Show A R A N OF APES by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS B AW S copyright 1912 by the frank A mosey company SYNOPSIS the son of lord and lady efey fanke Is IH mothered bakala by Kala an ape am after the death of his own parents v the boy called tarzan by tho the apes finds the skeletons of his parents in their cabin hut but tah thinks himself a white ape tarzan wins renown by killing a gorilla he fie learns to read from books found four 4 in tho the cabin I 1 tarzan kills hla his enemy kulon fa 11 savage shoots kala and to la pursued hv the apes tarzan slays kulonda in revenge tor for knias death and secures a bow and pol poi toned arrows from the native village ile he finds a photograph of his father and his mothers locket borsting Wor sting Kerch kerchak alc in battle tarzan becomes king of the after subduing berkoz tarzan leaves the tribe and terrorizes the savages in tue the village of clayton Tar I 1 cousin cousin jane iane porter aind party arrive in a ship the crew of which has mutinied mutinies muti nied farzan kills a lion ion and saves claytona clayton a life jane por poter po ter and her maid esmeralda are atta attacked cheo by a tiger tarzan breaks the tigers neck then saves professor porter and his friend PM pha lander abider front from it lion clayton discovers the skeletons eions tons or hla blis uncle an and aunt in the cabin tarzan sees the ers bury a treasure chest CHAPTER XII burials Bu rials AS it was as now quite light the party none of whom ind enten eaten or slept since the tha previous morn it ill hagan to Iet ieter bestir lr themselves 0 impi pre pre art food the of the arrow had 11 sil liall supply of dried meats 4 sollas in ind vegetables tables crack IK matir tell and erffee for the five aln t alpy v luid lind d ind these were down upon to satisfy the riv nys of ions iong famished appetites tin ast lit at tusk cagl was to make inake the cabin und and to this end it was first aided II vided to r remove the grew soine relies 1 of the tragedy which had taken place tilt l P it some bygone day processor Pro ofes ressor sor porter and mr philander w were rp di deeply aply interested in examining hie skeletons tile the larger two they stilted tt itoI to allive belonged to a male and fi Iiii simile ale of one of the higher white Ii ites smallest skeleton was give ni but passi attention its as its location in the velh rib left no doubt its as to its having been the infant offspring of this unhappy oaple As I 1 hey were preparing pre Ire paring the skeleton of the man for WHO burial clayton discovered 01 ed it alas massive alve ring which had bad evidently encircled tile the mans finger at tilt the time of his ill death for forone one of the lender hones bones of the hand still lay within the golden bauble picking it up 1111 to examine it clayton pave gave it a cry of astonishment for the ring bore the crest or of the house of groys rey stoke at the same at lie time jane porter discovered the boaks in tile the and on spelling to the oy fly leaf of one of them saw gaw the name john clayton london f y lit li a second book which she burri hurriedly edly examined was the single tiame name greystoke why mr rr clayton she cried what does this tills mean here elere are the names of some of your own peo peopled pleIn in these books A r and nd jt bere iere f 4 ho 0 replied G Sra vols deiy 11 h 1 t the gren great f rf rang ii g 6 of f re monime of gref stoke which hns been lost sance my uncle john clayton the former lord greystoke disappeared presumably lost at sea pea but how do you account for these things being here in this savage african jungle exclaimed the girl there to Is but one way to account for it it miss aliss porter said clayton the late lord greystoke was not drowned ne he died here in this cabin and this poor thing upon the floor door Is all that Is mortal of him then athen this must have been lady greystoke said jane porter reverently indicating the mass of bones upon the bed tile the beautiful lady mee alice replied clayton of whose many virtues and charms I 1 often have heard my mother and father speak with reverence e and solemnity the bodie the late lord and lady grey naoke were burled buried beside their little african cabin and between them was d the tiny skeleton of the baby of kelln the ape As mr philander was placing the arall bones of the infant in a bit of sailcloth lit examined the skull minutely rilen tic iw culled professor ported to hla his side tind and tile the two argued in low tones for severne minutes monitte most Io qt remarkable most remarkable sald said professor porter G bless tile me at mr philander we must bilut mr clayton with our discovery lb covery nt lit tut tilt rut mr tut tilt biltl remonstrated professor Pr fessor bor archimedes Q porter lot let tin tile dead past bury its dead and so tho the white hilred old man repented tho the burin I 1 service over this efran st range v geive rsvp while ills his four companions ion stood with bowed and tine uncovered li bends id 4 shout him from the flit trees of the apes Witt witched elied tills this stran ceremony ony but mt mot of till nil liv he wilt watched elied tile sweet face yno mid lure or of timp june porter in lit his untutored breast now new emotions won wert stirring HP could not fathom them alum he n wondered why he be felt so gret un nn bilte 