The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-25

from the habitual note Of despair
which had crept into it by degrees
after the first two months upon the
shore.
Then the passages We're tinged with
a subdued happiness hat was even
sadder than the rest.
One entry showed an almost hopeful
spirit:
Today our little boy is six months old.
He has grabbed my pen in his chubby
fist and with his ink begrimed little fin
gers has place. the seal Of his tiny fin
ger prints upon the page.
Upon the margin Of the page were
the partially blurred imprints Of four
wee fingers and the outer half OF the
thumb.
When D'Arnot had finished the diary
the two men sat in silence for some
minutes.
"Well Tarzan of the apes. what
think you?' asked D'Arnot. Does not
this little book clear up the mystery of
your parentage? You are Lord Grey
stoke"
Tarzan shook his head.
1.-The book speaks of but one child"
he replied. ats skeleton lay in the
crib. where it died crying for nourish-
ment. from the first time entered the
cabin until Professor Porter's party
buried it. with it's father and mother.
beside the cabin"
A week later the two men came sud
Jap1y unon n cIao inc In tha fornct
In the distance We're several build
ings surrounded by a strong palisade.
Between them and the Enclosure
stretched a cultivated field in which a
number Of negroes were working.
Tarzan started straight across the
field. his head high held and the trop-
ical sun beating upon his smooth.
brown skin.
Behind him came D'Arnot, clothed in
some garments which had been dis
carded at the cabin by Clayton when
the officers Of the French cruiser had
fitted him out in more ~presentable
fashion.
Presently one Of the blacks looked
up and, beholding Tarzan striding to-
ward him, turned, shrieking, and made
for the palisade.
In an instant the air was filed with
cries of terror from the fleeing garden
ers, but before any had reached the
palisade a white man emerged from
the Enclosure, rifle in hand, to discover
the cause Of the commotion.
D'Arnot cried loudly to him:
"Do not fire! We are friends!'
Halt, them was the reply.
stop, Tarzanv' cried D'Arnot, halt
ing the ape mar in his tracks.
"He thinks we are enemies"
Tarzan dropped into n walk, and
together he and D'Arnot advanced to-
ward the white man by the gate.
The latter eyed them in puzzled be-
wilderment.
What manner of men are your" he
asked in French.
white men," replied D'Arnot. 1--WE
have been lost in the jungle for a
long time"
Il am Father Constantin Of the
Il hllSSIDl htlNs Sdid III JIG
II am glad to welcome you"
"This is NJ. Tarzan. Father Con
stantin." replied D'Arnot, indicating
the ape man, and as the priest extend
ed his hand to TarZan D'Arnot added,
"And l am Paul d'Arnot of the French
navy"
Father Constantin took the hand
which Tarzan extended in imitation Of
the priests act, while the latter took
in the superb physique and handsome
face in II quick. keen glance.
Thus came Tarzan of the apes to the
first outpost of civilization.
For n week they remained there, and
the ape man, keenly observant. learn
ed much Of the ways of men. while
black women sewed upon white duck
garments for himself and D'Arnot that
they might continue their journey
properly clothed.
Another month brought them to a
little group Of buildings at the mouth
of a wide river, and there TarZan saw
many boats and was filled with the
old timidity 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 Frenchmac in
immaculate white ducks, who laughed
and chatted 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 n month before, Tar
IAN now manipulated as exquisitely as
did the polished D'Arnot.
So apt a pupil had he been that the
young Frenchman had labored assidu-
ously to make Of Tarzan a polished
gentleman in so far as nicely Of man
ners and speech was concerned.
Heaven made you a gentleman at
heart, my friend" D'Arnot had said.
"but We want its work to show upon
the exterior also"
AS Don as they had reached the lit
tie port D'Arnot had cabled his gov
eminent of his safety and requested
a three months leave, which had been
granted.
He also cabled his bankers for
funds, and the enforced wait Of a
month. under which both chafed, was
due to their inability to charter a YES
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