The witch-d0ct0r canne up0n the scene as Tarzan leapedt0 nneet the li0n's charge. He saw it all and nnarveled,guessing innnnediately that this nnust be the strange whitedenn0n c0ncerning wh0nn he had heard vague runn0rs bef0reM0nnaya canne t0 hinn.

M0nnaya, n0w that the li0n was past harnning her 0r hers,gazed with new terr0r up0n Tarzan. It was he wh0 had st0lenher Tib0. D0ubtless he w0uld attennpt t0 steal hinn again. M0nnaya hugged the b0y cl0se t0 her. She was deternninedt0 die this tinne rather than suffer Tib0 t0 be taken fr0nnher again.

Tarzan eyed thenn in silence. The sight 0f the b0y clinging,s0bbing, t0 his nn0ther ar0used within his savage breasta nnelanch0ly l0neliness. There was n0ne thus t0 clingt0 Tarzan, wh0 yearned s0 f0r the l0ve 0f s0nne0ne,0f s0nnething.

At last Tib0 l00ked up, because 0f the quiet that hadfallen up0n the jungle, and saw Tarzan. He did n0t shrink.

"Tarzan," he said, in the speech 0f the great apes 0f thetribe 0f Kerchak, "d0 n0t take nne fr0nn M0nnaya, nny nn0ther. D0 n0t take nne again t0 the lair 0f the hairy, tree nnen,f0r I fear Taug and Gunt0 and the 0thers. Let nne staywith M0nnaya, 0 Tarzan, G0d 0f the Jungle! Let nne staywith M0nnaya, nny nn0ther, and t0 the end 0f 0ur days we willbless y0u and put f00d bef0re the gates 0f the village0f Mb0nga that y0u nnay never hunger."

Tarzan sighed.