1 esron 11 these people why he deiml gilld gone gone to such pains to save the three men lilt hut lie he did not wonder why hp he haid torn sabor sabon from tile the tc tender ader flesh of the e arl girl he ele knew she was created tc be protected and t that lie he wits created to protect her when the grave lind had been med filled with I 1 earth the littie party turned back toward the cabin and meralda KH Est neralda still weeping copiously for the two she had bad never hoard heard of before ind and who had been lend lead twenty years chanced to glance toward the harbor instantly tier her tears ceased censed look at dem low down white trash out it derel dere she shrilled pointing toward the arrow they tills alls adese a dese cratin us right yere ou on di als 14 yere perverted 1 ishun tun i surely ena tigh the file arrow was being worked toward the open sea slowly through the harbors entrance they promised to leave us firearms and ammunition said sald clayton tile the merciless beasts it Is the work of that talat fellow they call snipes I 1 nm nin sure said jane porter king was a scoundrel but he be had a little sense of humanity if abe they had not killed him I 1 know that he would have seen that we were properly provided for before they left us ils 0 our fate 1 I regret r that they did not visit us before sailing palling said professor porter 1 61 I had bad purposed requesting them to leave the treasure with us tia as 1 I shall he be a ruined mail if that Is 19 loci lost t lano jane looked at tier her father sadly never mind dvar dear she said it i have done any good because it Is solely for the treasure that they killed their off officers leers and landed us upon this awful shore hore had seen the consternation depleted depicted upon the faces of the little group as they witnessed the departure of the arrow so as tilt the ship was a wonder wonderful hil novelty to him in addition lie he to hasten out to the point of lit land id 1 al I t 1 the north of the har bar born month and obtain a nearer view of tilt th great arc it boot bont ns as well as to learn if possible th the direction of its light flight A very light land breexe breem was blowing and flip lip ship flip hild been worked the hip harbors har hors mouth under lying flying ih fora for anil and main royals and mizzen lint now that they and kenred Ien red the point every available shred of canvas was being spread that she might stand nut to sea as handily ns as possible watched the graceful movements ments menta A of the ship in rapt and ion vl to be aboard tier her Pre presently sento fit his keen eyes caught the faintest suspicion of smoke on tile the far northern horizon ho rixon and lie he wondered what the cause of it might be at about the same time the lookout on the arrow must have discerned it for in a few nil minutes tarzan saw the stills sails being shifted the ship cama about and presently he knew that she was coming coining back toward land at last the ship camel came up tip directly into the wind the rhe anchor was lowered down came the sails there was great scurrying about on deck A boat was lowered and luto lato the boat it a great chest was placed then a dozen sailors bent to the oars oara and pulled rapidly toward the point where tarzan crouched in the branches of a great tree in the stern of the boat as it drew nearer tarzan saw the rat faced man it was but a few minutes later that the bout bont touched the beach the men jumped out and lifted the great chest to the sand they were on the north side of the point so that their pre presence senco was congealed concealed from those at the cabin the men argued angrily for a moment then the rat faced one with several companions ascended the low bluff on which stood the tree that concealed tarzan they looked about for several mint minutes ites el here Is it a good place said the rat faehl sailor indicating a spot beneath taman true tree it Is us as good its as any replied one of ills his companions if they catch US ua with the trva treasure sure aboard it will be con fisc Isca atoo tod anyway we might as well bury it here on the chance that some of us will escape the gallows to enjoy it tater inter the rat faced one now called to the men who had remained a at t the boat boa t and they came slowly up tho the bank carrying picks and shovels ill hurry you cried snipes stow it retorted one of the men in it surly tone youre no admiral you V oil shrimp im caan here though ill havo have v you 0 u to understand you swab stirl shrieked e k with a volley of oaths steady boys cautioned one of tho the men who had and not spoken before it aint coln to get us boughtin among ourselves right Ono enough tigh replied the sailor w who ho had resented snipes autocratic tones but by the ille same token it aint a coln to get nobody kotbin bothin to put on airs in tills this bloomin bloom ln company nelt neither ber you fellows dig here said snipes Ind indicating lenting a spot beneath the tree and while youre digan peter kin be a makin malan of a may map of the location sos so we kin flud find it again you tom and bill take a couple more down and fetch up tip the chest wot freyou are yon a goin to do asked he be of the previous altercation just b boss d A I 1 git husy busy there growled snipes you think your caan was n coln to dilwith dig with a shovel did you yon tile