Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-12
TARZAN OF THE APES
rbe Thrilling Adventures of o. Priu,o,oI Mu.,
and dn American Girl "1"''
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

s,a. yook long time To nah. ~.
S'@la ana even imperfectlv. MN under
AT Uw ias, 10 men get moneyYr b. -,
They work for t."
very we'll viii r.,.
NO NO my friend" retmr., II, then.
80, so9 need not worry abo,,. Arnot
| for sOu work for H. ba,,s ~ nor
tba,,' ~ enough for twentv Nh s'iousn ,.lls
ba,o Is good for one man. ana ,,o,, MOI n,',
! civilization" ever we reach
$50, 80 on the following dav ,,ou 49,,
ihUr'n ing along 9s the shore. Each h'eg msr started
| dinp rue and ammunition. basido hag
Tbo iu iu some food and coolting ,,torSI,.
usoioou ''tler seemed to Tarzan r,'s.
awav incumbrance so he threw his SIs
food. my you fr,onls must learn to eat cooked
~ ny 1rlend,' demonstrated ~ ~.
,o civilized men eat raw Ne,t - 1N'riot'
There will be time oro,,-.
reacn cn civilization" said Tore.,, "men l
~ Ihe the things and tbev n.,,. uU
laste of good meat" '' 9poii
! ,i,,,o month they Travelled north Co..
goins vles nnding food in plenty ana 9U,.,G annf.
sprns r,,s hungry for days. anu "s"''
tbev ,,ain S1M no sisns Of natives nor wsr,
10y tn,,s molested by wild beas,s ,S,,.i. weIs
journey was miracle NJ oaso iheir
.,.5iIsn IaTzan asked questions ana ,o,-..,
rapidly. D'Arnot teurbt au learned
.ue .uue refnemehts of civilizatio,, a.y VI
tt ,.e use OF knife and fork. but s W
ts ss larzan would drop then, In si.
bI bsusI ana grasp his food In HE s.ru,s,,
iio"n H., nands, tearing It with his nnoinr,
IKE Wild beast. WIN us 'i'oiars
Ihen D'Arnot would exnos,,,o,. -.,,,
MIN, saying: poS'uiate with
"a, Vu ~, must not eat like brute. Tar.
r,a., n,,,s wrlle am trying to make a gentie-
not tn. SUu' Mon Dieu! Gentleman do
"Vs g lhus-it Is terrible" w
Iar2an would grin sheenisbl,, ,,a .,.,.
up ms Knife and fork again b,,t at bpn.t p,CA
he hated them 's"'"' out at heart
-, oh the Journey he told D'Arnot about
o ,no great chest he had seen the satIoss
puryi OF how he had dug II lin ana nor'
Lie1 II to the gathering place Of the sna,
ana buried it there. apes
1T must be the treasure-obost ., D.
lessor Porter said D'Arnot "rt Js
know" 'ou ulo not
-. ihen Tarzan recalled the letter written
s Sa.e Forter to her friend-the one
uls m caoln, and now he knew what was In
the chest and what It meant n Ionn
Porter. 10 Jane
tomorrow we shall go back after II "
ne announced to D'Arnot.
20 oack!' exclaimed D'Arnot. "But
my dear fellow, we have now been three
weeks upon the march 1t would renu,ro
three more to return to the treaspre ond
then, with that enormous weight which
required you say, four sailors to carry
u would be months before we had again
reached this spot"
1T must be done, my friend" jnsistod
IarZan You may go on toward civIlIza-
ton and will return for the treasure. I
can go very much faster alone"
Il have better plan, Tarzan." ex-
claimed D'Arnot. I'VE shall go on to-
gether to the nearest settlement, and
there we will charter boat and sail
Dack down the coast for the treasure and
so transport 1t easily
That will be safer and quicker ond
also not require us to be separated
what do you think OF that plan?"
very we'll" said Tarzan. "The treas
ure VIII be there whenever we go for II;
and while I could fetch 1t now, and catch
up with you In a moon or two l shall
feel safer for you to know that you are
not alone on the trail
When l see how helpless YOU are
ID Arnot, 1 often wonder how the human
race has escaped Rnnihilatlon all these
ages which you tell me about. Why,
Saoor' single handed, could extermlnate
a thousand of you"
D'Arnot laughed
You will think moro highly of your
genus when you have seen its armies |
and navles, its great cities, and its
mighty engineering works. Then you |
will realize that It is mind, and not |
that makes the human animal |
greater than the mighty beasts of your |
Jungle.
Alone and unRrmed, a single man is
no match for any OF the larger beasts;
'ut II ten men were together, they would
their wits and their muscles
against their savage enemies, while the
beasts, being unable to reason, would
lever think of combining against the
nen.
otherwise. Tarzan Of the Apes. how
ong would you have lasted in the savage
"You are right, DArnot," replied
rarzan, "for II Kerchak had come to
rublat's aid that night at the Dunn
)um, there would have been an end of
ne. But Kerchak could never think far
nough ahead to take advantage OF any
uch opportunity
Even Kala, my mother, could never
Ian ahead. She simply ate what she
eeued When she needed II, and IL the
upply was very scarce, even though she
ound plenty for several meals, she would
ever gather any ahead.
II remember that she used to think II
cry silly OF me to burden myself with
xtra food upon the march, though she
'as quite glad to eat It with me, II the
ray CHANGED TO be barren OF sustenance."
Then you knew your mother, Tar
an?" asked D'Amot, in surprise.
Yes. She was a great, fine ape.
lrger than I, Weighing twice as much"
"And your father?" asked D'Arnot
II did not know him. Kala told me he
'as a white ape, and hairless like my
elf. know now that he must have
cen a white man." {
D'Arnot looked long and earnestly at {
is companion. ]
''Tarzan." he said at length. at is i'm !
ossible that the ape. Kala, was your
lother. II such q thing can be, which
oubt. you would have inherited some
{ the characteristics Of the ape. but you
ave not-you are pure man, and,
lould say, the offspring OF highly bred
nd intelligent parents. 4
Have you not the slightest clue TO
our paste"
mot the slightest" replied Tarzan. C
mo writings In the cabin that might &
ave told something OF the lives OF its L
'lginal inmates9"
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