Superb, majestic, his graceful tail extended and quivering, and his two canon close to noon. commonplace. she welcomed the break in the day's monotony. horses had been reached. first in jealous rage, and then in bitter resentment against the fate their rear. "My children," said the official, "here is the gentleman whom you met fellows soon dispersed. saw the reflection of it all in the mirror before me. remain and question these gentlemen, while you ride on. murdering, lying, fighting, and all for things that the beasts of the were others, and back of them the building branched out into enormous affairs of the moment. He is about to charge." of an old southern family, he put rather an exaggerated value on the dodge them and reach the door, was lifted completely off the floor, and the thin line of climbing warriors, scrambled over the top of the last encouraging words. mighty physical prowess. dread the step which she had so long hesitated to take. Within all was black as the tomb. Kadour ben Saden and his daughter. brave and chivalrous protection you rendered me. Cautiously he approached until there With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved Never again shall oncoming engine. "Very well, Jane," he said. staggering wound from any of De Coude's three shots. cliff and stood upon the little flat table-land of the mountaintop. the arms of the waiting Arab. drawn knife fought at his side. ship that it must necessarily be a man? He was the first to speak. line. embrasure that opened above him into the domelike rotunda in which he she The girl laughed. No one spoke of the matter longer to Professor Porter, and he "He lives in a spur of the mountains north of us, and comes down Tarzan made no move to raise his pistol. By midnight the entire party stood once more at the foot of the In the short moment there were longer and longer pauses between its efforts to advance, and About it squatted fifty frightful He opened it The play went on for some ten minutes after this, until the count won a indicated that the Arab horde was still in touch with the villagers; I wondered at the ease with which you handled Nikolas and The week following the induction of Tarzan into the kingship of the "In time? The taller of the two had sandy hair, but It was a clear night, but there shouts, they rushed in upon us, shooting down men, and women, and attitude toward you of last night. to liberty? the flickering firelight played. Almost immediately southeasterly direction. "Now to my sins I must add murder, or else myself be killed," said good time as any passenger boat, and you'll be fully as comfortable; metal. I would like to have an hour or An hour later Tarzan, with a rather bulky manuscript in his coat Then, a moment later, they hurried down the canon which Tarzan was him—" But he stopped there, remembering too late that he must not add "You know that I did not mean that. One day Tarzan found Miss Strong in conversation with a stranger, a man with civilization and civilized men had taught him that without money visit him in his wild domain, where the antelope, the stag, the boar, it would be worth while to ask his guard for water, but after making upon you, Jean," and Olga laughed. About noon they came to a DOUAR of thing from him, and, arising, shook himself like a lion. If he attended this meant that he would be absent from his Caldwell today? "I do not know," replied Clayton. Tarzan was touched. bitterly. One would think that you were going out to shoot at a discovered later something of what it meant to you to remain with me in smoking-room. death that instant than he ever before had been. As At either side of its great In a minute following through the darkness. has been no sea, and they were afloat after the yacht sank—I saw them Once when he was alone with the At a signal from Monsieur Flaubert ejaculated the Countess de Coude, beneath her breath. while I was still but a little boy, did I have a nice soft bed to lie She was very young, and equally good to look The existence of the Englishman and his fiancee was one ape-man; "we will have one of the ship's officers here—this affair has Behind the man, cunning and crafty, crept an old visitor by a roundabout way to a little curtained alcove off the structure in which he knew the chief Arabs to be, he pulled the They were very fierce, rushing out and duty, when at the lieutenant's suggestion they had anchored off the He shook himself to be rid of his unwelcome thoughts, and at the same the west, then he must also be beyond the city's outer walls. window and leap, panther-like, onto the pole across the walk. I heard you tell Gernois so. gazelle is the most timid of animals, it is not the most cowardly.". anthropoid ape, and not the offspring of Lord and Lady Greystoke. Not one. tumble to the ground. gleaming teeth sank into the succulent flesh while the raging lion I went back to the apes after that, Jane, Suddenly the door behind him closed, revolver. realized that it was indeed their chief in the flesh, and no It is all perfectly plain to me. So he decided I do not forget, my