The evening world. Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 11

qj \ 1 ) J, | { Sh Teeg came unexpectedly upon a SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1918 TARZAN &i: APES By Edgar Rice Burroughs Tre: father and mother were Lord and Lady Greystoke, marooned by a mutinous ship's crew on the African coast. Boon afterward Lady Greystoke r thereafter they lived alone in the jung ‘and unable to find or summon succor, The story of their life was recorded by Greystoke—up to the time his wife died. And the next day, when his vigilance relaxed, a troop of giant anthropoid ope ttacked and killed him. A jungle folk had \ y seen her own offspring dashed to death from a tree-top, and mother instinct led her to snatch up the year-old child and rry it off with her, Soon “hunger closed ¢ p between them n of an English lord and an English lady wae nursed at the breast of Kala, the great a) Then he grew to manhood—half human and half monkey in mind. baby was born, and for a Tarzan Takes the Trail of a Foe Who Has Braved the Tribe In Its Own Lair (Copyright, by the Story-Prese Corporation. All rights reserved.) HIE day was perfect. A cool From the tree above him breeze tempered the heat of Gazan looked down and witnessed the the equatorial sun, Peace stranger bull's discomfture, Being had reigned within the tribe young and thinking himself sate for weeks, and no alien enemy above the reach of the heavy male, na@ trespassed upon its preserves Gazan screamed an \itimed insult at from without. To the apo mind all thelp tormentor. Toog lodked up. this was sufficient evidence that the Teeka had halted at a little distance Wtvture would be identical with the —she would not go far from her wnmediate past—that Utopia would palu; that Toog quickly realized and as quickly determined to take ad- vantage of, He saw that the tree in whioh the young ape squatted was isolated and that Gazan could not reach another without coming to earth, He would obtain the mother through her love for her young. Toog swung himself into the lower the south there moved Ahrough the forest a sinister figure huge bull apo maddened by soli- whe and defeat. A week before he Wed contended for the kingship of ¢ Whe far distant; and now, battered A still sore, he roamed the wilder- \ eas an outcast. Later he might re- branches of the tree. Little Gazan ‘warn to his qwn tribe and submit to ceased to insult him; quickly the the will of the hatry brute he had at- balu’s expression of deviltry changed tempted to dethrone; but for the to one of apprehension, which was time being he dared not do #0, since quickly followed by foar as Toog com he had sought not only the crown menced to ascend toward him. Teeka but the wives of his lord and master. screamed to Gazan to climb higher, Tt would require an entire moon at and the little fellow scampered up- least to bring forgetfulness to him he ward among tho tiny branches which had wronged, and eo Toog wandered would not suppgrt tho weight of the a strange jungle, grim, terrible, hate- great ‘ull; but nevertheless Toos Alled. kept on climbing. Teeka was not fea’ & was in this mental ful. ®@hoe knew that he could not cend far enough to reach Gazan, and a0 she sat.at a little distance from the tree and applied jungle oppro ate that Nyoung sho feeding alone in the jungle “a stranger ashe, ithe and strong ads t-autiful beyond compare. Took brium to him. Being a female, she caght his breath and slunk quickly was a past master of the art. to one side of the trail, where the — ‘Toog reached the limit to which he dense foliage of the tropical under- dared risk his great weight to the brush concealed him from Teek@ slender branches, Gazan was still while permitting him to feast his nftcen feet above him» Tho ull eyes upon her. i braced himself and seized the main -But not alone were they concerned branch in his powerful han then with Teeka; they roved the sur- he commenced shaking it vig »rously. rounding jungle tn search of the bulls Teeka was appalled. Instantly sho end cows and balue of her tribe, realized what the bull purposed. though principally for the bulls, Gazan clung fer out upo. a swaying At the first shake he lost his balance, though he did not quite fall, clinging still with his four hands; but Toog redoubled his efforts, and the shaking produced a violent snappir of the limb to which the young ape clung. Teeka saw all too plainly what the outcome must be, and for getting ber own danger in the depth of her mother-love, rushed