Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-03
T AR Z A N OF
II H E A p E. S
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
copvrisht 1912 by the Frank A. Munsey Company.

emergency WHICH TequIeu PieSehSN
of mind, she swooned.
The scream that brought Clayton
and the two older men stumbling
through the underground led Tarzar
of the apes straight to where Esmer-
aida lay, but it was not Esmeralda
in whom his interest centered.
For a moment he scrutinized the
ground below and the trees above
until the ape that was in him by virtue
of training and environment, combin-
ed with the intelligence that was his
by right Of birth, told his woodcraft
the whole story as plainly as though
he had seen the thing happen with
his own eyes.
Instantly he was gone again into
the swaying trees, following the high
flung spoor which no other human
eye could have detected. much less
translated.
Almost silently the ape man sped on
in the track of Terkoz and his prey,
but the sound Of his approach reached
the ears Of the fleeing beast and spur
red 1t on to greater speed.
Three miles were covered before
Tarzan overlook them, and then Ter
koz, seeing that further flight was
futile, dropped to the ground In a
small open glade that he might turn
and fight for his prize or be free to
escape unhampered If he saw that the
pursuer was more than a match for
him.
He still grasped Jane Porter in one
great arm as Tarzan bounded like a
leopard into the arena which nature
had provided for this primeval-lke
battle.
When Terkoz saw that it was Tar
zan who pursued him he jumped to
the conclusion that this was Tarzan's
woman since they were Of the same
and hairless-and so he
rejoiced at this opportunity for double
revenge upon his hated enemy.
To Jane Porter the apparition of
this godlike man was as wine to sick
nerves.
From the description which Clay
ton and her father and Mr.. Philander
had given her she knew that 1t must
be the same wonderful creature who
had saved them, and she saw in him
only a protector and friend.
But as Terkoz pushed her roughly
aside to meet Tarzan's charge and she
saw the great proportions Of the ape
and the mighty muscles and the fierce
fangs her heart quailed. How could
any animal vanquish such mighty
Like two charging bulls they came
together and like two wolves sought
each others throat. Against the long
CANNES Of the ape was pitted the thin
blade of the mans knife.
Jane Porter-her 1.-the form flat
tened against the trunk Of a great
tree, her hands tight pressed against
her rising and falling bosom and her
eyes wide with mingled horror, fasci-
nation, fear and admiration, watched
the primordial ape battle with the
primeval man for possession of a wo-
man-for her.
AS the great muscles Of the mans
back and shoulders knotted beneath
the tension Of his efforts and the huge
biceps and forearm held at bay those
mighty tusks the veil Of centuries of
civilization and culture was swept
from the blurred vision of the Balti-
more girl. When the thin knife drank
deep a dozen times of Terkoz's hearts
blood and the great carcass rolled life
less upon the ground it was prime
val woman who sprang forward with
outstretched arms toward the prime
val man who had fought for her and
won her.
And Tarzan?
He did what no red blooded man
needs lessons in doing. He took his
woman in his arms and smothered
her with kisses.
For a moment Jane Porter lay
there with half closed eyes. But as
suddenly as the veil had been with
drawn it dropped again, and an out
ragged conscience suffused her face
with it's scarlet mantle, and morti-
fed woman thrust TarZan Of the apes
from her and buried her face in her
hands.
Tarzan had been surprised when he
had found the girl he had learned to
love after a vague and abstract man.
ner a willing prisoner in his arms.
Now he was surprised that she re-
pulsed him.
He came close to her once more
and took hold of her arm. She turned
upon him like a tigress, striking his
great breast with her tiny hands.
Tarzan could not understand it.
A moment ago, and it had been his
intention to hasten Jane Porter back
to her people, but that moment was
lost. Since then Tarzan Of the apes
had felt the warm form close pressed
to his. The hot sweet breath against
his cheek and mouth had famed a
new flame to life within his breast.
Again he laid his hand upon hel
arm. Again she repulsed him. AND
then Tarzan of the apes did just what
his first ancestor would have done.
He took his woman in his arms and
carried her into the jungle.
Early the following morning the
four within the little cabin by the
beach were awakened by the boom
ing of cannon. Clayton was the frs
to rush out, and there, beyond the
harbor's mouth. he saw two vessels
lying at anchor.
One was the Arrow and the Other
a small French cruiser. The sides OF
the latter were crowded with mer
gazing shoreward, and it was evident
to Clayton, as to the others, who hac
now joined him, that the gun which
they had heard had been fired to at
tract their attention if they still re-
oaiped at the "a hin