The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
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 It was late in the afternoon by the time sEe came close enough to distin- euish objects en land or to make out the contour of the shore line. Before him lay what appeared to be the en- trance to little, 1andlocked harber. The wooded point to the north was strangely familiar Could 1t be possi- ble tEaslt fate had thrown him up at the very threshold of his own beloved 5unglel But as the bow of his boat en- tered the mouth of the harbor the last shred of doubt was cleared away, for there before him upon the farther shore. under the shadows of: his prime val forest, stoed his own cabin blli1t before. his birth by the hand of his long dead father, John Clayton, Lord Greystcke.
 With long sweeps of his giant mus cIes Tarzan sent the little craft speed Ing toward the beach. Its prov had scarcely touched when the ape-man 1eaped to shore his heart beat fast in joy and. ekuItatien as each long farazl- far object came beneath his rowing the cabin, the beach, the litt1e brook, the dense jungle, the black ina- penefrable forest The myriad birds in their brilliant pIumage; the gorgeous tropical blooms upon the festoo1ed ereepers falling in great loops from the giant trees.
 Earzan of the Apes had como into his own again. and that all the world might know 1t he threw back his young head and gave voice to the fierce, wild challenge of his tribe. For moment silence reagned upon the jungle, and then, shrin and weird. came an answering challenge. It was sabor. the tiger and the deep roar of Numa, the lion, and from a1 great dis fance faintly the fearseme answering below of a bull ape.
 Tarzan went to the brook frst and s1aked his thirst Then he approach cd his cabin. The door was still closed and latched as be and DsArnot had left it. He raised the latch and entered. Nothing had been disturbed There were the table, the bed and the little crib built by his father: the shelves and cupboaeds just as they had stpod for over twenty three years; just as he had left them nearly two years be fore
 His eyes satisfied, Tarzan's stomach began to call aloud for attention The bangs of hunger suggested search for food There was nothing in the cabin, nor had he any weapons; but upon a wall hung one of his old grass ropes. It had been many times broken and spliced, Sd that he had discarded it for better one long before. Tarzan wish ed that he had knife. Well, unless he was mistaken he should have that and a spear and bows and arrows be fore another sun had set-the rope would take care of that and in the meantime it must be made to procure food for him He codled 1t carefully. and, throwing 1t about his shculder went out, closing the door behind him
 Close to the cabin the jungle com nnenced, and into it Tarzan of the Apes plunged wary and noiseless, once more savage beast hunting it's food. For a tnGsh he kept to the ground. but d1laL lT. discovering no spoer indica tive o1 laamrby meat. he took to the trees Wzfh tha first dizzy zssvi1as z from tree ts tree all the old joy of living swep1 over him Vain regrets and dull heart ache were forgotten NowAwas he liv ing. Now indeed was the true happi ness of perfect freedom his. Whs would go back to the stihing, wickei cftfes Of civilized man when tht mighty reaches of the great jungle Of fered peace and liberty? Not he.
 Whlesfenas yet light Tarzan came to dFi1mg place by the side of { jungle liver There was ford there and for countless ages the beats Q the forest had come down to drink a this spot. Here Of a night might al ways be found either Sabor or Nurni cro1chiag in the dense foliage ef tn surrounding jungle awaiting an ante