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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-02-26, Page 7THE WINGIIA11 PP:Minn! 2(1, 1914 T(Irwin ..., •ee 1/4. e $ ''''elr; 15117H4rafli „ifee :.teeilli .111,i, e eree •-,-, ee ..•— t,.%4 ie • iek ,. ,‘ , ri 9 w''.0"." , .'' ,''''o c' • ' 1,-- 0 .°'. , • -... igt eir DllrrollIhs CO Copyright, 1912, by the Frank A. Mummy company. .11.-m—ore- rre- "iilion his victims had he but quietly leaped with- -out that loud shriek? But Sabor knew well the wondrous •quickness of the jungle folk and their . almost unbelievable powers of hearing. ' To them the sudden scraping of one • blade of grass across another was as effectual a warning as his loudest cry, :and Sabor knew that he could not make that leap without a little noise. 32Lis wild scream was not a warning, but instead was meant to freeze his poor victims in a paralysis of terror for the tiny fraction of an instant, 'which would suffice for his mighty .claws to sink into their soft flesh and 'hold them beyond peradventure of es- cape. In so far as the ape was concerned, :Sabor reasoned correctly. The little ' And Then, With an Asi:wful Scream, He Sprang. .fellow crouched trentbling just an in- -stout, but that instant was quite long ,enough to prove his undoing. Not so, however, with Tarzan, the ,man -child. Before him lay the deep Waters of the little lake, behind him Certain death—a cruel death beneath tearing claws and rending fangs. Tarzan had always hated water, ex- cept as a medium for quenching his. thirst. He hated it because he con- nected it with the chill and discomfort • of the torrential rains, and he feared It for the thunder and lightning and wind which accompanied it. But of the two evils his quick mind •chose the lesser, and before the great beast had covered half his leap Tarzan felt the chill waters close above his bead. Be could not swim, and the water was very deep. But still he lost no particle of that self reliance and re- sourcefulness which were the badges of his superior being. 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'lees ss heti swimming, so that within a w seeonds his nose was above water, and he found that he could keep it More by continuing, hie strokes and qlso make progress through the water. Ile was much surprised and pleased with this new acquirement which had beeu so suddenly thrust upon him, but he had no time for thinking much upon it Ile was now swimming parallel to the bank, and there he saw the erne] beast that would have seized him crouching upon the still form of his playmate. The tiger was intently watching Tar- zan, evidently expecting him to return to shore, but this the boy had no inten- tion of doing. Instead he raised his voice in the call of distress common to his tribe, adding to it the warning which would prevent would be rescuers from running into the clutches of Sabot.. Almost immediatelyalere came an answer from the distr-...-ce, and pres- ently forty or fifty great apes swung rapidly and majestically through the trees toward the scene of tragedy. In the van was Kale, for she had recognized the tones of her best be' loved, and with her was the mother of the little ape who lay dead beneatlf cruel Sabor. • Though more powerful and bates equipped for fighting than the apes, the tiger had no desire to meet these enie raged adults, and with a snarl ot hatred he sprang quickly into the brusff and disappeared. Tarzan now swam to shore and clambered quickly upon dry land. The feeling of freshness and exhilaratiod which the cool waters had imparted te him filled his being with grateful sal' prise, and ever after he lost 110 oppor-; tinity to take a daily plunge in lake' or stream or ocean when it was poi.. '011316 to do so. For a long time Sala could not tier =tom herself to the sight, for, thong( her people could swim when forced tor •it, they did not like to enter water and never did so voluntarily. That the huge fierce brute loved her child of another race is beyond quee- don, and he, too' gave to the great, hairy boast all theaffection that would have belonged to his fair young mother had she lived. When he was disobedient she cuffed him, it is true, but she was never cruel to him and was more often caressing than chastising him. Tublat, her husband, always hated Tarzan and on several occasions had come near ending his youthful career. Tarzan's superior intelligence and cunning permitted him to invent a thousand diabolical tricks to add to the burdens of Tublat's life. Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these lie was forever tripping Tublat or at- tempting to hang him from some over- hanging branch. lly constant playing aud experiment- ing with these he learned to tie rude knots and make sliding nooses. and Iwith these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone orig- butted and became proficient. One day while playing thus Ta rzan had thrown his rope at one of his flee- ing companions, retainiug the other endin his grasp. By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. Ah, here was a new game, a fine game, thought Tarzan, and immediate- ly he attetnpted to repeat the triek. And thus, by painstaking and eolith'. ued practice, he learned the art of rop- ing. Now. indeed, was the life of Tublat a living nightmare. In sleep, upon the march, night or day, he never knew when that quiet noose would slip about his ueck and nearly choke the life out of him. Kola punished. Tublat swore dire vengeance, and old Kerchak took notice and warned and