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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914. Copyright, 1913, by pn, CfTTP' tt Readers of Tarzan of the Jlpcs ilierc were millions oj them have been awaiting with , eagerness "The Return of Tar zan." They need no introduc tion to the ape-man, who was an English lord by ancestry and cn inhabitant of the trcciops by fate until the same fate brought him out end made him a civilized man after twenty years of life among the great apes of Africa. His adventures, as wonderful and interesting as any set forth in words, have been the center of interest in a story that is unique in its originality. Now we have "The Return of Tarzan," cs thrilling as its fore runner. In it ere icld the fur ther adventures of the splendid ape-men, who at last wins his way to the side of Ilia true love after facing countless perils by land and sea. Whoever read ' Tcrzan of the Apes" needs no invitation to peruse this stcry. Others ere wzrned that after they reud this sequel to "Tarzan of the Apes" they won't be satisfied until they have read that story also. CHAPTER I. O" the Line1-. -?K A;";.Niritl i::'' ejaculated the fY-.fys Countc.-s cie Coude beneath 13 her breath. "Kh'r" questioned the ccev't. turning toward his youiis wife "What it that is mapniti entV" cir--ti"ns in quest of the object of her ::d;nirat!on. "oh. n..:h::.z at all. my dear:" re ti'.ied t'.e counters, a --liaht t'.uh i.i"- iiient: ri'y (! .ri:ip her .heady pink j . Iieek. 1 was in: i re-a i, llitip with ad s skyscrapers. lis ;iiy e;,'d the:n the fair coui:t. -s of New York." And set tied herself m re con. rtably i;i her ma pa; a used steamer c!ia:r and resumed thi; ::t all" had .ine wlikh "riothii p her to let fail upon her lap. Her husband a pa in buried himself in l.is book, but not without a m'.ld wonderment that three days out from New York his cou:.te..s should sudden- 1 ' ts- rj j iJst . Che Let Her Eyes Wander Slyly to the Figure of a Tail Youn3 Man. v have realized an admiration for the very buildinps she had but recently characterized as horrid. Presently the count put down his book. "It is very tiresome, u.pa, ne K.iid. "I thiuk that I shall hunt up mimic others who may be equally bored, jiiul see if we cannot Cud enough for a Inline of caids." -You are not very jral'ant. my hus band." replied the younp woman, suiil h.p. "hut as I am equally bored I can forplve you. Jo and play at your tire hoine old cards, then, if you will.'' When he" had pone she let her eyes wander slyly to the fipure of a tall younp-man stretched lazily in a chair u-.t far distant. Mapniriquel" she breathed once more. The Countess Olp.i de Conde "was twenty, her husband forty. She vas : 1 j i . . O0 ' W. G. CrtapmaJi -. : . t .... 1 M-!fft lm- . I :l very i:iiu.kii nun io.wu ihil f he l ad In 1 nothing whatever to do , -it-, .;ie sclfcli'm cf a .'uisiiand it is Ii0t at all unlikely that Vlio was not wildly and pas-d-maiely in love with the :,rn! that late and her titled Uussian la ther had selected for her. However, simply because she was surprised into a tiny exclamation of approval at siht of a f-p'ei; l:d young stranper it must not be inferred therefrom that her thoughts were in any way disloyal to j her spou.-e. She merely admired, as she might have a I mi red a particularly fine specimen cf any species. Further more, tli- younp man was unquestion ably pood to look at. As her furtive phi nee rested upon his profde. he ro-e to leave the deck. The Countess de Coude beckoned to a painp steward. ' "Who is that gentleman?" she asked. "He is looked, madame. as M. Tar zan of Africa." replied the steward. "Ih'ther a larire estate." thought the trirl, but low her interest was stiii fur ther aroused. As Tarzan walked slowly toward the snioldnp room he came unexpectedly rpoii two men whispering excitedly i iust without. He would have vouch safed them not even a passinp thonpht ' I but for the strangely punty pia.nce that i one of them shot in his direction. ; Tarziin entered the smokinp mum i and so:;c:!;t a hair a little apart from the others who were there. He felt in j no mo.id for conversation, and as he ; dipped his absinth he let his mind run j Hither fcorrowfuliy over the pat few ; weeks of his life. Time and apain he had wondered if he had acted wisely m rc.oaii' ii.p ins bin input 10 a man to whom he owed nothinp. It is true that be liked Clayton, but ah. but th.it wasiot the question. It was not for Wil'iiun Cecil Clayton. Lord Grey- stoke, that he had denied his birth. It was fr the woman whom both he and Clayton l..vcd and