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SON OF TARZAN
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS.author of theTARZAN TALES
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f This is the fourth of tho wonderful Tnrznn stories dealing with the
adventures of the siccl-thewed npcmnn In the fastnesses of his African
Jungle. The first of these stories was "Tarzan of tho Apes," which began
In the Evening Ledger May 15, 1915. Tim second was "The llcturn of
Tarzan," which began July 17, 1915, and the third, "The Beasts of Tarzan,"
which began October 23, 1915. In "The Son of Tarzan" you will meet old
friends: Tarzan liimsclf, who t John Clayton, Lord Greystokc; Lady
Greystoke, his wife; Alexis Paulvltch, friend of the demon Ilokou": Akut,
the great ape, and many others. And you will make several new friends,
not the least of'Whom Is Jack Clayton, the son of Tarzan.
CHAPTER I
Paulviich and an Ape
THE MarJorlo'W.'s longboat was float'
Ing down tho broad Ugambl with ebb
tldo and current. Her crow were lazily
enjoying this respite from -the arduous
labor of rowing upstream. Three miles
bokjw thorn lay the MarJoro W. herself,
quite ready to sail so soon as they should
have clambered aboard" and swung the
lonsboat to Its davits.
Presently tho attontlon of every man
was drawn from his dreaming; or "his
gossiping to tho northern bank of tho
river. There, screaming at them In a
crackod falsetto, and with skinny arms
outstretched, stood a strango apparition
of a man.
"Wot fell?" ojaculatod ono of the
erow.
"A whlto manl" muttered tho mate;
and then: "Man tho oars, boys, and
we'll Just pull over an' sea what ho
wants."
When thoy camo close to the shoro
they saw an emaciated crcaturo with
scant whlto locks, tangled and matted.
The thin, bont body was naked save
for a loin cloth. Tears were rolling
down tho sunken, pockmarked cheeks.
Tho man Jabbered at them In a strange
tongue.
"Rooshun," hazarded tho mate. "Savvy
English?" he called to tho man.
The scarecrow did, and In that tbngue,
brokenly and haltingly, as though it
had been many years slnco ho had used
it, he begged them to take him with
them away from this awful country.
Onco ori board tho MarJorlo W. tho
stranger told his rescuers a pitiful talo
of privation, hardships and torturo ex
tending ovor a period of ten years.
How ho happoncd to havo como to
Africa ho dld not toll them, leaving
them to assume that he had forgotten
the incidents of his life prior to the
frightful ordeals that had wrecked him
'mentally and physically. He did not
even tell them his true name; and so
they knew him only as Michael Sabrov,
nor would his own mother havo iccog.
nlzed in tho sorry wreck tho once virile,
though unprincipled, Alexis Paulvltch.
It had been ten years slnco tho Rus
sian had escaped the fate of his friend,
tho archfiend Rokoff; and not once,
but many times, during thoso ten years
had Paulvltch cursed the fate that had
given to Nicholas Rokoff death and
immunity from suffering, while it hail
meted to him the hideous terrors of
an existence Infinitely worse than the
death that persistently refused to claim
him. f
Paulvltch had taken to tho Jungle
when he had seen the beasts of Tarzan
and their savage lord swarm the deck
of the Kincald; and in his terror lest
Tarzan pursuo and capture him, he had
stumbled on deep into the Jungle, only
to fall at last into the .hands of ono of
the savage cannibal tribe3 that had felt
the -weight of Rokoft's ovil temper and
cruel brutality.
Some strange whim of tho phlef of
this tribe saved Puulvltch from death,
only to plunge him Into a life of misery
and torture. For ten years he had
been the butt of the village, beaten and
stoned by the women and children, cut
and slashed and disfigured by the war
riors; a victim of often-recurring fevers
of the most malignant variety,
Tet he did not die. Smallpox laid
its hideous clutches upon him, leaving
him unspeakably branded with its re
pulsive marks. Between it and the
attentions of the tribe, the' countenance
of Alexis Paulvltch was altered beyond
belief.
A few scraggly, .yellow-white Jocks
had supplanted the thick, dark hair that
jad covered his head. His limbs were
bent and twisted; he walked with a
shuffling, unsteady gait, his body doubled
forward. Hla teeth were gone knock
ed out by his savage masters. Even
his mentality was but a, sorry mockery
of what it once had been.
They took htm aboard the MarJorlo
W and there they fed and nursed him.
He gained i a little in strength, but his
appearance never altered for the better
a human derelict, battered and
wrecked, they had found him; a human
dorellct, battered and wrecked, he would
remain until death, claimed him.
