The Son of
Tarzan
By EDGAR RICE
BURROUGHS
Copyright by Frank A. Mumey Co.
CHAPTER IX Continued.
11
At the same Instant the flaps of the
tent opened silently anil n tail white
mnn stood In the aperture. Neither
Meriein or Mnlbltin saw the newcom
er. The letter's back was toward him,
while his body hid the stranger from
Merlem's eye.
He crossed the tent quickly, step
ping over Jenssen's body. The tlrst
Intimation Malblhn had was a heavy
hand upon his shoulder.
He wheeled, to face an utter stran
ger, a tall, black haired, gray eyed
stranger, clad in khaki and pith hel
met. Malblhn reached for his gun
again, but another hand had been
quicker than his, and he saw the
weapon tossed to the ground at the
side of the tent out of reach.
"What Is the meaning of tills?" The
stranger addressed his question to
Meriem In a tongue she did not under
stand. Stfie shook her head and spoke
in Arabic. Instantly the man changed
his question to that language.
"These men are taking me away
from KonU:." panted the girl. "This
one would have harmed me. The oth
er, who he has Just killed, tried to stop
him. They were both very bad men,
but this one is the worse. If my Korak
were here he would kill him. I sup
pose you are like them, so you will not
kill him."
The stranger smiled. "He deserves
killing," he said. "There Is no doubt
of that. Once I should have killed him,
but now not. I will see, though, that
he does not bother you any more."
He was holding Malblhn In n grasp
the giant Swede could not break,
though he struggled to do so, and he
was holding him as easily us Malblhn
might have held a little child, yet Mal
blhn was n huge man, mightily thewed.
The Swede began to rage and curse.
He struck at his captor, only to be
twisted about and held nt arm's length.
Then he shouted to his boys to come
and kill the stranger.
id response i dozen strange blacks
entered the tent. They, too, were pow
erful, clean limbed men, not at all
like the mangy crew that followed the
Swedes.
"We have had enough foolishness,"
said the stranger to Mnlbihn. "You
deserve death, but I am not the law.
I know now who you are. I have
heard of you before. You and your
friend bear a most unsavpry reputa
tion. We do not want you In our coun
try. I shall let you go this time, but
should you ever return I shall tnke the
law Into my own hands. Now, get out,
and novt time you sec me reis.""her
who I am," and he spoke a name In
the Swede's car a name that more
effectually subdued the scoundrel than
many beatings. Then he gave him a
push that curried lilm bodily through
the tent doorway, to sprawl upon the
turf beyond.
"Now," he said, turning toward Mer
iem, "who lias the key to this thing
about your neck?"
The girl pointed to Jenssen's body.
"He carried It always," she said.
The stranger searched the clothing
on the corpse until he came upon the
key. A moment more Meriem was
free.
"Will you let me go back to my Ko
rak V she asked.
"I will see that you are returned to
your people," the stranger replied.
"Who ure they, and where Is their vil
lage?" He had been eyeing her strange, bar
baric garraenture wonderlngly. From
her speech she wns evidently an Arab
girl, but he had never before seen one
thus clothed.
"Who are your people? Who Is Ko
rak?" he asked aguln.
"Korak! Why, Korak Is an ope. I
have no other people. Korak and I
live In the Jungle alone since A'ht
went to be king of the apes." She had
iilways thus pronounced Akut's name,
for so It had sounded to her when first
bho came with Koruk and the ape.
A questioning expression entered the
stranger's eyes. He looked ut the girl
closely.
"So Korak Is an ape?" he said. "And
what, pray, are you?"
"I am Merloni. I ulso nrn an upe."
"M'm," wis the stranger's only oral
comment upon tills startling announce--inuiit.
Iluf M'Jmt lie thought might
lwv t n partially InlorpretnJ through
llii' pitying light (hut mi I or ixl Ills itynx,
llw npjiroiictii'il (liu girl and Hurled to
lay lii IiikkI upon lief torohmul, Xliw
Jrw bfl0k Willi u wivutfu llltlw twtwl.
A unit imwhtMl Ms 111.
