The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-31

ment of the design.
 But when finally he realized that his anta gonist was fastened to him where his teeth and fists alike were useless against him Terlzoz hurled himself about upon the ground so violently that Tarzan could but cling desperate ly to the leaping, turning, twisting body, and ere he had struck 8 blow the knife was hurled from his hand by a heavy impact against the earth.
 Tarzan found himself defenseless.
 During the rolHngs and squirmings of the next few minutes Tarzan's hold was loosened a dozen times, until final ly an accidental circumstance of those swift and ever chaaging evolutions gave him a new hold with his right hand, which he soon realized was ab- solutely unassailable.
 His arm was passed beneath Ter koz's arm from behind, and his hand and forearm eDcircIed the back of Ter koz's neck. It was the half nelson of modern wrestling which4the untaught ape man had stumbled upon, but di- vine reason showed him in an instant the value of the thing he had discov- cred. It was the difference to him be- tween life and death
 And so he struggled to encompass a similar hold with the left hand. In a few moments Terkoz's bull neck was creakfng beneath a full nelson.
 There was no more lunging about now. The two lay perfectly still upon the ground, Tarzan upon Terkozs back Slowly the bullet head of the ape was being forced lower and lower upon his chest.
 Tarzan knew what the result would be. In an instant the neck would Ix To F0rIr oz.S rescue. the same thing that had put him in these sore stTaits-a mans req soning power.
 eff I kill him." thought Tarzan,, s4what advantage will it be to mel Will it not but rob the tribe of great fighter? And if Terkoz is dead he will know nothing of my supremacy, while alive he will be an example to the oth- CT apes"
 "Ka-goda?' hfssed Tarzan in Ter- koz's-ear. which in ape tongue means, freely translated. ''Do you surrender?'
 For moment there was no reply, and NTarzan added few more ounces of pressure, which elicited a mortified shriek Of pain from the great beast.
 'Ka-goda?'' repeated Tarzan.
 ''Ka-godaE' cried Terkoz.
 Listen said Tarzan, easing up trile, but not releasing his hold. sI am Tarzan, king of the apes, mighty hunter, mighty fighter. In all the jun gle there is none so great.
 "You have said tKa- goda' to me. All the tribe have heard Quarrel no more with your king or your people. for next time shall kill you. Do you understand?''
 "Huh,'' assented Terkoz.
 stAnd you are satshed?"
 "Huh., 2 said the ape.
 Tarzan let him up, and in q few minutes all were back at their voca- tons as though naught had occurred to mar the tranquility of their prime val forest haunts
 But deep in the minds of the apes was rooted the conviction that Tarzan was mighty fighter and strange creature-strange because he had had it in his power to kill his enemy, but had allowed him. to live, unharmed.
 That afternoon as the tribe came to- i gether as was their wont after dark ] ness settled on the jungle. Tarzan, his wounds washed in the Hmpid waters l of the little stream, called the old males about him.
 ''You have seen again today that Tarzan of the apes is the greatest among you," he said.
 'eHuh,' they replied with one voice. ! '"Tarzan is great"
 ''Tarzan,'' he continued, 'is not an 1 ape. He is not like his people. His ways are not kheir ways, and so Tarzan l is going back to the lair of his own kind by the waters of the great lake l which has no farther shore. You must choose another to rule you. Tarzan will not return"
 And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set himself-the finding of other white men like himself.
 The following morning Tarzan, lame ard sore from the wounds of his bat tie with Terkoz,- set out toward the west and the seacoast.
 He travelled very slowly. sleeping in the jungle at night and reaching his cabin late the following morning.
 For several days he moved about but little, only enough to gather what fruit | and nuts he required to satisfy the de- | mands of hunger.
 In ten days he was quite sound : again except for terrible. half healed : scar which, starting above his left eye. i ran across the top of his head. ending ! at the right ear. It was the mark left i Oy 2A CAAOA " ACA AS AAeeN IOAh bAO oNeAP away.
 During his convalescence Tarzan tried to fashion a mantle from the I skin of Sabor. the tiger. which had lain all this time in the cabin. But he | found the hide dried as stiff as a { board, and, as he knew naught of tan- i ming, he was forced to abandon his l cherished plan.
 Then he determined to fIch what > few garments hescouId from one of the black men of Mbonga's village, for he | had decided to mark his elevation l from the lower orders in every possi- b1e manner, and nothing seemed to him a more distinguishing badge of l