Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-03

it, Miss Porter" said clayton "The lat
Lord Greystoke was not drowned. n
died here in this cabin and this poo
thing upon the floor Is all that is morta
OF him"
'Then this must have been Lady Grey
stoke, said Jane Porter reverently. in
dicating the poor mass of bones upon tn,
bed
THE beautiful Lady Alice" repliec
Clayton, 'of whose many virtues and re-
markable personal charms | often hav,
heard my mother and father speak Poor
unhappy lady" he murmured sadly
with deep reverence and solemnity the
bodies OF the late Lord and Lady Grey.
stoke were buried beside their little Afri-
can cabin and batween them was placed
the tiny skeleton OF the baby Of Kala
the ape.
As MIR Philander was placing the frail
bones Of the Infant in a bit OF sail cloth,
he examined the skull minutely. Then
he called Professor Porter to his side
and the two argued in low tones for
several minutes.
Most remarkable, most remarkable" "
said Professor Porter.
Bless me-" said Mr.. Philander. I'VE
must acquaint Mr.. Clayton with our dis
ccvcry at once
Tut tut Mr.. Philander, tut, tut!"
demonstrated Professor Archmedes @
Porter q" Let the dead past bury It's
dead"
And so the white haired old man re-
peated the burial service over this
strange grave, while his four compan-
ions stood with bowed and uncovered
heads about him.
From the trees Tarzan Of the Apes
watched the solemn ceremony; hut most
of all he watched the sweet face and
graceful figure OF Jane Porter.
In his savage. untutored breast new
emotions were stirring. He could not
i1thom them. He wondered why he felt
so great an interest in these people
| why he had gone to such pains to save
| the three men. But he did not wonder
! why he had torn Sabor from the tender
flesh of the strange girl
| surely the men were stupid and ridic-
| ulouS and cowardly. Even Manu-, the
monkey, was more intelligent than they.
, If these were creatures of his own kind
ne was doubtful If his past pride in
! blood was warranted.
But the girl, ah-that was a different
matter He did not reason here. He
knew that she was created to be pro-
tected, and that he was created to pro-
teCt her
He wondered why they had dug a great
mole In the ground merely to bury dry
| bones. Surely there was no sense in
that; no one wanted to steal dry bones.
Had there been meat upon them he
could have understood, for thus alone
might one keep his meat from Dango,
the hyena, and the other robbers of the
Jungle.
When the grave had been filed with
earth the little party turned back
toward the cabin, and Esmeralda still |
weeping copiously for the two she had |
never heard of before today, and who |
had been dead 20 years, chanced to |
glance toward tho harbor Instantly her |
tears ceased.
Look at dem low down white trash |
out dere" she shrlled, pointing toward |
the Arrow. "They-alIs a desecratln' |
us, right yere on dis yere perverted
ISLAM"
And sure enough, the Arrow was being
worked toward the open sea, slowly,
through the harbor's entrance
They promised to leave us firearms
and ammunition" said Clayton. "The
merciless beasts!'
1T is the work of that fellow they call
Snipes l am sure" said Jane Porter
King was scoundrel, but he had n
little sense of humanity. II they had not
Killed him l know that he would have
seen that we were properly provided for
before they left us to our fate"
Il regret that they did not visit us
before sailing" said Professor Porter II
had purposed requesting them to leave
the treasure with us, as l shall be a
ruined man II that is lost"
Jane Porter looked at her father sadly. ]
Never mind, dear" she said 1T
wouldn't have done any good, because 1t
Is solely for the treasure that they killed
their officers and landed us upon this
awful shore"
Tut. tut child, tut tutl" replied Pro-
fessor Porter. you are a good child,
but inexperienced in practical matters"
and Professor Porter turned and walked
slowly away toward the jungle, his
hands elasped beneath his long coattails
and his eyes bent upon the ground
His daughter watched him with a
pathetic smile upon her lips, and then
turning to Mr.. Philander she whispered:
Please don't let him wander OF again
as he did yesterday We depend upon
YOU you know TO keep a close watch
upon him."
He becomes more difficult to handle
each day., replied Mr.. Philander, with a
sigh and shake Of his head "I pre-
sumo he is now on to report to the direc-
tors OF the Zoo that one OF their lions
was at large last night Oh, Miss Jane,
you don't know what 1 have TO contend
''Yes, do. Mr.. Philander; but while we
all love him, you alone are best ftted 10
manage him; for. regardless OF what he
may say to you. he respects your great
learning, and, therefore, has immense
confideEce In your Judgment. The poor
dear cannot dlfferentlate between erudl-
ton and wisdom"
Mt Philsnder, with a mildly puzzled
expression on his face. turned to pursue
Professor Porter. and in his mind he was
revolving the question OF whether he
should feel compllmented or aggrleved
AZ Miss Porter's rather back handed
Tarzan had seen the CONSERVATION de-
oicted upon the faces OF the little group
ls they witnessed the departure OF the
Arrow; so, as the ship was a wonderful
novelty to him In addition he determined
70 hasten out TO the point OF land at the
lorth OF the harboFs mouth and obtain a
learer view of the boat. as well as TO
earn, II possible, the direction OF it's
light.
Swinging through the trees with great
reed, he reached the point but a moment
.fter the ship had passed out OF the
larbor, 50 that he obtained an excellent
lew OF the wonders OF this strange, fioat-
ng house q
There were some 20 men running hither !
md thither about the deck. pulling and
auling on ropes. {
hsht land breeze was blowing and
ne ship had been worked through tho !
arbor's mouth under scant sail, but now
hat they had cleared the point every
vailable shred OF canvas was being 3
pread that she might stand out TO sea I
s handily as possible.
Tarzan watched the graceful move !
lents Of the ship IN rant admiration and ! I