Part 15 (1/2)
The fight was over Tarzan had been coonist, as the felloould not surrender
The Swede saw the whiteone foot upon the broken neck lift his voice in the hideous challenge of the victorious bull-ape
Anderssen shuddered Then Tarzan turned toward hirey eyes the Swede read rowled the ape-man ”Where is the child?”
Anderssen tried to reply, but a sudden fit of coughing choked hih his chest, and as he coughed the blood fro poured suddenly fro for the paroxyse-cold, hard, and relentless-he stood over the helplesssuch information frohing and haeain the woundedlips
”The wife and child!” he repeated ”Where are they?”
Anderssen pointed up the trail
”The Russian-he got them,” he whispered
”How did you come here?” continued Tarzan ”Why are you not with Rokoff?”
”They catch us,” replied Anderssen, in a voice so low that the ape-ht, but et me when Ay ban vounded Rokoff he say leave me here for the hyenas That vas vorse than to kill He tak your vife and kid”
”What were you doing with the the close to the felloith fierce eyes blazing with the passion of hate and vengeance that he had with difficulty controlled, ”What harm did you do to my wife or child? Speak quick before I kill you! Make your peace with God! Tell me the worst, or I will tear you to pieces with my hands and teeth You have seen that I can do it!”
A look of wide-eyed surprise overspread Anderssen's face
”Why,” he whispered, ”Ay did not hurt them Ay tried to save them from that Russian Your vife was kind to me on the Kincaid, and Ay hear that little baby cry soot a vife an' kid for my own by Christiania an' Ay couldn't bear for to see them separated an' in Rokoff's hands any more That vas all Do Ay look like Ay ban here to hurt the to the arrow protruding fro in the man's tone and expression that convinced Tarzan of the truth of his assertions More weighty than anything else was the fact that Anderssen evidently see to die, so Tarzan's threats had little effect upon hilish the belief that his words and manner indicated that he had entertained
The ape-man instantly dropped to his knees beside the Swede
”I am sorry,” he said very simply ”I had looked for none but knaves in co That is past now, and ill drop it for theyou to a place of co after your wounds We ain as soon as possible”
The Swede, so on an' look for the vife an' kid,” he said ”Ay ban as gude as dead already; but”-he hesitated-”Ay hate to think of the hyenas Von't you finish up this job?”
Tarzan shuddered Athis man Now he could no more have taken his life than he could have taken the life of any of his best friends
He lifted the Swede's head in his arain cae After it was over Anderssen lay with closed eyes
Tarzan thought that he was dead, until he suddenly raised his eyes to those of the ape-hed, and spoke-in a very lohisper
”Ay tank it blow purty soon purty hard!” he said, and died
Chapter 11