Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-19

receive funds for his return to London.
There he felt sure that he could now per-
suade his parents to let him spend at least
q portion of his time upon those African
estates which from little careless remarks
dropped at home he knew his father pos
sessed,
That would be something-better at
least than n lifetime of the cramped and
cloying restrictions OF civilization.
And so he was rather contented than
otherwise as he made his way in the di-
rectlon OF the coast for while he enjoyed
the liberty and the savage pleasures Of
the wild, his conscience was at the same
time clear, for he knew that he was doing
all that lay In his power to return to his
parents. He rather looked forward. too,
to meeting white men aEain--Creatures of
his own kind for there had been many oc-
casions upon which he had longed for other
companionship than that of the old ape.
The affair with the blacks stlll rantled
in his heart He had approached them in
such innocent good-felowship and with
such chldlike assurance of n hospitable
welcome that the reception which had been
accorded him had proved a shock to his
boyish ideals. lie no longer looked upon the
black man as his brother; but rather as
only another of the innumerable foes Of
the boodthirsty jungle-a beast Of prey
which walked upon two feet instead OF four
But IL the blacks were his enemies
there were those in the world who were
not There were those who would always
welcome him with open arms who would
accept him as a friend and brother. and
with whom he might find sanctuary from
every enemy.
Yes, there were always white men
Somewhere along the coast. or even i'm the
depths of the jungle itself there were white
men. To them he would be a welcome vis-
itor. They would befriend him.
And there were also the great apes-the
friends of his father and of Al<ut. How
glad they would be to receive the son of
Tar2an of the Apes He hoped that he
would come upon them before he found
a tradinE-post upon the coast. lie wanted
to be able TO tell his father that he had
known his old friends of the Jungle that
he had hunted with them; that he had
joined with them in their savage life and
their fierce prmeval cercmonies--the
strange ceremonies of which Akut had tried
to tell him.
1t checrcd him immensely to dwell upon
these happy meetings. often he rchearsed
the long speech which he would make to
the apes, in which he would tell them of
the life of their former king since he had
left them.
At other times he would play at meeting
with white men. Then he would enjoy
their CONSERVATION at sight of naked
white boy triCked out in the war-tugs of
a black warrior and roaming the jungle
with only great ape as his companion
And so the days passed and with the
travelling and the hunting and the climbing
the boys muscles developed, and his agil-
ity increased until even phlegmatC Akut
marveled at the prowess of his pupil.
And the boy. realizing his great strength
and reveling In it, became careless. He
strode through the jungle, his proud head
erect defying danger Where Akut took
to the trees at the first scent of Numa,
the lad laughed in the face of the king of
beasts and walked boldly past him
Good fortune was with him for long
time. The lions he met were well fed. per-
haps. or the very bodness of the strange
creature which invaded their domain so
filled them with surprise that thoughts of
attack were banished from their minds as
they stood, round-eycd, watching his ap-
proach and his departure. Whatever the
cause, however, the fact remains that on
many occasions the boy passed within a
few PAGES Of some great lion without arous-
ing more than n warning growl.
But no two lions are necessarily alike
in character or temper. They differ as