Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-07-04
CHAPTER IIl-Continued.

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, influ
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 a
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 &C.
cupied.
At sight of the youth the ape leaped
to the floor and shuffied forward. The
man, not recognizing his visitor and
fearing that the ape meant mischief,
stepped between them, ordering the
ape back to the bed.
He will not hurt me-" cried the boy.
I'VE are friends. and before, he was my
fathers friend. They knew one another
In the jungle. My father is Lord Grey
stoke. He does not know that l have
come here. My mother forbade my
coming, but l wished to see Ajax, and
will pay you If you will let me come
here often to see him."
Paulvitch encouraged the boy to
come and see him often, and always he
played upon the lads craving for tales
of the savage world, with which Paul
vitcn was all too familiar. He left him
alone with Akut much, and it was not
long until he was surprised to learn
that the boy could make the great
beast understand him-that he had
actually learned much of the primitive
language of the anthropoids.
During this period Tarzan came sew
eral times to visit Paulvitch. He
seemed anxious to purchase Ajax, and
at last he told the man frankly that he
was prompted not only by desire
upon his part to return the beast to the
liberty of his native jungle, but also
because his wife feared that in some
way her son might learn the where
abouts Of the ape and through his at
tachment for the beast become imbued
with the rowing instinct which, as Tar
Fan explained to Paulvitch, had so In
fluenced his own life.
The Russian could scarce repress q
smile as he listened to Lord Grey
stokes words. for scarce q half hour
had passed since the future Lord Grey
stoke had been sitting upon the disor-
dered bed, jabbering away to Ajax
with all the fuency Of born ape.
It was during this interview that a
plan occurred to Paulvitch. and as a
result Of 1t he agreed to accept fabu-
lous sum for the ape and upon receipt
Of the money to deliver the beast to a
vessel that was sailing south from
Dover for Africa two days later.
Everything played into Paulvitch's
hands. AS chance would have it, Tar
zans son overheard his father relating
to the boys mother the steps he was
taking to return Akut safely to his
jungle home. and. having overheard, he
begged them to bring the ape home that
he might have him for q playfellow.
Tarzan would not have been averse to
this plan, but Lady Greystoke was hor-
rified at the very thought Of 1t.
Jack pleaded with his mother, but all
unavailingly. She was obdurate, and
at last the lad appeared to acquiesce
In his mothers decision that the ape