The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-05-21
Continued from last week. J

1t was the most terrifying experience
one could imagine l cannot even write
of IL.
They were going TO XIII us. too but one
of them. the leader, n man named King.
would not let them. and so they sailed
south along the coast to Il lonely spot
where they found a good harbor, and here
they have landed and left us
They sailed away with the treasure to-
day. but Mr. Clayton says they will meo
with fate similar to the mutneers OF
the ancient gaileon. because King the
only man aboard who knew aught OF nav
igation. was murdered on the beach by
one of the men tho day we landed.
wish you could know Mr.. Clayton. lie
Is the dearest fellow imaginable. and. un-
less ! am mistaken. he has fallen very
much in love with poor little me.
lie is the only son OF Lord Greystole
and some day will inherit the title and
estates. In addition. he is wealthy in his
own right But the fact that he is going
TO be an English lord makes me very sad.
You know what my sentiments have al
ways been relative to American girls who
married titled foreigners Oh. II he were
only plain American gentleman
But II isn't his fault, poor fellow, and i'm
everything except birth he would do cred
IL to my darling old country and that is
the greatest compliment | know how to
pay any man.
We have had the most weird experiences
since We We're landed here-papa and Mr..
/ Philander lost i'm the jungle and chased
/ by IA real lion; Mr.. Clayton lost and at
! tackled twice by wild beasts: Esmeralda
and | cornered in an old cabin by a per-
fectly awful man eating tiger Oh II was
simply "terridcal" as Esmeralda would
say
But the strangest part of ii all is the
wonderful creature who rescued us all.
have not seen him. but Mr.. Clayton and
! papa and Mr. Philander have. and they
say that he is a perfectly godllke white
man tanned to n dusky brown. with the
strength OF a wild elephant the agility OF
monkey and the bravery OF a lion
He speaks no English and vanishes as
quickly and as mysteriously after no has
performed some valorous deed as though
! he were a disembodied spirit
Then we have another weird neighbor
who printed n beautiful sign in English
! and tackled II on the door OF his cabin.
! which we have prc-cmptcd warning us 10
| destroy none OF his belongings and sign
Ing himself "Tarzan Of the Apes"
We have never seen him though we
think he is about, for one OF the sailors
! who was going TO shoot Nc Clayton in
| the back received Il spear I'm his shoulder
from some unseen hand in the jungle.
Tho sailors left us but a meager supply
| OF food. so, as we have only n single re-
| volVer with but three cartridges left I'm f.
I,
though Mr.. Philander says that we can
exist indefinitely on the wild fruit and
! nuts which abound in the jungle
am very tired now. so 1 shall. 90 to my
| funny bed of grasses which Mr. Clayton
gathered for me. but Will add to this from,
! day 20 day as things happen Lovingly
JANE PORTER
| To Hazel Strong. Baltimore. Maryland.
Tarzan sat i'm a brown study for q
Innf a In, g..
letter. 1t was filed with so many new
ara wonderful things that his brain
was IN whirl MS he ATTEMPTED to di
! eest them all
So they did not know that he was
| TarZan Of the apes. He would tell them
| In his tree he had constructed rude
| shelter Of leaves and boughs. beneath
which. protected from the rain. he had
placed the few treasures brought from
the cabin Among these were some
! pencils
/ He took one, and beneath Jane Por.
ter's signature he wrote. 81 am Tarzan
OF the apes"
He thought that would be sufficient
| Later he would return the letter 70 the
cabin.
In the matter of food. thought Tar
IAN. they had no need to worry-he
| would provide. and he did.
The next morning Jane Porter found
her missing letter i'm the exact spot
from which II had disappeared two
nights before. She was mystifed. but
when she saw the printed words be
meath her signature she felt chill rur
up her spine. She showed the letter
or rather the last sheet with the sigma
ture to Clayton.
"To think" she said. chat uncanny
thing was probably watching me M
the time that ] was wrltng-ool II
/ makes me shudder Just 10 think OF it,
But ne must be friendly" reas
surcd clayton "for he has returned
your lcftcr nor did hc offer to haru
/ you. ana unless ! am mistaken he left
very substantial mcmento of his
friendship outside the cabin door last
. uiellt for just found the carcass Of a
wild boar there MS ] came out"
From then on scarcely "a day passed
That did not bring its Offering of game
or other food Sometimes 10 was n
/ Young deer, again quantity Of strange
/ cooked food, cassava cakes pilfered
from the village Of Mbonga. or a boar.
+ pr leopard. and once n lion.
TaHon derived tho greatest pleasure
/ VI hIs life in hunting meat for these
strangers n seemed TO him that no
f pleasure ON earth could compare with
.abofing for the welfare and protection
. of the beautiful white girl.
Some day he would venture into the
camp in daylight md talk with these
people through The medium of the Htu,
bugs which were familiar to them and
tO Tarzan
But hc found 30 dimult to overcome
the timldity OF the wild thing Of tho
forest and So day followed day with
out seeing q fuldlImeut Of his good in
teutlous
The party in the camp emboldened
by familiarity, wandered farther and
farther into the jungle iu search oil
nuts and fruit
Scarcely q day passed that did not
end Professor Porter straymg in bis
Dreoccupied Indifference toward the
jaws of death. Mr. Samuel 4. Phnan
dor, never what one might call robust
was worn to The shadow Of q shadow
through the ce0seless worry and men
tai distraction resultant from his her.