The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-05-07


dom of the fierce, wild life he loved,
gloating in his kingship among these
wild blacks.
All. II Olga de Coude had but seen
him then could she have recoRnized
the well dressed, quiet young man
whose we'll bred face and irreproach-
able manners had so captivated ner
hut n few short months ago! Ana
Jane Porter. Would she have sun
loved this savage warrior chieftain.
dancing naked among his naked, saw
age subjects? And D'Arnot! Couio
D,Arnot have believed that this was
the same man he had introduced into
half a dozen Of the most select CLUBS
Of Paris? What would his fellow peers
In the house of lords have said had one
pointed to this dancing giant. with MS
harbarfc headdress and his metal Or
naments and said, There, my lords.
is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke.
And so Tarzan Of the Apes came into
a real kingship among men-siowv
but surely was he following the evolu-
ton of his ancestors, for had he not
started at the very bottom?
=
The very night that Tarzan of the
Apes became chief of the Wazirt the
woman he loved. Jane Porter. lay dy-
ing in a tiny boat 200 miles west OF
him upon the Atlantic. OF the SIX per-
sons in the boat in which she bad e.
capped from the Lady Alice. only three
survived. They were Jane herself.
Clayton and Thuran.
The oars had been lost when the
| sailor in charge of them fell asleep ana
let them drift away. and for weeks
| tho boat had been tossed helplessly
about on the waves. The supplies soon
gave out. The three sailors who had
been with them succumbed to thirst
i and hunger and had been heaved over
board. Now Jane and her two COM
i panions drifted about In the ocean
They were reduced to the last extrem-
ity and death would have come as
welcome relief from the fortunes they
endured. OF the three other boats
there had been no sign.
The week following the induction OF
Tarxan into the kingship OF the Waziri
was occupied in escorting the Manyu-
ema OF the Arab raiders to the north
, ern boundary of Waxiri In accordance
s with the promise which Tarzan had
: made them. Before he left them ne
exacted a pledge FROM them that they
, would not lead any expeditions against
? the Waxiri in the future, nor was 1t !.
dinicult promise to obtain. They nae
had sunicient experience with tnt
: flRhting tactics of the new Waziri cniel
: not to have the slightest desire to &C
. company another predatory force witn
: in the boundaries of his domain.
Almost Immediately upon bis return
To the village Tarzan commenceo lna !. |.
, ine nreDarations for leading an expeol
!. lion in search Of the ruined city OF goI'
which old Waxiri had described to MIN
, Ha selected fifty of the sturdiest wal
riors Of his tribe. choosing only me-
who seemed anxious to accompany nin
an the arduous march and share tn
y dangers Of q new and hostile county,
= The fabulous wealth OF the laDle
= CITY had been almost constantly IN q
y mini since Waxiri had rec0unted IN
10 ,transe adventures Of the former exp
= ALTON which had stumbled upon CO
~ v..t ruins BY chance. The lure OF a
e venture may have been quite AZ pov
- erful 4 factor In urging Tarzan OF =
p Anes to undertake the journey az u
=. ~ lure Of gold, but the lure OF gold u.
:. there. too, for he had learned amol
= civilized men something OF the mifscl'
!. that may be wrought by the possess'
of the magic yellow metal. what
% vonld do with golden fortune In q
- ho.rt OF savage Africa 1t had not 9
q crrred tn him to consider-it would
~ .ronrh to possess the power to wo
wonders. even though he never nao
.,a opportunity to employ It :.
-. So one glorious tropical mornl'
!. waxiri. chief of the Waztri. GET OUT
y = the head Of fifty clean hmDeo co
= varriors in quest Of adventure ana
r,ches. They followed the course wnl
~ IA waziri had described to Tatzs
Tor DAYS they marched-up one nv
~ .crns. Z low divide. down anotn
~ river. no q third, until at the emo
the twenty-fifth day they camped up
: mountainside. from the summit
~ =. hitch they hoped to catch their ~
re. v,ev of the marvellous city Of treasu
-. .ss Early the next morning they n.
80 40 climbing the almost perpendicular c.s
~ which formed the last. but greaoe
la.l r.tural barrier between them ana u
destination. 1t was nearly noon Det'
lns Tarzan. who headed the thin Hne
III, eM,,h,no warriors, scrambled over
= VI ton Of the last clin and stood upon
little dat tableland of the mountain {
sn On. either hand lowered mighty PEI
near thousands Of feet higher than the p
ace. through which they were entering
'ous forbidden valley. Behind him stretcl
pom the wooded valley across which q
lme had marched for many days, and az
a.ns onposite side the low range VIZ
the marked the boundary OF their 9