forward to ascend the tree and give battle to the fearsome creature that men- aced the life of her little one, But before ever she reached bole, Toog had succeeded, by vio shaking of the branch, in loosening Gazan's hold. With a cry, the little fellow plunged down through the Toog could ace no sign of any ape limb, wether than the strange she and 4 young balu playing near by, His wicked, bloodshot gyes half closed as they rested upon the charms of the former; as for the balu, one snap of . those great jaws upon the back of Its ttle neck would prevent it from raising any unnecessary alarm Toog was a fine, big male, resem- viing in many ways Teeka’s mate Taug. Pach was in his prime, and each was wonderfully muscled, per- tectly fanged and as horrifyingly fe- pocioug as the most exacting and particular she could wish, Tust now Teeka was occupied in the fascinating search for beetles, to the retueton of all else. She did not foliage, clutching futtiely for a new realize how fur she and Gazan had hoM. and alighted with « sickening Aacome aeparated from the balance ‘hud at His) mother’s focte where, As lay silent and motionless, Moaning, of the tribe; nor were her defensiv senses upon the alert as they should ave been. Toog, having satisfled himself t aly the she and her balu were in immediate vicinity, crept stealthily forward. ‘Tecka's back was toward 10. josser strength, Toog struck and him when he finally rushed upon PON choked her repeatedly until finally, her; ‘but her senses were at 1a8t 1 iif unconscious, she lapsed into Awakened to the presence of danger quag)-submiasion. Then the bull lift: and she wheeled to face the strange 64 her to his shougler and turned pull just before he reached her. Toc back up the trail toward the south, halted a few paces from her, THiS \nance he had come. anger had fled before the seductive feminine charms of the stranger He made conciliatory noises—a spec ‘ of clucking sound with his broad, fia eeka stooped to lift the still form her arms; (but at the same instant Toog was upon her, Struggling and biting, she fought to free herself; but the giant muscles of the great bull were too much for Karly that morning Tarzan of the Apes had gone to the cabin by the sea where he passed many an hour a " - t ereatiy dis. at such times as the tribe was rang- ips that was, too, not greatly c's- ing in the vicinity, On the floor la s\milar to that which might be ro- tye sv etcton of a man-all that duced in an osculatory solo. Jeter neues But Teeka only bared her fangs ine’ abit had ‘and growled. Little Gazan started to twenty years before wh run toward his mother, but she the great ha’ thro’ it t warned him away with a quick os “Kreog-ah!" telling him to run big Tosday ‘Tersan was restless, He into a tall tree, Evidently Teek@ turned the 3 first of one book and was not favorably impressed by her then of another. He glanced at pictures new suitor, Toog realized this and which he knew %y heart, and tossed altered his methods « ordingly He the books aside He ru raged for swe.led his giant che beat up the thousandth time in the cupboard with his calloused knuckles and pie took eut a bug, which contained eva to and fro before her several small, round pieces of, metal. “| am Toog,” he boasted, “Look at It contained a quantity of cylin my fighting-fangs. Look at my great pits of metal, cone-shaped at arms and my mighty legs. With one and flat at the other, with a bite I can slay your biggest bull. ing rim, They were all quite gr Afone haye I n Sheeta. {[ am and dull, coated with years of ver Moog. Toog wants you.” Then he digris. waited for the effect; nor did he Tarzan took some of the cartr have long to wait. ‘Tecka turned from the bag and examined thei. with a swiftness which belied her He rubbed one upon another and dis jreat weight and bolted in the opfo- covered that the green came off site direction, Toog, with an angry jeaying a shiny surface for two growl, leaped in pursuit; but the thirds of their length and a dull «ra ¢ smaller, lighter female was too fleet over the cone-shaped end, Finding for him, He chased her for a few a bit of wood, he rubbed one of the yards, and then, foaming and bork- cylinders rapidly and was rewarded ing, ho halted and beat upon the by a lustrous sheen Which pleased ground ‘ith bis hard fists, him, At his side n of the tribe, Shortly Wefore Tarzan reached the e-tribe he heard a great commotion ead of him--the loud screams of and balus, the savage, angry arking and growling of