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

was being borne away a captive pv
the strange forest creature who had
rescued her from the clutches OF the
ape she struggled desperately to es-
cape.
Presently she gave up the futile ef-
fort and lay quietly, looking through
half closed lids at the face of the man
who strobe easily through the tangled
undergrowth with her.
The face above her was one of ex-
traordinary beauty.
1t was a perfect type Of the strongly
masculine, unmarried by dissipation or
degrading passions. One thing the girl
had noticed particularly when she hao
seen Tarzan rushing upon Terkoz-the
vivid scarlet band upon his forehead
from above the left eye to the scalp
but now as she scanned his features
she noticed that it was gone and only
a thin white line marked the spot
where 1t had been.
AS she lay more quietly in his arms
Tarzan slightly relaxed his grip upon
her.
Once he looked down into her eyes
and smiled. The girl had to close her
own to shut out the vision Of that
handsome, winning face.
Presently Tarzan took to the trees
and Jane Porter wondering that she
felt no fear began to realize that In
many respects she had never felt more
secure in her whole life than now as
she lay in the arms Of this wild crea-
ture.
When with closed eyes she COM
menced to speculate upon the future
and terrifying fears were conjured by
a vivid imagination she had but to
raise her lids and look upon that face
so close to hers to disspate the last
remnant Of apprehension.
On and on they went through what
seemed a solid mass Of verdure, yet
ever there appeared to open before this
forest god a passage as by magic
which closed behind them as they
passed.
AS Tarzan moved steadily onward
his mind was occupied with many
strange and new thoughts. Here was
a problem the like Of which he had
never encountered, and he felt rather
than reasoned that he must meet it as
a man and not as an ape. 1t was the
order Of the jungle for the male to
take his mate by force. But could
Tarzan be guided by the laws Of the
beasts? Was Tarzan not a man? But
how did men do? He was puzzled
he did not know.
He wished that he might ask the
girl, and then it came to him that she
had already answered him in the futile
struggle she had made to escape and
to repulse him.
But now they had come to their des-
tination, and Tarzan Of the apes, with
Jane Porter in his strong arms, swung
lightly to the turf Of the arena where
the great apes held their councils and
danced the wild orgy Of the dumdum.
Though they had come many miles,
it was still but midafternoon, and the
amphitheater was bathed in the half
light which filtered through the maze
of encircling foliage.
The green turf looked cool and in
viting. The myriad noises Of the jun
gle seemed distant and hushed to a
mere echo Of blurred sounds, rising
and falling like the surf upon a remote
shore.
A feeling Of dreamy peacefulness
stole over Jane Porter as she sank
had placed her. She looked up at his
great figure towering above her. and
there was added a strange sense Of
perfect security.
What a perfect creature, There
could be naught Of cruelty or baseness
beneath the godlike exterior
With a bound Tarzan sprang into
the trees and disappeared. Jane Por-
ter wondered where he had gone Had
he left her there to her fate in the
lonely jungle?
For a few minutes that seemed hours
to the frightened girl she sat with
tense nerves waiting.
She heard a sudden. slight sound
behind her. With a Shrek she sprang
to her feet and turned to face her end
There stood Tarzan, his arms filled
with ripe and luscious fruit.
Jane Porter reeled and would have
fallen. but Tarzan. dropping his bur-
den, caught her in his arms. She did
not lose consciousness. but clung to
him, shuddering and trembling.
Tarzan Of the apes stroked her soft
hair and tried to comfort and quiet her
as Kala had him when as little ape
he had been frightened by Sabor, the
tiger, or Histah, the snake.
Once he pressed his lips tightly upon
her forehead. and she did not move
but closed her eyes and sighed.
She could not analyze her feelings
nor did she wish to attempt it. She
was satisfied to feel the safety Of those
strong arms and TO leave her future tC
fate.
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it there commenced to dawn upon hel
the realization that she had possibly
learned something she had never
known before-love She wondered and
then smiled.
Still smiling. she pushed TarZaI
gently away. and, looking at him with
half quizzical expression that made
her face wholly enhancing, she point
ed to the fruit upon the ground ant
seated herself upon the edge Of the
earthen drum of the anthropoids.
TarZan quickly gathered up the fru:t
and. bringing it, laid 1t at her feet
and then he, too, sat upon the drum
beside her and with his knife proceed.
ed to open and prepare the various vi
ands for her meal.
Together and in silence they ate. oc'
casionally stealing sly glances at on'
another. until finally Jane Porter BROKE
into a merry laugh in which Tarzar
Joined.
Il wish you spoke English" said The