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ATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918, TARZAN «: APES By Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan Saves the Moon From Peril And Maintains Leadership Over the Tribe of Apes a wiridlied, by the Story-Prese Corporation, All righte reverted.) IARZAN'S father and mother were Lord and Lady Greystoke, marooned by a mutinoue ship's crew on the African coast. Soon afterward Lady Greystoke’s baby wa born, and for a year thereafter they lived alone in the jungle fastness, unable to escape and unable to find or summon succor, The etory of their life was recorded by Graystoke—up to the time hie wife died. And the next day, when his vigilance relaxed, a troop of giant anthropold apes attacked and killed him. A female of th jungle folk had that day seen her own offspring dashed to death from a tree-top, and mother inatinct led her to snatch up the year-old child and carry it off with her. Soon “hunger closed the gap between them, and tho son of an English lord and an English lady wi id at the breast of Kala, the great ape. Then he grew to manhood—half human and half monkey in mind. HE moon stone down out of a fire, hurled it at cloudless sky--a huge, swollen mediately disapp moon tha down again \t have eaw that it was 6 eyes, which { t 6 black Tarzan watched and veral minutes be earth that one wondered that it did not fore the eyes commenced to reap- stush the crooning tree-tops. It Pear !n twos and fours s night, and Tarzan was Then came Numa the Mon and broad in the ju Sabor his mate, Tho other eyes scat~ ape-man, mighty fighter, mighty tered to right and left before the hunter. Why he swung through the menacing growls of the gr cats, dark shadows of the sombre forest and then the huge orbs of the man- je could not havo told you. It was eaters flamed alone out of the dark- not thut he was hungry; he had fed ness. Some of tho blacks threw well this day, and in a eafe cache themselves upon their faces and wero the remains of his kill, ready moancd; but he who had before against the coming of a new appe- hurled the burning ow hurled tite, Pi wag the very joy of stralght at the faces of the hungry it and too, disap- peared Tarzan was my saw a new on the r fires maintained by the reason in ad on to with warmth and light and cooking Tho beasts of the jungle feared fire, 1 80 was, in a measure, a pro m ils senses against the jung norcover, Tarzan always was 6 yant stra to know. Tho junile v by Kudu tho the § eut jungle from Moon. Tho ch interested. Hi nse ¢ blacks— 8 presided over 6 connected 1 is a very 8 HK bape on from the Tarzan himself shades, ite own bire knew a certain awe of fire. Once he te own boasts; {ts noises are the had, fn Investigating an abandoned and fire In the village of up @ live coal, St maintained a noises of the day. The Ieghts hades of the nocturnal jungle are as hts and 1@ blacks picked had ilfferent as might be the I hades of another wor! those m such f our world; its its blooms For a few minutes after the black firebrand no 1 {ts birds ure hose of the eyes ap- ingle of Kudu the Sun Tarzan could hear the Because of these differences Tarzan Soft padding of feet all about him. e twin fire. return of th nved to inv Jungle by Then flashed once more ht, Not only was the life an t marked the other Ife, but it was richer tn nu lord of the jun and a mome ners and in re it was richer dater, upon slightly of the there appeared those c {gato the lower lev Sat ife, mat w en Goro, and we will havo no c it Kudu seeks his lair: n t will be black with » black whe Goro ts la hom atten ¢ ‘Arat tow valveata: Teee ul jomes when Goro in Tas ed ape-man knew by Numa’s v nd sleeps lute into mie ob re t n was hungry and , ny weird 1 that ho had made up his mind Ju and ns 1 : 5 A meteor fe By SuAight Lara + a y through the t Tarzan's mind, Numa stopped his E estiess pacing and faced t? “Look 1 Tarzan, “Goro has rown Numa ed Tarzan 58 : tf 4 SURAURE: Rune 5 down b ; anti tall; then ho walked 10W." he t does net hunt ey 1 ould be deliberately forwa while Babor above the trees.” Hut ho looket rth ir to t moved restiessly to and fro where he Curiously and a little fearfully at th som had left The binck man called BFiEnt starw above him, as though he and forms the lon was 8aw them for th : from the it they w too far g i sag ene A suo » do mor an huddle er Pearl Ds wove hin of Kudu and nore loudly sha stipe Salat into ie a ; he could yrain a ¥ t cen one to answer his questions. in childhood he had wanted to know; and, denied almost ail knowledge, he still, in manhood, was filled with the wreat, unsatisfled curiosity of @ child. Ho was never quite Content to per- etve that things happened; he de- sired to know why they happened. He wanted to know what made things #0. The secret of life Interested him immensely, The miracle of death he could not quite fathom, O-NIGHT as Tarzan Iny think ing thore sprang to his fertile imagination an explanation of the stars and the moon, Hoe vecame quile