Devils Lake world., 1914-12-31


they have landed and left us.
They sailed away with the treasure to-
day, but Mr. Clayton says they will meet
with :; fate similar to the mutineers OF
the ancient galleon. because King, the
only man aboard who knew aught of nav
igation, WIS murdered on the beach by
one of the mon the day we landed.
wish you could know MI. Clayton. He
is the dearest fellow imaginable, and, UNI
less | am mistaken, he has fallen very
much in love with poor little me.
He is the only son of Lord Greystolie
aud some day will inherit the title and
estates In addition, he is wealthy in his
own right. But the fact that he is going
to be an English lord makes ME very sad.
You know what my sentiments have al
ways been relative to American girls who
married titled foreigners. Oh, if he were
only a plain American gentlcman
But it isn't his fault poor fellow, and in
everything except birth he would do cred
it to my darling Old country, and that is
the greatest compliment l know how to
pay any man.
We have had the most weird experiences
since we were landed herc-papa and Mr..
Phlandcr lost in the jungle and chased
by n real lion; Mr.. Clayton lost and at
tackled twice by wild beasts; Esmeralda
and l coynered in an old cabin by a per-
fectly awful man eating tiger! Oh, it was
simply "terrical," as Esmeraida would
say!
But the srangest part of it all is the
wonderful creature who rescued us all.
have not seen him. but MI Clayton and
papa and Mr.. Phlandcr have, and they
say that he is a perfectly godlike white
man tanned to {, dusky brown, with the
strength of Il wild elephant, the agility of
monkey and the bravery of Il lion.
He speaks nc English and vanshes as
quickly and as mysteriously after he has
performed some va!orous deed as though
he were a disembodjed spirit.
Then We have another weird neighbor,
who printed beautiful sign in English
and tackled 1t on the door of his cabin,
which we have pre-empted, warning us to
destroy none of his belongings and sign
ing himself "TarZan of the Apes
We have never seen him, though we
think he is about. for one Of the sailors
who was going to shoot Mr.. Clayton in
the back received a spear in his shoulder
from some unseen hand in the jungle.
The sailors left us but a meager supply
Of food. so, as we have only a single re-
volver with but three cartridges left in it,
We do not know how we can procure meat,
though Mr.. Philander says that we can
exist indefinitely on the wild fruit and
nuts which abound in the jungle
an. very tired now, so I shall so to my
funny bed Of grasses which Mr.. Clayton
gathered for me, but vii! add to this from
day to day as things happen. Lovingly,
JANE PORTER
To Hazel Strong, Baltimore Maryland.
TarZan sat in Il brown study for q
long time after he finished reading the
! letter. 1t was filled With so many new
and wonderful things that his brail
was in Il wl,irl as he attempted to di
gest them all.
| So they did not know that he was
| Tarzan Of the apes. He would tell them
In his tree he had constructed a rude
shelter OF leaves and boughs, beneatl
which. protected from the rain, he ha(
placed the few treasures brought from
the cabin. Among these were some
pencils.
He took one. and beneath Jane Por
ter's signature he wrote. "I am Tarza1
Of the apes"
He thought that would be sufficient
Later he would return the letter to thl
cabin.
In the matter of food, thought Tar
zan, they had no need to worry-h'
would provide, and he did.
The next morning Jane Porter fount
her missing letter in the exact spo
from which it had disappeared tw'
nights before. She was mystified, bu
when she saw the printed words be
meath her signature she felt chill ru!
up her spine. She showed the letter
or rather the last sheet with the sigma
ture, to Clayton.
"To think" she said, "that uncann
thing was probably watching me a!
the time that I was writing-oo!
makes me shudder just to think of 1t.
"But he must be friendly" reas
sured Clayton, ''for he has returne
your letter. nor did he offer to harr
you, and unless am mistaken he lei
very substantial memento Of hi
friendship outside the cabin door las
night, for just found the carcass Of
wild boar there as came OUT
From then on scarcely day passe
that did not bring its offering of gan
or other food. Sometimes it was
young deer, again quantity Of strane
cooked food, cassava cakes pilfere
from the village of 1bonga, or boa
or leopard, and once lion.
Tarzan derived the greatest pleasu
Of his life in hunting meat for the
4 strangers. It seemed to him that I
pleasure on earth could compare Wi
laboring for the welfare and protectit
of the beautiful white girl.
Some day he would venture into Il
camp in daylight and talk with the
people through the medium of the lit
bugs which were familiar to them al
to Tarzan.
But he found it difficult to overcon
the timidity Of the wild thing of t
forest, and so day followed day wit
out seeing fulfllment Of his good
tentons.
The party in the camp, embolden
by familiarity, wandered farther al
J farther into the Jungle in search