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The Son of Tarzan By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Copyright by Frank A. MunieyCo. CHAPTER II Continued. Then the son of Tarzan skipped across the room, slipped through the open window and slid to liberty by wny of the spout from an caves trough. Mr. Moore wriggled and struggled about the bed. lie was suro that ho should suffocate unless aid camo quickly. In his frenzy of terror ho managed to roll off the bed. The pain and shock of the fall Jolted him back to something like sane con sideration of his plight. Where before he had been unablo to think Intelli gently because of the hysterical fear that had claimed him, he now lay quietly searching for some means of escape from his dilemma. The best that he could do was to at tempt to attract attention from below; and so, after many failures, he man aged to work himself Into a position In which he could tap the top of his boot against the floor. This he proceeded to do at short Intervals until, after what seemed a very long time, ho was re warded by hearing footsteps ascending the stairs, and presently a knock upon the door. Mr. Moore tapped vigorously with his toe he could not reply In any other way. The knock was repeated after n moment's silence. Again Mr. Moore tapped. Would they never open the door? Laboriously he rolled In the di rection of succor. If he could get his back against the door he could then 4a p upon Its base, when surely he must be heard. The knocking was repeated a little louder, and finally a voice called, "Mr. Jack 1" It was one of the housemen. Mr. Moore recognized the fellow's voice, lie came near to bursting a blood ves sel In an endeavor to scream "Come in!" through the stifling gag. After a moment the man knocked again, quite loudly, and called the boy's name. Re ceiving no reply, he turned the knob, and at the same Instant a sudden recol lection filled the tutor anew with ter ror he had himself locked the door behind him when he had entered the room ! He heard the servant try the door several times, and then depart. Upon which Mr. Moore swooned. In the meantime Jack was enjoying to the full the stolen pleasures of the music hall. He bad reached that tem ple of mirth Just as AJax'a act was , commencing, and having purchased a box seat was now leaning breathlessly over the rail, watching every move of the great ape, his eyes wide In wonder. The trainer was not slow to note the boy's handsome, easer face, and as one of AJax's biggest lilts consisted In an entry to one or more boxes during his The Man Stopped as Though Turned to Stone. "Akutl" He Cried. performance, ostensibly In search of a long lost relative, as the trainer ex plained, the man realized the effective ness of sending him Into tho box with the handsome boy, who doubtless would lie terror stricken by proximity to tho shaggy, powerful beust. When the time camo thcreforo for the upe to return from tho wings In reply to an encore, tho trainer directed Us attention to the boy, who chanced to lie (lie sole occupant of tho box In which lie sat. Willi u kprlne tho'liugo anthropoid IgujieiTfroni the ntufc'o to the boy's side. OVERCOMING PARENTAL OPPOSITION BY FORCE, JACK CLAYTON GOES TO SEE THE PERFORMING APE AND IMMEDIATELY MAKES FRIENDS WITH THE ANIMAL Synopsis. A sclcntlllc expedition off the African coast rescues Alexis Paulvltch. He brings aboard an ape, Intelligent nnd friendly. Exhibited nt n theater In London n few weeks Inter, tho anlmnl makes a hit Jack Clayton, son of Lord Grcystoke, Is forbidden to go nnd see the ape, but thwarts his parents. But It the trainer had looked for u laughable scene of fright ho was mis taken. A broad smile lighted the boys' features as he laid his hand upon tho shaggy arm of his visitor. The ape, grasping the boy by either shoulder, peered long and earnestly into his face, while the latter stroked his head and talked to him in a low voice. Never had Ajar devoted so long a time to an examination of another as he did In this instance. Ho seemed troubled nnd not n little excited, Jab bering and mumbling to the boy nnd now caressing htm as the trainer had never seen him en res h a human being before. Presently ho elnmbered over Into the box with him and suuggled down close to the boy's side. The audience was delighted, but they were still more delighted when the trainer, the period of his act hnvlng elnpsed, attempted to persuade AJax to leave the box. The ape would not budge. The manager, becoming excited at the delay, urged the trainer to greater haste, but when the latter entered tho box to drag nway the reluctant AJax he was met, by bared fangs and men