The evening world. Newspaper, June 16, 1920, Page 20

THE EVENING WORL 150 ON BOARD 000 Crowd Armory for Gen- eral’s First, Visit. you will be : that cloth ing of this fine quality and elegant style may it. on Convenient Credit Terms—easy weekly or monthly pay- aN Geet Brooklynites Nearly ten thousand yelled themselves hoarse when Gen, John J. Pershing, Commander of United States, stepped out on tho floor of the 284 Regiment Armory, at Bedford and Atlantic Avenues, last evening, to review that regiment. The Pershing’s first visit to Brooklyn, and it was also the first National Guard regiment viewed by him since his return from . The Twenty-third ts numer- jeally the strongest National Guard organization in Americ The Genera! had a strenuous time from the moment he arrived from West Point shortly after 6 o'ciock. He was escorted | Club, where a dinner in his honor was given by Col. Commander of the Twenty-third, and met upward of one hundred was welcomed by | Falrservis, who sald that the Twenty- | third was bent on carrying on the spirit of the 106th Infantry, so that | when war comes again a new regi- ment would spring from its loins for the defense of our country and fag. » in his reply, said he was glad to have the opportunity of at last meeting the officers, as sev- eral specific dates set within the last two or three months had to be aban. | The last one he recalled was ‘bout the middle of May, when in the army's best’ equipped | transports he was landed high and dry upon a coral reef at the entrance of the harbor of San Juan, Porto where he was kept and given all sorts of delightful en consoled =m: eneral, “with the fact that there were several ladies there, Loaded with 150 cheering delegates, friends ‘and familes, “Tiger Speclal" tral Station bound for the the armies Democratic National Convention at San Francisco, promptly at noon to- Before they get back home the occasion wi traveled 9,000 Representative Thomas Smith of better known “The Thank Goodness District,” was in charge of the arrangements on the train, a8 well as head of the delega- Brook His honve' wea. of the’ Park Board; former Assembly. Marty McCue, leader of Charley Murphy's own dis- trict; City Magistrate Thomas J. No- leader of the whose popularity* was attested by a mound of American three feet high; Samuel woman Mary old Seventh, Gen, Pershi Charles J. MceManu and John F. Curry, all of the fifth dis- trict, and former Fire Commissioner | Charles W. Culkin, Marx arrived early. —. 322 ee. ae ee eee Not until the railroad officials pro- tested did the band stop playing. Reporters insisted they had seen | captured two large barrels of beer going into the baggage car of the six-car train and that they had been creditably in- formed it was “real stuff." One of the ieaders among the dele- gates who heard this denied it em- It's a horrible exaggera- He declined to give tertainment. and the bathing cos- tumes were quite as up to date there as they are here, aged to live through it. REGRETS 27TH WAS NOT WITH U. 8, ARMY, “We always consiiered—at least T always considered—it an unfortunate thing that tMe 27th Division could not have been with our own army, but as 4 matter of fact, while we insisted upon the formation of an American army as such, and fighting it as such, |there were ‘other the American forces; so we man- information large packag: a) ON’T DELAY placed in the baggage ORDER SLIP COVERS TO-DAY No ope could or would say for whom the delegation would cast its “Any one who's wet is good enough for us,” explained one of them. Friends of Gov, Jersey scattered pamphlets bearing ‘the Governor's picture and the slogan “The 1920 Emancipator’ among the should stand ready to provide the necessary troops, fresh from America, well trained, that could be placed at the proper the Belgians, British or with the French, to give them the necessary their lines forward, fell to the lot then of the 27th and the 30th Divisions to serve with the Belgians under French command. "I neetl not recount here the gal- lant deeds of those troop: | the 106th, af of which you, as friends Perhaps relatives, much better even than I know, but