Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-12
By EDGAR ri
Ii. ~ A. c. MocIurg company.
CHAPTER XIV.
aoer on THE WORLD.

Rp "a a. onen and the figure of a mar
1900 ,one onto the cabin floor.
r,.nehman in his panic raised li hl'
lat ~ again into the prostrate form
% w,5aniv in the half dusk OIL tne opci
la nav saw that the man was Wli,.e' any any
~ .,ser instant realized Ii'aS ne "'' n,
ss friend and protector ! '' "'''' VI
Z Apes. o,gr,ab D'Arnot spranl
WV .ns-nans side, ana ~kleellhe, ~ ~ ~
n. black head IN MS 'ii'''
rs name aloud. 80 ,,o-
was no response, ~, -
~, placed his ear ABOVE une MAJ man
pAD''T 10 his Joy, he hearo iIs S'eooS
.lnr beneath. --.--., % tb. oot
orlalS ,tter closing and bolting the
y, 10 lighted one oi ''''
,,oed the wound -,,uo,.r ,t,r,,
NJ vuu .i',il There was an ugly flesh
~ n.a ne 20 signs of fracture of the
flll hresthed q sigh Of relief and
Dhno, bathing the blood from Tar
tts about pa'''
ruS face, ..r rovivsd him. and
soon ui ne opened his eyes to look In
f'l"a;ng surprise at D'Arnot.
lleuV,ai,,er had bound the wound with
ne ias'S ctoth. and as he saw that
lt,s hod rssalned consciousness he
fi1ah Going to the table wrote a
rose ,vbich he handed to the apeman,
rf,ss,o rfsss the terrible mistake he had
ppaS how thankful he was that the
Ilu "a vas not more serious.
rlnu after reading the message, sat
Iaiaa ,ars OF the couch and laughed.
w nothina," he said in French, and
Me vocabulary failing him, he
',v svsr should have seen what Bolganl
q, =. ma and Rerchak, and Terkoz, be-
y killed them-then you would laugh
n ,,ch little scratch
] Erss..o, handed Tarzan the two mes
- nat had been left for him.
-,yzan read the first one through with
~ N sorrow on his face. The second
!. <. turned over and over searching
s \, an opening--he had never seen
& ,sld envelope before. AT lensth ne
. i,rdtd II to D'Arnot.
- irsw that Tarsan was puzzled over
\. ,nyeIope. How strange 1t seemed
-, ~ a fullRrown white man an en-
..i"ra was a mystery. D'Arnot opened
"a handed the letter back to Tarzan.
sianr on a camp stool the apeman
,,,s,a the written sheet before him and
tui
rTo Tarzan OF the Apes:
aRsfore leave let me, add my thanks
a nose of Mr.. Clayton for the Kindness
,.s have shown in permitting us the use
4 your cabin.
.Tsst yo,I never came to make friends
m as has been a great regret to us.
IA should have liked SO much to have
,,n and thanked our host.
There is another / should like to thank
,l,o but he did not come back, though
a,not believe that he is dead.
+ do not know his name. He is the
sr,at white giant who wore the diamond
Iocket upon his breast.
N YOU know him and can speak his
hhguags carry my thanks to him, and
el him that waited seven days for him
70 return.
Tel him, also, that in my home in
America. In the city OF Baltimore, there
VII always be a welcome for him II he
ufss TO come.
4 found a note you wrote me lying
inong the leaves beneath a tree near
D, cabin. I do not know how you
l,sned to love me, who have never
poken to me, and 1 am very sorry If L
true, for l have already given my |
heart to another.
But know that 1 am always your |
lehd JANE PORTER"
TarEan sat with gaze fixed upon the |
for for nearly an hour. 1t was evident |
70 hm from the notes that they did not |
lnaw that he and Tarzan of the Apes |
we're one and the same.
lhaye given my heart to another" he |
ilpsated over and over again to himself |
Then she did not love him! How could
he have pretended love, and raised him
. such a pinnacle of hope only to cast
hla down to such utter depths of despair!
Maybe her kisses were only signs OF
iasadshlp. How did he know, who
inaW nothing OF the customs of human
lsngsl
Suddenly he arose, and, bidding DAT
Dot good night as he had learned to do,
lifsE himself upon the couch of ferns
Iaat had been Jane Porter's.
DAmot extinguished the lamp. and
iy down upon the cot.
tof week they did little but rest
Afnot coaching Tarzan in French, At
be end of that time the two men could
'aVerse quite easily.
Vae night, as they were sitting within
is cabin before retiring, Tarzan turned
. DAFnot.
Where is American" he said
gArnot pointed toward the northwest.
aany thousands of miles across the
can he replied. "Why?"
am going there"
lArnot shook his head.
I Is impossible. my friend" he said
,.sna. .laan rose, and. going to one of the
.sooards, returned with well-thumbed
~ iIss'nns to map of the world. he
4 have never quite understood ali this;
,faA ,.ss y TO me, please"
WIEN D'Arnot had done 40. showing
mat the blue represented all the
w ". On the earth. and the bits OF
-. ~ eolors the continents and islands,
Is. sn asked him to point out the spot
~ they now were.
7 Amot did so.
~ ssh point out America" /" said Tarzan.
- - as bArnot placed his finger upon
~ america, Tarzan smiled and laid
~ P-lln upon the, page, spanning the
M. lean that lay between the two
+. i'q see it is not SO very far" he
\ scarce the width OF my hand" /
man understandP
n -. ne took a pencil and made a tiny
-pon the shore OF Africa. ,
i. Htlie mark" he said, "is many
erser upon this map than your
{ Z upon the earth. Do you see ,
rog very far II ISL"
- ~ thought for long time.
ssly ay white men live In African"
Tea
'iste are the nearestY" I
hds pointed out a spot on the shore )
Aofth Of them.
80 asked Tarzan, In surprise. I
q SAID D'Arnot; "but It Is not e