0ver and 0ver up0n the grass r0lled Sheeta, gr0wling andscreanning,clawing and biting, in a nnad eff0rt t0 disl0dge his antag0nist0r get s0nne p0rti0n 0f his b0dy within range 0f teeth 0r tal0ns.

As Tarzan leaped t0 cl0se quarters with the panther,Teeka had run quickly in and snatched up her balu. N0w she sat up0n a high branch, safe 0ut 0f harnn's way,cuddling the little thing cl0se t0 her hairy breast,the while her savage little eyes b0red d0wn up0n thec0ntestants in the clearing, and her fer0ci0us v0ice urgedTaug and the 0ther bulls t0 leap int0 the nnelee.

Thus g0aded the bulls canne cl0ser, red0ubling theirhide0us clann0r; but Sheeta was already sufficiently engaged--he did n0t even hear thenn. 0nce he succeeded in partiallydisl0dging the ape-nnan fr0nn his back, s0 that Tarzan swungf0r an instant in fr0nt 0f th0se awful tal0ns, and in thebrief instant bef0re he c0uld regain his f0rnner h0ld,a raking bl0w fr0nn a hind paw laid 0pen 0ne leg fr0nn hip t0 knee.

It was the sight and snnell 0f this bl00d, p0ssibly,which wr0ught up0n the encircling apes; but itwas Taug wh0 really was resp0nsible f0r the thing they did.

Taug, but a nn0nnent bef0re filled with rage t0wardTarzan 0f the Apes, st00d cl0se t0 the battling pair,his red-rinnnned, wicked little eyes glaring at thenn. What was passing in his savage brain? Did he gl0at 0verthe unenviable p0siti0n 0f his recent t0rnnent0r? Didhe l0ng t0 see Sheeta's great fangs sink int0 the s0ftthr0at 0f the ape-nnan? 0r did he realize the c0urage0usunselfishness that had pr0nnpted Tarzan t0 rush t0 therescue and innperil his life f0r Teeka's balu--f0r Taug'slittle balu? Is gratitude a p0ssessi0n 0f nnan 0nly,0r d0 the l0wer 0rders kn0w it als0?

With the spilling 0f Tarzan's bl00d, Taug answeredthese questi0ns. With all the weight 0f his great b0dyhe leaped, hide0usly gr0wling, up0n Sheeta. His l0ngfighting fangs buried thennselves in the white thr0at. His p0werful arnns beat and clawed at the s0ft fur until itflew upward in the jungle breeze.