we do know this, that no troops con- on the battlefeld the people | greater ¢redit Tho party will fourteen States, only four of themd nonmally dry, provinces, none of which they hope, will be dry. They will visit Chicago and the Grand Canyon, Pacific Coast cities, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec. Headed by John H. McCooey, Dem- oeratic leader of Kings County, the | sixteen /delegates, sixteen alternates and other members of the party from Brooklyn numbering about 1 leave tomorrow afternoon from the @rand Central Station for San Fran: Many of the leaders will be accompanied by their wives, impulse to put six Canadian NEAR 7TH AV. 15 East 116th St., Near Sti Ave. 4 W. 34TH ST. Banff, Winnipeg, know very ducted themselv with greater credit they represented, the nation they represented, than the| men of the 106th Regiment. PLEADS THAT THEY BE RE- TAINED IN SERVICE, “Those of us who were interested in preparedness have possible argum: AND FINANCIA! The Stoneham WEEKLY MARKET LETTER issued every Frida: Oils, Industrial | Mining and Curb Securities | No one interested in the mar- ket, as an investor or tor, should fail ume on our mailing list, to ‘receive a copy of this full-of- value publication ‘Ask tor Copy We, 90, : A. Stoneham & Co, _ 41 Broad Street, New York roll Milwatukeo Hanford—Clereland~ Toren exhausted every t and every resource in an endeavor to convince Congress that some step shou'd be taken look- rehabilitation of these organizations of the National Guard and of the National Army, might be retained in the ser their traditions and the! their splendid record tained as a nucleus upon which to build | a future organization throughout the country that would be ready/in time | of war so that we would not again| be found in the situation in which we | were found in 1917, “However, it is most gratifying to see the members and'of this division r uation, fully appreciating the neces- sity of rehabilitating these splendid jorganizations, to know that old members af the 106th, the old 23d, are fore and lending their wards this end,” MANY MILITARY MEN ATTEND Gerald Hawkes; Capt. Metcalfe Reed, Thomas F. Ward, President 106th Lieut. James C, B, Holland, Brig. Gen, William Weigel, U. 8. A.; Major C, Lersner, H. M, Fraser, Jarvis 8. ing to the ter, Col, John ir history and might be re- | Charles A, Boody, Boardman, Jacob A, Livingston, Sen- Commodore Howard M, Smith, ‘John, H. Col, C. R. Lloyd, Capt. EB David Engel, FP. P, Gallaghen 104th Field his regiment ie to the sit- Rey. Father John L, Belford, Dr. J. Richard Kevin, Frank ‘H. Churchwell, D. Fairchild, Charles Jerome Ed- E.'Hicks, B, Laurus E. Sutton, Col. J. Weston Myers, F, J. H. Kracke, Dr. W. B, Brinsmade, Walter §. Ben. John H. Shearman, McCoey, Russell 8. H, Namm, Major H. Fr encouraging BERTY BONDS coming tq the influence to- x & CO., ‘Wel, John 3174-5-6-7. 34 Pino St. N. ¥. Those present at the dinner and Walker, Major B, cluded Brig. Gen. James Robb, com. manding 2d Brigade N.Y. G.; Surro- gate George A. Wingate, Eddy, DeWitt C. York Artillery 4 DeBevoise, former Colonel 106th In- Cols, Wilkam PERSONAL: Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Henshaw, .C. J. Leach, Warren B. Ashmead, Men fell from’ train and Kindly send name und 20 World. r Frederic K. Long, Major F. R. THOMPSON—Pieano phone at Arrangements William A. Taylor, pt. Willis McDonald jr, Capt. Will- Hunter jr, Lieut William C, Waggoner, Capt. William H. MoMul- Charles Vehring, Lieut, Frank A. Cone- A. Kendziora, Lieut Howard 3. Hadden, Lieut Mickleborough, Campbell, Lieut, Thomas L, Denham, 106th Infantry 106th Infantr Y. Infantry; nerly 23d Infantry _ " Ransom H. Gillett, FUNERAL DIRECTOR: L. J. Praeger, for —_ ‘corge D. Moore, ‘Mt Your Se.vice, Day or N.gut FRANK E. CAMPBELL “The FUNERAL CHURCH, "Inc. (Non-Sectarian) 1970 Broadway at 6th St. id Bt, & Bh AP, Ghandier tot, JOM. & Be Coast Artill Carlin, ex-47th In- Ching Copper ...... 90% \Cohanbia Griyho. ., 31% a Gem, Int, Cal. Mion, 14 1h 10%) 12% Corn Prod. . m% Of we JOrueible Steal yi... 14 MB MS Cane fugar,.., Gi% S24 we Se 0 8 0 %0 OW, Am Sugar... 