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We sho~-f oi.,'r -Sec so mrcn . soc AMI
thank our host
There is another | should like TO thank
tlso. but he did not come back. though |
cannot believe that he is dead
do not know his name. He Is the great
white giant who wore the diamond locket
upon his breast
IL you know him and can speak his Ian
guage carry my thanks to him and tell
him that waited seven days for him to
return.
Tell him also that in my homo in Amer
lea. In the city OF Baltimore. there will
always be welcome for him II he cares
10 come.
found note you wrote me lying
among the leaves beneath tree near the
cabin l do not know how you learned
TO love me who have never spoken to me.
and am very sorry II II is true. for
have already given my heart 10 another.
But | know that | am always your
friend JANE PORTER
Tarznn sat with gaze upon the floor
FOR nearly an hour. IL was evident to
him from the notes that they did not
know that he and Tarzan OF the apes
were one and the same.
II have given my heart to another"
he repeated over and over again to
himself.
For a week they did little but rest.
Meanwhile D'Arnot coached Tarzan I'm
French. At the end OF that time the
two men could converse quite easily.
One night as they were sitting with
In the cabin before retiring Tarzan
turned to D'Arnot
Where is America ?" he said.
D'Arnot pointed toward the north
west
MANY thousands of miles across the
ocean," he replied "WhyT"
IL am going there"
D'Arnot shook his head.
1T is impossible. my friend" he said.
TarZan thought for long time.
do any white men live in Africa p
he asked.
Yes"
I'VE shall go there tomorrow" an
nounced Tarzan.
Again D'Arnot smiled and shook
his head.
1T is too far We should die long
before we reached them"
do you wish TO stay here, then, for
ever" asked Tarzan.
NO" said D'Arnot.
Then we shall start tomorrow. do
not like 1t here longer. | should rather
die than remain here"
Well" answered D'Arnot with a
shrug. 81 do not know. my friend. but
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CHAPTER XVIII.
lost Treasure.

IN the third day after the fever
broke Tarzan wrote a message
asking D'Arnot If he felt strong
enough to be carried back to
the cabin. TarZan was as anxious to
go as D'Arnot. for he longed to see
Jane Porter again.
1t had been hard for him TO remain
with the Frenchman all these days.
That he had done so spoke more glow
ingly for his nobility Of character than
even did his rescu!ng OF the French
officer from Mbonga's clutches
D'Arnot was only too willing to at.
tempt the journey
but you cannot carry me all the
distance through this tangled forest
he wrote
Tnrzan laughed.
MATS Out" he said. and D'Arnot
laughed aloud to hear the phrase that
he used so often glide from Tarzan's
tongue.
So they set out D'Arnot marveling.
as had Clayton ana Jane Porter. Mt
the wondrous strength and agility of
the ape man.
MldafternoOn brought them TO the
clearing. and as Tnrzau dropped to
earth from the branches of the last
tree his heart leaped and bounded
against his ribs en- anticipation of see
ing Jane Porter so soon again
No one was In sight without the cab
In D'ArnOt was perplexed to note
That neither the cruiser nor the Arrow
was at anchor I'm the bay.
An atmosphere Of loneliness pervad-
cd the spot which caught suddenly at
both men as they strobe toward the
cabin
Torzln lifted the latch 0nd ruehcd
the great door in upon its wooden
hinges u was ass they had feared.
The cabin was deserted
The men turned and looked mt one
another D'Amot knew that bis poo.
rIo thought h.m dead. but Tarzan
Thought only OF The woman who had
Kissed him in love and now had ned
from him while he was serving one Of
hcr people
a great bitterness rose ln his heart
He would go away. FAR into the Jungle,
and join IBIS tribe Never would he
see one Of his own kind again. nor
could he bear the Thought of returning
TO the cabin
And the Frcnchman D'Arnot what
Of him? lie could got along as Tarzan
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that also would rather die than re-
main here. If you so l shall go with
you"
1T is settled then" said Tarzan. Il
shall start for America tomorrow"
How will you get to America with
out money!" asked D'Arnot
What is money!" inquired Tarzan.
1t took a long time to make him I'M
derstand.
How do men get money!" he asked
at last.
They work for it,"
Very well. / will work for It,"
mo, my friend returned D'Arnot.
you need not worry about money,
nor need you work for it, ! have
enough for two. enough for twenty
much more than is good for one man
and you shall have all you need If
ever we reach civilization"
So on the following day they start
ed north along the shore. Each man
carried a carbine and ammunition. he
sides bedding and some food and cook
ing utensils.
The latter seemed to Tarzan n most
away.
But you must learn to eat cooked
food. my friend demonstrated D'Ar-
not "No civilized men eat raw flesh. :"
There Will be time enough when
| reach civilization" said Tarzan II
do not like the things. and they only
spoil the taste Of good meat"
For days they Travelled north. some
times finding food I'm plenty and again
going hungry for days
They saw no signs Of natives. noI
were they molested by wild beasts
Their Journey was a miracle Of ease.
Tarzan asked questions and learned
rapidly. D'ArnOt taught him many of
the reti1ements Of civilization. even to
the use Of knife and fork. but some.
times Tarzan would drop them I'm dis.
gust and grasp his food in his strong
brown hands. tearing 1t with his mo
lars like n wild beast.
Then DArnot would expostulate
with him, saying:
You must not eat like brute. Tar
ian. while ! am trying to make gen.
tleman OF you"
On the journey he told D'Arnot about
the great chest he had seen the sailors
bury and how he had dug It up and
carried It to the gathering place Of the
apes and buried It there.
ut must be the treasure chest of
Professor Porter" said D'Arnot. 1T
IS too bad but OF course. you did not
know"
Then Tarzan recalled the letter writ.
ten by Jane Porter to her friend the
one be had stolen when they first came
to bis cabin. and now he knew whit
was I'm the chest and what It meant TO
Jane Porter
Tomorrow we shall go back after
IT," ne announced to D'Arnot. "You
may 90 on toward civilization. and I
will return for the treasure ] can 20
very much faster alone"
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CHAPTER *.
he Light of Civilization.

