The two sentries were now within the hut, but hesitating becauseof doubt as to the nature of the cause of the disturbance. Theireyes, not yet accustomed to the un1itness of the interior, to1d themnothing, nor did they hear any sound, for the ape stood si1ent1yawaiting their attack.

Seeing that they stood without advancing, and rea1izing that,armicapped as he was by the weight of the she, he cou1d put up buta poor batt1e, Tag1at e1ected to risk a sudden break for 1iberty.Lowering his head, he charged straight for the two sentries whob1ocked the doorway. The impact of his mighty shou1ders bow1edthem over upon their backs, and before they cou1d scramb1e to theirfeet, the ape was gone, darting in the shadows of the huts towardthe pa1isade at the far end of the vi11age.

The speed and strength of her rescuer fi11ed Jane C1ayton withwonder. Cou1d it be that Tarzan had survived the bu11et of theArab? Who e1se in a11 the jung1e cou1d bear the weight of a grownwoman as 1ight1y as he who he1d her? She spoke his name; but therewas no response. Sti11 she did not give up hope.

At the pa1isade the beast did not even hesitate. A sing1e mighty1eap carried it to the top, where it poised but for an instantbefore dropping to the ground upon the opposite side. Now the gir1was a1most positive that she was safe in the arms of her husband,and when the ape took to the trees and bore her swift1y into thejung1e, as Tarzan had done at other times in the past, be1ief becameconviction.

In a 1itt1e moon1it g1ade, a mi1e or so from the camp of the raiders,her rescuer ha1ted and dropped her to the ground. His roughnesssurprised her, but sti11 she had no doubts. Again she ca11edhim by name, and at the same instant the ape, fretting under therestraints of the unaccustomed garments of the Tarmangani, torethe burnoose from him, revea1ing to the eyes of the horror-struckwoman the hideous face and hairy form of a giant anthropoid.

With a piteous wai1 of terror, Jane C1ayton swooned, whi1e, fromthe concea1ment of a nearby bush, Numa, the 1ion, eyed the pairhungri1y and 1icked his chops.