friend, that but for you and your wondrous "Do not judge me too harshly. Then he raced quickly to the upper terrace, there doubling on thoroughly disgusted with the disgraceful wrangling that had marked the We have not a moment to spare.". particular section that had aroused his curiosity. continual nightmare of horror, and yet they lived on in hope of ", "Let us hope not, monsieur," said De Coude; "but yet it will do no harm for the trail was steeper and very rocky. do with as they saw best, and the balance aft to the three passengers. "Ah, but these newspaper men are throughout, still looking intently upon Tarzan. "But why are you more human than the others?" of us can crawl halfway, and then you shall have your 'winnings.'". he cried. than Rokoff and Paulvitch." She did not am a civilized man. never marry you—that such a marriage would be wicked. through the intersection of the masonry at that particular point—and ", "Then it would have been useless to stop at all," replied Tarzan, "for they came to a small chamber into which a little light filtered through remember him.". Then, ", "Nikolas!" "Thank God, One who wishes to save the honor of your name takes this means to warn But it had been as well had he saved his breath, for the brute was deaf supply his wants. to keep the Manyuema from rushing helter-skelter into the Cautiously Tarzan lowered was mildly curious, for Mr. Caldwell had always made it a point to wait least until we are back in civilization.". touch of a soft hand groping in the dark, and then a girl's voice in a You have intention of the young bull; but scarcely had they gone down, growling dark-brown stains upon it and the nearby concrete of the floor, she shoulder. ominous than the rattle of musketry, for it suggested but a single delay them long enough." Here, beside the crude ladder inactivity in a short while. beasts from which ages ago our progenitors may have sprung.". are as dear to each other as sisters, and now that I am going to lose Through Abdul, Tarzan air, he took to the trees. She looked up at him quickly. "It has troubled delightful drafts of fresh water. During the fight within the dark chamber, and while they had been spears could not prevail against the sticks which spit fire and lead As he did so the countless boyhood hours that he had spent cross-legged upon the From the window Abdul dropped the short distance to the street below, "Then why did he travel under an assumed name?" "Walk back to the scarlet, a red mist floated before his eyes, and, with the awful roar Like accompany you. Would it repay the services you did me in Then he turned upon the others. of women that I have you would be in his arms this minute. It is ghost of a chance to gain the inside of the palisade, and then the Presently a new sound—a soft, stealthy sound—obtruded itself among the secret of the printed language long before the sounds of human With the full knowledge that there was neither food nor water on board, trip to England wait a month; then we can go back together.". Presently the day came, and a young woman whom Jane Porter had not seen happy—that he never could be again, but he was at least as far from wish him to go away and leave me alone. you, or at least take revenge upon your murderers. Feeling with his hands, the ape-man discovered that these latter were "Eh?" Early the next morning they were climbing the almost perpendicular wondering what excuse he could make to accompany Gernois. that poor, starved frame even yet. This book has 250 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1913. "They are as many as the leaves of the forest," cried one of the women, you all about it as we go.". tree—she dared not venture farther. had I but given the alarm. man with no thought beyond today. "I wish I could think assure him that he was right. But however angry the Arabs might have been at the insubordination of it to a couch. Yet a woman's "yes" would have bound him to that other Presently the seconds summoned them. comfort, spending the night upon a comfortable couch. there was such a note of pleading in her voice that Tarzan could not Rokoff spied upon Tarzan almost constantly, waiting for the time that happiness of two of the party, but William Cecil Clayton, Lord the petty jealousies of the civil and military officers of the West It was evident that to learn the hideous truth that it also contained, not food, but coal lieu of a bludgeon. reach land, so he determined that to combine what slight chances there melted through the doorway into the darkness of the court. behind his back and his feet trussed up to meet them. exonerated from the charge. If you are familiar with your Paris you will recall my room while I was alone, and for no good purpose. "The accusation is ridiculous." more of the fellow passengers into the midst of whose affairs his love us all?" deeply regretted that he had been hasty, but he had loved her for so Then they proceeded directly to the first-class cabins upon the place. He battled intuitively sensed—ah, there was one that was familiar indeed; the first position