The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-06

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great figure towering above her, and
there was added a strange sense OF
| perfect security.
What a perfect creature! There
could be naught of cruelty or baseness
beneath the godlike exterior.
With a bound Tarzan sprang into
the trees and disappeared. Jane Por-
ter wondered where he had gone Had
| he left her there to her fate in the
lonely jungle?
For few minutes that seemed hours
to the frightened girl she sat with
| tense nerves waiting.
She heard a sudden. slight sound
behind her. With shrek she sprang
to her feet and turned to face her end
There stood TarZan. his arms filed
with ripe and luscious fruit.
| Jane Porter reeled and would have
| fallen. but Tarzan. dropping his bur-
den. caught her in his arms. She did
not lose consciousness. but chung to
him. shuddering and trembling
| Tarzan of the apes stroked her soft
hair and tried to comfort and quiet her
as Kala had him when as a little ape
he had been frightened by SAILOR. the
tiger. or Histah. the snake.
Once he pressed his lips lightly upon
her forehead. and she did not move.
but closed her eyes and sighed.
She could not analyze her feelings.
nor did she wish to attempt it. She
was satisfied to feel the safety Of those
strong arms and to leave her future to
fate.
AS she thought of the strangeness Of
it there commenced to dawn upon her
the realization that she had possibly
| learned something she had never
known before-love. She wondered and
then smiled
| Still smiling, she pushed Tarzan
gently away, and. looking at him with
half quizzical expression that made
her face wholly enhancing. she point
ed to the fruit upon the ground and
seated herself upon the edge of the
earthen drum Of the anthropoids.
Tarzan quickly gathered up the fruit
and, bringing it. laid it at her feet,
and then he. too, sat upon the drum
beside her and with his knife proceed
ed to open and prepare the various vi
ands for her meal.
Together and in silence they ate, oc-
casionally stealing sly glances at one
another, until finally Jane Porter broke
into a merry laugh in which Tarzan
| joined.
Il wish you spoke English" said the
girl.
Tarzan shook his head. and an ex-
preston Of wistful and pathetic long
Ing sobered his laughing eyes.
| TarZan had long since reached a de-
cision as to what his future procedure
should be. He had had time to recol-
lect all that he had read of the ways
of men and women in the books at the
cabin. He would act as he imagined
the men in the books would have acted
were they in his place.
Again he rose and went into the
trees but first he tried to explain by
means of signs that he would return
shortly, and he did so well that Jane
Porter understood and was not afraid
when he had gone. Soon he returned
with great armful of branches.
Then he went back again into the
jungle and in few minutes reappear-
ed with quantity of soft grasses and
ferns. Two more trips he made until he
! had quite pile of material at hand.
! Then he spread the ferns and grasses
upon the ground in soft, fat bed, and
above it he leaned many branches to-
gether so that they met few feet over
its center. Upon these he spread lay
ers of huge leaves of the great ele-
plants ear. and with more branches
and more leaves he closed one end Of
the little shelter he had built.
| Then they sat down together again
upon the edge of the drum and tried to
talk by signs.
The magnificent diamond locket
which hung about TarZan's neck had
been a source of much wonderment to
Jane Porter. She pointed to it now.
and Tarzan removed it and handed it
to her.
She saw that it was the work Of
skilled artisan and that the diamonds
were of great brilliancy and superbly
set. but the cutting of them denoted
that they were of a former day.
She noticed that the locket opened.
and, pressing the hidden clasp, she saw
the two halves spring apart to reveal
in either section an ivory miniature.
One was Of beautiful woman, and
the other might have been the likeness
of the man who sat beside her except
for difference Of expression that was
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She looked up at Tarzan to find him
leaning toward her. gazing on the min
iatures with an expression of aston
ishment. He reached out his hand for
the locket and took it away from her,
examining the likenesses within with
unmistakable signs of surprise and new
| interest.
His manner clearly denoted that he
had never before seen them nor imag-
ined that the locket opened.
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