whom a stranpe freak fate had given to Clayton in stc i 1 of to him. That she iovel him made the thins dvubly dillk-ult t bear, ret lie knew that lie could fiave done nothiTip less t!..,n i,e j., t;lat i-ht within the iitt'e railway station in the far Wis consin woods. To him her happiness was- the tirt consideration of all. a?'d Lis brief experience with civilization and civilized men had taupht him that without monev and position life to ! most of them was in endurable. Jane I'orter had been burn to both, and had Tarzan taken them away from her future husband it would doubtless have pUmped her into a life of misery and torture. That she would have spurned Clayton once he had b en stripied of both his title and his estates never for once oeeured to Tar zan. for he credited to others the same honest lovaltv that was so inherent a uaiity in himself. Nor ia this in e had lie erred. Tarzau's thotiphts drifted from the past tj the future. He tried to look forward with pleasurable sensations to his return to the junp'e of his birth and boyhood, the cruel, fierce junple in whieii he had spent twenty of his twenty-two years. Hut who or what of all the myriad junple life would there be to welcome his return? Not one. Only Tantor, the elephant, could ' he call friend. The others would hunt him or lice from him as had been their way in the past. Net i'V( n the apes of his own tribe would extend the hand of fellowship to him. If civilization had done nothinp else for Tarzan of the Apes it had to some extent t-ii:pht him to crave the society of his own kind and to feel with genu i: e pleasure the conpenial warmth of companionship. And in the same ratio had it made any other life distasteful to him. It was diliicult to imapine a j world without a friend without a Hv- inc: thimp who spoke the new tonpues whieh Tarzan had learned to love so well. And so it was that Tarzan I iok ed with little relish upon the future he had mapped out for himself. As he sat musiup over his ciparette his eyes fell upon a mirror before him and in it he saw reflected a table at which four men sat at cards. Present ly one ef them rose to leave and then another approached, and Tarzau could see that he courteously offered to rill the vacant chair that the pame miphl not be interrupted. lie was the small er of the two whom Tarzan had seen whispering just outside the smoking room. Aside from the man who had but just entered the pame, Tarzan knew the name of but one of the other player.-:. It wr-.s b. who sat opposite the new player. Count Kaoul de. Coude. whom an overattei.tive steward had pointed out as one of tLe celebrities of the passape. describing him as a man high in the official family of the French minister of war. Suddenlv Tarzau's attention was rir-! eted upon the picture in the glass. Th other swarthy plotter had entered and was standing It-hind the count's chair. Tarzau saw him turn and glance fur tively about the ruoin. but bis eyes did not rest for a suilicient time upon the mirror to note the rellection of Tar 7..in"s watchful eyes. Stealthily the man withdrew something from his poc ket. Tarzan could not discern what the object was, for the mac's hand covered it. Slowly the hand approached the count, and then, very deftly, the thing tli.it was in it Mas transferred to the count's 'hm ket. The play went on for some ten min utes after this until the count won a considerable wager from him who Lad last joined the .came, and then Tarzau saw the fellow bak of the count's chair not his head to his confederate. Instantly the player arose and jointed a finper at the count. "Had I known that monsieur was a professional card sharp I had not been ... ...... .1,. I... .I.....,-.. I . ..,.. ' h n-.m.) iu i-- mn u hhvi iue; he said. Instantly the count and the two oth- er players were upon their feet. I'oude's face went white. "What do you mean, sir?" ne cried. "Do jui! laiiisr to whom you speak?" "I know that I speak for the last time to one who cheats at cards," re plied the fellow. The count leaned across the table and struck the man full in the mouth with his open palm, and then the oth ers rl.'