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CHAPTER VII

THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE
After what seemed an eternity to tho
little sufferer he was able to walk once
moro, and from then on his recovery was
rapid, so that In another month he was
as strong and active as ever.
During his convalescence he had gone
over in his mind many times the battle
with the gorilla, and his first thought
was to recover the wonderful little
weapon which had transformed him from
a hopelessly outclassed weakling to the
superior of the mighty terror of the
Jungle.
Also he was anxious to return TO the
cabin and continue his investigation of its
wondrous contents.
So,early one morning, he set forth alone
upon his quest. After n little search he
located the clean picked bones of his late
adversary, and close by, partly buried
beneath the fallen leaves. he found the
knife, now red with rust from It's expo
sure to the dampness of the ground and
from the dried blood of the gorilla.
He did not like the change In its
former bright and cleaning surface but
1t was still formidable weapon. and
one which he meant to use 10 advantage
whenever the opportunity presented it.
self. He had in mind that no more would
he run from the wanton attacks of old
Tublat
In another moment he was at the cabin
and after a short time had again thrown
the latch and entered. His first concern
was to learn the mechanism of the lock,
and this he did by examining II closely
while the door was open, so that he could
learn precisely what caused 1t to hold
the door, and by what means 1t released
at his touch.
He found that he could close and lock
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binations Of letters which stood for every
pictured figure in the little primer and
in one or two OF the picture books.
OF the meaning and use Of the articles
| and conjunctions, verbs and adverbs and
pronouns he had but the faintest and
haziest conception.
One day when he was about 70 he found
n number of lead pencils in q hitherto
undiscovered drawer beneath the table,
and in scratching upon the table top with
one of them he was delighted to discover
the black line 1t left behind II.
He worked so assiduously with this new
toy that the table top was soon a mass
of scrawly loops and Irregular lines and
his pencil-point worn down to the wood
Then he took another pencil, but this
time he had a definite object In view.
He would attempt to reproduce some Of
the little bugs that scrambled over the
pages OF his books.
1t was a difficult task for he held the
pencil as one would grasp the hilt of a
dagger, which does not add greatly TO
ease in writing nor to the legibility of tho
results
But he persevered for months, at such
times as he was able to come to tho
cabin, until at last by repeated expert
menting he found a position In which
to hold the pencil that best permitted him
TO guide and control 1t, so that at last
he could roughly reproduce any of the
little buRs.
Thus he made a beginning at writing.
Copying the bugs taught him another
thing their number and though he could
not count as we understand 1t yet 10
had an idea of quantity, the base of his
calculations being the number of fingers
upon one of his hands
His search through the various books
convinced him that he had discovered all
the different kinds of bugs most often
repeated In combination, and these he
arranged in proper order with great ease
because of the frequency with which he
had perused the fascinating alphabet pic
ture book.
His education progressed; but his great
est finds were in the inexhaustible store
house OF the huge illustrated dictionary,
for he learned more through the medium
of pictures than text, even after he had
grasped the Significance OF the bugs.
When he discovered the arrangement of
words in alphabetical order he delighted
in searching for and finding the combina-
tions with which he was familiar, and
the words which followed them, their
definitions, led him still further into the
mazes of erudition.
BY the time he was II he had learned
to read the simple, childs primer and had
fully realized the true and Wonderful pur-
pose of the little bugs.
No longer did he feel shame for his
hairless body or his human features for
now his reason told hime that he was of
a different race from his wild and hairy
companions. He was a MAN. they were
APES, and the little apes which sour
ried through the forest top were
MONKEYS He knew, too, that old
Gah G
SNAKE, and Tantor an E-L-E-P-H-
ANT. And so he learned to read.
From then on his progress was rapid.
With tho help OF the great dictionary and
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the lnly Jungle to where the tribe lay,
and for many days and nights she sat
guard beside him, bringing him food ana
water, and brushing the files and other
Insects from his cruel wounds.
OF medicine or surgery the poor thing
Knew nothing. She could but Hck the
wounds and thus she kept them cleansed,
that healing nature might the more
quickly do her work.
At first Tarzan would eat nothing, but
rolled and tos.Ad in wild delirium of
fever. All he craved was water, and
this she brought him in the only way
she could, bearing IL In her own mouth.
No human mother could have shown
more unselfsh and sacrificing devotion
than did this poor. wild brute for the
little orphaned waif whom fate had
thrown into her keeping.
At last the fever abated and the boy
commenced to mend. No word of com
plant had passed his tight set lips,
though the pain of his wounds was eX-
crucatng.
A portion of his chest was laid bare tu
the ribs, three of which had been broken
by the mighty blows of the gorilla. One
arm was nearly severed by the giant
fangs and great piece had been torn
from his neck, exposing his jugular vein,
which the cruel Jaws had missed but by
a miracle.
With the stocsm of the brutes who
had raised him he endured his suffering
quietly. preferring to crawl away from
the others and lie huddled In some clump
of tall grasses rather than to show his
misery before their eyes.
Kala. alone, he was glad to have with
him, but now that he was better she was
gone longer at a time. in search Of food;
for the devoted animal had scarcely
eaten enough to support her own life
while Tarzan had been so low, and was
in consequence reduced to a mere shadow
OF her former self
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wan Hnnnr Memorv nf nalosr

