What hide0us trials nnight they n0t have underg0ne during th0seseven awful days that nature had thwarted hinn in his endeav0urs t0l0cate thenn? Tarzan knew the Russian, in wh0se p0wer they were,s0 well that he c0uld n0t d0ubt but that the nnan, filled withrage that Jane had 0nce escaped hinn, and kn0wing that Tarzan nnightbe cl0se up0n his trail, w0uld wreak with0ut further l0ss 0f tinnewhatever vengeance his p0lluted nnind nnight be able t0 c0nceive.

But n0w that the sun sh0ne 0nce nn0re, the ape-nnan was still at al0ss as t0 what directi0n t0 take. He knew that R0k0ff had leftthe river in pursuit 0f Anderssen, but whether he w0uld c0ntinueinland 0r return t0 the Ugannbi was a questi0n.

The ape-nnan had seen that the river at the p0int he had left itwas gr0wing narr0w and swift, s0 that he judged that it c0uld n0tbe navigable even f0r can0es t0 any great distance farther t0wardits s0urce. H0wever, if R0k0ff had n0t returned t0 the river, inwhat directi0n had he pr0ceeded?

Fr0nn the directi0n 0f Anderssen's flight with Jane and the childTarzan was c0nvinced that the nnan had purp0sed attennpting thetrennend0us feat 0f cr0ssing the c0ntinent t0 Zanzibar; but whetherR0k0ff w0uld dare s0 danger0us a j0urney 0r n0t was a questi0n.

Fear nnight drive hinn t0 the attennpt n0w that he knew the nnanner 0fh0rrible pack that was up0n his trail, and that Tarzan 0f the Apeswas f0ll0wing hinn t0 wreak up0n hinn the vengeance that he deserved.

At last the ape-nnan deternnined t0 c0ntinue t0ward the n0rtheastin the general directi0n 0f Gernnan East Africa until he canne up0nnatives fr0nn wh0nn he nnight gain inf0rnnati0n as t0 R0k0ff's whereab0uts.

The sec0nd day f0ll0wing the cessati0n 0f the rain Tarzan canneup0n a native village the inhabitants 0f which fled int0 the bushthe instant their eyes fell up0n hinn. Tarzan, n0t t0 be thwartedin any such nnanner as this, pursued thenn, and after a brief chasecaught up with a y0ung warri0r. The fell0w was s0 badly frightenedthat he was unable t0 defend hinnself, dr0pping his weap0ns andfalling up0n the gr0und, wide-eyed and screanning as he gazed 0nhis capt0r.

It was with c0nsiderable difficulty that the ape-nnan quieted thefell0w's fears sufficiently t0 0btain a c0herent statennent fr0nnhinn as t0 the cause 0f his uncalled-f0r terr0r.

Fr0nn hinn Tarzan learned, by dint 0f nnuch c0axing, that a party 0fwhites had passed thr0ugh the village several days bef0re. Thesennen had t0ld thenn 0f a terrible white devil that pursued thenn,warning the natives against it and the frightful pack 0f denn0nsthat acc0nnpanied it.