description to the general of the many attributes possessed by the
ape-man which should fit him for the work of the service.

A half hour later Tarzan walked out of the office the possessor
of the first position he had ever held. On the morrow he was to
return for further instructions, though General Rochere had made it
quite plain that Tarzan might prepare to leave Paris for an almost
indefinite period, possibly on the morrow.

It was with feelings of the keenest elation that he hastened home
to bear the good news to D'Arnot. At last he was to be of some
value in the world. He was to earn money, and, best of all, to
travel and see the world.

He could scarcely wait to get well inside D'Arnot's sitting room
before he burst out with the glad tidings. D'Arnot was not so
pleased.

"It seems to delight you to think that you are to leave Paris, and
that we shall not see each other for months, perhaps. Tarzan, you
are a most ungrateful beast!" and D'Arnot laughed.

"No, Paul; I am a little child. I have a new toy, and I am tickled
to death."

And so it came that on the following day Tarzan left Paris en route
for Marseilles and Oran.