The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-17

Before IarZan nad returned TO the
tribe a certain young bull. not being
able to secure q mate from among his
own people had, according to custom.
Jared forth through the wild jungle.
like some knight Grant Of old, to win
a fair lady from some neighboring
community.
He had but just returned with his
bride and was rarrating his adventures
quickly before he should forget them.
Among other things he told of seeing
a great tribe Of strange looking apes.
They were all hairy faced bulls but
one" he said. land that n was a
she. lighter in color even than this
stranger" and he chucked a thumb at
TarZan.
The ape-man was all attention in an
instant. He asked questions as rapidly
AS the slow witted anthropoid could
answer them.
Were the bulls short. with crooked
legs?"
They were.'
did they wear the skins of Numa
and Sheeta about their loins and carry
sticks and knivesT"
They did"
And were there many yellow rings
about their arms and legs?"
Yes"
"And the she one-was she small n
slender and very white?"
Yes"
did she seem to be ore of the tribe.
or was she a prisoner"
They dragged her along-sometimes
by an arm-sometimes by the long hair
that grew upon her head. and always
they kicked and beat her. oh but 1t
was great fun to watch them"
Cod" muttered Tarzan.
Where were they when you saw
them and which way were they go
ing?" continued the ape-man.
They were beside the second water
back there" and he pointed to the
south. when they passed me they
were going toward the morning, up
ward along the edge of the water"
when was this?' asked TarZan.
Half n moon since"
Without another word the ape man
sprang into the trees and fled like a
disembodied spirit eastward in the d.
rection OF the forgotten city of Opar.
When Clayton returned to the shell
ter and found that Jane Porter was
missing he became frantic with fear
and grief. He found NJ. Thuran quite
rational, the fever having left hin with
the surprising ~suddenness which is one
of its pecuIiarities. The Russian. weak
and exhausted. still lay upon his bed
OF grasses within the shelter.
When Clayton asked him about the
girl he seemed surprised to know that
she was not there.
IL have heard nothing unusual" he
said. But then ] have been unc0n-
sciols much of the time
Had 1t not been for the mans very
evident weakness Clayton should have
suspected him of having sinister
knowledge of the girls whereabouts,
but he could see that Thuran lacked
sufficient vitality even to descend. I'M
aided. from the shelter. He could not
in his present physical condition have
harmed the girl. nor could he have
climbed the rude ladder back to the
shelter.
Until dark the Englishman searched
the nearby jungle for a trace OF the
missing one or n sign Of the trail or
her abductor. But though the spoor
left by the fifty frightful men, un-
versed In woodcraft as they were,
would have been as plain to the dens-
est denizen Of the jungle as a city
street to the Englishman. yet he Cross
ed and recrossed 1t twenty times with
out observing the slightest indication
that many men had passed that way
but a few short hours since.
AS he searched, Clayton continued to
call the girls name aloud, but the only
result of this was to attract SAILOR, the
tiger. Fortunately. the man saw the
shadowy form worming its way to-
ward him In time to climb into the
branches of tree before the beast was
close enough to reach him. This put
an end to his search for the balance Of
the afternoon. as the tiger paced back
and forth beneath him until dark.
Even after the beast had left Clay
ton dared not descend into the awful
blackness beneath him. and so he spent
a terrifying and hideous night in the
tree. The next morning he returned to
the beach. relinquishing the last hope
Of succoring Jane Porter.
During the week that followed NJ.
Thuran rapidly regained his strength,
lying in the shelter while Clayton hunt
ed food for both. The men never spoke
except as necessity demanded. Clayton
now occupied the section Of tn. heller
which had been reserved for Jane POr-
ter and only saw the Russian when he
took food or water to him or perform
ed the other kindly Offices which COM
mon humanity required.
When Thuran was again able to de-
scend In search Of food Clayton was
stricken with fever. For days he lay
tossing in delirium and suffering. bnt
of once did the Russian come near