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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"The Son Of Tarzan"

He wouldn't come to you in his savage leopard skin and his nakedness--he sent me to fetch him civilized clothing."


? ? ? ? She clapped her hands in ecstasy, and turned to run toward the bungalow. "Wait!" she cried over her shoulder. "I have all his little suits--I have saved them all. I will bring one to you."


? ? ? ? Tarzan laughed and called to her to stop.


? ? ? ? "The only clothing on the place that will fit him," he said, "is mine--if it isn't too small for him--your little boy has grown, Jane."


? ? ? ? She laughed, too; she felt like laughing at everything, or at nothing. The world was all love and happiness and joy once more--the world that had been shrouded in the gloom of her great sorrow for so many years. So great was her joy that for the moment she forgot the sad message that awaited Meriem. She called to Tarzan after he had ridden away to prepare her for it, but he did not hear and rode on without knowing himself what the event was to which his wife referred.


? ? ? ? And so, an hour later, Korak, The Killer, rode home to his mother--the mother whose image had never faded in his boyish heart--and found in her arms and her eyes the love and forgiveness that he plead for.


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