-M-ij i;i between them. "There is some mistake, sir." cried n of the other players. "Why, this is Count de Coude of France." "If I am mistaken." said the accuser. "I shall gladly apologize, but before I do so lirst let monsieur le comte ex plain the extra cards which I saw him drop into his side pocket." And then the man whom Tarzan had seen drop them there turned to sneak from the room, but found the exit bar red by a tall, pray eyed stranper. With a low oath he seized Tarzau to I push him to one side. Ihe ape-man i but smiled as he twisted the big fel- I low abo :t and, prasi'inp him by the i collar of his coat, escorted him back to the table, strupplinp. cursinp ami strikiup in futile remonstrance. It was Nikolas Kokoffs first experience with the museles that had broupht their s ivape owner victorious thronph . encounters with Sabor. the tiper; ! Numa. the lion, and Terkoz, the great ; bull ape. The man who had accused Ie Coude : and the two others who had been play i inp stood looking expectantly at the ; count ! "You have but to slip your hand in ! the count's coat pocket." said the ac- i cuser. And then as the others hesi- i tate l to do s). "Come; I shall do it ' myself if no other will." and he step- ped forward toward the count. ! "No, monsieur."' said De Coude; "1 I will submit to a search only at the j hands of a gentleman." j "It is unnecessary to search the count. The cards are in his pocket 1 myself saw them placed there." i All turned in surprise toward this new sptaker to behold a very well 1 built young man urging a resisting : captive toward them by the scruff of his neck. "It is a conspiracy" cried Ie Couue amrrily. "There are no cards in my i coatf And with that he ran his hand I into his pocket. As he did so tense si lence reigned in the little group. The count went dead white, and then very slowly he withdrew his hand, and in it were three cards. He looked at them in mute and hor rified surprise, and slowly the red of mortification suffused his face. Ex pressions of pity and contempt tinged the features of those who looked on at the death, of a man's honor. "It is a conspiracy, monsieur." It was the pray eyed stranger who spoke. "Gentlemen." he continued, "monsieur le comte did not know that those cards were in his pocket. This person whom I just intercepted in an effort to es cape placed the cards there." Ie Coude had glanced from Tarzan to the man in his grasp. "Mun Iieu. Nikolas Rokoff!" he cried. "You?" Then he turned to his accuser and eyed him intently for a moment. "And you. monsieur. 1 did not rec opnize you without your beard. It quite disguises you. Faulvitch. I see it all now. It is quite clear, gentle men." lie turned to Tarzan. "No. my friend," said the count hastily. "It is a personal matter, and I beg that you will let it drop. It is suilicient that I have Ifen exonerated from the charge. The less we have to do with sue! h fellows the better, l.ut. monsieur, how can i thank you for the great kindness you have done me? Permit me to offer you my card." Tarzan had released I'okoff. who. with his confederate, Paulvitch. had hastened from the smoking room. Just is he was leaving, Itokoff turned to Tarzan. "Monsieur will have ample opportunity to repret his interference in the affairs of others." Tarzan smiled, and then, bowing to the count, handed him his own card. The count read. "Jean C Tarzan, 1'Arrique.V "Monsieur Tarzan." he said, "may indeed wish that He had never be friended me. for I can assure him that he has won the enmity of two of the most unmitigated scoundrels in all Uu rope." That r.iplit as Tarzan entered bis cabin he found a folded note upon the floor that had evidently been pushed hen oath the duor. He opened it and read: M. Tarwin Doubtless you did not realize the gravity of your offense or you would not liav done the taint; you liil today. 1 am witlir; to l-:iove that yoi: acted in iff- r"f an' wiff!,,,.t "n.v mienMon to of- lep.Q a sirnnger i- or ties reason i snun Bluiily permit you to offer an apology, and on receiving your assurances that you . -. Mimi i mmrmm PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, witl not again interfere in affairs that do not concern you I shall drop the matter. Otherwise but I am sure that you will see the wisQ.n of adopting the course I suggest. Very respectfully, NIKOLAS ROKOFF. Tarzan permitted a grim smile to play about his lips for a moment, then he promptly dropped the matter from his mind and went to bed. In a nearby cabin the CouHtess de Coude was speaking to her husband. "Why so grave, my dear Itaoul';" she asked. "You have been as glum as could be all evening. What worries you?" "Olga. Nikolas is on board. - Did you know it?" "Nikolas:" she exclaimed. "But It is impossible. Kaoul. It cannot be. Nikolas is under arrest in Germany." "So I thought myself until I saw him today him and that other arch scoundrel. Taulvitch. Olga, I cannot endure his persecution much longer no, not even for you. Sooner or later I shall turn him over to the authori ties." "Oh. no, liaouK" cried the