The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-06-13
The Son Of | arzan
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS j
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| should extermsnate first. Paulvitch
could not guess.
What he could guess. however, was
| that the moment the two officers came
within firing distance Of the beast they
would put an end to him In short order
unless something were done, and done
quickly, to prevent
The ape had made no move to attack
the Russian, but even 20, the man was
none too sure Of what might happen
were he to interfere with the savage
beast, now thoroughly aroused to rage
and with the smell Of new spilled blood
fresh in its nostrils. For an instant he
hesitated. and then again there rose be-
fore him the dreams Of afiuence which
this great anthropoid would doubtless
| turn to realities once Paulvitch had
landed him safely in some great me
trop0lis like London.
The captain was shouting to him now
to stand aside so be might have shot
at the animal, but instead Paulvitch
shuffled to the apes side and, though
the mans hair Quivered at Its roots. he
mastered his fear and laid hold OF the
animals arm.
"C0me !" he commanded, and tugged
to pull the beast from among the sail
ors, many of whom were now sitting
up in wide-eyed fright or crawling
away from their conqueror upon hands
and knees.
Slowly the ape permitted itself to be
led to one side, nor did it show the
slightest indication Of desire to harm
the Russian. The captain came to q
halt few PAGES from the odd pair.
"Get aside ~ he commanded. ''T1l
. put that brute where he won't chew up
any more able seamenw
1T wasn't his fault, captain" plead.
ed Paulvttch. "Please don't shoot him
The men started it-they attacked him
first. You see, he's perfectly gentle
and he's mine-he's mine-he's mine
!, I won't let you kill him !" he concluded
as his half wrecked mentality pictured
: anew the pleasure that money woult
buy In London-money that he coul(
not hope to possess without some sucl
windfall as the ape represented.
The captain lowered HIS weapon.
1.-THE men started 1t, did theyT h
repeated. allow about thatY' and HI
turned toward the sailors, who had b.
this time picked themselves from tn
ground, none of them much the wors
for his experience except the fellow
who had been the cause Of it and VIII
would doubtless nurse sore shoulde
for week or SO.
Simpson done it," said one Of tn
men. "He stuck pin into the monl
from behind, and the monk got him
which served him bloomin' well RICH
} an he got the rest Of us, too, TO
which I can't blame him, since we al
jumped him to once"
The captain looked at Simpson, VIII
sheepishly admitted the truth Of tn
allegation; then he stepped over to tn
ape as though to discover for himsel
the sort of temper the beast possessed
But it was noticeable that he kept bi
revolver cooked and leveled as b
did SO.
However, he spoke soothingly to tn
animal, who squatted at the Russian
side, looking first at one and then al
other of the sailors.
As the captain approached him til
ane half rose and waddled forward
10 meet him. Upon his countenance wa
the same straight, searching expressio
II that had marked his scrutiny Of eac
lv of the sailors he had first encounters
ia He came quite close to the officer an
laid q paw upon one Of the man
~ shoulders. studying his face intent
mt for q long moment; then came the e,
~ preston of disappointment, accomp'
MED by what was almost a huma
rs, sigh, as he turned away to peer in Il
20, the mate and the two sailors who ha
Ii. arrived with the officers.
In each instance he sighed and passe
=. on. returning at length to Paulvitch
~ side, where he squatted down ont
~ more, thereafter evincing little or I
-. interest In any Of the other men ar
,w apparently forgetful Of his recent ba
tie with them.
When the party returned aboard Il
.s Marjorie W., Paulvitch was accomp
~ MED BY the ape. who seemed anxio'
:" to follow him. The captain interpos,
~ no obstacles to the arrangement, III
SO the great anthropoid was tacitly a
us mitted to membership in the shiI
=. company.
- Once aboard he examined each ne
- face infinitely, evincing the same d
!. appointment In each instance that b,
marked his scrutiny Of the others.
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