Though stm tn his thirties, Alexis
Paulvltch could easily have passed for
eighty. Inscrutable nature had de
manded ot tho accomplice a greater
penalty than his principal had paid.
In the mind of Alexis Paulvltch
there lingered no thoughts of revenge
--only a dull hatred of ths man whom
he and Rokoff had tried and failed to
nKi.v There was hatred, too, of the
memory "t Rokotf. flw Rokoff had led
hlrn lnjo tbf horrors he had ucdargone
There was ha tie J of the police of a
score of cities from which fc had liad
tfi m rowe was jwltm Ot law.
tetnrt t)f ordfti hnUg$it erytbtne
Svery roonwat Vpttt&jxmt'u waking
ljfo was flllod with morbid thought of
hatred ho had become mentally as ho
was physically In outwatd appearance
tho personification of tho blighting
emotion of hato. Ho had llttlo or nothing
to do with tho mon who had rescued
him.
Ho was too weak to work and too
moroso for company, and so they
quickly left him alono to his own de
vices. Tho Marjorle V. had been chartorod
by a-ayndlcato of wealthy manufactur
ers, equipped with a laboratory and a
staff of scientists, and sent out to search
for some natural nroduct ivhlnh tim
manufaotuiera who footed tho bills had
been lmpoitlng from South America at
an enormous cost. What tho product
was none on board tho Marjoite W.
know, except tho scientists; nor is It
of any moment to us, other than that It
led tho ship to a certain Island off the
coast of Africa after Alexis Paulvltch
had been taken aboard.
Tho ship lay at anchor ort tho coast
for several weeks Tho monotony of
Hfo aboard her became trying for the
crew. Thoy went ashore, and finally
Paulvltch asked to accompany them
ho, too, was tiring of tho blighting
sameness of existence upon thq ship.
Tho island was heavily timbered.
Denso Jungle ran down almost to the
beach. Tho scientists were far Inland,
piosecutlng their search for tho valu
able commodity that native rumor upon
tho mainland had led them to believe
might bo found here In marketable
quantity.
Tho ship's company fished, hunted
and explored. Paulvltch shuITIed up
and down the beach, or lay In tho shade
of tho great trees that skirted it.
One day, as tho men were gathered
at a llttlo distance, inspecting the body
of a panther that had fallen to tho gun
of ono of them who had been hunting
inland, Paulvltch lay sleeping beneath
his tree. He was awakened by the
touch of a hand upon his shoulder.
With a stait ho sat up to see a huge
anthropoid ape squatting at his side,
Inspecting him intently.
The Russian was thoroughly fright
ened. He glanced toward tho sailors
they wero a couplo of hundred yards
away.
Again tho apo plucked at his shoul
der, jabbering plaintively. Paulvltch
saw no menace in the inquiring gaze, or
In tho attitude of the beast. Ho got
slowly to his feet. The apo rose at his
side.
Half doubled, tho man shuffled cau
tiously awav toward tho sailors. Tho
and upon two occasions I have S?
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You dlscourago this, ot courw?" ,
ventured. '
Mr. Mooro Bhuffled emb.irrn..,,-
I-ah-essaycd to take the book frol
htei." ho replied, a slight flush mountte?
his sallow cheek; "but-ah-your wnt1
qulto muscular for ono bo young '1
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that the apo was his nothing furthor
would he offor, but kept harping con
tinually upon the same theme. "Tho
apo Is mine. Tho apo Is mine."
Tiring of Paulvltch, ono of tho men
essayed a pleasantry. Circling about
behind tho ape, he prodded the anthro
poid In tho back with a pin.
Like a flash tho beast wheeled upon
Its tormentor, and, in tho brief Instant
of turning, the placid, friondly animal
was metamorphosed to a frenzied de
mon of rage.
The broad grin that had hat upon
the sailor's face as ho pctpetrated his
llttlo Joke froze, to an expression of
ton or. Ho attempted to dodge tho long
arms that reached for him, but, falling,
drew a long knife that hung at his
belt.
The apo toie tho weapon from the
man's grasp with a single wrench and
flung It to ono side; thon his yellow
fangs wero burled In the sailor's shoul
der. With sticks and knives tho man's
companions fell upon tho beast, while
Paulvltch danced around tho cmslng,
snarling pack, mumbling and scream
ing pleas and threats. Ho saw his
With a single bound the brute was upon him
Tho man shrieked
into his flesh.
