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The Son of Tarzan By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Copyright by Frank A. Munw; Co. CHAPTER Vl—Continued. Crouched close to the great npe In the crotch of a tree, the boy hud shiv ered through an almost sleepless night. His light pajamas had been but little protection from the chill dampness of the Jungle, and only that side of him which was pressed against the warm hody of his flaggy companion approx imated comfort. And so he welcomed the rising sun with Its promise of warmth as well as light—the'blessed sun, dlspeller of physical and mental Ills. He shook Akut Into wakefulness. "Come," he said, "I am cold and hun gry. We will search for food out there In the sunlight," and he pointed to an open plain, dotted with stunted trees and strewn with jagged rock. The boy slid to the ground as he spoke, but the ape llrst looked care fully about, sntlling the morning air. Then, satisfied that no danger lurked near, he descended slowly to the ground beside the boy. "Nuinu and Sabor, his mate, feast upon those who descend Urnt anil look afterward. "while those who look llrsl und descend afterward 11 v«» to feast themselves." Thus the old ape Impart ed to the win of Tarzan the boy's tlrst lesson In Jungle lore. Side by side they Hot ofT across the rough plain, for the hoy wlidied tlrst to he warm. The ape showed him tin best places to dig for rodents and worms, but the lad only gagged at the thought of devouring the repulsive things. Some eggs they found, and these he sucked raw, as ulso he ate rootH and tubers which Akut un earthed. That night the son of Tarzan was colder than he ever had been in all his life. The pajama trousers were not very heavy, but they were much heavier than nothing. And the next day he roasted In the hot sun, for again their way led much across wide and treeless plains. It wus still In the boy's mind to travel to the south and circle back to the coast In search of another outpost of civilization. He had suld nothing of this plan to Akut, for he knew that the old ape would look with displeas ure upon any suggestion that savored of separation. For a month the two watidered on, the boy learning rapidly the laws of the Jungle; his muscles ndaptlng ftiem,- aelves to the new mode of life that had been thrust upon them. The thews of the sire had been transmitted to the son—lt needed only the hardening of use to develop them. One day as they were moving slowly along beside a river they came unex pectedly upon a native village. Some children were playing beside the water. The boy's heart lenped within his breast at sight of them. For more than a month he bad seen no hunmn being. What If these were naked sav ages? What If their skins were black? Were they not creatures fashioned In the mold of their Maker as was he? They were his brothers and sisters! He started toward them. With u low warning Aknt inld a hand upon his arm to hold him -buck. The boy shook himself free and, with a shout -of greeting, ran forward to ward the ebon players. The sound of his voice brought ev ery head erect. Wide eyes viewed htm for an Instant, and then, with screams of terror, the children turned and tied toward the village. At their heels ran their mothers, und from the village gate, in response to the alarm, came • score of hastily snatched spears and shields reudy in their hands. At sight of the consternation he had wrought the boy halted. The glad ainlle faded from his face as with wild Bhouts und menacing gestures the war riors run toward him. Akut was call ing to him from behind to turn and flee; that the blacks would kill him. With a low snarl, quite similar to that of u baffled benst, he turned and ran Into the Jungle. There was Akut awaiting him in u tree. The ape urged him to linsten lii fllnht, for the wise old unthropold knew that they two, naked und unarmed, were no match for the sinewy black warriors who would doubtless make some sort of aearch for them through the Jungle. But a new power moved the son of Tarzan. He had come with a boy's glad and open heart to offer his friend ship to these people who were human beings like himself. He hud been met with suspicion and spears. They had not even listened to him. Itage and hatred consumed him. They made a detour about the hos tile village and resumed their Journey .toward the coast. ; All the while Jack's training wept on under the guidance of Akut. Yet, though the boy loved the Jungle, he i had not let his selfish desires out weigh the sense of duty that had brought him to a realization of the morat wrong which lay beneath the adventurous escapade that had brought blm }o Africa. His love of father and mo&fr was strong within him, too attang to permit unalloyed happiness which was undoubtedly causing them days of sorrow ■■ JACK LEARNS TO HIS GREAT DISTRESS THAT HE CANNOT MINGLE WITH EITHER WHITE OR BLACK MEN Bynoptis.