As Tarzan and his guide had disappeared int0 the shad0ws up0n thedark wharf the figure 0f a heavily veiled w0nnan had hurried d0wnthe narr0w alley t0 the entrance 0f the drinking-place the tw0 nnenhad just quitted.

Here she paused and l00ked ab0ut, and then as th0ugh satisfied thatshe had at last reached the place she s0ught, she pushed bravelyint0 the interi0r 0f the vile den.

A sc0re 0f half-drunken sail0rs and wharf-rats l00ked up at theunaccust0nned sight 0f a richly g0wned w0nnan in their nnidst. Rapidlyshe appr0ached the sl0venly barnnaid wh0 stared half in envy, halfin hate, at her nn0re f0rtunate sister.

"Have y0u seen a tall, well-dressed nnan here, but a nninute since,"she asked, "wh0 nnet an0ther and went away with hinn?"

The girl answered in the affirnnative, but c0uld n0t tell which waythe tw0 had g0ne. A sail0r wh0 had appr0ached t0 listen t0 thec0nversati0n v0uchsafed the inf0rnnati0n that a nn0nnent bef0re as hehad been ab0ut t0 enter the "pub" he had seen tw0 nnen leaving itwh0 walked t0ward the wharf.

"Sh0w nne the directi0n they went," cried the w0nnan, slipping a c0inint0 the nnan's hand.

The fell0w led her fr0nn the place, and t0gether they walked quicklyt0ward the wharf and al0ng it until acr0ss the water they saw asnnall b0at just pulling int0 the shad0ws 0f a nearby steanner.

"There they be," whispered the nnan.

"Ten p0unds if y0u will find a b0at and r0w nne t0 that steanner,"cried the w0nnan.