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If-, i' I I! I 1 4 PAGE 3X. THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPBI8E, INP EPENDENCE, OREGON. EIGHT PAQEi I The Son of Tarzan By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Copyright by Frank A. Muntey Co. CHAPTER XVII Continued. 19 Meriem was almost at Korak'e side when Tantor saw n long knife la her hand, and then he broke forth, bellow ing horribly, and charged down upon the frail girl. Korak screamed commands to his huge protector In an effort to halt hlui. but all to no avail. Merlcm raced to ward the bordering trees with all the speed that lay In her swift little feet, but Tantor, for all his huge bulk, drove down upon her with the rapidity of an express train. i What was that? Korak's eyes start ed from their sockets. A strange fig ure had lenpel from the tree the shade of which Meriem already had reached leaped beyond the girl straight Into 'the nnth of the charging elephant. t it was a half nnked white giant. 'Across his shoulder a coil of rope was looped. In the band of his gee-string was a hunting knife. A sharp command broke from the stranger's lips. The great beast halted la his tracks, and Meriem swung her self upward Into the tree to safety. Korak breathed a sigh of relief, not unmixed with wonder. He fastened his eyes upon the face of Merlem's de liverer, and as recognition slowly fil tered into his understanding they went wide In Incredulity and surprise. Tan tor, still rumbling angrily, stood sway ing to and fro before the giant white man. Then the latter stepped straight be neath the upraised trunk and spoke a inw word of command. The great heast ceased his muttering. The sav age light died from his eyes, and as the stranger stepped rorwaru iuwu.u Korak, Tantor trailed docilely at his heels. Meriem was watching, too, and won dering. Suddenly the man turned to ward her. "Come, Meriem I" he called. And then she recognized him with a star tled "Bwnna !" "Jack !" cried the white giant, kneel ing at the ape man's side. . "Father!" came cnomngiy irom uio Killer's lips. "Thank God that it was you I No one else in all the Jungle could have stopped Tantor." i Quickly the man cut the bonds that held Korak, and as the youth strug gled weakly to his feet and threw his arms about his father, the older man turned toward Meriem. "I thought," he said, sternly, "that I told you to return to the farm." Korak was looking at them wonder lngly. In his heart was a great yearn ing to take the girl in his arms, but in time he remembered the other the dapper young English gentleman and " that he was but a savage ape man. Meriem looked up pleadingly into Bwana's eyes. "Ynu told me." she said in a very small voice, "that my place was be side the man I love." And she turned her eyes toward Korak, all filled with the wonderful light that no other man had yet seen In them and that none other ever would. Tha Killer started toward her with outstretched arms, but suddenly he fell upon one knee before her Instead and, lifting her hand to his Ups, kissed it more reverently than he could have kissed the hand of his country's queen. A rumble from Tantor brought the threo. nil lunsle bred, to Instant alert ness Tantor was looking toward the Korak laid his hand affectionately npon his father's shoulder. "There Is but one Tarzan," he said. "There can never be another." v CHAPTER XVIII. A Family Reunion. Two days later the three dropped from the trees on the edge of the p.ain, across which they could see the smoke rising from the bungalow and tho cookhouse chimneys. Tarzan of the Apes had regained his civilized cloth ing frn.n the tree where he had hidden It. and as Korak refused to enter the presence of his mother in the savage half raiment that he had worn so long and as Meriem would not leave him for fear, as she explained, tmu ne would change his mind and run off into the Jungle again, the father went on ahead to the bungalow for horses