{"product_id":"2940012859273","title":"Tarzan the Terrible","description":"CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I  The Pithecanthropus\u003cbr\u003e    II  \"To the Death!\"\u003cbr\u003e   III  Pan-at-lee\u003cbr\u003e    IV  Tarzan-jad-guru\u003cbr\u003e     V  In the Kor-ul-gryf\u003cbr\u003e    VI  The Tor-o-don\u003cbr\u003e   VII  Jungle Craft\u003cbr\u003e  VIII  A-lur\u003cbr\u003e    IX  Blood-Stained Altars\u003cbr\u003e     X  The Forbidden Garden\u003cbr\u003e    XI  The Sentence of Death\u003cbr\u003e   XII  The Giant Stranger\u003cbr\u003e  XIII  The Masquerader\u003cbr\u003e   XIV  The Temple of the Gryf\u003cbr\u003e    XV  \"The King Is Dead!\"\u003cbr\u003e   XVI  The Secret Way\u003cbr\u003e  XVII  By Jad-bal-lul\u003cbr\u003e XVIII  The Lion Pit of Tu-lur\u003cbr\u003e   XIX  Diana of the Jungle\u003cbr\u003e    XX  Silently in the Night\u003cbr\u003e   XXI  The Maniac\u003cbr\u003e  XXII  A Journey on a Gryf\u003cbr\u003e XXIII  Taken Alive\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV  The Messenger of Death\u003cbr\u003e   XXV  Home\u003cbr\u003e        Glossary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pithecanthropus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilent as the shadows through which he moved, the great beast slunk\u003cbr\u003ethrough the midnight jungle, his yellow-green eyes round and staring,\u003cbr\u003ehis sinewy tail undulating behind him, his head lowered and flattened,\u003cbr\u003eand every muscle vibrant to the thrill of the hunt. The jungle moon\u003cbr\u003edappled an occasional clearing which the great cat was always careful\u003cbr\u003eto avoid. Though he moved through thick verdure across a carpet of\u003cbr\u003einnumerable twigs, broken branches, and leaves, his passing gave forth\u003cbr\u003eno sound that might have been apprehended by dull human ears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApparently less cautious was the hunted thing moving even as silently\u003cbr\u003eas the lion a hundred paces ahead of the tawny carnivore, for instead\u003cbr\u003eof skirting the moon-splashed natural clearings it passed directly\u003cbr\u003eacross them, and by the tortuous record of its spoor it might indeed be\u003cbr\u003eguessed that it sought these avenues of least resistance, as well it\u003cbr\u003emight, since, unlike its grim stalker, it walked erect upon two\u003cbr\u003efeet--it walked upon two feet and was hairless except for a black\u003cbr\u003ethatch upon its head; its arms were well shaped and muscular; its hands\u003cbr\u003epowerful and slender with long tapering fingers and thumbs reaching\u003cbr\u003ealmost to the first joint of the index fingers. Its legs too were\u003cbr\u003eshapely but its feet departed from the standards of all races of men,\u003cbr\u003eexcept possibly a few of the lowest races, in that the great toes\u003cbr\u003eprotruded at right angles from the foot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePausing momentarily in the full light of the gorgeous African moon the\u003cbr\u003ecreature turned an attentive ear to the rear and then, his head lifted,\u003cbr\u003ehis features might readily have been discerned in the moonlight. They\u003cbr\u003ewere strong, clean cut, and regular--features that would have attracted\u003cbr\u003eattention for their masculine beauty in any of the great capitals of\u003cbr\u003ethe world. But was this thing a man? It would have been hard for a\u003cbr\u003ewatcher in the trees to have decided as the lion's prey resumed its way\u003cbr\u003eacross the silver tapestry that Luna had laid upon the floor of the\u003cbr\u003edismal jungle, for from beneath the loin cloth of black fur that\u003cbr\u003egirdled its thighs there depended a long hairless, white tail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn one hand the creature carried a stout club, and suspended at its\u003cbr\u003eleft side from a shoulder belt was a short, sheathed knife, while a\u003cbr\u003ecross belt supported a pouch at its right hip. Confining these straps\u003cbr\u003eto the body and also apparently supporting the loin cloth was a broad\u003cbr\u003egirdle which glittered in the moonlight as though encrusted with virgin\u003cbr\u003egold, and was clasped in the center of the belly with a huge buckle of\u003cbr\u003eornate design that scintillated as with precious stones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCloser and closer crept Numa, the lion, to his intended victim, and\u003cbr\u003ethat the latter was not entirely unaware of his danger was evidenced by\u003cbr\u003ethe increasing frequency with which he turned his ear and his sharp\u003cbr\u003eblack eyes in the direction of the cat upon his trail. He did not\u003cbr\u003egreatly increase his speed, a long swinging walk where the open places\u003cbr\u003epermitted, but he loosened the knife in its scabbard and at all times\u003cbr\u003ekept his club in readiness for instant action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForging at last through a narrow strip of dense jungle vegetation the\u003cbr\u003eman-thing broke through into an almost treeless area of considerable\u003cbr\u003eextent. For an instant he hesitated, glancing quickly behind him and\u003cbr\u003ethen up at the security of the branches of the great trees waving\u003cbr\u003eoverhead, but some greater urge than fear or caution influenced his\u003cbr\u003edecision apparently, for he moved off again across the little plain\u003cbr\u003eleaving the safety of the trees behind him.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079197114608,"sku":"2940012859273","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012859273_p0.jpg?v=1763573130","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012859273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}