Instantly hes vulla, sp While seen the menced passing tered alone or in twos or threes, where did he see Tecka or and goon he began inquiring of the other apes where they might be; but none had seen them recently, orders are not do not. Now, that any his mate and their’ offspring; he his lips, for he, too, loved Teeka’s morely knew that he wished to find iittle balu, cka that he might lie down in the “Who did it?” he asked, shade and have her scratch his back, Teeka?” while his breakfast ed; but, ‘{ do not know,” replied Taug. t he called to her and searched found ‘him lying here with for her and asked each whom he met, about to feed upon him; but it he could find no trace of Teeka, or of not Dan th did it—there Gazan either, fang marks u n him," noyed and } mid to ¢ ing He w. trail, h aly upe forth nd 8 1 Dang the highly imag’ you and I, paint vivid mental pic of things which might have occurred And so Taug did not now appre misfortune had did not see beneath which he w tlous stealth of Taug, always cau behooves one who the jungle and desir tribe and lower tive; He was commencing to become an a at the ng. Th Taug, for for somethin, swung nolselessly could have a bet ing, He did not f wanted to see what it stalked. a way, actuated as mu caution, And when the branches fy have an unobstr fing 4t so: hiin—somet ly recognized 4 his Ittle G ITH a ¢ startied bulk hyena, Wi crushed to eart assailant; but sparrow turn u great, gnarled fl hyena’s t snapped once on t crunching the vertebr hurled the dead bod aside Again he raised of the bulla i was no reply. sniff at the For a moment T quiet little fe and his tongue he ressed the rumpled hung a pouch taken trom the body of one of the numerous black warriors he had slain, s pouch he put a handful of the w playthings, em at his leisure; then he replaced the bag on the shelf ing more to amuse him, left the yin and started back in the direc- hinking nd, finding he increased his 1, for the cries that came to his ears warned him that something was amiss with his fellows, Tarzan had been occupied with his own devices in the cabin of nis dead sire, Taug, Teeka’s mighty mate, had been hunting a mile to the north of the tribe. At last, his body filled, he had turned lazily back to- ward the clearing where he had last presently com- its members, about made wanted her up and down Then b quickly upon the Into revenge, to polish lust strong upon him, Answering his crias, came the trees toward him, the great forward wi races of the forest. When at last ered about Taug and Dropping proached th was § centre of ‘Tara look cunr to the pl compan his maturity. only, as end overtaken ‘Tarzan came clost up wander- ear against Gazan's ‘hreast not dead," he said, “Maybe not die." He pressed crowd of apes them, examining the step, Suddenly he upon ing his nose cl to th e cau. sniffed, Then be giving a peculiar c Ta nself, as it others pressed forward, fo told them that the hunter ss form of not keep the three bull an enemy. The jungle ts f emies, and yet you let y ful thatit your balus feed where they ¥ alyzed the and unprotected, Tarzan ¢ the great es to find Teeka and t ™ tribe surprised app will a 1 Tarzan, "you nnot take shes #0 out to hunt remain to guard 1 Dango, go! go. We when we You must you will lose y might a Taug’s 1 upon the his jaws neck, then he them a He turned toward Gazan with Mumeg mptuously js old, and her fangs are 3 but sh Taug. he sa she is no good » cant in the call of Gazan until we return but there And lded, turning to ed down to Mumga Gazan ts dead come back, I will k 4 muzzle W t ed and ea- plied th man, “and } rom his who has stolen her, Come! pavage lips & low moan drok heels of sorrow came the overmastering desire for Leaping to his feet, he screamed out a volley of “Kreeg-ah's,” panctu- ated from time to time by the blood- freezing cry of an angry, challenging bull—a rage-mad bull with the blood- he cries of the tribe as they swung through It was these that ‘Tarzan had heard on his return from his eabin; and tn reply to them he raised his own voice and hurried 1 increased speed until he fairly flew through the middle ter- Tarzan came upon the tribe he saw the members gath- something which lay quietly upon the ground. among \them, Tarzan ap- the group. | roaring out his chal- lenges; but when he saw Tarzan he seat- ceased and, stooping, picked No- Gazan in his arms and held him out- Gazan, for Tarzan to see, Of all the bulls of the tribe, Taug held affection for Tarzan he trusted and up to