acing growls. The audience was delirious with Joy. They cheered the ape. They cheered the boy, and they hooted nnd Jeered at the trainer nnd the manager, which luckless Individual had Inndvertently shown himself and attempted to assist the trainer. Finally, reduced to desperation nnd realizing that this show of mutiny upon the part of his valuable posses sion might render the nnlranl worthless for exhibition purposes In the future if not Immediately subdued, the trainer hnstened to his dressing room and pro cured a heavy whip. With this he now returned to the box, but when he had threatened AJax with It but once he found himself fncing two Infuriated enemies Instead of one, for the boy leaped to his feet and. seiz ing a chair, stood ready at the ape's side to defend his new-found friend. There was no longer n smile upon his handsome face. In his gray eyes was an expression which gave the trainer pause, and beside him stood the giant anthropoid growling and ready. What might bare happened hut for a timely Interruption may only be sur mised, but that the trainer would have received a severe mauling if nothing more was clearly Indicated by the nttl tudes of the two who faced him. It was a pale-faced houseman who rushed Into the Greystoke library to announce that he had found Jack's door locked and had been able to ob tain no response to his repeated knock ing other than a strange tapping nnd the sound of what might have been a body moving upon the floor. Tour steps ut a time John Clayton took the stairs that led to the floor above. His wife and the servant hur ried after him. Once he called his son's name In a loud voice: but, receiving no reply, ho launched his great weight, backed by all the undiminished power of his giant muscles, against the heavy door. .With a snapping of Iron hinges und a splintering of wood the obstacle burst inward. At Its foot lay the body of tho un conscious Mr. Moore, across whom It fell with a resounding thud. Through the opening leaped Tarzan, nnd n mo ment Inter tho room was flooded with light from a half-dozen electric bulbs. It was several minutes beforo the tutor was discovered, so completely had the door covered him, but Anally ho was dragged forth, his gag and bonds cut nway and a liberal application of cold water hastened his recovery. "Whero is Jack?" was John Clay- The World on Wheels. According to n report by tho ofllco of public roads, which takes notlco of such matters, there were 3,512,090 au tomobiles nnd motor trucks and 250, 820 motorcycles registered In tho United States In 1010. This Is an In crease of 43 per cent over tho registry of cars and trucks for tho previous year. The gain was greatest In the Southern states, whero It reached 80 per cent. On the estlmato of tho pres ent population there Is now an automo bile for every 20 peoplo In the United States. On the basis of comfortable seating capacity, this makes room for one-sixth of tho Inhabitants, says Thomas F. Logan In Leslie's. Or, In other words, If properly apportioned, every sixth or seventh family would bo found supplied. The tolul llccnso reve nue derived from (his source for 1010 wus 129,605,2170, which represents an ton's first question, and then, "Who did this?" Slowly Mr. Mooro staggered to his feet Ills gaze wandered about tho room. Gradually he collected his scat tered wits. Tho details of his recent harrowing experience returned to him. "I tcuder my resignation, sir, to take effect nt once," were his first words. "You do not need a tutor for your son what ho ueeds Is a wild anlmnl trnln er." "But whero Is he?" cried Lady Grcy stoke. "He has gone to sco AJux." It was with (Ulllculty that Tarzan re strained a smile, ami after satisfying himself that the tutor was more scared than Injured, he ordered his closed car around nnd departed In tho direction of a certain well-known music hall. CHAPTER III. Exit Paulvltch. As the trainer, with raised lash, hes itated an Instant at tho eutranco to the box where the boy and tho aim confronted him, a tall, hrond-shoul-dcred man pushed past him and en tered. As his eyes fell upon the new comer a slight Hush mounted thu boy's cheeks. "Father I" he exclaimed. Tho ape gave ono look at the Eng lish lord nnd then leaped toward him, calling out In excited Jabbering. Tho man, his eyes going wide with aston ishment, stopped cs though turned to stone. "Akutl" he cried. The boy looked, bewildered, from tho ape to his father, and from his father to tho ape. The trainer's Jaw dropped as he listened to what followed, for from the lips of the Englishman flowed the gutturals of an npc that wero an swered In kind by tho huge anthropoid that now clung to him. And from