Great fingers sank
The captain was shouting to him now to stand aside so he might
have a shot at tho animal.
ape moved with him, taking one of his
arms. They had some almost to the
little knot of men before they were
seen, and by this time Paulvltch had
became assured that the beast meant
him no harm. The animal evidently
was accustomed to the association ot
human beings.
It occurred to the itusslan that the
ape represented considerable and cer
tain money value, and before they
reached the. pallors he had decided that
be should be the one to profit by it.
When the men looked up and saw
the oddly paired couple shuttling, to
ward thetn tbey were filled with amaze
ment and started on a run toward the
two. The ape showed no sign ot fear.
Instead, he grasped each sailor by the
shoulder and peered lone and earnestly
(luto his face. Having Inspected them
an, ne retumeq to rauivitcns side, dis
appointment written strongly upon his
countenance and in his carriage.
The men were delighted with him.
They gathered about, asking Paulvltch
many questions and examining his
visions of wealth rapidly dissipating
before tho weapons of the sailors.
The ape, however, proved no easy
victim to the superior numbers that
seemed fated to overwhelm him.
Rising from the sailor who had pre
cipitated the battle, he shook his giant
shoulders, freeing himself frpra two
of the men that wero clinging to his
back, and with mighty blows of his
open palms felled one after another of
his attackers, leaping, hither and, thith
er with the agility of a small monkey.
The fight had been witnessed by the
captain and mate, who were Just land
ing from the Marjorle W.; and Paul
vltch 6aw these two now running for
ward with drawn revolvers, while the
two sailors who had brought them
ashore trailed at- their heels. The ape
stood looking about him at the havoo
ha had wrought; but whether he was
awaiting a renewal of the attack or was
deliberating which ot his foes he should
exterminate first, Paulvltch could not
guess.
What he. could guess, however, was
companion. The Russian told them ' that the moment the two officer came
within firing distance of tho beast, thoy
would put an end to him In short order
unless something wero done, and done
quickly, to prevent.
The apo had made no move to attack
tho Russian; but even so, tho man was
none too sure of what might happon
were ho to Interfere with tho savage
beast, now thoroughly aroused to rage,
and with tho smell of now-spilled blood
fresh In Its nostrils. Tor nn Instant ho
hesitated, and then again there rose
befoio him tho dreams of affluence
which this great anthropoid would
doubtless turn to realities once Paul
vltch had landed him safely in some
great metropolis Uko London.
Tho captalr was shouting to him now
to stand asldo so he might have a shot
at tho animal; but. Instead, Paulvltch
shuffled to tho ape's sldo, and, though
the man's hair quivered at Its roots, he
mastered his fear and laid hold ot the
animal's arm.
"Como!" he commanded, and tugged
to pull the beast from among the sail
ors, many of whom wero now sitting up
In wldo eyed fright, or crawling away
from their conqueror upon hands and
knees.
Slowly the ape permitted Itself to be
led to one side, nor did it show the
slightest indication of a desire to harm
the Russian. The captain came to a
halt a few paces from tho odd pair.
"Get aside, Sabrov!" he commanded.
"I'll put that brute where ho won't
chew up any mora able seamen!"
"It wasn't his fault, captain," pleaded
Paulvltch. "Please don't shoot him.
Tho men started It they attacked him
first. You see, he's perfectly gentle
and ho'a mine he's mine he's mine!
I won't let you kill hlml" ho concluded,
as his half-wrecked mentality pictured
anew the pleasure that money would
buy In London money that ho could
not hope to possess without some such
windfall as tho apo represented,
Tho captain lowered his weapon.
"The men started It, did they?" he
repeated. "How about that?" and he
turned toward the sailors, who had by
this time picked themselves from the
ground, none of them much the worse
for hla experience, except the fellow
who had been the cause ot It, and who
would doubtless nurse a sore shoulder
fpr a week or so,
"Simpson done it," said one of the
men. "He stuck a pin Into the monk
-from behind, and the monk got him
which served him bloomln' well right
an" he got the rest of us, too, for
which J can't blame him, since we all
jumped him at' once."
The captain looked at Simpson, who
sheepishly admitted the truth of the
allegation; then he stepped over to the
apa aa though to discover- for himself
the, sort of temper the beast possessed.
But It was noticeable that ha kept his
revolver cocked and leveled as he did go.
However, he spoke soothingly to the
animal, who squatted at th RusstaaV
sldo, looking first at one and then an
other of tho sailors.
