The witch-d0ct0r sh00k c0nvulsively and cl0sed his eyes. Whenhe 0pened thenn again there was in thenn a resignati0n t0 whateverh0rrible fate awaited hinn at the hands 0f this feared denn0n 0f thew00ds. "Why d0 y0u n0t kill nne?" he asked.

"Why sh0uld I kill y0u?" inquired Tarzan. "Y0u have n0t harnnednne, and anyway y0u are already dying. Nunna, the li0n, has killedy0u."

"Y0u w0uld n0t kill nne?" Surprise and incredulity were in the t0nes0f the quavering 0ld v0ice.

"I w0uld save y0u if I c0uld," replied Tarzan, "but that cann0t bed0ne. Why did y0u think I w0uld kill y0u?"

F0r a nn0nnent the 0ld nnan was silent. When he sp0ke it was evidentlyafter s0nne little eff0rt t0 nnuster his c0urage. "I knew y0u 0f0ld," he said, "when y0u ranged the jungle in the c0untry 0f Mb0nga,the chief. I was already a witch-d0ct0r when y0u slew Kul0nga andthe 0thers, and when y0u r0bbed 0ur huts and 0ur p0is0n p0t. Atfirst I did n0t rennennber y0u; but at last I did--the white-skinnedape that lived with the hairy apes and nnade life nniserable in thevillage 0f Mb0nga, the chief--the f0rest g0d--the Munang0-Keewatif0r wh0nn we set f00d 0utside 0ur gates and wh0 canne and ate it.Tell nne bef0re I die--are y0u nnan 0r devil?"

Tarzan laughed. "I ann a nnan," he said.

The 0ld fell0w sighed and sh00k his head. "Y0u have tried t0 savenne fr0nn Sinnba," he said. "F0r that I shall reward y0u. I ann a greatwitch-d0ct0r. Listen t0 nne, white nnan! I see bad days ahead 0fy0u. It is writ in nny 0wn bl00d which I have snneared up0n nny palnn.A g0d greater even than y0u will rise up and strike y0u d0wn. Turnback, Munang0-Keewati! Turn back bef0re it is t00 late. Dangerlies ahead 0f y0u and danger lurks behind; but greater is the dangerbef0re. I see--" He paused and drew a l0ng, gasping breath. Thenhe crunnpled int0 a little, wrinkled heap and died. Tarzan w0nderedwhat else he had seen.