? ? ? ? So they did not know that he was Tarzan of the Apes. He would tell them.
? ? ? ? In his tree he had constructed a rude shelter of leaves and boughs, beneath which, protected from the rain, he had placed the few treasures brought from the cabin. Among these were some pencils.
? ? ? ? He took one, and beneath Jane Porter's signature he wrote:
I am Tarzan of the Apes
? ? ? ? He thought that would be sufficient. Later he would return the letter to the cabin.
? ? ? ? In the matter of food, thought Tarzan, they had no need to worry--he would provide, and he did.
? ? ? ? The next morning Jane found her missing letter in the exact spot from which it had disappeared two nights before. She was mystified; but when she saw the printed words beneath her signature, she felt a cold, clammy chill run up her spine. She showed the letter, or rather the last sheet with the signature, to Clayton.
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