Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
His Own Kind
Itneveroccurredtoeitheroftheseimpracticaltheoriststocallaloudonthechanceofattractingtheirfriends’attention.Instead,withalltheassurancethatdeductivereasoningfromawrongpremiseinducesinone,Mr.SamuelT.PhilandergraspedProfessorArchimedesQ.PorterfirmlybythearmandhurriedtheweaklyprotestingoldgentlemanoffinthedirectionofCapeTown,fifteenhundredmilestothesouth.
WhenJaneandEsmeraldafoundthemselvessafelybehindthecabindoortheNegress’sfirstthoughtwastobarricadetheportalfromtheinside.Withthisideainmindsheturnedtosearchforsomemeansofputtingitintoexecution;butherfirstviewoftheinteriorofthecabinbroughtashriekofterrortoherlips,andlikeafrightenedchildthehugewomanrantoburyherfaceonhermistress’shoulder.
Jane,turningatthecry,sawthecauseofitlyingproneuponthefloorbeforethem—thewhitenedskeletonofaman.Afurtherglancerevealedasecondskeletonuponthebed.
"Whathorribleplacearewein?"murmuredtheawe-struckgirl.Buttherewasnopanicinherfright.
Atlast,disengagingherselffromthefranticclutchofthestillshriekingEsmeralda,Janecrossedtheroomtolookintothelittlecradle,knowingwhatsheshouldseethereevenbeforethetinyskeletondiscloseditselfinallitspitifulandpatheticfrailty
