The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-16
TARTAN OF THE APES By EDGAR RICE
 BURROUGHS
Cepyrfskt. lsa1, by the rranlk-A. Mnnsey Company
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A>r1-~eS-| stop reading for the hopelessnesg that spoke between the lines
 Often he glanced at Tarzan, but the aDe man sat upon his launches like carven image, his eyes fixed upon the ground
 Only when the little babe was men toned did the tone of the diary alter from the habftuai note of despair which had crept into 1t by degrees after the first two months upon the shore
 Then the passages were tinged with n subdued happiness that was even sadder than the rest
 One entry showed an almost hopeful spirit
 -ro,ax a,,r little boy Is six months old. fist. ansd4 with his ink begriIned little fin rsrs has placed the seal of his tiny hn- ger prints upon the page
 Upon fhe margin of the page were the partially blurred imprints of four wee fingers and the outer half of the thumb.
 When DeArnot had finished the diary the two men sat in silence for some minutes 2'te rEswsr. rarxan of the apess what think youT, asked DsAFnet. sDoes not this lfttIe book clear up the mystery of your percentage? You are Lord Grey stoze's
 Taxxan shook his head.
 saThe book speaks of but one child he replied HIts skeleton lay in the cr1b. where it died crying for nourish- menx. from the first time entered the cabin until Professor Portef,s party buried st, with its father and mother, beside the cabin"
 A week later the two men came sud- denly upon clearfng in the forest.
 In the distance were several build ings surrounded by a strong pafisade- Between them and the incIosure stretched a cultivated field in which a number of negroes were working
 Tarzan started straight across the field. his head high held and the trop- IeaI sun beating upon his smooth. brown skin m
 Behind him came D'Arnot, cl6fhed in some garments which had been dis caraed at the cabin by Clayton when the oHcers Of the French cruiser had fitted him out in more presentable fashion
 Presently one of the blacks. looked up and. beholding Tarzan striding to- ward him. turned, shrieking, and made for the pa1fsade
 In an instant the air was filled with cries of terror from the fleeing garden erss but before any had reached the palisade a white man emerged from the inclosure, rifle in hand, to discover the cause of the commotion.
 D,Arnot cried loudly to h5m:
 Do not hreI We are friends!'s -.Halt, thenr' was the reply.
 Stop, TarzanY' cried D'Arnot, halt Eng the ape man in his tracks
 -He thinks we are enemies
 Tarzan dropped into a walk, and together he and D'Arnot advanced to- ward the white man by the gate.
 The latter eyed them in puzzled be wiidermsnt.
 .sWhat manner of men are you?s, he asked In French
 White men, p replied D'Arnot. AWe have been lost in the jungle for a long time.
 -I am Father Constantin, Of the French mission here,. said the other. s1 am glad to welcome you.T
 -@This is M- Tzrzan, Father Con stantin,'' replied D,Arnot, indicating the ape man, and as the priest extend cd his hand to Tarzan D'Arnot added, -.And am Paul d'Arnot of the French navy
 Father Constantin took the hand which TarzaA extended in imitation of the priests act. while the latter took fn the superb physique and handsome face in one quick, keen glance
 Thug came Tarzan of the apes -to the first outpost of civilization
 For week they remained there and the ape man, keenIy observant, learn ed much of the ways of men. while black women sewed upon white duck garments for himself and D7Arnot that they might continue their journey properly clothed
 Another month brought them to a little group of buildings at the mouth of a wide river, and there Tarzan saw many boats and was filled with the old tmidity by the sight of many men.
 Gradually he became accustomed to the strange noises and the odd ways of civilization, so that presently none might know that two short months before this handsome Frenchman in immaculate white ducks, who laughed and chatted with the gayest of them, had been swinging naked through srsmeTaI forests to bounce upon some unwary victim, which, raw, was to appease his savage appetite.
 The knife and fork, so contemptu- ously flung aside a month before, Tar gan now manipula ted as exquisitely as did the polished D'Arnot-
 So apt n pupil nae he been that t7le young Frenchman had labored assidu- ously to make of Tarzan polished gentleman in so far as nicety of man ners and speech was concerned.
 Heaven made you a gentleman at heart. my friend,' D'Arnet ned said, but we want its work to slow ~spon the exterior aIso-'
 As soon as they had reached the If tie port D'Arnot had cabled his gov ernment of his safety and requested three months leave. which had been granted
 He also cabled his bankers for