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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar"

Threatening and cursing, Achmet Zek paced up and down the floor of his silken tent; but his temper served him naught--Werper was gone and with him the fortune in scintillating gems which had aroused the cupidity of his chief and placed the sentence of death upon the head of the lieutenant.


? ? ? ? With the escape of the Arabs the great apes had turned their attention to their fallen comrades. One was dead, but another and the great white ape still breathed. The hairy monsters gathered about these two, grumbling and muttering after the fashion of their kind.


? ? ? ? Tarzan was the first to regain consciousness. Sitting up, he looked about him. Blood was flowing from a wound in his shoulder. The shock had thrown him down and dazed him; but he was far from dead. Rising slowly to his feet he let his eyes wander toward the spot where last he had seen the she, who had aroused within his savage breast such strange emotions.


? ? ? ? "Where is she?" he asked.


? ? ? ? "The Tarmangani took her away," replied one of the apes. "Who are you who speak the language of the Mangani?"


? ? ? ? "I am Tarzan," replied the ape-man; "mighty hunter, greatest of fighters.


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