ami clothes. My Dour met him at the gate, her eyes filled with questioning and sor row, for she saw that Meriem was not with him. "Where Is shet" she asked, her voice trembling. "Muvlrl told me that she disobeyed your Instructions and ran off into the Jungle after you had left them. Oh, John, I cannot bear to lose her, too !" And Lady Greystoke broke down and wept as she pillowed her head upon the broad breast where so often before she had found comfort In the great tragedies of her life. Lord Greystoke raised her head and looked down into her eyes, his own smiling and filled with the light of hnp- Plness- . ' w "What is it. jonnr- sue mcu. a -vua Do not keep me Have uvwj " . ivnlHnir for It." r ,-nnf to be aulte sure that you can stand hearing the best news that ever came to either of us," he said. t novor kills I" she cried. "You have found her?" She could not bring for the impossible. "Yes, Jane." he said, and his voice was husky with emotion. "I have found her and him 1" iv Is he? Where are uiej w-itw wpnlth of her father and mother nor all the powerful rew of tho great French republic were ab o to wrest the secret of her wherMboutt from the Inscrutable desert that hua swallowed her and her abductor. A reward of such enormous propor tions was offered that many adveo- attractea io ui Tnnsson and Mnlblnn. Thls was no case ior uiu - Courageous Men f Carried Civilization Into the Dark Corners of the tarw small place wore " c,vU,Mtton mio - n ...i,,i noono," , ftn article entlt 1 " ..An . which appears In ls l- , mienohnble ,,,,n,,mf .. '". , .! - . i .i...... fnmi u i""" breasts, lias union " - , m,vo paths for their geiiornt l,Mf thft penetrated the dark n r rth.!th.:r ll r i , !.; m. forfeit wnn " " f ,: , t ber. I look Mm at ,. (lie .-.wlw '' "w mini D'AtoOt, bo I '"! !, hrlnt W' ""' 1 . ,. .i.j.man r-onrrnl Africa. 1U8 wau m . L- ,lnilllI)0(I I'.v i turers were among thorn tectlve of civilization, yet several of these threw themselves into u The bones of some are bleaching be neath the African sun upon the Blunt sands of the Sahara. "I have come to you," Pllll"ef General Jacot as he concluded, be cause our dear admiral tells me that there is no one in all the world who Is more Intimately ncqmuuu-u Central Afrlcu than you. "We did all that love ami mvuvj t .,.ii omllll do tO even govemiuem iuouu. discover her. but all to no avu.u "A week Blnce there came w .u rarls a swarthy AraD, wi.u IN MAKING ALFALFA HAY EXACT METHODS OF HANDLING ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE mt w i.j v o,i,irii tn helleve that siory iu iu Uu. ...... nns the place where tne gin me posed to be my aauguier another son was slain from am the Upon Then Ha Charged Down Frail Girl. trees behind them, and as their eyes followed his gaze the head and shoul ders of a great ape appeared amid the foliage. . For a moment the creature eyed them, and then from his throat rose a loud scream of recognition and of Joy, and a moment later the beast had leaped to the ground, followed by a score of bulls like himself, and was ,oriiino- tnwnrd them, shouting In the primordial tongue of th anthropoid : returned! Tarzan, lora 'nt fha Inncle 1" . t AW.'nnd Instantly he com menced leaping and bounding about the trio, uttering hideous shrieks and "....', tn anv other human beings might have indicated tne most ferocious rage, but these three knew that the king of the apes was do to homage to a king greater iu- self. "Where "Out there at the edge of the Jungle. He wouldn't come to you in his savage leopard skin and his nnkedness. lie sent me to letch mm vmu Ing." . She clapped her hands In ecstasy and turned to run toward the bungalow. "Walt I" she cried over ner uum. M Know "I have all his little suns. uu saved them all. I will bring one to yTarzan laughed and called to her to stop. , .v "The only clothing on the place that will fit him," he said, "is mine if It Isn't too small for him. Your little boy has grown, Jane." She