The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-30

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With Roar He Lesped Upon tho Lit
tile Lord Greystoke.
he had no opportunity to seek q place
OF concealment. but saw that he would
be put TO 1t to escape at all.
Swiftly he sped toward the trees and
with a bound gained lower limb with
one hand, and then. transferring his
burden to his teeth, he climbed rapidly
I upward, closely followed by Tublat.
Up, up he went to the waving pin
nacle of lofty monarch of the forest
where his heavy pursuer dare not fol-
low him. Perched there, he hurled
taunts and insults at the raging beast
fifty feet below him.
And then Tublat went mad
With horrifying screams and roars
he rushed to the ground and among
the females and young. sinking his
great fangs into them. But it was not
until he attacked Kala that Tarzan
dropped to offer battle to him. The
Infatuated bull found himself facing
the man-child who stood between him
and Kala.
Nothing could have suited the fierce
beast better, and with a roar of tri-
umph he leaped upon the little Lord
Greystoke. But his fangs never closed
In that nut brown flesh.
A muscular hand shot out and grasp
ed the hairy throat, and another plung-
ed keen hunting knife dozen times
into the broad breast Like lightning
the blows fell and only ceased when
Tarzan felt the limp form crumple be-
meath him.
AS the body rolled to the ground
TarZan OF the apes placed his foot
upon the neck of his lifelong enemy
and, raising his eyes to the full moon,
threw back his fierce young head and
voiced the wild cry OF his people
] One by one the tribe swung down
from their arboreal retreats and form
ed circle about Tarzan and his van
quished foe. When they had all come
Tarzan turned toward them.
81 am TarzanT he cried II am
great killer! Let all respect Tarzan OF
the apes and Kala his mother! There
be none among you as mighty as Tar
Fan. Let his enemies bewarew
Looking full into the wicked red eyes
OF Kerchak, the young Lord Greystoke
beat upon his mighty breast and
screamed out once more his shrill cry
Of defiance.
! Tarzan OF the apes lived on In his
wild, jungle existence with little
change for several years. only that he
grew stronger and wiser and learned
from his books more and more OF the
strange worlds which lay somewhere
outside his prlmeval forest.
Many days during these years he
spent in the cabin OF his father. where
still lay untouched the bones OF his
parents and the little skeleton Of Kala's
baby. At eighteen he read nucntly
and understood nearly all he read
Also could be write with printed let
ters rapidly and plainly. but script he
had not mastered. for, though there
were several cOpyboOks among his
treasures. there was so little written
English In the cabin that he saw no
use Of bothering with this other form
Of writing, though he could read II la
boriously.
Thus, at eighteen. we End him an
English lordling who could speak no
English. yet who could read and write
his native language Never bad he
seen human being other than bin
self, FOR the little area traversed by lis
tribe was watered by no great river TO
BRING down the savage natives Of the
Interior
High bills shut It on on three sides.
the ocean on the fourth It was alive
with lions and tigers and leOpards and
poisonous snakes. Its untouched mazes
Of matted jungle had as yet invited no
hlrdy pioneer from among the humans
beyond its frontier
But rs Turznn Of the apes sat one
day IN the cabin OF his father. delvinp
into the mysteries Of n new book. the
ancient security Of his jungle was
broken forever.
At the far eastern confne q strange
ruyalcade strung i'm single Gle over the
brow Of q low bill
In advance were City black warriors
armed with slender wooden spears.
with ends hard baked over slow fires,
and long bows and poisoned arrows.
On their backs were oval shields, I'm
their noses hung rings, while from the
kinky wool OF their beads protruded
tufts Of gay feathers.
Following them were several hun
dred women and children, The former
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