Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
His Own Kind
Thisman,Snipes,hadassumedtheroleofchiefsincehehadkilledtheirformerleader,andsolittletimehadelapsedthatnoneofhiscompanionshadasyetquestionedhisauthority.
Clayton’sonlyresponsewasashrugoftheshoulders,butasheleftthemhepickedupthespearwhichhadtransfixedSnipes,andthusprimitivelyarmed,thesonofthethenLordGreystokestrodeintothedensejungle.
Everyfewmomentshecalledaloudthenamesofthewanderers.Thewatchersinthecabinbythebeachheardthesoundofhisvoicegrowingeverfainterandfainter,untilatlastitwasswallowedupbythemyriadnoisesoftheprimevalwood.
WhenProfessorArchimedesQ.Porterandhisassistant,SamuelT.Philander,aftermuchinsistenceonthepartofthelatter,hadfinallyturnedtheirstepstowardcamp,theywereascompletelylostinthewildandtangledlabyrinthofthemattedjungleastwohumanbeingswellcouldbe,thoughtheydidnotknowit.
ItwasbythemerestcapriceoffortunethattheyheadedtowardthewestcoastofAfrica,insteadoftowardZanzibarontheoppositesideofthedarkcontinent.
Wheninashorttimetheyreachedthebeach,onlytofindnocampinsight,Philanderwaspositivethattheywerenorthoftheirproperdestination,while,asamatteroffacttheywereabouttwohundredyardssouthofit.