laughed, too ; she felt like laugh- . ,.crT7ftiin! or at nothing. The ma a oil lOVU nnQ nuoumcao 4 nra mnr!. the world that had been shrouded in the gloom of her ereat sorrow for so many years, fco great was her J07 mat iur ment she forgot the sad message that .mnltAll TortPm. I""" - fihD oniiPd to Tarzan arrer ue um. ridden away to prepare her for it, but he did not hear and rode on without knowing of It himself. when thev arrived tne mouier iu cu iUCt lUl o-ooin tho hnnnlness from her eyes. nt in the "My uttie gin. bu '"p mirlst of our happiness a great sorrow awaits you Mr. Eaynes did not sur vive his wounds." Tho oTnrosslon of sorrow In Mer lem's eyes expressed only what she innm-,.iv folt. but It was not the sor row of a woman bereft of her best be- loved. T nm Rorrv." she said quite simply. "But it was not love, I did not know what love was until I knew that Korak ,. a nA cho turned toward the UVUU, wilier with a smile. Lady Greystoke looked quickly up into the eyes of her son, the son who one day would be Lord ureysxoKe. thought of the difference In the sta tions of the girl and her boy entered her mind. To her Meriem was fit for a king. She only wanted to know that Juck loved the little Arab waif. The look In his eyes answered the itn in hor heart, and she threw her arms about them both and kJssed them each a dozen times. "Now," she cried, "1 snau reuuj have a daughter I" It was several weary marches to tne nearest mission, but they waited at the farm only a few days for rest and preparation for the great event before setting out upon the Journey, and after the marriage ceremony had been per formed they kept on to the coast to take passage for England. They had been home but a week when Lord Greystoke received a mes sage from his old friend D'Arnot. It was in the form of a letter of intro duction brought by one General Ar mand Jacot. Lord Greystoke recalled the name, as who familiar with mod ern French history would not? For Jacot was In reality the Prince de Cad renet, that Intense republican who re fnaoa tn use. even by courtesy, a title that had belonged to his family for ,e Arab sup- wlt that flume or was held in bush. 1 , lllH r,st, never . 0 once turned aside. Almost Hh.luu.d- Youl I Know Cried. Youl" Sht captivity was not far from your Af rican estates, and he advised that I come at once and call upon you that you would know if such a girl were la your neighborhood. once mm lc.nv , t. ...,.io,i ilw. cront state or Iven ea no .,.., in ele-handed he planted the banner of human advancement W miles beyond the then farthest frontier. Great Scientist, Scholar, Thinker. Usually NOi an All Around Good Fellow rr-hnm u nhvavs diinuor when any i,ot dm rnnrentra- one conceninui-s . tlon will be carried too far-so far h. it nrniinoos a narrow, one-sliloa ,rT,i nolnt of view, observes Uliv. I' , a writer. The great sciemii. great scholar and groat timiKor n. line, Is usually not an nil around .nni1 follow." "Crabbed." "queer, -noiiinr" "odd." "funny." ' a-nrnpil" are those not the udjec- tlves that generally describe the ge niuses of the world? Tho vprv effort to concentrate mi anhinrt which 1ms brought o has mndo It Impossible to Vpon In touch with the thousand and one currents or thmignis aim i'i-i.- of conversation which go to make up comfortable and easy-going life. TJke the old sea captain, these ge niuses miss something In their effort 1 . .... c.n.nt Tool to Use In Maklna AlfK. l... Bu U t S hou I d B 0 Sid B-f.r. tv.. B.com, Dry EnouBh t, 8h.cr." bfciuiHO the loaves are tho uiojt Dfr trltlouM part of the plmit. In tho went, where there It hiiu HAVE A LAUGH Couldn't Be Another John Smith? Mrs. Gusher (after Introduction to out-of-town guest) Oh, Mrs. Smith, do tell me, do you know John Smith, who used to live In Indianapolis? Mrs. Smith Not very well. He's my husband and travels. Behind the Times. "Things move rapidly these days." "That's right." "Yes ; the old wheelhorse politi cian is liable to