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.ra, .ins almost Immediately Of the
nair he had witnessed IN bor o.s sas
TWO nights before. Nc eaDil
:, husband feels that he owes Won
..,a ense debt of gratitude" She
Questioningly. a'eu iar]an
a., .es' ! am the Countess de Condo {"
am already amply repaid. mn.
. "a knowing that have rendered
service to the wife of the Count de
MS arrival in Paris Tarzan went
ay to the apartments of his old
nu DArnOt, where the naval lien.
nnt scored him roundly for his deci-
81 ~. 70 renounce the title and estates
mat We're rightly his from his father,
stoke.
lou must be mad, my friend" said
Arnot, "thus lightly to give up not
'oae wealth and position, but an op-
rortunity to prove beyond doubt to all
Me world that in your veins flows the
noble blood Of two of England's most
nonored houses-instead Of the blood
u savage she ape. 1t is incredible
mat they could have believed you
Miss Porter least of all. g.
why, I never did believe It, even
back In the wilds of your African jun
gle. when you tore the raw meat Of
your kills with mighty jaws, like some
Wild beast, and wiped your greasy
hands upon your thighs. Even then,
before there was the slightest proof to
the contrary, l knew that you were
mistaken In the belief that Kala was
your mother. E
"And now, with your fathers diary
Of the terrible life led by him and your
mother on that wild African shore;
with the account of your birth and,
flnal and most convincing proof Of all,
your own baby finger prints upon the
pages Of It, IL seems incredible to me
that you are willing to remain a name
less, penniless vagabond."
II do not need any better name than
Tarzan," replied the ape-man. "And
rs for remaining penniless vagabond,
Il have no intention of so doing. In
fact, the next, and let us hope the last,
burden that I shall be forced to put
upon your unselfish friendship will be
the finding of employment for me-"
hs:Pooh, poohr' scoffed D'Arnot.
esou know that did not mean that.
Have I not told you dozen times that
! have enough for twenty men and
that half Of what have is yours?
And II I gave 1t all to you would 1t
represent even the tenth part Of the
value place upon your friendship. my
Tarzan? Would it repay the services
you did me in Africa? do not forget,
my friend, that but for you and your
wondrous bravery would have died
at the stake In the village Of MbOn-
gas cannibals. Nor do forget that
to your self sacrificing devotion I owe
the fact that recovered from the ter
rible wounds received mt their hands.
discovered later something Of what
Il meant to you to remain with me In
the amphitheater Of the apes whf,e
your heart was urging you on to tho
coast.
when we finally came there and
found that Miss Porter and her party
had left commenced to realize some
thing Of what you had done for an ut
ter stranger. Nor am l trying to re-
pay you with money, Tarzan. It is
that just at present you need money.
Were It sacrifice that might offer you
It were the same-my friendship must
always be yours, because our tastes
are similar, and admire you. That
cannot command, but the money can
and SHALL"
CHAPTER III.
What Happened In the Rue MauIs.
"rAT ELL" laughed Tarzan, 1--WE
shall not quarrel over the
money. / must live, and
so / must have it, but /
shall be more contented with some
thing to do. You cannot show me
your friendship In a more convincing
manner than to find employment for
me. shall die Of inactivity in short
while. AS for my birthright, it is in
good hands. Clayton is not guilty Of
robbing me Of it. He truly believes
that he is the real Lord Greystoke, and
the chances are that he will make a
better English lord than man who
was born and raised in an African
jungle. You know that am but half
civilized even now. Let me see red in
anger but for a moment, and all the in
stincts Of the savage beast that real
~ am submerge what little 1 possess
Of the milder ways Of culture and re-
finement.
"And then again had declared my
self should have robbed the woman
! love Of the wealth and position that
her marriage to Clayton will now in
sure to her. I could not have done
that-could !, Paul?
"Nor Is the matter Of birth Of great
importance to me-" he went on with
out waiting for a reply. RAISED as
have been, I see no worth In man or
beast that is not theirs by virtue of