Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-22

lively. mo, Jack" she said: ""ou
know ! do not approve of such cXhi-
bitions."
u don't see why not. mother" re-
piled the boy. "All the other fellows
90, and they 90 to the 700, too, and
you'll never let me do even that. Any
body'd think | was girl or--or Il mol
lycoddle. Oh, fQther." he exclaimed as
the door opened to admit a tall, gray
eyed uan-"oh. father, can't go?"
"uio where, my SOM asked the new
conner.
'Ilc wants TO go to music hall n
see trained ape" said the mother,
looking warningly mt her husband.
"Who-AiaX?' questioned the man.
The boy nodded
We'll don't know that blame you
my son." said the father 81 wouldn't
mind seeing him myself. They say he
Is very wonderful and that for an an
thropoid he is unusually large. Let's
all go. Jane. What do you say?" He
turned toward his wife.
But that lady only shook her head in
most positive manner and, turning to
Mr.. Moore, asked him If it was not
time that he and Jack were in the
study for their morning recitations.
When the two had left she turned to-
ward her husband.
1t wars from her husband that the
boy had inherited his longing for the
wild. Lord Greystoke's parents had
been set on the shore of the west coast
of Africa by mutineers. After their
death their infant son was stolen and
pothcred by an ape and he in turn be-.
came the king of II tribe of great apes.
He was known as Tarzan. After many
adventures he was rescued and finally
settled down in London
John" Lady Greystoke said. "sOme-
thing must be done to discourage Jack $
tendency toward anything that may
excite the craving for the savage life,
which, | fear, he has inherited from
you. You know from your own expe-
Renee how strong is the call of the
wild mt times. You know that often it
has necessitated stern struggle ON
your part to resist the almost insane
desire which occasionally oyerwhelms
you to plunge once again into the jun
cue life that claimed you for so many
years, and at the same time you know
better than any other how frightful a
fate it would be for Jack were the trail
to the savage jungle made either allur-
Eng or easy to him.
II doubt if there is any danger of his
inherlting taste for jungle life from
me-" replied the man, for I cannot
conceive that such Il thing may be
transmitted from father to son. And
sometimes, Jane, think that in your
solicitude for his future you 90 bit
too far In your restrictive measures.
His love for anlmals---his desire, for
example, to see this traineths ape--is
only natural in healthy, normal boy
of HIS age"
And John Clayton, Lord Greystoke,
put an arm about his wife, laughing
good-naturedly down into her up
turned face before he bent his head
and kissed her. Thp, more seriously,
he continued:
"You have never told Jack anything
concerning my early life, nor have you
permitted me to, and in this I think
that you have made Il mistake. Had
been able to tell him Of the expert
ences of Tarzan of the Apes | could
doubtless have taken much of the
gumor ana romance from jungle lifc
that naturally surround 1t In the minds
of those who have had no experience
Of II. He might then have proflted by
my experience; but now, should the
jungle lust every claim him, he will
have nothing to guide him but his own
impulses, and | know how powerful
these may be in the wrong direction ut
times"
But Lady Greysioke only shook her
head ns she had hundred other times
when the subject had claimed their at
tentiOn in the past.
mo, John" she insisted. 81 shall
never give my consent to the inplant.
Ing In jacks mind of any suggestion
of the savage life from which we both
wish to preserve him.