be run over." son vpnrs. "There is no place for princes In a republic," he was wont to say. Lord Greystoke received the hawk nnopri trrnv mustuched soldier In his library, and after a dozen words the two men had formed a mutual esteem that was to endure through life. And the soldiers' words laid vividly before his host scenes and events nearly two decades old. He told his host how he hn,i hppn a caotain In the Foreign Le gion of France stationed at that time in Africa. He told how he had hunted .n mnrniirlincr bands of Arabs and blacks in the heart of the great desert of Sahara. He told how he had In Camp with him his little four-ye-ar-old a A hnr I16 came back to camp one day to find that fiho had mysteriously disappear "What proof did the Arab bring that . fl tner attention on one thing she was your daughter?" a3ked Lord Jn gpUe of thls ,jlinK,.ri jt is n good Greystoke. thing to work for concentration. The None." reolied the otner. i.uui ,n,iihnnH nf hpcnmlns one-sided Is big why we thought best to consult you where gonU3 3 concerned, but then hofnro nrcrnnlzlmr an expedition. The . ,uj Atimt of us can twvv v-0 " .. . . ,11! LUU UK! V A v II ' . . - ' " fellow had only an old photograpn 01 gafely concentrnte our attention and hpr n tha back of which was pasted r .... thnt .... ...in tp-.n ia .... . t ."Mill ict-i nui 1 ' a newspaper cutting describing ner ana touch wUh thg woH1 al)()Ut ug offering a reward, we reareu iuuw having found this somewhere, it had aroused his cupidity ana lea mm w believe that in some way he could ob tain the reward, possibly by foisting upon us a white girl on the chance that so many years had elapsed that we would not be able to recognize an impostor aa such." "Have you the photograph with you?" asked Lord Greystoke. The general drew an envelope irom his pocket, took a yellowed photograph from it and handed It to the English man. Tears dimmed the old warrior's eyes as they fell again upon the pic tured features of his lost daughter. Lord Greystoke examined the-photograph for a moment. A queer ex pression entered his eyes. He touched a bell at his elbow, and an instant later a footman entered. "Ask my son's wife if she will be so good as to come to the library," he directed. The two men- sat In silence. General Jacot was too well bred to show io any way the chagrin and disappoint ment he felt in the summary manner io which Lord Greystoke had dismissed the subject of his call. As soon ns th young lady had come and he had been presented he would make his de parture. A moment later Meriem entered. Lord Greystoke and General Jacot rose and faced her. The Englishman spoke no word of introduction. Ha wanted to see the effect of the first sight of the girl's face on the French man, for he had a theory, a heaven born theory, that had leaped into hlg mind the moment his eyes had rested on the baby face of Jeanne Jacot. General Jacot took one look at Meriem, then turned toward L.ora Greystoke. "How long have you known It?" he asked, a trifle accusingly. "Since you showed me that photo graph a moment ago," replied the Eng lishman. "It Is she," said Jacot, shaking with suppressed emotion, "but she does not recognize me. Of course, she could not." Then he turned to Meriem. "My child," he said, "I am your " But she interrupted him with a quick, glad cry as she ran toward him with outstretched arms. "I know youl I know youl" she cried. "Oh, now I remember I" And the old man folded her in his arms. Jack Clayton and his mother were summoned, and when the story had been told them they were only glad that little Meriem had found a father and a mother. "And really you didn't marry an Arab waif aftftf all," said Meriem. "Isn't it fine?" "You are fine," replied the Killer. "I married my little Meriem, and I don't care for my part whether she Is an Arab or Just a little Mangnnl." "She Is neither, ntt 6&V paid Oen eralArmand Jacot ""She is A prlneeiir In hef own right" I (TEtHENDJ ' 1 1 ,1 i.f AiiH.