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

excite the craving for the savage life,
which, l fear, he has inherited from |
you. You know from your own expe-
rience how strong Is the call Of the
wild at times. You know that often it |
has necessitatpd a stern struggle on |
your part to resist the almost insane |
desire which occasionally overwhelms
you to plunge once again into the jun |
que life that claimed you for so many
years, and at the same time you know
better than any other how frightful
fate it would be for Jack were the trail
to the savage jungle made either allur-
Ing or easy to him"
II doubt if there is any danger of his
lnheriung taste for jungle life from
me-" replied the man, "for | cannot
conceive that such a thing may be
transmitted from father to son. And
sometimes, Jane, l think that in your
solicitude for his future you go bit
too far in your restrictive measures.
His love for animals-his desire, for
! example, to see this trained apes
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. Then, more seriously,
he continued:
You have never told Jack anything
concerning my early. life, nor have you
permitted me TO, and in this l think
that you have made a mistake. Had l
been able TO tell him of the expert
| ences of Tarzan of the Apes l could
doubtless have taken much of the
glamory and romance from jungle life
that naturally surround it in the minds
of those who have had no experience
of it. He might then have profited 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 at
times"
But Lady Greystoke only shook her
head as she had hundred other times
when the subject had claimed their at
tention in the past
mo, John" she insisted. II shall
never give my consent To the implant
ing in Jacks mind of any suggestion
of the-savage life from which we botE
wish to preserve HIM.
Mr.. MoOre's room was next to tina
of his youthful charge, and it was tht
tutors custom to have u look into thu
BOYS each evening as the former wa
about to retire This evening he wa
' particularly careful not to neglect thi
duty. for he had just come from con
: ference with the boys father and moth
h er, in which it had been impressed
/. upon him that he must exercise tn
: greatest care to prevent Jack visitin
l. the music hall where Ajax was bein
h shown.
= So when he opened the boys door a
e about half-past nine he was greatly eA
# cited. though not entirely surprised, t
find the future Lord Greystoke full
q dressed for the street and about I
" crawl from his open bedroom window
d Mr.. Moore made d rapid sprir
d across the apartment, but the waste {
energy was unnecessary, for when tn
q boy heard him within the chamber an
n realized that he had been discovers
lie he turned back. as though to relinquis
it his planned adventure
a .'Where were you going! painted Il
Is excited Mr.. Moore.
n II am going to see Ajax replied Il
it boy quietly.
ct Il am astonished.' cried MIR. Moor
A moment later he was Infinitely mo
e. ostonished, for the boy. approachil
a. close to him, suddenly seized him abo
II the waist, lifted him from his feet al
I. threw him, back downward, upon Il
he'd showing his face deep into the SC
E. pillow.
g .Re quiet" admonished the victt
ID cor I'll choke you.
v Mr.. Moore struggled, but his e11or
i. were in vain. Whatever else Iarzan
10 rhe Apes may or may not have hand
y. down TO his son. he had at least
oueuthed him almost as marvellous
~. nbvsioue as he himself had possess
at the same age.
to Kneeling upon him. Jack tore stri
ar from sheet and bound the mai
hands behind his back. Then he roll
N. him over and stuffed gag of the sar
material between his teeth. securing
~. with a strip wound about the back
Mt his victims head. Next he tied
he Moore's feet together.
IN Then the son of TarZan sklpp
ts across the room, slipped through I
He omen window and slid TO liberty by "
of the spout from an caves trough.
in Mr.. Moore wriggled and strugg
to about the bed. He was sure that
not should suffocate unless aid ca
the quickly. In his frenzy OF terror
ms. managed to roll off the bed
to- The pain and shock of the fall joi
him back to something like sane
the sheraton of his plight. Where bef
the he had been unable 10 think int
had gently because of the hysterical +
,ast that had claimed him, he now
,eir quietly searching for some means
and escape from his dilemma.
he. The best that he conld do was 10
mes. tempt to attract attention from bei'
snv and so. after many failures ne III
ally aged to work himself into position