The evening world., 1914-01-19

smsreedon those stupendous skyscrap
81 the fair Countess settled herself
- resumed the magasins which no,
eDen her lap.
Her husband again buried himseI
Wsnosrmsnt that three days out fror
sealy have realised an admiration Il
eeatay Characterised ~ horrid.
Presently the Count put down his
oeek. 1T IL very tresome. Olga" he
I'D. II think that I shall hunt up some
Sahers who may be equally bored and
Of cards."
you are not very gallant. my hus-
NAnd. replied the young woman. smil-
ne, but A. ! am equally bored I can
torgavs you. Go and play at your tire.
eeme cards. then. II you will"
When he had gone she lst her eyes
wander slyiy TO the hgu.'s OF . tap
y6uns man stretched lastly In . chair
net far distant.
tMasnihQus!" she brsathsd once more.
The Countess Olga Dc Coude was
twenty. Her husband forty. She was q
very faithful and loyal wife. but a. she
had had nothing whatever to do with
a. All unlikely that she was not wildly
80 ,passlenately In love with the one
6lAe fate and her titled Russian father
Nd selected for her. However. simply
because she was surprised into . tiny
exclamation OF approval At sight OF .
Qlsndid young stranger II must not be
ldIsrrSd thsrefrom that her thoughts
were In any way disloyal to her spouse.
~ merely admired. as she might have
Admisod q partl ularly fine specimen Of
aay species. Furthermore. the young
HA In
O.
A. her furtivs glance rested upon his
Jrofils no rose to leave the deck. The
Countess de Couds beckoned to . pass
NJ steward.
''who 10 that Gentleman" she asked
"He II booked, madam. IS Monsieur
EArsan Of Africa" replied the steward.
g "Aather . large estate" thought the
~. but now her interest was Stil
further aroused.
" ~ Tarsan walked slowly toward the
Ap3Qking room he came unexpectedly
to4n two men whispering sxcitsdly Jus.
them not even Q passing thought but
~ ne strangely guilty glance that
enc Of them shot In his direction.
They reminded Tarxan Of mslodramatle
Villains he had seen at the theatres In
YARN Both were very dark, and this,
- connection with the shrugs and
GeeAlthy giances that accompanied their
paipahis intriguing. lent still greater
1Oreo 70 the similarity.
mTarsan entered the smoking room
ma sought . chair a little apart from
Shs others who were there H: felt IN
10 mood for conversation. and - no
GDpSd his absinth he let his mind run
rather sorrowfully over the past few
ISekS Of his life. Time and again he
f2d wondered II he had acted wisely
u rsnouncing his birthrlght to q man
XN,vhom be owed nothing. It 10 true
that hs liked Clayton. but-ah! but
SAat was not the question. II was not
M william Cecil Clayton. Lord Grey
StAke, that he had denied his birth. It
XRs for the woman whom both ne ana
Clayton loved. and whom q strange
3Nak Of fate had given to Clayton NJ
;aSSsat che loved him made me thing
00ubly difficuit to bear. yet he knew
vsat be could have done nothing less
fh1n he dld DO that night within the
%ttlo railway station In the tar Wis
eonsiu woods. To him her happiness
.was ne irst consideration OF Al. and
MA hrasS experience with civilization
ma civilized men had taught him that
ustshout money and position lks 70
1nost Of them was unendurabls.
sfyoas Porter had been born to both.
,Asl had Tarsan taken them away from
6CY future husband Il would doubtless
He plunged her into . life OF mis-
~ And torture That she would have
Narned Clayton once he had bean
,GtT4ppsA Of both his title and his g.
M never for once occurred to Tar
-. for he credited to others the Same
V1aese loyalty that ives % Inherent
-aSSiity in himself. Nor. In this In
X4noS.. had he erred. Could any one
'6lna have further bound Jane Porter
Is der promise to Clayton It would
lBye been In the nature OF some sueh
sNlDfortuns a. this ovsrtaking him.
asT,Assan's thought drifted from the
Vast 10 the future. He tried to look
foPVard with pisasurahls sensations to
return to the Jungle Of his birth
Al boyhood; the cruel. herce jungle N
hisA hs had spent twenty o. ne
NWenty.two years. But who or what OF
q IL myriad Jungle life would there
~ - welcome his returnf Not one.
6>5ly Tantor. the elephant. could he
-eaN, friend. The others would hunt him
Ss,eSs from him - had been their way
Not even tho apes Of his own tribe
would extend the hand Of Fellowship
: Il viviiisatioa had done nothing else
Tor Tsrsan Of the Apes Il had 70 some
,a1nunt taught hm to crave thD ooelosy
n ~ sEn kind. and b TED Mn esau.
- yls6suss ~ seaseniA vesoeh q