The Military Order Of the Loyal Legion
Of the United States will have its coiors
draped for three months In memory Of
the late Thomas II. Hubbard. y. s. NJ,
who was commander-in-chief Of the or
der. He was breveted brigadler general
during the Civil War for meritorious
work Appropriate action will be taken
by the various communicates Of the order
throughout the country Rear Admiral
Louis Kempff, U. S. NJ. at present is act
ing as the commander-ln-n chief,
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the door from within. and this he did
so that there would be no chance OF his
being moiested while at his vestlRations
He commenced systematic search OF
the cabin; but his attention was soon
| riveted by the books which seemed to
exert strange and powerful influence
over him, so that he could scarce attend
TO aught else for the lure Of the won
urous puzzle which their purpose pre-
sented to him
Among the other books were primer
some child's readers numerous picture
books, and great dictionary. All Of
these he examined, but the pictures
caught his fancy most. though the
strange little bugs which covered the
pages where there we're no pictures ex-
cited his wonder and deepest thought
Squatting upon his haunches on tho
table top in the cabin his father had
ouilt-his smooth, brown, naked little
BODY bent over the book which rested
IN his strong slender hands. and his
great shock of long. black hair falling
about his well shaped head and bright,
intelligent eyes-Tarzan of the apes, little
primitive man. presented a picture filed,
at once, with pathos and with promise
an allegorical figure of the primordinl
cropping through the black night OF Igno-
rance toward the light OF learning.
his little face was tense In study, for
ne had partially grasped, In a hazy,
nebulous way, the rudiments OF n thought
which was destined to prove the KEY and
the solution to the puzzllng problem Of
the strange little bugs.
In his hands was a primer opened at A
picture of little ape similar to himself,
but covered, except for hands and face.
with strange, colored fur, for such no
thought the packet and trousers to ne.
beneath the picture we're three little
bugs
BOY.
And now he had discovered in the text
upon the page that these three were re-
peated many times in the same sequence.
Another fact he learned-that there
were comparatively few individual bugs;
out these were repeated many times, oc-
casionally alone, but more often in COM
pany with others.
SLOWLY he turned the pages, scanning
the pictures and the text for a repetition
of the combination boy. Presently no
round 1t beneath picture of anoth-r
little ape and a strange animal which
went upon four legs like the jackal and
resemoled him not n little. Beneath this
picture the bugs appeared as.
A BOY AND A DOG
There they were, the three little bugs
which always accompanied the little ape.
And so he progressed very, very slowly,
for 1t was a hard and laborious task
which he had set himself without know
ing it-a task which might seem to you
or me notwithstanding to read with
out having the slightest knowledge of
letters or written language. or the faint
est idea that such things existed.
He did not accomplish it In a day, or in
a week or In month, or in year; but
slowly. very slowly, he learned after he
had grasped the possibilities which lay
in those little bugs, so that by the time
he was 10 he knew the various COM
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,cuApTER v1-tcontlnued).