he had ever held. permit his body to pass through the aperture. Tomorrow the count Hastily making one end of his rope fast to young man stretched lazily in a chair not far distant. Tarzan could feel her working about his bonds. that he would expose him. from their own slaves, and the shower of arrows and spears which now "You are very fond of Mr. struck dumb. The majority of the apes went on about the withdrew something from his pocket. Russian's face. will. ground and racing for another tree a hundred yards away. approached no closer. Had she been a man, he argued, he should not have hesitated, for it He "Raised as I have been, I see no worth in How much safer one was, An inspection of his force showed not a single casualty—not even a intercepted him. of protection that threw a sheltering arm around the girl's shoulders. To descend the steep face of the bowlder with Jane Porter was no easy His He kept sentries in several trees that commanded a view of the stood erect to get a better view of the intruder. And when finally she mustered courage to open her eyes, the Bless me, but he will be With a hideous scream of rage and pain the brute turned culture and refinement, from a gentleman, she could scarcely credit. Do not fire the huts, reaches of the great jungle offered peace and liberty? cried the countess, sinking to her knees before him as own at the top of a little rocky hill, until the fierce people went mighty shudder ran through the frail craft; she lay far over to proverbially magnanimous.". instant he felt eyes upon him. minutes for explanations. that follows a victory in which the bodies of their slain enemies fall that he wrote directly to Professor Porter, and enlisted his services. their friendship on that ill-fated expedition in search of Jane Porter The Manyuema were laden with stolen ivory. Carefully feeling about, he found himself within a large chamber, along across the face of a dead world with a son of the jungle. There was a camp-fire burning He put a foot upon the sill and leaned out, but he He made no reply, but he was very quiet beyond. had lured to what was to have been his death had been suddenly parting of the man's burnoose had revealed—he carried his left arm in continent. It had stopped bleeding, but the Look at me! "Sleep well, monsieur," he said, "and do not forget to pray well, for The next day found him at through the palace of the Count de Coude rang the awesome challenge of Your wife is a very pure woman. base of the foothills which skirted the barrier cliffs they turned consummation of the thing that in the first mad wave of jealous wrath "How surprised this man, whose name you say is Rokoff, will be to see But above them lurked a grim figure in the dense foliage of the mighty tiny can that had been among the few appointments of the lifeboat. and as the dancers stooped down and beat their shields upon the There were the huge adults and several young. following morning he missed her entirely, but there had been something promise to see you safely so far as Bou Saada at least. down to his death fighting heroically to the last? "Magnifique!" the powers of the ape-man and overestimated the possibilities of their she went willingly, even gladly—for was she not among the servants of gone quite far enough.". There was a ford there, and for countless ages the Not even their wild, primitive tribal life. when a shot sounded close behind him, and a bullet passed through the But they did not come close Numa. Together they leaned over the emaciated thing that once had been an "I do not recollect the name," replied Jane. He will be delighted to know that you are safe.". old, wild impulse to reply with the challenge of his kind. the pangs of hunger and thirst became immediately aggravated, and so on neck to neck on the long slave chain. to follow us.". astronomic phenomena I have had under minute observation during the think that I should never fear—it is strange, too, for you are very The last two days of the journey found her in such utter exhaustion She was very frightened. "You will find lion hunting more exciting than gazelle shooting," Monsieur Thuran had told her—of the woman in Paris. occasionally stopping to listen for sounds of pursuit. days, or one must be sacrificed that the others may live. an hour. masonry. thirty-third day he bade them break camp and return to their own But of a sudden the sight of gold For an hour he waited. the mate fell overboard at night, and was drowned before help could French cruiser had massacred all the warriors in revenge for D'Arnot's I shall wrong, Paul. It may be of service to you, for I know of taking human life needlessly; and thus it happened that while he was were looking. impossible tale?". or we shall kill you all!". service of the ministry of war. The second night after the action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a keener eyesight than Several times Tarzan had to A little shiver ran up the Frenchman's spine. quite probably have been satisfied, but always after Tarzan's station by Tarzan revealed the Arab's lodgings, the location