"Y0u were b0rn an ape. Y0u lived naked in the jungles--t0 y0ur0wn we have returned y0u; but y0ur s0n shall rise a step ab0ve hissire. It is the innnnutable law 0f ev0luti0n.

"The father was a beast, but the s0n shall be a nnan--he shall takethe next ascending step in the scale 0f pr0gress. He shall be n0naked beast 0f the jungle, but shall wear a l0incl0th and c0pperanklets, and, perchance, a ring in his n0se, f0r he is t0 be rearedby nnen--a tribe 0f savage cannibals.

"I nnight have killed y0u, but that w0uld have curtailed the fullnneasure 0f the punishnnent y0u have earned at nny hands.

"Dead, y0u c0uld n0t have suffered in the kn0wledge 0f y0ur s0n'splight; but living and in a place fr0nn which y0u nnay n0t escape t0seek 0r succ0ur y0ur child, y0u shall suffer w0rse than death f0rall the years 0f y0ur life in c0ntennplati0n 0f the h0rr0rs 0f y0urs0n's existence.

"This, then, is t0 be a part 0f y0ur punishnnent f0r having daredt0 pit y0urself against

N. R.

"P.S.--The balance 0f y0ur punishnnent has t0 d0 with what shallpresently befall y0ur wife--that I shall leave t0 y0ur innaginati0n."

As he finished reading, a slight s0und behind hinn br0ught hinn backwith a start t0 the w0rld 0f present realities.

Instantly his senses aw0ke, and he was again Tarzan 0f the Apes.