Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
The Call of the Primitive
Twomoreattemptshemadetorejointhetribe,butoneachoccasionhewassetuponanddrivenaway.Atlasthegaveitup,andturned,foamingwithrageandhatred,intothejungle.
Forseveraldayshewanderedaimlessly,nursinghisspiteandlookingforsomeweakthingonwhichtoventhispentanger.
Itwasinthisstateofmindthatthehorrible,man-likebeast,swingingfromtreetotree,camesuddenlyupontwowomeninthejungle.
Hewasrightabovethemwhenhediscoveredthem.ThefirstintimationJanePorterhadofhispresencewaswhenthegreathairybodydroppedtotheearthbesideher,andshesawtheawfulfaceandthesnarling,hideousmouththrustwithinafootofher.
Onepiercingscreamescapedherlipsasthebrutehandclutchedherarm.Thenshewasdraggedtowardthoseawfulfangswhichyawnedatherthroat.Buteretheytouchedthatfairskinanothermoodclaimedtheanthropoid.
Thetribehadkepthiswomen.Hemustfindotherstoreplacethem.Thishairlesswhiteapewouldbethefirstofhisnewhousehold,andsohethrewherroughlyacrosshisbroad,hairyshouldersandleapedbackintothetrees,bearingJaneaway.
Esmeralda’sscreamofterrorhadmingledoncewiththatofJane,andthen,aswasEsmeralda’smannerunderstressofemergencywhichrequiredpresenceofmind,sheswooned.
ButJanedidnotonceloseconsciousness.
