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=PTH ES BEASTS oF TARZAN (The Sequel to “TARZAN OF THE APES") A Story of the Ape-Man’s Return to the Jungle BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (Ooprright, 1014, by Freak A, Museey Co.) CHAPTER I. Kidnapped. entire affatr is shrouded in mystery,” said D’Arnot. “T have §¢ on the best of authority that neither the police nor t! epecial ry te coud oi Shon ve the faintest conception of how . , it was ey know—all that nial Rokoff has escaped.” wat ed tont aanlcoedee John Clayton, Lord Greystoke—he who had been “Tarzan of the Apes"”— ‘eat in silence in the apartments of his friend, Lieutenant Paul stag Beret meditatively at the toe of his immaculate boot. vn s. ming revolved many memories, recalied by the escape of his arch- “eatmy from the French military prison to which he had been sentenced for Ufe upon the testimony of the ape-man. * He thought of the lengths to which Rokoff had once gone to compass his death, and he realized that what the man had already done would doubtles: be as nguine by comparison with what he would wish to do now that he was v Tarzan had recently brought his here, screaming and fighting, she fad wife and infant son to London to ‘lung to her position even after the taxicab had got unde: rg the discomforts and dangers jt until the fiachine ‘had ‘passed ‘ihe, rainy season upon their vast Greystroke resid estate in Usiri—the tand of the sav- that Carl, with a heavy blow to her age Wasirl warriors, whose broad te hemevinae in knocking her it. African domains the ape-man had = Her acreains had attracted servants ence ruled. a 4, members ot familiee from ib -had fun, 6 the Channel for Tesidences nearby, as well as from the eros, ystroke home. Lady Greystroke #® brief vistt with his old friend, but had witnessed the girl's bre: ° ba the news of the Russian’s escape had and had herself tried to reach the already cast a shadow upon his out rapidly passing vehicle, but had been too late, ing, ao that though he had but just nat was all that any one knew, arciyed. he was already contemplat- nor did Lady Greystroke di ig an immediate return to London. ‘the possible Taentity of the ‘man at It ie not that I fear for myself, the bottom of the plot until her hus- Re ea tole nee of We qeape of Niko- oko! rom ie renc| ison but now there where they had hoped that ne was ‘are others to consider. Uniess I mis- permanently confined. judge the man, he would more quick- As Tarzan and his wife stood plan- yiptrske at me through my wife or Ning the wisest course to pursie the than directly at me, for he telephone bell rang in the library at doubtless realizes that in no other bsg gt Tarzan quickly answered «way could he inflict grea e call in person, Tipo an’ Re indict greater anguish “ord Greystoke?” asked a man's at once, and remain with them until basidlctanaae tices otal banana ds these two talked in Paria, two ,, Fou" son has been stolen” con. ee bade teen te Perna p you to recover him, I am con- Both were dark versant with the plot of those who icoking ire dark, sinister- fook fim. | In fact, I was a a t, and was to ie was bearded, but the other, no uwhose. face.wore the pallor of long Ag ay fein nd ea ggpfiagment within doors, had but a to récover him on condition that you lew Gays’ growth of black beard will not prosecute me for my-part in upon his face. It was he who was the crime. What do you say?” _ “If you will lead me to where my “You must needs shave off that ) beatd of yours, ei, an) ‘said (0 son is hidden,” replied the ape-man, ‘ © would replied the other. feéogaize you on the instant. We you must come alone to meet me, for must separate here in the hour, and it is enough that I must trust you. [ «when we meet again upon the deck cannot take the chance of permitting ,0f the Kincaid, let hope that we others to learn my identity.’ h with us two honored “Where and when may I meet you?” its, who little anticipate the asked Tarzan. peagent voyage we have planned for The other gave the name and Joca- e1 tion of a public house on the water- “th two’ hours I should be upon front at Dover—a place frequented by my way to Dover with one of them, lors. “ rama -by to-morrow night, if you fol- * he concluded,. “about 10 low? my: inateuctions carefully, yon o'ctock to-night. It would dono good should arrive with the. other, pro- to arrive earlier. Your son will be fonts of course, that he returns to safe enough in the mean time, and I don as quickly as I presume he can then lead you secretly to where it. “And now good-by, and good he Is hidden. But be sure to come alone, and under no circumstances “There should be both profit and notify Scotland Yard, for I know you pleasure as well as other good things well and shall be watching for you. to reward our efforts, my dear Alexis. “Should any other dccompany you, Thanks to the stupidity of the or should I see suspicious characters mnch, they have gone to such who might be agents of the police, T Adengths to conceal the fact of my shall not meet you, and your last escape for these many days that I chance of recovering your son will be havdé had ample opportunity to work gone.” out every detail of our little adven- * without more words the man rang off. (4 chance 0! ighest hitch occuring Greystoke repeated the gist of the Kamas ouF oroepaats, conversation to his wife, She begged ree, hours later a messenger to be allowed to accompany him, but a Be Paps to the apartment he insisted tiat it might result in tho 8 gg el i | ra man's carrying out his threat of re- aay Feces fat Jt layton,” he fusing to ald them if Tarzan did not wal re Bers comeralone, and so they parted, he to bay <r agrery AS th hasten to Dover and she, ostensibly, an e pe ania Ag ie afirma~ to wait at home until he should notify Fea heoitin de Grovatclne Sats her of the outcome of his mission. was already preparing to depart for _ Little did elther dream of what both edo, were deatined to pass through before - they should meet again, or the far Lind as ho read his tno went whi distant—but why anticipate? * “Read it, Paul,” he sala bandin For ten minutes after the ape-man e p “ had left her Jane Clayton walked ‘alip, of paper to D’Arnot, “It has vesuensly back and forth across the Greystoke tore open the envelope, It e al ly: silken rugs of the libri Her moth- ana agrenchman took the telegram Cie *heart ached, bereft of its firat- q@olen from garden through complicity of born. Her mind was in an anguish sirant. Come Oat nce SANE.” of tormented indecision—a chaos of ays Tarzan leaped from the roadster hopes and fears. him at the station and Though her judgment told her that ps to his London town an would be well were her Tarzan to hotiee he was met at the door by @ go alone in accordance with the mys- imeres but almost frantic woman. {erious stranger's summons, her in- lekly Jane Porter Clayton nar- tuition would not permit her lay aside rated g)] that she had been uble to , suspicion of the gravest dangers to learn ‘of the theft of the boy. both her husband and her son. ‘Tha more she thought of the mat- ter the more convinced she became the house when a closed taxi- that the recent telephone message rew up at the corner of tho might be but a ruse to keep them in- ‘atreet: The woman had paid but pass- active until the boy was safely hid- ae attention to tho vehicle, merely gen away or spirited out of England. ing that It discharged no’ passen- : er’ but stood at the curb with the OF !t might be that /t had been sim Motor: running as though waiting for a.fare from the residence before which it had stopped. ly a bait to lure Tarzan into the fands of the implacable Rokoff. With the lodgment of this thought * she stopped in wide-eyed! terror, In- Almost immediately the new house- srantly it became a conviction. She man, Carl, had come running from nt at the great clock ticking the its Wished ty spenk with minutes in the corner of the library. jer for a moment, and that she was , It was too late to catch the Dover ’ train that Taraan was to take, There leave wthe Tack in hia care unt ox another, Inter, however, that us would bring her to the channel port ened ar es mig chat she, enter, in time to reach the address the ‘the man’s motives until she had Stranger had given her husband be- Senched the doorway of the house, fore the appointed hour When It occurred to her to warn hig; . Summoning her maid and chaut- ‘mét to tarn the 80 as to permit feur she issued instructions rapidly. the sun to shine in ghe baby's ey. Ten minutes later she was being 3 As she turned it to call this to Whisked through the crowded streets him she was somewhat surprised to toward the railway station. see that he was wheeling the buggy lt was nine-forty-five