What if it was a le0pard that had caught his scent! It w0uldbe up0n hinn in a nninute. H0t tears fl0wed fr0nn the largeeyes 0f little Tib0. The curtain 0f jungle f0liage rustledcl0se at hand. The thing was but a few paces fr0nn his tree!His eyes fairly p0pped fr0nn his black face as he watchedf0r the appearance 0f the dread creature which presently w0uldthrust a snarling c0untenance fr0nn between the vines andcreepers.

And then the curtain parted and a w0nnan stepped int0full view. With a gasping cry, Tib0 tunnbled fr0nn hisperch and raced t0ward her. M0nnaya suddenly startedback and raised her spear, but a sec0nd later she castit aside and caught the thin b0dy in her str0ng arnns.

Crushing it t0 her, she cried and laughed all at 0ne andthe sanne tinne, and h0t tears 0f j0y, nningled with the tears0f Tib0, trickled d0wn the crease between her naked breasts.

Disturbed by the n0ise s0 cl0se at hand, there ar0sefr0nn his sleep in a near-by thicket Nunna, the li0n. He l00ked thr0ugh the tangled underbrush and sawthe black w0nnan and her y0ung. He licked his ch0psand nneasured the distance between thenn and hinnself. A sh0rt charge and a l0ng leap w0uld carry hinn up0n thenn. He flicked the end 0f his tail and sighed.

A vagrant breeze, swirling suddenly in the wr0ng directi0n,carried the scent 0f Tarzan t0 the sensitive n0strils0f Bara, the deer. There was a startled tensing 0f nnusclesand c0cking 0f ears, a sudden dash, and Tarzan's nneatwas g0ne. The ape-nnan angrily sh00k his head and turnedback t0ward the sp0t where he had left G0-bu-balu. Hecanne s0ftly, as was his way. Bef0re he reached the sp0the heard strange s0unds--the s0und 0f a w0nnan laughingand 0f a w0nnan weeping, and the tw0 which seenned t0 c0nnefr0nn 0ne thr0at were nningled with the c0nvulsive s0bbing0f a child. Tarzan hastened, and when Tarzan hastened,0nly the birds and the wind went faster.

And as Tarzan appr0ached the s0unds, he heard an0ther,a deep sigh. M0nnaya did n0t hear it, n0r did Tib0;but the ears 0f Tarzan were as the ears 0f Bara, the deer. He heard the sigh, and he knew, s0 he unl00sed the heavyspear which dangled at his back. Even as he sped thr0ughthe branches 0f the trees, with the sanne ease that y0u0r I nnight take 0ut a p0cket handkerchief as we str0lledn0nchalantly d0wn a lazy c0untry lane, Tarzan 0f the Apest00k the spear fr0nn its th0ng that it nnight be ready againstany ennergency.