As tho captain approached him the
apo half rose and waddled forward to
meet him. Upon his countenance was
tho same strange, searching expression
that had marked his scrutiny of each
of tho sailors ho had fhst encountorcd.
Ho camo quite closo to tho officer and
laid a paw upon one of the man's
shoulders, studying his face Intently
for a long moment: then camo tho ex
pression of disappointment, acebmpa
nled by what was almost a human sigh,
as he turned away to peer In the samo
curious fashion into tho faces of the
mato and tho two sailors who had ar
rived with tho officers.
In each instance ho sighed and passed
on, returning at length to Paulvitch's
side, whore he squatted down once more;
thereafter evincing llttlo or no Interest
In any of tho other mon, and appar
ently forgetful of his recent battle with
them.
When the party returned aboard the
MarJorlo W., Paulvltch was accompa
nied by tho apo, who seamed anxious to
follow him. Tho captain interposed no
obstacles to the arrangement, and so
tho great anthropoid was tacitly ad
mitted to membership in the ship's corn
pany.
Once aboard, he examined each new
face minutely, evincing tho same dis
appointment in each Instance that had
marked his scrutiny of the others.
The officers and scientists aboard
often discussed the beast, but they wero
unable to account satisfactorily for tho
Btrango ceremony with which he greeted
each new face. Had lie been discovered
upon the mainland, or any other place
than the almost unknown Island that
had been his home, they would have
Concluded that he had formerly been a
pet of man; but that theory was not
tenable In the face of the Isolation of
his uninhabited Island.
Jla seemed continually to be search.
Ing for some one, and during the first
days of tho return voyage from the
island he was often discovered nosing
about in various parts of the ship; but
after he had seen and examined each
face of the ship's company and explored
every corner of the vessel, he lapsed
Into utter indifference of all about him,
Even the Russian elicited only casual
interest 'when he brought him food. At
other times the ape appeared merely
to tolerate Ihim.
Ho never showed affection for him
or' for any one else upon the MarJole
W. Nor did he at any time evince any
indication of the Ravage temper that
had marked his resentment of the at
tack of the tailors upon him at the tlme
that hq had come among them.
Most of his time was spent In the
eye of the ship, scanning tho horizon
ahead, as though he were endowed with
sufficient reason to, know that the ves
sel was bound for soma oort whero there
would he other human beings to un-
dergo his searching scrutiny. All in
all, AJax, as ho had oeon dubbed, was
consldored the most remarkable and In
telligent apo that any ono aboard1 tho
MarJorlo W. had ever seen.
Nor was his Intelligence tho only re
markable attribute ho owned. His stat
ure and physique wero, for an ape,
awe-Inspiring. That he was old was
qulto evident; but if his ago had im
paired his physical or mental powers in
the slightest, It was not apparent.
And so at length tho MarJorlo W.
camo to England, and there the officers
and tho scientists, filled with compas
sion for the pitiful wreck of a man they
had rescued from the jungles, furnished
Paulvltch with funds, and bid him and
his AJax godspeed.
Upon the dock, and all through the
Journey to London, the Russian had his
hands full with AJax. Each new face
of the thousands that came within the
anthropoid's ken must be carefully scru
tinized, much to the horror of many of
his victims; but at last, falling, appar
ently, to discover whom he sought, the
great ape relapsed into morbid indif
ference, only occasionally evincing in
terest In a passing face.
In London, Paulvltch went directly
with his prize to a famous animal
trainer. This man was much impressed
with AJax, with the result that he
agreed to train him for a lion's share
o'f tho profits of exhibiting him, olid in
tho meantime to provide for the' keep
of both tho ape and his owner.
And so came AJax to London, and
there was forged another link in the
chain of strange circumstances that
were to affect the lives ot many people.
CHAPTER 11
"To See jox"
jXTR. HAROLD MOORE Was a bilious
JLYX countenanced, studious young man.
He took. himself very seriously, and life
and his work, which latter was the tu
toring of the young son or a British
nobleman. He felt thaf his charge was
not making the progress that his par
ents had a right to expect, and he was
now conscient.ous'.y explaining this fact
to the boy'a mother".
"It's not that he Isn't bright," he was
saying; "it that were tree I should have
hopes of succeeding, for then I might
bring to bear all my energies In over
coming his qbtusenessj on the contrary,
he is exceptionally intelligent, and
learns so quickly that I can And no
fault in the matter pf tho preparation
of his lessons. What concern me is
the fact that he trvldently takes no in
terest whatever in. the subjects we are
studying. He merely accomplishes each
lesson as a task to be rid of as quickly
as possible, ahd I am sure that no les
son ever again enters his mind until
the hours of study and recitation once
more arrive.