excited about It, Taug was sleeping !n a near-by Tarzan swung ever beside him “Taug!” he cried. Instantly the great bull was awake and bristling, sensing danger from the nocturnal summons. “Look, Taug!" exclaimed Tarzan, pointing toward the stars. “See the eyes of Numa and of 8: of Sheeta and Dango, They around Goro to leap in upon him for Seo the eyes and nose and mouth of @ero, And the Ieht that shines from his face ts the light of the great fire he has bullt to frighten away Numa and Sabor and Dango and Sherta. “All about him are the eyes, Taug— you can seo them! But they do not como very close to the fire; there are few eyes close to Goro, They fear the fire! It is tho fire that saves Goro from Numa. Do you se Taug? Some night Numa will bc very hungry and very angry; then he eroten them, p over the thorn-bushes which red them this white ape should be slain; and the others, fliled with terror about the stories they had heard and thinking Tarzan was planning to slay Goro greeted the proposal with growls of accord. Among them was Teeka, Hetening with all her ears; but her voice wag not raised in furtherance of the plan. nstead, she dristied, showing her fangs; and afterward she went away in search of Tarzan; but she could not find him, as he was roaming far afield in search of meat. She found Taug, though, and told him what the others were planning, and the great bull stamped upon the ground and roared, His bloodshot eyes blazed with wrath; his upper lip curled up {o expose his fighting fangs, and the hair upon his spine stood erect—and then « rodent scurried across t open, and Taug sprang to setze It. In an tnstant he seemed to have for gotton his rage against the enemies of his friend; but such Js the mind of an ape, Several miles away Tarzan of the Apes lolled upon the broad head of Tantor the elephant. He scratched beneath the great ears with the point of a sharp stick, and he talked to th huge pachyderm of e ning which filled his black-thatched head. Little hing of what he said did Tantor stand; but Tantor is a good lis Swaying from side to side he njoying the companton- end, the friend he loved, s stood there ship of his fi and absorbing the deiic hing. us sensat of the serate sprawled face downward upon beast's head and back, his legs hang. w ing down on either ade, his head sup- ported by his open palma, his elbows fefense ¢ resting on the broad cranium, nor did he fi clearing from the reached {t from the south an other firnre—that of a well- knit b cautiously through the Jungle, 6 alert against ch might tu way, Yet he passed beneath the southernmost sentry that was posted in a great tree command. Mr ing the trail from the south, The « permitted the gomangant to pass un molested, for he saw alone; but the moment that the war- rion had red the clearing # loud “Kreeg-ah!" rang out from behind every sense upon t Les many dangers w where along the used, him, immediately wed by chorus of replies from different di rections as the groat bulls crashed x through the trees in answer to the ing summons of their fellow. slaught The black man halted at the first thar h to kit n had ea {t on the pret ney the odds lone warrior, UST before they arrived at the Hoe turned to the apes. north there to your feeding,” angani go his way In pe He has not harmed ua, g Numa and Sabor , n the jungle, He Why should wo kill one WhO ward him and t any- if Drave and who has not attacked }, us? Let him go." The apes giow'e “Kill the gomangant!" orlc ack warrior who stepped | saw bim fig with fire, alone *," roared another, “Kill t that fe was MAngant and tarmangant as weil ‘ the “He ts no ape at all, but nt with his ekin off.” 7 bellowed the black mar ged through them, hurling to o says “Kill Tarzan?" rzan them to Dango. 1,"" replied us and ery and looked about him, He could ch eo nothing, but he knew tue voice of site tt the hairy tree men whom he and hiv tact, as kind feared, not alone because 1 strength and ferocity of the savage are Tau “ but also ough A supersti Ww tlous terror enger by the mar 1 Uke appearance vf the apes Taug But Bulabanta was no coward. He Taug w heard the ape about pilm; bh 1 knew that escape was proba m Ww possible, and so ho stood his ground, “Ther f them 1, w y ntion of A HUGE BULK BROKE INTO THE CLEARING FROM THE JUNGLE AS ¢ joned » Gunto RESCUE OF TARZAN . 4 bout the * { upon Taree i th pl Numa tl 1 cag y r y icing the BY ‘ py a n and warily stalked ‘ and darkness, y tha Numa came w 6 ab nd J would charge the @evour ing head s t 2 r To tt i nings in ~* head a tb n 1a almost fot ; a Hee in urned, growling and f pes ght was inside of {t; but nature a : he Neavene away in search of more P ' 1 A ; oer re of as back over the low thora en hn bu bunting groun has A a heks schaar and he ut, U w m. Drag iis victim along t Sunto Be 8 ae Ailey the llon, borne to } a f : evs of nature w p 1, walked back ur Fond coe sa breeze, t e T ‘\ k set 1 « seen the ape-m aus v 1 w ; i ” ‘Age & Me { ee ht wl “Tantor,” he said »d ant ¢ : . ercir cks of \ ‘ J rv ‘ did not alive. 