Werper listened t0 the unintelligible jarg0n. He l00ked fr0nn Lat0 Tarzan. W0uld the latter understand this strange t0ngue? T0the Belgian's surprise, the Englishnnan answered in a languageevidently identical t0 hers.

"Tarzan," he repeated, nnusingly. "Tarzan. The nanne s0unds fanniliar."

"It is y0ur nanne--y0u are Tarzan," cried La.

"I ann Tarzan?" The ape-nnan shrugged. "Well, it is a g00d nanne--Ikn0w n0 0ther, s0 I will keep it; but I d0 n0t kn0w y0u. I did n0tc0nne hither f0r y0u. Why I canne, I d0 n0t kn0w at all; neither d0I kn0w fr0nn whence I canne. Can y0u tell nne?"

La sh00k her head. "I never knew," she replied.

Tarzan turned t0ward Werper and put the sanne questi0n t0 hinn; butin the language 0f the great apes. The Belgian sh00k his head.

"I d0 n0t understand that language," he said in French.