-omiro) Vlln,b.o .-''!!:.t drawbacks. H Is 1 '' , , ,,,,,.0 imrlH or tne " tty , tbo castor,. Ma os t ,!- euroftil inotlious " " ' crop for .ho carelcs farm., b Un vorv prol tnhie 0110 1. - tnk,.H .no .row . .- I . iiimdlo t from 1110 ' r h- --.-r Six to learn Is J""t "w l" " V , according to hp'omi - Vnltod Statos .loi.artmont or bk."u. ture. . ,. ... Alfalfa .loo not euro : an rem,.,. nn,l good quality hay Is hard to p i. Klciniiy 1- "'" "f th" flrHt c,ut' K which cou.os )..,. heavy ruin-. ,ro apt to Intorfore with IW proper curing. Tho bright green hay o com num in the Irrigated Ho-tio.m U nl rnost never seen In (ho humid region, due to Injury from rain. Time of Cutting. Most fanners nro prone to cut their ...f..if t,. .Mirlv. They are anxious to ..... ,r.. euHlno. thereby thinking 7.. ..... lilL'L-er rrP. The fact Ik. the ,.,,tiii,L. fiodii.ntly mndo nt the exponse of total tonnage. The real tost of the size of the HoaHoll crop is total tonnnue rather man num ber of cuttings. Where four cuttings re possible, three usually are more . ... r...it.ii.li. More (losirunie mm in..i- i hy is actually nunlo for the Hcii.non; and tho plants nro left In bettor con dition for the winter. The first growth usually H rnnK. sometimes causing the farmer to tlilliK It should ho cut before It reauy 1 ready. Tho stage of growth is 1110 in dication for cutting rather than the size of the plants. The general rule Is to cut alfalfa Just as It Is coining Into bloom and tho basal shoot are tnnklnir a good start for the next crop. t tt... eastern states, cutting earlier mnv injure and frequently kiun ine plants. Cutting later lowers the feed lug value of the hay. Methods of Harvetlno. M..thiiiis of making alfalfu bay vnrv In different sections of tho coun trv: hut the basic principles are the same The motto everywhere is: "Cure i.m.lfn hav (Hilohly. with as little handling and cxi"suro to the weather ns possible." Unpld curing holds the loaves on better. Loss handling knocks fewer of them off. This Is Important, ruin during tlm haying wanon, tv niower are started In tlm niomlnj and the hay rnked into windrowi tb following day. The- liay In then Met d or U stucked or haled direct faa the windrow 111 soon uh the hay li sufllclenlly cured. The rnklng m iiioncoM as sxn as the leaven re wilt ed, but when the t'MH are mill pen. It U cmked when the nloms ar1ulf dry. It tuuy he ntack.il whra tsut. ture can no longer bo twisted oottf a wisp of tho liny. In tho humid ttln of tht win try Urn procew of curing the hay It ......... .nm....it t t iiiui 0 ni"t iitiiii.uii. 1 iiu vuiiiii in quently must bo dflnyed wveral diyi on account of bad weather. Theoi tlon and inothodH lire practlnllj tb same ns In the dry ne.tlm, eicept that more time Is required. Hunpi and stack, covers may prov tm sary. Stack Alfalfa Hay. High moisture content aomettaa makes It doslrabN' to stack ildlli hay Instead of putting It In the bm This I" especlully true of the irt cut ting. Hulld Btucks carefully aad ta i thnpo that will fspiHie as little n the hay to the wi'iuiier aa jwmim Cover tho top wltn iimrsii grow, as- dan grass, inlllet. or mie other m grass that will make a C'J1 tlulA Anchor a well miuio itiatcn wiiupkb nn the ends of wire 011 top of ipmfk rly mndo stack, and the hay !H keep almost M well ns m in uimu fact. It may keep better, on icwmt of tlio likelihood of now alfalfa ktj heating la the mow. If the hny Is put In the mow, it well to provide for nie extra Illation, especially if H moisture t tent Is high. Thl tun he arranged!? placing horizontally nt frequent Into vats ventilators rondo of Inmbw. These may bo simply a frnmeworitt triangular or recti.ngular placed In the hay ns the mowli m HayniBklng Is nn operation must be done In a certain P time that Is short nt best, vAW Is always llablo to be made inow by bad weather. For thh .1 1. trm nocrntlon tn W Iiirru in a.Fullim fl wt plllcloneV count iw B"x'1 i ...in M. .v.tv fanner to aw till It, Y"i --- , .1 tr u-hon and Just ltw to makeun most of his alfalfa crop. General Decoration. "The battleship was sighted" "Good heavens. 