The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

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 1.-Two vessels passed in the strait of Gibraltar. The smaller. tim white yacht. was speeding toward the east, and on her deck sat 8 young woman who gazed with sad eyes upon dia- mond studded locket which she idly fingered Her thoughts were far away in the dim, leafy fastness of tropical jungle, and her heart was with her thoughts.
 She wondered if the man who had meant so much more to him than the intrinsic value which he had not even znown could ever have meant to him., vas back in his savage forest
 And upon the deck of the larger yes ! el, passenger steamer, also passing toward the east, the man sat with an other young woman, and the two idly speculated upon the identity of the dainty craft gliding So gracefully through the gentle swell Of the lazy sea.
 when the yacht had passed the man resumed the conversation that her ap- pearance had broken off.
 .sYes,v he said, esI like America very much. met some very delightful peo- pie while was there: recall one family from your own city, Miss Strong, whom liked particularly Rro1esscr Porter and his daughter.s 2
 sJsne Porteri, exclaimed the girl. sDo you mean to tell me that you know Jane Porter9 Why. she is the very best friend have in the world. We are as dear to each other as sis ters, and now that I am going to lose her I am almost heartbroken z
 aGeing to loss herg' exclaimed Tar gan. Why. what do you mean? Oh, yes understand You mean that now that she is married and living in England you win seldom. if ever. see her..
 ssYes, replied the girl And the eaddest part of itl all is that she Is not ying the man she leves. Oh, it is terrible Marrying from 3 sense of duty think it is perfectly wicked and told her so. But Jane Porter has convinced herself that she is doing the only honorable thing that she can do, and nothing in the world will prev ent her from narr ying Lord Grey stoke ex- cept Greystoke himself or death. r
 s1 am sorry for her, said TaTzan.
 And am sorry for the man she 1oves,' said the girl, for he loves her never met him, but from what lane tells me he must be a very wonderful person. It seams that he was born in an African Jungle ana brought up by fierce, anthropoid apes. He had never seen white man or woman until Pro fessor Porter and his party were ma ! rooned on the coast right at the thresh- old Of bis tiny cabin He saved them from all manner of terrible beasts and accomplished the most wonderful feats imaginable and then to cap the climax i he fell In love with Jane and she with him, though she never really knew il ! for sure until she had promised herself to Lord Greystokes z
 Most remark abIe,,s murmured Tar gan, udgellng his brain for some pre- text upon which to turn the subject He delighted in hearing Hazel Strong 1 talk of Jane, but when he was tho ] subject of the conversation he was | bored and embarrassed. But he was soon given respite, for the girls 1 mother Joined them and the talk be came general.
 The next few days passed unevent 1 fully. The sea was quiet. The sky was clear. The steamer plowed stead ! fly on toward the south without pause l One day Tarzan found MIss Strong II 1 Conversation with stranger, mar he had not seen on board before Al he approached the couple the man bow ed to the girl and turned to walk away l Wait, M Thuran, 7 said Miss Strong tsyou must meet Mir. Caldwell We ar. all fellow passengers and should be ac qualnted.
 I The two men shock hands. As Tar gan looked into the eyes of M. Thural he was struck by the strange familiar ity of their expression.
 M Thuran appeared Ill at east Tar gan paid little heed to the conversation that ensHed he was attempting to re call where he had met M. Thuran be
 fore. That 1t had been under pecuIia
 circumstances he was positive. Pres
 ently the suns reached them and tn girl asked M Thuran to move he
 chair further back into the shade. Tai gan happened to be watching the ma
 at the time and noticed the awkwar
 manner in which he handled the chai
 his left wrist was stiff That cley
 was sufhcient-a sudden train of asse
 ciated ideas did the rest
 M. Thuran had been trying to find a
 excuse to make a graceful departur
 The lull in the conversation foIIoWin
 the moving of their position gave hil an opportunity to make his excuses \ Rowing low to Miss Strong and il
 clfning his head to Tarzan, he turne
 to leave them
 .sJust a moment, said Tarzan. ss
 Miss Strong will pardon me I will a
 company you. shall return in m
 ment, Miss Strong.
 M Thuran looked uncomfortab ab1 Il When the two men had passed out { the girls sight, Tarzan stopped, layin
 heavy hand on the others shoulder.
 what is your game now, Rokof'
 he asked
 T am leaving France as promise
 you, " replied the other in a surly voic
 T see you are.' said Tarzan, ~but
 know you so well that can scarcel
 believe that your being on the san