The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

with many questions, but his only
answer was laughing depreciation
of his feat.
incidentally, he had won ten
thousand francs. for D'Arnot in
sisted that he keep it all.
It had become evident to Tarzan
that without money one must die.
D'Arnot had told him not to worry,
since he had more than enough for
both. but the ape-man was learning
many things and one of them was
that people looked down upon one
who accepted money from another
without giving something of. equal
value in exchange.
| Shortly after the episode of the
lion hunt, D'Arnot succeeded in
chartering an ancient tub for the
coastwise trip to Tarzan's land.
locked harbor.
It was a happy morning for them
both when the little vessel weighed
anchor and made for the open sea.
The trip to the beach was un-
eyentful, and the morning after
they dropped anchor before the
cabin, Tarzan, garbed once more in
his jungle regalia, and carrying a
spade, set out alone for the am.
phftheater of the apes where Law
the treasure.
Late the next day he returned
bearing the great chest upon his
shoulder, and at sunrise the little
vessel was worked through the har.
bor's mouth and took up her north
ward journey.
Three weeks later Tarzan and
! D'Arnot were passengers on board
French steamer bound for Lyons.
and after few days in that city
DArnot took Tarzan to Paris.
The ape-man was anxious to pro-
ceed to America, but D'Arnot in.
sisted that he must accompany him
TO Paris first, nor would he divulge
the nature of the urgent necessity
upon which he based his demand.
| One Of the first things which D,Ar.
not accomplished after their arrival
was to arrange to visit a high off.
icial Of the police department. an old
friend; and to take Tarzan with him.
Adroitly D'Arnot led the converse.
tion from point to point until the
policeman had explained to the in
terested Tarzan many Of the meth
DDS in vogue for apprehending and
Identifying criminals.
Not the least interesting to Tarzan
was the part played by finger prints
In this fascinating science.
But of what value are these sn.
prints, asked Tarzan, when, after
a few years the lines upon the fin
gers are entirely changed by the
wearing out of the old tissue and
the growth of new?''
The lines never change" replied
the official. From infancy to Sc.
nility the finger prints of an indi.
vidual change only in size, except as
injuries alter the loops and whorls.
But If imprints have been taken OF
the thumb and four fingers of both
hands one must needs lose all en-.
tirely to escape Identification"
1T is marvellous" exclaimed D'Ar.
not. Il wonder what the lines upon
my own fingers may resemble -
We can soon see," replied the DO.
lice officer, and, ringing a bell, he
summoned an assistant to whom he
issued a few directions
He drew from the little case a
square of plate glass. little tube of
thick ink, a rubber roller, and a few
snowy white cards.
Squeezing drop Of ink onto the
glass, he spread it back and forth
with the rubber roller until the entire
surface Of the glass was covered to
his satisfaction with very thin and
uniform layer of ink.
Place the four fingers of your
right hand upon the glass, thus" he
said to D.Arnot. Now the thumb.
That is right. Now place them in
Just the same position upon this card
here, no--a little to the right. we
must leave room for the thumb and
the fingers Of the left hand. There
that's it. Now the same with the
left"
Come, Tarzan," cried D'Arnot
lets see what your whorls look
like"
Tarzan complied readily, asking
many questions of the officer during
the operation.
| Do finger prints show racial
characteristics?" he asked. "Could
you determine, for example. solely
from finger prints whether the sub
ject was Negro or Caucasion?p
I think not, replied the officer.
although some claim that those of
the negro are less complex"
Gould the finger prints of an ape
be detected from those Of a msn9,
Probably, because the apes would
be far simpler than those Of the
higher organism
But a cross between an ape and
a man might show the characteristics
of either progenitory" continued Tar
zan.
Yes, / should. think likely re-
sponded the official; 'but the science
has not progressed sufficiently to
render it exact enough in such mat.
ters. / should hate to trust its
findings further than to differenti-
ate between individuals.
There it is absolute. No two
people born into the, world prob
ably have ever had Identical lines
upon all their digits. It is very
doubtful IL any single finger will
ever be exactly duplicated by any
finger other than the one which orig
inally made it."
D'Arnot drew litfle blacl~ boo,-