the wings n hideously bent nnd disfigured old mnn watched tho tableau in the box, his pockmarked features working spasmodically In yarylng expressions that might have marked every sensation In the gamut from pleasure to terror. "Long have I looked for you, Tar zan," said Akut. "Now that I havo found you I shall come to your Jungle nnd live there always." The man stroked the beast's head. Through his mind wus running rapidly a train of recollections that carried him far Into the depths of the primeval Af rican forest, whero this huge, mnnllke beast had fought shoulder to shoulder whh him In years before. He saw tho black Mugambl wielding the deadly knob stick nnd beside them, with bared fangs and bristling whiskers, Shcetn the Terrible and, pressing close behind, savage as the savage panther, the hid eous apes of Akut. The man sighed. Strong within him surged the Junglo lust that he had thought dead. Ah, If he could go hack even for a brief month of It; to feel again tho brush of leafy branches against his naked hide; to smell the musty rot of dead vegetation frank incense nnd myrrh to the Jungle-born to sense tho noiseless coming of tho great carnivore upon his trail ; to hunt and to he hunted; to kill! Tho picture was alluring. And then came another picture a sweet-faced woman, still young and beautiful; friends; n home; n son. He shrugged his giant shoulders. "It cannot bo, Akut." ho said. "Hut ff you wcuid return I shall sec that tc Is done, xou could not be huppy hero; I may not be hnppy there." The trainer stepped forwnrd. Tho ape bared his fangs, growling. "Go with him, Akut," said Tarzan of tho Apes. "I will come and see you tomorrow." Tho benst moved sullenly to tho Increuso of $7,000,050 over the receipts of tho sumo character for tho yeur before. Our Army of Civil War, During tho first year of tho Civil war tho number of tho regular army roso to 82,000, Lincoln's first call for vol unteers, April 15, 1801, was for 75,000 men for three months. At the begin ning of 1802 tho number of volunteers In tho field was about 550,000. During tho next threo years It wus ubout 000, 000. At tho close of tho war the Union army numbered 1,000,000 men. The to tal number of troops furnished was 2,850,000 men. Are Not the Same. Amiability und Jlubblncss, meekness and weakness, ure not (lie same tiling; excess of tho former leads to thu latter. trainer's side. Tho latter, nt John Clayton's request, told whero they might bo found. Turin n turned toward his son. "Comul" ho said, nnd tho two left tho theater. Neither spoko for several min utes after they had entered tho limou sine. It was thu hoy who broke tho silence. "Tho npo know you," ho said, "nnd you spoku together In tho ape's tongue. How did tho ape know you, nnd how did you learn his language?" And then, briefly and for tho first time, Tarzan of tho Apes told his son of his early life of his birth In thu Junglo, of the death of his parents nnd of how Knln, tho great sho npe, hnd suckled und raised him from Infancy almost to manhood. He told him, too, of tho dangers nnd tho horrors of tho Jungle of tho great beasts that stalked ono by day and by night; of tho periods of drought and of tho cataclysmic rains; of hunger, of cold, of Intense heat, of nakedness and fear nnd suffering. Ho told him of all those things that seem most horrible to the creaturo of civilization In the hope that the knowl edge of them might expuugo from thu 17" 111 Then Briefly Tarzan of the Apes Told Hit Son of Hit Early Life. lad's mind any Inherent desire for the Jungle. Vet they wero the very things thnt made tho memory of the Junglo what It was to Tarzan thnt made up tho composite Jungle life he loved. And In tho telling ho forgot one thing tho principal thing that the boy nt his side, listening so eagerly, was the son of Tarzan of tho Apes. After tho boy had been tucked nway to bed John Clayton told his wlfu of tho events of the evening nnd that he hnd at last acquainted tho boy with tho facts of his Junglo life. The mother, who had long foreseen thai her son must somo time know of those frightful years during which his father had roamed tho Jungle, n naked, sav age beast of prey, shook her head, hop ing ngalust hopo thnt tho lure she knew was still strong In tho father's breast hud not been tnminilttcd to his son. Tarzan makes an Important explanation to Jack, but the talk does not have the effect hoped for by the father. UU 1114 CONTINUED.) MAY USE KENTUCKY STONE Product of Blue Grass State Believed as Good and Cheap as Bavarian Article. It Is believed that after the war Is over lithographic stona quarried In Kentucky may bo put on tho mar ket ns cheaply as tho Ravarjan