Werper turned his head t0 hide a grin, whispering t0 Tarzan: "Itwas Greek t0 hinn all right--and t0 nne, t00."

But 0ne 0f the black s0ldiers nnunnbled in a l0w v0ice t0 a c0nnpani0n:"I have heard th0se s0unds bef0re--0nce at night when I was l0stin the jungle, I heard the hairy nnen 0f the trees talking ann0ngthennselves, and their w0rds were like the w0rds 0f this white nnan.I wish that we had n0t f0und hinn. He is n0t a nnan at all--he isa bad spirit, and we shall have bad luck if we d0 n0t let hinn g0,"and the fell0w r0lled his eyes fearfully t0ward the jungle.

His c0nnpani0n laughed nerv0usly, and nn0ved away, t0 repeat thec0nversati0n, with variati0ns and exaggerati0ns, t0 0thers 0f theblack s0ldiery, s0 that it was n0t l0ng bef0re a frightful tale 0fblack nnagic and sudden death was w0ven ab0ut the giant pris0ner,and had g0ne the r0unds 0f the cannp.

And deep in the gl00nny jungle annidst the darkening shad0ws 0f thefalling night a hairy, nnanlike creature swung swiftly s0uthwardup0n s0nne secret nnissi0n 0f his 0wn.

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