The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-01-07

bE " l. I'VE. VIII
live long enough to find and kill that
beast!' But the brief effort left him
weaker than before, and he san back
again upon the rotting grasses that.
with his old ulster. had been the bed
of Jane Porter.
Don't worry about Thuran," said
Tarzan Of the Apes. laying q reassur-
ing hand on Clayton's forehead. He
belongs to me, and | shall get him in
the end, never fear"
For a long time Clayton lay very
still. Several times Tarzan had to put
his ear quite close to the sunken chest
to catch the faint beating Of the worn
out heart. Toward evening he aroused
again for a brief moment.
Jane" he whispered. The girl bent
her head closer to catch the faint mes
sage. II have wronged you-and him"
he nodded weakly toward the man.
81 loved you so. 1t is a poor excuse to
offer for injuring YOU, but | could not
bear to think Of giving you up. | dc
not ask your forgiveness. | only wish
to do now the thing | should have done
over a year ago" He fumbled in the
pocket OF the ulster beneath him for
something that he had discovered there
while he lay between the paroxysmS
of fever. Presently be found it-a
crumbled bit OF yellow paper. He
handed it to the girl, and as she took
1t his arm fell Imply across his chest.
his head dropped back. and with a lit
tie gasp he Stiffened and was still
1hen Tarzan of the Apes drew q fold
Of the ulster across the upturned face.
As they rose and stood on either side
Of the now peaceful form tears came
TO the ape-man's eyes, for through the
anguish hat his own heart had sut-
fered he had learned compassion for
the suffering Of others.
Through her tears the girl read the
message upon the bit Of faded yellow
paper. and as she read her eyes went
very wide. Twice she read those star
Ting words before she could fully com
prehend their meaning.
]. c. Tarzan, Baltimore, Md:
Finger prints prove you Greystcke. Con
gratulations DARNOT.
She handed the paper to Tarzan
And he has known it all this time"
she said, ''and did not tell you?"
II knew it first. Jane replied Tar
zan. II did not know that he knew
1t at all. | must have dropped this
message that night in the waiting
room. 1t was there that I received it.
And afterward you told rs that
your mother was a she-ape and that
you had never known your fatherY'
she asked incredulously.
1.-THE title and the estates meant
nothing to me without you, dear" he
replied. And if | had taken them
away from him | should have been
robbing the woman | love-don't you
understand, Jane?" 1t was as though
he attempted to xcu a fault.
She extended her arms toward him
across the body Of the dead man and
took his hands In hers.
And | would have thrown away a
love like that she said.
The mex morning they set out upon
the short journey to Tarzan's cabin.
Four Waziri bore the body Of the dead
Engiishman. 1t had been the ape
mans suggestion that Clayton be bur
led beside the former Lord Greystoke
near the edge Of the jungle against the
cabin that the older man had built.
Jane Porter was glad that it was to
be SO. and In her heart Of hearts she
wondered at the marvellous fineness OF
character OF this wondrous man. who
though raised by brutes and among
brutes. had the true chivalry and ten.
derness which n only associates with
the ~refinements Of the highest civiliza
ton.
They had proceeded some three miles
Of the five that had separated them
from Tarzan's own beach when the
Waziri who were ahead stopped sud
denly, pointing in amazement at
strange figure approaching them along
the beach. 1t was a man with a shiny
silk hat. who walked slowly with ben
head and hands clasped behind hin
underneath the tails Of his long blacl
coat.
At sight of him Jane Porter uttered
a little cry Of surprise and joy and raj
quickly ahead to meet him. At thu
sound Of her voice the old man looked
up, and when he saw who it was con
fronting him he. too, cried out In relic
and happiness. AS Professor Archi
medes Q. Porter folded his daughter il
his arms tears streamed down hi
scanned old face, and 1t was severa
minutes before he could control him
self sufficiently to speak.
When n moment later he recognize,
Tarzan 1t was with difficulty that the,
could convince him that his sorrow
had not unbalanced his mind, for wit
the other members Of the party he ha'
been so thoroughly convinced that tn
ape-man was dead 1t was a probler
to reconcile the conviction with tn
very lifelike appearance Of James 'foI
est god" The old man was deepl
touched at the news Of Clayton
death.
II cannot understand It." he sai(
. M. Thuran assured us that Clayto