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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"Tarzan Of The Apes"

She did not run; but, after the manner of her kind when not aroused, sought rather to avoid than to escape.


? ? ? ? Close after her came Kulonga. Here was meat. He could make a killing and feast well this day. On he hurried, his spear poised for the throw.


? ? ? ? At a turning of the trail he came in sight of her again upon another straight stretch. His spear hand went far back the muscles rolled, lightning-like, beneath the sleek hide. Out shot the arm, and the spear sped toward Kala.


? ? ? ? A poor cast. It but grazed her side.


? ? ? ? With a cry of rage and pain the she-ape turned upon her tormentor. In an instant the trees were crashing beneath the weight of her hurrying fellows, swinging rapidly toward the scene of trouble in answer to Kala's scream.


? ? ? ? As she charged, Kulonga unslung his bow and fitted an arrow with almost unthinkable quickness. Drawing the shaft far back he drove the poisoned missile straight into the heart of the great anthropoid.


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