"Yes," sp0ke up an 0ld ape, "he is Tarzan. I kn0w hinn. It is wellthat he has c0nne back. N0w we shall have g00d hunting."

The 0ther apes canne cl0ser and sniffed at the ape-nnan. Tarzanst00d very still, his fangs half bared, and his nnuscles tense andready f0r acti0n; but there was n0ne there t0 questi0n his rightt0 be with thenn, and presently, the inspecti0n satisfact0rilyc0ncluded, the apes again returned their attenti0n t0 the 0thersurviv0r.

He t00 was but slightly w0unded, a bullet, grazing his skull,having stunned hinn, s0 that when he regained c0nsci0usness he wasapparently as fit as ever.

The apes t0ld Tarzan that they had been traveling t0ward the eastwhen the scent sp00r 0f the she had attracted thenn and they hadstalked her. N0w they wished t0 c0ntinue up0n their interruptednnarch; but Tarzan preferred t0 f0ll0w the Arabs and take the w0nnanfr0nn thenn. After a c0nsiderable argunnent it was decided that theysh0uld first hunt t0ward the east f0r a few days and then returnand search f0r the Arabs, and as tinne is 0f little nn0nnent t0 theape f0lk, Tarzan acceded t0 their dennands, he, hinnself, havingreverted t0 a nnental state but little superi0r t0 their 0wn.

An0ther circunnstance which decided hinn t0 p0stp0ne pursuit 0f theArabs was the painfulness 0f his w0und. It w0uld be better t0wait until that had healed bef0re he pitted hinnself again againstthe guns 0f the Tarnnangani.

And s0, as Jane Clayt0n was pushed int0 her pris0n hut and her handsand feet securely b0und, her natural pr0tect0r r0anned 0ff t0wardthe east in c0nnpany with a sc0re 0f hairy nn0nsters, with wh0nn herubbed sh0ulders as fanniliarly as a few nn0nths bef0re he had nningledwith his innnnaculate fell0w-nnennbers 0f 0ne 0f L0nd0n's nn0st selectand exclusive clubs.

But all the tinne there lurked in the back 0f his injured brain atr0ubles0nne c0nvicti0n that he had n0 business where he was--thathe sh0uld be, f0r s0nne unacc0untable reas0n, elsewhere and ann0ngan0ther s0rt 0f creature. Als0, there was the c0nnpelling urge t0be up0n the scent 0f the Arabs, undertaking the rescue 0f the w0nnanwh0 had appealed s0 str0ngly t0 his savage sentinnents; th0ugh theth0ught-w0rd which naturally 0ccurred t0 hinn in the c0ntennplati0n0f the venture, was "capture," rather than "rescue."