The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-15

could have named a dozen other deni-
zens OF the jungle which be considered
far the superiors in nobility of the
quest of weapons, He wondered II the
ome and children had remained In
MbOnga's village after the punitive ex-
petition from the French cruiser had
masSacred all the warriors in revenge
for DArnot's supposed death. He
hoped that he should find warriors
there, for he knew not how long a
quest he should have to make were
the village deserted.
The ape man Travelled swiftly through
he forest and about noon came to the
site Of the village. but to his disap-
pointment found that the jungle had
overgrown the plantain fields and that
the matched nuts had fallen in decay.
There was no sign OF man. He clam
bered about among the ruins for half
an hour. hoping hat he might discover
some forgotten weapon. but his search
vas without fruit. and 50 he took up
his quest once more. following up the
stream, which flowed from a south
easterly direction. He knew that near
fresh water he would be most likely
to find another settlement.
AS he travelled he hunted as he had
hunted with his ape people in the past
as Kala. his ape foster mother, had
taught him to hunt. turning over root
ed logs to find some toothsome vermin.
running high into the trees to rob a
birds nest or bouncing upon a tiny
rodent with the quickness Of a cat
There were other things that he ate,
too, but the less detailed the account
of an apes diet the better-and Tarzan
was again an ape, the same fierce,
brutal anthropoid that Kala had
taught him TO be and that he had been
for the first twenty years OF his life.
Occasionally he smiled as he recall
ed some friend who might even at the
moment be sitting placid and immacu-
late within the precincts of his select
Partisan c%lub-just as Tarzan had sat
but a few months beforehand then be
would stop. as though turned sudden
ly to stone as the gentle breeze car
ried to his trained nostrils the scent OF
some new prey or a formidable enemy
That night he slept far inland from
his cabin, securely wedged into the
crotch OF a giant tree. swaying a hun
dred feet above the ground. He had
eaten heartily a%gain-this time from
the flesh of Bara, the deer, who had
fallen prey to his quick moose.
Early the text morning he resumed
his journey. always following the
course OF the stream. For three days
he continued his quest until Re had
come to a part OF the jungle In which
he never before had been. Occasional
ly Upon higher ground the forest was
much thinner. and In the far distance
through the trees he could see ranges
Of mighty mountains, with wide plains
in the foreground. Here In the open
spaces were new game-cOuntless ante
was entranced. He would make a
long visit to this new world.
On the morning of the fourth day his
nOstrils were suddenly surprised by a
faint, new scent. 1t was the scent Of
man, but yet a long way of. The ape
man thrilled with pleasure. Every
sense was on the alert, as with crafty
stealth he moved quickly through the
trees. upwind. in the direction Of his
prey. Presently he came upon it-a
lone warrior treading softly through
the jungle.
Tarzan followed close above his
quarry, waiting for a clearer space in
which to hurl his rope. AS he stalked
the unconscious man new thoughts
presented themselves to the ape-man-
thoughts born OF the refining infiu-
ences Of civilization and Of Its cruel
ties. 1t zane to him that seldom II
eve did civilized man kill a fellow
being without some pretext, however
slight. 1t was true that Tarzan wished
this mans weapons and ornaments,
but was 1t necessary to take his life
to obtain them?
The longer he thought about 1t the
more r%epugnant became the thought
OF taking human life needlessly, and
thus it happened that while he was
trying to decide just what to do they
had come to a little clearing, at the
far side Of which lay a palisaded viii
lage Of beehive huts.
AS the warrior emerged from the
forest Tarzan caught a 1eeting glimpse
Of a tawny hide worming its way
through the matted jungle grasses In
his wake. 1t was SAILOR. the tiger. He,
too. was stalking the black man. With
the instant that Tarzan realized the
natives danger his attitude toward his
erstwhile prey altered completely.
Now he was a fellow man threatened
by a common enemy.
Sabor was about to charge. There
was little time In which to compare
various methods or weigh the proba-
Bile result Of any. And then a number
Of things happened almost simultane-
ously. The tiger sprang from his am
bush toward the retreating black; Tar
IAN cried out In warning. and the black
turned just In time to see SabOr halted
in mid fight by a slender strand of
grass rope. the moose end Of which had
fallen clearly about his neck,