The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-18
E. e. claapHaan

'. 6. Chapman
 .tHe stiIT lives, z said Tarzar. eve will do all that can ba done for him. but fear that we arc too lats."
 When BusuIf had brought fhe water Tarxan forced few drops between the cracked and swollen lips. He wetted the hot forehead and bathed the p1Gs ful limbs.
 Presently Clayton opened bis eysa. 4 faint, shadowy smile lighted His countenance as he saw the eirl bea i6 oyer him At sight of Tarzan the ex- pression changed to one of weadeE- naent,
 ssTt.s all right, old felIow." sald tE8 ape-man. we've found you in tir Every ything will be all righf nov, and we'll have you on your feet again le- fore you know it. z
 The EngIishman shook his had weakly. It's too late, he whfspad But it's just as well I'd rather Gis.a
 Where Is M. Thuran1 asked the girl
 He left me after the fever eos bad. He Is devil. When begged 1or tte water that I was too weak to get he drank before me threw the rest out and laughed in my face At the thought of it the man vas suddenly animated by spark of vitality He raised himself upon one eibsw. Xe he almost ohorfed s9 will livel win live long enough to and and kil that beastir But the brief enr0rt ieee h,I1 weaker than before and he senk back again upon the rotfanR grasnes that with his old ulster, had been the bed of Jane Porter.
 Don't worry about ThuEan.v aafG Tarzan Of the Apes laying rsasruE- ing hand on ClaytoHas 1oBahead
 belongs to ne and ehM11 set Etm in the end. never fear
 For a long time Clayton lay velg still Several times Tarzan had tC put his ear quite close b the snnken thst to catch the faint ban2tnE of tha wcra- out heart Toward evening he aropsed again for a brief moment
 Jane, he whispered The girI bent her head closer to catch the faint nile sage. tT have wronged you and hri9 he nodded weakly toward the ape-r1st- T loved you SO It is poor excuse to ofKer for inJurIng you. but ccl1id nof bear to think of giving yon ID. do not ask your Forgiveness, l only wieh to do now the thing should have dore over year ago.. He fumbled in ths pocket of the ulster beneath him for something that he had Discovered there while he lay between the paroxyalrs { of fever Presently he found it crumbied bit of yellow paper e i handed 1t to the girl and as she took it his arm fell linply across his chest his head dropped back. and with lt tie gasp he stinened ana was atiIL Then Tarzan of the Apes drew fold of the ulster across the upkurred face. As they rose and atood on either aids Of the now peaeefuI form tears Came to the apeman's eyes. for through the anguish that his own heart had s11 fered he had learned compassion Cor the suffering of others
 Through her tears the girl read tae message upon the bit of faded yellow I paper and as she read her eyes wept very wide Twice she rsad these isF 1 ting words before she couid fully com I prehend their meaning
 c. Tarzan, Ba1tinaofe. Hfd.
 Finger prints prove you Greystolke Con 1 gratulations- DAgH1gp1 She handed the paper to TarzaD-
 And he has known it all this time | she said, rand did not tell your
 eI knew It first, Jane, replied Tar gan. ''I did not know that he knew 1 it at aIi. I nuat have dropped this message that night in the waItina room It was there that received it ''
 4And aftexwaxd you told us fhae your mother was she-ape and that 1 you had never known your fatherf, she asked lncredulously sgThe tftIe and the estates nothing to me without you. dear he replied. ~And if had taken them l away from him slould have been robbing the woman loye-dun't you understand. Jane2' It was as shough I he attempted to ezcuse fault
 She extended her arms toward hi1n across the body of the dead man and took his hands in hers
 "And would have thrUwn away love like thatg' she said The next morning they set out upcu the short journey to Taxzanss cabin. Four WaziEt bore the body Of the dead Englishman 1t had been the ape- mans suggestion that Clayton be bur jed beside the fofmer Lord Ceeystors near the edge of the jungle aga1ngt tha | cabin that the older man had bullt | Jane Porter was glad that it Was Co be so, and in her heart of hearts nfle | wondered at the marvellous dneness of character of this wondrous man. who. though raised by brutes and among brutes, had the true chivalry and ten derness which one only associates with the reflnements of the highest cfvlIlza- ton.
 | sro pa cshntImnsN,H