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    THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1S14.
PLATTSRIOUTH SEKII-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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CHAPTER X!ll.
The Jungle Toll.
ARLY tba following
Tarzan awoke, and
morning
the first
thought of the nev- day. as the
last of yesterday, was of the
wonderful writing -which lay hidden la
liis quiver.
Hurriedly Le bronckt it forth, hop
ing acrainst hope that he couM reni
what the beautiful white jrirl had writ
ten there the preceding evening.
At the tirst ijlace he suffered tliO bit
terest disappointment of his whele life.
II? was baffled by strange, uncouth
characters the like of which he had
never seen before! Why. they even
tipped in the opposite direction from
ill that he had ever examined either
n printed books or the dillicult script
C the few letters he had found.
Tor twenty minutes he pored over
th m. when suddenly they commenced
to take familiar though distorted
sh.-nes. Ah. they were his old friends,
butbadly crippled!
Tien he benn to make out a word
here end a word there. His heart
leappj for Joy. He could read it. and
he wtnld.
In mother half hour he was pro
gressii rapidly, and. but for an ex
ceptional word now and again he found
It rerynlaln sailing.
Here s what he read:
"West co-.st of Africa, about 11 decrees
couth laitude. (So Mr. Clayton Fays.)
Febuary UM.
Do.ireFt '.lazel It seems f ooiisli to write
you a lette- that you rn.iy never ree, but I
simply mu'.t tell someboJy of our awful
experiences rir.ee tts sailed from Europe
on the i:i fried Arrow.
If we ner return to civilization, as
now seems ' ruy too likely, th's will at
least prove a brier record of the events
which led ut to our fate, whatever it
may be.
As you know: we were s'.ipposrcl to have
ret out upon a scientific! expedition to the
Kongo. Tapa Vas presumed to entertain
some wonJrous theory cf an unthinkit'.e
ancient clviliiatim. the remains of which
lay buried somevhere In the Kcne-o val
ley. But after ve were well under sail
the truth came out.
It soems that an cM bookworm who has
a book and curio shop in Haiti -nor c dis
covered between the leaves cf a very old
Spanish manuscript a letter written in
1750, detailing the adventures of a crew of
mutineers of a Spanish galloon bound from
Spain to South America with a vast treas
ure of "doubloons" and "pieces of eight."
I suppose, for they certainly sound weird
and j iraty.
The writer had bern one of the crew,
and the letter was to his sn, who was at
the tin)e the letter was written master of
a Spanish merchantman.
Many years had e!ap?ed since the events
the letter narrated had transpired, and the
eld man had become a respected citizen of
an obscure Spanish to-n. but the love of
fold was still so stror.s upon him that he
risked all to acquaint his sou with the
means of attaining fabulous wealth for
them both.
The writer told how when but a weei
out from Spain the crew had mutinied and
murdered every officer and man wiio op
posed them. They defeated their own
er.da by this very act. for there was none
left competent to navigate a ship at sea
They were birwn hither and thither for
two months until, sick and dvinsr of scur
vy, starvation and thirst, they had been
wrecked on a Fmall Islet.
The galleon was washed hi?h upon the
beach, where she went to pieces, but not
before the survivors, who numbered but
ten eouIs. h3d rescued one of the great
chests of treasure.
This they buried well upon the island,
and for three years they lived there in
constant hope cf beinjr rescued.
One by one they sickened and died until
only one man was left, the writer of the
letter.
The men had built a boat from ths
wreckage of the jralleon; but, havinjr no
Idea where the Island was located, they
fcnd not dared to put to sea.
AVhen all were dead except himself, how
ever, the awful loneliness fo welshed upon
the mind of the sole survivor that be
could endure it no longer, and, choosin?
to risk death upon the open sea rather
than madness on the lonely isle, ha set
sail in his little boat alter nearly a year
of soUtude.
Fortunately he Failed due north and
within a week was in the track of th
Spanish merchantmen rll"ir'S between the
"West Indies and Spain and was picked up
by one of these vessels homeward bound.
Tho Etory he told was merely one of
shipwreck In which all but a few had per
ished, the balance, except himself, dying
after they reached the island, lie ilid not
mention the mutiny or the chest of buried
treasure.
