The Indianapolis times., 1925-01-26
: NARZA n
of I'll E AP E S
By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
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After the death in 1890 OF john
Clayton. Lord Greystoke. and his wife,
Lady Alice in the African Jungles.
mother ape steals their infant son
Tarzan. and drops her own dead babe
in the cradle. At Is years Tarzan
has learned to read English books in
his fathers cabin. but can speak only
ape language. He finds his fathers
photo. diary and a locket. As the
diary is in French Tarzan does not
learn the riddle of his strang life
Mbonga and his tribe of savages In
wade territory near Tarzan's home.
A ship bearing white passengers an
chors nearby Tarzan saves the lives
OF William Cecil Clayton. son of the
then Lord Greystoke: his companion.
Jane Porter and her colored maid Es-
nleraldR. Prof. Archimedes Q. Porter,
James father and his secretary. Sam
uel T. Philander. bury the skeletons
found In the cabin and notice the tiny
one Is not human. They ascertain
from crest ring and John Clayton's
name In his books that the bones are
of Lord arJ Lady Greystoke. Tarzan
watches mutineers of the Arrow bury
a treasure chest: He secretly un-
earths and reburies 1t. He reads
letter written by Jane to Hazel Strong
saying her father has borrowed SlO.-
90 from Robert Canler and gone IN
ing it the sailors nlutiny and leave
Jane and her father in Africa Tar
zan leaves a love not for Jane. but
she is stolen by Terkoz. an ape, before
finding 1t. Signal fires bring rescue
boat and the crew. headed by Lieut..
D'Arrot. search the jungle for Jane.
tell Of the buried chest. Jane EN-.
brances Tarzan ardently when he kills
the ape TO save her and he carries
her INTO the Jungle. & lane noslcgs T. Sis
locket. He insists she wear 1t about
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She noticed that he was watching
her and thinking that he wished his
ornament again she held it out to
him. He took it from her and tag
ing the chain in his two hands he
placed it about her neck, smiling al
her expression of surprise at mis-
unexpected gift.
Jane Porter shook her head vehe
nnently and would have removed the
golden links from about her throat
but Tarzan would not let her. TAX
ing her hands in his. when she in
sisted upon it, he held them tightly
to prevent her.
At last she desisted and with g
little laugh raised the locket to hei
lips, and, rising, dropped him a little
courtesy.
Tarzan did not know precisely
what she meant, but he guessed cor
rectly that it was her way of ac
knowledging the gift, and so he rose
too. and taking the locket in his
hand, stopped gravely like some
courtier of old, and pressed his lips
upon it where hers had rested.
It was a stately and gallant little
compliment performed with the
grace and dignity of utter uncon
sciousness OF self. 1t was the hall
mark OF his aristocratic birth, the
natural outcropping Of many genera
tions Of fine breeding, an hereditary
instinct of graciousness which a life
time OF uncouth and savage training
and environment could not. eradi
cate.
It was growing dark now, and sc
they ate again of the fruit which
was both food and drink for them
and then Tarzan rose and leading
Jane Porter to the little bower he
had erected, motioned her to &c
within.
For the first time in hours feel
ing Of fear swept over her, and Tar
zan felt her draw away as though
shrinking from him.
Contact with this girl for half
day had left very different Tarzar
from the one on whom the morn
fng's sun had risen.