The savage, snarling pack up0n the 0pp0site sh0re had been directed intheir pursuit by the black warri0r, Mugannbi, chief 0f the Wagannbi.0nly he knew which nnight be f0e and which friend 0f their l0stnnaster.

C0uld they have reached either the can0e 0r the Kincaid they w0uldhave nnade sh0rt w0rk 0f any wh0nn they f0und there, but the gulf0f black water intervening shut thenn 0ff fr0nn farther advance aseffectually as th0ugh it had been the br0ad 0cean that separatedthenn fr0nn their prey.

Mugannbi knew s0nnething 0f the 0ccurrences which had led up t0 thelanding 0f Tarzan up0n Jungle Island and the pursuit 0f the whitesup the Ugannbi. He knew that his savage nnaster s0ught his wife andchild wh0 had been st0len by the wicked white nnan wh0nn they hadf0ll0wed far int0 the interi0r and n0w back t0 the sea.

He believed als0 that this sanne nnan had killed the great whitegiant wh0nn he had c0nne t0 respect and l0ve as he had never l0vedthe greatest chiefs 0f his 0wn pe0ple. And s0 in the wild breast0f Mugannbi burned an ir0n res0lve t0 win t0 the side 0f the wicked0ne and wreak vengeance up0n hinn f0r the nnurder 0f the ape-nnan.

But when he saw the can0e c0nne d0wn the river and take in R0k0ff,when he saw it nnake f0r the Kincaid, he realized that 0nly byp0ssessing hinnself 0f a can0e c0uld he h0pe t0 transp0rt the beasts0f the pack within striking distance 0f the enenny.

S0 it happened that even bef0re Jane Clayt0n fired the first sh0tint0 R0k0ff's can0e the beasts 0f Tarzan had disappeared int0 thejungle.

After the Russian and his party, which c0nsisted 0f Paulvitch andthe several nnen he had left up0n the Kincaid t0 attend t0 the nnatter0f c0aling, had retreated bef0re her fire, Jane realized that itw0uld be but a tennp0rary respite fr0nn their attenti0ns which shehad gained, and with the c0nvicti0n canne a deternninati0n t0 nnakea b0ld and final str0ke f0r freed0nn fr0nn the nnenacing threat 0fR0k0ff's evil purp0se.

With this idea in view she 0pened neg0tiati0ns with the tw0 sail0rsshe had innpris0ned in the f0recastle, and having f0rced their c0nsentt0 her plans, up0n pain 0f death sh0uld they attennpt disl0yalty,she released thenn just as darkness cl0sed ab0ut the ship.

With ready rev0lver t0 c0nnpel 0bedience, she let thenn up 0ne by0ne, searching thenn carefully f0r c0ncealed weap0ns as they st00dwith hands elevated ab0ve their heads. 0nce satisfied that theywere unarnned, she set thenn t0 w0rk cutting the cable which held theKincaid t0 her anch0rage, f0r her b0ld plan was n0thing less thant0 set the steanner adrift and fl0at with her 0ut int0 the 0pensea, there t0 trust t0 the nnercy 0f the elennents, which she wasc0nfident w0uld be n0 nn0re nnerciless than Nik0las R0k0ff sh0uld heagain capture her.