The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
copyriaft. lels. bv W. C. cI1apEnan
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.-i sifs5s8l lluderstand He has for fefted all clairn upon your love. loyalty and respect He is a menace to your life and honor and to the Hfe'and honor of yonr husband l trust that you may never regret ehaHpioning him."
 <1 do not champion him, Raou1," she interrupted Fehemently. "I believe that I hate him as much as you do but, oh, Ra0uf, blood is thicker than water. 7 : .1 should today have liked to sam. pie the consistency of his," growled De Coude grimly. tsgThe two deliberate iy attempted to besfnirch my honor, OIga-1 And then he told her of all that had happened in the smoking room
 Late the following afternoon Ro1zof and Patilritch were standing oIt deck at point which was temporarily de serted As Tarzan came upon them they were in heated argument with woman. Tarzan noted that she was well .nodeied figure denoted youth, but as siid vas 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 Rokof 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 q promise from her through torture Then steel fingers gripped his shoul- der, and he was swung unceremonious- ly around, to meet the cold, gray eyes of the stranger who had thwarted him on the previous day.
 sAThis is my answer to your note. monsieur,r said Tarzan in low voice. And he hurled the fellow from him with such force that Rokon lunged sprawling against the rail.
 Name of a namer' shrieked Rokof- Pig, but you shall die for thisi'' And, springing to his feet, he rushed upon Tarzan, tugging the neanwhile to draw 8 revolver from his hip pocket. The girl shrank back in terror.
 ssNikolasr' she cried. Do not-oh; do not do thati Quick, monsieur, fly, or he will surely kill you.' But in meet the fellow .tDo not make a fool v
 RokoG at last succeeded in drawing the revolver He deliberately raised 1t to Tarzan's breast and pulled the trigger The hammer fell with a futile click on an empty chamber; the ape mans hand shot out like the head of an angry python, there was a quick wrench, and the revolver sailed far out across the ships rail and dropped Into the Atlantic
 For a moment the two men stood there facing one another. Rokofr had regained his self possession. He was the first to speak.
 Twice now has monsieur seen fit tc interfere in matters which do not con cern him. If monsieur does not know who Nicolas Rokof is, this last piece of afrrontery will insure that monsieur later has good reason to remember aim.'
 That you are coward and scoun areI. monsieur" replied Tarzan, .sis all that care to know of you.'' Anl he turned to ask the girl if the maI Theny without even glance toward Rokof and his companion, he contin ned his stroll along the deck
 Tarzan could not but wonder wha manner of conspiracy was on foot ol what the scheme of the two meI might be. On the wonnan's finger b, had noticed a ring of peculiar work manship. He determined to note th. fingers of the women passengers h. came upon thereafter that he migh discover the identity of her whom Ro Son was prosecuting.