fCIIApTEiR Nl-NCOHlllluthj'
=, oourae he had never before seen
.,int or never had spoken with any Nv
'l"s ,,inr which had the remotest idea
at, thInRNas a written language
PN.ss nor ever had he seen any one
- hat wonder that the little boy was
~ mas to guess the meaning of
,ssss strange figures.
Var the middle of the book he found
s,d enemy. Sabor, the lioness, and,
Liner on colled Hlstah, the snake.
~ I, was most engrosslng! Never be-
IN. oll his ten years had he enjoyed
le.siae an much. SO absorbed was he
~. no did not note the approaching
sn,i, until It was quite upon him and
~ agures were blurred.
~. mi the book back in the cupboard
"A ciosed the door, for he did not wish
80 one else to find and destroy his treas
us and as he went out Into the gather-
~ darkness he closed the great door ot
"a cabin behind him as 1t had been pe-
,ars he discovered the secret OF Its lock,
~, hefore he left he had noticed the
hnnting knife lying where ne had thrown
i, ,non the floor, and this he picked up
VA ,ook with him to show to his fellows.
uo had taken scarce n dozen steps to-
..rd the Jungle when a great form rose
y. hefore him from the shadows of
w, hush. At first he thought 1t was one
!, hts own people, but In another instant
y. rsalized that 1t was Bolgani, the huge
gorilla.
,bance for flight and little Tarzan knew
,hst he must stand and fight for his life;
~ these great beasts were the deadly
,nsrnies of his tribe, and neither one or
,hs other ever asked or gave quarter.
Had Tarzan been full grown bull ape
AZ the species of his tribe he had been
more than match for the gorilla, but
bsing only little English boy, though
snormously muscular for such, he stood
no show against his cruel antagonist. In
his veins, though, flowed the blood of the
hest of a race of mighty fighters. ana
lack of this was the training of his short
lifetime among the fierce brutes of the
Jungle.
III knew no fear, as we know it; his
little heart beat the faster but from the
excitement and exhilaratlon of adven-
ture Had the opportunity presented it
self he would have escaped, but solely
because his Judgment told him he was no
match for the great thing which con-
yfronted HIM And since reason showed
him that successful flight was impossible
he met the gorilla squarey and bravely
without q tremor of a single muscle, or
any sign of panic.
In fact he met the brute midway in
IFS charge, striking its huge body with
hIs closed fists and as futilely as If he
had been a fly attacking an elephant
But in one hand he still clutched the
knife he had found in the cabin of his
father, and as the brute, striking and
biting, closed upon him the boy acct
dsntally turned the point toward the
hairy breast. AS it sank deep into the
body OF him the gorilla shrieked in pain
and rage.
But the boy had learned in that brief
second use for his sharp and shining
toy so that. as the tearing, striking
beast dragged him to earth he plunged
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their part OF the Jungle SO that they aSa
plenty to eat and little or no losa from
predatory incursions Of neishbonr.
Hence the younger males AZ they he-
came adult found II more comfortable %
take wives from their own tribe, of if
they captured one Of another tribe "a
bring her back to Kerchak's band ard
live in amty with him rather than ots
tempt to set up a new establiEhment q
their own, or fight with the redoubtabie
Kerchak for supremacy at home
CONTINUED ToMoRRow0
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~, 1914. by A. c. Mcclurs Company.
SYNOPSIS.

,,,,,on Lord Greystoke, emberks
John Cuy yyotinq wife on the barkentine
s.sa or British ives, AfriSa Sn gSebe se,PS Rf
r. 10 assur,,.tnv stlrring, and after his re-
hs anas nave been stolen from him he Is
solyers by note to say nothing uhder
rsln o. asiry aeSt breaks and John and Alice
clsy'oIs cl.sysesed by great anthroPoid ape dlgS1 Giey
ton Is .ssEts her and frightens her so that
less, as a..sh her mind. A child H. born, TO the
fhe ioses wear later. Alice dies leaving
Clayton ,,Wyay,on W., is eventually killed by the
John nss which infest the place, and his
S captured gsdr X Eed sheiapSfh ia the S@Gso apc G
ofspflnns, cbnd is called Tarzan, meaning
lhe pau ip,as.stln He ia brought up In the
.sy OF the apes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES MARK
STATE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
Mechanical Arts Building Observation-Disclosures
Building Named in Honor of President
Bryan--Large Class Graduated

