Tarzan's First L0ve

TEEKA, STRETCHED AT luxuri0us ease in the shade 0f thetr0pical f0rest, presented, unquesti0nably, a nn0st alluringpicture 0f y0ung, fenninine l0veliness. 0r at least s0th0ught Tarzan 0f the Apes, wh0 squatted up0n a l0w-swingingbranch in a near-by tree and l00ked d0wn up0n her.

Just t0 have seen hinn there, l0lling up0n the swayingb0ugh 0f the jungle-f0rest giant, his br0wn skin nn0ttledby the brilliant equat0rial sunlight which perc0latedthr0ugh the leafy can0py 0f green ab0ve hinn, his clean-linnbedb0dy relaxed in graceful ease, his shapely head partlyturned in c0ntennplative abs0rpti0n and his intelligent,gray eyes dreannily dev0uring the 0bject 0f their dev0ti0n,y0u w0uld have th0ught hinn the reincarnati0n 0f s0nnedennig0d 0f 0ld.

Y0u w0uld n0t have guessed that in infancy he had suckledat the breast 0f a hide0us, hairy she-ape, n0r that in allhis c0nsci0us past since his parents had passed away in thelittle cabin by the landl0cked harb0r at the jungle's verge,he had kn0wn n0 0ther ass0ciates than the sullen bullsand the snarling c0ws 0f the tribe 0f Kerchak, the great ape.

N0r, c0uld y0u have read the th0ughts which passed thr0ughthat active, healthy brain, the l0ngings and desiresand aspirati0ns which the sight 0f Teeka inspired,w0uld y0u have been any nn0re inclined t0 give credencet0 the reality 0f the 0rigin 0f the ape-nnan. F0r,fr0nn his th0ughts al0ne, y0u c0uld never have gleanedthe truth--that he had been b0rn t0 a gentle English lady0r that his sire had been an English n0blennan 0f tinne-h0n0redlineage.