5% 6 52% ee & Huon... 6 a, % Deon, & Rio 6 » 4% 4% 4% 4% Endioot-Johbneton,, O8% Hi MH 89% Erie ne Me Ne 11% Erle Ist. 18% 18% 18% Bly At the conclusion of the dinner the automobiles ng along the route, y seat banked up on the sides of the main floor of the armory was filled and people were packed stand- ing in the galleries until there was not room for one more, was beautifully decorated and before the review there was a concert by the regimental band. Btewart, W: SAVINGS NEW YORK SAVINGS BANKS. EMIGRANT The armory | ps INDUSTRIAL BANK 61 CHAMBERS STREET, ‘Trustecs hes declared ® Semi-Annual Dividend at the rate of LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. eee ees two bank books and checks to be do. Liberal’ roward: || The Beard of | Four Per Cent. Per Annum || OW ala DErOSsrrs ENTITLED THHRETO. DEPOSITS MADE ON OR BK PORE FULY 10TH, 1020, WILL DRAW INTEREST FROM JUL' 55 to *5,000 General Cigar General Hive HELP WANTED—MAL TED-—FITTERS FOR a TRUCTURAL STEEL ; GOOD CHANCE; T PAID ON TS FROM JON &. DALY, Comptroller, UNDER AMENDED BANKING LAWS JOHN J, PULLEYN, Premdent. || BaRs5 co., iLY WAREHOUSES, BROOKLYN CHEERS (TIGER SPECIAL MINNESOTA COLD PERSHING WHEN HE) OFF FOR ’FRISCO: REVIEWS 230 REGT. Throngs Line Streets and 10,-| Delegates Deny ‘Six Barrels in Baggage Car Contain Beer— Pamphlets for Edwards, TOWARD HARDING; STATE DOUBTFUL Non-Partisan League Practi- cally in Control of the Re- publican Party There. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Even- ing World.) ST. RAUL, Minn. June 16 (Copy- right, 1920).—First impressions are not always conclusive, but the reac- tion of this part of Minnesota to the nomination of Senator Harding is on And yet reasons entirely apart from the per- sonality of the Ohio Senator make it Possible even at this early date to write Minnesota down as a doubtful the whole rather favorable. State, For the truth is the Non-Partisan There were Willis Holly, secretary League has practically taken posses- sion of the Republican Party in Min- nesota and the league's candidate for Governor in next week's primary is regarded even by opponents of the league as certain of nomination. Now the Non-Partisan League was very friendly to Hiram Johnson, and this State was for Johnson. Mr. Harding 4s not acceptable to the Non- , Peter J. Dooling Partisan League because of his con- servatism, and with the elimination of Johnson the league's vote probably | win go toward Senator La Follette or whoever happens to be the nominee of hind him came a band from Ris the party soon to be started at Chi- the Committee of Forty- cago by eight. Indeed, if the Non-Partisan League the Republican primaries in the Gubernatorial race, Democrats who are not in sympathy with the philosophy of | the Uon-Partisan League will be urged to use thelr strength in sup- and Republicans alike port of the Democratic candidate. With a Republican State ticket favored by the Non-Partisan League and a Democratic State ticket sup- the vote on President may be divided into three | parts, which means that the normally large Republican vote could easily be split so that no section of it would be as big as the normal Democratic |Yote and the Democrats might win |ported by all parties the electoral vote of Minnesota, Much will depend upon the out- come of next week's primaries, but it will not be forgotten that this Roosevelt territory and Johnson was in 1016 Woodrow Wilson fell just 397 votes short of overturning an overwhelm- ing Roosevelt majority and taking a prime favorite and that the whole State from Hughes. The conservatives in the State, on the other hand, are rather glad that Johnson was beaten and they are con- fident that Senator Harding need not worry about the outcome in Novem- ber, Many Irish Democrats are grieved defeat, They are among the most bitter critics of the Wilson Administration and were all prepared to enter the Republican Party. Just where they now will go ig hard to say, but it is doubtful ifi17.95; guilders, 36, cables, 361-8. over Johnson | he D, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1920, they will vote the Democratic ticket —— unless something concrete