"Ymu jjhwJ not fwr um," Iw wild, "I
in 'i m mm yuti. I oiiy wWi to
U '- if yon Imve (!tir( ygu uru
BVVANA RESCUES MERIEM AND TAKES HER HOME TO HIS
WIFE, WHO ADOPTS THE GIRL SHE LONGS
FOR KORAK
Synopsis. A scientific expedition off the African coast rescues n
human derelict, Alexis I'nulvltch. Ho brings aboard an apo, Intelligent
and friendly, and reaches London. Jack, son of Lord Oroystoko, tho
original Turznn, has Inherited a lovo of wild life anil steals from homo
to see the upe. now n drawing card in a music hull. Tho apo makes
friends with him and refuses to leave Jack deplto his trainer.
Tartan appears and Is Joyfully recognized by tho ue, for Tnrznti hml
boon king of his tribe. Tarzan agrees to buy Akut, tho upe, and send
him back to Africa. Jack and Akut become great friends. I'nulvltch
Is killed when ho attempts murder. A thief tries to kilt Jack, but Is
killed by Akut. They Hoc together to tho Jungle and take up life.
Jack rescues nn Arabian girl and tnkes her Into tho forest. Ho Is
wounded and Meriem Is stolen. Tho bad Swedes buy her from Kovudoo,
the black. Mnlbihn kills Jenssen lighting for the girl.
entirely well. If you are we will set
forth In search of Koraki"
CHAPTER X.
Korak's Vengeance.
Merlcm looked straight Into the keen
gray eyes. She must have fouud there
an unquestionable nssurauce of the
honorablone.NS of their owner, for sho
permitted him to lay his palm upon
her forehead and feel her pulse. Ap
parently she had no fever.
"How long have you been nn apo?"
asked the man.
"Since I was a little girl, many,
many years ago. and Korak came and
took nie from my father, who was
beating me. Since then 1 have lived
In the trees with Korak and A'ht."
"Where In tho Jungle lives Korak?"
nsked the stranger.
Meriem pointed with n sweep of her
hand that took In. generously, half the
continent of Africa.
"Could you find your way back to
him?"
"I do not know," she replied, "but
he will Mm! his way to me."
"Then I have a plan." said the stran
ger. "I live but n few marches from
here. I shall take you home, where
my wife will look nfter you and cure
for you until we can find Korak or
Korak finds us. If he could find you
here, he can find you at my village.
Is it not so?"
Meriem thought that It wns so, but
she did not like the Idea of not start
ing Immediately bock to meet Korak.
On the other hand, the man had no
intention of peimlttlng this poor. In
sane child to wander further amid the
dangers of the Jungle. Whence she
had enme or what she had undergone
he could tint guess, but that hex Korak
and their life among the apes was but
a llgment of a disordered mind he
could not dqubt.
He knew the Jungle well, nnd he
knew that men had lived alone nnd
naked among the savage beasts for
years, but a frail and slender girl I
No. It wns not possible.
Together they went outside. Mnl
blhn's boys were striking enmp In
preparation for a hasty departure. The
stranger's hlncks were conversing with
them. Malblhn stood nt a distance,
nngry nnd glowering.
The stranger approached one of his
own 'men.
"Find out where they got this girl."
he commnnded.
The netrro thus nildressed questioned
one of Mnlblhn's followers. Presently
he returned to his master.
"They bought her from old Kovu
doo." he said. "That Is all that this
fellow will tell me. Ho pretends that
he knows nothing more, and I think
that he does not. These two white
men were very bad men. They did
nlany things that their boys know not
the meanings of. It would be well,
Hwnnn. to kill the othpr."
"I wish that I might, but n new law
Is come Into this part of the Jungle.
It Is not ns It wns In the old day, Mu
vlrl," replied the master.
The stranger remained until Malblhn
nnd his safari had disappeared Into
the Jungle toward the north. Merlcm,
trustful now, stood at Ills side, Geeku
clutched In one slim, brown hand.
They talked together, the man won
dering at the faltering Arabic of tho
girl, but attributing It finally to her
defective mentality. Could ho have
known that years had elapsed since
she had used It until she was taken
by the Swedes, he would not have
wondered that she hud half forgot
ten It.
There was yet another reason why
the language of the sheik had thus
readily eluded her, but of that reason
she herself could not have guessed the
truth any better than could the man.
