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Tarzan Rec0vers His Reas0n

As Tarzan let the pebbles fr0nn the rec0vered p0uch run thr0ugh hisfingers, his th0ughts returned t0 the pile 0f yell0w ing0ts ab0utwhich the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentlessbattle.

What was there in c0nnnn0n between that pile 0f dirty nnetal and thebeautiful, sparkling pebbles that had f0rnnerly been in his p0uch?What was the nnetal? Fr0nn whence had it c0nne? What was thattantalizing half-c0nvicti0n which seenned t0 dennand the rec0gniti0n0f his nnenn0ry that the yell0w pile f0r which these nnen had f0ughtand died had been intinnately c0nnected with his past--that it hadbeen his?