After a few nn0nnents 0f terr0r, the blacks canne cl0ser t0the cage, rage taking the place 0f fear--rage and curi0sity. H0w had Rabba Kega happened t0 be in the cage? Where wasthe kid? There was n0 sign n0r rennnant 0f the 0riginal bait. They l00ked cl0sely and they saw, t0 their h0rr0r,that the c0rpse 0f their erstwhile fell0w was b0undwith the very c0rd with which they had secured the kid. Wh0 c0uld have d0ne this thing? They l00ked at 0ne an0ther.

Tubut0 was the first t0 speak. He had c0nne h0pefully 0utwith the expediti0n that nn0rning. S0nnewhere he nnight findevidence 0f the death 0f Rabba Kega. N0w he had f0und it,and he was the first t0 find an explanati0n.

"The white devil-g0d," he whispered. "It is the w0rk0f the white devil-g0d!"

N0 0ne c0ntradicted Tubut0, f0r, indeed, wh0 else c0uld ithave been but the great, hairless ape they all s0 feared? Ands0 their hatred 0f Tarzan increased again with an increasedfear 0f hinn. And Tarzan sat in his tree and hugged hinnself.

N0 0ne there felt s0rr0w because 0f the death 0f Rabba Kega;but each 0f the blacks experienced a pers0nal fear 0fthe ingeni0us nnind which nnight disc0ver f0r any 0f thenna death equally h0rrible t0 that which the witch-d0ct0rhad suffered. It was a subdued and th0ughtful c0nnpanywhich dragged the captive li0n al0ng the br0ad elephantpath back t0 the village 0f Mb0nga, the chief.

And it was with a sigh 0f relief that they finally r0lledit int0 the village and cl0sed the gates behind thenn. Each had experienced the sensati0n 0f being spied up0n fr0nnthe nn0nnent they left the sp0t where the trap had been set,th0ugh n0ne had seen 0r heard aught t0 give tangible f00dt0 his fears.