The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-18
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as there anything peculiar about
any or those skeletons? IL means n
great deal TO me TO know" said Tar.
IAN. Your answer may clear up a
mystery. II can do no worse. ut any
rate. than to leave it still Il mystery. |
have been entertaining theory con-
corning those skeletons for the past
two months. and want you to answer
my question to the best of your knowl-
edge-were the three skeletons you
buried all human skeletonsg"
Mr.. Philander. eyed Tarzan narrowly
mo" said he. "the smallest one. the
one found in the crib, was the skeleton
Of an anthropoid ape"
THANK YOU" said TarZan.
In the car ahead Jane Porter was
thinking fast and furiously. She had
felt the purpose for which TarZan had
asked few words with her. and she
knew that she must be prepared TO
give him an answer in the very near
future.
lie was not the sort of person one
could put or, ana somehow that very
thought made her wonder If she did
not really fear him.
Could she love where she feared?
she realized the spell that had been
upon her in the depths of that farof
jungle. but there was no spell of en-
chantment now i'm prOSaic Wisconsin
Nor did the immaculate young
Frenchman appeal to the primal wo-
man in her, ms had the stalwart forest
god
st,n lou. If O.,
now.
She glanced at Clayton out of the
corner of her eye Was not here a
man trained i'm the same school Of en-.
vironment in which she had been train
ed, with position and culture such as
she had been taught To consider rs the
essentials to congenial association?
Did not her best judgment point to
this young English nobleman whose
love she knew TO be OF the sort n civil
lied woman should crave MS the logical
mate for such us she?
Could she love Clayton? She could
see no reason why she could not. She
was not calculating by nature. INT
training, environment and heredty had
all combined to teach her to reason
even I'm matters OF the heart.
That she had been carried off her
feet by the strength Of the young giant
when his great arms were about her
in the distant African forest and again
today In the Wisconsin woods. seemed
to her only attributable TO q temporary
mental revcrsion to type on her part
to the appeal of the primeval man to
the primevnl woman i'm her nature.
If hn should never touch her again.
she reasoned. she would never feel Mt
tracted toward him She had not loved
him. then 1t had been nothing more
than hallucInntio induced by excite
ment and by personal contact
Excitement would not always mark
their future relations should she marcy
him. and the power Of personal contncl
would bc duIlrd 10y familiarity.
Again she glanced at Clayton Tie
was very handsome and every inch
gentleman. She should be very proud
NJ such husband
And then he Spoke-a minute sooner
or minute luter might have made all
the difference I'm The world TO three
lives. But chance stepped in and
POINTED cut to Clayton the psychologist
cal moment.
You are free now. Jane" he said.
Wont you say 'YcsT | will devote
my life to making you very happy"
Yes she whispered.
That evening, in the little waiting
room at the station. Tarzan caught
Jane Porter alone for q moment.
You are free now, Jane" he said,
and | have come across the ages out
OF the past from the lair of the prime
val man TO claim you For your sake
have become civilized-for your sake
have crossed oceans and continents
for your sake | will be Whatever YOU
VIII me to be. | can make you happy.
Jane in the life you know and love
best VIII you marry me?"
For thc FIRST time she realized the
depths OF the mans loye-all that he
had accomplished I'm so short time
solely for love Of her.
Turning her head. she buried her face
in her arms.
What had she done? Because she
had been afraid she might succumb TO
the pleas Of this giant she had burned
her bridges behind her In her ground
less apprehension that she might make
q terrible mistake she had made a
worse one
And then she told him the truth.
word by word, without attempting TO
shield herself or condone her error.
What can We do?" he asked. you
nave admitted that you love me. You
know that ] love you. but / do not
know the ethics OF society by which
you are eo.ciued Shall leave the
decision To- you. for You know best
what viii be Tor your eventual wei
fare"
~ cannot tell him. Tarzau." she
said. Gle too. loves me. and he is
D. good man. could never face YOU
nor any other honest person ~ re- .
ludiated my promise
u shall have TO keep II. And yon
must help mo bear the burden. though
"e may not see each other again after
onight"
The others were entering the room.
ma Tarzan turned toward the little
window With the others came the
station agent who entered, asking If .
here was q gentleman Of the name Of
rarzan I'm the party.