The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-18


Don't fail to read the sequel to this
great story, "The Return of Tarzan."
which will begin as soon as this story
is finished.
speak only the language OF my tribe
inc great apes who were Kerchak's. ana
a little OF the languages Of Tautor. tho
elephant, and Numa, the lion. ana Of The
other folks Of the jungle | understand
with a human being l have never sDoken
except once with Jane Porter by staps
This is the first time | have spoken with
another Of my kind through written words.
DArnot was mystided. 1t seemed
incredible that there lived upon the
earth n full grown man who had never
spoken with a fellow man and still
more preposterous that such a one
could read and write.
He looked again at TarZan's mes
sage-'except once with Jane Por-
ter" That was the American girl who
had been carried into the jungle by a
gorilla.
A sudden light commenced to dawn
on D'Arnot. This. then. was the go
rilla." He seized the pencil and wrote:
Where is Jane Porter?
And Tarzan replied below:
Back with her people in the cabin OF
Tarzan of the apes.
D'Arnot wrote:
She is not dead. then? Where was she?
What happened to her?
TarZan answered:
Oh a.. - 49, CT -.
koz to be his wife. Tarzan Of the apes
took her away from Terkoz and killed
him before he could harm her.
None in all the jungle may face Tarzan
of the apes in battle and live. l am Tar
IAN Of the apes mighty fighter.
D'Arnot wrote:
I am glad she is safe. 1t pains me to
write. l will rest awhile.
And then Tarzan:
Yes, rest. When you are well 1 shall
take you back to your people.
For many days D'Arnot lay upon his
bed Of soft ferns. The second day a
fever had come. and D'Arnot thought
that it meant infection and he knew
that he would die.
He called TarZan and indicated by
SlSuS LIliJ HC NOuli Nlltc, anu W llcu
Tarzan had fetched the bark and pen
Gil D'Aruot wrote:
Can you go to my people and lead them
here? l will write a message that you
may take to them. and they will follow
you.
Tarzan shook his head and, taking
the bark, wrote:
l thought OF that the frs. day. l dared
not. The great apes come often to this
spot. If they found you here wounded
and alone they would kill you.
D'Arnot turned on his side and
closed his eyes. He did not wish to
die. but he felt that he was going, for
the fever was mounting higher and
higher. That night he lost conscious
ness.
For three days he was in delirium.
and Tarzan sat beside him and bathed
his head and hands and washed his
wounds.
On the fourth day the fever broke as
suddenly as it had come, but it left
D'Arnot a shadow of his former self
and very weak. TarZan had to lift him
that he might drink from the gourd.
The fever had not been the result Of
infection, as D'Arnot had thought, but
one Of those that commonly attack
whites in the jungles of Africa and eli
Their kill or leave them as suddenly as
D'Arnot's had left him.
Two days after they sat beneath the
shade of a great tree, and Tarzan
found some smooth bark that they
might converse.
D'Arnot wrote:
What can l do to repay you for all that
you have done for me?
TarZan wrote in reply:
Teach me to speak the language OF
men.
And so D'Arnot commenced at once,
pointing out familiar objects n re-
peating their names in French, for he
thought that it would be easier 70
teach this man his OWL language, since
he understood it himself best of all.
1t meant nothing to Tarzan. of
course, for be could not tell Il Ian
guage from another, so when he point
ed to the word man" which he had
printed upon Il piece of bark he learn
ed from D'Arnot that 1t was pronounc-
ed "homme," and in the same way he
was taught to pronounce ape SINCE
and tree "arbre."
He was q most eager student and In
two more days had mastered so much
French that he could speak little SEN
fences such as THAT is a tree" This
is grass" II am hungry" and the
like. but D'Arnot found that 1t was
difficult to teach him the French con-
struction upon Il foundation Of Eng
lish.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Lost Treasure.