Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-02
TARTAN OF THE APES
The Thrilling Adventures of q PrineunE Man
and on American Girl
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
r..v,,rnt, 1914, ~ A. c. Mcclure Company,
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BY EDGAR RICE BURROUCH

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SYNOPSIS
foh, CLAYTON, Lord Greystoke, embarks
with bis young wife on the osrssntihhs sIn re
Fuwaida for British West Africa, where ~
t99 99nds mt,tlrv stirring, and after his re-
setynls have been stolen from him he is
warned by note to cay nothing under
Pair ps4lRs ~ n1tny fS" breaks and John and Alice
Clayton are put ashore. ..ta ,,o c,tsy b
az n'IsoI a Isaved by his wife but the dying
beast attacks her and frshieis @ her 50 po 'tI the
couple. 4 year later Alice dies lea''"S
clsyton with the child. ,r,.a ~ tho
John csyt9SI ySScb |. sfsst tbe place and hs
shiid is captured by a she,ape wn1s sns tribe
fwhite.skln.'' lie is brought up IN '"'
Wsy Wsy,r,h,,nS 81 I on printed book in his dead
,sibsr's shack, Tarzan, aged 10 &c eet1t1,1s t,1nss
learns 10 read. In a fashion By the ''i"'
ne ris,sn e I, n ndeiendns the mother.aPA Tho
has nurtured him, kills tine ape Win
lnd enters into q. 6ssSs Iean Of The ape-trlbe.
TarzsIlls greater mental endowment ,an u,S Id
him power among me ,,,,a apes sFlfty black
esnnibais come into the neishoorhoou VI
ne qpe TTsrzsn.E protector Is KILLED -,,s Sy
,,ianes y member OF the cannlhel trlnSs trnSs
Tarsan steals his bow ana an,a phy means OF
after traGkng him; Eiis tenn temptation 70 eat
~ acsnrlbsi. feeling that man does not ,nto e9o
mans nSsb If, Then be be SSpersieTttns SeriTft the camp
Tar5sn becomes proficient In the ,ssfsSar's
bow and arrow, ESPIoTbbnIs IS5D bIs fathers pho
hu,, but pb 5sr diary and other. tfteo,s sro,n,ng
Tsrssn halts a eannihal iesst further
e,,sbtsns The tribe, steals more arrows ennIP, esnPs,
~ their help and his own Gnnnshst rGn,inn,phs Mt, he
sapEl T.,arns 70 10 he ape tribe snd anKRSgSSSK KRsrSSnK
his strength, e challengedo ,tG}ss a knife
hhoS hhss2 al KeTckaks heart almost saves 1er
gG" gST at once. but the great ape o1 o0sreoms
the, the battle; Ws9cbaE aRo rinta iTS'd down W dead.
Wnwr,' ne, tIiiing Kerchak Tarzan becomes kE klnE
q his tribe He & esd5 cont,nmes ns fSy 10 yterrorze the
latter. His klngshlp, is ehaiIensephs pss kiiled.
ssshis,es Inc fuii.Nelson hold or IsTSSSHi, er Si.
and. instend OF killing the ape oen'''''' ''''
TafnaS his e but toTSes pn-
versai recognition OF his oWMn9 oWM9o bssat Tar,
Vague ons,ns1 f9F ,bst an05ser be must @ leave mis-
,ttba and seek beings Of his own KIM; NJ
Making = nnal visit to viis ths 'SI white " men. en-
Iasps Hs sees the whites kill ono Of their ,n own
nnrber Thca, putting up slgn. m.i''St. ha
lsboriously& & annIHnGS mh,ts men and a white girl.
sre on an expedition Of some sort' i"e'
arc puzzled by the sign. ,ahn Ciavton.
,bo bss succeeded TO the title OF LORD
Greystoke. Professor Porter an and ,ast nss in the
tnry, members of the party eet Idn' her
Iosf5' nsis hide in Tarzans fathers hut. Csy CRSys
snn 1Iosa In search OF the lost men, nS anS
sailors who brought the party ue'oN
riSTR TarRan 10 follows clayton and sees him 1oF EN-,
oo,ntsr a lion. AS the lion croucnss iS toL
oouinusir ooui rI,a ran sands an arrow into the llon
nanE. Then he kills the lion with Tar.Sn Hls Ru as
CLAYTON realizes the Identity OF - a. Eng
ilbs lang @ CLAYTON I follows Tqrzap's guidance
into the forest, Suddenly ne near ,un,, 81,
rrotnh fearfuIly, hearing hsavy Oouy
brush against the side Of the ca6in', ,tlcs
lion breaks half through a lnt'iGe: .
1Tiss Porter f-es, hits, but does not klll ,i ine
lion, who renews the attack. AS Ine s,tnn non
enters the hut Tarzan. bearihs Nc iy,oD's
back Then he disappears. leaving the
man and the woman wondering