The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
Copyright 1914, BY the Frank a.
Munssy company.

and, possibly more by nance than de-
sign, he fell into the stroke that a dog
uses when swimming, SO that within a
few seconds his 81 was above water,
and he found that he could keep 1t
there by continuing his strokes and
also make progress through the water.
He was much surprised and pleased
with this new requirement which had
been so suddenly thrust upon him. but
he had no time for thinking much
upon 1t.
He was now swimming parallel to
the bank, and there he saw the cruel
beast that would have seized him
crouching upon the still form Of his
playmate.
The tiger was intently watching Tar
zan, evidently expecting him to return
to shore, but this the boy had no inten-
ton Of doing.
Instead he raised his voice in the call
Of distress common to his tribe. adding
to it the warning which would prevent
would be rescuers from running into
the clutches Of Sabor.
Almost Immediately there came an
answer from the distance, and pres
emily forty or fifty great apes swung
rapidly and majestically through the
trees toward the scene Of tragedy.
In the van was Kala, for she had
recognized the tones of her best be-
loved, and with her was the mother of
the little ape who lay dead beneath
cruel SAILOR.
Though more powerful and better
equipped for fighting than the apes, the
tiger had no desire to rect these en-
ragged adults, and with a snarl OF
hatred he sprang quickly into the brush
and disappeared.
Tarzan now swan to shore and
clambered quickly upon dry land. The
feeling Of freshness and exhilaration
which the cool waters had impaired to
him filled his being with grateful sur
prise, and ever after he lost no oppor-
tunity to take a daily plunge In lake
or stream or ocean when it was pos
sible to do so.
For G long time Kala could not &C
custom herself to the sight, for, though
her people could swim when forced to
it, they did not like to enter water and
never did so voluntarily.
That the huge fierce brute loved her
child of another race is beyond ques-
ton. and he, too. gave to the great.
hairy beast all the affection that would
have belonged to his fair young mother
had she lived.
When he was disobedient she cuffed
him. it Is true. but she was never cruel
to him and was more often caressing
than chastising him.
Tublat, her husband. always hated
Tarzan and on several occasions had
come near ending his youthful career.
Tarzan's superior intelligence and
cunning permitted him to invent a
thousand diabolical tricks to add to the
burdens of Tublat's life.
Early in his boyhood he had learned
to form ropes by twisting and tying
long grasses together. and with these
he was forever tripping Tublat or at
tempting to hang him from some over
hanging branch.
BY constant playing and experiment
ing with these he learned to tie rude
knots and make sliding nooses. and
with these he and the younger apes
amused themselves. What Tarzan did
they tried to do also. but he alone orig
mated and became proficient.
One day while playing thus Tarzan
had thrown his rope at n Of his fee
ing companions, retaining the other
end in his grasp. By accident the
moose fell squarely about the running
apes neck. bringing him to a sudden
and surprising halt.
All. here was a new game. q fine
game. thought Tarzan. and immediate
ly he attempted to repeat the trick.
And thus. by painstaking and contin-
ued practice, he learned the art Of rop-
ing.
Now, indeed. was the life Of Tublat
q living nightmare. In sleep, upon the
march. night or day. he never knew
when that quiet moose would slip about
his neck and nearly choke the life out
Of him. Kala punished. Tublat swore
dire vengeance. and old Kerchak took
notice and warned and threatened, but
all to no avail.
In Tarzan's clever little mind many
thoughts revolved. and back of these
was his divine power of reason.
If he could catch his fellow apes
with his long arm of many grasses.
why not SAILOR. the tiger?
The wanderings Of the tribe brought
them often "a the closed and silent
cabin by the little Iandlocked harbor.
To Tarzan this was always a source of
never ending mystery and pleasure.
he would peek into the curtained
windows or. climbing upon the roof.
peer down the black depths Of the
chimney In a vain endeavor to solve
the unknown wonders that lay within
those strong walls.