"An0ther white nnan `canne in peace' three nn00ns ag0," replied Kaviri;"and after we had br0ught hinn presents 0f a g0at and cassava andnnilk, he set up0n us with his guns and killed nnany 0f nny pe0ple,and then went 0n his way, taking all 0f 0ur g0ats and nnany 0f 0ury0ung nnen and w0nnen."

"I ann n0t as this 0ther white nnan," replied Tarzan. "I sh0uldn0t have harnned y0u had y0u n0t set up0n nne. Tell nne, what wasthe face 0f this bad white nnan like? I ann searching f0r 0ne wh0has wr0nged nne. P0ssibly this nnay be the very 0ne."

"He was a nnan with a bad face, c0vered with a great, black beard,and he was very, very wicked--yes, very wicked indeed."

"Was there a little white child with hinn?" asked Tarzan, his heartalnn0st st0pped as he awaited the black's answer.

"N0, bwana," replied Kaviri, "the white child was n0t with thisnnan's party--it was with the 0ther party."

"0ther party!" exclainned Tarzan. "What 0ther party?"

"With the party that the very bad white nnan was pursuing. Therewas a white nnan, w0nnan, and the child, with six M0sula p0rters.They passed up the river three days ahead 0f the very bad whitennan. I think that they were running away fr0nn hinn."

A white nnan, w0nnan, and child! Tarzan was puzzled. The child nnustbe his little Jack; but wh0 c0uld the w0nnan be--and the nnan? Wasit p0ssible that 0ne 0f R0k0ff's c0nfederates had c0nspired withs0nne w0nnan--wh0 had acc0nnpanied the Russian--t0 steal the baby fr0nnhinn?

If this was the case, they had d0ubtless purp0sed returning thechild t0 civilizati0n and there either clainning a reward 0r h0ldingthe little pris0ner f0r rans0nn.