Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-23

tion- ,e.v,.s II. ,,lsr.
.g,j This will explain to you, (the note sa.s
read the exact nature OF my inten- !. ,
f, tions relative TO your offspring and 'to3s =
you. Y ---sr ~"iHf1 .~ss 80 siya6afi
You were born an ape. You Lived ba5,a
naked In the jungles-tp your own we ~ ia,
have returned you; but your son shall .
rise step above his" sire. 1t Is the 20. ~
immutable law of evolution, .H "Hl',s
The father was a beast but the son
shall be man-he shall take the next VIZ v, :,
ascending step in the scale of prog ~
ress. He shall be no naked beast OF w
the jungle, but shall wear a loin cloth MI
ana copper anklets, and, perchance, a XII
ring in his nose, for he is TO be reared 'eis ~.
by menAa tribe of savage cannibals, r. ss,T
l might have killed yoU but that : "a
would have curtailed the full measure 4
OF the punishment you have earned AT sa
Dead, you could not have suffered ,.a
in the knowledga of your sons plight; IN.
but living and in a PLACE from which, MI
you may not escape to seek or succor 4 /,
your child, you shall suffer worse than AZ
death for all the years OF your life IN IA HI,
contemplation Of the horrors OF yodf ssial
This, then, Is 10. be a part Of 1S1 ysgr gls' ~
DUnlshment pUrsnlg FER having dared to ;PN =
b ~ p s., The balance, of your, punish NV
.ment has 70 do with what snail pres ,s,i
emily befali' your, wife-that I shall ss,,s
leave TO your imaginatlon., y =, .ss'
Instantly his senses awolSe and he was ods
again, Tarzan of the Apes, ~. 3msarsdo.o
As he wheeled, about, II was beast vsy
at bay, vibrant with the Instinct of self, "a
preservation that, faced, a huge bpYTaps hp
him. , 80. mi
The two years that had elapsed. sipSs .'iln r'
Farzsn had come out OF the savage fofestq r.
with his rescued mate had witnessed IA
slight NJ he mi
that had made him the invincible lord of ~
the Jungle His great estates in Uztn ~
had claimed much of hts time and auen-, NJ
tion. and there he had found ample heid "A,
Tor the practical use and retention OF DIS IN.
almost superb uman powers; but naked \.
and unarmod TO do battle with thes n
shaggy bull-necked beast that ariow con
fronted him was a test the ape-Tha n would n
scarce have welcomed ar any period Of !. !.
MS wild existence ri f1s"f NJ "
But there was no alternative other =
than to meet the aforementioned creatufeH1
with the weapons which nature had cns W. ~
dowed him. fa4 e.k. sNsf aaf laH
over the bulls shoulder Tarzan could \
see now the heads and shoulders OF per
maps a dozen more OF these mighty 'fofe' ~
runners OF primitive man. sai-H Z.
He knew however. that there was 'llt' II
Tie chance that they would attack hinh r
since II is not within the reasoning
powers OF the anthrepoid TO- be eble "a
N0lbH " appreciate tHe Whluc oh1oynVo"
trated action against an enemy'-othsr-.
wise they would long since have beoonM
the dominant creafuresc OF their -iiAanft.f
50 tremendous a power OF destruotlnp 1l1 n
In their mighty thewR ana savage .fsneenl1
With low snarl the bcnFf now fir'fof'1
himself at Tarzan. but the Ape man bal. 4
found, among other things III The haunt y
o. civilized man. oertain methods Soff
scientific warfare that arc unknovp ~. III
the Jungle folk. .s... ~
Whereas. a few years since, he So94 X
have met the bruteiFush with brute forfor1
bs new sidestepped bis anta'Eonist's tesPs
iqng charge and A. the brute hlFt3o
past him gwung a mlghtg right u H4<<
plt Or The apes stomscts a 9sasX
+ With howl Of nlihsich rassf anp
angnish the GREAT hnthrsb0in bent dpupif s
and sank TO the GROUND. though alrnost
Instantly he was again fatfuggling 70 h'S
feet. +,.-. ...a..
Before he could regain them. however
Ms Vhite-skinned Zoe had wheeled ana
poqneod Upon him. and In the act there
dfcpped from the shoulders OF the Ems.
ihh iofd the last shred pf bis superficial
nianqs Of civilization.
Once again he was the jungle beast
fevelInG n bloody conflict with his kind.
His stfona. white teeth sank into the
hairy throat q he enemy a. he sought
The pnislne iutaial ~
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