The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-16

For moment there WAS no reply.
and Tarzan added few more ounces
or pressure. which elected n horrified
Shrek OF pain FROM the great beast.
! "Ka-godaf" repeated Tarzan.
"Ka-godar' cried Terkoz.
Listen" said Tarzan. easing up n
tribe. but not releasing bis hold. Il
am Tarzan. king OF the apes. mighty
hunter. mighty Bghter. In all the Jun.
gle there Is none so great
/ You have said 'Ea. CODA to me
All the tribe have heard. Quarrel no
more with your king or your people.
for next time I shall kill You. DO you
understands"
Hub" assented TarkoZ
And you are satisfied"
Huh" said the ape
Tarzan let him mp. and I'm Il few
minutes all were back at their voca.
lions as though naught had occurred
to mar the tranquility OF their prime
val forest haunts
But deep In the minds OF the apes
was rooted the conviction that Tarznn
was O mighty fighter and strange
creature-strange because be had had
1t In his power to kill his enemy. hut
had allowed him TO live. unframed
That afternoon as the tribe came to.
gether. MS was their wont after dark
ness settled on the jungle. Tarzan his
wounds washed In the limpid waters
or the little stream. called the old
, males about him.
you have seen again today that
TarZan or the apes is the greatest
among you" be said
Huh" they replied with one voice
'rarzan Is great"
"TarZan." he continued. lis not an
ape. He is not like his people His
ways are not their ways. and so Turzan
Is going back To the lair of his own
kind by the waters OF the great lake
/ which has no farther shore. You must
choose another TO rule yon Tarzan
will not return"
And thus young Lord Greyst oke took
the drst step toward the goal which he
bad set himself the finding OF other
white men like himself
The following morning Taruan. lame
and sore from the wounds OF his bat.
tie with rerkoz. set ont toward The
west and the SeacunSt
lie Travelled very slowly, sleeping In
the jungle ut night and reaching his
cabin late the following morning.
For several days he moved about but
little, only enough to gather what fruit
and nuts he required 10 satisfy the de-
nnnds of hunger.
In ten days he was quite sound
again except for II terrible. half healed
scar which. starting above his left eye.
ran across the top OF his head. ending
Mt the right ear. 1t was the mark lief,
by TerkoZ when he had torn the scalp
away.
During his convalescence Tarzan
tried to fashion mantle from the
skin OF SAILOR. the tiger which had
lain all this time in the cabin But he
found the hide dried as stiff as a
board. and. us he knew naught or tan.
ming. he was forced TO abandon his
cherished plan.
Then he determined TO lilch what
few garments he could from one of the
black men OF Mbonga'S village. for he
had decided TO mark his elevation
from the lower orders in every posi-.
BILE manner. and nothing seemed TO
him more distinguishing badge OF
manhood than ornaments and clothing
TO this end. therefore. he collected
the various arm and leg ornaments he
bad taken from the black warriors VINO
nad succumbed TO his swift ana silent
moose and donnPd them all
About his neck hung the golden chain
from which depended the diamond in
crusted lOcket of his mother. the Lady
Alice. A his back was IL CULVER of ar
rows slung from leaihern shoulder
belt. another piece OF loot from some
vanquished black
about bis waist was belt OF tiny
strips OF rawhidc fashioned 10y himself
as support for the homemade scab-
bard IN which hung his fathers hunt.
ing knife. The long bow which mad
been Kulongas hung over his left
shoulder
The young Lord Greystoke was in
deed strange and warlike figure. his
mass or black hair falling to his Shout.
ders behind and cut with his hunting
knife TO rude bang upon his fore
head. that II might not fail before his
eyes
Hair was commencing To grow upon
his face. All the apes had hair upon
,neirs. but the black men were entirely
Hairless. with very few exceptions.
True. be had seen pictures In his
books or men with great masses CT
hair upon lip and check and chin: but.
nevertheless, Tarzan wns afraid Al
most daily he whetted bis keen knife
and scraped aud whitfield at his young
beard to eradicate this degrading en-
biem Of apebood
And so he learned TO shave, rudely
and painfully. II is true, but neverthe-
less effectively.
CHAPTER VII