as one wiser and more To Tarzan he came now— ymate of his balu days, the n of innumerable battles of When Tarzan saw the still form in Taug’s arms a low grow! broke from “Where is Dango are no and placed an through nd made a circle ground step by pred and, pla his f survive, the spoor of his quar where } “A stranger bull i { the clear-, said Taraan, “It was he 0; but he Gazan, He has carried off T nat Dango Tauga and the other bul , he was menced to roar and threater as by they did nothing, Had the bull been within 4 place in have him to 4; he could not occur to them t wh w of the. “If the three bulls had beer lready snif- ‘ound the tribe this w y beneath have happened,” sald Ta nstant. things happen a " ker Tarzan turned again to the spoor of the stranger bull, which showed plainly to his trained senses; nor did he glance back to note if Taug fol- lowed, The latter Jaid an in Mum: dies, lowed that was already moving at a trot along the jungle trai! No other bull of the tribe of K chak was so good a trailer as zan, for his trained senses were aided Ga arms with a parting, “If "6 Tarzan will kill you,” and fol- after the brown-skinned figure by a high ordér of intelligence, Hie Judgment told hin the natural trait for a quarry to follow, so that he need but note most apparent marks upon the way, and to-day the trail of Toog was as plain to him a type upon a printed page to you or me. Following close behind the lithe figure of the ape-man came the huge and shaggy bull-ape. No wards passed between them, They moved as silently as two shadows among the myriad shadows of the forest. Alert as his eyes and ears was Tar- zan's patrician nose. The spoor was fresh, and now that they had passed from the range of the strong ape- odor of the tribe, he had Ittle aim- culty in followin of and Teeka wy scent alone. ‘Teeka's familiar acent-spoor told both Tarzan and Taug that they were upon her trail, and soon the scent of Toog became as familiar as tho other, Tarzan felt thit they must be al- most upon the quarry, for the acent- tronger le was sud ini jun by livid lig roar of thunder r, when the rever ough the heavens and the i the earth trembied and Then came the rain—not as 4 to us of the temperate as 4 mighty avalanche of water—a deluge which spill tons in- f ps upon the bend ats and the terrified creature haunt their sh ain did what un knew it it wiped the spoor of th from fa of eartt changing w e, saw them not; onl f Tecka and ted found lodg among the branches of t re are well-worn trails, just are traiis surta ground; but sth is more open than undergrowth at the surfa A ne of these well-marked tra 4 Taug continued after the ad ased, because the ape-n most le an that this was 1 but when for the thief to f to a fork they were at 4 Here they halted, while Tarzan 1 every branch and leat which been touc d by the flee fled the bi f the tree, and keen € sought to find bark f the w had It wag slow york, Gnd @ll the tame, Tarzan knew, A A AI AQ tthe er whe By i the bull of the allen tribe was fors- ing steadily away from them—gain- ing precious minutes that might car- ry him to safety before they could catch up with him, First along one fork he went, and then another, applying every test that his wonderful Jungle-cratt was cognt gant Of; but again and again he was MWAAAAAAA;AARwweww baffled, for the scent had been washed oy.4) ¢ WILD — AND OVERCOME ALi ey did not know away by the heavy downpour, IM 4s thoy squatted, look every exposed place, For a half-hour anotner, thera raced through the Tarzan and Tavg searched, untll At treo toward thom a long-talled little last, upon the bottom of a broad leat, monkey with «ray whiskers, He wis Tarzan's keen nose caught the faint 4 very excited itttle monkey when he trace of the scent-spoor of TOOK came to a halt upon tho limb of a where the leaf had brushed a HAITY tree girectly overhead, shoulder as the great ape passed through the follag: But with “Two strange bulls come,” he cried, “On is a mangani, the other a hid I) thelr high-strung 894 ous ape without hair upon his body Gelicately attuned perceptive facul- phoey follow the epoor of Toog, I ties, the two bulls of the tribe of Ker paw them.” chak were often sore pressed to f Tho four apes turned low the trail at all, and at best were gackward along the trall Ho delayed that in the afternoon of just come, then they loo! the second day they still had not another for a minute. “Come,” overhauled the fugitive, The scent tho jarger of Toog's two friends was now