is pledged toward the cause of Irish freedom. And if they do vote the Democratic ticket they will probably be found supporting Mr, LaFollette or the Hearst ticket if there Js one. They received a rude shock by the omis- sion of an Irish plank from the Re- publican platform and are now wait- Ing to see what the Democrats shall Promise at San Francisco, WET AND DRY ISSUE AFFECTS VOTE IN 8T, PAUL, The wet and dry issue will also enter {nto St. Paul's decision, This med. eer | Edgar Rice Burroughs A Nev, Thrilling and Sensational Stoiy of the Ape Man. is a town of decidedly moist proclivi- ties. In all probability a Democrat will be sent to Congress, for one of bight be apy the Democratic aspirants has an- such statement or hint of the same it, would lose votes elsewhere in the He was damp enough and radical anti-League of Nations enough to ervations were of course advocated by Republican newspapers, few of | whom saw any terrible menace in the CHAPTER 1, idea of a league. But Hiram John- son came up here and started things OADED to frenzy the cat pres- in the opposite direction, Business men and ,conservative Democrats and Republicans see great after this <disturber of his opportunities in the electios of Hard- peace; but when he essayed ing. Radicals, and they are numerous |to leap to see only confirmation of the hods of the. “capitalistic” regime real minority trying to rule the ma- jority. reaction against the Wilson Adminis- tration Is even greater than it was a adviséd move. It was looked upon as proof of the argument that the League of Nations meant the sending of | him. American troops abroad The heavy limb bent beneath tho The Democratic Presidential nom-|weight of the two beasts as Shecta crept cautiously out upon it and Tar- of internationalism to hold the Demo- | 24n backed slowly away, growling. The cratic vote—and, as said before, hold- | wind had risen to the proportions of a gale, so that even the greatest giants party |Of the forest swayed, groaning, to its is split by the machinations of the | force and the branch upon which the Non-Pantisan League, two faced each other rose and fell lke — >, the deck of a storm-tossed ship. Gore was now entirely obscured, but vivid flashes of lightning lit up the jungle At brief intervals, reyealing the grim tableaux of primitive passion upon tho swaying limb? Tarzan backed away, drawing Sheeta CURB, further from the stem of the tree and Opened firm—International Petro-|Out upon the tapering branch where i aaae m 35; il Candy, 141-2—| his footing became ever more preca-| cold and drenching. He wanted to Numa’s return; Gute ren Tate Geared rious. The cat, infuriated by the pain] hasten on in the direction of the thought there ca: of spear wounds, Wag overstepping tie | ©Oming noise for he knew that there Sensitive ears. ti ‘Already be haa Would be Germans fi reached a point where he could do lit.;the English. tle more than maintain a secure foot- SN ER OETLNGID ing and it was this moment that Tar- FORBIGN EXCHANGE FIRM. | 2 Sus “to charm Demand sterling opened 3.941-4./ that mingled with the boomin unchanged; franc checks, 12.87, up 15}der from above he leaped ‘tow centimes; lire checks, 17.27, up 40; | panther, who gould only claw futilely | up 15; Swies|With one huge paw whilé he clung to marks demand|the branch, with the others; but the higher, .0248 cent; cables, .0250 cent; |@Pe-man did not come within that guilders at 36 for checks, and peseta|Parabola of destruction, cables, 16.70 cents; United States|leaped above menacing dollars on Canadian demand, 86.85 | Snapping fangs, turning in mid-air and | yum, cents; Argentine pesos, 1.0480 for de-| lighting upon Sheeta’s back, and,at/ mand; cables, 1.0450; Austrian krone|the instant of impact his knife struck demand .0070 cent, cables 0072. deep into the Sterling demand, 3.94 1-4, * cables, | Sheeta, impelled by pain an 87, cables, | rage and the first law of nature, went 12.85; ‘lire demand, 17.27, cables,|mad. Screaming and clawing, he at- tempted to turn upon the ape-thing clinging to his back. inew wil have to give convincing evi- dence of an intention to steer clear ing the Democratic vote of 1916 might mean a a. victory here if, as seems likely, the Republi 15; Boat, 12 1-4—13; Simms, 181-2, 1-4; White, 20—21; Tropical, ir 2 Asphalt, 73, up 1-4; |P0 Belgian cables, cables, 5.50, off 3.95; frane demand, GESTS ERT Se aaa aa | COMPLETE STOCK QUOTATIONS—2 P.M, | 40% + 49% C, B.1, & Puc..... 86% & Niwot By... 70 32 Cuba Cane Susar pl Del., Lack, & W Famow Playem.., 76 70% Fisk Rubber ..... 