The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-20
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tnat l also would rather die than re-
main here. If you 60 l shall 60 with
you.'
1T is settled then," said Tarzan. 81
shall start for America tomorrow
How will you get to America with
out money!" asked D'Arnot.
What is money!" inquired Tarzan.
1t took long time to make him I'M
derstand.
How do men get money! he asked
at last.
They work for it."
very well. l will work for it."
mo. my friend" returned D'Arnot.
you need not worry about money.
nor need you work for it. l have
enough for two. enough for twenty.
much more than is good for one man.
and you shall have all you need if
ever we reach civilization"
So on the following day they start.
ed north along the shore. Each man
carried a carbine and ammunition, be-
sides bedding and some food and cook
ing utensils.
The latter seemed to Tarzan a most
useless encumbrance. so he threw mis-
away.
But you must learn to eat cooked
food, my friend" demonstrated DAT
not mo civilized men eat raw flesh"
There will be time enough when
l reach civilization" said Tarzan. Il
do not like the things. and they only
spoil the taste of good meat"
For days they Travelled north. some
times finding food in plenty and again
going hungry for days.
They saw no signs of natives, MOI
were they molested by wild beasts
Their journey was miracle of ease
Tarzan asked questions and learned
rapidly. D'Arnot taught him many of
the refnements Of civilization. even to
the use of knife and fork. but some
times Tarzan would drop them in dis
gust and grasp his food in his strong
brown hands, tearing it with his mo-
lars like wild beast
Then D'Arnot would expostulate
with him, saying:
you must not eat like brute, Tar
IAN. while | am trying to make a gen.
tleman of you"
On the journey he told D'Arnot about
the great chest he had seen the sailors
bury and how he had dug it up and
carried 1t to the gathering place Of the
apes and buried it there.
1T must be the treasure chest of
Professor Porter" said D'Arnot. 1T
is too bad. but. of course. you did not
4<now"
1 Then Tarzan' recalled the letter writ
EN- by Jane Porter to her friend. the
me he had stolen when they first came
- his cabin. and now he knew what
was in the chest and what it meant to
Jane Porter.
Tomorrow we shall go back after
it," he announced to D'Arnot. You
may go on toward civilization. and
will return for the treasure. | can go
very much faster alone"
81 have better plan. Tarzan." ex-
claimed D'Arnot. 1--WE shall go on to-
gether to the nearest settlement. and
there we will charter boat and sail
back down the coast for the treasure
That will be safer and quicker and
also not require us to be separated
What do you think Of that plan"
Every WELL" said Tarzan. 1.-THE
treasure will be there whenever we go
for it, and while l could fetch it now
and catch up with you in moon Or
two l shall feel safer for you to know
that you are not alone on the trail"
hone of his talks with D'Arnot Tar
van mentioned Kala, his ape mother"
1hsh you knew your mother. Tar
amp asked D'Arnot in surprise.
Yes she great, fine ape.
.,Agef than l and weighing twice as
much"
"And you also knew your father"
asked D'Arnot
II did not know him. Kala told me
he was a white ape and hairless like
myself. l know now that he must
have been a white man.
D'Arnot looked long and earnestly
at his companion.
''TarZan." he said at length, 1T is
impossible that the ape, Kala, was
your mother You are pure man and.
/ should say, the offspring of highly
bred and intelligent parents. Have you
not the slightest clew to your past?"
mot the slightest" replied Tarzan.
'No writing in the cabin that might
have told something of the lives Of its
original inmates?"
IT have read everything that was
in the cabin with the exception OF one
book. which know now to be written
in a language other than English. Pos
sibly you can read it."
p Tarzan fshed the little black diary
from the bottom ct bis culver and
handed it to his companion.
D'Arnot glanced at the title page.
TT is the diary of John Clayton,
Lord Greystoke, an English nobleman,
and it is written in French" he said.
D'Arnot read it aloud. Occasionally
his voice broke, and he was forced to
stop reading for the hopelessness that