stone which has been tho principal snurco of supply for a long time. Small quantities of tho Kentucky stono have been sold already, hut thu high cost of labor ip this country and tho dllllculty of working tho 'stono hnvo kept It out of serious competition with the foreign product. Tho European stono occurs In thin layers, which require little but planing and polishing nftor being removed from tho quarry. Tho American stone Is In beds from threo to ten feet thick nnd must he sawed Into thin layers be-J fore It Is ready for use. Tho Iiavarlan quarries havo been worked so long that vast piles of waste havo accumulated that must bo moved from tlmo to time, thus adding to tho cost of production. Tho American quarries havo found n market for tho crushed refuse from their quarries, and this by-product helps rcduco tho cost. Tho better grades of lithographic stone bring flvo to six cents a pound for slabs ten by twelvo inches and tho poorer grades a cent and a bulf a pound. Golno Up, A devlco that enables a mnn tc climb a steel cable to which It Is nt Inched by turning n blcyclo pedal has been patented by u California In ventor. Hirdenlnn Wood. Wood acquires u remarkable hard ness unu toughness when it Is placed In tanks and covered with qulckllmo, which Is Kruduully slaked with water, FAIR DEAL PROMISED WHEATJISUMERS Price Guaranty Does Not Mean Extortion, Says Barnes. EUROPE'S NEEDS BIG Little Use May lie Made of Illlllon Dollar Fund Provided for FL nanclng U 8. Crop. Now York. Despite mnltttoimnca of tho government guaranteed prlco In tho fuco of an American wheat crop which probably will break all records, domestic consumers will not pay more for tho product during tho comltiK yenr than tho rates concurrently no copied from foreign buyers, Julius II. Harnes, newly njumlnled federal wheat director, declared lu.ii stntomont Tues day outlining thu policies of his ad ministration. Mr. Murium termed unsound any gov ernmental scheme of artificial subsi dizing and thought It quite possible, with the greater part of Eurnpo look ing to America for food and thu crop prospects of thu allied countries even poorer than last year, that little In road, except of a temporary nature, would bo Hindi! on tho bllllon-dollnr fund provided by congress to carry out tho farmers' guarantee of $2.20 a bushel. However, should there bo a surplus of wheat, ho said, the national treas ury would ho protected as far ns pos slblo In muklng good tho dlffurenco between tho guaranteed and market rates by dotormluntlon of a world prlco for tho sale of tho surplus. At present thu world prlco exceeds tho government prlco. llow much of tho federal appropriation would bo ox ponded, tho director said, would de pend an thu harvest, as would also tho government policy In buying and nulling portions of tho crop, Until facts concerning tho 1919 yield aro more generally known, ho added, no deflulto plan of operation could bo Intelligently adopted. In relation to federal acquisition of wheat, which ho predicted would ho on nn extensive scale In enforcing tho farmers' guaranty, particularly If world prices should bo lower than tho government prices, offectlvo Juno 1, 1920, Mr. HnruuB snld threo plans worn under consideration: Direct dealing with tho farmers, which would bring tho director Into contnet with 1,000, 000 persons; purchasing through tho country grain exchanges, which would neeoHHltutu keeping 20,000 nccounts, und buying through tho mills, which would reduce tho number of clients to 7000. As to sale of government ncqulred stocks tho director said that congress, with a clear conception of tho difficul ties of tho coming year, hnd dologated to tho president largo powers und dis cretion which would bo nt tho sorvlco of tho wheat administration. Tho snlo policy, hu said, would bo decided by factors developing within tho sonson and tho llconso power would ho used, If necessary, to control trndo practices so ns to assuro propor reflection of tho guaranteed prlco ronchlng all classes of producors. Air Celebration Planned. Washington, D. C l'lnns for colo brntlnt; tho first anniversary of tho Now York-Phllndolpliln air mall sorv lco on May ID contomplato tho uso on regular flights of tho snmo six planoB which Inaugurated tho iforvlco and which to dato havo survived moro than 11 months of flying undor all sorts of woathor conditions. About eight million luttors, or moro than 200,000 pounds of mall, havo boon car ried In this service Place Goes to Virginian. Portsmouth, Va. Ervln Underwood, general solicitor of tho Hcaboanl Air Lino railway, lias resigned and will become general solicitor of tho United Ktutos railroad administration ut Washington,