Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-07

TarZan had long since reached a de-
cision as to what his future procedure
should be- He had had time to recol'
lect all that he had read Of the ways
Of men and women in the books at the
cabin He would act as he imagined
the men in the books would have acted
were they in his place.
Again he rose and went into the
trees, but first he tried to explain BY
means Of signs that he would return
shortly, and he did 50 we'll that Jane
Porter understood and was not afrai6
when he had gone. Soon he returned
with a great armful Of branches.
Then he went back again into the
jungle and in few minutes reappear-
ed with a quantity Of soft grasses and
ferns. Two more trips he made until he
had quite pile Of material at hand.
Then he spread the ferns and grasses
upon the ground in a soft. fiat bed. and
above it he leaned many branches to-
gether so that they met few feet over
its center. Upon these he spread lay
ers Of huge leaves Of the great ele-
plants ear, and with more branches
and more leaves he closed one end OF
the little shelter he had built.
Then they sat down together again
upon the edge Of the drum and tried to
talk by signs.
The magnificent diamond locket
which hung about Tarzan's neck had
been a source Of much wonderment to
Jane Porter. She pointed to it now
and Tarzan removed it and handed II
to her.
She saw that it was the work Of a
skilled artisan and that the diamonds
were Of great brilliancy and superbly
set, but the cutting Of them denoted
that they were Of former day.
She noticed that the locket opened
and, pressing the hidden clasp, she saw
the two halves spring apart to reveal
In either section an ivory miniature.
One was Of beautiful woman, and
the other might have been the likeness
Of the man who sat beside her except
for a difference Of expression that was
scarcely definable.
She looked up at Tarzan to find him
leaning toward her, gazing on the min
iatures with an expression Of aston
ishment. He reached out his hand for
the locket and took it away from her,
examining the likenesses within with
unmistakable signs of surprise and new
interest.
His manner clearly denoted that he
had never before seen them nor imag-
ined that the locket opened.
This fact caused Jane Porter to in
dulge in still more speculation, and 1t
taxed her imagination to picture how
this beautiful ornament came into the
possession Of wild and savage crea-
ture Of the unexplored jungles Of Af-
rica
Still more wonderful, how did it con.
tain the likeness Of one who might be
a brother, or more likely, the father
Of this woodland demigod. who was
even ignorant Of the fact that the
locket opened?
Tarzan was still gazing with fixity
at the two faces. Presently he remov-
ed the quiver from his shoulder and,
emptying the arrows upon the ground,
reached into the bottom Of the bag
like receptacle and drew forth a fiat
object wrapped in many soft leaves
and tied with bits of long grass.
Carefully he unwrapped it, removing
layer after layer of leaves until at
length he held a photograph in his
hand.
Pointing to the maniature Of the man
within the locket, he handed the photo
graph to Jane Porter, holding the open
locket beside It.
The photograph only served to puz-
zle the girl still more, for 1t was
evidently another likeness Of the same
man whose picture rested in the locket
beside that of the beautiful young
woman.
Tarzan was looking at her with an
expression Of puzzled bewilderment in
his eyes as she glanced up at him. He
seemed to be framing a question with
his lips.
The girl pointed to the photograph
and then TO the miniature and then to
him. as though to indicate that she
thought the likenesses were Of him
but he only shook his head. and then
struggling his great shoulders he took
the photograph from her and, having
carefully wrapped it, placed it agair
in the bottom of his quiver.
For few moments he sat in silence
his eyes bent upon the ground, while
Jane Porter held the little locket
her hand, turning it over and over ir
an endeavor to find some further cleW
that might lead to the identity Of Its
original owner.
At length a simple explanation oc-
CURED to her.
The locket had belonged to Lore
Greystoke. The likenesses were those
of him and Lady Alice. This wilC
n
creature had simply found it in the
| cabin by the beach. But to account
for the strange likeness between Lore
Greystoke and this forest god-tha
was quite beyond her. and it is no
strange that she did not imagine tina
this savage was indeed an English no
| bleman.
At length Tarzan looked up to watci
the girl as she examined the locket.
She noticed that he was watchins
her. and, thinking that he wished hi
ornament again, she held 1t out to him
He took it from her. and. taking th'
chain in his two hands. he placed j
about her neck. smiling at her expires
sion Of surprise.
| Jane Porter shook her head vehe
mently and would have removed tn
golden links from about her throat, bu
Tarzan would not let her. Taking he
hands in his. he held them tightly t
prevent her.
At last she desisted and with littl
laugh raised the lOcket to her lips and
rising. dropped him little courtesy.