The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-08-06

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could. but even before the first one
staggered. bleeding and broken, from
the room Rokoff had seen enough to
convince him that TarZan would not
be the one to lie dead in that house
this night. and so the Russian had has
tened to a nearby den and telephoned
the police that IA man was committing
murder on the third floor Of Rue
Maule, p.
When the officers arrived they found
three men grooming on the floor, a
frightened wOman lying upon Il filthy
bed. her face buried in her arms. and
what appeared to be "a we'll dressed
young gentleman standing in the cen
ter Of the oOm awaiting the re-en-
forCementS which he had thought the
footsteps OF the officers hurrying up
the stairway had announced, but they
We're mistaken in the laSt. 1t was n
wild beast that looked upon them
through those narrowed lids and steel
gray eyes. With the smell of blood the
last veStige OF civilization had desert
ed TarZan. and now he stood at bay.
like a lion surrounded by hunters.
awaiting the next overt act and crouch
ing to charge its author
What has happened here?' asked
one of the policemen.
TarZan explained briefly, but when
he turned to the woman for contirma-
ton of his statement ne was appalled,
by her reply.
HE lies" she screamed shrilly. ad-
dressing the policemen. He came to
my room while | was alone. and for
no good purpose. When | repulsed
him he would have killed me had not
my screams attracted these gentlemen.
who were passing the house at the
time. He is a devil. mOnsieurs. Alone
bare hands and his teeth
So shocked was TarZan by her in
gratitude that for Il moment he was
struck dumb. The police We're inclined
to be a little Skeptical. tor they had
had other dealings with this same
lady and her lovely coterie of gentle
men friends. However. they were pO-
licemen. not Judges. 50 they decided to
place all the inmates of the Oom un-
der arrest ana let another, whose bust
ness it was. separate the innocent from
the guilty.
But they found that it was m thing
to tell this well dressed young man
that he was under arrest. but quite
another to enforce it. One OF them
advanced to lay his hand upon Tar
zan's shoulder. An instant later he
lay crumpied in a corne- of the room.
and then. as his comrades rushed in
upon the ape-man. they experienced a
taste of what the apacheS bad but re-
Gently gone through. SO quickly ana
50 roughly did be handle them that
they had not eve an opportunity TO
draw their revolvers.
During the brief fight TarZan had
noted the open window n beyond the
stem of a tree Oh a telegraph pole. he
could not tell which. AS the last Off
Ger went down one of his fellows sue
ceeded in dra wing his revolver and
from where he lay on the floor fired at
Tarzan. The shot missed. and before
the man ~ould fire again Tarzan had
swept the lamp from the mantel and
plunged the room in darkness.
The next they saw vas a 1.-THE form
spring to the sill OF the open window
and leap panther-like on to the pole
across the walk. When the police
gathered themselves together and
reached the street their prisoner vas
nowhere to be seen.
They did not handle the and
fhe men who had not escaped any too
gently when they took them to the sta
ton. They were Il very o + and hu-
inflated detail Of police.
The officer who had remained in the
street swore that no one had leaped
from the window or left the building
from the time they entered until they
had come out. His comrades thought
that he lied. but they could not prove it.
When Tarzan found himself clinging
to the pole outside the window be fol-
lowed his jungle instinct and looked
below for enemies before he ventured
down. Ii was well he did, for just
beneath him stood a policeman. Above
Tarzan saw no one. so he went up in
stead of down.
The top of the pole was opposite the
roof Of the building. SO 1t was but the
work of an instant for the muscles
that had for years sent him hurting
through the treetops Of his prlmeval
forest to carry him across the little
space between the pole and the roof
From one building he went to another.
and so on. with much climbing. until
at a cross street he discovered another
pole. down which he ran to the ground
For a square or two he ran swiftly
Then he turned into a little all night
cafe and In the lavatory removed the
evidences Of his overrOof promenade
from hands and clothes. When ne
emerged a few moments later 1t was
to saunter slowly on toward his apart
ments.
Not far from them he came to a well