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 THE $| j i t
RETURN
OF
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EDGAR
RICE
BURROUGHS
THE RETURN
o f TARZAN
By
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

W H I T M A N P U B L I S H I N G CO
RACINE, WISCONSIN
 C O P Y R I G H T , 1936, B Y
E p G A R RIC E B U R R O U G H S , IN C .
T A R Z A N A , C A L IF .

PRINTED IN U .S .A .
 T A B L E OF CO NTENTS

Chapter Page
I Trapped by Apaches............... 9
II Set Upon by A rabs...................... 38
III Fired at in the D ark................ 64
IV Attacked by a Lion.................. 90
V Thrown Into a S e a ...................118
VI A t the Mercy of Num a______ 142
V II Opposed by an Elephant..........174
V III Made King of the Blacks..........210
IX Caught by Sun Priests..............242
X L eft in Pitch Blackness............282
XI Among the Great A pes............308
X II A t the Sacrificial A ltar............330
X III Clayton’s F a te ........................... 362
X IV Back to Civilization.................. 392
A Young Man Stood by the Rail
THE RETURN OF TARZAN

CHAPTEE ONE

Trapped by Apaches
A.G REAT ocean liner was near­
ing France. Aboard her, standing
by the rail, a nattily dressed young
man gazed thoughtfully over the
water. Few would have recognized
him, but he was none other than
Tarzan o f the Apes.
9
10 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

Returning home to his A frican

jungle after spending the past few
weeks with Jane Parker and her
American friends, Tarzan won­
dered if he had acted wisely, for he
had renounced his birthright and
the woman he loved to a man to
whom he owed nothing.
Tarzan’s thoughts drifted from
the past to the future. He tried
to look forw ard anxiously to the
scenes of his birth and childhood.
Who would welcome him, he won-
A Savage Denizen o f the Jungle
12 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

dered. Only Tantor, the elephant,

could he call friend. The other in­
habitants o f the jungle would hunt
him or flee from him as they had
in the past. Tarzan knew that even
the apes o f his own tribe would not
extend the hand o f fellowship. Be­
cause civilization had suddenly be­
come distasteful to him, he longed
fo r the old jungle life. Yet he looked
with little relish upon the future
he had mapped out for himself.
One day, while sitting in the
The Apes W ould Flee From Him
14 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

smoking salon o f the ship, Tarzan

was deeply engrossed in his own
thoughts. Raising his eyes at a
slight disturbance which broke his
serenity, he saw reflected in a mir­
ror the images of four men playing
cards. Sharp words were being ex­
changed. Tarzan was at once all
attention.
Suddenly one o f the men sprang
up. His eyes flashed angrily as he
leaned across the table and struck
another full in the face— evidently
The Man W a s Struck in the Face
16 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

fo r playing dishonestly.
Tarzan arose as the two other
men closed in between the dispu­
tants. As the guilty one tried to
sneak away, he saw his exit barred
by Tarzan’s tall figure.
Tarzan dragged the villain back
to his astonished victims.
“ I saw him cheating,” Tarzan
told them as the man struggled in
his grasp.
He learned that the man was
Nikolas Rokoff, a scoundrel.
Tarzan Dragged the Villain Back
18 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

Leaving the men to settle the

matter between themselves, Tarzan
thought no more of the incident.
But Tarzan was to find that he had
made a desperate enemy by this
encounter.
The next day the liner docked
and Tarzan left for Paris. On his
arrival he immediately went to the
apartment o f his friend d’Arnot,
who was overjoyed to see him.
D ’Arnot never could forget that
Tarzan had once saved him from
He Had Been at the Mercy of Cannibals
20 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

cannibals in far-off Africa.

The two friends spent the next
few weeks enjoying the sights o f
Paris. This easy life soon became
tiresome to Tarzan, whose muscles
yearned for action, and at his re­
quest d’Arnot promised to get a
commission for him.
One evening Tarzan went to a
music hall. He had an uncanny feel­
ing he was being watched. During
a dancing act he turned around
abruptly and caught a glimpse o f
The Stranger Slunk Away
22 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

evil, black eyes fastened upon him.

The stranger slunk away and Tar-
zan thought no more o f the matter.
When Tarzan left the music hall
it was nearly midnight. The night
was clear and cool. He waited for
a cab, but none was in sight. As it
was a beautiful evening, Tarzan
decided to walk to his hotel.
He decided to go by way of the
narrow, forbidding precints of the
Rue Maule. Because it was very
quiet and very dark, it reminded
A Woman Screamed for Help
24 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

him o f his beloved jungle.

As he proceeded through the
dense shadows of the squalid tene­
ments lining the dismal way, the
midnight stillness was broken by a
woman’s fearful cry for help.
Tarzan froze in his tracks. Cast­
ing about for the source of the call,
his gaze wandered up to the third
floor o f the building opposite.
Framed against the window, stood
the figure o f a woman.
W ith o u t h e s ita tio n , T a rz a n
Tarzan Entered the Room
26 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

bounded up the stairs to her rescue.

His acute sense o f hearing led him
to a door behind which he heard
the same appeal that had lured him
from the street. He pushed open
the door and found himself in the
center o f a dimly lighted room. A
dirty oil lamp cast its dull rays
over a dozen rough-looking men.
The pitiful figure of a young
woman cowered against the wall.
“ Help, monsieur,” she appealed
to Tarzan. “ They are killing me.”
The Man Tried to Sneak Away
28 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

Tarzan looked at the crafty, evil

faces and beheld with amazement a
man sneaking stealthily from the
room. He recognized him as Rokoff.
It was a trap — the woman had
screamed to lure Tarzan here.
Then, warned by the sly look on
the escaping man’s face, he turned
around abruptly— just in time to

with an upraised club. ,

see a burly brute o f a man poised

The others, drawing gleaming

knives, rushed toward Tarzan. But
H e Felled the Man in His Tracks
30 R E T U R N OF T A R Z A N

the brain and muscles that had

coped with the mighty strength of
apes and lions, was not to be easily
subdued by the Apaches o f Paris.
Tarzan the ape man charged full
upon his most formidable antago­
nist— the man with the club. Dodg­
ing the descending weapon, he
caught the man a terrific blow that
felled him in his tracks.
Then he turned upon the others.
This was sport. Tarzan reveled
in the jo y o f battle and the lust of
Tarzan Reveled in the Joy of Battlei
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