The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-07-23

VIII not again interfere in affairs that do
not concern YOU | shall drop the matter.
otherwise but ! am sure that YOU will
see the wisdom Of adopting the course |
suggest. Very respectfully.
NlkOLAS ROKOFF
Tarzan permitted q grim smile to
play about his .IpS for a moment. then
he promptly dropped the matter from
his mind and went To bed.
In a nearby cabin the Countess de
Coude was speaking to her husband.
why SO grave. my dear Raoul?" she
asked. You have beeu as glum as
could be nil evening. What worries
you
Olga. Nikolas is on board. Did you
know it,
"Nlkolast' she exclaimed. But it
is Impossible. Raoul. 1t cannot be.
NikolaS is under arrest in Germany"
$50 / thought myself until | saw
him today-him and that other arch
s%coundrel, Paulvitch. Olga, | cannot
endure his persecution much longer
no, not even for you. Sooner or later
l Shall turn him over to the authori-
ties"
"Oh. no, Raoui.' cried the countess,
sinking to her knees before him as he
sat with bowed head upon a divan.
do not do that. Remember your prom
Use to me Tell me. Raoul. that YOU
will not do that. DO not ever threaten
him. RaOul."
IL canno understand. He has for
feitcd all claim upon your love, loyalty
and respect. He is Il menace TO your
life and honor and to the life and honor
of your husband. | trust that you may
never regret championing him.
Il do not champion him, Raoul," she
interrupted yehemcntIy. Il believe that
l hate him rs much as you do. but
oh, Raoul, blood is thicker than water"
II should today have liked to sam
pie the consistency Of his" grOwled
De Coude grimly. The two deliberate
ly attempted to besmirch my honor.
Olga And then he told her of all that
had happened in the smoking room.
Late the following afternoon Rokoff
and Paulvitch We're standing on deck
at a point which was temporarily de
serted. AS Tarzan came upon them
they were in heated argument with a
oma TarZan noted that she was
richly appareled and that her slender,
well modelled figure denoted youth, but
as she was heavily yelled he could not
discern her features.
The men were standing on either
side Of her. and the backs of all were
toward TarZan. so that he was quite
close to them without their being
aware OF his presence. He noticed that
Rokor seemed to be threatening, the
woman pleading, but they spoke in a
strange tongue, and he could only guess
from appearances that the girl was
afraid.
AS the ape-man hesitated the man
seized the woman roughly by the
wrist, twisting it as though to wiring
a promise from her through torture.
Then steel fingers gripped his shout
der. and he was swung unceremonious
ly around, to meet the cold, gray eyes
Of the stranger who had thwarted him
on the previous Jay.
This is my answer to your note.
monsieur" said TarZan in a low voice.
And he hurled the fellow from him
with such force that Rokoff lunged
spra wling against the rail.
Name Of q name!' shrieked Rokoff.
Pig. but you shall die for this And,
s%pringing to his feet. be rushed upon
Tarzan, Juggling the meanwhile to
draw a revolver from his hip pocket.
The girl shrank back in terror.
"Nikolas!.' she cried. DO notch,
do not do that! Quick, monsieur, fly.
or he will surely kill you" But in
stead of flying Tarzan advanced to
meet the fellow. DO not make a fool
Of yourself. monsieur" he said.
Rokoff at last succeeded in drawing
the revolver. He deliberately raised
it to Tarzan's breast and pulled the
trigger. The hammer fell with n futile
click on an empty chamber; the ape
mans hand shot out like the head of
an angry python there was Il quick
wrench. and the revolver sailed far
out across the sup ran anu uFoppeu
into the Atlantic.
For a moment the we men stood
there facing n another. RokOf had
rcgained his self possession. He was
the first To speak.
Twice now has monsieur seen fit to
interfere in matters which do not con
cen him. If monsieur does not know
Who NikolaS Rokoff is, this last piece
of a%ffrontery will insure that monsieur
Inter ha. good reason to remember
him"
That You are II coward and a scOun
died. monsieur replied TarZan. is
All that | care to know of YOU" And
be- turned 10 ask the girl if the man
h.i hurt her. but she had disappeared.
=. en. without ever u glance toward
I;ukoff and his companion. he contin-
l.l his stroll along the deck.
TarZan could not but wonder what
amer Of conspiracy was on foot or
what the scheme of the two men
tu.ght he. On the Woman'S finger he
h.d noticed Il ring of peculiar work
manship. He determined 10 note the
Gugers of the women passengers be
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