toward the tree in which Nu sat. At the edge of the jungle the beast halted and commenced to nos in the soft earth for roots, Nu watched him. Tf not the head of Oo, why not the head of Ur? Oo would not return that day, of that Nu was positive, for it was already late in the afternoon, and if the great tiger had been near he would have heard and answered the cballenge of the cave-bear. Nu dropped lightly to the ground upon the opposite side of the tree from Ur. In bis right hand he grasped bis jong, heavy spear. In his left was his stone ax Emply handed, Tom walted on the palace steps, ‘Tom, In his col, wished (hat ttle Dot, who lived ‘The enraged Queen accused Tom of having eaten the next door to him in Open i¢ City, would net hear of ee er rag RM iy he and al con fess he tumbled and smashed the pel fett religved~Dot will never: know) He nis fastened Up with his tree han face, but only for knife found hii Swiftly she scaled the Barren vail the other ide. valley u @ other sii beach ‘she raced back toward dwellings of her people, not knowing ‘that at that very moment they were setting out in search of a new home. At mid afternoon she passed scarce half a mile away, for they taken the way that led uj side of the sunge that turn! | mammo' ers, and so Nat-ul ca: tl serted caves of her tribe at erty 1 oaly to find that her people had parted. Supperiess, she crawled tnto one would be futile to attempt to the trail of the departed tribe night, with its darkness and ite merable horrors, enveloped Bde Sag aoe eh are she was awakened by the souni movement upon the face of the life. ‘ (To Be Continued.) ' “owe the GOING AWAY FOR ning World prints each week