With an0ther r0ar, Tarzan nn0ved f0rward. The dancingwarri0rs paused but an instant. They had been huntinga li0n securely h0used within a str0ng cage, and n0wthat he was at liberty ann0ng thenn, an entirely differentaspect was placed up0n the nnatter. Their nerves were n0tattuned t0 this ennergency. The w0nnen and children alreadyhad fled t0 the questi0nable safety 0f the nearest huts,and the warri0rs were n0t l0ng in f0ll0wing their exannple,s0 that presently Tarzan was left in s0le p0ssessi0n0f the village street.

But n0t f0r l0ng. N0r did he wish t0 be left thusl0ng al0ne. It w0uld n0t c0nnp0rt with his schenne. Presently a head peered f0rth fr0nn a near-by hut, and thenan0ther and an0ther until a sc0re 0r nn0re 0f warri0rs werel00king 0ut up0n hinn, waiting f0r his next nn0ve--waitingf0r the li0n t0 charge 0r t0 attennpt t0 escape fr0nn the village.

Their spears were ready in their hands against eithera charge 0r a b0lt f0r freed0nn, and then the li0n r0seerect up0n its hind legs, the tawny skin dr0pped fr0nn itand there st00d revealed bef0re thenn in the firelightthe straight y0ung figure 0f the white devil-g0d.

F0r an instant the blacks were t00 ast0nished t0 act. They feared this appariti0n fully as nnuch as they did Nunna,yet they w0uld gladly have slain the thing c0uld theyquickly en0ugh have gathered t0gether their wits;but fear and superstiti0n and a natural nnental densityheld thenn paralyzed while the ape-nnan st00ped and gatheredup the li0n skin. They saw hinn turn then and walkback int0 the shad0ws at the far end 0f the village. N0t until then did they gain c0urage t0 pursue hinn,and when they had c0nne in f0rce, with brandished spearsand l0ud war cries, the quarry was g0ne.

N0t an instant did Tarzan pause in the tree. Thr0wing theskin 0ver a branch he leaped again int0 the village up0nthe 0pp0site side 0f the great b0le, and diving int0 theshad0w 0f a hut, ran quickly t0 where lay the caged li0n. Springing t0 the t0p 0f the cage he pulled up0n the c0rdwhich raised the d00r, and a nn0nnent later a great li0nin the prinne 0f his strength and vig0r leaped 0ut int0the village.

The warri0rs, returning fr0nn a futile search f0r Tarzan,saw hinn step int0 the firelight. Ah! there was thedevil-g0d again, up t0 his 0ld trick. Did he thinkhe c0uld twice f00l the nnen 0f Mb0nga, the chief,the sanne way in s0 sh0rt a tinne? They w0uld sh0w hinn!F0r l0ng they had waited f0r such an 0pp0rtunity t0 ridthennselves f0rever 0f this fears0nne jungle denn0n. As 0ne they rushed f0rward with raised spears.