countess, sinking to lier knees before him as he sat with bowed head upon a divan. "Do not do that. Remember your prom ise to me. Tell me, Itaoul, that ycu will not do that Do not even threaten him, Kaoul." "I cannot understand. He has for feited all claim upon your love, loyalty and respect. He is u menace to your life and honor and to the life and honor of your husband. I trust that you may never regret championing him." "I do not champion him. Kaoul," she Interrupted vehemently. ''I believe that I hate him as much as you do. but oh, Kaoul, blood is thicker than water." "1 should today have liked to sam ple the consistency of his." growled De Coude grimly. "The two deliberate ly attempted to besmirch my honor. Olga." Aud then he told her of all that had happened in the smoking room. Late the following afternoon Rokoff and Paulvitch were standing on deck at a point which was temporarily de serted. As Tarzan came upon them they were in heated argument with a woman. Tarzan noted that she was richly appareled and that her slender, well modeled figure denoted youth, but as she was heavily veiled he could not discern her features. The men were standing on either side of her. and the backs of all were toward Tarzan, so that he was quite close to them without their being aware of his presence. He noticed that Rokoff seemed to be threatening, the woman pleading, but they, spoke in a strange tongue, and he could only guess from appearances that the girl was afraid. As the ape-man hesitated the man seized the woman roughly by the wrist, twisting It as though to wring a promise from her through torture. Then steel finpers gripped his shoul der, and he was swung unceremonious ly around, to meet the cold, gray eyes of the stranger who had thwarted him on the previous day. "This is my answer to your note, monsieur," said Tarzau in a low voice. And he hurled the fellow from him with such force that Rokoff lunged sprawling against the rail. "Name of a name!" shrieked Rokoff. Tig. but you shall die for this!" And, springing to his feet, he rushed upon Tarzau. tugging the meanwhile to draw a revolver from his hip pocket. The girl shrank back in terror. "Nikolas!" she cried. "Do not oh. do not do that! Quick, monsieur, fly. or he will surely kill you!" Rut in stead of flying Tarzan advanced to meet the fellow. "Do not make a fool of yourself, monsieur." he said. Rokoff at last succeeded in drawing the revolver. He deliberately raised it to Tarzau's breast and pulled the tripper. The hammer fell with a futile click on an empty chamber; the ape man's hand shot out like the head of an angry python, there was a quick wrench, and the revolver sailed far out across the ship's rail and dropped into the Atlantic. For a moment the two men stood there facing one another. Rokoff had regained his self jiossession. He was the first to speak. "Twice now has monsieur seen fit to interfere in matters which do not con cern him. If monsieur does not know who Nikolas Rokoff is. this last piece of aflrontery will insure that monsieur later has good reason to remember him." "That you are a coward and a scoun drel, monsieur," replied Tarzau. "is all that I care to know of you." And he turned to ask the girl if the man had hurt her. but she had disappeared. Then, without even a glance toward Rokoff and his companion, he contin ued his stroll along the deck. Tarzan could not but wonder what manner of conspiracy was on foot or what the scheme of the two men might be. On the woman's finger he had noticed a ring of peculiar work manship. He determined to note the fingers of the women passengers he came upon thereafter that he might discover the identity of her whom Ro koff was persecuting. CHAPTER 11. Forging Bonds of Hate and T ARZAN had sought his deck chair, where he sat simulat ing on the numerous in stances of human cruelty, self ishness and spite that had fallen to his lot to witness since that day in the jun gle four years since that his eyes had first fallen upon a human lelng other; than himself the sleek, black Knlon-1 pa. whose swift spear had that day found the vitals of Kala. the great she ape, and robbed the youth Tarzan of the only mother he had ever known. He recalled the murder of King bjr the rat faced Snipes; the abandonment, of Professor I'orter and his party by the mutineers of the Arrow; the cruel ty of the black warriors and women or Mboupa to their captives; the petty jealousies of the civil and military offi cers of the west coast colony mat had afforded him his first introduc tion to the civilized world. "Mon Dieu!" he soliloquized. "But