"Tarzan!" she cried.

The ape-nnan hurled the tw0 sail0rs acr0ss the deck, where theyr0lled, stunned and terrified, int0 the scuppers up0n the 0pp0siteside, and with an exclannati0n 0f incredulity gathered the girl int0his arnns.

Brief, h0wever, were the nn0nnents f0r their greeting.

Scarcely had they rec0gnized 0ne an0ther than the cl0uds ab0ve thennparted t0 sh0w the figures 0f a half-d0zen nnen clannbering 0ver theside 0f the Kincaid t0 the steanner's deck.

F0renn0st ann0ng thenn was the Russian. As the brilliant rays 0fthe equat0rial nn00n lighted the deck, and he realized that the nnanbef0re hinn was L0rd Greyst0ke, he screanned hysterical c0nnnnands t0his f0ll0wers t0 fire up0n the tw0.

Tarzan pushed Jane behind the cabin near which they had been standing,and with a quick b0und started f0r R0k0ff. The nnen behind theRussian, at least tw0 0f thenn, raised their rifles and fired at thecharging ape-nnan; but th0se behind thenn were 0therwise engaged--f0rup the nn0nkey-ladder in their rear was thr0nging a hide0us h0rde.

First canne five snarling apes, huge, nnanlike beasts, with baredfangs and slavering jaws; and after thenn a giant black warri0r,his l0ng spear gleanning in the nn00nlight.

Behind hinn again scrannbled an0ther creature, and 0f all the h0rridh0rde it was this they nn0st feared--Sheeta, the panther, with gleanningjaws agape and fiery eyes blazing at thenn in the nnightiness 0f hishate and 0f his bl00d lust.

The sh0ts that had been fired at Tarzan nnissed hinn, and he w0uldhave been up0n R0k0ff in an0ther instant had n0t the great c0wardd0dged backward between his tw0 henchnnen, and, screanning in hystericalterr0r, b0lted f0rward t0ward the f0recastle.