The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-04
and falling like the surf upon a remote

y feeling OF dreamy peacefulneSS
stole Owe Jane Porter rs she sank
down upon the grass where Tarzan
had placed her. She looked up ut his
great figure towering above her. and
there was added a strange sense of
perfect security.
What n perfect creature, There
could be naught Of cruelty or baseness
beneath the godlike exterior.
With a bound Tarzan sprang into
the trees and disappeared Jane Por-
ter wondered where he had gone. Had
he left her there to her fate in the
lonely jungle?
For n few minutes that seemed hours
to the frightened girl she sat with
tense nerveS waiting
She heard a sudden, slight sound
behind her. With n shrek she sprang
to her feet and turned to face her end.
There stood TarZan. his arms filled
with ripe and luscious fruit.
Jane Porter reeled and would have
fallen. but Tarzan, dropping his bur
den. caught her in his arms. She did
not lose consciousness, but chung TO
him, s%huddering and trembling.
TarZan of the apes Stroked her soft
hair and tried to comfort and quiet her
as Kala had him when as n little ape
he had been frightened by SAILOR, the
tiger. or IIiStah, the snake.
Once he pressed his lips lightly upon
her forehead. and she did not move.
but closed her eyes and sighed
She could not analyze her feelings.
nor did she wish To attempt ii. She
was satisfied to feel the safety Of those
strong arms and to leave her future to
fate.
As she thought of the St%ranCcncSS of
it there commenced To dawn upon her
the realization that she had possibly
learned something she had never
known ~before-love. She wondered and
then SMILED.
Still smiling, she pushed Tarzan
gently away, ana. looking at him with
Il half quizzical expression that made
her face wholly enhancing, she point
ed TO the fruit upon the ground and
seated herself upon the edge Of the
earthcn drum of the a~nthropoids.
TarZan quickly gathered up the fruit
and. bringing it. laid it at her feet,
and then he, too, sat upon the drum
beside her and with his knife proceed
ed to open and prepare the various vi
ands for her meal.
Togcther and in silence they ate, PC
c~asionally stealing sly g~lanceS ut one
another, until finally Jane Porter broke
into a merry laugh in which Tarzan
joined.
Il wish you spoke English" said the
girl.
TarZan shook his head, and IN cX-
preston of wistful and pathetic long
Ing sobcred his laughing eyes.
TarZan had long since reached Il de
ciSiun as to what his future procedure
should be. He had had time to rccol-
lect all that he had read of the ways
of men and women in the books at the
cabin. He would act as he imagined
the men in the books would have acted
We're they in his place.
Again lie rose and went into the
trees. but first he tried to explain by
means of signs that he would return
shortly, ana he did SO well that Jane
Porter understood and was not afraid
when be had gone. Soon he returned
with a great armful of branches.
Then he went back again into he
Jungle and i'm a few minutes
ed with a quantity of soft grasses ana
ferns. Two more trims ne made until he
had ouitc a pilc of material M hand.
Then he spread the ferns and grasses
upon the ground in u soft. fat bed. and
above il he leaned many branches to-
gcther so that they met a few feet over
its center. Upon these he spread lay
crs of huge leaves Of the great clc-
phant's ear. ana with more branches
and more leaves he closed one end Of
the little shelter he had built.
Then they sat down together again
upon the edge of the drum and tried to
talk by signs.
The MAGNIFICENT diamond lockct
which hmm about T9rzau's mock had
been a source Of much wonderment to
Jane Porter. She pointed to it now.
and Tarzan removed it and handed it
TO her.
She saw that it was the work Of a
skilled artisan and that the diamonds
were Of great brilliaucy and superbly
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