Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-10
CHAPTER XIII.
ppoTuER MEN.


BROTHER MEN.
vhsn dArnot regained consciousness,
:. found himself lying upon bed OF
-. ,,rrs and grasses beneath little
1..baped shelter of boughs.
!, bis feet an opening looked out upon
Ian award, and at a little distance
S,yond was the dense wall of jungle ana
forest. -, .,., o,,d r,o,L
.a4 az full consciousness returned nc telt
a. sharp torture of many cruel wounds,
VA tbe dull aching of every bone and
r,nscle in his body as a result OF the
biSeous beating he had received.
Eyen the turning of his head caused
Mn such excruclating agony that he lay
slnl with closed eyes for long time.
IL fried to piece out the details of his
adventure prior to the time he lost con-
sc,ousness to see If they would explain
bIs present whereabouts--he wondered II
he we're among friends or foes.
Al length he recolected the whole
hIdeous scene at the stake, and finally
recalled the strange white figure in whose
arms he had sunk into oblivion.
DArnot wondered what fate lay in
store for him now He could neither see
nor hear any signs of life about him.
The ncessant hum of the jungle-the
Of insects, the voices of the birds and
monkeys-seemed blended into a strangely
soothing purr, as though he lay apart.
far from the myriad life whose sounds
came to him only as a blurred echo.
At length he fell in a quiet slumber,
nor did he awake again until afternoon.
Once more he experienced the strange
lense Of utter bewilderment that had
marked his earlier awakening. but soon
he recalled the recent past and looking
through the opening at his feet he saw
the figure OF a man squatting on his
launches.
The broad, muscular back was turned
toward him, but, tanned though 1t was,
d'Arnot saw that 1t was the back of a
white man, and he thanked his God.
The Frenchman called family. The
man turned and, rising, came toward the
shelter, His face was very handsome
the handsomest thought d'ATnot, that he
had ever seen.
Stopping, he crawled into the shelter
beside the wounded officer, and placed a
cool hand upon his forehead
DArnot spoke to him in French but
the man only shook his head-sadly, IL
seemed to the Frenchman
Then DArnot tried English, but still
the man shook his head. Italian Spanish
and German brought similar discourage
ment
Wegian, Russian, Greek. and also had a
smattering of the language of one of the
west Coast negro tribes-the man denied
them all.
After examining D'Arnot's wounds the
man left the shelter and disappeared In
nall an hour he was back with fruit and
water.
pArnot drank and ate a little He
was surprised that he had no fever
Again he tried to converse with his
strange nurse. but the attempt was use
Suddenly the man hastened from the
is. sls,'er only to return few minutes later
WIN several pieces of bark and-wonder
ol wonders-a lead pencil
squattlng beside D'Arnot he wrote for
minute on the smooth inner surface OF
Fs.ki s PARK then he handed it to the
,,i1. pArnOt was astonshed to see, in plain
lsh: '''' '''erS' d message IN Eng
80 am Tarzan OF the Apes. Who are
'g1s Can you read this language?"
s,t aIhot seized the pencil-then he
lsh rms strange man wrote Eng
,1v eniuehtly he was an Englishman.
90 SAID D'Arnot, II read English
rrst stsss =. It also. Now we may talk.
hsva ,et me thank you for all that you
AsFe T done for me-"
nolns ne man only shook his head and
~ 20 the pencil and the bark
=. M MI Dleu :! cried D'Arnot. 'Tf you
bot i-nslish .a, why Is 1t then that you can
wy speak English"
,b bu lhen In flash 1t came to him
= man ~ was mute. possibly a deaf mute.
nsFk, in English. o' '''e
nav, an m Faul DArnot, lieutenant in the
yon france, l thank you for what
No ne nave done for me- You have saved
Nsv ne and all that l have is yours.
Enel,shN ses-how now II is that one who writes
Ts T,sh does not speak it?"
y,ssslahs 80 1ahs reply filled D'Arnot with stin
hlhs speaA only the language of my
ebsas ahe great apes who were Ker-
Tsnto, ana a little OF the languages OF
m - the elephant and Numa, the lion,
M u the other folks of the Jungle /
ssaasfstand. With a human being / have
lsr spoken, except once with JaRe Por-
hava signs, This Is the first time I
ihrs spoAen with another OF nv kind
n9ash written Words
credjhIl was mystihed. It Seemed in
fallssrs mat there lived upon earth a
Kith man who had never spoken
postero,,- o"han, and still more pre-
#ate. 4' sueh one could read and
esxesSs ,5oAea again at Tarzan's message
aas th sAee, with Jane Porter" That
ssfrlss ~ american girl who had been
sadd1e lo the jungle BY a gorilla
Qn D. 49, Hsht commenced TO dawn /
IL selzss ol-this 4sthi then was the gorilla"
'.Ribe.aa the pencil and wrote:
Ana sl IS Jane Porter2"
-. atzan replied. below:
4aFeA with her people IN the cabin OF |
sen ls-n Of the Apes - '
st 80 happened to herq.,
Tsf[oz not dead. She was taken BY /
Apes 80 y Pc bis wife; but Farzan OF the |
tIlles s1A sA her away from Terkoz and /
aNona I. before he could harm her.
el ~ s U ali the jungle may face Tarzan
1aFsan IN battle, aud live. ! am 4
1a5Afnot wrote. ''''s MY Hzh'si'
set 4 slad she IS safe. Il pains me 70
- #lll fsst q while
~ test When you are well shah 4
e#sk e zaar people
@At as4a y Arnat Iay upon his