The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1914 Page: 3 of 6
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TAPZAN OF
By EDGAR RICE
BURROUGHS
Capyrtgm. hy the Prai^
Munsey Company
SYNOP51*
The lnrant son of IajiO and L.pidy Grry-
xtnkf- In mothered by Kala, un upe. aftei
the death of hin own parents
The boy, called Tarziin by the apes,
finds the skeletons of his parents In their
cabin, but still thinks himself a white ape
Tarzan wins renown by killing a Korli-
!a. He learns to read from books foun'l
tn the cabin
Tarzan kills his enemy Tublat. Kulon-
Ka, a savage shoots Kala and Is pursued
by th«i infuriated apes
Tarzan slays Kuloaga in revenue for
Kala's death and secures a bow and pol- |
eoned arrows from the native village.
He finds a photograph of his father atvi !
his mother's locket Worsting KerchaSf :
lii battle. Tarzan becomes king of ttlO j
a ties.
After subduing Terkoz, Tarzan leaves the !
tribe and terrorizes the savages In the j
village of Mbonga.
Clayton, Taiwan's cousin, Jane Porter
and party arrive in a ship, the crew ol
which has mutinied
Tarzan kills a lion and saves Clayton 6 i
life. Jane i orter and her maid. Earner- j
alda. are attacked by a tiger
Tarzan breaks the tiger's ne'ek, then
eaves Professor Porter and his friend Phi- |
lander from a lion.
Clayton discovers the skeletons of his j
uncle and aunt in the cabin. Tarzan sees
the mutineers bury a treasure chest.
Tarzan carries the chest away and hides
it. Unseen, he watches Jane Porter and
falls in love with her
Terkoz", the ape, carries June Porter |
away Into the wilderness Tarzan kills
Terkoz and takes possession of the giri
sue repulses mm, out ne treats tier mnu-
ly. She shows him his parents' pictures
in a locket he is wearing
Tarzan takes Jane back to the cabin.
She has fallen in love with him. Lieuten-
ant d Arnot is captured by savages
Tarzan rescues him. Clayton is jealous
of Tarzan. French sailors raid Mhonga's
village, but fail to find D'Arnot.
Tarzan nurses D'Arnot, and they com-
municate with each other in writing The
French sailors and Jane's party sail away
D'Arnot wounds Tarzan by mistake
Jane lias left a note asking Tarznn to visit
her In America. D'Arnot tells Tarzan he
1s Lord Grevstoke
Tarzan secures the treasure. and
D'Arnot rea'. ii France Tarzan s baby tin
ger prints prove that he is a man and riot
an ape
(• Arnot at tue line
"It is Hit' diar.v <>t John t'layton. !
Lord <}reystoke. an English nobleman ;
mid it is wriKen in Kicii<i>. lit1 said.
D'Arnot n ail it aloud Occasionally ;
his voice broke, and lie was forced to j
stop readmit' for the hopelessness that ,
spoke between the lines
Often he glanced at Tarzan. but the |
npe man sal upon his haunches like a |
carveii image. his eyes fixed upon the j
ground.
Only when the little babe whs men-
tioned did liu* tone of the diary alter
from the habitual note of despair
which had crept into it by degrees j
after the first two months upon the
shore
Then file passages were tinged with
ti subdued happiness that was even j
sadder than the rest
One entry showed an almost hopeful |
spirit.
Today our tittle bov is six months old
He has grabbed my pen in tils chubby
fist and with his ink begrimed little fin-
gers has placed the seal of liis tint lin-
ger prints Upon the pap.e
TJpon the ma rain of the pace were j
Hie partially blurred imprints of four ,
wee fingers and the outer half of the
thumb
When D'Arnot had finished tile diary i
the two tin -j t s:;t in silence tor some
111.' |)ljt I'S
"Well. Tai" Hn nf the npes. wnat j
think yon?" asked D'Arnot "Does n>t ,
this little book clear up the mystery ot i
your parentage? You are Lord Grey
stoke"
Tarzisn shook his head
"The book speaks of but one ■ hlld."
he replied "lt< skeleton lay in the
crib, where it died crying for nourish I
nicut, from the first time I entered tip.
cabin until Professor Porters party ■
buried if. with its father and mother,
beside the cabin."
A week later the two men eamesud ;
dcnly upon a clearing in 'he forest
In the distance were several build j
ings surrounded by a strong palisade
Between theth and the inelositre |
stretched a cultivated field in whiHi a |
number of negroes were working
Tar/an started straight across the i
field, his head high held and the iron
ical sun beating upon his smooth \
brow n skin
Behind him came D'Arnot. clothed in \
pome garments which bail been dis
carded at the cabin by Clayton when
the officers of the French cruiser had j
fitted biin out in more presentable ]
fashion.