. The master of the merchantman as
sured him that from the position at which
they picked him uy and the prevailing
winds for the past week he could have
tieen on no other island than one of the
Cape Verde etoup, which lie off the west
coast of Africa in about 15 degrees or 17
decrees north latitude.
Ilia letter described the island minutely.
as well a the location of the treasure,
and was accompanied by the crudt-st. fun
niest little old map you ever eaw, with
trees and rocks au iuhuvcu uy eiittui
fCs to show tho. exact spot where the
treasure had been uurieu.
When papa explained the real nature
Df tha expedition my heart sank, for I
know- so well how visionary and imprac
tical the poor dear has always been. that
I feared that he had again been duped,
Vrecially when he told me that he had
jiid a thousand dollars for the letter and
Mp. , .
' ,To afld to my distress I learned that ho
kad borrowed flO.OOO more from Itsoert
J&.iler and had given his notes i or the
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Mr. Canler had asked for no security,
and you know, dearie, what that will
mean for me if papa cannot meet them.
Oh, how I detest that man!
Wo til tried to look on the brisrht side
of things, but Mr. Philander and Mr.
Clayton he joined us in London just for
the adventure both felt as skeptical as I.
To make a lor.5 story short, we found
the island and the tieasure a great iron
bound oak ehe-t wrapped la many "layers
of oiied sailcloth and as strong and firm
as when it bad been buried nearly TOO
years ago.
It was simply filled with gold coin and
was so heavy that four men bent beneath
its weight.
The horrid thin.T seems to brins nothing
but murder and ir.irfortune to those who
iiavs to do with it. for three days after
we sailed from tho Cape Verde islands our
own crew mutinied and killed every one of
their officers.
It was the most terrifying experience
one could imagine. I cannot even write
of it.
They were going1 to kill us, too, but one
of them, the leader, a man named King,
would not let them, ar.d so they sailed
south alons the coast to a lonely spot
where they found a good harbor, and here
they have landed and left us.
They sailed away with the treasure to
day, but Mr. Clayton says they will meet
wita a fate simihir to the mutineers of
the ancient galleon, because King, the
only man aboard who knew ought of nav
igation, was murdered on the beach by
one of the men the day we landed.
I w ish you coul.l know Mr. Clayton. lie
Is tho dearest fellow imaginable, and, un
less I am mistaken, he has fallen very
much in love with poor little me.
lie Is the only son of Lord Greystoke
and some day will inherit the title and
estates. In addition, he is wealthy in his
ov.-n riht. But the fact that he is going
to be an English lord makes me very sad.
You know what my sentiments have al-.-:iys
been relative to American girls who
married titled foreigners. Oh. if he were
only a plain American gentleman!
C't it isn't his fault, poor fellow, and in
everything except birth he would do cred
it to my darling old country, and that is
the greatest compliment I know how to
pay any man.
V"e have had the most weird experiences
since wo were landed here papa and Mr.
Philander lost in the jungle and chased
by a real lion: Mr. Clayton lost and at
tacked twice by will beasts; Esmeralda
and I cornered in an old cabin by a per
fectly awful man eating tiger! Oh, it was
simply "terrifical," as Esmeralda would
say!
Put the strangest part of it all 13 the
wonderful creature who rescued us all. I
have not seen him. but Mr. Clayton and
rapa and Mr. Fhilander have, and they
say that he is a perfectly godlike white
man tanned to a dusky brown, with the
strer.'rth of a wild elephant, the agility of
a monkey and the bravery of a lion.
lie speaks no English and vanishes as
Quickly and as mysteriously after he has
performed some valorous deed as though
ho were a disembodied spirit.
Then we have another weird neighbor,
who printed a beautiful sign In English
and tacked it on the door of his cabin,
vhicli we have pre-empted, warning us to
destroy r.one of his belongings and sign
ing himself "Tarzan of the Apes."
We have never .seen him, though we
think he is about, for one of the' sailors
who was going to ?hoot Mr. Clayton In
the back received a spear in his shoulder
from some unseen hand In the jungle.
Tho sailors left lis but a meager supply
of food, so, as we have only a single re
volver with but three cartridges left In it,
we do net know how we can procure meat,
though Mr. Thilander says that we can
exist indefinitely on tho wild fruit and
nuts which abound in the jungle.
I am very tired now, so I shall go to my
funny bed of grasses which Mr. Clayton
gathered for me. but will add to this from
cay to day as things happen. Lovinglv,
JANE roilTER.
