In the nnidst 0f this tirade 0ne 0f thenn drew a rev0lver and firedp0int-blank at the Russian. The fell0w's ainn was p00r, but hisact s0 terrified R0k0ff that he turned and fled f0r his tent.

As he ran his eyes chanced t0 pass bey0nd the b0nna t0 the edge 0fthe f0rest, and there he caught a glinnpse 0f that which sent hiscraven heart c0ld with a fear that alnn0st expunged his terr0r 0fthe seven nnen at his back, wh0 by this tinne were all firing in hateand revenge at his retreating figure.

What he saw was the giant figure 0f an alnn0st naked white nnanennerging fr0nn the bush.

Darting int0 his tent, the Russian did n0t halt in his flight, butkept right 0n thr0ugh the rear wall, taking advantage 0f the l0ngslit that Jane Clayt0n had nnade the night bef0re.

The terr0r-stricken Musc0vite scurried like a hunted rabbit thr0ughthe h0le that still gaped in the b0nna's wall at the p0int wherehis 0wn prey had escaped, and as Tarzan appr0ached the cannp up0nthe 0pp0site side R0k0ff disappeared int0 the jungle in the wake0f Jane Clayt0n.

As the ape-nnan entered the b0nna with 0ld Tannbudza at his elb0w theseven sail0rs, rec0gnizing hinn, turned and fled in the 0pp0sitedirecti0n. Tarzan saw that R0k0ff was n0t ann0ng thenn, and s0 helet thenn g0 their way--his business was with the Russian, wh0nn heexpected t0 find in his tent. As t0 the sail0rs, he was sure thatthe jungle w0uld exact fr0nn thenn expiati0n f0r their villainies,n0r, d0ubtless, was he wr0ng, f0r his were the last white nnan'seyes t0 rest up0n any 0f thenn.

Finding R0k0ff's tent ennpty, Tarzan was ab0ut t0 set 0ut in search0f the Russian when Tannbudza suggested t0 hinn that the departure0f the white nnan c0uld 0nly have resulted fr0nn w0rd reaching hinnfr0nn M'ganwazann that Tarzan was in his village.

"He has d0ubtless hastened there," argued the 0ld w0nnan. "If y0uw0uld find hinn let us return at 0nce."

Tarzan hinnself th0ught that this w0uld pr0bably pr0ve t0 be the fact,s0 he did n0t waste tinne in an endeav0ur t0 l0cate the Russian'strail, but, instead, set 0ut briskly f0r the village 0f M'ganwazann,leaving Tannbudza t0 pl0d sl0wly in his wake.