Presently one of the blacks looked i
up and. beholding Tarzan striding to
ward him. turned, shrieking, and made;
for the palisade.
In art instant the air was tilled with !
cries ot terror front the fleeing garden
ers. but before any had reached t.he j
palisade a white man emerged from
the inelositre, rifle in hand, to discover ;
the cause of the commotion
D'Arnot cried loudly to him:
"Do not tire! We are friends'"
"Halt, then!" was the reply
"Stop. Tarzan!" cried D'Arnot, halt-
ing the ape man in his tracks.
"He thinks we are enemies."
Tarzan dropped into a walk, and
together he and D'Arnot advanced to
ward the white man by the gate.
j The latter eyed them in puzzled be |
I wilderment.
"What manner of men are you7" he
asked in French.
' White men." replied D'Arnot. "We
have been losi in the jungle for a
long time"
•1 am Father Constantin of the
French mission here." sail) the other
"I am glad to welcome you."
"This is .M Tarzan. Father Con
stantin. ' replied D'Arnot. indicating
the ape man. and as the priest extend
ed his hand to Tarzan D'Arnot added.
"And 1 am Paul d'Arnot of the French
navy."
Father Constantin took the hand
which Tarzan extended in imitation of
the priest's act. while the latter took
in the superb physique and handsome
face in one quick, keen glance.
Thus came Tarzan of the apes to the
first outpost of civilization
For a week they remained there, and
the ape man. keenly observant, learn
ed much of the ways of men. while
black women sewed upon white duck
garments for himself and D'Arnot that
they might continue their journey
properly clothed
Another mouth brought them to a
little group of buildings at the mouth
of a wide river, and there Tarzan saw
many boats and was filled with the
old timidity by the sight of many men
Gradually he became accustomed to
tile strange noises and the odd ways of
civilization, so that presently none
might know that two short months
before this handsome Frenchman in
immaculate white ducks, who laughed
and chatted with the gayest of them,
had been swinging naked through
primeval forests to pounce upon some
unwary victim, which, raw, was to
appease his savage appetite
The knife and fork, so rontemptu
ously flung aside a month before. Tar
Ran now manipulated as exquisitely as
>lid the polished D'Arnot
So apt a pupil had he been that the
young Frenchman had labored assidn
ously to make of Tarzan a polished
gentleman in so far as nicety of man
tiers and speech was concerned.
"Ileaven made yon a gentleman at
heart, my friend." D'Arnot had said
"but we want its work to show upon
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As soon as tney nail reached the lit j
tie port D'Arnot had cabled his ?ov |
ernuient of liis safety and requested j
a three months' leave which had been \
Granted
I
Fie also cabled his bankers f'
funds and the enforced wait of a j
month, under which both chafed, was j
due to their inability to charter a ves- I
sel for the return to Tarzan's Jungle !
after the treasure At last, however, j
D'Arnot succeeded In chartering an an- j
cient tub for the coastwise trip to Tar
zan's landlocked harbor.
It was it happy morning for them
both when the little vessel weighed an-
chor and made for the open sea
The trip to the beach was unevent-
ful and the morning after they drop
ped anchor before the cabin Tarzan.
garbed once more in his jungle regalia !
and carrying a spade, set out alone for ■
the amphitheater of the apes where j
lay the treasure.
Late the next day he returned, hear
lug the great chest upon his shoulders,
and at sunrise the little vessel was
worked through the harbor's mouth
and took up her northward journey
Three weeks litter Tarzan and D'Ar-
not were passengers on board a French
steamer bound for Lyons, and after a
few days in that city D'Arnot took
i Tarzan to I'aris
The ape man was anxious to proceed
i to America, but D'Arnot insisted that
lie must accompany him to I'aris first.
! nor would he divulge the nature of the
j urgent necessity upon which he based
his demand
CHAPTER XX
The Light of Civilization.
ONE of the first things which
D'Arnot accomplished after
their arrival was to arrange
to v'sit .a high official of the
, police department., an old friend of
i D'Arnot's He took Tarzan with hi in
Adroitly D'Arnot led the conversa-
tion from point to point until the po
(iceman tiad explained to the inreresten
Tarzan many of the methods In vogue
for apprehending and identifying crirn
inals.
Not the least interesting to Tar/an
was the part played by finger prints in
this fascinating science.
"Rut of what value are these im-
prints," asked Tarzan. "when after ;•
few vears the lines upon the fingers
are entirely changed by the wearing
out of the old tissue and the growth <>•'
new V"
"The lines never change," replied the
official. "From infancy to senility the
linger prints of an individual change
only in size, except as injuries altei
' the loops and whorls. It imprints
have been taken of the thumb and four
0
"Do finger prints show raoiod char-
acteristics ?"
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Barnard, W. F. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1914, newspaper, September 3, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107204/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.