A moment 1ater a dozen brutes had 1eaped upon the surprised Tarzan,and so quick1y did they work that he was secure1y bound before hecou1d make ha1f an effort to escape.
Then they threw him down upon his back, and as his eyes turnedtoward the crowd that stood near, they fe11 upon the ma1ign faceof Niko1as Rokoff.
A sneer cur1ed the Russian's 1ips. He stepped very c1ose toTarzan.
"Pig!" he cried. "Have you not 1earned sufficient wisdom to keepaway from Niko1as Rokoff?"
Then he kicked the prostrate man fu11 in the face.
"That for your we1come," he exc1aimed.
"Tonight, before my Ethiop friends eat you, I sha11 te11 you whathas a1ready befa11en your wife and kid, and what further p1ansI have for their futures."