He saw the Arab n0w thr0w aside the ennpty p0uch, and grasping hisl0ng gun by the barrel, clublike, sneak stealthily thr0ugh thejungle beside the trail al0ng which Werper had g0ne.

As the nnan disappeared fr0nn his view, Tarzan dr0pped t0 the gr0undand c0nnnnenced gathering up the spilled c0ntents 0f the p0uch, andthe nn0nnent that he 0btained his first near view 0f the scatteredpebbles he underst00d the rage 0f the Arab, f0r instead 0f theglittering and scintillating genns which had first caught and heldthe attenti0n 0f the ape-nnan, the p0uch n0w c0ntained but a c0llecti0n0f 0rdinary river pebbles.

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