they are all alike cheating, murder ing, lying, fighting, and all for things that he beasts of the jungle would not ueign to possess money to pur chase the effeminate pleasures of weaklings. It is a silly world, an idiotic world, and Tarzan of the Apes was a fool to renounce the freedom and the happiness of his jungle to come into it." Presently as he sat there the sud den feeling came over him that eyes were watching from behind. Tarzan wheeled about so quickly that the eyes of the young woman who had been surreptitiously regarding him had not even time to drop before the gray eyes of the ape-man shot an inquiring look straight into them. Then as they fell Tarzan saw a faint wave of crim son creep swiftly over the now half averted face. He sniiled to himself at the result of his very uncivilized and uugallant action, for he had not lowered his own eyes when they met those of the young woman. She was very young and equally good to look upon. Fur ther, there was something rather fa miliar about her that set Tarzan to wondering where he had seen her be fore. As she walked away she raised one hand to the black, waving mass at the nape of her neck, and Tarzan saw upon a finger of this hand the ring of strange workmanship that he had seen upon the finger of the veiled woman a short time before. After dinner that evening Tarzan lolled lazily by the forward rail watch ing the play of the moonlight upon the gently rolling waters. He was half hidden by a davit, so that two men who nnnroacluKl along the deck did not see him. and as they passed Tarzan caught enough of their conversation to cause him to fall in behind them to follow and learn what deviltry they were up to. He had recognized the voice as that of Rokoff and had seen that his companion was Paulvitch. Tarzan had overheard but a few words: "And if she screams you may choke her until" He kept the two men in sight as they walked briskly now along the deck. To the smoking room he followed them, but they mere ly halted at the doorway long enough apparently to assure themseives that one whose whereabouts they wished to establish was within. Then they proceinled directly to the first class cabins upon the promenade deck. Here Tarzan found greater dif ficulty in escaping detection, but he managed to do so successfully. As they halted before one of the polished hardwood doors Tarzan slipped into the shadow of a passageway not a doz en feet from them. To their knock a woman's voice ask ed in French. "Who is it?" "It is I. Olga Nikolas." was the an swer in Rokoff's now familiar guttural "May I come in?" "Why do you not cease persecuting me, Nikolas?" came the voice of the woman from beyond the thin panel. "I have never harmed you." "Come, come. Olga," urged the man In propitiatory tones. "I but ask a half dozen words with you. I shall not harm you nor shall I enter your cabin, but I cannot shout my message through the door." Tarzan heard the catch click as it was released from the inside. Rokoff was standing directly in front of the door. Taulvitch had flattened himself against the paneled wall of the corri dor beyond. The door opened. Rokoff half entered the room and stood with his back against the door, speaking in a low whisper to the woman, whom Tarzan could not see. Then Tarzan heard the woman's voice, level, but loud enough to distinguish her words. "No, Nikolas." she was saying; "it is useless. Threaten as you will. I shall never accede to your demands." Tarzan saw Rokoff turn and nod to Paulvitch. who sprang quickly toward the doorway of the cabin, rushing in past Rokoff. who held the door open for him. Then the latter stepped quickly out. The door closed. Tarzan heard the click of the lock as Paul vitch turned it from the inside. Ro koff remained standing before the door, with head bent, as though to catch the words of the two within. A nasty smile curled his bearded lip. Tarzan could hear the woman's voice commanding the fellow to leave her cabin. "I shall send for my hus band." she cried. "He will show you no mercy." Paulvitch's sneering laugh came through the polished panels. "The purser will fetch your husband, madame." said the man. "In fact, that officer hs already been notified that you are entertaining a man other than your husband behind the locked door of your cabin." "Bah!" cried the woman. "My hus band will know!" "Most assuredly your husband will know, but the purser will not. nor will the newspaper men who shall in some mysterious way hear of it on our land ing." Alexis Paulvitch." came the wom an's voice, cold and fearless, "you are a coward, and when