The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-05-28

and falling like the surf upon remote
shore.
y feeling OF dreamy peacefulness
stole over Jane Porter us she sank
down upon the grass where Tarzan
had placed her. She looked up ut his
great figure towering above her, and
there was added strange sense of
perfect security.
What perfect creature, There
could be naught of cruelty or baseness
beneath the godlike exterior
With II bound TarZan sprang into
the trees and disappeared. Jane por-
ter wondered where he had gone. Had
he loft her there 70 her fate I'm the
lonely jungle?
For few minutes that seemed hours
to the frightened girl she sat with
tense nerves waiting
She heard a sudden. slight sound
behind her. With II shrek she sprang
to her feet and turned TO face her end
There stood TarZan. his arms filed
with ripe and luscious fruit
Jane Porter reeled and would have
fallen. but Tarzan, dropping his bur
den. caught her in his arms. She did
not lose consciousness, but chung to
him, shuddering and trembling.
TarZan of the apes strobed her soft
hair and tried to comfort and quiet her
as Kala had him when as Il little ape
he had been frightened by SAILOR. the
tiger, or Histah, the snake.
Once he pressed his lips lightly upon
her forehead. ana she did not move.
but closed her eyes and sighed
She could not analyZe her feelings.
nor did she wish to attempt it. She
vas satisfied to feel the safety of those
strong arms and to leave her future to
fate.
As she thought of the stranCeness @;
1t there commenced to dawn upon her
the realization that she had possibly
learned something she had never
known before-love She wondered and
then smiled.
Still smiling. she pushed TarZan
gently away. and. looking at him with
a half quizzical expression that made
her face wholly enhancing. she point
ed to the fruit upon the ground and
seated herself upon the edge of the
earthen drum of the anthropoids.
Tarzan quickly gathered up the fruit
and, bringing 1t, laid II at her feet,
and then he, too. sat upon the drum
beside her and with his knife proceed
ed to open and prepare the various vi
ands for her meal
Together and In s'euce they ate. oc-
casionally stealing sly glances at one
another until finally Jane Porter brok e
into merry laugh In which Tarzan
joined.
Il wish you spoke English" said the
girl
Tarzan shook his head and an ex-
preston Of wistful and pathetic long
ing sobered his laughing eyes
Tarzan had long since reached de-
cision as to what his future procedure
should be. He had had time TO recoI-
lect all that he had read OF the WAYS
OF men and women I'm the books ut the
cabin lie would act as he imagined
the men I'm the books would have acted
were they I'm his place.
Again he rose and went into the
trees. but Grst he tried to explain by
ihfhhH VI HiEuS tuui ne WOuIu return
shortly, aud he did so well that Jane
Porter understood and was not afraid
when he had gone. Soon he returned
with great armful OF branches.
Then ne went back again into the
jungle md iu u few minutes reappear-
cd With % quantity ot soft gra CESS au1
ferns. Two more trips he made until hc
had quite pile of material at band.
Then he spread the ferns and grasses
upon the ground Boo soft hat bed. and
above it he leaned many branches TO-
eether SO that they met a few feet over
its center. Upon these he spread lay
ers of huge leaves OF the great Gle
plants ear. and with more branches
and more leaves he closed one end Of
the little shelter he had built
Then they sat down together again
upon the edge Of the drum and tried to
talk by sign.
The magnificent diamond locket
Which hung about Tarzan's neck had
been q source Of much wonderment to
Jane Porter. She pointed TO 1t now.
and Tar-"a removed IT and handed Il
to Der
So COW fi~t It rs the work Of q
Fl3I-9 "rtjya I'D bat the diamonds