Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-20
you HAVE MUCH TO LEARN, TARTAN" HE SAID GRAvELY.

ration of the events which had trans
pired the previous evening, a grim smile
was playing about the lips of the police
man. He touched a button near his hand,
and as he waited for the clerk to respond
to Its summons he searched through the
papers on his desk for one which he
finally located
Here. Joubon." he said as the clerk
entered. Summon these off1cers-have
them como to me at once" and he handed
the man the paper he had sought. Then
he turned to Tarzan.
you have committed a very grave Of
fense, monsieur" he said. not unkindly.
"and but for the explanation made by our
good friend here 1 should be inclined to
judge you harshly. / am, instead, about
to do rather unheard-of thing. I have
summoned the officers whom you mall
treated last night, They shall hear Lieu
tenant D'Arnot's story, and then l shall
leave it to their discretion to say whether
you shall be prosecuted or not.
You have much to learn about the
ways of civillzatFon. Things that seem
strange or unnecessary to you, you must
learn to accept until you are able to
judge the motives behind them The on
GERS whom you attacked were but doing
their duty. They had no discretion in
the matter. Every day they risk their
lives in the protection OF the lives or
property of others. They would do the
same for you. They are very brave men,
and they are deeply mortified that a
single unarmed man bested and beat
them.
Make 1t easy for them to overlook
what you did. Unless / am gravely In
error you are yourself a very brave man,
and brave men are proverbially magnan-
imous."
Further conversation was interrupted
by the appearance OF the four policemen.
AS their eyes fell on Tarzan, surprise was
writ large on each countenance.
MY children" said the official, here
is the gentleman whom you met In the
Rue Maule last evening. He has come
voluntarily 10 give himself up. / wish
you to listen attentively to Lieutenant
D'Arnot. who will tell you a part OF the
story OF monsieur's life. It may explain
his attitude toward you OF last night.
Proceed, my dear Lieutenant"
D'Arnot spoke to the policemen for half
an hour. He told them something of
Tarzan's wild jungle life. He explained
the savage training that had taught him
to battle like wild beast in self-preser-
walton. 1t became plain to them that
the man had been guided by instinct
rather than reason In his attack upon
them. He had not understood their in
tentions. To him they had been little diff
ferent from any OF the various forms OF
life he had been accustomed to In his
native jungle. where practically ali were
his enemies.
Your pride has been wounded" said
D'Arnot, In conclusion. 1T Is the fact
that this man overcame you that hurts
the most. But you need feel no shame.
You would not make apologies for defeat
had you been penned in that small room
with an African lion or with the great
gorilla OF the jungles
fAud Vet VulI ware haffIfuo .agffh v,,t.e.
cles that have time and time again been
pitted, and always VIGOROUSLY, against
these terrors or the dark continent. 1t Is
no disgrace to fan beneath the super
human strength Of Tarzan OF the Apes"
And then, as the men stood looking.
frst at Tarzan ana then at their superior,
the ape-man did the one thing which