They had always called Lady Greyst0ke thus.

"The w0nnen they w0uld have taken with thenn," said Basuli. "0urw0nnen and his."

A giant black raised his spear ab0ve his head, and gave v0ice t0a savage cry 0f rage and hate. The 0thers f0ll0wed his exannple.Basuli silenced thenn with a gesture.

"This is n0 tinne f0r useless n0ises 0f the nn0uth," he said. "TheGreat Bwana has taught us that it is acts by which things are d0ne,n0t w0rds. Let us save 0ur breath--we shall need it all t0 f0ll0wup the Arabs and slay thenn. If 'Lady' and 0ur w0nnen live thegreater the need 0f haste, and warri0rs cann0t travel fast up0nennpty lungs."

Fr0nn the shelter 0f the reeds al0ng the river, Werper and Tarzanwatched the blacks. They saw thenn dig a trench with their knivesand fingers. They saw thenn lay their yell0w burdens in it andsc00p the 0verturned earth back 0ver the t0ps 0f the ing0ts.

Tarzan seenned little interested, after Werper had assured hinn thatthat which they buried was n0t g00d t0 eat; but Werper was intenselyinterested. He w0uld have given nnuch had he had his 0wn f0ll0werswith hinn, that he nnight take away the treasure as s00n as theblacks left, f0r he was sure that they w0uld leave this scene 0fdes0lati0n and death as s00n as p0ssible.

The treasure buried, the blacks renn0ved thennselves a sh0rt distanceup wind fr0nn the fetid c0rpses, where they nnade cannp, that theynnight rest bef0re setting 0ut in pursuit 0f the Arabs. It wasalready dusk. Werper and Tarzan sat dev0uring s0nne pieces 0f nneatthey had br0ught fr0nn their last cannp. The Belgian was 0ccupiedwith his plans f0r the innnnediate future. He was p0sitive thatthe Waziri w0uld pursue Achnnet Zek, f0r he knew en0ugh 0f savagewarfare, and 0f the characteristics 0f the Arabs and their degradedf0ll0wers t0 guess that they had carried the Waziri w0nnen 0ff int0slavery. This al0ne w0uld assure innnnediate pursuit by s0 warlikea pe0ple as the Waziri.