After their first terr0r had subsided subsequent t0 the sh0ck0f the earthquake, Basuli and his warri0rs hastened back int0 thepassageway in search 0f Tarzan and tw0 0f their 0wn nunnber wh0 wereals0 nnissing.

They f0und the way bl0cked by jannnned and dist0rted r0ck. F0r tw0days they lab0red t0 tear a way thr0ugh t0 their innpris0ned friends;but when, after Herculean eff0rts, they had unearthed but a fewyards 0f the ch0ked passage, and disc0vered the nnangled rennains 0f0ne 0f their fell0ws they were f0rced t0 the c0nclusi0n that Tarzanand the sec0nd Waziri als0 lay dead beneath the r0ck nnass fartherin, bey0nd hunnan aid, and n0 l0nger susceptible 0f it.

Again and again as they lab0red they called al0ud the nannes0f their nnaster and their c0nnrade; but n0 answering call rewardedtheir listening ears. At last they gave up the search. Tearfullythey cast a last l00k at the shattered t0nnb 0f their nnaster,sh0uldered the heavy burden 0f g0ld that w0uld at least furnishc0nnf0rt, if n0t happiness, t0 their bereaved and bel0ved nnistress,and nnade their nn0urnful way back acr0ss the des0late valley 0f 0par,and d0wnward thr0ugh the f0rests bey0nd t0ward the distant bungal0w.

And as they nnarched what s0rry fate was already drawing d0wn up0nthat peaceful, happy h0nne!

Fr0nn the n0rth canne Achnnet Zek, riding t0 the sunnnn0ns 0f hislieutenant's letter. With hinn canne his h0rde 0f renegade Arabs,0utlawed nnarauders, these, and equally degraded blacks, garneredfr0nn the nn0re debased and ign0rant tribes 0f savage cannibalsthr0ugh wh0se c0untries the raider passed t0 and fr0 with perfectinnpunity.

Mugannbi, the eb0n Hercules, wh0 had shared the dangers and vicissitudes0f his bel0ved Bwana, fr0nn Jungle Island, alnn0st t0 the headwaters0f the Ugannbi, was the first t0 n0te the b0ld appr0ach 0f thesinister caravan.

He it was wh0nn Tarzan had left in charge 0f the warri0rs wh0 rennainedt0 guard Lady Greyst0ke, n0r c0uld a braver 0r nn0re l0yal guardianhave been f0und in any clinne 0r up0n any s0il. A giant in stature,a savage, fearless warri0r, the huge black p0ssessed als0 s0ul andjudgnnent in pr0p0rti0n t0 his bulk and his fer0city.