The Light of Civilization.
~ NE of the first things which
q 3 D'Arnot accomplished after
V y their arrival was TO arrange
TO visit high official of the
police department. an old friend OF
D'Arnot's. He took Tarzan with him.
Adroitly D'Amot led the conversa-
ton from point to point until the POI
hceman had explained to the interested
Tarzan many of the methods in vogue
for app.eheudiug ana identifying Grim
inals.
Not The least interesting to Tarzan
was the part played by finger prints in
this fascinating science
But OF what value are these i'm
prints" asked Tarzan, when after
few years the lines upon the fingers
are entirely changed By the wearing
out of the old tissue and the growth of
newT'
THE lines never change" replied the
official. From infancy to senility the
finger prints of an individual change
only in size, except as injuries alter
the loops and whors. If imprints
have been taken of the thumb and four
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have better pian. Iarzan.' ex-
claimed D'Aruot. 1--WE shall 20 on to-
gether TO the nearest settlement, and
there we will charter Al boat and sail
back down the coast for the treasure.
That will be safer and quicker and
Another month brought them to a
little group OF buildings at the mouth
of wide river, and there Tarzan saw
many boats and was filed with the
old tlmidity by the sight of many men.
Gradually he became accustomed to
the strange noises and the odd ways of
civilization, so that presently none
might know that two short months
before this handsome Frenchman I'm
immaculate white ducks who laughed
and chattcd with the gayest of them,
had been swinging naked through
primeval forests TO pounce upon some
unwary victim, which, raw. was to
appease his savage appetite.
The knife and fork. so contemptu-
ously flung aside month before, Tar
IAN now manipulated as exquisitely as
did the polished D'Arnot
So apt n pupil had he been that the
young Frenchman had labored assidu-
ously to make of Tarzan polished
gentleman in so far as nicely OF man
ners and speech was concerned.
Heaven made you n gentleman at
heart. my friend" D'Arnot had said.
'but we want its work to show upon
the exterior also"
AS soon as they bad reached the lit
tie port D'Arnot had cabled his gov
eminent of his safety and requested
three months leave, which had been
granted.
He also cabled his bankers for
funds, and the enforced wait OF
month under which both chafed, was
due to their inability to charter yes
sci for the return to Tarzan's jungle
after the treasure. At last. however,
D'Arnot succeeded in chartering an an
cient tub for the coastwise rrfp to Tnr-
zan's landlocked harbor.
1t was happy morning for them
both when the little vessel weighed an
Choir and made for the open sea.
The trip to the beach was unevent-
full, and the morning after they drop
ped anchor before the cabin Tarzan.
garDed once more In his Jungle regalia
and carrying Il spade. set out alone for
the amphitheater OF the apes where
lay the treasure.
Late the next day he returned, bear
ing the great chest upon his shoulders,
and at sunrise the little vessel was
worked through the harbors mouth
and took up her northward journey
Three weeks later TarZan and D'Ar-
not were passengers on board French
steamer bound for Lyons. and after a
few days in that city D'Arnot took
TarZan 20 Paris.
! The arc man was anxious to proceed
to America, but D'Arnot insisted that
he must accompany him to Paris first.
nor would he diyulGe the nature of the
urgent necessity upon which he based
! his demand.
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had. Tarzan did not want 10 see him
more. He wanted TO get away from
everything that might remind him OF
Jane Porter.
AS Tarzan stood upon the threshold
brooding D'Arnot had entered the cab
In. Many comforts he saw that had
been left behind.
He recognized numerous articles
from the cruiser-a camp oven, some
Kitchen utensils. carbine and many
rounds OF ammunition. canned foods.
blankets, two chairs and cot and
several books and periodicals. mostly
American. They must intend return
ing" thought D'Arnot.
He walked over to the table that
John Clayton had built so many years
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VATITH the report Of his gun
NM D'Arnot saw the door fly
w open and the figure OF a
man pitch headOng within
on TO the cabin floor II was Tarzan.
With cry Of anguish D'Arnot sprang
to the ape mans side and. kneeling.
lifted the black head i'm his arms. call.
ing Tarzan's name aloud
There was no response. and then
D'Arnot placed his ear above the
mans heart To his JOY he heard its
steady beating beneath.
The bullet had struck CHANGING
blow upon the skull. There was an
ugly flesh wound. but no signs OF a
fracture of the skull benentb
D'Arnot breathcd sigh OF relief
and went about bathing the blood from
Tarzans face.
Soon the cool water revived him. and
presently he opened his eyes to look
in questioning surprise at D'Arnot
The latter bad bound the wound
with pieces Of cloth and as he saw
that Tarzon had regained conscious
ness he rose aud. going 10 the table
wrote a message. which he handed to
The ape man explaining the terrible
mistake DE bad made and how thank
ful he was that the wound was not
more serious Then he handed Tarzan
The two messages that had been left
for him
Tarzan read the first one through
with a look OF sorrow on his face. The
second one be turned over and over.
searching for an opening. ge had new.
or seen scaled envelope before At
length he handed It to D'Arnot The
latter opened It and handed the letter
back 10 Tarzan
Sitting on camp stool. the ape man
spread the written sheet before him
and read
To Tarzan II the Apes:
Before I leave let me add my thanks TO
those Of MIR clayton for the kindness you
have shown ln permitting US the use Of
your cabin
That you never came to make friends
"ibo us pas petp q great regret e ns
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fingers OF both hands one must needs
lose all entirely to escape identified
ton"
1T is marvellous" exclaimed OAR.
not IL wonder what the lines upon
my fingers resemble"
we can soon see, replied the police
'fiicer' and. ringing bell. he sum
moned am assistant to whom he issued
q few directions.
The man left the room TO return
presently with little hardwood box.
which ne placed on his supehors desk
Vow said the officer. you shall
nave your finger prints in q second
lie drew from the little case "a square
u plate glass little tube OF thick ink
rubber roller and few snowy white
cards
Squeezing a drop OF ink ON to the
glass he spread IL back and forth with
the rubber roller until the. entire sur
ulso not require us 10 be separated
what do you think Of that planT,
Very we'll" said Tarzan. .erbe
treasure will be there whenever voc 81
for it, and while ! could fetch n no,s
ana catch ny with you i'm a moon Or
TWO ] shall feel safer for You TO know
tnat you are not alone Oh the trail.o
Continued next week.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Tho Outpost of the World.

