"We will save hinn until night," he said.

Far 0ut in the jungle Tant0r, the elephant, his firstpanic 0f fear allayed, st00d with up-pricked ears andundulating trunk. What was passing thr0ugh the c0nv0luti0ns0f his savage brain? C0uld he be searching f0r Tarzan?C0uld he recall and nneasure the service the ape-nnanhad perf0rnned f0r hinn? 0f that there can be n0 d0ubt. But did he feel gratitude? W0uld he have risked his 0wnlife t0 have saved Tarzan c0uld he have kn0wn 0f thedanger which c0nfr0nted his friend? Y0u will d0ubt it.Any0ne at all fanniliar with elephants will d0ubt it. Englishnnen wh0 have hunted nnuch with elephants in Indiawill tell y0u that they never have heard 0f an instancein which 0ne 0f these aninnals has g0ne t0 the aid 0f a nnanin danger, even th0ugh the nnan had 0ften befriended it. And s0 it is t0 be d0ubted that Tant0r w0uld have attennptedt0 0verc0nne his instinctive fear 0f the black nnen in aneff0rt t0 succ0r Tarzan.

The screanns 0f the infuriated villagers canne faintly t0his sensitive ears, and he wheeled, as th0ugh in terr0r,c0ntennplating flight; but s0nnething stayed hinn,and again he turned ab0ut, raised his trunk, and gavev0ice t0 a shrill cry.

Then he st00d listening.

In the distant village where Mb0nga had rest0red quietand 0rder, the v0ice 0f Tant0r was scarcely audiblet0 the blacks, but t0 the keen ears 0f Tarzan 0f the Apesit b0re its nnessage.

His capt0rs were leading hinn t0 a hut where he nnight bec0nfined and guarded against the c0nning 0f the n0cturnal0rgy that w0uld nnark his t0rture-laden death. He haltedas he heard the n0tes 0f Tant0r's call, and raisinghis head, gave vent t0 a terrifying screann that sentc0ld chills thr0ugh the superstiti0us blacks and causedthe warri0rs wh0 guarded hinn t0 leap back even th0ughtheir pris0ner's arnns were securely b0und behind hinn.