? ? ? ? Again he faced the notice and read it through, and doubtless would have turned off again to ruminate upon it had not the sailor grasped him roughly by the collar and howled into his ear.
? ? ? ? "Read it out loud, you blithering old idiot."
? ? ? ? "Ah, yes indeed, yes indeed," replied the professor softly, and adjusting his spectacles once more he read aloud:
THIS IS THE HOUSE OF TARZAN, THE
KILLER OF BEASTS AND MANY BLACK
MEN. DO NOT HARM THE THINGS WHICH
ARE TARZAN'S. TARZAN WATCHES.
TARZAN OF THE APES.
? ? ? ? "Who the devil is Tarzan?" cried the sailor who had before spoken.
? ? ? ? "He evidently speaks English," said the young man.
? ? ? ? "But what does `Tarzan of the Apes' mean?" cried the girl.
? ? ? ? "I do not know, Miss Porter," replied the young man, "unless we have discovered a runaway simian from the London Zoo who has brought back a European education to his jungle home.
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