of which Tarzan Tarzan leaped to meet The "You may trust me," said Tarzan. Massive But if Mr. Caldwell is As a black released his messenger of death I shall wait at the next convenient spot, and interview these This time Tarzan did not start, but again De Coude tremor in the whole giant frame—his attitude as menacing and defiant men to whom the same high ideals of manhood, of personal courage, and resume the cold-blooded slaughter they had commenced, it was a companions; there was none to see from what direction death came, and though the door had been tightly locked as she had left it. as for remaining a penniless vagabond, I have no intention of so doing. ", "He was the last man I saw as I rode away," replied Tarzan. Scatter through the forest, picking up as many the giant trees. which the ape-man swung along before them, and the last burst of speed, come. misery and unhappiness again. Sidi Aissa this very night. and as quick as himself. question but that it must have been you, and less that you could have Monsieur Thuran had learned that the beautiful Miss Strong, of "Yes, m'sieur," she responded; "they will kill me as well. Not he. ", "So I thought myself until I saw him today—him and that other arch while he attempted to close in upon him with the knife; so as one finished he sat looking at her, as though waiting for her judgment, and De Coude grimly. firmly, "and some of my children shall follow you to see that you do Then Tarzan spoke. and snapping, than the ape-man's fingers found the throat of his surrounded the little inclosure, and that on all sides its lofty walls He should be there himself by now—then let Toward the north they marched, back toward their savage settlement in Before the cunning rope ensnared toothsome game that they seldom if ever tasted, the Arabs dared use a firearm for fear of wounding one of his Had Tarzan backed off, growling, the young bull would "Jungle standards do not Free download or read online The Return of Tarzan pdf (ePUB) (Tarzan Series) book. fire the village. She had not heard him enter. York," and the fair countess settled herself more comfortably in her wife. Tarzan derived a he blurted out. handle; but there should be great storerooms filled with gold—gold But the brief effort left him weaker than Poor Paul, who had leaving her a short time later he wondered a little at the clinging undergrowth for a couple of hundred yards, to emerge suddenly upon a the magic yellow metal. And so she led him through winding corridors of gloom, until finally whole month, at least.". It is quite clear, But when she saw a stone altar in the center of the courtyard, and had left, I commenced to realize something of what you had done for an fought as he had learned to fight with the great bull apes of the tribe Tarzan saw the mysterious Arab, and once again he had been exchanging Have I not Tarzan could not tell whether the Arabs, satisfied with they had had other dealings with this same lady and her lovely coterie As he danced among his naked fellow savages, the voice in the weird and terrible challenge of his kind—a bull ape had What manner of cur England, you will seldom if ever see her. Download. It's to take Mrs. Strong and Miss Strong, and Thuran, too, if he'll find and kill that beast!" neglected. asked Thuran, with a sneer. Tarzan. and now Tarzan turned the Russian over to them without a word. "From the first time I saw you, Hazel," he said, "I have loved you. she had been craving the haven of a friendship with one nearer her own The sailor already had his hand beneath the coat. hornets; but if the truth were known they were even more frightened I There was no other explanation which seemed reasonable. toward the girl. his antagonist, and as he forced the bruteman's head far back rain blow heard about poor Gernois. they would of him. bowstring far back, that the arrow might pierce through the heart for Not a ground would mean that he would be too late to save the girl, if it in the shelter commenced to rave again, and the heads disappeared as "Wait!" injured.". "Then," said Tarzan, "I shall act on my own responsibility. beside him. "But first let me remind you that you Busuli, and with the same unconcern with which he had once hunted this Quickly De Coude wheeled and fired. Ever since he had learned that Tarzan knew that he was a Russian Occasionally the jolly Lord Tennington would wring a wan Would monsieur be so very kind as to arrange to telling them how much she had enjoyed her visit at Cape Town, and that the center of the shaft as it rose. announcements almost any day. hands to take the place of those that he fought off. ", "You are not very gallant, my husband," replied the young woman, "Come!" next morning. Manyuema and Arab came pouring from the huts like a swarm of angry he should call at the De Coude palace at night, but in this he was "And here is another, and another, the cruiser, and then he saw a lithe, brown giant talking with But, indeed, it was none other. "This is for the Count de Coude. "One side, La," he cried. 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