The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-21
Not Like Any Story Iou Have Read
TARTAN OF THE APES

for he was jealous OF this strange
member Of his band In his little evil
brain he sought for some excuse to
wreak his hatred upon Tarzan.
The next day Tarssn was peactislNg
upon his bow and arrows At the nrSt
CLEAN OF dawn. Al nrst he lost nearly
every bolt he shot, but finally he
learned 10 guide the little shafts With
fair accuracy. and ere . month had
proficiency had cost him nearly bis
entire supply Of arrows.
The tribe continued to hnd the hunt
Ing good In the vicinity Of the beach,
and 20 Tarzan OF the apes varied his
archery practice with further invssti-
cation OF his fathers little store Of
books.
!, was during this period that the
young English lord found hidden In the
back OF one Of the cupboasds In the
cabin q little metal box. The key Was
n the lock. and few moments invss.
tsation and experimentation we're 70.
wardcd with tho successful opening Of
the receptacle.
In Il he found . faded photograph Of
. snooth-faccd young man. . golden
iockst studded with diamonds. liuksS
TO q small gold chain. = few letters aaS
. small book.
cAauiiUcu tIele HI mIuutoly.
The photograph he liked most Of all
for the eyes wore smiling. and TIE face
was open and frank. Il was his eaAhsr.
The locket too, took his fancy. sn6
he placed the chain about his nsok 10
limitation OF the ornansntation he hsl
seen to b. 20 common among che black
men he had visited. The brilliant ssoass
CLEANED strangely against his smoetb.
brown hide.
The letters he could scarcely dsciphsr
for he had learned little or nothing Of
script. % he put them back In the boz
w.t.. the photograph and turned his at.
tention to the little book
This was almost entirely filled with
nne SCRIPT. but while the little bugs
were oil familiar to him. their arrange
ment ana the combinations In which
they occurred were strange and entirely
inccrsprehensible.
rsrran hsd long since learned Ne
use OF the dictionary. but much to his
sorrow and perplssity II proved Of no
avail to him IN this emergency. Not q
word Of all that was writ In the little
book could he md. and 10 ne put u back
In the little metal box. but with q a..
termination 70 work out the mysteries Of
Il later on.
Poor little ape. man. Had hs but
known Il that battling little mystery
held between its seal covers the key to
his origin. the answer TO the strange
riddle OF his strange life.
II was the diary Of John Clayto0.
Lord 0rsystoke-kspt In French. ~ ~
always been his custom.
Tarsan replaced the bog In the oup-
board. but alNays thereafter he car
FLED che features OF the stronS. anil.
Ing face OF his father In his heart. ana
In his head . fixed determination to
solve the mystery Of the strange vosds
In tho little black book.
out. ana. travelling rapidly. he came
before midday to the httis clsas4ng.
Once 'ore he took up his pos1xion IN
me grsee tree. end. - bsfose. he nv
TIE women 10 the fields AaS the yti.
ia9e street. ed the little eaulAsoa Of
euebhng poison directly bsnsseh TN.
yor hour. - Ny awaiting his sppos-
unity 70 crop down vnesen aaA OatAsr
W the arrows for which he he'd co0e.
but nothing nov occurred 70 can -
vthassrs away from their hvmss. Tho
dsy wore on. and sun TarSan Of uAS
apps crouched above the unsuspectin9
woman st the cauldron.
suddeniy there came Q hail from the
edge OF the clearing.
turning from the north, ana amonx
them they half led. half carved :
struggainG animal.
A. they approaches the vtusss ~
gates were thrown Open 20 ADMIT thern
ana then. ~ tho people saw the victim
or the chase. . savage cry rose - ne
heAvsns' Tor the quarry was q man.
SAILOR. the tiger. alone OF all the ynn.
clsfok. tortured his prey. The sthlcs
OF al the others ,netsd Q quick ana
mercifui death 70 their victims.
Tsrxan he'd learned from has booh.
but scattered fragments Of the vsys Of
human b&nga
When he had followed Ku,o,s.
throush the forest he had sxpectsd -
come to . city Of stranes housss A.
whsslA pufslng clouds Of black smoSs
from . huge tree stuck in ne rooS a.
one Of thsm-or Q sss covers6 I'm
mighty hoakins buildlnss which he Ma
isarnsd were called. vasiousiy. sAIps
AND ooaD and steamers and craft.
He had been sorsly disappointed With
the poor little village a the blacks,
hi0dsn away In his swn Jungle. and
with MOI singis house - large a. his
own cabin upon the distant beach.
Now. he saw that these people were
more wicked than his own apes and ~
savage and crud - SAILOR himself
rarzan began to hold his owa kind IN
but low esteem.
Now they had tied their victim 10 a
post near the centre Of the VILLAGE, al
rectly before Mbonga's hut. and they
formed . dancing. yelling circle about
him. alive With nsshin6 knives au1
menscinO sosase
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