33% 90% General Chom,..,, 170 179% 175175 General Motonw, Goodrieh Cea * Seemet * Ry Qt, Nor, Ry. pl. 6TH OO «BTR OO Ore sses 85 ROK BDH BO Greene Cananes,.. 2% 2 HB Haske & Barker, OO% 70% OOK TOK Linon Cent....., @2 & 2 me Trapiration Copper, 62% SF &% BS 185% 1 BS STM STK 7 + 7% TT w Int, Harvester... 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Motor. ° Roig Reo, Iron & Steel corey HE rain Replogle Steel 86 Regal Dutch N, ¥. 118) time Sinclair Oil ath Slewssheff, Steel. oo Southern Pacif 2% Southam Ry... zi Stromberg 75% Sturlebaker OO% ait, was A St. L. de San Fr, 2 threaded tite mazes St. LL. & South ne Sill "7, & Mm eset ly he | scolded and fled at Texas & Vacifio, wy 41h he ons trary | molested, Ueion Pacitie 118% Union Ou ah United Fruit oy 2% Un Retail Storms. 80 OM United Fruit BO OK US Ind Al .. 89 ASN US Realty & Imp OX 0% OH UB Riftee 6 95 OS OS ee aren 5% MH MW M4 | slopes of Kilimanjaro, he heard the U 8 Steel pf v be Vanadium Sted Weee Pac Com Westinghoum Willys-Overland nh Comper 19% 19% 18% White Motors Woobrons 5 15 100 10 40s for he had had quite enough of the ss . " ye 4 \ ? 3 * fara af Frits Schneider, officer of the Prussian Army, black warriors through the African Jungles to invade British Kast Africh, nounced himself on a platform which ‘habitants there do not know that « he himself catis “ringing wet.” Any .¢iiste between Rneland and Germany and 60 af hot prepared. At last they come upon the home of Lord Greystoke, an English nobleman, thing by the head of the Democratic Englishman ia no other than Tarsan of the Apes, ticket would win votes here thougn Meanwhile, Greystoke or Tarsn is returning from 1p across the jungles and hear of the war of ‘Hé leavet hie men and State. hurries home to hie wife for he senses the danger, Johnson ,would have been an ideal He arrives only to see his home razed and hie van candidate for Minnesota, Pe0Ple bumed beyond recognition, He identifies Republican candidate hia wife by the rings on het fingem and sets out, + heattbroken, to overtake the Pronsian vultures, He enough and anti-Wilson enough @N4 stripy nimeclt almost naked and becomes again z ‘Terman of the Apes. While traveling through the catch most everybody. This Btate jungles he comen actom a panther whe thes to started out very favermbly inclined jnvade ‘Tarzan's lair, toward the Ieague-o€ Nations. Res- spirited way and then Tarsan tealises hie dengee, England and Germany, ‘The panther retuses to be ently deternfined to come up the ‘ branch |Targan he found the sharp spear {which they palaver about so often | Point always in his face, and each hereabouts. They call the Republican | time as he d Old Guard who chose Harding .the | prodded viciou part; but at length, rage having con- Conservative Democrats and Re- | dered his better judgment, he leaped publicans fully expect a Harding vic- | up the rough bole to the very branch tory throughout the country. The | upon which Tarzan stood. Now the. two faced each other upon even foot- year ago. The request for a mandate |!28 and Sheeta saw a quick revenge over Armenia, judged by the public | and a supper all in one, sentiment here at least, was an ill- | ape-thing with the tiny fangs and the puny talons would be helpléss before pred back he was The hairless CROUCHING ON THE LIMB, HIS SPEAR POISED IN HAND; TAKZAN OF THE APES FACED THE SNARLING AND INFURIATED LEOPARD, STRUGGLING FOR A FOOTHOLD, THE GREAT CREATURE PREPARED TO HURL HIMSELF UPON THE APE-MAN, junds of caution. bosom swelled with pride thought that he wa ook his heac again viclous- he muttered, the Apes is not English, for the Eng- |lish are men and Tarzan is Tarman- he could not hide even |from ‘his sorrow or from his sullen | hatred