Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07
TARZAN OF THE APES
The Thrilling Adventures of Pri,neDoI Nop
and Gn American Girl "A'''
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

9Iu 1io. Two officers, Lieutenant d,Ar,o+ 49,
! s,.euVe1ant Charpentier. bost g,ne
.eleu s,,,,,s,..,.,u TO the cruiser for provisions
i,,gi.''Ion, airaa., and carbines; the men wers
eireaay armed with revolvera
~. 70 Clayton's Inquiries as Z, bor,
| and &c "appehed to anchor off shore
captain Dufranne exnIairsd ''',i,aiuer' nan
tlSI t,.ontn before they had sighted The Ar,o-,
.il's southwest under coneideraSi.
Saii'as' and that when thev had sionoiaS
70 come about she had but croudeS
on more sail '' eio"uel
iney mad kept her hull-up until sursot
nIIns several shots after her b,,t ar
loNt morning sho was nowhere 20 -
seen Ihey had then continued IN cr,,,,s
up ana down the coast for several ,,,.oi,.
nl anu had about forgotten the incident 90
~ ~,Iie recent chase, when, early one ,,or,.
s lug a rev days before, the lookout had
os oeSurlped vessel laboring in the trough
-. 10y neaVy sea and evidently entirely
from under control. iS
As they steamed nearer to a.. So.
they were surprised to note tbst =, v.aos y.Ss
the same vessel that had ruin iron, ,h..s
rev weeks earlier Her forost,,,.n,i
anu tnlzzen-spanker were set as tbough
an eHort had been made to hold har
u Ieau up into the wind, but the sheets hal
parted and the sails were tearing 10
rlpoons in the half gale of wind
IN the high sea that was running II
was difficult and dangerous task TO
altenpt to put a prize crew aboard her:
ana as no signs of life had been seen
ABOVE deck, 1t was decided 70 stand bv
until the wind and sea ahated. but inst
, elen hsure was seen cllnging to the
ran and feebly waving a mute signal
OF despair toward them.
Immediately boats crew was ordered
out and an attempt was successfully
mace TO board the Arrow. The sight
tnat met the Frenchmen's eyes as they
clamoered over the ships side was ao-
A dozen dead and dying men rolled
IItner and thither upon the pitching
eeck' the living intermingled with the
tl ueau' Two OF the corpses appeared to
nave been partially devoured as though
by wolves
The prize crew soon had the vessel
under proper sail once more and the
hVins members of the ill-starred COM
pany carried below to their hammocks.
me dead were wrapped in tarpaulins
ana lashed on deck to be identified nv
thelr comrades before being consigned
to the deep.
None of the living was conscious when
the trenchmen reached the Arrows deck
Even the poor devil who had waved the
single despairing signal of distress had
iapsed into Inconsistencies before he
mad learned whether 1t had availed or
not.
II did not take the French officer long |
TO learn what had caused the terrible
condition aboard for when water and |
brandy were sought to restore the men. |
IL was found that not only was there not |
any of either, but not a vestige of food |
of any description.
lie Immediately signaled to the cruiser
TO send water. medicine and provisions. |
and another boat made the perilous trim |
to the Arrow.
When restoratives had been applied |
several Of the men regained conscious
ness. ana then the whole story was told |
j nat part OF 1t we know up to the sail
ing OF the Arrow after the murder of
snipes, and the burial of his body above
The treasure-chest
1t seemed that the pursuit by the cruiser
had so terrorized the mutineers that they
nad continued out across the Atlantic
Tor several days after losing her; but on
discovering the meagre supply of water
and provisions aboard, they had turned
back toward the east.
With no one on board who understood
navigation, discussions soon arose as to
heir whereabouts; and as three DAYS
sailing to the east did not raise land.
hey bore off to the north, fearing that
he high north winds that had prevailed
lad driven them south OF the southern
extremity OF Africa.
They kept on a north-northeasterly
course for two days. when they were
'Vertaken by calm which lasted for
nearly week Their water was gone,
md in another day they would be with
,ut food.
Conditions changed rapidly from bad
o worse. One man went mad and
eaped overheard. Soon another opened
lis veins and drank his own blood.
When he died they threw him over
,oard also. though there were those
mong them who wanted 10 keep the
orpse on board. Hunger was changing
hem from human beasts TO wild beasts
Two days before they had been picked
p by the cruiser they had become too
'eak to handle the vessel, and that same
ay three men died. On the following
lorning 1t was seen that one of the
orpses had been partially devoured.
All that day the men lay glaring at