The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-28
Copyright by
Frank A. Munsey Co.
CHAPTER XVIII.
4 r ainily Reunion.

from the trees on the edge Of the plain,
across which they could see the smoke
rising from the bungalow and the
cookhou~c |chimncy~. Tarzan Of the
Apes had |rcguiued his civilized cloth
ing from the tree where he had hidden
II, and MS korak refused To enter Tire
presence OF his mother in the savage
half raiment that he had worn So hong
and as Mcriem would not leave him
for fear, rs she explained, that he
would change his mind AMI run "i
into the jungle again, the father wont
on ahead Ia the bungalow for horses
and clothes.
My Dear met him at the gate. her
eyes filled With questioning and -er-
row, for she saw that Moriom ":s not
with him.
"Whcre is shc?' she "a aed, her voice
trembling. "Aluyirl told me tilat She
disoboycd your Instructions aaa ram
off into The Jungle after you hn'l Ietf
them. on. John, / cannot bear 40 los"
her, too % And lady Grcy-'ptc broke
down and w.pr a- She pliIo"rj her
head upon the broad breast where so
often before She bad found comfort in
~ t.r h..J and
I.. H.. hi. n,.n
a~nntItnn and GIi,d win mo u,bt of ham
7 "''
"vho, l. # Tobn1, she cried .You
have good news. DC not keep nm"
"..n.,"' " .utt, .u,o r..t wan
am, s,.nd L,o,ipo tho host un,,s tugt
81 .iI,. u.r H., said
az. .a, Li,.r" ah, ,.,i,d cyan
80, 81. o,,,LI MAJ },..,,
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"'9 H',"' -
Nv ~ vn. ,h.r9u
No.. - l. .auo ~ ,ho b,nrln
H. unuII.,t nnr,n "a van in his ~..,aa,
I1a.a.d slin o,1 Mic tie
can't ,,o ia fot,h him civiIized cloth
,ncn
She CLAIMED her hands in ecstasy and
tprnod ia RIM toward thc BUNGALOW.
"yyoi, ~ IA. cried over her shoulder.
al have an his little suits. have
sovnd them olI will bring one 10
your
Torzan laughed and called TO her to
ston.
"rhe ONLY clothing on the place that
will iii him - he said. "is miue-if il
isn't too small for him. Your little boy
bos grown Jane"
she laughed too: she felt like laugh
ing ot everything or at nothing. The
world was ol love and happiness and
ioy once more, the world that bad
been shrouded in the gloom of her
prcot sorrow for so many years. SO
great was her 10y that for the mo-
mont she forgot the sad message that
awaited Meriem.
II called to Tarzan after he had
ridden away to prepare her for it. but
bo did not boor and O ON without
knowing Of il himself.
Whom thev arrived the mother faced
nor;om an axnrossion of sadness
orosjno tho bonniness from her eyes.
NJ uttla airl" she said ain the
midst Of orr bnnniness u great sorrow
awaits vou-Nr Boynes did not sur.
v,vo his wounds"
mo ax,ro,,io, If sorrow in Ner
,.m.s ovos exnrnssed onlv what she
s,noaroly fa,t hut Il wos NOT the snr
row of woman hareft Of her host be-
iovad
.I am sorry" she said quite simply
.pu. - mos NOT love ! did NOT know
mhot Iowa was rptil know that Koral
hvadn and she turned toward III,
Ki,,or with = smile
Iadv Grevstoke looked quickly III
into tho eves of her son. the son VIII,
ono dov would he Lord Greystoke. N,
thoucht Of the difference in the sta
tons Of the girl and her boy entere,
her mind. TO her Meriem was fit fol
a king She ooly wanted to know tina
Jack loved the little Arab waif.
The look in his eyes answered thu