of mankind in general that nis| heart warmed atthe thought it was © fought the Germans. hat the English were white apes as he again considered himself. ““o-morrow,” ‘travel that way and and then he set himself to the immediate task of discovering some shelter from the storm, espied the low and narrow entrance appeared to be a cave at the base \of the cliffs which formed the northern side of the gorge. drawn knife he approached the spot warily for he knew that if it were a cave it was doubtless the lair of some other beast. Close to the cave Tarzan kneeled and sniffed the ground. A low growl escaped him and his upper lip curved to expose his fighting fangs. “Numa! he muttered; but he did not'stop. Nu- ma might not be at home—he would investigate. The entrance was so ‘ow that the ape-man was compelled to drop to all fours® before he could poke his head within the aperture; but first he looked, listened, and g in each direction at his rear—he would not be taken by surprise from that With a roar) then he enone (iy. “No “Tarzan of Englishmen w night's repose. find the Ger- Presently he For an instant clinging to him. splintering branches*the two fell. for an instant did the ape-man con- sider relinquishing his death-hold upon He had entered lists in mortal combat, and trub to the primitive instincts of the wild—the unwritten law of the jungle—one or both must die before the battle ended. alighted upon four out-sprawled feet, the weight of the dpe-man crushing him to earth, the long knife again imbedded in his side. Once the panther struggled to 1/se; but only to sink to earth again, Tar- zan felt the giant muscles relax be- neath him. Sheeta was dead, His first glance within the cave re- ing, the ape-man placed a foot pon 5! vealed a narrow tunnel with daylight at its farther end. the tunnel was not so dark but that the ape-man could readily see that it was untenanted at present. vancing cautiously, he crawled to- ward the opposite ‘end, imbued with @ full’ realization of what it would mean if Numa should suddenly enter the tunnel in front of him; but Numa did not appear and emerged at length into the open and stood erect, finding him: cleft whose precipitous walls rose al- most sheer on every hand, the tun- nel from the gorge passing ‘through the cliff and forging a passageway into a large pocket or gulch entirely {nclosed by steep walls of rock Except for the passageway from there was no other entrance to the gulch, which was some hundred feet length and. about fifty in width and appeared to have been worn from the rocky cliff by the falling of water A tiny streanvfrom snowcap still the body of his vanquished foe, raised disappointment, his face toward the thundering heav- ens, and as the lightning flashed and the torrential rain broke upon him, screamed forth the wild victory, The interior of Having accomplished his aim and driven the enemy from his lair, Ta: fronds and climbed to his elf ina rocky every few steps. % 04 \ r, immediately fell asleep. %% 0 soy | thunde ne nd forging | CHAPTER IL. saw several four hours and much of the in torrents, that when it ceased, the trail |he had been following was entirely | obliterated. Cold and uncomfortable Tarzan who during long ages, Kilmanjaro's eternal trickled over the edge of the rocky wall at the upper end of the gulch, forming a little pool at the bottom of the cliff, from which a small rivu- let. wound downward through which it passed to the gorge beyond. A single great tree flourished near the centre of the gulch, while tufts of wiry grass were scattered here and there among the rocks of the gravelly floor, The bones of many large animals lay about ang among them were sev- Tarzan raised his "A man-eater," he mur- mured, “atid from appearances he has held sway here for a long time. night Tarzan will take the lair of the maneater and Numa grumble upon the outside.” The ape-man had advanced well into the gulch as he investigated his sur- roundings, and now-as he stood, near satisfied that the tunnel would prove a dry and quiet retreat for the night, he turned to retrace his way to the outer end of the entrance thai he might block