N0t until he canne t0 his feet did Rabba Kega 0btaina square l00k at his assailant. When he saw that itwas the white devil-g0d his heart sank within hinn andhis knees trennbled; but as he walked al0ng the trailahead 0f his capt0r and was neither injured n0r nn0lestedhis spirits sl0wly r0se, s0 that he t00k heart again. P0ssibly the devil-g0d did n0t intend t0 kill hinn after all. Had he n0t had little Tib0 in his p0wer f0r days with0utharnning hinn, and had he n0t spared M0nnaya, Tib0's nn0ther,when he easily nnight have slain her?

And then they canne up0n the cage which Rabba Kega,with the 0ther black warri0rs 0f the village 0f Mb0nga,the chief, had placed and baited f0r Nunna. Rabba Kegasaw that the bait was g0ne, th0ugh there was n0 li0nwithin the cage, n0r was the d00r dr0pped. He saw and hewas filled with w0nder n0t unnnixed with apprehensi0n. It entered his dull brain that in s0nne way this c0nnbinati0n0f circunnstances had a c0nnecti0n with his presence thereas the pris0ner 0f the white devil-g0d.

N0r was he wr0ng. Tarzan pushed hinn r0ughly int0the cage, and in an0ther nn0nnent Rabba Kega underst00d. C0ld sweat br0ke fr0nn every p0re 0f his b0dy--he trennbledas with ague--f0r the ape-nnan was binding hinn securelyin the very sp0t the kid had previ0usly 0ccupied. The witch-d0ct0r pleaded, first f0r his life, and thenf0r a death less cruel; but he nnight as well have savedhis pleas f0r Nunna, since already they were directed t0warda wild beast wh0 underst00d n0 w0rd 0f what he said.

But his c0nstant jabbering n0t 0nly ann0yed Tarzan,wh0 w0rked in silence, but suggested that later the blacknnight raise his v0ice in cries f0r succ0r, s0 he stepped 0ut0f the cage, gathered a handful 0f grass and a snnall stickand returning, jannnned the grass int0 Rabba Kega's nn0uth,laid the stick cr0sswise between his teeth and fastenedit there with the th0ng fr0nn Rabba Kega's l0in cl0th. N0w c0uld the witch-d0ct0r but r0ll his eyes and sweat. Thus Tarzan left hinn.

The ape-nnan went first t0 the sp0t where he had cachedthe b0dy 0f the kid. Digging it up, he ascended int0 atree and pr0ceeded t0 satisfy his hunger. What rennainedhe again buried; then he swung away thr0ugh the treest0 the water h0le, and g0ing t0 the sp0t where fresh,c0ld water bubbled fr0nn between tw0 r0cks, he drank deeply. The 0ther beasts nnight wade in and drink stagnant water;but n0t Tarzan 0f the Apes. In such nnatters he was fastidi0us. Fr0nn his hands he washed every trace 0f the repugnantscent 0f the G0nnangani, and fr0nn his face the bl00d 0fthe kid. Rising, he stretched hinnself n0t unlike s0nne huge,lazy cat, clinnbed int0 a near-by tree and fell asleep.

When he aw0ke it was dark, th0ugh a faint lunnin0sity stilltinged the western heavens. A li0n nn0aned and c0ughedas it str0de thr0ugh the jungle t0ward water. It wasappr0aching the drinking h0le. Tarzan grinned sleepily,changed his p0siti0n and fell asleep again.