TATITH the report of his gun
NM D'ArnOt saw the door fly
" open and the figure OF a
man pitch beadlODp within
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CONTINUED from last week }
Clayton was an Enylishman. so the
girl had passed quite out of sight be
fore he dcduccd what reply man
would have made.
Upon my word" he said ruefully,
"Shc called me liar. And / fancy I
deserved it. I'd better 80 to bed"
But before he did so he called gently
to Jane Porter upon the opposite side
OF the sailcloth partition for he wish
ed to apologize. but he might us well
have addressed the sphinx. Then he
wrote upon piece of paper and showed
it beneath the partition.
Jane Porter saw the little note and
ignored il, FOR she was very angry and
hurt and mortified. but she was n wo-
man. and so eventually she picked it
up and read 1t. 1t said:
NV Dear Miss Porter had no reason
20 insinuate what | did Ny only excuse
is that my nerves must be unstrung. which
is no excuse at all.
Please try TO think that ! did not say
-. afn very sorry. ! would not have
hurt YOU above all others i'm the world
Say that YOU forgive me
WM. CECIL CLAYTON
lie dlu tnlnk II or he never would
have said it," reasoned the girl But
It cannot he true. know 1t is not
true
one sentence in the letter frightened
her-"l would not have hurt you above
all others i'm the world"
y week ago that sentence would
have filed her with delight Now II
depressed her
She wished she had never met Clay
ton. She was sorry that she had ever
seen the forest god--no, she was glad
And there was that other note she had
found in the grass before the cabin the
day after her return from the jungle.
the love note signed 10y Tarzan of the
apes.
Who could be this new sutton? IL
he were another Of the wild denizens
of this terrible forest, what might he
not do to claim her?
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-24
AMERICAN FORCES
ARE IN CONTROL
Conditions Continue Quiet at
Port Of Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz, April 24.-vera Cruz II
quiet, with the armed forces of the
United States maintaining discipline
among the city officials as well az
among the private citizens.
The marines and bluejackets, how
ever, do not believe their work is
nearly completed. Twelve men wear
ing the uniform of the United States
were killed and thirty-nine wounded
In the street fighting OF Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The city is quiet, but In view Of de-
yelopments in Mexico City an attack
In an effort to drive the Americans
out of this important seaport would
not surprise anyone
General Mas, military governor
who fed from the city on the ap.
proach of American marines, has been
located at Tejara, fifteen miles from
Vera Cruz. He is said to have a
force of 1000 men with him and ex
poets reinforcements of 1000 mer
from Pueblo.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, who has es
tablished headquarters as commander
of the land forces at the Terminal
hotel, is prepared to meet promptly
any new outbreak on the part of the
rabble, which has made fighting neces
sary to the occupation of the city
No federal troops are In town. In
so far as the military Is concerned
the Americans have complete and full
possession, but the men are In con
slant danger of being picked on b,
the natives of the lowest caste.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-24
HAS NO FIGHTING VALUE
Mexican Navy Consists of Only
Eleven Vessels.

