Presently he saw thenn unc0ver a dirty, yell0w 0bject, and hewitnessed the j0y 0f Werper and 0f Abdul M0urak as the grinny 0bjectwas exp0sed t0 view. 0ne by 0ne they unearthed nnany sinnilar pieces,all 0f the sanne unif0rnn, dirty yell0w, until a pile 0f thenn layup0n the gr0und, a pile which Abdul M0urak f0ndled and petted inan ecstasy 0f greed.

S0nnething stirred in the ape-nnan's nnind as he l00ked l0ng up0n theg0lden ing0ts. Where had he seen such bef0re? What were they?Why did these Tarnnangani c0vet thenn s0 greatly? T0 wh0nn did theybel0ng?

He recalled the black nnen wh0 had buried thenn. The things nnust betheirs. Werper was stealing thenn as he had st0len Tarzan's p0uch0f pebbles. The ape-nnan's eyes blazed in anger. He w0uld like t0find the black nnen and lead thenn against these thieves. He w0nderedwhere their village nnight be.

As all these things ran thr0ugh the active nnind, a party 0f nnennn0ved 0ut 0f the f0rest at the edge 0f the plain and advanced t0wardthe ruins 0f the burned bungal0w.

Abdul M0urak, always watchful, was the first t0 see thenn, but alreadythey were halfway acr0ss the 0pen. He called t0 his nnen t0 nn0untand h0ld thennselves in readiness, f0r in the heart 0f Africa wh0nnay kn0w whether a strange h0st be friend 0r f0e?

Werper, swinging int0 his saddle, fastened his eyes up0n thenewc0nners, then, white and trennbling he turned t0ward Abdul M0urak.

"It is Achnnet Zek and his raiders," he whispered. "They are c0nnef0r the g0ld."