—A scientific expedition off the African const rescues a human derelict, Alexis I'aulvltch. He brings aboard an ape, Intelligent and friendly, and reaches London. Jack, son of Lord Greystoke, the original Tarzan, has inherited a love of wild live and steals from home to see the ape, now a drawing card Ip a music hall. The ape makes friends with him." "The ape refuses to leave Jack despite his trainer. Tarzan appears and la Joyfully recognized by the ape, for Tarzan had been king of his tribe. Tarzan agrees to buy Akut. the npe, and Bend him back to Africa. Jack and Akut become great friends. I'aulvltch Is killed when he attempts murder. A thief tries to kill Jack, but Is killed by Akut. They flee together to the Jungle and take up life. And so he held tight to his deter mination to llnd a port upon the coast where he might communicate with them and receive funds for his return to London. There he felt sure that he could now persuade Ills parents to let him spend at bast a portion of his time upon those African estates which from little careless remarks dropped at home be knew his father possessed. That would be something—better at least than a lifetime of the cramped and cloying restrictions of civilization. And so he was rather contented than otherwise as he made his way in the direction of the coast, for, while he enjoyed the liberty and the savage pleasures of the wild, his conscience was at the same time clear, for he knew that lie was doing all that lay in bis power to return to ills parents. lie looked forward, too, to meeting white men again—creatures of his own kind, for there, had been many occasions upon which he had longed for other companionship than that of the old ape. And at last the much dreamed of imnent came. They were passing {trough a tangled forest when the oy's sharp eyes discovered from the >wer branches through which he was raveling an old but well murkod spoor -n spoor that set his heart to leaping Both the White Men Were Wielding Heavy Whip* Brutally. —the spoor of man, of white raea, for imong tin- prints of linked feet were lie well defined outlines of European undo boots. The trail, which marked the passage of n good sized company, pointed north at right angles to the course the boy and the ape were taking toward the coast. Doubtless these white men knew the nearest coast settlement. They might evep be headed for It now. At any rate, It would be worth wlille overtak ing them, even If only for the pleasure of meeting aguln creatures of his own kind. The boy was in the lead, excitement and anticipation carrying him ahead of his companion. Anil it was the boy who first saw the rear guurd of the caravan and the white men he had been so anxious to overtake. Stumbling along the tangled trail of those ahead a dozen heavily laden blacks who, from fatigue or slckuess, had dropped behind were being prod ded by the black soldiers of the rear guard, kicked when they fell and then roughly Jerked to their feet and hus tled onward. On either side walked a giant white man, whose heavy blond beards almost obliterated their coun tenances. The boy's lips formed a glad cry of salutation as his eyes first discovered the whites —a cry that was never tit tered, for almost Immediately he wit nessed that which turned his happi ness to anger as he saw that both the white men were wielding heavy whips brutally upon the naked backs of the poor devils staggering along beneath loads that would have overtaxed the strength and endurance of strong men at the beginning of a new day. Every now and then the rear guard and the white men cast apprehensive glances rearward, as though momen tarily expecting the materialization of some long expected danger from that quarter. The boy hpd paused after Ills first sight 6f"*he caravan and now was following slowly In the wake of the sordid, brutal stfMtacle. Presently Akut came up with him. To the beast there was less of horror In the sight than to the lad, yet even the great ape growled beneath his breath at useless torture being Icfllct ed upon the helpless 'slaves. lie looked at the boy. Now that he had caught up with the atures of Ins own kind, why was >t he did not rush forward He put the quern lm> n.. THE ENTERPRISE. