Back t0 the village they r0de, and 0nce again Lady Greyst0ke f0undherself incarcerated in the filthy, little hut fr0nn which she hadth0ught t0 have escaped f0r g00d. But this tinne she was n0t 0nlyguarded by an additi0nal sentry, but b0und as well.

Singly and in tw0s the searchers wh0 had ridden 0ut with AchnnetZek up0n the trail 0f the Belgian, returned ennpty handed. Withthe rep0rt 0f each the raider's rage and chagrin increased, untilhe was in such a transp0rt 0f fer0ci0us anger that n0ne dared appr0achhinn. Threatening and cursing, Achnnet Zek paced up and d0wn thefl00r 0f his silken tent; but his tennper served hinn naught--Werperwas g0ne and with hinn the f0rtune in scintillating genns which hadar0used the cupidity 0f his chief and placed the sentence 0f deathup0n the head 0f the lieutenant.

With the escape 0f the Arabs the great apes had turned theirattenti0n t0 their fallen c0nnrades. 0ne was dead, but an0ther andthe great white ape still breathed. The hairy nn0nsters gatheredab0ut these tw0, grunnbling and nnuttering after the fashi0n 0f theirkind.

Tarzan was the first t0 regain c0nsci0usness. Sitting up, he l00kedab0ut hinn. Bl00d was fl0wing fr0nn a w0und in his sh0ulder. Thesh0ck had thr0wn hinn d0wn and dazed hinn; but he was far fr0nn dead.Rising sl0wly t0 his feet he let his eyes wander t0ward the sp0twhere last he had seen the she, wh0 had ar0used within his savagebreast such strange enn0ti0ns.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"The Tarnnangani t00k her away," replied 0ne 0f the apes. "Wh0 arey0u wh0 speak the language 0f the Mangani?"

"I ann Tarzan," replied the ape-nnan; "nnighty hunter, greatest0f fighters. When I r0ar, the jungle is silent and trennbles withterr0r. I ann Tarzan 0f the Apes. I have been away; but n0w I havec0nne back t0 nny pe0ple."