He tried to persuade her to return
with him to his "village," as he called
It, or "douar" In Arabic, but she was
Insistent upon searching Immediately
for Korak. As u last resort ho deter
mined to take her with him by force
rather than wicrlllce her life to the In
sane hallucination which haunted her
J J ut, being u wise man, he determined
to humor her first and then attempt to
lead her us ho would have her go.
Ho when they took up Ibnlr march
It wiim In tho direction of the south,
though his own ninth luy almost duo
oust,
J!y i)en;M ho tumwl the illmollon
ot tliulr way mora mid mom uuntwnnl,
Mild wwlJy vviik Jib HmuhnJ Ut win
Unit lliy Kirl fMllwl U tltHMtvvr (hut
utiy uUutm win """J
Little by little she became more
trusting. At first she had had but her
Intuition to guide her belief that this
big Tnrmnuguul meant her no harm,
but as tho days passed and she saw
that his kindness and consideration
never faltered she came to compare
him with her Korak and to ho very
fond of him, but never did her loyalty
to her apo man ting.
On tho fifth day they enme suddenly
upon a great philti. anil from tho edge
of the forest the girl saw In tho dis
tance feuced fields and many build-
She Buried Her Face on the Bosom of
This New Friend.
Ings. . At the sight she drew back In
astonishment.
"Where are we?" she asked, point
lug. "We could not find Korak," replied
the man, "and ns our way led near my
douar I have brought you here to Walt
and rest with my wife until my men
cun find your npe or ho finds you. It
Is better thus, little one. You will ho
safer wltli us and yon will be happier."
Meriem laughed. "The Jungle," she
said, "Is my father and my mother. I
do not fear the Jungle. I love It. I
should rather die than leave It forever.
Hut your douar Is close beside tho
Jungle. You have been good to me. I
will do as you wish and remain hero
UNEARTHLY WAS THIS MUSIC
German Publication Reprimanded by
Press AQent for Mistranslation
of Adjective "Heavenly."
Tho censorship of foreign langungo
publications by tho post otllco depart
ment won't bo nt all offensive to one
of the musical comedies which re
cently opened In New York. And If
the censorship can extend to the
point of gathering altogether a certain
German periodical, then tho press
agent will bo even stronger for tho
government.
Ills nnlmnslty dates back to tho
hand-painted account of tho opening
of his play, which ho wrote and sent
out some twelve hours before the cur
tain was raised on tho premiere. How
ever, his description of tho charms of
the chorus, tho plot, the scenery and
the personnel of the audience didn't
suffer on account of anything like thnt.
On the question of tho beauty of the
music he was especially grandiloquent,
nnd when he cnlled up tho Germnn edi
torial offices the next morning ho felt
that his grlcvanco was Just. Hut thero
they told him ho had used a part of
his own copy, without changing a
single word, merely translating It Into
Germun.
"Oh, you did I" raved tho young press
agent, and his volco Instinctively told
that ho was tearing his hair. "I wrote
that tho music was heavenly and your
blamed translation made It say that
tho 'music wus unearthly 1'"
Knew Teddy by His Teeth.
Col. Theodore Itoosovelt has object
ed at all times to being referred to as
u one-time president; hut that only by
facial adornments Is ho known In some
sections may ho oven worse. It was
at a church, where ho was on tho pro
gram, that an elderly woman ap
proached tho doorman and asked If
"that thero man" was going lo speak.
"What mail V" nuked tho iilloiiduut, "J
en n't ri'inoiiihor his iniiiio," was tho re
ply, "hut II'h tho chap I n I ways thought
would mako it good mlvurlliwiiiHjt for
u dentist. JIo'm got woinlorful loolh,
Mud ulwuy nltom Ilium." "Vm," mi.
Nwurwl llnj (Jwriuun, "! uulnu lo
WpiJUlf,"
for nwhllo to wait tho coming of my
Korak."
"Goodl" said the man, nnd ho led
tho way down toward tho llowor-cov
orcd bungalow behind which lay tho
bnrns nnd outhouse of it well-ordered
African farm.
Meriem walked on toward tho bun
galow, upon tho porch of which a wo
mnn, dressed In white, waved n wel
come to her returning lord. Thero wns
uioro fear In tho girl's eyes now than
thero had been In tho presence of
strange men or suvngo beasts. Sho
hesitated, turning an appealing glance
toward tho mnn.