To Hazel Strong, Baltimore, Maryland.
Tarzan sat in a brown study for a
Ions time after he finished reading the
letter. It was filled with so many new
and wonderful things that his brain
was in a whirl as he attempted to di
gest them all.
So they did not know that he was
Tarzan of the apos. He would tell them.
In his tree ho had constructed a rude
shelter of leaves and boughs, beneath
which, protected from the rain, he had
placed the few treasures brought from
the cabin. Among these were some
pencils.
ne took" one, and beneath Jane Por
ter's signature he wrote, "I am Tarzan
of the apes." t
He thought that would be sufficient.
iLnter he would return the letter to the
cabin.
In the matter of food, thought Tar
zan, they had no need to worry he
would provide, and he did.
The next morning Jane Porter found
her missing letter in the exact spot
from which it had disappeared two
nights before. She was mystified, but
when she saw the printed words be
neath her signature she felt a chill run
up her spine. She showed the letter,
or rather the last sheet with the signa
ture, to Clayton.
"To think," she said, "that uncanny
thing was probably -watching me nil
the . time that I was writing oo! It
rankes me shudder just to think of it."
"But he must be friendly," reas
sured Clayton, "for he has returned
yo?:r letter, nor did he offer to harm
vja, and i:nles I am mistaken he left
a very substantial memento of his
friendship outside the cabin door last
niL'ht. for I just found the carcass of a
wild boar there as I came out."
From then on scarcely a day passed
My
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Burroughs
Copyright, 1912, by th Frank A.
Munsov comoany.
that did "not bITng fis offering oT game
or other food. Sometimes it was a
young deer, again a quantity of strange
cooked food, cassava cakes pilfered
from the village of Mbonga, or a boar,
or leopard, and once a lion.
Tarzan derived the greatest pleasure
of his life in hunting meat for these
strangers. It seemed to him that no
pleasure on earth could compare with
laboring for the welfare and protection
of the beautiful white girl.
.Some day he would venture into the
camp in daylight and talk with these
people through the medium of the little
bugs which, were familiar to them and
to Tarzan.
Cut he found it difficult to overcome
the timidity of the wild thing of the
forest, and so day followed day with
out seeing a fulfillment of his good in
tentions. The party in the camp, emboldened
by familiarity, wandered farther and
farther into the jungle in search of
nuts and fruit.
Scarcely a day passed that did not
find Professor Torter straying in his
preoecupied indifference toward the
jaws of death. 2Ir. Samuel T. Philan
der, never what one might call robust,
was worn to the shadow of a shadow
through the ceaseless worry and men
tal distraction resultant from his her
culean efforts to safeguard the profes
sor. A month passed. Tarzan had finally
determined to $sit the camp by day
light. It was early afternoon. Clayton had
wandered to the point at the harbor's
mouth to look for passing vessels.
Here lie kept a great mass of wood
high, piled, ready to be ignited as a sig
nal should a steamer or a sail top the
far horizon.
Professor Torter was -wandering
along the beach sonth of the camp,
with. Ur. Tbilander at his elbow urging
him to turn his steps back before the
two became again the sport of some
savage beast.
The others gone, Jane Torter and
Esmeralda had wandered Into the jun
gle to gather fruit and in their search
were led farther and farther from the
cabin.
Tarzan waited in silence before the
door of the little house until they
should return.
His thoughts were of the beautiful
white girl. They were always of her
now. He wondered if she would fear
Lim, and the thought all but caused
him to relinquish his plan.
While he waited he passed the time
printing a message to her. Whether
he intended giving it to her he himself
could not have told, but he took infi
nite pleasure In seeing his thoughts ex
pressed in print, in which he was not
so uncivilized after alL lie wrote:
I am Tarzan of the apes. I am yours.
You are mine. We will live here together
always In my house. I will bring you the
best fruits, the tenderest deer, the finest
meats that roam the Jungle.
I will hunt for you. I am tho greatest
of the Jungle hunters
I will fight, for you. I am the mightiest
of tho jungle" fighters.
Tou are Jane Porter. I saw It in j-our
letter. When you Bee this you will know
that It is for you and that Tarzan of the
apes loves you.