it with bowlders against | jungie, Manu, the monkey, shivering \and chattering in the dank trees, | Even the panthers and the the growling ‘Parmangani pass un- When the sun shone again upon the second day and a wide, open plain let the full heat of Kudu flood the ‘chilled, brown body,.Tarzan's spirits rose; but it was still a sullen, surly ‘brute that move steadily onward into the south where he hi | to pick up the trail of the Germans, | ‘Two days later, from the southern eral human may roar and 104% 1054 14% 1054 oom of cannon far away to the cast. +++ 8% —OH% 68% GK The afternoon had been dull Caro Chem... 76 % 76 76% cloudy and now ashe was passin| 82% "91% 82% SIM through a narrow gorge a fow great 2% 2% 2% 27% drops of rain began to splatter upon 40% 40% 49% 4% “his naked shoulders. 18% his head and growled his disapproval, Tarzan shook would fall ™ ue a 02 then he cast his eyes about for shelter, but even with the me something to his hat froze him into ighting against pstatuesque immobility with eyes glued instant his upon he tunnel's mouth. at the/ later the h A moment of a huge lion framed in English and ® great black mane appeared in the yellow-green eyes glared, round and unblinking, straight at the trespassing Tarmangani, a low growl rumbled from the deep chest and Ips chyled back to expose the mighty fangs. “Brother of Dango!” shouted Tar« Numa’s return should have been so timed as to frus- Plans for a comfortable “I am Tarzan of the Apes, Lord of the Jungle. To-night I lair ‘here—go!" But Numa did not go. rumbled forth a menacing roar and took a few steps in Tarzan’ direction. The ape-man picked up a rock and ‘hurled it at the snarling face. One can never be sure of a lion. This one jmight turn tail and run attack—Tarzan hag | bluffed many in his time—but not now The missile struck Numa full upon t of a cat anatomy—anc instead of causing hint | to flee it transformed him into an int furiated engine of wrath and destrua Up went his tail, stiff and erect, “q al Instead he the first with a series of frightful roars bore down upon the Tarmangani the speed of an express train, Not an instant too soon reach the tree and swing himself {ts branches squatted, hurling insults at the king cf beasts while Numa paced a circle beneath him, growling and roaring did Tarzan there he It was raining now in earnest adds ing to the ape-man’s discomfort and ‘He was very an- gry;, but as only direst necessity had ever led him to close in mortal com- bat with a lion, knowing as he did that he had only luck and agility to pit against the frightful odds of mms. cle, weight, fangs, and talons, he @id not now even consider descending and engaging in so unequal and use« less a duel for the mere reward of a little added creature comfort, And so he sat perched in the tree while the rain fell steadily and paddled round the lion and round beneath casting a baleful eye upward after the precipitous walls for an avenue of escape, They would have baffled an ordinary man; accustomed to places where | he might gain a foothold, precarious 5 possibly, but endugh to give him rea« sonable assurance of escape if Numa. would but betake himself to the fa for a moment, Numa, however, notwithstanding the rain, gave no evidence of quitting his post, so that at last Tarzan really began to.consider seriously if it might ll to take the chance of a battle with him rather than remain lofiger cold and wet and humiliated But even as he turned the matter over in his mind Numa turned sud- nd walked majestically toward the tunnel without even a backward ‘The instant that he disap- beared Tarzan dropped lightly to the ground upon the far side of the tr and was away at top speed for the ‘The lion had no sooner entered the tunnel than he backed immedi« ately out again and, pivoting like @ flash, was off across the gulch in full charge after the flying ape-maa; but Tarzan's lead was too great—it he could find finger or foothold upon the sheor Wall he would be saf should he slip from the wet his doom was already sealed an ee into Numa’ clutches, where even the great Tart ‘ant would be helpless, to-morrow's exsiting chapter.¥ but