Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-05
TARTAN OF THE APES
1he Thrilling Adventures of PrineUaL Man
and an American Girl
ro1yriFht l0it bv a. 9 McC
SYNOPSIS.
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

Ccpyrieht 1915 by A. g McCiurE Compar
SYNOPSIS
3ohn Clayton. Lord greystoke. smharN
Faa%a % ,or goYa a,ss Ss AFica as 0sfss9RR' assfs K
~ 20 nfa1ma a consular position. Mutinp
hreaks odt and John ana Alice clayton arc
Attaokei BY srsat anthropold ape clay.
hens. stqsfss ma riel,, ,ega NJ bsp 80 tbat
che loses her mind. a child is born 70 the
egeplc a year later Alice dies, leaving
John Clayton q eventually killed by the
frsft apes which infcst The piacet ana mm ~ u
eassrlhe has has been kiiied. IN Inc ape tribe
shs baby ehiid e called Lsf5an, ~ msshi5s ,9 t,s
way of the apes
Stumbling dn 4 printed book n his dead
learns 70 read IN a fashion, BY the time
he is u he. is a iull-ggown man.
has aaFlureSS S'BGiss KIN, hs iRS aPe RTfusiss
anu enters Into q deadly strugge With
Tarzan' greater mental endowment makes
him q rover amonE the apes p,,,,. Als9 he he
sannibaie come into the neiEhboi hood ot
Tsrasn becomes proficient IN the use OF
bcw anli arrow Exploring his father hut
Tarsan comes upon his fathers photograph,
BY kining Ketchsk Tsrzan becomes klng
vague ioneinss for another life beset TAR
kan. lie feels that he must leave his tribe
and seek beings Of his own Kind. Making
Tafaan meets with white men. He sees the
whites Hill one Of their own number. Then
bsnneihe his preaenee, he departs The
white men, and a white girl. are on az
Npsaltlon OF some SORT. Ihey are puzzled
rafsan saves the life Of John clayton,
Creystoke. Pfofessor Porter and his reere-
lery. memhera o. the party. get lost In the
maid, maid hide de'ih Il TSfsans Fathers hut clay
ten goee IN scerch q me l4st men, men; aannf
return tc the shp
Tatzen oiiowsFCnyton and secs him en-.
sprins isfzan sends an arrow Into, The
lions hank Then he kills the lion with his
rsrsan AZ King Of the Apes and thanks
him IN Esgiish clayton follows Tatzens
a muiriod shot In the hut the two women
crouch fearfully, hearing q heay nody
~ lion bresits halt through lattice.
Miss Porter hros. hits. but does not kill the
enters the hut Tnrzan, bearing Clayton,
breaks ln ana Tarzon breaks the Hons
man and the women wondering.
IerSan rescues Professor Porter ana saIi
Ihcin back 10 their camp but they are
professor ana his arslstant Their ne
the sailors OF the ship which
cabin Clayton discovers from ring that
The skeleton they found is OF Lord GieA-
steiefons arc taken 10 be those Of Alice
CLAYTON and the child. The professor roal- N
acr from the shape OF the head that tne
mild Is not a human being. but says moth
nE.
Meeting another vessel the plrate-sa'iors
.eiurn and bury treasure on the Island.
rnrznn watches then digs up the treasure
,hpst and walks on with II.
Tarzan steals a letter written BY Jane
Porter and deciphers II. He learns from
L that the party does not know that
rar1an OF the Apes and their strange
anfa nd hc IN
tis name on the letter and returns H.
rRrzan provides food and safety for the !
marooned party. One day lane. whom
rarznn worshipB, walks into the forest
rarznu waits imputiently for her.