Devils Lake world., 1914-12-03

printed on IT several lines OF strong.
we'll made, almost letter perfect char
acters.
This notice he stuck upon the door
with small sharp splinter of wood.
| Then. gathering up his precious tin
box. his arrows and as many bows
and spears as he could carry, he has
| tened out of doors and disappeared
into the forest.
When the two boats were beached
upon the sivery sand it was strange
assortment of humanity that clam
i bercd ashore
Some twenty souls in all there were
if the fifteen rough and villainous ap-
pearing seamen could have been said
to possess that immortal spark since
they were. forsooth. a most filthy and
bloodthirsty looking aggregation.
The others of the party We're Of diff
ferent stamp.
One was an elderly man with white
hair and large trimmed spectacles. His
Slightly stopped shoulders were draped
in an i'll fitting though immaculate
frock coat. A shiny silk hat added to
the incongruity of his garb in an Afri-
can jungle.
The second member of the party was
a tall young mar in white ducks. while
directly behind came another elderly
man with very high forehead and
fussy, excitable manner.
After these came a huge negress
clothed like Solomon as to colors. her
great eyes rolling in evident terror
first toward the jungle and then to-
ward the cursing band of sailors who
were removing the bales and boxes
from the boats.
The last member Of the party to dis
embark was u girl of about nineteen.
and it was the young man who stood
at the boats bow to lift her high and
dry upon land. She gave him a brave
and pretty smile Of thanks.
In silence the party advanced toward
the cabin. 1t was evident that. what
ever their intentions. all had been de-
cided upon before they left the ship.
They came to the door, the sailors
carrying the boxes and bales. follow
, ed by the five who were of so different
!, class. Then the men put down their
burdens. and then one caught sight of
the notice which Tarzan had posted.
"Io, mates.' he cried. "What's here?
This sign was not posted an hour ago
or I'll eat the cook"
The others gathered about. craning
their necks over the shoulders of those
before them, but as few of them could
read at all. and then only after the
a most laborious fashion. one finally
! turned to the little old man Of the top
hat and frock coat.
Hi, perfesser," he called. "step for.
'rd and read the bloomin' notice." 81.
| Adjusting his spectacles, the profes
sor read aloud:
n THIS is THE HOUSE OF TARzAN
THE KILLER OF BEASTS AND MANY Y
!. BLACK MEN.
Do NOT HARM THE THINGS wH1cE
), ARE TARZANS. e.5.fT, r
2 TARTAN WATCHES.
TARZAN OF THE APES.
|, "Who the devil is Tarzan:" cried the
b sailor who had before spoken.
q "He evidently speaks English" sale
n the young man. III
t "But what does Tarzan Of the apes
4 mean?" cried the girl.
II do not know. Miss Porter" re
t Piled the young man, unless we have
y discovered runaway simian from thu
: London zoo. who has brought back {
n European education to his jungle home
8 What do you make Of it, Professo
Porter?" he added. turning to the ole
e man.
l. II reckon the daffy old bounde
: don't know no more'n we do about it.
growled the rat faced sailor.
a keep civil tongue in your head
l. cried the young man. his face palm!
y in anger at the insulting tone Of tn
= sailor. you've murdered our officer
,. ,. and robbed us. We are absolutely il
;, your power: but. so help me. you'll
- treat Professor Porter and Miss Por
ter with respect or III break that necl
Of yours with my bare hands-guns O
:, no guns"
William Cecil Clayton stepped S
y close to the rat faced sailor that tn
latter. though he bore two revolver
> and villainous looking knife in hi
belt, skunk back abashed.
d "You coward!" cried the young mar
Y you've never dared shoot man unit
e his back was turned. You don't dar
8 shoot me even then"
He turned his back full upon tn
!. sailor and walked nonchalantly away.
It The sailors hand crept slyly to tn
it butt of one of his revolvers; his wicke
,. eyes glared vengefully at the retreat
d ing form Of the young Englishmar
]. What he would have done will neve
e be known. for there was another fac
d tor abroad. Two keen eyes had watch
t. ed every move Of the party from tn
foliage Of a nearby tree. Tarzan ha
a seen the surprise caused by his notice
!. and while he could understand nothin
d Of the spoken language of thes
J. strange people their gestures and ia
cial expressions told him much.
ID The act Of the little rat faced sailo
er in killing one of his comrades ha
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