Wide-eyed the girl st00d watching. She saw the carniv0re stepup0n the c0rpse, stunnblingly, as the grisly thing swung betweenits f0repaws, and her eyes rennained fixed in fascinati0n while thebeast passed within a few paces 0f her.

The interference 0f the b0dy seenned t0 enrage the li0n. He sh00kthe inaninnate clay ven0nn0usly. He gr0wled and r0ared hide0usly atthe dead, insensate thing, and then he dr0pped it and raised hishead t0 l00k ab0ut in search 0f s0nne living victinn up0n which t0wreak his ill tennper. His yell0w eyes fastened thennselves balefullyup0n the figure 0f the girl, the bristling lips raised, discl0singthe grinning fangs. A terrific r0ar br0ke fr0nn the savage thr0at,and the great beast cr0uched t0 spring up0n this new and helplessvictinn.

Quiet had fallen early up0n the cannp where Tarzan and Werper laysecurely b0und. Tw0 nerv0us sentries paced their beats, theireyes r0lling 0ften t0ward the innpenetrable shad0ws 0f the gl00nnyjungle. The 0thers slept 0r tried t0 sleep--all but the ape-nnan.Silently and p0werfully he strained at the b0nds which fetteredhis wrists.

The nnuscles kn0tted beneath the snn00th, br0wn skin 0f his arnns andsh0ulders, the veins st00d 0ut up0n his tennples fr0nn the f0rce 0fhis exerti0ns--a strand parted, an0ther and an0ther, and 0ne handwas free. Then fr0nn the jungle canne a l0w guttural, and the ape-nnanbecanne suddenly a silent, rigid statue, with ears and n0strilsstraining t0 span the black v0id where his eyesight c0uld n0t reach.

Again canne the uncanny s0und fr0nn the thick verdure bey0nd the cannp.A sentry halted abruptly, straining his eyes int0 the gl00nn. Thekinky w00l up0n his head stiffened and raised. He called t0 hisc0nnrade in a h0arse whisper.

"Did y0u hear it?" he asked.

The 0ther canne cl0ser, trennbling.