The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-27
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 At last the long night broke and q tropical sun smote down upon the roll- ing water. Jane Porter had dropped into a ftful slum ber-the fierce light of the sun upon her upturned face awoke her. She looked about her. In the boat with her were three sailors, Clayton and M Thuran- Then she looked for the other boats, but as far as the eye could reach there was noth- ing to break the fearful naonotony of that waste Of waters-they were alone in a small boat upon the broad At lantic.
 As Tarzan struck the water his first impulse was to swim clear of the ship and possible danger from her propel-f lers- He knew whom to thank for his present predicament, ana as he lay in the sea, just supporting himself by q gentle movement of his hands, his chief emotion was one of chagrin that he had been so easily bcsted by Rokoff.
 He lay thus for some time, watching the receding and rapidly dininish hing lights of the steamer without t ever once occurring to him to call for help He never had called for help in his life, and so 1t is moi strange that he did I pended upon his own prowess and re- sourcefulness, nor had there ever been since tho days Of Kala any to answer an appeal for slccor. When 1t did oc- cur to him 1t was too late: There was. thought Tarzan, possible one chance in a hundred thousand that he might be picked uD and an even smaller chance that he would reach land, so he determined that to combine what slight chances there were he would swim slowly in the direction of the coast the ship might have been closer in than he had known.
 His strokes were long and easy t would be many hours before those giant muscles would commence to feel fatigue. As he syvam, guided toward the east by the stars, he noticed that he felt the weight of his shoes, and so he removed them. His trousers went next and he would have remov- ed his Coat at the same time but for the precious papers in its pocket To reassure himself that be still had thefn he slipped his hand in to feel, but to his consternation they were gone. Now he knew that something more than revenge had prompted Rekon te l pitch him overheard The ape-man swore softly and let his coat and shirt sink into the Atlantic. Before many hours he lad Invested himself of his remaining garments and was swim ming easily and unencumbered toward the east
 The first faint evidence of dawn was paling the stars ahead of him when the dim outlines of low lying black mass loomed up directly in his track. A few strong strokes brought him te its side it was the bottom of wave washed derelfct. Tarzan clambered upon it. he would rest there until day; l light at least He curled up upon the slimy ti1nbers and was soon asleep. The heat Of the sun awoke him early in the forenoon. His first conscious sensation was Of thirst. which grew almost to the proportions of suffering with full returning consciousness, but
 a moment later it was forgotten in t1e
 ioy of two a1mest simultaneous discov- cries. The first was mass of wreck age floating beside the derelict. in the midst Of which, bottom up, rose and fell an overturned lifeboat The other was the faint dim line of a far distant shore showing on the horizon in the 1 east.
 A l swan around the wreck to the life I boat. The cool ocean refreshed him
 almost as much as would 2 draft of
 water, so that it WAS with renewed
 vigor that he brought the smaller boat
 alongside the derelict and after many
 hercuIean efforts succeeded in drag
 ging 1t on to the slirny ships bottom. There he righted and examined it
 The boat was quite sound and 2 mo-
 ment later doated upright alongside
 the wreck Then Tarzan selected sev.
 eral pieces of vreckage that might an ! swer him as paddles and presently was
 making good hea asi.way toward the far 4 off shore
 lTo be Contlnusa.l
 Senator Penrose introduced bil
 requiring banks which make report