strong, for tt had been made wil) wait for the’ strangers in the since’the rain, and Tarzan knew that thick bushes beyond the clearing.” thelr eyos Toog had 4 at one pre “we it would not be long before they came upon the thief and his loot. HEN Taug and = Tarzan Aboye them, as they crept steaithily reached the grove where forward, chattered Manu the monkey Toog had come upon his and his thousand fellows; syuawked friends, the ape-scent had and screamed the bragen-throated become so strong that both birds of piuma buzzed and knew the quarry was but @ short dis- hummed the countless insects amid tance abead. And go they went even the rustling of the forest leaves; and more cautiously, for they wis to as they passed, a little graybeard como upon the thief from behind, if AS TARZAN STRUGGLED FOR MASTERY THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION WHICH DEAFENED THE FIGHTERS. monkey, squeaking and scolding upon they could, and charg @ swaying branch, looked down and was aware of thelr p saw them, Instantly the scolding and Nttle gray-whiskers squeaking and off tore forestalled them they him be a 4d money did ore he hat a had know ceased, not long-tailed mite as though Sheeta Nor that three pairs of savage eyes the panther had been endowed with were already watehing their every wings and were in close pursuit of Move and waiting for them to con him, To all appearances he was only within reach of itching paws a very much frightened little monkey slavering jowls. fleeing for his tife; ¢t emed — On they came across the grove, and nothing sinister about him as they entered the path leading into —— the dense jurigie beyond, a sudden "Kreeg-ah!" shrilled out close before ND what of Teeka during all this time? Was whe at lust re- ‘heM—a "Kreeg-ah!" in the familiar signed to her fate and accom- Ylce of Tecka, The small brains of panying her new mate in tho T0® and his companions had not proper humility of a lovin been able to foresee that Teeka might nd tractable spouse? A single betray th and now that she had, nee at the pair would have an- they went wild with rage. Toog 4 these questions to the utter Struck the she a mighty blow that natinfaction of the most captious. felled her, and then the three rushed ne was torn and bleeding from many forth to do battle with Tarzan and wounda inflicted by the sullen Toog T8Us The Iittle monkey danced upon n his vain efforta to subdue her to iis perch and screamed with delight, iis will, and Toog too was @ And indeed he might well be de- { and mutilated; but wit ghted, for it was a } Nght. porn ferocity he still clung to his There were no preliminaries, no for- prize malities, no introductions—the five On through the jungle he forced Dull» merely charged and clinched, way In the directtc ft tamp- 7 rolled in th ow zs ground of hiw tribe, He hoped ‘nto the thick verdure besid Tr it his king would have forgotten bit and clawed and ncratched and 4 treason; but tf not, hay was st ruck, and all the while theygkept ' med to his fate—any fate would UP Ue mor it frightful eh us of growl. better than sufferir . barkings and roaring In companionship of th jutes they were torn and and then too he and the little graybeard i captive to, his LU nitive he could wish her on the ki pplause; but ie was t is possible that such a tho “thumbs down," to see urged hun on, 4 u“W ion care At last they came n two t t wer frie f Ir Jing in a parklike grove 4 Waated qi and ful grove dotted with huge bould nds half imbedded in the rich loam ut Taug had been set upon by Toog rents, posstbly, to a forg unother of the apes, while Tar- age when migbty glaciers rolled the ad the t a huge brute with ow course where now « torri the strength of a buffalo, Never be eats down upon a tropic Jung ad Targan’s assailant beheld The two bulls looke! up, baring strange a creature as this elippery, long fighting fangs, as Woog appe rloss bull with which he battled distance, The lutter recog t and b vered Tarzan's nized the two a@ fric J “It wn hide Again and again Toow,” he growled has come pped from the clutches of th back with @ new she,” ‘ and all the while he strug apes waited his nearer ap «ied to free his hunting-knife from v h, Teek® turned parking rd which it had stuck, { 1 face toward the She was A sceeded; a brown not pretty to look upo: t throug 1 it 1 ned a@ hairy d and hatred up W upwar luteh te they realized was ‘ , Je, ‘Threw swift, beautiful, and they euvied Toog; powerful strokes, aud the bull re. TWO MORE COMPLETE TARZAN