I whisper a cer tain name in your ear you will think better of your demands upon me and your threats against me." And there came a moment's . silence- in which Tarzan could imagine the' woman lean ing toward the scoundrel and whisper ing the thing she had hinted at into his ear only a moment of silence and then a startled oath from the man. the scuffling of feet, a woman's scream and silence. But scarcely had the cry ceased be fore the ape-man had leaped from his I hiding place. Rokoff started to run, but Tarzau grasped him by the collar and dragged him back. "Neither spoke, for both felt instinctively that murder was being done in that room, and Tar zan was confident that Rokoff had had no intention that his confederate should go that far. He felt that the man's aims were deeer ths.B that deeper and even more sinister than brutal, cold blooded murder. Without hesitating to question those within the ape-man threw his giant shoulder against the frail panel, and in a shower of splintered vood he en tered the cabin. dragging'Kokoff after him. Before him on a couch the wo man lay. Paulvitch's fingers were gripping the fair throat while hi3 vic tim's hands beat futilcly at his face. The noise of his entrance brought Paulvitch to his feet, where he stood glowering menacingly at Tarzan. The girl rose falterinply to a sitting pos ture upon the couch. One hand was at her throat, and her breath came in little gasps. Although disheveled and very pale, Tarzau recognized her as the young woman whom he had caught staring at him on deck earlier ia the day. "What is the meaning of this?" said Tarzan, turning to Rokoff, whom" he intuitively singled out as the instiga tor of the outrage. The man remain ed silent, scowling. "Touch the but ton, please," continued the ape-man. "We will have one of the ship's offi cers here. This affair has goue quite far enough." "No. no." cried the girl, coming sud denly to her feet; "please do not do that! I am sure that there was no real intention to harm me. I r tigered this person, and he lost control of himself; that is all. I would not care to have the matter go further, please, monsieur." The girl evidently was in fear of these two. She dared not express her real desires before them. "Then." said Tarzan. "I shall certain ly act on my own responsibility. To you," he continued, turning to Rokoff, ?5 111 l hop that you will not suffer for th kind deed you attempted." "and this includes your accomplice, I may say that from now on to the end of the voyage I shall take it upon my self to keep an eye on you, and should there chance to come to my notice any act of either one of you that might even remotely annoy this young wo man you shall be called to account for it directly to me, nor shall the calling or the accounting be pleasant experi ences for either of you. "Now, get out of here!" And he grab bed Itokoff and Paulvitch each by the scruff of the neck and thrust them forcibly through the doorway, giving each an added impetus down the cor ridor with the toe of his boot. Then he turned back to the stateroom and the girl. She was looking at him in wide eyed astonishment. "Ah, monsieur," she said, "I hope that you will not suffer for the kind deed you attempted. You have made a very wicked and resourceful enemy, who will stop at nothing to satisfy his hatred. You must be very careful, indeed, monsieur" "Pardon, me, madame; my name i Tarzan." "M. Tarzan. And because I would not Consent to notifying the officers do not think that I am not sincerely grateful to you for the brave and chiv alrous protection you rendered me. Good night. M. Tarzan. I shall never forget the debt I owe you." And with a most winsome smile that displayed a row of almost perfect teeth the girl court esied to Tarzan. who bade her good night and made his way on dec k. It puzzled the man considerably that there should be two on board this pirl and Count de Coude who suffered in dignities at the hands of Rokoff nud his companion and yet would not per mit the offenders to be broupht to jus tice. It occurred to him that lie had not learned her name. That she was married had been evidenced by the narrow gold band that encircled Ihe third finger of her left liand. Involur. tarily he wondered who the lucky man might be. Tarzau saw nothing further of any of the actors in the little drama that he had caught a fleeting glimpse- of until late m the afternoon of the last day of the voyage. Then lie came sud denly face t face with the young wo man as the two approached their deck chairs from opposite directions. She greeted him with a pleasant