what he studies in school. And he
was also interested when he saw
horses pulling street cars in New
York because it was so different
from what he had seen before. An
other tablet recently deciphered and
believed to be the oldest writing yet
discovered is a law of inheritance.
A son may receive a share of his
fathers estate, thereby FORGETTING his
rights on his fathers death. 1t
elucidates the parable of the prod
igal son. This ancient law seems
rational; it differs from our laws
no more than those of one state
might differ from another. But
while the policy and laws of inheri-
lance have changed little in scores
of centuries, our policy and laws re-
lating to our greatest industry have
been revolutionized in a score of
years. Our railroads were consid-
cred by their owners and by the pub
Az % PAANoIO plOpSil ~ pllfdL0 zap
ital built them for private control
and management and profit. Rail-
ways soon develop into national and
commercial necessities. We were so
dependent upon them that private
control gave the power of CONNER
cial life or death over individuals
and industries, cities and communi-
ties. Abuse of this power became
intolerable and new policy of gov
ernmental control of privately owned
land managed properties has been in
lcorporated into new laws. At first
this policy was denounced as radical
and revolutionary, but Is now accept
ed as reasonable and right, and the
problem now is to work out wise
and just methods.
These two illustrations of recent
changes relate to the street car and
the locomotive. They are the pro-
duct of steam and electricity; they
both substitute mechanical power
for horse power.
Steam and electricity have
brought about the new civilization
in which we live. I have come 1000
miles from New Haven to Pullman
in less time and in far greater COM
fort than one would have travelled
rom Boston to Baltimore a hundred
years ago. Our country was so years
old before 1t had a railroad and it
is not SO years since the first rails
penetrated the west. The railroads
bring together the coal and the ore
and make the iron; they bring the
gricultural machinery to the west
and they carry back the wheat. We
Continued on page two)
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11
PULLMAN WOMAN
WINS HIGH HONOR
Mrs. Scion Shedd Is Elected Presi
dent of the Federated Women's
Clubs of the State

Another high honor has come TO
Pullman in the election of Mrs.
Scion Shedd as president of the Fed
Grated Women's clubs of the state.
The annual convention was held IN
Spokane this week and until short
time ago the presidency was conced-
ed to a resident of that city. But
the Spokane clubs failed to agree on
a candidate and became involved IN
a bitter fight. Members of the
coast clubs then suggested that Pull
man enter candidate, and as re-
suit Mrs. Shedd, who has long been
an active and prominent member OF
the Fortnightly club, was induced to
enter the race.
The election was held yesterday
and she won easily. receiving l4o
votes to SO for Mrs. Phelps OF spo-
kane.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11

The dedication exercises of the
Mechanic Arts building we're held in
the auditorium Wednesday after
noon. E. T. Conan, president of the
board of regents, presided and after
an organ solo by DR.. E. A. Evans,
introduced Chas. F. Scott, professor
of electrical engineering at the
Sheffield Scientific school of Yale
university, and one of the foremost
electrical engineers of the United
States. He took for his subject,
The Influence of Engineering in
Modern Life" and said, in part:
l bring greeting from Yale to the
State College of Washington; from
the City of Films in old New Eng
land, where 200 years of tradition
and classical influence are our
foundation, to the Inland Empire
where men of vision and of power
are establishing what shall be the
traditions and the moulding influ-
ence of the future. But Yale is
changing. Her scientific school has
been a pioneer in the new education
and she is now building engineer
ing laboratories. There is more
significant change among her gradu-
ates. She has $4,000 living gradu-
ates. Ten years ago the group, in
Guiding the occupations of law, edu-
cation, medicine and the min
istry outnumbered the gradu-
ates in manufacturing, COM
merce, mercantile pursuits and en-
cheering, nearly two to one. Dur
ing the last decade the first group,
including the older professions, has
increased less than 25 per cent,
while the second, or business and
engineering group, has increased
over 80 per cent. This indicates the
changed attitude of the world of
affairs toward education and shows
that manufacturing and business
are calling for trained men. 1t typi-
fies a new demand, a new condi-
ton.
Changes sometimes come slowly;
sometimes very quickly. Certain
human and intellectual qualities
seem scarcely to change at all, while
our attitude and relation to the
things about us have recently under
gone profound changes. In the
Babylonian collection at Yale is a
little clay tablet dating probably
from the days of Abraham. On 1t
are columns of characters connected
by KS and pairs of horizontal lines.
II is a multiplication table. My
eight-year-old nephew was greatly
interested because 1t was so like
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11
AUTO OvERTURNS,
SHOULDER INJURED
j. IL. I. Smith Is Severely Injured
in Auto Accident, Caused by
Faulty Steering Gear