STORIES FOLLOW THIS STRANGE JUNGLE BOY IN HIS LIFE AMONG THE BEASTS OF AN AFRICAN WATCH HIS HUMAN MIND DEVELOP READ THE NEXT STORY NEXT SATURDAY IY taxed with a groan, falling limp be- neath his ntagonist. Instantly Tar- zan broke from the clutches of the dying bull and sprang to Taug’s aa- sistance, Toog saw htm coming ané wheeled to meet him. In the impact of the charge, Tarzan’s knife was wrenched from his hand, and then Toog closed with him. Now was the battle even,—two against two,—while on the verge Teeka, now recovered from the blow that had felled her, slunk waiting for an opportunity to aid, Teeka saw Tarzan's knife, and she picked it up, She had never used tt, sald gut she knew how Tarzan used it, But always she had been afraid of the thing which dealt death to the mightiest of the jungle people with the onse that Tantor’s great tusks deal death to Tantor’s enemies, Then she saw Ty An's pouch torn from his side, and = ch the curtosity of an ape, whic ven danger and excite- ment ca ot entirely dispel, sho picked up too, Now tu. bulls were etanding—the clinches had been broken, Blood streamed down their sides; their faces were crimsoned with it, Little graybeard was so fascinated that at last he even forgot to scream and dance, but sat rigid with delight In the enjoyment of the spectacle. Back across the grove Tarzan and Taug forced their adversaries, Teeka followed slowly. She scarce knew what to do, She was lame and sore and exhausted from the frightful or- deal through which she had passed, and sho bad the confidence of her sex in the prowess of her mate and the other bull of her tribe; they would not need the help of a she in their battle with these two strangers. ‘Tho roars and screams of the fight- ors revorberated through the jungle, awhkening the echoes in the disthnt hills, From the throat of Tarzan’s antagonist had come & score of “Kreeg-ahs!" And now from behind came the reply he had awaited. Into the grove, barking and growling, came ® score of huge bull-apes—the fighting mon of ‘Toog's tribe, Teeka saw them first and screamed a warning to Tarzan and Taug. Then she fled past the fighters toward the opposite side of the clearing, fear for & moment claiming her. Nor can one censure her, after all Ut she had endured, Down apes upon them camo the great In @ moment Tarzan and Taug would be torn to shreds that would later form the plece-de-resistance of a savage orgy, Teeka turned to glance back, She saw the impending t of her defenders, and there sprang to life in her savage bosom the spark of martyrdom that some common forbear had transmitted Wike to Teeka the wild ape and the glorious women of a higher or who have invited death for their men. With a shrill seream she ran toward the battlers, who wére rolling in @ great mass at the foot of one of the huge boulders which dotted the grove. But what could Teeka do? The knife she held she could not use to becauso of her lesser She had seen Tarzan throw , and she had learned this other things from her She sought for missiles, with childhood playmates, something to throw, and at last her many fingers touched upon the hard ob- Jocts in the pouch that had been torn from the ape-man, Tearing the re- coptacle open, she gathered a hand- ful of shiny cylinders—-heavy for their st th seemed to her, and good missiles, With all her strength sho hurled them at the battling apes. The result surprised Teeka quite as much as it did the apes, There was 4 loud explosion, which deaf- enend the “ighters, and a puff of acrid smoke, Never before had one there heard such a frightful sotxe Screaming with terror, the stranger bulls leaped to their feet and fled back toward the stamping-ground of their tribe, while Taug and Tarzan slowly gathered themselves together and lame and Dleedin; to their feet. They too would have fled had they not seen Teeka standing there bef om the knife and the pouch in her hands. What was sked Tarzan, Teeka shook her he: “I hurled these at the stranger bulls,” ehe said, and she held forth another hand- ful of th y metal cylinders with the dull gray, cone-shaped ends. Tarzan looked at them and scratched his head. “What are they?” asked Taug, “EL do not know,” sald Tarzan, “I found them,’ The lt nonkey with the gray beard halted among the trees a mile away and buddied terrified against a ranch. He did not know that the load fat f Tarzan of the Apes, reaching back out of the past across a span of twenty years, had saved bh fe Nor did rzan, Lord Greystoke, kaoy it either,