"That Is my wife." ho said. "Sho
will bo glad to welcome you."
Tho woman came down the path to
meet them. Thu man kissed her and,
turning toward Meriem, Introduced
them, speaking In tho Arab tongue tho
girl understood.
"This Is Merloni, my dear," ho said,
nnd told the story of tho Jungle wnlf
so far as ho knew It.
Meriem saw that tho woman wns
beautiful. Sho saw that sweetness and
goodness were stamped Indelibly upon
her countenance. Sho no longer feared
her, nnd when her brief story had been
narrated and tho woman came and put
her arms about her and kissed her and
cnlled her "poor little darling" some
thing snapped in Merlem's heart.
Sho burled her face on tho bosom of
this new friend, In whoso volco was
tho mother tone that Meriem hud not
heard for no ninny years that she had
forgotten Its very existence. Sho hurled
her face on the kindly bosom nnd wept
as she had not wept before In nil her
lift tears of relief and Joy that she
could not fathom.
And so came Meriem, the sovago lit
tle Mimganl, out of her beloved Jungle
Into tho midst of a homo of culture
and refinement. Already "Hwaiiu" and
"my dear." as sho first heard them
cnlled nnd continued to call them, were
ns fattier and mother to her.
Once her savage fears were allayed
sho went to the opposite extreme of
trustfulness and love. Now she was
willing to wait hero until they found
Korak or Korak found her. Sho did
not give up that thought. Kornk, her
Korak, was always first.
And out In the Jungle, far away,
Korak. covered with wounds, stiff
with clotted blood, burning with
rugo and sorrow, as soon ns suffi
cient strength returned swung buck
upon the trail of tho great baboons.
He did not find them where he had
last seen them nor In any of their
usual haunts, hut besought them along
the well-marked spoor thoy hud left
behind them, and ut Inst ho overtook
them.
So Korak persuades his ba
boon friends to help him hunt
Meriem. They raid the black
vlllane, but find no trace of her.
(TO III-: CONTINUKU.)
What a Railroad Did.
Let mo cite one Instance of what
the building of u railroad has meant,
writes H. U. Forbes In Leslie's. Mon
tana had always been regarded as a
grazing state until A J. Karling, presi
dent of the St. I'aul railroad, while
traveling over tho state by horseback,
spent a night at a much and noticed
a bumper field of wheat next morning.
Tho owner confided that he had raised
similar yields for over ten years with
out one bud crop, but had not gone In
for wheat raising on u largo scale be
cause ho was GO miles from the near
est railroad. Mr. Karllng's peregrina
tions convinced him that, although
there had scarcely been a furrow
plowed In thu whole Judith Hasln nt
that time, It could be developed Into
one of the greatest wheat-growing sec
tions In tho world. Last year, thanks
to the St. I'mil's railroad building, the
Judith Hasln, extending some -!00
miles east and west and 100 miles
north and south, produced the greatest
part of the '"000,000 bushels of wheat
grown In Montana, as well us a largo
part of the 02,000,000 bushels of nil
grain marketed by Montana, plating It
among tho foremost grain-grow Ing
states.
Whale Meat Is Used.
"Wlmlo meut a la Creole," Is the
now offering on u San Francisco hotel
menu. Thu portions are largo and
Juicy, delightfully seasoned, nnd cost
75 cents each. Tho new food has come
to stay, according to tho hotel experts.
It Is a war-time food resource of the
United States that has been over
looked. Many tried It and pronounced
It good. Tho wlmlo meat Is supplied
by it sea products company, which has
bought property at Moss Lauding and
will establish a packing house thero.
Tho moat resembles beef in appear
unco, tux turn nnd flavor. There Is no
fishy taslo about It.
Freshwater Eels.
Freshwater eels urn said o ho very
el mm fenders; limy urn soiunlliiios huvii
cropping tho limvuM ot wiliinim nnd
oilier iiquiillo (limits iim limy tUmt about
In thu wnlor; but I hoy urn lniiimins
dovourur ot spawn ot nil klmU ut
fUli.
