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"John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, my lord," she said.
The Englishman looked his astonishment in spite of his most herculean efforts to appear courteous, and it
required many repetitions of the strange story of the ape-man as told by himself, Jane Porter, and
Lieutenant D'Arnot to convince Lord Tennington that they were not all quite mad.
At sunset they buried William Cecil Clayton beside the jungle graves of his uncle and his aunt, the former
Lord and Lady Greystoke. And it was at Tarzan's request that three volleys were fired over the last
resting place of "a brave man, who met his death bravely."
Professor Porter, who in his younger days had been ordained a minister, conducted the simple services
for the dead. About the grave, with bowed heads, stood as strange a company of mourners as the sun
ever looked down upon. There were French officers and sailors, two English lords, Americans, and a
score of savage African braves.
Following the funeral Tarzan asked Captain Dufranne to delay the sailing of the cruiser a couple of days
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while he went inland a few miles to fetch his "belongings," and the officer gladly granted the favor.
Late the next afternoon Tarzan and his Waziri returned with the first load of "belongings," and when the
party saw the ancient ingots of virgin gold they swarmed upon the ape- man with a thousand questions;
but he was smilingly obdurate to their appeals--he declined to give them the slightest clew as to the
source of his immense treasure. "There are a thousand that I left behind," he explained, "for every one
that I brought away, and when these are spent I may wish to return for more."
The next day he returned to camp with the balance of his ingots, and when they were stored on board
the cruiser Captain Dufranne said he felt like the commander of an old- time Spanish galleon returning
from the treasure cities of the Aztecs. "I don't know what minute my crew will cut my throat, and take
over the ship," he added.
The next morning, as they were preparing to embark upon the cruiser, Tarzan ventured a suggestion to
Jane Porter.
"Wild beasts are supposed to be devoid of sentiment," he said, "but nevertheless I should like to be
married in the cabin where I was born, beside the graves of my mother and my father, and surrounded by
the savage jungle that always has been my home."
"Would it be quite regular, dear?" she asked. "For if it would I know of no other place in which I should
rather be married to my forest god than beneath the shade of his primeval forest."
And when they spoke of it to the others they were assured that it would be quite regular, and a most
splendid termination of a remarkable romance. So the entire party assembled within the little cabin and
about the door to witness the second ceremony that Professor Porter was to solemnize within three days.
D'Arnot was to be best man, and Hazel Strong bridesmaid, until Tennington upset all the arrangements
by another of his marvelous "ideas."
"If Mrs. Strong is agreeable," he said, taking the bridesmaid's hand in his, "Hazel and I think it would be
ripping to make it a double wedding."
The next day they sailed, and as the cruiser steamed slowly out to sea a tall man, immaculate in white
flannel, and a graceful girl leaned against her rail to watch the receding shore line upon which danced
twenty naked, black warriors of the Waziri, waving their war spears above their savage heads, and
shouting farewells to their departing king.
"I should hate to think that I am looking upon the jungle for the last time, dear," he said, "were it not that
I know that I am going to a new world of happiness with you forever," and, bending down, Tarzan of the
Apes kissed his mate upon her lips.
Table of Contents
Chapter I The Affair on the Liner
Chapter 2 Forging Bonds of Hate and ----?
Chapter 3 What Happened in the Rue Maule
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Chapter 4 The Countess Explains
Chapter 5 The Plot That Failed
Chapter 6 A Duel
Chapter 7 The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa
Chapter 8 The Fight in the Desert
Chapter 9 Numa "El Adrea"
Chapter 10 Through the Valley of the Shadow
Chapter 11 John Caldwell, London
Chapter 12 Ships That Pass
Chapter 13 The Wreck of the "Lady Alice"
Chapter 14 Back to the Primitive
Chapter 15 From Ape to Savage
Chapter 16 The Ivory Raiders
Chapter 17 The White Chief of the Waziri
Chapter 18 The Lottery of Death
Chapter 19 The City of Gold
Chapter 20 La
Chapter 21 The Castaways
Chapter 22 The Treasure Vaults of Opar
Chapter 23 The Fifty Frightful Men
Chapter 24 How Tarzan Came Again to Opar
Chapter 25 Through the Forest Primeval
Chapter 26 The Passing of the Ape-Man
The Return Of Tarzan
by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Text from Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.net).
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