{"product_id":"2940012859914","title":"The Beasts of Tarzan","description":"CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1  Kidnapped\u003cbr\u003e  2  Marooned\u003cbr\u003e  3  Beasts at Bay\u003cbr\u003e  4  Sheeta\u003cbr\u003e  5  Mugambi\u003cbr\u003e  6  A Hideous Crew\u003cbr\u003e  7  Betrayed\u003cbr\u003e  8  The Dance of Death\u003cbr\u003e  9  Chivalry or Villainy\u003cbr\u003e 10  The Swede\u003cbr\u003e 11  Tambudza\u003cbr\u003e 12  A Black Scoundrel\u003cbr\u003e 13  Escape\u003cbr\u003e 14  Alone in the Jungle\u003cbr\u003e 15  Down the Ugambi\u003cbr\u003e 16  In the Darkness of the Night\u003cbr\u003e 17  On the Deck of the \"Kincaid\"\u003cbr\u003e 18  Paulvitch Plots Revenge\u003cbr\u003e 19  The Last of the \"Kincaid\"\u003cbr\u003e 20  Jungle Island Again\u003cbr\u003e 21  The Law of the Jungle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKidnapped\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The entire affair is shrouded in mystery,\" said D'Arnot.  \"I have it\u003cbr\u003eon the best of authority that neither the police nor the special agents\u003cbr\u003eof the general staff have the faintest conception of how it was\u003cbr\u003eaccomplished.  All they know, all that anyone knows, is that Nikolas\u003cbr\u003eRokoff has escaped.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Clayton, Lord Greystoke--he who had been \"Tarzan of the Apes\"--sat\u003cbr\u003ein silence in the apartments of his friend, Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot, in\u003cbr\u003eParis, gazing meditatively at the toe of his immaculate boot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis mind revolved many memories, recalled by the escape of his\u003cbr\u003earch-enemy from the French military prison to which he had been\u003cbr\u003esentenced for life upon the testimony of the ape-man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe thought of the lengths to which Rokoff had once gone to compass his\u003cbr\u003edeath, and he realized that what the man had already done would\u003cbr\u003edoubtless be as nothing by comparison with what he would wish and plot\u003cbr\u003eto do now that he was again free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTarzan had recently brought his wife and infant son to London to escape\u003cbr\u003ethe discomforts and dangers of the rainy season upon their vast estate\u003cbr\u003ein Uziri--the land of the savage Waziri warriors whose broad African\u003cbr\u003edomains the ape-man had once ruled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had run across the Channel for a brief visit with his old friend,\u003cbr\u003ebut the news of the Russian's escape had already cast a shadow upon his\u003cbr\u003eouting, so that though he had but just arrived he was already\u003cbr\u003econtemplating an immediate return to London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is not that I fear for myself, Paul,\" he said at last.   \"Many\u003cbr\u003etimes in the past have I thwarted Rokoff's designs upon my life; but\u003cbr\u003enow there are others to consider.  Unless I misjudge the man, he would\u003cbr\u003emore quickly strike at me through my wife or son than directly at me,\u003cbr\u003efor he doubtless realizes that in no other way could he inflict greater\u003cbr\u003eanguish upon me.  I must go back to them at once, and remain with them\u003cbr\u003euntil Rokoff is recaptured--or dead.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs these two talked in Paris, two other men were talking together in a\u003cbr\u003elittle cottage upon the outskirts of London.   Both were dark,\u003cbr\u003esinister-looking men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne was bearded, but the other, whose face wore the pallor of long\u003cbr\u003econfinement within doors, had but a few days' growth of black beard\u003cbr\u003eupon his face.  It was he who was speaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You must needs shave off that beard of yours, Alexis,\" he said to his\u003cbr\u003ecompanion.  \"With it he would recognize you on the instant.  We must\u003cbr\u003eseparate here in the hour, and when we meet again upon the deck of the\u003cbr\u003eKincaid, let us hope that we shall have with us two honoured guests who\u003cbr\u003elittle anticipate the pleasant voyage we have planned for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In two hours I should be upon my way to Dover with one of them, and by\u003cbr\u003etomorrow night, if you follow my instructions carefully, you should\u003cbr\u003earrive with the other, provided, of course, that he returns to London\u003cbr\u003eas quickly as I presume he will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There should be both profit and pleasure as well as other good things\u003cbr\u003eto reward our efforts, my dear Alexis.  Thanks to the stupidity of the\u003cbr\u003eFrench, they have gone to such lengths to conceal the fact of my escape\u003cbr\u003efor these many days that I have had ample opportunity to work out every\u003cbr\u003edetail of our little adventure so carefully that there is little chance\u003cbr\u003eof the slightest hitch occurring to mar our prospects.  And now\u003cbr\u003egood-bye, and good luck!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree hours later a messenger mounted the steps to the apartment of\u003cbr\u003eLieutenant D'Arnot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A telegram for Lord Greystoke,\" he said to the servant who answered\u003cbr\u003ehis summons.  \"Is he here?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man answered in the affirmative, and, signing for the message,\u003cbr\u003ecarried it within to Tarzan, who was already preparing to depart for\u003cbr\u003eLondon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTarzan tore open the envelope, and as he read his face went white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Read it, Paul,\" he said, handing the slip of paper to D'Arnot.  \"It\u003cbr\u003ehas come already.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Frenchman took the telegram and read:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jack stolen from the garden through complicity of new servant.  Come\u003cbr\u003eat once.--JANE.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078912786672,"sku":"2940012859914","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012859914_p0.jpg?v=1763573282","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012859914","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}