Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-16

eyes, and as the stranger stepped forward
toward korak Tantor trailed docilely at his
heels.
Meriem was watching, too, and wonder
ing. Suddenly the man turned toward her
as though recoleotng her presence after
moment Of forgetfulness
Come, Merlem !" he called, and then she
recognized him with a startled "Bwanar
Quickly the girl dropped from the tree
and ran to his side. Tantor cooked n ques-
tlonipg eye at the white giant, but, receiv-
ing warning word, let Merem approach
Together the two walked to where Korak
lay his eyes wide with wonder and filled
with pathetic appeal for forgiveness and
mayhap. glad thankfulness for the mir
acle that had brought these two, of all
others. to his side.
"Jackr' cried the white giant, -lSneellng
at the apeman's side.
Father came choklngly from the
Killers lips THANK God that 1t was you
No one else in all the Jungle could have
stopped Tantor."
Quickly the man cut the bonds that held
Korak. and as the youth struggled to his
feet and threw his arms about his father,
the older man turned toward Meriem.
"I thought" he said sternly that I told
you 10 return to the farm"
Korak was looking at them wonderinEly
In his heart was a great yearnlng to take
the girl in his arms but In time he remem.
bered the other-the dapper young English
gentleman--and that he was but a savage
apeman.
Meriem looked up pleadlngly into Bwana's
eyes.
you told me-" she said In a very small
voice, that my place was beside the man
love-" and she turned her eyes toward
Korak all filled with the wonderful light
that no other man had yet seen in them,
M thoN ntN
The Killer started toward her with out.
stretched arms: but suddenly he fell upon
one knee before her instead, and. lifting her
hand to his lips, kissed II more reverently
than he could have kissed the hand of his
country's queen.
A rumble from Tantor brought the three.
all Jungle bred, to instant alertness Tan
tor was looking toward the trees behind
them, and as their eyes followed his gaze
the head and shoulders of a great ape ap-
peared amid the foliage
For moment the creature eyed them,
and then from It's throat rose loud scream
of recognition and of Joy: and a moment
later the beast had leaped to the ground
followed by score of bulls like himself
and was waddling toward them, shouting
In the prlmordlal tongue of the anthropold.
"Tarzan has returned! Tarzan, lord of
the jungler'
1t was Akut and instantly he com.
menced leapng and bounding about the trio,
uttering hideous shreks and mouthings that
to any other human beings might have
indicated the most feroclous rago; ; but these
three knew that the king of the apes was
doing homage to n king greater than him
self In his wake leaped his shaggy bulls
vying with one another as to which could
spring the highest and utter the most un-
canny sounds.
Korak laid his hand affectionately upon
his fathers shoulder.
There is but one Tarzan," he said
There can never be another"
Two days later the three dropped from
the trees on tho edge of the plain, across
which they could SEQ the smoke rising from
the bungalow and the cookhouse chimneys
Tarzan of the Apes had regained his civil.
lied clothing from the tree where he had
hidden it, and as Korak refused to enter
the presence Of his mother in the savage
half-raiment that he had worn so long and
as Meriem would not leave him. for fear, as
she explained, that he would change his
mind and run Off into the jungle again, tho