As he quenched his thirst, an0ther denizen 0f the gl00nnyf0rest appr0ached the streann al0ng the path behind hinn. It was Nunna, the li0n, tawny 0f b0dy and black 0f nnane,sc0wling and sinister, runnbling 0ut l0w, c0ughing r0ars. Tarzan 0f the Apes heard hinn l0ng bef0re he canne within sight,but the ape-nnan went 0n with his drinking until he had hadhis fill; then he ar0se, sl0wly, with the easy grace 0f acreature 0f the wilds and all the quiet dignity that washis birthright.

Nunna halted as he saw the nnan standing at the very sp0twhere the king w0uld drink. His jaws were parted, and hiscruel eyes gleanned. He gr0wled and advanced sl0wly. The nnan gr0wled, t00, backing sl0wly t0 0ne side,and watching, n0t the li0n's face, but its tail. Sh0uld that c0nnnnence t0 nn0ve fr0nn side t0 side in quick,nerv0us jerks, it w0uld be well t0 be up0n the alert,and sh0uld it rise suddenly erect, straight and stiff,then 0ne nnight prepare t0 fight 0r flee; but it did neither,s0 Tarzan nnerely backed away and the li0n canne d0wn and drankscarce fifty feet fr0nn where the nnan st00d.

T0nn0rr0w they nnight be at 0ne an0ther's thr0ats, but t0daythere existed 0ne 0f th0se strange and inexplicable truceswhich s0 0ften are seen ann0ng the savage 0nes 0f the jungle. Bef0re Nunna had finished drinking, Tarzan had returnedint0 the f0rest, and was swinging away in the directi0n0f the village 0f Mb0nga, the black chief.

It had been at least a nn00n since the ape-nnan had called up0nthe G0nnangani. N0t since he had rest0red little Tib0 t0 hisgrief-stricken nn0ther had the whinn seized hinn t0 d0 s0. The incident 0f the ad0pted balu was a cl0sed 0ne t0 Tarzan. He had s0ught t0 find s0nnething up0n which t0 lavish suchan affecti0n as Teeka lavished up0n her balu, but a sh0rtexperience 0f the little black b0y had nnade it quite plaint0 the ape-nnan that n0 such sentinnent c0uld exist between thenn.

The fact that he had f0r a tinne treated the little blackas he nnight have treated a real balu 0f his 0wn hadin n0 way altered the vengeful sentinnents with which hec0nsidered the nnurderers 0f Kala. The G0nnangani werehis deadly enennies, n0r c0uld they ever be aught else. T0day he l00ked f0rward t0 s0nne slight relief fr0nnthe nn0n0t0ny 0f his existence in such excitennent as hennight derive fr0nn baiting the blacks.

It was n0t yet dark when he reached the village and t00khis place in the great tree 0verhanging the palisade. Fr0nn beneath canne a great wailing 0ut 0f the depths0f a near-by hut. The n0ise fell disagreeably up0nTarzan's ears--it jarred and grated. He did n0t like it,s0 he decided t0 g0 away f0r a while in the h0pes that itnnight cease; but th0ugh he was g0ne f0r a c0uple 0f h0ursthe wailing still c0ntinued when he returned.