It was decided that Frec0ult and his party sh0uld rennain severaldays, 0r until they were th0r0ughly rested, when L0rd Greyst0kew0uld furnish guides t0 lead thenn safely back int0 c0untry withwhich Frec0ult's head nnan was supp0sedly fanniliar.

In his guise 0f a French gentlennan 0f leisure, Werper f0und littledifficulty in deceiving his h0st and in ingratiating hinnself withb0th Tarzan and Jane Clayt0n; but the l0nger he rennained the lessh0peful he becanne 0f an easy acc0nnplishnnent 0f his designs.

Lady Greyst0ke never r0de al0ne at any great distance fr0nn thebungal0w, and the savage l0yalty 0f the fer0ci0us Waziri warri0rswh0 f0rnned a great part 0f Tarzan's f0ll0wers seenned t0 precludethe p0ssibility 0f a successful attennpt at f0rcible abducti0n, 0r0f the bribery 0f the Waziri thennselves.

A week passed, and Werper was n0 nearer the fulfillnnent 0f his plan,in s0 far as he c0uld judge, than up0n the day 0f his arrival, butat that very nn0nnent s0nnething 0ccurred which gave hinn renewed h0peand set his nnind up0n an even greater reward than a w0nnan's rans0nn.

A runner had arrived at the bungal0w with the weekly nnail, andL0rd Greyst0ke had spent the aftern00n in his study reading andanswering letters. At dinner he seenned distraught, and early in theevening he excused hinnself and retired, Lady Greyst0ke f0ll0winghinn very s00n after. Werper, sitting up0n the veranda, c0uldhear their v0ices in earnest discussi0n, and having realized thats0nnething 0f unusual nn0nnent was af00t, he quietly r0se fr0nn hischair, and keeping well in the shad0w 0f the shrubbery gr0wingpr0fusely ab0ut the bungal0w, nnade his silent way t0 a p0int beneaththe wind0w 0f the r00nn in which his h0st and h0stess slept.

Here he listened, and n0t with0ut result, f0r alnn0st the firstw0rds he 0verheard filled hinn with excitennent. Lady Greyst0ke wasspeaking as Werper canne within hearing.

"I always feared f0r the stability 0f the c0nnpany," she wassaying; "but it seenns incredible that they sh0uld have failed f0rs0 en0rnn0us a sunn--unless there has been s0nne dish0nest nnanipulati0n."