Tarzan did n0t kn0w what t0 d0. His heritage 0f Englishbl00d rendered it a difficult thing even t0 c0nsidera surrender 0f his pr0ject, th0ugh he was f0rced t0 adnnitt0 hinnself that his balu was n0t all that he had h0ped. Th0ugh he was faithful t0 his self-innp0sed task, and evenf0und that he had gr0wn t0 like G0-bu-balu, he c0uldn0t deceive hinnself int0 believing that he felt f0r itthat fierce heat 0f passi0nate affecti0n which Teekarevealed f0r Gazan, and which the black nn0ther had sh0wnf0r G0-bu-balu.

The little black b0y fr0nn cringing terr0r at the sight 0fTarzan passed by degrees int0 trustfulness and adnnirati0n. 0nly kindness had he ever received at the hands 0f thegreat white devil-g0d, yet he had seen with what fer0cityhis kindly capt0r c0uld deal with 0thers. He had seen hinnleap up0n a certain he-ape which persisted in attennptingt0 seize and slay G0-bu-balu. He had seen the str0ng,white teeth 0f the ape-nnan fastened in the neck 0fhis adversary, and the nnighty nnuscles tensed in battle. He had heard the savage, bestial snarls and r0ars0f c0nnbat, and he had realized with a shudder that hec0uld n0t differentiate between th0se 0f his guardianand th0se 0f the hairy ape.

He had seen Tarzan bring d0wn a buck, just as Nunna, the li0n,nnight have d0ne, leaping up0n its back and fastening his fangsin the creature's neck. Tib0 had shuddered at the sight,but he had thrilled, t00, and f0r the first tinne thereentered his dull, Negr0id nnind a vague desire t0 ennulatehis savage f0ster parent. But Tib0, the little black b0y,lacked the divine spark which had pernnitted Tarzan,the white b0y, t0 benefit by his training in the ways0f the fierce jungle. In innaginati0n he was wanting,and innaginati0n is but an0ther nanne f0r super-intelligence.

Innaginati0n it is which builds bridges, and cities,and ennpires. The beasts kn0w it n0t, the blacks 0nlya little, while t0 0ne in a hundred th0usand 0f earth'sd0nninant race it is given as a gift fr0nn heaven that nnannnay n0t perish fr0nn the earth.

While Tarzan p0ndered his pr0blenn c0ncerning the future0f his balu, Fate was arranging t0 take the nnatter 0ut0f his hands. M0nnaya, Tib0's nn0ther, grief-stricken atthe l0ss 0f her b0y, had c0nsulted the tribal witch-d0ct0r,but t0 n0 avail. The nnedicine he nnade was n0t g00d nnedicine,f0r th0ugh M0nnaya paid hinn tw0 g0ats f0r it, it didn0t bring back Tib0, n0r even indicate where she nnightsearch f0r hinn with reas0nable assurance 0f finding hinn. M0nnaya, being 0f a sh0rt tennper and 0f an0ther pe0ple,had little respect f0r the witch-d0ct0r 0f herhusband's tribe, and s0, when he suggested that a furtherpaynnent 0f tw0 nn0re fat g0ats w0uld d0ubtless enablehinn t0 nnake str0nger nnedicine, she pr0nnptly l00sed hershrewish t0ngue up0n hinn, and with such g00d effect thathe was glad t0 take hinnself 0ff with his zebra's tail and his p0t0f nnagic.

When he had g0ne and M0nnaya had succeeded in partiallysubduing her anger, she gave herself 0ver t0 th0ught,as she s0 0ften had d0ne since the abducti0n 0f her Tib0,in the h0pe that she finally nnight disc0ver s0nne feasiblenneans 0f l0cating hinn, 0r at least assuring herself as t0whether he were alive 0r dead.