The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-03-26
CHAPTER ~.
q Jungle Battle.
.IlE pictures In the books which
Idrlan found ia the cabin In.
u tercsted him greatly

IL N'i'NtNN uith SlNNtl..
There were many apes with
faces similar to his own. ana Farther
over i'm the booS he found under M
s1n.c little monkeys such as he saw
daily tiittiug through tile trees OF his
primevul forest But nCwucre was bic
turrd amy of his own people In an
the bruS WAS none thSt rcsemblcd Ker-
chalk on Tublat or l[ala
AZ first be tried to pick the little ry.
uf's from the paper but be soon saw
tmt they were not real. though he
lNcw not what they might be- nor had
he amy words 90 describe them
The boats ana trains ana cows and
hotSos were quite meaningless to him.
bun not quite so battling as the odd 1T
l.c lieurcr which appeared beneath ana
between the colOrpd pictures - some
strange kind of hscs he thought they
might be. for many OF them had Ices.
though nowhere could he lnd one with
eyes and a moUih. II was his first i'm.
reduction TO the letters Of the alpha.
bet. aud he was over ten years old.
or course he had never before seen
print. or never had spoken with any
living thing which bad ihe remotest
idea that such thing as written tan.
gmGc existed, aud never had he seen
amy one reading
- what wonder that the little boy
was quite ant 81 loss 10 guess the mean.
Inc &c ,hese strange figures
Nras the buck az the book tie found
his old enemy SGbnr. the tiger and.
jH#t above him, co.led Mistah. The
su1Ec
On. d WAS most emgrossing! Never
"e.ore in all his ten years had he en-
j'yed anything so mach. So absorbed
UaS me that lie did rot note the an
p-'aching dusk until II was quite upon
him
re rus the book back in tic cup
board and closed the door. for ne did
Nr, wish any one else 20 find and de-
siroy his treasure, and u lie went out
INTO the gathering darkness he closed
ihe great door Of the cabin behind him
as 1t had been before he discovered the
secret of its lock. but before he left he
had noticed the hunting knife lying
whore he had thrown IL upon the door.
and this he picked up and took with
him 20 show 10 his fellows
He had taken scarce dozen stems
toward the Jungle when great form
rose zap before him from the shadows
~ "a low bush
At first he thought il was one or his
"Nn people, but IN another instant he
a"iiZed maj II was huge gorilla
So close was he ihat there was no
chance for eight and lltic Tarzan
knew that he must stand and tight for
his life, Tor these great beasts were the
G"odlN enemies OF his tribe and neither
one u"r the other ever asked or gave
quarter
Had Tnran been a full grown bull
ape uf the species OF his tribe he would
have been more than match for The
gorilla but being only Il little English
hoy though enormously muscular for
such. lac stood no show against his cruel
Wlia-Onisi iu his veins. however,
Bowed lle blood Of the best OF a race
of mighty lighters and back OF This
Wa+ thr iyualu" OF his short lifetime
among thc fierce biutes OF The Jungle
He knew no fclr. RS We Know fl: his
heart beat tlU faster. but from the cx.
itemcnt and e&hiluration of adventure
iad the opportunity presented Itself
hc would h1rc escaped. but solely lie.
cause his judgment told him he was no
match for The great thing which con.
froutel l.u And as Tight was ont Of
TIE Question he faced the gorilla
S1uarc'y and brayely without IL trcmor
90 q uelv muscle or any sign Of panic.
In fact he met the brute midway in
.is charge striking It's huge BODY with
Dds closed f'.a ana rs futilely as II he
DAD been % rs attacking an elephant
Eut in one hand me still clutchcd The
Knife hr had found and as The brute.
striking anil biting closed upon him
ihe hoy Accidentally turned the point
toward the hairy breast
- uf drcU into the body OF him
.a" gorilla hricked In pain md rage
I'nt f1c '} hJ lr1~ucd in that hricf
.'cnnd % use Tor DTS sharp ana shining
'H. ' t1si rs t.l tearing striking
H" Hra--a1 him TO earth lo plunged
.he blade reuoa eddy into IT'S breast
Ita gorilla. nghirg after the man
.of NO IFS Kind truck terrific blows
"IIh 'ls open h1ud ana tore fha Gssh
100 ODE boy throa md chest with IT'S
rirhtr tasks
I"r poment they rolled upon the
-rouHd iu ODD" arr.c frenzy of combat
More md m'fc wealthy the torn ana
''rrlIH gr. ~trr.s home with The
lrp hlodo them me ituc Gprre
n.1 with q spnsmodc lcrl, and
the voting Lord Greystoke,
ousr'oss upon the dead and de-
- inns vegetation which carpcted his
3o-e.e Tome
"A iIc 1arl; In the forest The tribe
ri H"td- the fierce challenge Of the
..Hnd. Js was IBIS custom when
dh-cr threatened. Eerchab called
n pfope together partly for MUTUAL
protection against common enemy.
since this gorilla might be but one Of
several and niso to see that nll mem.
ner Of the Vibe- were ACCOUNTED FOR. "