"His soit Interests seem to h feats
"Ho would not," confessed th tutor
In conblderablo embarrassment
was porfectly good-natured about It bail
....-va uPUU j.iuiencung mat he wmiT
gorilla and that I was a ch!mpanJ
..i..v;, ii)i.ii, u io eieai roou from him. u!
leaped upon mo with the moit m..
growls I over heard, llftod mo compljd
,.jr uuuvu ma neaa, nuned mo upon yj
bed and, after going through a "pant?
mimo Indicative of choklnsr mo tn Aiv-
ho stood upon my prostrate form am'
kuvu voice io a most rearsomo shriek
which, ho explained, was the victory or)'
of a bull npe. Then ho carried m W
tho door, shoved mo out Into th lag1
ana iockcu mo from his room."
For several minutes neither spoka.
was tho boy's mother who finally brtfi
mo suenco.
"It is very necessary, Mr. Moored (Si
said, "that you do overythlnir In vnSl
power to dlscourago this tendency laj
Jacit; ne "
nux. sno got no fuither. A loi
"Whoop!" from tho dlroction ot the wffl
aow brought them both to their feet.
Tho room was on tho second floor W
mo uouso, ana opposlto tho window! tJ
which their attention had been altri
cd was a large tree, a branch ot whlcfc'
spread to within a few feet ot the da.1
Upon this brnnch they both olsso$
oted tho subject of their conversation;
a tall, well-built boy, balancing jllS
ease upon tho bonding limb and iUjimj
nit, 'uuu Biiuum ul gico as no noitaw
terrified expressions upon the f&ctTeT
his audience.
Tho mother and tutor both nuhjc
townrd the window, but before itheyg
had ciossed half tho room the boy hJ
leaped nimbly to tho sill and enterM
tho apartment with them.
" 'The wild man from Borneo' hj
jusi como to town," no sang, aanasfj
a spocles of war-danco about hli fore
rifled mother and scandalized tutsg
and ended up by throwing his traj.
about the former's neck and klsalnt h
upon cither cheek.
"Oh, mother," he cried, "there1!
wonderful, educated ape being ehowgMj
at one of the muslo halls. 'W1HIW
urimsoy saw u last nignt. iie aajr :
can do everything but talk. ItrW
bloycle, eats with knlfo and fork, couai?
llrt ft tnn nnrl ova- an mnnv nfhap Wfi
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dorful things, and can I go and see Km
too? Oh, please, mother please Wj
me!"
Patting the boy's cheek affectioriatH
the mother shook her head negatlyelf
"No, Jack," she said; "you know I
not annrove of such exhibitions.'
"I don't seo-why not, mother," repMW
tho boy. "All the other fellows go, &
they go to the Zoo, and you'll nev
lot mo do even that. Anybody'd tab
I was n rirl or-or a mollycoddle. W
father!" he exclaimed, as the dooropone
to admit a tall, gray-eyed man. '$
father, can't I go?"
"Go whero. my son?" asked the nj
comer. y
"He wants to go to a muslo haU.J
see a trained ape," said the mothv
looking warnlngly at her husband.
"Who AJax?" questioned the maA;
The boy nodded.
"Well. I don't know that I bl,
.,,. ., .nn m tVi father.
wouldn't mind seeing him myself. TMW
sav he is very wonderful, and that
an anthropoid he is unusually lMftj
Let's all go, Jane what do you ;&
Ha turned toward Ills wife.
Hut that ladv only shook her he
a most positive manner, and turnlngiW
Mr. Moore, asked him if It WM ?,
time that he and Jack wore in. tne
tnr thai mnrnlnr inItationS. TVtW
the two had left she turned toward
liilelin msl J
"John," she said, "something rsm
1, Anna n Hlamtrnirn .Tack's teri34n"J
toward any thing vthat may excite U
nrnvino- fnr inrt RflVBPB lllQa. i-t
fear he has Inherited from you.
know from your own experience P5
strong Is the call of the wild attlWM
You know that often it has nMl7j3
a Btern struggle on your par ij,
the almost Insane desire which opgw
n(ll.. Mi.nuIiBlrtlU VM, rt YllUM(e V?TK
again into the Jungle life that c3"!
you for so many years; and at lfe "S
time you know, better than any "
how frightful a fate it vouia v
Tnnk worn tho. trail to the EaV8g9 JW
made either alluring, or easy to fclaV
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