The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-28
"TARZAN OF THE APES"

The first scenes Of this unusua
story are laid in England. John Clay
ton. Lord Greystroke, shortly after
his marriage to lady Alice, is as
signed to an important post, on the
west coast of Africa by the British
government. Against his wishes his
bride insists on accompanying HIM
to the dark continent. They embark
on their honeymoon on an African
steamer, but their destination be-
ing off the regular course of the
steamer, it was necessary for them
to transfer to small boat to reach
their port They board the small boat
Tuwalda, which was manned by a
crew composed of men found no
where else on the face of the globe
but the South Seas-partically out
of reach of the long arm Of the law
of nations, and detached from all
civilization-where gather the scum
of all races, who have escaped the
tentacles of the law and carry on
their nefarious trade: Cut-throats,
un-hung murderers and their ilk,
such composed the crew Of the Tu-
walda.
c.. the third day out, mutiny
takes place, the officers Of the ship
are Da;chered and cast overheard.
For kind act on the part of Lord
Greystcoke to Black Mike, leader of
the m.tineers, his and Lady Grey
stroke lives were spared but they
are put ashore on the West Coast Of
Africa on the edge of bay fringed
win dense tropical jungle, infested
by wild beasts, and with cannibals
as tleir only neighbors. Their first
nights are spent in the trees on
bed made of twisted boughs and ele-
plant ears "a large tropical leaf,
while the wild beasts roared and
paved the earth beneath them thru
out the nights.
In the meantime they hurriedly
built stout hut for their occupancy.
and aided by the supplies left them
they ably cope with primitive condi-
tions. Lady Alice however, is severe
ly frightened by great Anthropoid
Ape when her little son is 4 year old,
ard pa: ses away. Kerchak, leader of
the tube of Great Apes, surprises
Greystroke, who is crushed with
grief in his hut, and kills him before
he has an opportunity to defend him
self with his firearms, for which the
apes had learned great respect and
fear. Kala the female Of her tribe,
close on the heels of Kerchak, grabs
the crying white infant from the
crib and drops her own dead baby,
which has just been killed on the
white child's bed-and the forest
mother-instinct saves the baby from
sharing the fate of its father.
Mother love prevailed; Kala nourish-
ed and jealousy guarded the white
child, seeming to recognize it's utter
helplessness. The Apes called the
boy Tarzan and was reared as one
of them. His life was spent in the
trees, without coming in contract
with human being, until he grew
to manhood. He lived the life of the
wilderness, and subsisted almost en-
tirely of raw meat. He grew to gigan
tic size and marvel in strength and
development, and owing to his WON
derful strength and superior intel
lect he becomes the leader of the
tribe Of Great Apes, and a mighty
r.n'.:.
During the latter part of his jun
gle existence lc frequently ,ls.t1d
the Etcie cabin built by his father,
and took great. interest in the char
acters he found in the plentiful sup
ply of books there, and aided by his
inherent human Intelligence, event
ually becomes able to read, and
through the pictorial illustrations in
the books analyses the meanings of
the words-but not coming in con-
tact with any human being, he can
not speak other than the few words
of the Ape language Of his tribe.
Tarzan rules his tribe with firm
ness but kindly, in striking contrast
to the former Ape chief.
1t gradually drawns on Tarzan
that he belongs to a tribe of white
apes instead Of the great Anthro-
poids.
!. One day human beings land upon
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