The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-03
A RAN
of T H E APE S
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

wind that murmured through the
tree tops.
/ At last Tarzan tired Of the sport.
and with a parting roar of challenge
and weIl-aimed ripe fruit that
spread soft and sticky over the snarl-
ing face of his enemy. he swung
rapidly through the trees, a hundred
feet above the ground. and in a
short time was among the members
of his tribe.
Here he recounted the details of
his adventure. with swelling chest
and so considerable swagger that he
quite impressed even his bitterest
enemies, while Kala fairly danced
for joy and pride.
CHAPTER TX
Man and Man
Tarzan of the Apes lived on in
his wild, jungle existence with little
change for several years, only that
he grew stronger and wiser, and
learned from his books more and
more Of the strange worlds which
lay somewhere outside his primeval
forest
To him life was never monotonous
or stale. There was always Pisah
the fish, to be caught in the many
streams and the little lakes, and
SAILOR, with her ferocious cousins to
keep one ever on the alert and give
zest to every instant that one spent
upon the ground.
Often they hunted him, and more
often he hunted them, but though
they never quite reached him with
those cruel sharp claws Of theirs,
yet there were times when one could
scarce have passed a thick leaf be-
tween their talons and his smooth
hide.
Quick was SAILOR, the noness, and
quick were Nuna and Sheeta, but
Tarzan of the Apes was lightning.
With Tantor. the elephant, he
made friends. How7 Ask me not.
But this is known to the denizens
of the jungle, that on many moonlit
nights Tarzan of the Apes and Tan
tor, the elephant, walked together,
and where the way was clear Tarzan
rode, perched high upon Tantor's
mighty back.
All else of the jungle were his
enemies, except his own tribe,
among whom he now had many
friends.
| Many days during these years he
Ispent in the cabin OF his father,
where still lay, untouched, the bones
Of his parents and the little skele-
ton of Kala's baby. At 1S he read
fluently and understood nearly all
he read in the many and varied vol
umes on the shelves.
Also could he write, with printed
letters, rapidly and plainly but script
he had not mastered, for though
there were several copy books among
his treasure, there was SO little writ
ten English In the cabin that he
saw no use for bothering with this
other form of writing. though he
could read it, laboriously.
Thus, at Is, we find him, an Eng
lish lord1ing, who could speak no
English, and yet who could read
and write his native language. Never
had he seen a human being other
than himself for the little area ira
versed by his tribe was watered by
no great river to bring down the
savage natives OF the interior.
High hills shut it of on three
sides, the ocean on the fourth. 1t
was alive with lions and leopards
and poisonous snakes. It's untouched
mazes Of matted jungle had as yet
invited no hardy pioneer from the
human beasts beyond its frontier.
But as Tarzan of the Apes sat one
day in the cabin of his father delwng
into the mysteries of q new book,
the ancient security Of his jungle
was broken forever.
At tive FAR eastern conf1ne a
strange calvacade strung, in single
file, over the brow of low hill.
4 In advance were fifty black war
riors armed with, slender wooden
spears with ends hard baked over
slow fires, and long bows and pol
soned arrows. On their backs were
oval shields, in their noses. 1ung
rings. while from the kinl1y wool of
their heads protruded tufts of gay
feathers.
II Across their foreheads were tat
tooed three parallel lines of color,
and on each breast three concentric
circles. Their yellow teeth were
filed to sharp points, and their great
protruding lips added still further
to the low and bestial brutishness
Of their appearance.
Following them were several hun
dred women and children, the
former bearing upon their heads
great burdens OF cooking pots. house
hold utensils and ivory. In the rear
were hundred warriors, similar In
all respects to the advance guard.
; That they more greatly feared an
attack from the rear than whatever
unknown enemies lurked in their
advance was evidenced by the forma.
ton Of the column; and such was the
! fact, for they were fleeing from the
white mans soldiers who had SO
harassed them for rubber and ivory
} that they had turned upon their
conquerors one day and massacred
! a white officer and small detach.
ment OF his black troops.
II For many days they had gorged
2 themselves on meat. but eventually
stronger body Of troops had come
and fallen upon their village by
night to revenge the death of their
comrades.
That night the black soldiers OF
the white man had had meat
a-plenty, and this little remnant Of a