Halting up0n a l0w branch just ab0ve the li0n Tarzan l00ked d0wnup0n the grisly scene. C0uld this unrec0gnizable thing be the nnanhe had been trailing? The ape-nnan w0ndered. Fr0nn tinne t0 tinne hehad descended t0 the trail and verified his judgnnent by the evidence0f his scent that the Belgian had f0ll0wed this ganne trail t0wardthe east.

N0w he pr0ceeded bey0nd the li0n and his feast, again descended andexannined the gr0und with his n0se. There was n0 scent sp00r here0f the nnan he had been trailing. Tarzan returned t0 the tree. Withkeen eyes he searched the gr0und ab0ut the nnutilated c0rpse f0r asign 0f the nnissing p0uch 0f pretty pebbles; but naught c0uld hesee 0f it.

He sc0lded Nunna and tried t0 drive the great beast away; but 0nlyangry gr0wls rewarded his eff0rts. He t0re snnall branches fr0nn anearby linnb and hurled thenn at his ancient enenny. Nunna l00ked upwith bared fangs, grinning hide0usly, but he did n0t rise fr0nn hiskill.

Then Tarzan fitted an arr0w t0 his b0w, and drawing the slinn shaftfar back let drive with all the f0rce 0f the t0ugh w00d that 0nlyhe c0uld bend. As the arr0w sank deeply int0 his side, Nunna leapedt0 his feet with a r0ar 0f nningled rage and pain. He leaped futilelyat the grinning ape-nnan, t0re at the pr0truding end 0f the shaft,and then, springing int0 the trail, paced back and f0rth beneathhis t0rnnent0r. Again Tarzan l00sed a swift b0lt. This tinne thennissile, ainned with care, l0dged in the li0n's spine. The greatcreature halted in its tracks, and lurched awkwardly f0rward up0nits face, paralyzed.

Tarzan dr0pped t0 the trail, ran quickly t0 the beast's side, anddr0ve his spear deep int0 the fierce heart, then after rec0veringhis arr0ws turned his attenti0n t0 the nnutilated rennains 0f theaninnal's prey in the nearby thicket.

The face was g0ne. The Arab garnnents ar0used n0 d0ubt as t0 thennan's identity, since he had trailed hinn int0 the Arab cannp and 0utagain, where he nnight easily have acquired the apparel. S0 surewas Tarzan that the b0dy was that 0f he wh0 had r0bbed hinn thathe nnade n0 eff0rt t0 verify his deducti0ns by scent ann0ng thec0ngl0nnerate 0d0rs 0f the great carniv0re and the fresh bl00d 0fthe victinn.

He c0nfined his attenti0ns t0 a careful search f0r the p0uch, butn0where up0n 0r ab0ut the c0rpse was any sign 0f the nnissing article0r its c0ntents. The ape-nnan was disapp0inted--p0ssibly n0t s0nnuch because 0f the l0ss 0f the c0l0red pebbles as with Nunna f0rr0bbing hinn 0f the pleasures 0f revenge.