that night wapidly toward the corner, and at the that Tarzan entered the squalid pub {same time she saw the door of the on the water-front in Dover. As he Aaxidab open and a swarthy face pasged Into the evil-smelling room a framed for a moment in the aperture, muffled figure brushed past him wely, the danger to the child toward the street. hed wpon her, and with a shriek “Come, my lord!" whispered the she dashed down the steps and up the stranger. vwalk toward the taxicab, into which | The ape-man wheeled about and Cari was now handing the baby to followed the other into the ill-lit alley, the swarthy one within. ‘ which custom had dignified with the Just before she reached the vehicle title of thoroughfare. Once outside beside his confederate, the fellow led the way into the dark- Opel eeped in pesie hind him. At ness, nearer a wharf, where high- be mame tim “tO tart the chauffeur attempt- piled bales, boxem and casks cast je machine, but it was dense shadows. Here he halted. “that ‘something had fone ‘Where is the boy? asked Grey- Tong, as Shonen ine a refused stoke. : and the caused by thi: “On that small steamer whose waite bs Dusned NY +f Ughts you can just see yonder,” re- ra fer ini eree, few inches be- plied the other. In the gloom Tarzan was trying to peer into the features of his com- panion, but he did not recognise the vunali beard ame fen as one whom he had ever s ween. Sela Seles Se Age Mas es Pej! attempting to ahead, ve time to reach the alde The Evening World Daily Magazine, Motiday, November 30.1914 cerutt.. « By Robert Minor realized that nau, in the man’s heart. “He is unguarded now,” continued “Those who took him feel perfectly safe from detection, and with the exception of a couple of members of the crew whom 1 have furnished with enough gin to silence them effectually for hours there is none aboard the Kincaid. aboard, get the child, without the siigntest fear.” Jane Clayton turned to look inte the face so close to hers. relaxed the pressure of his fingers upon her lips, and with a little moan of terror the girl sirank away from M. Thuran!” she woman in their midst. the slovenly barmaid who stared half in envy, half in nate at her more fortunate sister. “Have you seen a tall, well dressed man here, but a minute since,” she asked, ‘who met another and went away with him?" The girl answered in the afirm- ative, but could not tell which way the two had gone. approached to listen to the conversa- tion vouchsafed the Information that before as he h about to enter tho “pub” he had seen two men leaving it who walked to- ward the wharf, “Show me the direction they went,” cried the woman, slipping a coin into the man’s hand. The fellow led her from the place, and together they walked quickly toward the wharf and along it until across the water they saw a small boat just pulling into the shadows of a nearby steamer. the Russian, ‘Nikolas Rokoff! “Your devoted admirer,” the Russian, with a low bow. “My little boy?” she said next, ig- noring the terms of endearmen “Where is he? Let me have him. How could you be so cruel—even you-—-Nikolas Rokoff—cannot be en- tirely devold of mercy and. compas- Tell me where he aboard this ship? durate. Final; out his check A sailor who had “Let's be about it, then, His guide led him to a small boat moored alongside the wharf. two men entered, and Paulvitch pulled rapidly toward the steamer, smoke issuing from her funnel did not at-the time make any suggestion to Tarzan’s mind. thoughts were occupied with the hope a few moments he would again have his little son in his arms, At the steamer's side they found a monkey-ladder dangling close above them, and up this the two men crept Once on deck they has- tened aft to where the Russian point- ed to a hatch. “The boy is hidden there,” he said. “You had better go down after him, as there is less chance that he will cry in fright than should he find him- self in the arms of a stranger. nd on guard here.” So anxious was Tarzan to the child that he gave not the slight- est thought to the strangeness of all the conditions surrounding the Kin- That her deck was deserted, though she had steam up, and from the yolume of smoke pouring from her funnel waswll ready to get under way made no impression upon him. With the thought that in another Instant: he ‘would fold that precious little bundle of humanity in his arms, the ape-man swung down into the darkness below. Scarcely had he re- leased his hold upon the edge of the hatch than the heavy covering fell clattering above him. Instantly he knew that he was the and'that far from Oh, please, if such @ thing as a heart beats within your st, take me to my baby!” “If you do as you are bid no harm will befall him,” replied Rokoff. “But remember that it is your own fault that you are here, voluntarily, and you may take the I Mttle thought,” he added to himself, “that any such luck as this would come to me.’ He went on deck then, locking the cabin-door upon his prisoner, and for several days whe did not s A The truth of the matter being that Nickolas Rokoff was so poor a sailor that the heavy seas the Kincaid en- countered from the ver: her voyage sent the berth with a bad attack of sea sick- wase. i een ere to be set at liberty here,” move your clothing; here you and beat with the power of You came aboard it” ‘Tarzan demurred. Pauvitch pointed to the armed sail- Then the Bn whiapered the Consequences. “Ten pounds if you will find a boat and still mutt low gutt and row me to that steamer, heavily guarded the ape-man wae bits of white hi or ry blood- Half an hour lgter the tained skin were torn from one con- Incald, testant or the other. and the steamer was slowly getting silent in amasement rowed ashore. sallors had returned to the “Quick, then,” he replied, “for we gotta go it if we're goin’ to catch the Kincald afore she saila, steam up for three hours an’ jest been a waitin’ fer that one passenger, was a talkin’ to one of her crew ‘art an hour ago.” As he spoke he ted the way to the end of the wharf where he knew an- other boat Iay moored, and, lowering the woman into it, he jumped in after and pushed off. The two were soon scudding over the water. At the steamer's side the man de- manded his pay and, without waiting to count out the exact amount, tha a handful of bank- notes into his outstretched hand, single glance at them convinced the fellow that he had bi the ladder, holding hi: the ship's side against the chance that this profitable passenger might avish to be taken ashore later. the sound of the donkey engine and the rattle of a a ‘able on the hoisting-drum pro- claimed the fact that the Kincaid’: anchor was being raised, and a mo- ment later the waiter heard the pro- pellers revolving, and slow): tle steamer moved away out into the channel, As he turned to row back to shore he heard a woman's shriek from the As Tarzan stood upon the narrow wrigs! atrip of beach watching the departure and with steel m of the vessel he saw at the rail and call al beginning of ussian to his oud fo attract The ape-man had been about to read @ note that one of the sailors but shriek had handed him as the smajl boat that bore him to the shore was on of jun the point of returning to the sten: but at the hafi from the vessel’ he looked up. He saw a black-bearded man who at him ih og sion as he hel ness. During this time her only visitor was an uncouth Swede, the Kincaid’ unsavory cook, who meals to ‘her, His name was Sven Anderssen, hia one pride being thi nymic was spelled with a His manner toward her was surly, she never failed to meet him with a nleasant smile and a word of thanks when he brought hi her, though more often than not she if it through the tiny joment that the door woman thrust oo! 2 this oR 0 hurled the bulk, cabin port the bao! behind hi: ish out for the already skiff close to t, lay in the dark- ness of his cel) ignorant of the fact was a prisoner in the cabin almost above his head. The same Bw: brought his meals to him, on several occasions Tarzan had tried to draw the man into conversation, he had been unsuces Rokoff had visited Jane Clayton but d locked her tn the mn tity of gnae victim of a plot, ne a rescuing his fallen into the hands of his enemies. he immediately to reach the hatch and lift the cover, he was unable to do so. a‘match, he explored his finding’. that 1a beyond a projecting promontory of aC acy a t his back flerce, cid neck against the creat Ral 7, ciel od neath ~the rr i brows: upon him. From the jun bloodshot eyes shaggy overhan, , Lie manners, in the treeto; surroundings, once since he tiny cabin. H hollow-eyed from a lo: to obtain from her her personal check for a large sum in return for @ guar- of her personal safe’ the main hold, with hatch