The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-23
copyriuht, 1912 by the Frank A.
Munssy COMPANY,


and pretty smile of thanks.
In silence the party advanced toward
the cabin. 1t was evident that. what
ever their intentions. all had been de-
cided upon before they left the ship.
They came to the door, the sailors
carrying the boxes and bales, follow
ed by the five who were OF so different
a class. Then the men put down their
burdens. and then one caught sight Of
the notice which Tarzan had posted.
"Ho, mates!" he cried. whats herei
This s. n was no. posted an hour ago
or I'll eat the cHoK."
The others gathered about. craning
their necks over the shoulders Of those
before them, but as few of them could
read at all, and then only after the
most laborious fashion. n finally
turned to the little old man of the top
hat and frock o
Hi, perfesser." he called, 'step for
'rd and read the bloomin' notice"
Adjusting his s]pectacles. the profess
sor read aloud:
THIS 10 lhE ftOUSE of lAttLAI<,
THE KILLER OF BEASTS AND MANY
BLACK MEN.
DO NOT HARM THE THINGS WHICH
ARE TARZAN'S.
TARTAN WATCHES.
TARTAN OF THE APES.
"Who the devil is Tarzan?" cried the
sailor who had before spoken.
HE evidently speaks English" said
the young man.
But what does 'Tarzan Of the apes
meanY cried the girl.
II do not know. Miss Porter" re-
piled the young man. unless we have
discovered a runaway simian from the
London zoo, who has brought back a
European education to his jungle home.
What do you make Of 1t, Professor
Porterg" he added. turning to the old
man.
II reckon the daffy old bounder
don't know no more'n we do about it.
growled the rat faced sailor.
Keep a civil tongue in your head"
cried the young man, his face paling
In anger at the insulting tone Of the
sailor. you've murdered our officers
and robbed us. We are absolutely In
your power; but, so help me. you'll
treat Professor Porter and Miss Por-
ter with respect or I'll break that neck
of yours with my bare hands-guns or
no guns"
William Cecil Clayton stepped SO
close to the rat faced sailor that the
latter, though he bore two revolvers
and a villainous looking knife in his
belt, skunk back abashed.
"You cowardr' cried the young man.
you've never dared shoot a man until
his back was turned. You don't dare
shoot me ever then"
He turned his back full upon the
sailor and walked nonchalantly away.
The sailors hand crept slyly to the
butt Of one Of his revolvers: his wicked
eyes glared vengefully at the retreat
ing form Of the young Englishman.
What he would have done will never
be known. for there was another fac
tor abroad Two keen eyes had watch
ed every move Of the party from the
foliage Of a nearby tree. TarZan had
seen the surprise caused by his notice.
and while he could understand nothing
of the spoken language Of these
strange people their gestures INC ia
cial expressions told him much.
The act OF the little rat faced sailor
In killing one of his comrades had
aroused a strong dislike in TarZan. and
now that he saw him quarreling with
the fine looking young man his ami
mostly was still further stirred. He
fitted a poisoned arrow to his bow and
drew a bead upon the rat faced sailor.
but the foliage was SO thick that he
soon saw the arrow would pe DETECTED
by the leaves or some small branch.
and instead he launched n heavy spear
from his lofty perch.
Clayton had taken but a dozen steps;
the rat faced sailor had half drawn his
revolver: the other sailors stood watch
ing the scene intently.
Professor Porter had already disap-
peared into the jungle. whittier he was
being followed by the fussy Samuel T.
Philander. his secretary n assistant.
ESmeralda. the negress. was busy
sorting her mistress baggage from the
pile of bales and boxes beside the cab
in. and Miss Porter had turned away
to follow Clayton when something
caused her to turn again toward the
sailor.
And then three things happened al
most simultaneously-the sailor jerked
out his Weapon and leveled it at Clay
TOMS hack Miss Porter screa med n
warning. and a long. metal shod spear
shot like a bolt from above and passed
entirely through the right shoulder OF
the rat faced a
The revolver exploded harmlessly in
the air. and the seaman crumpled up
with a scream Of pain and terror.
TO BE CONTINUED