Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-19

was the son Oh 11rZ1n OF the apes.
After the boy had been tucked away
to bed John Clayton told his wife Of
the events Of the evening and that he
had at last acquainted the boy with
the facts Of his jungle life. The
mother, who had long foreseen that
her son must some time know of those
frightful 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 the 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 peck
marked old owner Of the ape, whom
he did not recognize as the willy Paul
witch of former days. Tarzan, infiu-
enced by Akut's pleadings, preached
the question Of the apes purchase, but
Paulvitch would not name any price,
saying that he 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 it
home. Lady Greystroke 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, but again he was met with fiat
refusal.
He had the address, however, which
the trainer had given his father, and
two days later he found the opportunity
to elude his new tutor-who had re-
placed the terrified Mr.. Moore-and
after considerable search through q
section Of London which he had never
before visited he found the smelly little
quarters Of the pockmarked old man.
The old fellow himself replied to his
knocking, and when Jack stated that
he had come to see Ajax, opened the
door and admitted him to the little
room which he and the great ape oc'
cupied.
At sight of the youth the ape leaped
to the floor and shuf1ed forward. The
man, not recognizing his visitor an6
fearing that the ape meant mischief
stepped between them, ordering thu
ape back to the bed.
: HE will not hurt me-" cried the boy
, 1--WE are friends, and before, he was m!
fathers friend. They knew one another
in the jungle. My father is Lord Grey
stoke. He does not know that I hav'
come here. My mother forbade m.
coming, but wished to see Ajax, ant
: will pay you il you will let me com
here often to see him."
Paulvitch encouraged the boy t
come and see him often, and always h
u played upon the lads craving for tale
!, Of the savage world, with which Pau
u witch was all too familiar. He left hir
alone with Akut much, and it was nc
II long until he was surprised to lear
e that the boy could make the grea
y beast understand him-that he ha
u actually learned much of the primitiv
= language of the anthropoids.
" During this period Tarzan came SCI
eral times to visit Paulvitch. h
r seemed anxious to purchase Ajax, an
'e at last he told the man frankly that /
lie was prompted not only by a desi1
upon his part to return the beast to tt
O. liberty Of his native jungle, but ais
~ because his wife feared that in SON
m way her son might learn the wher
T. abouts Of the ape and through his a
1e tachment for the beast become Undue
er with the rowing instinct which, as Ia
ne zan explained to Paultitch, had so /
~ fluenced his own life.
ed The Russian could scarce repress
Ia smile as he listened to Lord Gre
a. stokes words, for scarce a half hO
o. had passed since the future Lord Gre
stoke had been sitting upon the disc
m dered bed. jabbering away to All
I'D with all the fiuency Of born ape.
ch 1t was during this interview that
, g plan occurred to Paulvitch, and as
result of it he agreed to accept fab
=, lous sum for the ape and upon recei
" Of the money to deliver the beast to
vessel that was sailing south fire.
Dover for Africa two days later.
Everything played into Paulvitcl
q, hands. As chance would have it. II
- zan's son overheard his father relatl
-. to the boys mother the steps he "
"a taking to return Akut safely to
jungle home, and, having overheard.
~. begged them to bring the ape home tn
~ he might have him for a playfello
-. Tarzan would not have been averse
this plan, but Lady Greystoke was h
n. rified at the very thought of it.
Jack pleaded with his mother. but
an unavailingly. She was obdurate, a
ON at last the lad appeared to acquies
in his mothers decision that the a
rho must be returned to Africa and the b
nm to school, from which he had been
lev sent upon vacation.
,rd He did not attempt to visit Pa
vitch's room again that day, but
The stead busted himself in other ways.
I'm had always been well supplied W
ou- money, 80 that when necessity denial
the ed he had no difficulty in collect
several hundred pounds.
md Some Of this money he invested
no various strange purchases, which
ow managed to smuggle into the ho'