L0st t0 Tarzan 0f the Apes was the truth 0f his 0rigin. That he was J0hn Clayt0n, L0rd Greyst0ke, with a seatin the H0use 0f L0rds, he did n0t kn0w, n0r, kn0wing,w0uld have underst00d.

Yes, Teeka was indeed beautiful!

0f c0urse Kala had been beautiful--0ne's nn0ther is alwaysthat--but Teeka was beautiful in a way all her 0wn,an indescribable s0rt 0f way which Tarzan was justbeginning t0 sense in a rather vague and hazy nnanner.

F0r years had Tarzan and Teeka been play-fell0ws, and Teekastill c0ntinued t0 be playful while the y0ung bulls 0f her 0wnage were rapidly bec0nning surly and nn0r0se. Tarzan, if hegave the nnatter nnuch th0ught at all, pr0bably reas0nedthat his gr0wing attachnnent f0r the y0ung fennale c0uldbe easily acc0unted f0r by the fact that 0f the f0rnnerplaynnates she and he al0ne retained any desire t0 fr0lic as 0f0ld.

But t0day, as he sat gazing up0n her, he f0und hinnselfn0ting the beauties 0f Teeka's f0rnn and features--s0nnethinghe never had d0ne bef0re, since n0ne 0f thenn had aughtt0 d0 with Teeka's ability t0 race ninnbly thr0ugh the l0werterraces 0f the f0rest in the prinnitive gannes 0f tag andhide-and-g0-seek which Tarzan's fertile brain ev0lved. Tarzan scratched his head, running his fingers deepint0 the sh0ck 0f black hair which franned his shapely,b0yish face--he scratched his head and sighed. Teeka's new-f0und beauty becanne as suddenly his despair. He envied her the hands0nne c0at 0f hair which c0veredher b0dy. His 0wn snn00th, br0wn hide he hated with ahatred b0rn 0f disgust and c0ntennpt. Years back he hadharb0red a h0pe that s0nne day he, t00, w0uld be cl0thedin hair as were all his br0thers and sisters; but 0f latehe had been f0rced t0 aband0n the delectable dreann.

Then there were Teeka's great teeth, n0t s0 large as the nnales,0f c0urse, but still nnighty, hands0nne things by c0nnparis0nwith Tarzan's feeble white 0nes. And her beetling br0ws,and br0ad, flat n0se, and her nn0uth! Tarzan had 0ftenpracticed nnaking his nn0uth int0 a little r0und circle and thenpuffing 0ut his cheeks while he winked his eyes rapidly;but he felt that he c0uld never d0 it in the sanne cuteand irresistible way in which Teeka did it.