threatened. but all to no avail. In Tarzan's clever little Mind many thoughts revolved, and back of these was his divine power of reason. If he could cateh his NUM apes with his long arm of many grasses, why not Sabor, the tiger? The wanderings of the tribe brought them often near the closed and silent cabin by the little landlocked harbor. To Tarzan this was always a source of never ending mystery and pleasure. Ile Wotild peek into the curtained windows or, climbing upon the roof, peer down the black depths of the chimney In a vain endeavor to solve the unknewn Wonders that lay ithin those strong yalla„ VINSMINW6. WWINWACSOI.C. ers tot 0 next visit to the viiitt .ty following. the ndvoni tilo VII 11 it'd Sillior (It it as lit. 1110 ,;thin Terznu notieed thnt from n distnnee the door appeared ;is though ati inde- peudent port of the svall In which it was set, and for the first time it or - curved to him that this might prove the meana of entrance which hail so long eluded him. He was alone, as was often the case when he isited the .cabin. The apes had no love for it The story of the thunder stick, having lost nothing in the telling during these ten years, had quite surrounded the white man's de, serted cabin with an atmosphere of weirdness and terror for the simians. The story of his own connected with the cabin had never been told him. lh a dim, vague way had Kale explained In the Middle of the Floor Lay a Skeleton. to hint that his father hafl been 0 sir:Inge white ape, but he did not know that Kola was not his own mot her. On this day he went directly to the door and spent hours examining it and fussing with the hinges, the knob :Ind the latch. Finally he stumbled upon the right combination, and the door swung creakingly °pea before his as- tonished eyes. For some minutes Ile did not dare venture within, but finally. as his eyes became accustomed to the dim light of tin interior, he slowly and cautiously entered. In the middle of- the floor lay a skeleton, every vestige of flesh gone from the bones, to which still clung the ibildewed remnants of what had once been clothing; upon the bed lay a similar grewsome thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near by was a third. n wee mite of a skeleton. To none of these evidences of an old tragedy did little Tarzan give but pass- ing heed, Ills wild jungle life had in- ured him to the sight of dead and dy- ing animals, and bad he known Mit he ACQUAINTANCE You Naturally Trust Per- son or Thing Known :: By HOLLAND. WHEN about to engage in TV a business venture you Prefer to deal with some one you know. You have more confidence in the advice of an acquaintance than in that of- fered by a stranger. Confi- dence is hued on acquaint- ance. In buying goods you prefer to buy those that have proved their merit. Yon want those of a known standard—those that have stood the test of use. These are the goods that are advertised. Look at our advertising columns and see 11' this is not true. Did you ever know an article of inferior merit to be widely advertised? It is a fact that the MOST WIDELY ADVERTISED GOODS ,ARE THE BEST. Just as you find it safest to do business with a man you know, you will find it safest to buy goods that you know— goods with which you have become acquainted through advertising. was looking upon the remains of his own father and mother he would have been no more greatly moved. The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. Ile examined many things minutely—strange tools and weapons, books, papers, clothing—what little had Withstood the ravages of time in the hunaid atmosphere of the jungle coast. Ete opened chests and clipboards, such as did not baffle his small experi- ence, and in these he found the con- tents much better preSerVed. Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, ou the keen blade of which he immediately proeeeded to cut his finger. Nothing &tented, he Con- tinued his experinients, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this now toy. Por a long time this amused him; but, filially tiring, he continued his ex- plorations. In a cupboard filled with books he came across one with bright- ly colored pictures. It was a child's il- lustrated alphabet: A Is for nrcher, Who :shoots with bow. B Is for boy. His first name le CHAPTER III. A Jungle Battle. pfHE pictures in the books which • Tarzan found in the cabin in- terested him greatly. • There were many apes with faces similar to his own, mad farther over in the book he found under "M" some little monkeys such as he saw daily flitting through the trees of his primeval forest. But nowhere was pic- tured any of bis own people. In all the book was none that resembled Ker - clank or Tublat or Kale. At first be tried to pick the little fig- ures from the paper, but he soon saw that they were not real, though he knew not what they might be, nor had he any words to describe thein. The boats and trains and cows and horses were quite meaningless to him, but not quite so horning as the odd lit- tle figures which appeared beneath and between the colored pictures—some strange kind of bugs he thought they might be, for many of them had legs. though nowhere could he find one with eyes and a mouth. It was his first in troduction to the letters of the alph0. bet. and he WaS over ten years old. Of eourse he had never before seem print, or never had spoken with any living thing which had tbe remotest idea that such a thing as 0 written Ian. gunge existed, and never had he semi any otto readiug. So what svonder that the little boy was quite at a loss to guess the mean ing, of these strange figures Near the hack of the book he found his old enemy, Sabor, the tiger. and jilliake stm nbove hi. coiled Mistah. the s 011, it was most engrossing! Neve) before in all his ten years had ho en joyed anything so lunch. So absorbed was Ile that be did not note the afe preaching dusk until it was quite upon hi in. Coughed Almost An Night With That Dry Tick- ling Sensation in the Throat. A bad cough, accompanied by that listressing, tickling sensation in the ..hroat is most aggravating. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup heals 'Ile mucous surfaces, relieves oppression Ind tightness of the chest, removes tccumulated mtteous or phlegm, quites even the Most obstitate and distressing coughs, securing sleep end rest at night, not only to the sufferer, but to others whose rest would otherwise be broken. 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He put the book back in the cup board and closed the door, for be did not wish any one else di find and de stroy his treasure, and as he went oul into the gathering darkness he eloeed the great door of the cabin behind him as It had been before Ile diseovered the secret of its 100k, but before be left he had noticed the hunting knife lying where he had thrown it upon the floor. and this he Welds] 01) and took with hitn to show to his fellows. lie had taken searee it dozen steps toward the jungle when a great form rose up before Ellin from the shadow:, of a low bush. At first he thought it was one of his own people, but in another Instant Id realized that it was a huge gorilla. So close was he that there was ne chance for flight, and little Terme knew that lie must stand and tight I'm his lire; fur (hese great lionStS NV(.1'0 lit deadly enemies of' his tribe, and neithet one nor the other ever asked or gave quarter. Had Tarzan been a full grown bull APO of the species of his tribe he would have been more than a match for the gorilla, but being only a little English boy, though enormously muscular rot such, he stood no show against his cruel antagonist. In his veins, however, flowed the blood of the best of 0 race of mighty fighters, and back of this was the training Of his short lifetime among the fierce brutes of the jungle He knew no fear, as we know it: his heart beat the faster, but from the ex- citement and exhilaration of adventure Had the opportunity presented Reel' he would have escaped, but solely be cause his judgment told him be was no match for the great thing which co11. fronted him. And as eight was out ot tile question he faced the gorilla squarely and bravely without 0 tremor ot' a single muscle or any sign of panic. In fact, lie met the brute roidvray in its charge, striking Its huge body with his closed' fists and as futilely as if he had been a fly attacking an elephant, 13ut in onehand he stili clutched the knife be had found, and as the brute, striking and biting, closed upon him the boy accidentally turned the point toward the hairy breast As It sank deep Into the body of trim the gorillashrieked in pain and rage. But the boy had learned in that brief second a use for his sharp and shining toy, so that as the tearing, striking beast dragged him to earth be plunged the bladerepeatedly into its breast. The gorilla, fighting after the mao. ner of its kind, struck terrific blows with its open hand and tore the flesh at the boy's throat and chest Niith Its mighty tusks; For a moment they rolled upon the ground in the fierce frenzy of combat More and more weakly the torn and bleeding arm struck home with the long sharpblade„ then the little figure stiffened with a spasmodic jerk, an6 Tarzan, the young Lord Greystoke, rolled senseless upon the dead and de- caying vegetation which carpeted hie jungle home. A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people togetber, partly for inutudi protection against a CollIWOrt enemy, since this gorilla might be but one di several, and also to see that all mem- bers of the tribe were accounted for. It was soon discovered that Truman was missing, and Tublat was strongly opposed to sending assistance. Ker. (link himself had no liking for the strange little waif, so be listened tu Tublat, and filially, with a shrug of hie shoulders, turned back to the pile 01 leaves on which he had made his bed. But Kale was of a different mind. In fact, she had waited but to learn that Tarzan was absent ere she was fairly dying through the matted branches to- ward the point from which the cries of the gorilla were still plainly audible. Darkness had fallen, and an early moon was sending its faint light to cast strange, grotesque shadows among thE dense foliage of the forest Freseutly Kale came upon them, ing in an open space full under the brilliant moon— Tarzan's torn and bloody form, and beside it a great buff gorilla, stone dead. 'With a low cry Hata rushed to Tarzan's side and, gathering the poor, blood covered body to her breast, listened for a sign of life. Faintly she heard it—the weak beating of the little heart, Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water and brushing the files and other insects from his cruel wounds. Of medicine or surgery the poet thing knew nothing. She could but lick the wounds, and thus she kepi them eleaneed, that healing nature might the more quickly do her work. At first Tarzari would eat nothing, but rolled and tossed in a wild delirie um of fever. All he craved was water, and this she brought him in the only way she could, bearing it in her own mouth. No human mother could have shown more unselfish mid sacrificing devotion than did this poor wild brute for the little orphaned waif Whom fate had thrown into her keeping. At last the fever abated, and the bey commenced to Mend. No eonlpIrtint passed his tight set lips, though the pain of his iv:lands was exeruciating. 