The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

ldrzdH, a1Cef feaQlng the message,
sat on the edge of the couch and
laughed.
1T is nothing he said in French,
and then, his vocabulary falling him.
he wrote:
You should have seen what Boil
gani did to me, and Kerchak, and
Terkoz, before I killed them-then
you would laugh at such a little
scratch.
DArnot handed Tarzan the two
messages that had been left for him.
Tafzan read the first one through
with a look of sorrow on his face.
The second one he turned over and
over, searching for an opening-he
had never seen a sealed envelope
before. At length he handed it to
ID'Arnot.
The Frenchman had been watch
ling him, and knew that Tarzan was
puzzled over the envelope. How
strange 1t seemed that to a. full
grown white man an envelope was
a mystery. D'Arnot opened it and
handed the letter back to~Tarzan.
Sitting on camp stool the ape
man spread the written sheet before
him and read:
To Tarzan of the Apes:
Before leave let me add my
thanks to those of Mr. Clayton for
the kindness you have shown in
permitting US the use of your cabin.
That you never came to make
friends with us, has been great re-
greet to us. We should have liked
SO much to have seen and thanked
our host.
There is another I should like to
thank you, but he did not come back,
though I cannot believe that he is
dead
l do not know his name. He is
the great white giant who wore the
diamond locket upon his breast.
Ii you know him and can speak
his language carry my thanks to
him, and tell him that I waited
seven days for him to return.
Tell him, also, that in my home
in America, in the city Of Baltimore,
there will always be a welcome for
him if he cares to come.
found note you wrote me lying
among the leaves beneath a tree
near the cabin. I do not know how
you learned to love me, who have
never spoken to me, and am very
sorry if it is true. for 1 have al
ready given my heart to another.
But know that am always your
friend. JANE PORTER.
arzan sat with gaze fixed upon
the floor for nearly an hour. 1t
was evident to him from the notes
that they did not know that he and
iEarzan of the Apes were one and
The same.
II have given my heart to
another" he repeated over and over
again to himself
Then she did not love him! How
could she have pretended love, and
raised him to such a pinnacle of
hope only to cast him down to such
utter depths of despair
Maybe her kisses were only signs
OF friendship. How did he know,
who knew nothing of the customs of
human beings?
Suddenly he arose, and, bidding
D'Arnot good night as he had
learned-to do, threw himself upon
the couch of ferns that had been
Jane Porter's.
DArnot extinguished the lamp,
and lay down upon the cot.
For week they did little but
rest; D'Arnot coaching -Tarzan in
French. At the end of that time
the two men could converse quite
easily.
One night, as they were sitting
within the cabin before retiring.
Tarzan turned to D'Arnot.
Where is American he said.
! D'Arnot pointed toward the north
west.
Many thousands of miles across
the ocean," he replied. "Whvq"
Il am going there
D'Arnot shook his head.
1T is impossible, my friend he
said.
| Tarzan rose, and, going to one of
the cupboards. returned with a well
thumbed geography.
Turning to a map of the world he
said:
Il have never quite understood all
this; explain it to me. please"
D'Arnot did so.
Now point out America said
Tarzan.
And as D'Arnot placed his finger
upon North America, Tarzan smiled,
and laid his palm upon the page
spanning the great ocean that Law
between the two continents.
You see 1t is not SO very far" he
said; scarce the width of my hand"
| DArnot laughed. How could he
make the man understand?
Then he took pencil and made
tiny point upon the shore of
Africa.
This little mark" he said lis
many times larger upon this man
than your cabin is upon the earth
Do you see now how very far II is9,,
Tarzan thought for long time.
Do any white men live in
African he asked.
Yes"
Where are the nearest2',
D'Arnot pointed out a spot on the
shore just north of them.
so closer" asked Tarzan. in sur
prise.
Yes" said D'Arnot; but it is not
close"
Have they big boats to cross the
oeean?''
Yes
I'VE shall go there tomorrow. an
Enounced Tarzan.
| Again D'Arnot smiled and shook