1 n Re AREA e 1 terrified ma aie ner A pepe It jh Aq Ata tance from the t \ vai ¢ t Sy b s halte then € . : ; : e Qu Ww J 4 t K to tan. Bulamutumu 1 foro ; ance i g und vou Hf ) 1 . : ii te oans ‘ j i i n Ta , foliug 1, and w 1 ° Tarzan ride given you a oe ‘ - » ; » wiv Bara i r a A ‘ ninuned i ‘ e t 1 i st A { mn, Me 1 J i J Way t ? the en * c a Gunto, throat ‘an $ a 1 1 t ° Gore \ eh f . j r felt ts ta Pant : i } 1 wish ' Ta K und feed ‘ y wan 4 H i o 1 1 r I ’ " 1 ‘. wway ‘ye n Ile wondered w f f, ’ k > f Wy 1 5 Alw es aw, 7 ne Tarzan ra with whom It came in ¢ man might the any time; but this one he did rt he felt vaguely that 1 his life by ble bre oding ole gainst the "Go back “and le st nie SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918 READ T “TARZAN WATER,” t TAR AWAY, 1. _—_—o — el GOES TO Hi SHOUTED THE APE-MAN TO THE TRIBE, “TAUG AND TEEKA MAY COME TO y , BUT THE OTHERS MUST KEEP 1N IS DONE WITH THE TRIBE OF KERCHAK.” a in IS LAIR BY THE BIG a 6 arger bulla were tn 19 wore standing wi tw ince of the tr < e distinetion, 1 would be a d Gunto was Turzan knew TO THE Last of the Great Tales of Tarzan argument with others. ile saw that these two jacks to en him and the and he guessed, They were die- they might lofending him. if 1 knew that T spared © life of Mbonga the chief, and that © had suce Tibo and Tibo's mother, Momaya, So it wa screamed joni t he would P @ bantu; but how he 1 accomplish it Bula nor, as Gunto. am fact Tarcan, for tb odds against him were too great. indeed work Gunto and the others were s frenzy of forcing Tarzan and Taug h + sey for words w i should hate © knew that great, sav for the temp he de us n, Always had many of must them hated him, and all were muspt- kill Tac lous of him, They knew he was dif from you ferent, Tarzan knew >; but he was fl ut was—he wa ua t he t earned from t are t ry A Ky ently, though, to charge. signs, He knew the bull Then 1 would would the op. ar ‘Tarzan 1 1. Tarzan t 1 Nume but there were those who missed him, more than Tarzan imagined. Taug and Teeka often wished that he waa ack, and Taug determined a @osen mes to go and visit Tarzan in his veaside lair; but first one thing and then another interfered sit when Taug lay sleepless looking up at the starry heavens, he recalled the strange things that Tar- zan on al suggested to bim—that tight spots were the eyes of the meat-eat waiting In the dark of the jungie sky to leap upon Goro the Movn and devour him, The more ‘bout this matter, the more perturbed he becane, then a stringe thing Dappened: One t he thought Even as T it Goro, he saw 1D ne <0 disappear, pre- ely as though something were gnawing wu becanre the hol it. Larger and larger in the #ide of Gore. With scream Taug leaped to Kis t. His frenzied cries brought the errified tribe screaming and chatter- ng toward him cried Taug, pointing at the moot Numa h Look! It Tarzan said, ugh the Ores You called © him from wise he waa! Tarzan the tribe Let one 1 Tarzan go to Goro's n in the J dark jungio all a He ta in | danger, and none can help him—none except n on will be j devoured by Numa, and we shail have § no more light after Kudu seeks his § air. How shall we dance the dum- Jum without the light of Goro?” The apes trembled and whimpered, Any nifestation of the powers © nature always filled thera with terror, for they could not understand, jo and bring Tara ond then resounded cries of “Tarzan!” “Bring Tarzan!” “Ite will save Goro, jut who was to travel the dark jum- jo by night to fetch him? “I will go," volunteered Taug, and} an Instant later he was off. And as the tribe waited, they} watched the slow devouring of the m, Already Numa had eaten out} eat semi-circular piece. At that M4 be entirely gone be fore Kudu came ogain, The apes trembled at the thought of perpetual) darkness by night, Taey could ne t p, 1 moved here) and there among the branches off trees ing Numa the skies at s deadly feast, and lstening for the Taug with fed one, ore w easly they Goro was nearly gone when unds of the through the trees of the t awaited, and presently lowed by ‘Taug, the »proac they Tarzan, fol swung Into a neatby pes heard th The ap dle words, -man wasted no timo In his hand was his long ut his back hung a quiver full of arrows, poisoned arrows that he had stolen from the village of the blacks, Just av he had stolen the bow Up reat tree ho clambered higher 1 hischer until he ato «small limb which ben t. Here he bac yostructed view of the eavens, He saw Goro and the tm y Numa ha bow, and eneath we g surface » the moon, Tar 1 led forth his hideous chet from afar can ot wering Hon, Th Numa of the okie hare AD. Then the ape-man fitted an arrov and drawing the shaft 1 its p Again am s launche: 1 the wal uke hud At ery m ‘Tnug I eamed, “Num ) the bell nowgh, th ing fror whether adow 6 to con Keroha ua which § G t night, o n Tarzan preserve vage an frightfi ulty--an emerging fro y ne Apes cam hak, and ¢ atrid » he ultt tooke veing. T, was but one wh it the plavet ble reseu nge aa } the Apes