Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-26

Tarzan tired Of it as he found that
singShip meant the curtailmpnt of his
liberty. He longed for the little cabin
and the sun kissed sea. for the cool in
terror Of the well built house and for
the I've ending wonders of the many
books.
AS he had grown older he found
that he had grown away from his peo-
pie. Their interests and his We're far
removed. They had not kept pace with
him. nor could they understand anght
Of the many strange and wonderful
dreams that passed through the active
brain Of their humar king
Had kala lived Tarz..n would have
sacrificed all else to remain near her,
but now she was dead. and. the playful
friends of his childhood grown into
surly brutes. he felt that he much pre-
ferred the peace and solitude of his
cabin to the irksome duties Of leader
ship among a horde of wild beasts.
The hatred and Jealousy of Terkoz.
son of Tublat. did much to counteract
the effect of Tarzan's desire to re-
nounce his kingship among the apes.
for, stubborn young Englishman that
he was. he could not bring himself to
retreat in the face of so malignant an
enemy.
That Terkoz would be chosen lead
er in his stead he knew full we'll. for
time and again the ferocious brute had
established his claim to physical SUI
premacy over the few bull apes who
had dared resent his savage bullying.
Tarzan would have liked to subdue
the beast without recours to knife
or arrows. So much had his great
strength and agility increased in the
period following his maturity that he
had come to believe that he might
master the redoubtable Terkoz in a
hand to hand fight were it not for
the terrible advantage the a~nthropoid's
huge fighting fangs gave him over the
poorly armed Tarzan.
One day the tribe was feeding quiet
ly. spread over a considerable area
when a great screaming rose some
distance east of where Tarzan lay upon
his belly beside a limpid brook. at
tempting to catch an elusive fish II
his quick brown hands.
With one accord the tribe swung rap
idly toward the frightened cries ant
there found Terkoz holding an old fe
male by the hair and beating her I'm
mercifully with his great hands.
AS TarZan approached he raised hi
, hand aloft for Terkoz to desist. for thu
female was not his, but belonged to
poor old ape whose fighting days wer'
long over and who therefore could no
protect his family.
TerkoZ knew that it was against tn
laws Of his kind to strike the womal
of another: but. being a bully. he ha'
taken advantage OF the weakness .
the females husband to chastise he
because she had refused to give up t
him a tender Young rodent she ha'
captured.
When Terkoz saw TarZan approach
ing without his arrows he continued
belabor the poor woman III Il Stndle
effort to aifront his hated chieftain. 2
TarZan did not repeat his warnln
signal. but instead rushed boldly npo
the waiting Terkoz.
Never had the ape man fought S
terrible a battle since that long Son
day when the great king gorilla ha
so horribly m~anhandled him ere tn
new found knife had. by acciden
pricked the savage heart.
Tarzan's knife on the present occ:
sion but barely offset the gleamin
fangs of Terkoz. and what little az
vantage the ape had over the man
i, brute strength was almost balanced b
the latter's wonderful quickness an
agility.
In the sun total of their points. how
ever the anthropoid had a shade tt
better of the battle. and had thel
q been no other personal attribute to il
fuence the final outcome Tarzan {
the apes. the young Lord Greystok
r would have died as he had lived--a
unknown savage beast in %equatori
n Africa.
But there was that which had raise
t him far above his fellows of the jungl
that little spark which spells the va
difference between man and brute
reason. This it was that saved hi
from death beneath the iron muscl'
and tearing fangs of Terkoz.
Scarcely had they fought a dozt
seconds ere they were rolling upon II
ground. striking. tearing and rending
u two great savage beasts battling to Il
: death.
=. TerkoZ had u dozen knife wounds
~ head and breast, and Tarzan was to-
= and bleeding, his scalp in n pIa
:, half torn from his head. so that
great piece hung down over n ey
q %obstructing his vision.
~ But so far the young Englishm;
~, had been able to keep the horrit
fangs from his jugular, and, as th
~ fought less tiercely for a moment to
- gain their breath. Tarzan formed
cunning plan. He would work his W
ID to the others back and. clinging the
with tooth and nail. drive his kn1
,S home until Terkoz was 10 more.
The maneuver was accomplish
y, more easily than he had hoped. for t
stupid beast. not knowing what T;