Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-16


Tarzan forced a few drops between the
cracked and swollen lips. He wetted the
hot forehead and bathed the pitiful limbs.
Presently Clayton opened his eyes. "A
faint, shadowy smile lighted his counte-
nance as he saw the girl leaning over
him. At sight Of Tarzan the expression
changed to one of wonderment
ITS all right old fellow" said the ape
man. We've found you in time. Every
thing will be all right now, and wen have
you on your feet again before you know
| It,"
The Bnglishman shook his head weakly.
Its too late" he whispered. "But it's
| just as we'll. I'd rather die"
"Where is Monsieur Thuran?" asked
the girl
"He left me after the fever got bad.
He Is a devil. When 1 begged for the
water that 1 was too weak to get, he
drank before me, threw the rest out.
and laughed in my face" At the thought
of 1t the man was suddenly animated by
a spark of vitality. He raised himself
upon one elbow. Yes" he almost shout
ed II will live. I will live long enough
to find and kill that beastH But the
brief effort left him weaker than before,
and he sank back again upon the rotting
| grasses that with his old ulster, had
been the bed of Jane Porter.
Don't worry about Thuran," said
Tarzan of the Apes, laying a reassuring
hand on Clayton's forehead "He belongs
to me, and 1 shall get him In the end,
never fear"
For a long time Clayton lay very still
Several times Tarzan had to put his ear
| quite close to the sunken chest to catch
the faint beating of the wornout heart.
Toward evening he aroused again for
| brief moment.
| ha T,i,a sir ri haOt
her head closer to catch the faint mes
| sage. II have wronged you-and him."
he nodded weakly toward the ape-man.
"I loved you so-it is a poor excuse to
offer for inJuring you; but 1 could not
bear to think of giving you UP. 1 do
| not asked your forgiveness. only wish
to do now the thing I should have done
over n year ago" He fumbled in the
pocket Of the ulster beneath him for
something that he had discovered there
while he lay between the paroxysms of
fcver Presently he found tia crumpled
bit of yellow paper. He handed IL to the
girl, and as she took II his arm fell limp
ly across his chest his head dropped back
and with little gasp he stiffened and
was still. Then Tarzan of the Apes drew
a fold of the ulster across the upturned
face.
For n moment they remained kneeling
there. the girls lips moving in silent
either side of the now peaceful form,
tears came to the ape-man's eyes, for
through the anguish that his own heart
had suffered he had learned compassion
, for the suffering of others.
Through her own tears the girl read the
message upon the bit of faded yellow
paper, and as she read her eyes went
very wide. Twice she read those start
ling words before she could fully compre-
hend their meaning.
Finger prints prove you Greystoke
Congratulations D'ARNOT.
She handed the paper to Tarzan. And
he has known 1t all this time" she said
and did not tell your"
Il knew 1t first, Jane" replied the man.
Il did not know that he knew II at ALL
l must have dropped this message that
night in the waiting ROOM II was there
that l received It,"
And afterward you told us that your
mother was she-ape, and that you had
never known your father?" she asked in
creulously.
The title and the estates meant moth
Ing to me without you, dear" he replied.
And II had taken them away from
/ him 1 should have been robbing the
} woman ! love-don't you understand,
JaneT' 1t was as though he attempted
to excuse a fault.
) She extended her arms toward him
| across the body OF the dead man, and
} took his hands in hers.
D And l would have thrown away a
love like that" she said.
| XVI.
/ THE PASSING OF THE APE-MAN.
TTNHE next morning they set out upon
, i the short journey 10 Tarzans cabin.
r -Four Waziri bore the body OF the dead
7 Englishman. II had been the ape-man's 5
! ! SUBSECTION that Clayton be buried beside
i the former Lord Greystoke near the edge
4 OF the jungle against the cabin that the
i older man had built
Jane Porter was glad that II was TO be-
50. and In her heart OF hearts she won
u dered at the marvellous fineness OF char
/ aeter OF this wondrous man, who though
raised by brutes and among brutes. had
$ the true chivalry and tenderness which
one only associates with the rehnementa
y OF the highest civilization
. they had proceeded some three miles Of
vi the nVe that had separated them from
a Iarzan's own beach when the Wazirl
8 VINO were ahead stopped suddenly point,
d ing In amazement az a strange neure
d approaching them along the beach. "A
n was A man with a shiny silk hat. vhc
/, walked slowly with bent head ana hande
clasped behind him underneath the IAN,
i OF his long black coat
II At sight OF him Jane Porter utfsred
e little cry Of surprise and joy. ana raT
e quickly ahead 10 meet him. Al ths so,,ns
y OF her voice the old man looked 10. an
"A when he saw whe Il was Confronting min
e he, too. cried out In relief and happiness
AZ Professor Archimedes Q. Porter foldel
, his daughter IN his arms tears streamef
q down his scanned old face, ana h va.
6 several minutes before he could eontro
n himself sunieiently 70 speak.
g When 4 moment later he reeoenl..,
. farzan It vas with diaculty fhat ths,
p could convinee him that his sorrow ~
not unbalanced his mind. for with III,
= other members of the party he had BE-,
u 80 thoroughly convinced that me ane
: man vas dead 4 was q problem 10 recon
q cile the eonfiction slth the very nfelfk,
4 appearance q James forest - srE.
Old man aas deeply touched al ne nsss
! of Claytfns death
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