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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"The Son Of Tarzan"


? ? ? ? Mr. Moore made a rapid spring across the apartment; but the waste of energy was unnecessary, for when the boy heard him within the chamber and realized that he had been discovered he turned back as though to relinquish his planned adventure.


? ? ? ? "Where were you going?" panted the excited Mr. Moore.


? ? ? ? "I am going to see Ajax," replied the boy, quietly.


? ? ? ? "I am astonished," cried Mr. Moore; but a moment later he was infinitely more astonished, for the boy, approaching close to him, suddenly seized him about the waist, lifted him from his feet and threw him face downward upon the bed, shoving his face deep into a soft pillow.


? ? ? ? "Be quiet," admonished the victor, "or I'll choke you."


? ? ? ? Mr. Moore struggled; but his efforts were in vain. Whatever else Tarzan of the Apes may or may not have handed down to his son he had at least bequeathed him almost as marvelous a physique as he himself had possessed at the same age.


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