above his head the o of ingress or egress. that the room had been prepared for the very purpose of serving as a cell t for “rise and slay There was nothing in the compart- ranted etranger. ment, and no other occupant. child was on boa was confined elsewhere. There came suddenly the vibration of machinery and the throbbing of the “That's wot I calls rotten luck," he jest as well of ‘ad tho whole bloomin’ wad.” When Jane Clayton climbed to the deck of the Kincaid she found the ship apparently deserted. There was no sign of those she sought nor of any other aboard, and so she went about her search for ,her husband and the child she hoped against hope to find there without Interruption, Quickly she hastened to the cabin, which was half above and half be- As she hurried down the short companion-ladder into the main cabin, on elther side of which were the smaller rooms occupled oMcers, she fatled to note the quick closing of ono of the doors before her. Sho passed the full length of the main room, and then retracing her steps stopped before each door to listen, furtively trying each latch, One by one the doors opened ‘before her touch, only to reveal empty in- In her absorption she did not the sudésm activity upon the ‘ef the engines, the throbbing of the propeller. reached the last now, and as she i Jane Clayton wrote out, large denomination and handed ft to who left her cabin grin of satisfaction npon his The following day the hatch was removed from Tarzan’s cell, and as he looked up he saw. Paulvitch's head framed in the square of light above ‘d the -Kineatd he ve at jeaete he -though ts ‘one be not that Jans “irnank Heaven their king wae dead. 00, did not fall into the clutches OF ties villains.” * gts ehind him the hatry thing wh monkeys in the evil eyes had been watching nine ae ohatt s. The 8 creeping Haat plumed bi were still. The ship was moving! and to what fate was it carrying him? And even as these thoughts passed through his mind there came to his ears above the din of the engines which caused him to go cold with “Come up," commanded the Rus- “But bear in mind that you will be shot if you make a single move to attack me or any other aboard the ship.” The ape-man swung himself lightly to the deck. About him, but at a ectful distance, stood a halt. lors armed with rifles and fevol- vers, Facing him was Paulyitch: Tarzan looked about for Rokoft, who he felt aure must be aboard, but there was no sign of bim. ‘“M. Targan,” commenced the Rus- “only by meeting M. Rokoft's jemands may you avert the most consequences wife and child, and at the same time retain your own life and regais your cat watches @ mouse wa stealthily toward him, CHAPTER Ill. Beaste at Bi LOWLY Tar: Clear and = shrill above him rang frightened woman. CHAPTER Il. Marooned. § Tarzan and his guide had disappeared into the shad- ows upon the dark wharf the figure of a heavily yelled woman had hurried down the narrow alley to the entrance of the drinking place the two men had just quitted, Here she paused and looked about, and then as though satisfied that she reached the place she sought, she pushed bravely into the interior of the vile den. ,A score of half drunken eatlore and whart rate looked up at the \inaccus- the scream of a You were born an ape, in the jungles—to your own we have retur H but your son shall ris above his aire. table law of evolution. The father was a be: fon shall be a man—he shall take the next ascending ate scale of progress, naked beast of the shall wear a loin cloth copper afkiets and, perchance, oor upon the right jushed it open she thin by @ powerful, dark-visaged man, and drawn hastily ock of fright which attack had upon her piercing scream fro her throat, then the man clapped a hand roughly over t! “Not until we are further from fi oe It ia the immu. “Ankwer one question,” zan.. ‘Is my son on board this ship?” replied Alexis will he be kil accede to our demands.” “Very well,” replied Tarzan. He cook bis pocket checkbook and into the interior. ell elsewhere; nor led until you refuse to the unexpect: He ahall be no a I as. -2= The Cr by men—a tribe of savage cannl- bals, N. R. P. 6.