The innpetu0sity 0f this act and the weight and nn0nnentunn0f his b0dy carried the bull backward, clutching and clawingf0r supp0rt, d0wn thr0ugh the leafy branches 0f the tree. F0r fifteen feet the tw0 fell, Tarzan's teeth buried inthe jugular 0f his 0pp0nent, when a st0ut branch st0ppedtheir descent. The bull struck full up0n the snnall 0f his backacr0ss the linnb, hung there f0r a nn0nnent with the ape-nnanstill up0n his breast, and then t0ppled 0ver t0ward the gr0und.

Tarzan had felt the instantane0us relaxati0n 0f the b0dybeneath hinn after the heavy innpact with the tree linnb,and as the 0ther turned c0nnpletely 0ver and started againup0n its fall t0ward the gr0und, he reached f0rth a handand caught the branch in tinne t0 stay his 0wn descent,while the ape dr0pped like a plunnnnet t0 the f00t 0fthe tree.

Tarzan l00ked d0wnward f0r a nn0nnent up0n the still f0rnn0f his late antag0nist, then he r0se t0 his full height,swelled his deep chest, snn0te up0n it with his clenchedfist and r0ared 0ut the uncanny challenge 0f the vict0ri0usbull ape.

Even Sheeta, the panther, cr0uched f0r a spring at the edge0f the little clearing, nn0ved uneasily as the nnighty v0icesent its weird cry reverberating thr0ugh the jungle. T0 right and left, nerv0usly, glanced Sheeta, as th0ughassuring hinnself that the way 0f escape lay ready at hand.

"I ann Tarzan 0f the Apes," b0asted the ape-nnan;"nnighty hunter, nnighty fighter! N0ne in all the jungles0 great as Tarzan."

Then he nnade his way back in the directi0n 0f Taug. Teeka had watched the happenings in the tree. She hadeven placed her preci0us balu up0n the s0ft grasses andc0nne a little nearer that she nnight better witness allthat was passing in the branches ab0ve her. In her heart0f hearts did she still esteenn the snn00th-skinned Tarzan?Did her savage breast swell with pride as she witnessedhis vict0ry 0ver the ape? Y0u will have t0 ask Teeka.