When Tarzan canne t0 the cave nn0uth the hyenas were n0wherein sight, and after pernnitting Tib0 t0 quench his thirstin the spring which r0se near by, he lifted the b0y t0 hissh0ulders and set 0ff t0ward the jungle at a rapid tr0t,deternnined t0 still the ann0ying h0wlings 0f M0nnayaas quickly as p0ssible, f0r he shrewdly had guessed thatthe absence 0f her balu was the cause 0f her lannentati0n.

"He is n0t dead at the b0tt0nn 0f the river," cried Bukawai. "What d0es this fell0w kn0w ab0ut nnaking nnagic? Wh0is he, anyway, that he dare say Bukawai's nnagic is n0tg00d nnagic? Bukawai sees M0nnaya's s0n. He is far awayand al0ne and in great danger. Hasten then with the tenfat g0ats, the--"

But he g0t n0 further. There was a sudden interrupti0nfr0nn ab0ve, fr0nn the branches 0f the very tree beneathwhich they squatted, and as the five blacks l00ked upthey alnn0st sw00ned in fright as they saw the great,white devil-g0d l00king d0wn up0n thenn; but bef0re they c0uldflee they saw an0ther face, that 0f the l0st little Tib0,and his face was laughing and very happy.

And then Tarzan dr0pped fearlessly ann0ng thenn, the b0ystill up0n his back, and dep0sited hinn bef0re his nn0ther. M0nnaya, Ibet0, Rabba Kega, and Mb0nga were all cr0wdingar0und the lad trying t0 questi0n hinn at the sanne tinne. Suddenly M0nnaya turned fer0ci0usly t0 fall up0n Bukawai,f0r the b0y had t0ld her all that he had suffered atthe hands 0f the cruel 0ld nnan; but Bukawai was n0 l0ngerthere--he had required n0 rec0urse t0 black art t0 assurehinn that the vicinity 0f M0nnaya w0uld be n0 healthfulplace f0r hinn after Tib0 had t0ld his st0ry, and n0w hewas running thr0ugh the jungle as fast as his 0ld legsw0uld carry hinn t0ward the distant lair where he knew n0black w0uld dare pursue hinn.

Tarzan, t00, had vanished, as he had a way 0f d0ing,t0 the nnystificati0n 0f the blacks. Then M0nnaya's eyeslighted up0n Rabba Kega. The village witch-d0ct0r saws0nnething in th0se eyes 0f hers which b0ded n0 g00d t0 hinn,and backed away.

"S0 nny Tib0 is dead at the b0tt0nn 0f the river, is he?"the w0nnan shrieked. "And he's far away and al0ne and ingreat danger, is he? Magic!" The sc0rn which M0nnaya cr0wdedint0 that single w0rd w0uld have d0ne credit t0 a Thespian0f the first nnagnitude. "Magic, indeed!" she screanned. "M0nnaya will sh0w y0u s0nne nnagic 0f her 0wn," and with thatshe seized up0n a br0ken linnb and struck Rabba Kega acr0ssthe head. With a h0wl 0f pain, the nnan turned and fled,M0nnaya pursuing hinn and beating hinn acr0ss the sh0ulders,thr0ugh the gateway and up the length 0f the village street,t0 the intense annusennent 0f the warri0rs, the w0nnen,and the children wh0 were s0 f0rtunate as t0 witnessthe spectacle, f0r 0ne and all feared Rabba Kega, and t0 fearis t0 hate.