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA "TATey ore fiends," muttered the boy. "I would not travel with such an they, for If I did I should net upon them and kill them the first time they beat tlielr people us they ure beating them now. But," he added after a moment's thought, "I can ask them the where abouts of the nearest port, and then, Akut, we can leave them." The ape made no reply, and the boy swung to the ground and started at a brink walk toward the safari. He was a hundred yards away, perhaps, when one of the whites caught sight of him. The man shout of alarm, In stantly leveling his rifle upon the boy and firing. The bullet struck Just in front of its murk, scattering turf and fallen leaves against the lad's legs. A second lutcr the other white and the black soldiers of the rear guard were firing hysterically at him. Jack leaped behind a tree, unldt. Days of panic ridden flight through the Jungle had filled Carl Jenssen and Sven Malblhn with Jangling nerves and their native boys with unreasonable terror. Every new note from behind sounded to their frightened ears the coming of the sheik and his blood- Ihlrsty followers. When, after conquering their nerv ousness, the rear guard advanced upon the enemy's position to Investigate they found nothing, for Akut und the boy had retreated out of range of the unfriendly guns. Juck was disheartened and and. He had not entirely recovered from the depressing effect of the unfriendly re ception he hud received ut the hands of the blacks, and now he had found an even more hostile one accorded him by men of his own color. "The lesser beasts fleo from me In terror," he murmured half to himself; the greater beasts are ready to tear me to pieces at sight. Itlack men would kill me with their speara or arrows. And now white men, my own kind, have 11 red upon and driven me away. "Are all the creatures of the world my enemies? Has the son of Tarzun no friend other than Akut?" The old ape drew closer to the boy. "There are the great apes," he said. "They only will be the friends of Akut's friend. Only the great apes will welcome the son of Turzan. You have seen that men want nothing of you. Let us go now and continue our seurch for the great apes—our people." CHAPTER Vll A Rescue. A year had passed since the two Swedes had been driven la terror from the savage country where the sheik held sway. Little Merlein still pluyed with her doll Geeka, lavishing all her childish love upon the now almost hopeless ruin of what had never, evfcu In Its palmiest days, possessed even a slight degree of loveliness. The sheik had been nwny for a long time, conducting a caravan of Ivory, skins and rubber fnr into the north. The Interim had been one of great peace for Merletn. It Is true that Ma hunu hud still been with lu-r, to pinch or beat her as the mood seized the vil lainous old hag, but Mubunu was only one. When the slielk was there also there were two of them, and the sheik was stronger and more brutal aveo than Mabunu. * Little Meriem often wondered why the grim old man hated her so. It is j true that he was cruel and unjust to | all with whom he come la contact, but to Meriem he reserved his greatest cruelties, his most studied Injustices. 1 As the little girl played she prat tled continuously to her companion, propped In a sitting position with • couple of twigs. She was totally ab sorlted In (ieeka —so -much so that she did not note the gentle swaying of the branches of the tree above her as they bent to the body of u creature that had entered them stealthily from the Jun gle. In happy ignorance the little girl played on, while from above two steady eyes looked down upon her, unblink ing, unwavering. There was none oth er than the little girl In this part o* the village, which bad been almost de serted since the sheik had left long mouths before upon his journey to ward the north. And out In the Jungle, an hour'a march from the village, the sheik wa« leading his returning coravan home- Ward. Jack sees the prettty little Ara bian girl cruelly mistreated and he rescues her from the brutal attack. (TO BK CONTINUED.) Or? a Roller. A list of telephone numbers that can ho fastened to up Instrument and wfilch .is manipulated like n shade on a spring roller has been patented. Original "Grten Room." Th.