Washington. April 24.-The formid.
ableness of the American fleet OF
naval vessels, now In Mexican waters,
compared with those of Mexico is
strikingly brought out In statistics
made public by the navy, department
There are at present twenty-five
United States ships of the United
States navy scattered along the Mexi.
can coasts, majority OF which are
Of the latest fighting type. Opposed
to these are eleven Mexican naval yes.
sells, four of which are characterized
as OF mo fighting value"
Eighteen of the American naval
vessels are on the Atlantic coast and
seven on the Pacific.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-24
WILSON ANSWERS CARRANzA
Warns Mexieans Not to Rally to Huer.
ts's Support.

Washington, April 24-President
Wilson has issued the following COM
ment on the Carranza statement: II
wish to reiterate with the greatest
earnestness the desire and intention
OF this government to respect In every
possible way the sovereignty and In
dependence OF the people of Mexico.
THE feeling and intention of the
government In this matter are not
based upon politics. They go much
deeper than that. They are based on
a genuine friendship for the Mexican
people and profound interest in the
re-establishment of their constitution
al system.
Whatever unhappy circumstances
or necessities may arise this object
will be held steadily In view and pur-
sued with consistent purpose. so far
as this government Is concerned But
we are dee ing with facts. Wherever
and whenever the dignity OF the Unit
ed States Is fiouted. its international
rights or the rights of It's citizens in
fEISu, cf itH lHuuciiG1 T6puueu, WuOiC
IL has the right to attempt to exercise
1t. this government must deal with
those actually in control. 1t is now
dealing with General Huerta In the
territory he now controls. That he
does not rightfully control IL does not
alter the f"ct that he does control 1t.
We are dealing. moreover, only with
those whom he commands and those
who come to his support. With these
we must deal They do not lawfully
represent the people of Mexico. In
that fact. we rejoice. because our quar-
rel is not with the Mexican people and
we do not desire to dictate their af-
fairs. But we must enforce our right
full demands upon those whom the ex-
listing authorities at the place where
we act. do, for the time being repre-
sent"
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REBELS MAY TAKE
SIDES WITH HUERTA
Interpretation Of Note From
General CaTranza.