—The balance of your pun- fehment has to do with what ahall presently beéali your wife —that I shall leave to your tin- agination. As he finiehed reading a alight soutid behind him brought him pack Fre an start to the world of present NCE. . But there was no alternative other than to meet tage-madde: creature with the weapons oat wed him. the bull ho’ Ittle chance that they would attack him, since it te not within the rea- sonable powers of the anthropold to be able to wei te the ir 80 tre. mendous a power of destruction lice their mighty thews and savage ith a low snarl the beast no hurled himeelf at ‘Tareas, but the “Pee of Tarsan’ ope man had found, among other things in the haunts ef civilised man, certain methods of ‘ecientife warfare tas are Kose gel to the ju foik. hereas, @ years he would have met the brute rush with he now hig bad cparee, and as Festrain a emile. mighty right to tBe pit of the ape’s pidity was to prove stomach. the means of their undoing, in the matter of the ransom at least. Pu ely he hesitated and hi ‘With a howl of anguish ti jagaied over double and but Paulvitch was ob- though almostinstantly he the ape-man wrote ateumating to Bie feet. ‘or @ larger sum than As he turned to hund the worthless whedled ese and je turn fo han wo jean Ww e Russian his in ¢ act there “are from the across the shoulders of the Lard the Starboard bow of the Kincaid. To last shred of his his surprise he saw that the ship within @ few hundred Almost. down to the water's & dense tropical Was higher land his white skinned civilisation. Once again he was the His strong, white teeth sank into it of hie enemy as he Neing seepier, Powerful fingers the might fangs from his own flesh, or leached fined Spog abe feam- face \e , in a circle about Goer tbe slowly of the tribe of and hen they saw the ty white wriaele spon. the back tf thelr xing, neath the armpits of ' bear down esirys upon ulineck so in belplessly about @ deck Tethos % great ape wil hold a whith he by acciae t during like the b: ing and the fittle pig eyes onlookers wi ‘ed il we of their at came tire leader to that white that But willl John Cleyto Lent : ned, then ut o john la: '- toke, stood deaf and unmesing out, oush in wonder that he did* not ring the pangs of keen re, {pls presumptuous the opportunity that he had because he had been #o gullible as to Place credence: in Miished, then ‘back to thelr’ Ring e@ ‘They saw the newcomer place a foot upon the neck of the quiet figure Sf the Hest Tigutenant of his ween? at his fect and, throwing back’ his head, give vent to tne wild, uncanny Menge of thé bull-ape ¢! le @ kill, Then they knew that ' Across the jus notes of the he caine the answerin; id ¢ oat rhe he old worean S 0: eyes upon f apes atone, i 1 old Tarean who shook bis head Cae to toss back @ heavy: mi: unfolded sem before his taoe— the saflor Nad dating from the days that his his hand and shock of thick, black bair had fallen ve about his shoulders, an tumbled before his eyes when it death to him to have “im Se Bar ron ape who felt himeett contend for the kin, ystal Rood == could regain them, Pers the | mantle of ines, beast edge ran revelling in bloody conflict with his jungle, and behing kis: lothed in forest. Paulvitch noted ‘the direction of his the 4] roa sought the pj y WL peace in this covertT: expectation be- be king.” - ? ous ne during the conversation » to Aku ening ¢ % tent has ve ight it ‘ai upon the young bull's stock, Bull would, accord! hfe attention wiing bi a> | ‘slavering tanes. would circle about the Soa se ; e did, - even af It might be oe bluff royal, the other’ Band, oo unstanls, ‘As the brute circled him turned slowly, keeping his upon the eyes of his ant had appraised the Wondrous proportions, seven feet upon hie ei As the threatening bull hia atiff and jerky circling of man, much after the ut. All he wishes d ide. Tarzan of t! bs you, and you can help Apes. 4 cannot kill Akut,” ‘Yo other. “Noné ‘is: 80 t ae Had you not killed Holak, Aiut # bave for Aut wan ‘Tersan of For answer the a x himgelé upon the ‘erent white th} Se: yy, relaxed his vigilance. ever had gained se eet that had broken Slowly he bro Dear, and then as‘in’ days % iad given Merchak ‘the be eurrender and live, so ry ' ‘Ka-goda?” whisper A the ape beneath hime It was the same question had whispered to Kerchak, ané is! age of the apes it zo 1% bt 4) surrender?” Akut thought of the c cing 1 he had heard just r thick neck had pped, and he ered, He hated to give up the though, eo again he struggied te if, but a sudden appli the torturing pressure Pre tebra prougat an agoni ey