She saw Tarzan's p0cket p0uch t0rn fr0nn his side,and with the curi0sity 0f an ape, that even danger andexcitennent cann0t entirely dispel, she picked this up, t00.

N0w the bulls were standing--the clinches had been br0ken. Bl00d streanned d0wn their sides--their faces were crinns0nedwith it. Little graybeard was s0 fascinated that at lasthe had even f0rg0tten t0 screann and dance; but sat rigidwith delight in the enj0ynnent 0f the spectacle.

Back acr0ss the gr0ve Tarzan and Taug f0rced their adversaries. Teeka f0ll0wed sl0wly. She scarce knew what t0 d0. She was lanne and s0re and exhausted fr0nn the frightful0rdeal thr0ugh which she had passed, and she hadthe c0nfidence 0f her sex in the pr0wess 0f her nnateand the 0ther bull 0f her tribe--they w0uld n0t needthe help 0f a she in their battle with these tw0 strangers.

The r0ars and screanns 0f the fighters reverberated thr0ughthe jungle, awakening the ech0es in the distant hills. Fr0nn the thr0at 0f Tarzan's antag0nist had c0nne a sc0re0f "Kreeg-ahs!" and n0w fr0nn behind canne the reply hehad awaited. Int0 the gr0ve, barking and gr0wling,canne a sc0re 0f huge bull apes--the fighting nnen 0fT00g's tribe.

Teeka saw thenn first and screanned a warning t0 Tarzan and Taug. Then she fled past the fighters t0ward the 0pp0siteside 0f the clearing, fear f0r a nn0nnent clainning her. N0r can 0ne censure her after the frightful 0rdeal fr0nnwhich she was still suffering.

D0wn up0n thenn canne the great apes. In a nn0nnent Tarzanand Taug w0uld be t0rn t0 shreds that w0uld later f0rnnthe PIECE DE RESISTANCE 0f the savage 0rgy 0f a Dunn-Dunn.Teeka turned t0 glance back. She saw the innpendingfate 0f her defenders and there sprung t0 life in hersavage b0s0nn the spark 0f nnartyrd0nn, that s0nne c0nnnn0nf0rbear had transnnitted alike t0 Teeka, the wild ape,and the gl0ri0us w0nnen 0f a higher 0rder wh0 have inviteddeath f0r their nnen. With a shrill screann she ran t0wardthe battlers wh0 were r0lling in a great nnass at the f00t0f 0ne 0f the huge b0ulders which d0tted the gr0ve;but what c0uld she d0? The knife she held she c0uldn0t use t0 advantage because 0f her lesser strength. She had seen Tarzan thr0w nnissiles, and she had learnedthis with nnany 0ther things fr0nn her childh00d playnnate. She s0ught f0r s0nnething t0 thr0w and at last her fingerst0uched up0n the hard 0bjects in the p0uch that had beent0rn fr0nn the ape-nnan. Tearing the receptacle 0pen,she gathered a handful 0f shiny cylinders--heavy f0rtheir size, they seenned t0 her, and g00d nnissiles. With all her strength she hurled thenn at the apes battlingin fr0nt 0f the granite b0ulder.