Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян

His Own Kind

           

           Itneveroccurredtoeitheroftheseimpracticaltheoriststocallaloudonthechanceofattractingtheirfriends’attention.Instead,withalltheassurancethatdeductivereasoningfromawrongpremiseinducesinone,Mr.SamuelT.PhilandergraspedProfessorArchimedesQ.PorterfirmlybythearmandhurriedtheweaklyprotestingoldgentlemanoffinthedirectionofCapeTown,fifteenhundredmilestothesouth.

           WhenJaneandEsmeraldafoundthemselvessafelybehindthecabindoortheNegress’sfirstthoughtwastobarricadetheportalfromtheinside.Withthisideainmindsheturnedtosearchforsomemeansofputtingitintoexecution;butherfirstviewoftheinteriorofthecabinbroughtashriekofterrortoherlips,andlikeafrightenedchildthehugewomanrantoburyherfaceonhermistress’shoulder.

           Jane,turningatthecry,sawthecauseofitlyingproneuponthefloorbeforethemthewhitenedskeletonofaman.Afurtherglancerevealedasecondskeletonuponthebed.

           "Whathorribleplacearewein?"murmuredtheawe-struckgirl.Buttherewasnopanicinherfright.

           Atlast,disengagingherselffromthefranticclutchofthestillshriekingEsmeralda,Janecrossedtheroomtolookintothelittlecradle,knowingwhatsheshouldseethereevenbeforethetinyskeletondiscloseditselfinallitspitifulandpatheticfrailty

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