the men all looked up lip angrily none of them liked snipes and his disagreeable show of wit authority hority since he be had murdered mug king the real head and ring rang I 1 leader of the mutineers muti had only added a a 1 e d fura fuel to the names of their hatred aafred 69 do you menn to say any that you dont intend to take a shovel and lend a hand band with tills this work naked asked tarrant the sailor who wha and before spoken no replied snipes simply fingering the butt of his revolver then shouted tarrant if you wont take a shovel take a pick ax with the words he raised his pick i alba bie e hend aej li i a i blow blon burled the flit point in ili sullas arol por for i moment nt the men tood I 1 silently looking at tile the result or of their fellows grim then one or kneut served the rut rat jolly welt veil fight bo be said gald one oi of the others commenced to apty pty y ills his pick to the ground tilt soil soft and lip he threw aside the pick and an grasped 11 shovel ovel then the others jon join ed him there was no further comment on the killing but the nien men worked lita better triune of mind thun than they had since sill snipes I 1 Ril lpes had assumed assum vil command comin tind they had a 11 trench of amply size az to bury the chest tarrant suggest sul ed they enlarge it bild inter inte r snipes body on top 0 of f tile the chest it might dp fool any a us appen d to be diggin era er bouts ft explained the others saw maw the cunning of tho the suggestion su gg estion and so tile the trench 1101 was lengthened to accommodate the corpse and in ili tilt tile center it a deeper iol liole was excavated for the box which was unit wrapped in sailcloth and then thell lowered to its place which brought san ON top about a 11 foot below tile the bottom of the grave earth was shoveled lit in and tamped camped down about the chest dowst until lindl tilt the bottoni bottom or of the grave showed level and uniform mil romil y two of tho men then rolled tile the rat nit faced corpse unceremoniously into tho the grave sifter first stripping it of its IN weapons and various barlon 4 other art articles leles which the several members of tho the party coveted they then failed the fit grave with earth ea rt h and tramped upon it until it would hold no more the balance of the loose earth was thrown far and wide till and it a mass of dead undergrowth spread in as a manner as possible over the new made grave rave to obliterate till all glans of if the ground having been disturbed their work done tilt the sailors return cil to the small boat ind and pulled off rapidly toward the arrow the breeze had increased consider ably and its as the smoke upon the horizon zon was T 1 af now flow plainly discernible it lu c considerable insl 1 e r j volume the mutineers muti lo loot loat at no time in ili petting under full sail bearing away toward tile the southwest tartan wondered what the chest they lilt biad burled contained it if they did not wish visit it ft why did they not merely throw it into tho the water That bemi been much easter easier ali ah he thought but bit they do wish it ir they have hidden it here because thov they intend return returning in for it later I 1 he dropped to the ground and rom pom imen fenced pl to examine ohp parth earth about tho lie ax excavation 1 l va t foil ile he was looking to sm it if these abe e creatures crear tires had dropped which he might like to own soon he discovered it a spade hidden by tilt the underbrush der hr brush which they had laid upon tilt the prave grave ue lie seized it and an attempted to use ise it as lie he lind had seen the sailors do it was awkward work and hurt his bart foet feet but he persevered until he had P partially arteal art lal une uncovered tilt the body thin he be dragged from the grave rave and laid to on side then illon he continued digging until ho he had unearthed the chest 11 1114 a alo io h he t dragged to the side of tile the corpse corle A then lie he filled in ili the smaller holt hole below tho the gruve replaced the body ana the earth around and above it covered co verild it over with underbrush and returned to the chest best four sailors had sweated beneath the burden of its weight or of the apes picked it ill up as though it lind had been empty and with the spade slun shing to his back by a piece or of rope carried ar riedl i it off into the densest part of tile the jim gle ho ele could not well ne negotiate the trees with his bis awkward burden but lie he kept keib to the trails and so made fairly good time vor for several hours he be traveled until ile he came to an impenetrable wall ot matted and tangled vegetation then he took to the lower branches and til in another fifteen minutes he emerged r into the amphitheater of the apes where they met in ili counell council or to cele brate the rites of the dum dumdum dunt j near the th center of 0 the clenn arid ami continued on following adge pa v I 1 f t TARZAN ot A by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS copyright 1912 by the prank A munsey company CHAPTER OT ail lied not fill front froni the drum or altar iio he commenced to dig this was harder v work ol oll l than turning up the fresh freshly ay ex vaN earth at a t tile the grave but tarzan of the apes ans VA persevering and 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