As he stood, straight as a young In
dian, by the door waiting, after he had
finished the message, there came to his
teen ears a familiar sound. It was the
passing of a great ape through the
lower branches of the forest.
For an instant he listened intently,
and then from the jungle came the ag
onized scream of a woman, and Tarzan
of the apes, dropping his first love let
ter upon the ground, shot like a pan
ther into the forest.
Clayton also heard the scream, and
r Trofessor Porter' and -"Mr. Philander,
and in a few minutes they came pant
ing to the cabin, calling out to each
other as they approached a volley of
excited questions. A glance within con
firmed their worst fears.
Jane Torter and Esmeralda were not
there.
Instantly Clayton, followed by the
two old men, plunged into the jungle,
calling the girl's name aloud. For half
an hour they stumbled on until Clay
ton, by merest chance, came upon the
prostrate form of Esmeralda.
He stooped beside her, feeling for
her pulse and then listening for her
heart beas. She lived, ne shook her.
"Esmeralda!" he shrieked in her ear.
"Esmeralda! Where is Miss Porter?
What has happened? Esmeralda!"
Slowly the black opened ber eyes.
She' saw Clayton, She saw the jungle
about her.
"Oh, Gabriel!" she screamed and
fainted again.
By this time Professor Porter and
Mr. Philander had come up.
- "What shall we do, Mr. Clayton?"
asked the old rrofessor. "Where shall
ye lookJ-HjeaxenuJd not have been
More than ever are we cutting prices in order to reduce the stock. More than ever are
we giving to the people of Cass county an opportunity to supply their wants for one-half or
one-third of what they have to pay elsewhere. Read every item and debate with yourself if
they are not the greatest bargains ever offered here.
House
Furnishings !
Doz. ClothesPins lc
Pie Plates 3c
Toilet Paper 4c
Cup and Saucer 7c
Garden Sets 8c
Flour Sieves 9c
Water Pails 10c
Dish Pans 10c
Window Shades 19c
Granite Kettles 29c
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Clothing !
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Knee Pants..
Men's Pants..
Boy's Suits . . .
Youth's Suits .
Men's Suits. . ,
.29
.89
1.38
4.95
5.95
Serge Suits 7.95
ladies
Furnishings!
Hair Nets 2c
Lace Handkerchiefs 7c
15c Hose 9c
Sun Bonnets 15c
Tea Aprons 15c
Combination Suits 39c
Night Gowns 39c
$1.00 Corsets 59c
Fine Kimonos 79c
Picque Skirts 89c
Toy Pistols
and Caps
ON SALE NOW
fo cniel as to take iny little jcirl aay
from ino norr."
"We must rouse rismeralda first."
replied Clayton. "She can tell ns what
has happened. Esmeralda!" he cried
asraln. shaking the black woman rough
ly by the shoulder..
"Oh. Gabriel, Ah wants to die!"
cried the poor woman, but with eyes
fast closed. "Lerame die. but doan
Icrcme see dat awrful face attain.
Whafer de devil round after po ole
Esmeralda? She ain't done nufflu' to
nobody."
(To Be Continued.)"
MISS ALICE COVEY
TO SAIL FOR PARIS
IfJ A FEW DAYS
From Tuesday's Dally.
Miss Alice Dovey will sail 31 ay
lUth for Paris on "The Ryndam,"
Holland-American line, where
she will remain for about two
months. Miss Dovey will be ac
companied by Mrs. Irank C.
Slarr of New York and Miss Itita
Perkins, the latter having- been
in Paris with Miss Dovey when
she was abroad last year. Mrs.
Slarr and Miss Dovey will spend
most, of their lime in vocal study
under one of the great French
instructors. Upon her return
Miss Dovey will continue her
work under the management of
Mr. Klanger, who is having a
piece especially written for her by
Ivan Cyral, composer of "The
Pink Lady," and Harry P. Smith.
Miss Dovey was given a hearing
recently by Mr. Dippl the im-
presario oi tiie Metropolitan
opera house, and be expressed
himself as being very favorably
impressed by Miss Dovey's voice,
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saying ho considered sue wouiu
make a perfect "Madame Butter
fly." She is most fortunate to
have aroused the interest of the
great manager, as grand opera is
Miss Dovey's ambition, and he
will undoubtedly help her in the
future.
M. Tritsch, refracting optician,
at Gcring & Co.'s Wednesday and
Saturday evenings. Examination
free.