SCOUTS
KfJOW SCOUTS' "UNCLE DAN"
On ono of tho warm days last winter
when Natlnnn! Scout Coiumlsslouor
Daniel Carter Heard was on tho way
to tnko tho train to a big scout cele
bration In New York stall', ho was tte
layeil for some time In liobolieii.
Tho ulr being close nnd tho scout
commissioner being dressed In full uni
form, ho stepped outside In tho street
to obtain a little fresh air. Uncon
sciously drawing himself up and ux
pandlug his lungs several times ho
inudo quite nn Imposing figure and was
not aware that ho was drawing it
crowd of youngsters.
Lowering his chin after n full In
halation ho discovered about twenty
typical little street oralis around him.
When they observed his guxo direct
ly upon them, two of them suddenly
stepped forward and saluted with mil
itary vigor.
"Undo Dan" was amused, and think'
lug thnt they probably took him for
some military ollleor, ho said rather
grullly but amusedly, "Who do you
think you are saluting?" Ono of thorn
camo buck with tho words. "Tho
Chief." "Chief who?" said Mr. Hoard.
"Ah, you Is Dan Heard wo know you."
It is hard for tho Idol of boydom to
rovo Into nny circle high or low whuro
ho Is not Immediately recognised.
RED CROSS AIDS SEA SCOUT8.
In order that all tho older boys In
the sen scouts of tho Hoy Scouts of
America may ho thoroughly grounded
In llfc-suving nnd the kind of swim
ming necessary to help another In the
water, the First Aid division of tho
American Red Cross In Washington
has detailed Field Agent W. K. Long
fellow to co-operate.
Ho Is nt tho notional headquarters
of tho scouts In Now York, and work
ing with Chief Sen Scout James A.
Wilder, whoso scouting experiences In
tho South seas makes him a mine of
Information and source of Inspiration
to scout leaders all over tho world.
Commodore Longfellow has been In
Red Cross service for five years nnd
has Just completed a tour of army
posts nnd navy stations along tho
eastern coast, teaching Red Cross life
saving methods for water and land
emergencies. More than 120,000 fight
ing men and civilians camo under his
Instruction during tho last year.
In tho sea scouts, a hoy who cannot
swim and do llfe-suving cannot gradu
ate from shore to rovvhoat activities;
mi that llfe-savlug ability Is ono of tho
foundations of the sea scout training
which tin scout movement Is offering
thu hoys of America.
SCOUT TRAINING 18 ENOUGH.
Tho Htato of New York, through Its
military training commission, Is will
ing to recognize scout training an
equivalent to the requirements of tho
military training law where tho leader
ship Is adeqiiato and It can ho estab
lished that the members of tho troop
iictunlly receive tho training made pos
sible by tho boy scout program.
Under no clrcuiijstances will tho
Hoy ScoutH of Amerlcn permit tho en
rollment of boys as members of n
troop merely for tho purpose of seek
ing exemption from tho provisions of
tho military training law.
Ah Is mndo clear In tho letter of
tho Hoy Scouts of America to tho mil
itary training commission, tho prlmnry
motive in asking for tho special
nrrangement by tho commission was
to conservo for tho leadership In tho
Hoy Scouts of America those scouts
sixteen years of ago and over who
were needed as patrol leaders, expert
instructors and assistant scoutmas
ters, and who could not In many cases
maintain membership In two organiza
tions. BIQ BOOST FOR 8COUT8.
National liendquartorH received n let
ter recently from Gen. 8. M. Koote,
United Slates army, In which ho nays:
"I have looked through tho boy
scout handbook and rend u great part
of It. Ono regret follows mo nil
through tho hook, and thnt Is that
there was no hoy scout movement
when I was u hoy. I shall keep tho
handbook iih it honk of reference for
my own Information,"
Would that every mini of high char
acter who feels that regret should In
terest himself iih floiiorii! Footo Ih do.
Ing In making tho hoy scout move
ment known to inoro boys.
General Fundi met runny youths In
tho middle West iimihlo lo Join tho
hoy sen ii Is, or iih hi'oiiIh were iinnblit
to go forward with lliolr program' ho.
fiiiiKo their lenders IiiiiI gono lo war.
Their Joiilers liuvn now relumed
from wnr, iim Iiiivo Ihoinoiudu of tneii
WllO MlOljlll IjjJ St'OlllUIHSleTH,