Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-10-17
CHAPTER XVIII.

1t, and as Korak refused to enter tn,
presence of his mother in the savage
half raiment that he had worn so Ions
and as Meriem would not leave hin
for fear, as she explained, that he
would change his mind and run of
into the jungle again, the father went
on ahead to the bungalow for horses
and clothes.
My Denr met him at the gate, hel
eyes filled with questioning and sor
row, for she saw that Meriem was moi
with him.
"Where Is she?" she asked, her voice
trembling. "Muviri told me that she
disobeyed your Instructions and ran
off into the jungle after you had left
them. Oh, John, cannot bear to lose
her, tool" And Lady Greystoke broke
down and wept as she plllowed her
head upon the broad breast where so
often before she had found comfort in
the great tragedies Of her life.
Lord GreystolSe raised her head and
looked down into her eyes, his own
smiling and filed with the light Of hap
piness.
"What Is 1t, John?" she cried. "You
have good news. Do not keep me
waiting for It."
Il want to be quite sure that you
can stand hearing the best news that
ever came to either of u.s." he said.
"Joy never kills" she cried. you
have found-her?" She could not bring
herself to hope for the impossible.
Eyes, Jane" he said, and his voice
was husky with emotion, Il have found
her and-himw
"Where is he? Where are they"
she demanded.
"Out there at the edge of the jungle.
He wouldn't come to you in his savage
leopard skin and his nakedness. He
sent me to fetch him civilized cloth
ing"
She clapped her hands in ecstasy and
turned to run toward the bungalow.
"Wait!" she cried over her shoulder.
Il have all his little suits. I have
saved them all. will bring one to
you"
Tarzan laughed and called to her to
stop.
1.-THE only clothing on the place that
will fit him." he said, "is mine-if it
isn't too small for him. Your little boy
has grown, Jane"
She laughed, too she felt like laugh
ing ut everything or ut nothing. The
world was all love and happiness and
JOY once more, the world that had
been shrouded in the gloom of her
great sorrow for so many years. So
great was her JOY that for the mo-
ment she forgot the sad message that
awaited Meriem.
She called to Tarzan after he had
ridden away to prepare her for 1t, but
he did not hear and rode on without
knowing Of 1t himself.
When they arrived the mother faced
Merlem. an expression of sadness
erasing the happiness from her eyes.
MY little GIRL" she said, '.in the
midst of our happiness a great sorrow
awaits you-Mr. Baynes did not sur
vive his wounds"
The expression of sorrow In Mer-
tem's eyes expressed only what she
sincerely felt, but 1t was not the sor-
row Of woman bereft of her best be-
loved.
II am sorry" she said quite simply.
"But it was not love, 1 did not know
what love was until knew that Korak
lived" and she turned toward the
Killer with q smile.
Lady Greystoke looked quickly up
into the eyes Of her son, the son who
one day would be Lord Greystoke. No
thought of the difference in the sta
lions Of the girl and her boy entered
her mind. To her Meriem was fit for
king. She only wanted to know that
Jack loved the little Arab waif.
The look In his eyes answered the
question In her heart, and she threw
her arms about them both and kissed
them each dozen times.
'Now," she cried, II shall really
have a daughter
1t was several weary marches to the
nearest mission, but they waited at
the farm only a few days for rest and
preparation for the great event before
setting out upon the journey, and after
the marriage ceremony had been per-
formed they kept on to the coast to
take passage for England.
They had been home but week
when Lord Greystoke received a mes
sage from his old friend D'Arnot 1t |
was in the form of letter of intro
duction brought by one General Ar
mand Jacot. Lord Greystoke recalled |
the name. as who familiar with mod |
ern French history would not? For
Jacot was In reality the Prince de Cad
renet, that intense republican who re-
fuses to use, even by courtesy, a title
that had belonged to his family for
100 years.
There Is no place for princes In a
he was wont to say.
Lord Greystoke received the hawk
losed, gray mustached soldier In his
library, and after a dozen words the
wo men had formed mutual esteem
hat was to endure through life. And
he soldiers words laid wildly before
lis host scenes and events nearly two
[ecades old. He told his host how he
lad been captain In the Foreign Lee