The evening world., 1913-02-04
lot Like Any Story ZOO Have Read
TARTAN OF THE APES


thrown far and wide. and Q mas Of dead
underground spread In ~ natural man
nef ~ possible over the nsw-mads grave
to obliterats all signs Of the ground
having been disturbed.
Their work done, the sailors returned
to the smah boat And pulled on rapidly
toward the Arrow.
The breeze had Increased considsraely.
and ~ the smoke upon the horison was
now plainly discernabls In considerable
volume the mutinssrs lost 10 time In
setting under full sail and bearing away
toward the southwest.
Tarzan. an interested spectator Of ali
that had taken place. sat spscuiating
on the strange actions Of these peculiar
creatures.
Men we're indeed more foolish and
more cruel than the beasts Of the jun
Gle! How fortunate wac he who lived
IN the peace and security Of the great
forssti
Tarsan woudsrsd what the ohest they
had buried contained. n they ana mot
wish Il why ala oAsy not merely throw
u INTO the watsrf That would have
been much sAA8.
AZ. he thought. bat thsy % wish IT, .
intsnd returning foe q later.
He dropped 70 the ground and COM
msnosd 70 examine ths-sarth about the
exoAvauou. He was looking to see II
these CREATURES had dropped anything
whSch he might liks b own. Soon he
discovered . spade hidden BY the un-
dsrbrush wasieh thsy had laid upon thu
grave.
He ssissd Il and attempted 10 use II
~ hs had seen the sailors DO. II was
awkward work and hurt his bare feet,
but he parssvsrsd until he had par
italy uncovered the body. This he
drNSgsd from the ravs and laid II to
Tnsn he continued a,ssins until he
had unsarthsd ths chest. THIS also he
drasgsd 70 the SIDE Of ths corpse. Then
grave. replaced The SoAy anl ne earth
around ana ab0vs \. o0vsred 4 ever
With undsFtsush and esearnsA - The
chest
-Four sailoss 10 swsatsd osoeasA the
burden Of lie wsaght-Taraaa Of the
apes picked u up - though q AaA been
smpty and. WIN ths spads dung 70 his
back BY . piece Of rope. carried Il on
into the densest part Of ne Jungle
with this awkward burden. e9e - tspt
% the traits. and - maAs dirty oss1
tina
For ssv1Nl Aous0 - OaVs11a1 um11l
As came 10 IN impsaeeyN1ls Yah Of
matted and tangled vegstaGlsa. Thaa
he took 70 the lower 6roneAa. anA b
another fifteen minut0 ~ snaeOoA
into che amphithsatrs u ne 49,.
where thsy INST IN ooanoii o. - esis.
brats the rites Of the Dum-DuA
Near the esntrs Of The clearing -
commenced to dig. THIS was haslor
work than turning up the freshly e.
cavatsd earth At the crave. but Tassan
Of the apes was psrsevsring. and % he
kept at his labor until he was YsWasAsl
BY seeing . hole sunoisnt1y deco 70 ~
oeivs the chest and s6setually hide u
from view. Why had h. soas 70 eli
this labor without knowing The va,us
Of the contents Of the chestf /,
uPs and . name brain. but he was an :
ape BY training ana snvtPoamsnt His
brain told him that the chest contained
something valuable OF ne men would
not have hidden it: his tSainia0 bad
taught him - initiate vhatsvee Was
new and uuusua1. ana new the sAtuSal
curiosity. vhioh - - common 10 men
a. 70 apes, prompted him to open the
chest and examine III contents.
But the heavy lock and massive iron :.
bands ba61sd both his cunning and his
immense strength. % that he was com
psllsd 10 bury the chest without hav-
Ing his curiosity satisfied
BY the time TARTAN had hunted his
way ba0k - ne vicinity Of tho cabin.
fssdfng - he went. Il was quite dark.
within the iittls building . light was
burning. for Clayton had found an I'M
opened TIN Of on which haA stood intact
for twenty yeara The ismps also were
still usabls. and thus me interior OF the
cabin appeared - bright As day to the
astouasAsd Tassan.
He he'd often wondered At the exac'
purpose Of he lamps. His reading AMI
ths pictures had told him what they
were. but he had no idea OF how they
could b made to produce the wondrous
sunNeht that come OF his pictures has
portrayed them as d!frusing upon a.
Snroandins objects.
~ As Approached the window nea,
ct he door he saw that the cabin nj,
been DIVIDED into two rooms by rousi.
partition of bouShs and saii-cloth.
In the front room were the three
men; the two older deep in argument.
while the younger. tilted back again'-
tho wall on an improvtsed stool. was
deeply snsrossed In reading one OF Tar
aan's books.
TarzAn was not particularly inter
ssted In me men. however. 30 he sought
the other window. There was the girl.
How beautiful her features. How dell
cate her snowy skin
She was writing q Tarsan's own
tAblo bsneAtAa ~ window. Upou . p)1e
Of grasses at. - tar ssAs Of the rosa
lay the nssrss Nesleop, \.
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