j. II. T. Smith, prominent Pull
man farmer, member of the last
Legislature, and president of the
Northwest Livestock association,
was severely injured Wednesday
afternoon when his automobile
overturned near the j. c. Kamarrer
place, on Union flat, pinning Smith
underneath. Smith was pinned
under the car for an hour and a
half before his plight was discov-
cred and he was extricated but did
not lose consciousness, and dug hol-
lows in the ground to ease his posi-
ton. He was taken home andSDr.
Kinney was called, but his shoulder
was so badly swollen that thorough
examination to determine the extent
of the injury was impossible. By
Thursday morning, however, the
swelling had reduced to a consider
able extent and an examination re-
vealed the fact that the shoulder is
dislocated and may possibly be frac-
tured. He is resting easily, but win
be confined to his home for several
weeks.
The story of the accident as re-
lated by Smith is that the steering
gear gave way near the j. G. KAN
arrer place and the automobile
started out of the road onto the
grass. He gave the wheel a sharp
turn to get it back in the road and
the machine jack-knifed throwing
him tout and pinning him under
meath, the side of the car resting
across his stomach.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
NAMED BY TRUSTEES

Charm en- for the various standing
committees of the Chamber of Com
merce were named by the trustees at
their meeting Tuesday evening. The
committee members will be named at
the meeting next Tuesday evening.
The chairmen are as follows:
City Improvement and Sanitation
ID. ID. Kimball.
Roads and Parks-D. f. Staley.
Legislative-V. w. Clarkson.
New lndustries-R. e. Doty.
Agriculture and Horticulture-W.
G.. Kruegel
Publicity. w. Caughlan.
Membership--R. G. Holt.
Entertainment and lnvitation-E.
o. Cathcart.
Railways and Immigration-Wil
lam Laird.
Social Welfare-J. G. Robinson.
Auditing-F. o. Brownson.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11

The building is a four-story fire
proof structure, 100 feet long by
lO2 feet wide, finishing in special
brick, sandstone, and terra Gotta, de-
signed to accommodate the labora-
tories in physics and electrical en-
cheering and the class and drawing
rooms of mechanical engineering
and architecture.
The basement contains the cleo
trical laboratories with provision for
testing of dynamos and motors, for
electrical measurements, photo
metric studies, illumination tests,
high tension investigation, telephone
practice, and research of various
kinds.
On the main floor are the physics
laboratories and accommodations
for laboratory courses for engineer
ing, agricultural and home econom-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-06-11
MARGARET MA|LLEY
WEOS OMAR 0. 0RTT
Beautiful Ceremony at Home of
Brides Parents Unites Popular
State College Students--Wiu
Reside Near Wenatchee

Omar o. Ortt of Wenatchee and
Miss Margaret Belle Mailley, daugh-
ter of the Rev. and Mrs. James Mail
ley, were married at the home of the
brides parents Wednesday morning
at $3.50 o'clock, the ceremony being
performed in the presence of about
80 relatives and friends of the young
people by the Rev. Mr.. Mailley, who
is pastor of the Nazarene church.
The bride, who wore a gown of white
crepe meteor and carried a bouquet
of white bridal roses, was accom-
panied by Miss Irene Jinnett, who
was gowned in pink lace cloth and
carried a bouquet of PINK and white
sweet peas. The groom was accom-
panied by Philip Feddersohn.
To the sweet strains OF Lohen-
grin's wedding march, played by
Miss Maude Williams, the bridal
party entered the rooms, which had
been beautifully decorated in pink
and white by the brides Sunday
school class. The ring ceremony was
used, and the golden circlet was car
ried in white rose by little Miss
Georgia Grimes. Previous to the
ceremony Miss Williams sang 20
Promise Me" and following the pro-
nouncing of the words which made
the happy young couple man and
wife, dainty refreshments were
served, the color scheme of pink and
white being carried out in ice cream
and cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ortt left at 1880
for Spokane, where they will spend
several days before going to their
future home north of Wenatchee,
where Mr.. Ortt is interested with his
father in large farm.
Both the young people have hosts
of friends in Pullman, who wish
them a long life of happiness and
prosperity.