Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-31
do not fire! We are friends!"

do not fire! We are friends!"
Halt them" was the reply.
stop Tarzan!" cried D'Arnot, halt
ing the ape man in his tracks.
HE thinks we are enemies"
Tarzan dropped into a walk, and
together he and D'Arnot advanced
toward the white man by the gate.
The latter eyed them in puzzled
bewilderment.
What manner of men are your"
he asked in French.
white men," replied D'Arnot 1--WE
have been lost in the jungle for a
long time"
81 am Father Constantin of the
French mission here" said the other.
II am glad to welcome YOU"
"This is M. Tarzan. Father Con-
stantin," replied D'Arnot, indicating
the ape man, and as the priest extend
ed his hand to Tarzan D'Arnot added,
And am Paul D'Arnot of the French
navy"
Father Constantin took the hand
which Tarzan extended in imitation Of
the priests act, while the latter took
in the superb physique and handsome
face in one quick. keen glance.
Thus came Tarzan Of the apes 10
the first outpost Of civilization.
For a week they remained there,
and the ape man, keenly observant,
learned much Of the ways Of men,
while black women sewed upon white
duck garments for himself and DAT
not that they might continue their
journey properly clothed.
Another month. brought them to a
little group Of buildings at the mouth
of a wide river, and there Tarzan saw
many boats and was filled with the
old timidity by the sight Of many men.
Gradually he became accustomed to
the strange noises and the odd ways
Of civilization, so that presently none
might know that two short months
before this handsome Frenchman in
immaculate white ducks, who laughed
and chatted with the gayest Of them,
had been swinging naked through
primeval forests to pounce upon some
unwary victim. which, raw, was to
appease his savage appetite.
The knife and fork, so contemptu-
ously flung aside month before. Tar
zan now manipulated as exquisitely as
did the polished DArnot.
So apt pupil had he been that the
young Frenchman had labored assidu-
ously to make Of Tarzan a polished
gentleman in so far as nicely Of man.
ners and speech was concerned.
Heaven made you gentleman at
heart, my friend,' D'Arnot had said,
"but we want its work to show upon
the exterior Also"
AS soon as they had reached the lit
tie port D'Arnot had cabled his gov
ernment Of his safety and requested
a three months leave, which had been
granted.
He also cabled his banker for
funds, and the enforced wait Of a
month, under which both chafed, was
due to their inability to charter a ves-
sci for the return to Tarzan's jungle
after the treasure. At last, however,
D'Arnot succeeded in chartering an
ancient tub for the coastwise trip to
Tarzan's landlocked harbor.
It was a happy morning for them
both when the little vessel weighed
anchor and made for the open sea.
The trip to the beach was unevent-
full, and the morning after they drop
ped anchor before the cabin Tarzan,
garbed once more in his jungle regalia
and carrying spade, set out alone for
the amphitheater of the apes where
lay the treasure.
Late the next day he returned,
bearing the great chest upon his
shoulders, and at sunrise the little
vessel was worked through the har-
bors mouth and took up her north
ward journey.
Three weeks later Tarzan and D'Ar-
not were passengers on board French
steamer bound for Lyons, and after
few days in that city D'Arnot took
Tarzan to Paris.
The ape man was anxious to pro-
ceed to America, but D'Arnot insisted
that he must accompany him to Paris
first, nor would he divulge the nature
Of the urgent necessity upon which he
based his demand.
(To be Continued.)