Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27


"Go with him, Akut." said Tarzan
Of tho Apes ~ will como and see YOU
tomorrow"
The beast moved sullenly to tho
trainers side. The latter, at John
Clayton's request, told where they
might be found. Tarzan turned toward
his son.
Conner! he said, and the two left the
theatcr Neither spolsehor several min
utes after they had entered the limou-
sine. 1t was the boy who broke the
silence.
"The ape knew you" he said, and
you spoke together In the apes tongue.
How did the ape know you, and how
did you learn his language2"
And then, briefly and for the first
time. TarZan Of the Apes told his son
OF his early life-of his birth In the
jungle. Of the death Of his parents and
! OF how Kala. the great she ape, had
sucked and raised him from infancy
almost to manhood.
He told him. too, OF the dangers and
the horrors Of the junglc-of the great
beasts that stnlkcd one by day and by
night; OF the periods OF drought and Of
the cataclysmic rains; Of hunger, CT
cold. or intense heat. OF nakcdncss and
+ fcnr md suffering.
lie, told him OF nll those things that
seem most horrible to the creature Of
civilization IN the hope that the knowl-
edge Of them might cXpunge from tho
lads mind any inherent desire for tho
Jungle. Yet they were the very things
that made the memory OF the Jungle
what 1t was to TarZnn-that made up
the composite jungle life he loved.
And In the telling he forgot one
thing-thc principal thing-that the
boy at his side. listening so eagerly.
was the son of Tarznn OF the Apes.
After the boy had been tucked away
In bed John Clayton told his wife of
: tho events OF the evening and that no
had ut last acquainted the boy with
the facts Of his jungle life. The
mother, who had long forcsccn that
her son must some time know Of those
1frightfnl years during which his father
had roamed the jungle, naked, saw
age beast Of prey. shook her head, hop
Ing against hope that the lure she
| knew was still strong In tho fathers
breast had not been transmitted to his
son.
Tarzan visited Akut the following
day, but though Jack begged to be al
lowed to accompany him, he was re-
fused. This time Tarzan saw the pock-
marked old owner of tho ape, whom
he did not recognize as the willy Paul
witch of former days. Tnrzan, influ-
ensed by Akut's pleadings, preached
the question of the apes purchase, but
Paulvitch would not name any price,
saying that lie would consider the mat
ter.
When Tarzan returned home Jack
; was all excitement to hear the details
Of his visit, and finally suggested that
his father buy the ape and bring 1t
home Lady Greystoke was Mortified at
the suggestion.
The boy was insistent. Tarzan ex-
planned that he had wished to purchase
Akut and return him to his jungle
home, and to this the mother assented.
Jack asked to be allowed to visit the
ape, hut again he was met with fat
refusal.
Flo had the address, however, which
the trainer had given his father, and
two days later he found the opportunity
to elude his rew tutor-who had re.
placed the terrified Mr.. Moore-and
after considerable search through a
section Of London which he had never
before visited he found the smelly little
quarters of the pockmark old man.
The old fellow himself replied to his
knocking, and when Jack stated that
no had come to sec Ajax, opened the
door and admitted him to tho little
room which he and the great ape &C.
supied.
At sight Of the youth the apo leaped
to the floor and shuffled forward. Tho
/ man, not recognizing his visitor and
fearing that tho ape meant mischief,
stepped between them. ordering tho apo
| back to tho bed.
"He will not hurt me-" cried the boy,
1--WE are friends, and before, he was my
fathers friend. They knew one another
| In the jungle My father Is Lord Grey
stoke. He does not know that have
| come here. My mother forbade my
! coming, but wished to SEQ Ajax, and
| will pay you II you will let mo come
here often to see him."
Paulvitch encouraged the boy to
come and gee him often, and always no
played upon the lads craving for tales
| Of the savage world, with which Paul
Witch was all too familiar. lie left him
alone with Akut much, and 1t was not
long until he was surprised to learn
that tho boy could make tho great
beast understand him--that he had
! actually learned much Of the primitive
| language Of tho anthropoids.
During this period Tarzan came sew
cral times to visit Paulvitch. He
seemed anxious to purchase Ajax, and
at last he told tho man frankly that he
was prompted not only by a desire
upon his part to return tho beast to tho
liberty Of his native Jungle but also
because his wife feared that In some