smile. PAGE 7. speaking almost immediately of the affair he had witnessed in her cahiu two nig!) is before. "My husdjund feels that he owes you an immense debt of gratitude." she said. "Your husband?" repeated Tarzan questioningly. "Yes. I am the Countess de Coude." "I am already amply repaid, ma dame. in knowing that I have rendered a service to the wife of the Count de Coude." On his arrival in Paris Tarzan went directly to the apartments of his old friend D'Arnot. where the naval lieu tenant scored him roundly for his de i- ion to renounce the title and estates that were rightly his from his father. John Clayton, the late Lord Grey stoke. "Y'ou must be mad. my friend." said D'Arnot. "thus lightly t" give up not alone wealth and position, but an op portunity to prove beyond doubt to alt the world that in your veins Hows the noble blood of two of Fngland's most honored houses-instead of the blood of a savage she ape. It is incredible that they could have believtd you Miss Porter least of all. "Why. I never did believe it. even back in the wilds of your African jun gle, when you tore the raw meat of your kills with mighty jaws, like some wild beast, and wiped your greasy hands t:pon your thighs. liven then, before there was the slightest proof P the contrary. I knew that you were mistaken in the belief that Kala was your mother. "Ar.d now. with your father's diary of the terrible life led by him and your mother on that wild African shore; with the account of your birth and. final and most convincing proof of all. your own baby linger prints upon the pages of it. it seems incredible to me -.hat you are willing to remain a name 'ess. penniless vagabond." "I do not need any better mine than Tarzan." replied th ape-man. "And as for remaining a penniless vagabond. I have no intention of so doing. In fact, the next, and let us hope the last, burden that 1 shall be forced to put upon your unselfish friendship will be the finding of employment for me." "Pooh. pooh!" scoffed D'Arnot. "Yon know tit tt I did not mean that, nave I nut told you a dozen limes that I have enough for twenty men and that half of what 1 have is yours? And if I pave it all to you would It represent even the tenth part of the vaiue I place upon your friendship, my Tar? in? World it repay the services you did me in Africa? 1 do not forget, my friend, that but for you and your wondrous bravery 1 would have died at the stake iii the village of Mbon ga's cannibals. Nor do I forget that to your self sacrificing devotion I owe the fact that I recovered from the ter rible wounds 1 received at their hands. 1 discovered later something of what it meant to you to remain with me in the amphitheater of the upes while your heart was urging you on to the const. When we finally came th'Tc and found that Miss Porter and her party had ieft I commenced to realize some thing of what you had done for an ut ter stranger. Nor am I trinp to re pay you with money. Tarr.au. It Is that just at present you need mon -y. Were it sacrilh e that I might offer you it were the same-my frl-ielship mu-t always be you;s. because our tastes arc similar, and I admire yon. That I e?'i:ii t command, but the money I cun and idial!" (To Be Continued.) IS" DERG0E5 OPERATION AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL From Tuesday's I 'ail v. I his 1 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 , in ii!i:.i!i;i, Mis, I.uiti W.-l-ii. daughter .,r Mr. ami Mrs. I',. A. Welsh, c. unpolled !n sllblllil n il el serious iiper.l- li"H. as a result nf her ;i i i n 1 1 I ;xir IicatHl r the las) e e;s. T!i" fperal !n was per!' 'ii.c,i al St. .Iii-epli's hii-pilai nud 1 1 1 1 Mr. ;:ml Mrs. W'eMi e:e present at tlie Iinspital. The liiin--. nf ihe voting lady lioje will av. ail anxiously word p In her co'idi ti'in. trusting tiiat .-lie may iv roep nicely ilolii tile ellVcl of flic opofal ion ami be restored In Iliftii in her previous g(),,, health. Don't Hide Them With a Veil; Remove Tham With the Othine Prescription. This prescript mn for the ir nimal of fi-eclje was written i y a prominent p!isicjau ami is usually so successlul in inmn mg freckles ami giing a char, beautiful cniiipI'Mnu thai il is .-.old by druggi-ls under guar antee tn refund the nmnej if it fails. I)ou'l hide yniir freckles . uud'-i-a veil; pet an mince of otliitie and tcmie I hem. Kej the nr-i fe.c application.- slmuM show a won derful illlp;o enient, some nf fie lighter freckles vanishing; en tirely, , lie sure In ask Hie lni-r'ris, for the. double strength ollime; it, this that is cold on the npjiiey Lack guarantee.
