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
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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,