Washington, April 24.-The note OF
General Carranza, leader of the Con.
stitutionalist forces opposing Presi
dent Huerta. to President Wilson. is
in part as follows:
Certain acts of hostility have been
executed by the naval forces of the
United States under command OF Ad
miral Fletcher at the port OF Vera
Cruz.
In the face of this violation Of ma.
tional sovereignty, which the Consti.
tutionalist government did not expect
from government that had reiterat,
ed its desire to maintain peace with
the Mexican people, | comply with
the duty of elevated patriotism in di.
recting this note to you with a view
to exhausting all honorable means be.
fore the two friendly nations sever
the pacific relations that still unite
them.
The Mexican nation, the real peo.
pie of Mexico, has not recognized as
its executive a man who had pretend.
ed to launch blemish on its nation.
al integrity, drowning in blood it's
free institutions. Consequently, the
acts of the usurper Huerta and his
accomplices do not signify legitimate
acts of sovereignty; they do not con.
stitute real public functions of inte
rior and exterior relations, and much
less do they represent the sentiments
Of the Mexican nation. which are oi
co-fraternity toward the American
people.
In consideration OF these facts In
vite you to suspend the hostile acts
already initiated, ordering your forces
to eyacuate all places which they
hold in their power In the port oil
Vera Cruz. and to formulate before
the Constitutional government which
l represent as Constitutionalist gov.
ernor OF the state of Coahuila and
first chief OF the Constitutionalist
army the demand on the part OF the
United States for the acts which orig
mated at the port Of Tampico In the
security that the demand will be con.
sidered In spirit Of elevated justice
and condition"
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SAYS STATE OF WAR EXISTS
Senator Borah Would Recall United
States Troops.

Washington, April 24.-That the
United States and Mexico are actual
ly at war was the declaration of Sen.
ator Borah when the administration
senate leader sought to pass the bill
granting President Wilson $500, 900
to move Americans out OF Mexico.
Senator Borah declared that the
United States should Immediately get
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out of Mexico, out of Honduras and
Nicaragua. Senators Smoot and Bo-
rah criticised the way in which the
administration has handled the Mexi-
can situation.
Before another forty-eight hours is
passed, in ry Judgment we shall be at
war with united Mexico" said SEN
ator Borah. mo one doubts what the
forces of Puerta will do and no one
can doubt what the forces of Car.
rama will DO"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-24
GRAVE DANGER REPORTED
Americans in Mexico City Threatened
With Violence.

Washington, April 24.-Private ad-
vices reaching here In code from Mex
leo City, disclosing that Americans
there are in danger, have been COM
municated to government officials.
The dispatches are from source
of unquestioned trustworthiness. They
set forth that mobs of Mexicans are
forming for anti-American demonstra.
tions; that Americans on the streets
have been menaced and threatened
with violence and that they are con-
centrating at the embassy for mutual
protection
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-24
paralyzed Banker Pardoned.

Albany, n. Y, April 24-Governor
Glynn has pardoned Joseph Reich
mann, once president of the now de.
funct Car regie Trust company oil
New York sentenced to serve a term
in Sing Sir prison In connection with
the failure of the trust company in
1912. Re- Imam is afflicted with
paralysis.
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BELIEVE WAR is CERTAIN
Editorial View Of Majority OF London
Papers.

London, April 24.-The editorial
view of majority of the London pa.
pers is that the United States is com.
mitted to war with Mexico and that
1t will be impossible to localize the
war agair.t Huerta. The Daily Chron.
icle says:
I'VE cannot suppose that President
Wilson is asking his countrymen to
spend money and shed their blood
merely to replace william like Huerta
by william like Villa"
All the papers recognize the mag.