The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-16


terrible a battle since that long gone
day when the great king gorilla had
SO horribly m%anhandled him ere the
new found knife had. by accident.
pricked the savage heart.
Tarzan's knife on the present occa
sion but barely Offset the cleaning
fangs Of Terkoz, and what little ad
vantage the ape had ver the man In
brute strength was almost balanced by
the latter's wonderful quickness and
agility.
In the sum total of their points, how
ever. the anthropoid had a shade the
better Of the battle, and had there
been no other personal attribute to in
fluence the final outcome Tarzan of
the apes, the young Lord Greystoke.
would have died as he had lived-an
unknown savage beast in equatorial
Africa.
But there was that which had raised
him far above his fellows Of the jungle.
that little spark which spells the vast
difference between a and brute
reason. This 1t was that saved him
from death beneath the iron muscles
and tearing fangs of ,Terkoz.
Scarcely had they fought a dozen
seconds ere they were rolling upon the
ground. striking. tearing and rending -
two great savage beasts battling to the
death.
Terkoz had a dozen knife wounds on
head and breast, and Tarzan was torn
and bleeding. his scalp In one place
half torn from his head. SO that a
great piece hung down over one eye,
obstruct1ng his vision.
But SO far the young Englishman
had been able to keep the horrible
fangs from his jugular, and. as they
fought less 6ercely for a moment to re-
gain their breath. Tarzan formed n
cunning plan. He would work his way
to the others back and. clinging there
with tooth and nail. drive his knife
home until Terkoz was no more.
The maneuver a accomplished
more easily than he had hoped. for the
stupid beast. not knowing what Tar.
zan was attempting. made no partir.
ular effort to prevent the accomplish
ment Of the design.
But when finally he realized that his
antagonist was fastened to him where
his teeth and fists alike were useless
against him Terkoz hurled himself
about upon the ground SO violently
that Tarzan could but cling desperate
ly to the leaping. turning. twisting
body. and ere he had struck a blow
the knife was hurled from his hand by
a heavy impact against the earth.
Tarzan found himself defenseless.
During the rollings and squirmings
Of the next few minutes Tarzan's hold
was loosened a dozen times. until final
ly an accidental circumstance Of those
swift and ever changing %evolutionS
gave him a new hold with his right
hand, which he soon realized was alb
solutely unassailable.
His arm was passed beneath Ter
koZ's arm from behind. and his hand
and forearm encircled the back Of Ter
koz's neck. 1t was the half nelson Of
modern wrestling which the %untaught
ape man had stumbled upon, but d.
vine reason showed him in an instant
the value of the thing he had discov-
cred. 1t was the difference to him be-
tween life and death.
And so he struggled to encompass a
similar hold with the left hand. In a
few moments Terkoz's bull neck was
creaking beneath a full nelson.
There was no more lunging about
now. The two lay perfectly still upon
back. Slowly the bullet head of the
ape was being forced lower and lower
upon his chest.
Tarzan knew what the result would
be-. In an instant the neck would
break. Then there came to Terkoz's
rescue the same thing that had put
him in these sore straits-a mans rea-
soning power.
IF l kill him." thought TarZan.
what advantage will 1t be to met
Will 1t not but rob the tribe of a great
fighter? And II Terkoz Is dead he will
know nothing Of my supremacy. while
alive he will be IN example to the 9th
er apes"
"Ka-goda?' Kissed Tarzan In Ter,
koz's ear. which in ape tongue means.
freely translated. do you surrender
For a moment there was no reply,
and Tarzan added a few more ounces
Of pressure. which elected a horriied
shrek of pain from the great beast.
"Ka-godaY' repeated Tarzan.
"Ka-godaw cried Terkoz.
Listen" said Tarzan. easing up a
trifle. but not releasing his hold. i
am Tarzan. king of. the apes. mighty
hunter. mighty fighter. In all the jun
gle there Is none SO great.
You have said 'Ka-goda' to me
All the tribe have heard. Quarrel no
more with your king or your people,
for NEXT time I shalt kiln you. Do you
understand"