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MONTREAL&NEWVORK Old " 5941si CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the 0 Signature of Exact Copy of Wrapper. • In Use For Over Thirty Years ASTORIA Tilt C CNTAU IN CO M •NEW YO NC CITY: ttttt he as 81 1, tAL uve as During his convalescence be had gone over in his mind many times the battle with the gorilla, and his first thought was to revover the wonderful little weapon which had transformed hint from a hopelessly outclassed weakling to the superior of the mighty terror of the jungle. Also b.e was elisions to return to the cabin and continue his Investigations of the wondrous contents. Soearly one morning he set forth atone opon his quest. After a little search he located the clean' picked bones of his late adversary, and close by, partly buried beneath the fallen leaves, he found the knife, now red with rust from its exposure to the dampness of the ground and fron) the dried blood of the gorilla. He did not like the change in its for- mer bright and gleaming surfave. but it was still a fortuitlable weapon nnd one whieh he meant to use to adven. tage.whenever the opportunity present- ed itself ' lie had in mind that no more would he run from the wanton attacks of olcl • Tublat. 111 another moment he was at the eabin. and after a short time had again thrown the latch and entered. His first eoncer11. was to learn the mechanism of the lurk. and this he did by examining it closely, while the door was open sc that he you Id I ea rn precisely w hat eaused it to hold the door and by what means it released at his touch. Ile found that he could close and lock the door from within, and this he • did sothat there would be no chance of his being molested while at his in- vestigations. Ile conitueneed a systematic search of the cabin: but his attention was soon riveted by the books which seemed to exert a strange and powerful influence over him, so that he eall Id sea roe attend to ;night else for the lure of the 11011- 11 1.0118 pliZZle which their purpose pre- sented to him. Among the other books were s 81)110 rPatiers, numerous pieture books and a great dietionary. Al1 of these lie examined; but the pic- tures caught his faury most, though the strange little bugs which covered the pages where there were no pie. tures exeited his wonder and deepest thoneht. In his hands was a primer opened 11 1) pitinit' or ti little ape similar te himself. Ina povered, except for ha MIS ttd /%.(.0, with stroll:re eolored for. for suet) he thought the jacket and trous• Beneath the 111(11) re were three little BOY. A1 now he had discovered In the text 111.611 the pnge that these three were repeated many times in the semt Another fact ho learned. and Mu, was that there were vomparatively few individual bugs. lent these were repeated many tittles, occasionally, 1tIo ,)tliTi-,..8.but More often in vompany ith w Slowly he turned the pages, scan - Mug the pictures and the text for a repent ion or the eombination Presently he round ti beneath n pietnre a souther little ntas and 0 strange animal which went anon foul' legs like the j:10::11 and semewhat resembled him. Beneath this pleture the bugs 111We:t111 as— • A 130%•• AND A DOG. There they were, the three little bugs which always accompanied the little ape. And so he pregreesed very, very slowly, for it was a hard and labor- ious tosn whin he had set himself Without knowing It, a task Whieh might seeM to yoli or to nio invossinie --learning to Fl viithotit liaflng the slightest knowledge of letters or writ- ten language or the faintest idea that such things existed. Ile clid not accomplish it in a day or in a week or in a month or in a year, but slowly, very slowly, he learned. By the time he was fifteen he knew.' the various combinations of letters which stood for every pictured figure • In the little primer and in one or twcr of the picture books. Of the meaning aud use of the arti- cles and conjunctions, verbs, adverbS and pronouns he had. but the faintest and haziest vonception. Ono day when he was about twelve he found 11 number of leadpencils in a hitherto undiscovered drawer beneath the table, alai ill scratching upon the table with one of thew he was delight- ed to discover the black line it left be- hind it. Ile worked so assiduously with thik new toy that the table top was soon a. mass or scrawly loops and irregular lines and his pencil point worn dowu to the wood. Then he took another penell, but this time he had a definite object in view. Ile would attempt to reproduce some of the little bugs that scramble over the pages of his book. It was a difficult task, for he held thei pencil as one would grasp the hilt of a dagger, whit* does not add greatly to ease in writing nor to the legibility of the results. But he persevered for mouths, at • such times as he was able to come to' the cabin, until at last by repeated ex- perimenting he found a position in which to hold the pencil that best per- mitted him to guide and control it, so that at last he could roughly reproducel any of the little bugs. Thus he made a beginning at writing. 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