The Journal does job work.
ats!
A sample line of hats that nev
er saw the counters yet. It is a
lot of men's, boy's and chil
dren's hats in Straw and Felt.
On sale Saturday for $1.95,
$1.45, $1.19, 98, G9 and
illinery !
All of our Millinery was sold
at great bargain jrices, but now
we are stopping for nothing
and must close it out. On sale
Saturday $1.29, $1.12.98, 69 and
52
CONTRACT LET FOR
BUILDING THE ARTIFICIAL
ICE PLANT BUILDING
From Tuesdays Dally.
The contract for the erection
of tho new artificial ice plant has
just been let to J. H. McMaken of
this city, who will start in at
once in the making ready of the
ground and securing- material for
the construction of the new
building, which will be made as
modern as possible and will be
made on plans especially fur a
building- of this character.
II
will be largely of concrete and
will, when completed, accom
modate the fifteen-ton plant to
be installed. The work will be
rushed as soon as it can be start
ed, as there is a desire on the
part of the company to have it
ready for use as near the last of
June as possible, and no time will
be lost in the work. Mr. McMaken
is a rustler when be takes bold of
a job and has announced that he
will devote his time to this job,
and you can bet that the ice plant
will be gotten into shape before
many weeks have prone by. The
plant will be located on Richey
and Granite streets.
Advertising Sure Pays.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Last Friday afternoon Charles
L. Freese culled at the Journal
ollice and inserted an advertise
ment in this paper for the sale
of bis residence properly in tbo
south part of town, and it ap
peared in the Friday issue, and
early Saturday morning be re
ceived an answer to tho ad from
Mrs. A. V. Dawson, who called
and looked over the property, and
on Monday the deal was closed
whereby the properly .was sold,
and at the slight expense of a lit
tle paid local. This was certain
ly quick returns.
CASTOR 8 A
Tor Infants and CMldxen.
Ths Kind Yea Have Always Bought
Boars the
Signature of
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House Dresses!
A brand new lot of House
Dresses of latest styles in Cham
brays, Ginghams and Percales.
Sizes 34 to 44 a big bargain at
$1.25. On sale Saturday for
89, 79, 69 and
SSTgg.l!i
Ladies' W aisis!
A lot of Ladies' White Lawn
Waists all of the very latest
designs and style. Sizes from
34 to 44. They run in prices
i to $6.00 on sale Saturday
I $1.69, $1.29, 98, 79, 69 and
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A JOLLY HOUSE
PARTY AT THE HUNTER
HOME IN THIS CITY
From Tuesday's Dally.
At their handsome home in this
city Misses Helen and Clara
Hunter gave a week-end party on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday in
honor of Misses Irene Philpot,
Carrie Smith, Louise Miller, Ber
nice Rector, Veda Clark and Lei a
Philpot. The party arrived here
Friday evening, being brought
here by Albert Philpot, the Weeping-
Water autoist, in bis car, and
the jolly bunch had great fun
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Furnishings !
Arm Bands 3c
White Handkerchiefs. . . 4c
Colored Handkerchiefs . . 5c
Boy's Suspenders 5c
I ancy Hose 8c
Hose Supporters 10c
Men's Caps 19c
Men's Suspenders 19c
Summer Underwear .... 19c
Work Shirts 33c
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Children's Shoes $ .98
Misses' Shoes 1.19
Boy's Shoes 1.35
Ladies' Shoes. 1.45
Men's Shoes 2'35
Men's Oxfords 2.C5
Summer
Dress Goods!
Basting Thread 2c
Crash Toweling. 4c
Calicos 4 c
GiDgham 4c
Muslins 7c
Curtain Goods 9c
Chambreys 9c
Summer Lawns 9c
Pillow Tubing 13c
Russian Toweling 16c
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coming in from their homes at
Weeping Water.
The girls were entertained
every minute of the time they
were here and many enjoyable
social moments were passed in
morning, with seven more young
people of Plattsmouth, met at the
Hunter home, and taking well
filled lunch baskets with them
motored to Patterson's pond,
where they enjoyed the rest of
the day picnicking. Tho jolly
bunch left, for Weeping Water at
0:30 Sunday evening, declaring
I hey had spent one of the best
times of their lives in Plattsmouth.
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