The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

strange ending of strange duel Nane spoke until De Coude had quite finish ed; then he looked up at Tarzan.
 You are a very brave and chival-. rous gentleman" he said. s1 thank God that did not kill you.''
 De Coude was Frenchman. French men are impulsive. He threw his arms about Tarzan and embraced him. M. Flaubert embraced D'Arnot- There was no one to embrace the doctor. So possibly it was pique which prompted him to interfere and demand that he be permitted to dress Tarzan's wounds.
 This gentleman was hit once at least, he said, possibly thrice.
 Twice said Tarzan, .sonce in the left shoulder and again in the left side both flesh wounds, I think" But the doctor insisted upon stretching him him until the wounds were cleansed and the flow of blood checked.
 One result of the duel was that they all rode back to Paris together in DAT notss car, the best of friends. De Coude was so relieved to have had this double assurance of his wife's loyalty that he felt no rancor at all toward Tarzan 1t is true that the latter had assumed much more of the fault than was rightly his, but if he lied little he may be excused, for he lied in the service of a woman, and he lied like gentleman.
 The ape-man was confined to his bed for several days. He felt that it was foolish and unnecessary, but the doctor ahd D'Arnot took the matter so to heart that he gave in to please them, though it made him laugh to think of 1t
 sTt is droH," he said to D'Arnot, slto lie abed because of a pinprick! Why, when Bolgani, the king gorilla, tore me almost to pieces while was still but d little boy, did have a nice soft bed to lie on? No, only the damp, rotting vegetation Of the jungle. Hidden be- meath some friendly bush lay for days and weeks with sonlys Kala to nurse me-poor, faithful Ka1a, who kept the insects from my wounds and warned off the beasts of prey.
 aWhen I called for water she brought it to me in her own mouth-the only way she knew to carry it. There was no steriIized gauge, there was no anti septic banda agethere was nothing that would not have driven our dear doctor mad to have seen. Yet I recovered E9cOF efe0 to He In De0 because or a tiny scratch that one of the jungle folk would scarce realize unless it were upon the end of his nose.'
 But the time was soon over and be- fore he realized 1t Tarzan found him. self abroad again. Several times De Coude had called and when he found that Tarzan was anxious for employ ment of some nature he promised to see what could be done to find berth for him.
 It was the first day that Tarzan was permitted to go out and he received a message from De Coude requesting him to call at the counts office that after noon.
 He found De Coude awaiting him with a very pleasant welcome and a sincere reorganization that he was once more upon his feet. Neither had ever mentioned the duel or the cause of it since that morning upon the field of honor
 sI think that I have found just the thing for you. M- Tarzan,'' said the count .sIt is a position of much trust and responsibility, which also requires considerable physical courage and prowess. cannot imagine a man bet ter fitted than you. my dear M Tarzan for this very position It will neces s-s afF