- original "green room" la sold 'i> i»' paint d green In ordet 'i. eye. l if UQtors dri**l ( the footiighta INPtOVED UNIFOEM lItTEINATIONAL SUNMrSOKJOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) (Copyright, 1911, Wmwn NfW»p»p*r Pnlon j LESSON FOR MARCH 17 ——- * JEBU3 BENDINQ FORTH THE TWELVE. (May be. used with mlsslouary appli cation.) LESSON TEXT-Mark «:1-3l GOLDEN TEXT—Kreely ye have re ceived. freely five.—Matt. 10:%. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR TEACHERS—Roman« 10:13-15; I»a. 40:J-»; Matt. 28:16-20; Acts 1 :#-8:-2:1-4; 18:9-10. PRIMARY TOPlC—Jesus feeding the hungry. MEMORY VERSE Give ye them to eat Mark 6:37. JUNIOR MEMORY VF.RHE-Ina. 62:7. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Mesßtrigers of Christ. JUNIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The power of the Gospel of Christ. The time of this lesson was autumn, A. D. 28; the location (Jalllee. I. Marvelous Unbeflef. (vv. ljl-fla). Jesus Is rejected the second time at Nazareth. 110 entered Into the syna gogue on the Babbath, ns was his cus tom, and the people were astonished at his doctrine. Ills application of the scripture was similar to that of his first rejection. The significance of this visit Is found In verses 5 and 6 —the limitation of the mighty Christ throiiKh unbelief by those who knew him best. 11. The Million of the Twelve, (w. ftn-lfl). From the parallel account we find why Jesus sent forth these disci ples (Matt. 0:30) because the peo ple were scattered as sheep without a shepherd. In the tenth chapter of Matthew we find the names of those whom he sent out (vv. 2-5)), the fifth verse of which designates that only Jews were Included In this mission. We need to remember that these dis ciples were sent out before his cruci fixion. Their pilgrim character Is shown In Murk 0 :0, and the solemn manner of their dealing with those who reject them Is Indicated In verse eleven. They were being sent forth sheep in the midst of wolves. They were to be delivered up to the council and haled before the rulers of the synagogues, but with them was to go an enabling power (Matt. 10:20). Meeting persecution was to be a part of their program. They anticipate the persecution with which Christ Is Iden tified, for he exhorts them (Matt 10:28-31), to be of courage and to fear not, for are they not "of more value than the sparrows?" Their going forth was to bring divisions (Matt. 10:34), but also a reward to those who re ceived them orlght—a righteous man's reward. (Matt. 10:40-42.) Notice their obedience (Mark 6:12-13), and their achievements as the visible evi dence of the power they had received. 111. Malignant Hate. (vv. 14-29). Mork gives us the most complete ac count of the death of John the Baptist. It Is not n lesson that we need to em phasize to the scholnrs of the younger grades, but It has a deep significance to those of the more advanced deport ments of the Sunday school; and If we are going to get the scope of the whole Epistle of Mark, It must be con sidered. Herod thought he had tri umphed, but he was defeated. Thus It Is with the sinner always—he over shoots the mnrk. Germany's hatred of Englnnd stands In the way of Its com plete domination of Europe, and It was Germany's pride which caused It to mnke those military blunders which prevented It from capturing Paris. So It Is with Satan and the sinner; Just when the victory seems to be complete God Intervenes. "They that be for us are more than they that are against us." The counteracting power of God offsets the devil's hatred so that we are made "more than conquerors through him that loved ns." • It wns because Jesus sent forth these disciples thst they were called aporftles, literally "sent ones." They hnd been called nnto him (Mark 6:7), then sent forth, not singly, but by twos, so today the lonely servant has with him the Holy Spirit. Our mes sage Is "pence," hnt we must hnve peace ourselves If we are to Impart It to others. If punishment Is to be measured by the amount of light one sins against, the heaviest punishment must rest upon those In America and England who know the gospel but reject It. It Is evident that the disciples re ceived great power (w. 12, 13) as gested by their return (v. 30). They acted wisely In telling Jesus "»il things," both what they hnd done and taught. Although sent forth, they were not to spend time In visiting and en tertaining, nor In seeking the hospital ity of the rich. 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