The Beasts of Tarzan

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t neither the police nor the special agents of the general staff have the faintest conception of

at in silence in the apartments of his friend, Lieutenant Paul D'Ar

is arch-enemy from the French military prison to which he ha

nd he realized that what the man had already done would doubtless be as nothing

forts and dangers of the rainy season upon their vast estate in Uziri-the land of

of the Russian's escape had already cast a shadow upon his outing, so that though

hers to consider. Unless I misjudge the man, he would more quickly strike at me through my wife or son than directly at me, for he doubtless realizes

lking together in a little cottage upon the outskir

of long confinement within doors, had but a few days' growt

on the instant. We must separate here in the hour, and when we meet again upon the deck of the Kincaid, let us hop

night, if you follow my instructions carefully, you should arrive with the othe

they have gone to such lengths to conceal the fact of my escape for these many days that I have had ample opportunity to work out every detail of o

mounted the steps to the apa

" he said to the servant who an

ng for the message, carried it within to Tarzan

nvelope, and as he rea

nding the slip of paper to D

took the tel

through complicity of new s

station and ran up the steps to his London town house he

ated all that she had been able

orner of the street. The woman had paid but passing attention to the vehicle, merely noting that it discharged no passenge

oke house, saying that the girl's mistress wished to speak with her for a m

es until she had reached the doorway of the house, when it occurred to her to warn

was wheeling the carriage rapidly toward the corner, and at the same time she saw

hriek she dashed down the steps and up the walk toward the taxicab,

start his machine, but it was evident that something had gone wrong, as though the gears refused to mesh, and the delay caused by this, while he pus

ighting, she had clung to her position even after the taxicab had got under way; nor was it until the machine had passed th

, as well as from the Greystoke home. Lady Greystoke had witnessed the girl's brave ba

of the man at the bottom of the plot until her husband told her of the escape of Ni

to pursue, the telephone bell rang in the library at t

d a man's voice at the

es

e who took him. In fact, I was a party to it, and was to share in the reward, but now they are trying to ditch me, and to be qui

is hidden," replied the ape-man,

et me, for it is enough that I must trust you. I cannot t

may I meet you

of a public-house on the water-front

safe enough in the meantime, and I can then lead you secretly to where he is hidden. But be sure to come

aracters who might be agents of the police, I shall not meet y

words the m

it might result in the man's carrying out his threat of refusing to aid them if Tarzan did not come alone, and so they p

tined to pass through before they should meet

y back and forth across the silken rugs of the library. Her mother heart ach

accordance with the mysterious stranger's summons, her intuition would not permit

ght be but a ruse to keep them inactive until the boy was safely hidden away or spirited out of Englan

error. Instantly it became a conviction. She glanced at the

nother, later, however, that would bring her to the Channel port in time to r

ons rapidly. Ten minutes later she was being whisked t

d "pub" on the water-front in Dover. As he passed into the evil-

d!" whispered

nified with the title of thoroughfare. Once outside, the fellow led the way into the darkness

e boy?" aske

se lights you can just see

n as one whom he had ever before seen. Had he guessed that his guide was Alexis Paulvitch he would have re

exception of a couple of members of the crew, whom I have furnished with enough gin to silence them effectually f

an n

bout it, th

ward the steamer. The black smoke issuing from her funnel did not at the time make any suggestion to Tarzan's mind

above them, and up this the two men crept stealthily. Once on

m, as there is less chance that he will cry in fright than should he

ll the conditions surrounding the Kincaid. That her deck was deserted, though she had steam up, and from

anity in his arms, the ape-man swung down into the darkness below. Scarcely had he releas

his son he had himself fallen into the hands of his enemies. Though he immedi

oned off from the main hold, with the hatch above his head the only means of ingress or egress. It

no other occupant. If the child was on b

haunts without human companionship of any nature. He had learned at the most impression

him, though not by any means without an eye to doing the utmost to succour himself. To this end he examined his pr

e suddenly to him the vibration of machi

here to and to what fa

there came to his ears above the din of the engines

deck above him rang the sc