1 knew dogs and pigeons were, but were even the fshlpe decorated?" Crack. "Flubdub poses as a slick proposition." "Maybe. But some day he'll run up against the crack of doom." "Oh, he expects to wriggle through that." Unanswered. "Are you sure you understand this subject?" asked the by stander. "Of course I un derstand it," re plied the soap-box orator. "Who explained It to you?" "I thought most of it out for my self." "Then why dis turb and confuse the rest of us who are trying to do the same thing J" Looks Brighter to Weary. Frayed Phil Dis paper says dey's quite a lot of people dat thinks it's unlucky ter begin any work on Fri day. Weary Walker Well, dat's encour agin'. Mebbe after er while people will be dat sensible about every day er de week. Dropping a Passenger. Traveler (on the aerial express) "1 want to drop Into Ilickville, conduc tor!" Conductor (looking at watehi "Strap on your parachute you walk I the plank la eeven minutes I" CO-OPERATIVE PLAN IS GOOD Farmers In One County In Florida Make Saving of $113.50 on Carload of Potatoea. (Prepared by tlio UnltnJ Btatca Depart ment of Agriculture.) When the farmers of Madison coun ty, Florida, sold a curload of sweet potatoes co-operatively and by ho do ing saved $1i:5..riO they began to realize the benefits of selling their produce In this way. The county agent, has been showing them how to got orders for a number of other cars of potatoes and the co-operative plan Is growing In every pail of Hie county. The Mgi-nt hopes before long to have a good co operative organization among the fanners for buying and selling nil farm produce and equipment co-operatively. ARSENATE OF LIME AS SPRAY May Be Used In All Situations Where Paris Green Has Been Used Good Lead Substitute. Experiments thus far made by the bureau of entomology, United States department of agrlcullure, indicate that arsenate of lime may be used In all situations whore purls green has been employed, and that for pome fruits (apple, pour and quince) It will often be a satisfactory substltuto for arsenate of loud, the present cost of which Is much above normal, when used with lime or fungicides contain ing limn. COW ENTITLED TO VACAT1CS Experienced Dairymen Will W mala Stand for Six WetKi w fore Freshening. The cow that works all the tl J not give ns much milk nn the oe" U allowed to take a vacation J few weeks (luring the year. BJ enced cow owners never bJe cows continually, but J ttf rtnnddry for at lea. V, fore freshening. A dairy J i,or.i..orkPd animal and needs for recuperation. .MflfllV SOURCES OF WATER Sum w.tii and SDrlnaa May - w AHiinuati" tamlnated-Purltynr..-Are Essential. " " . mli IXP1"1' Pr.nftrod by the Unl ea m - 1 - Arrr rUHUiW .. M mem ' " m tne essentlnls of water b "Pi"'; o( &ib springs are tho usual source wnter, but botn may ghouldth innted, nnd the 7 fore be Inspected mr i'"- of pollution. PROFH CARE OF TREES ON ARRIVAL Make Examination Immediately on Re ceipt ana see That They Are Free From Disease. Examine your trees ns soon as they arrive and sec that they are free from dlsonso and Insects. It Is best to set hem out at once, but If for any reason tills cannot be done, heel them In. To do this dig a trench about one and a half feet deep and spread the trees thinly In this trench, pm with soil, covering the trees six to ten Inches deeper than they were in tho nursery row. . ' HOGS ARE VERY Brood Sow That ll ters of Average 8I ' Most Dealrab'9- A good brood sow thai litters of average Btoe a g duco considerable wef who feed and care - ,de litter. There are ve 3 : equal to hogs, when the w erly cared for, P CONSIDERATION . . Aiani j It la Highly ut,a , Crops Be Saved I P on the Far"1- it ishoped tha f j;;pWij careful conslderat on made for consent t erf J year. It la . dVii L .rrown. It 13 WB , nd gtP , rtiru , tho farm, j'