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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar"

Then for a moment he was silent. Presently his hand went falteringly to his forehead, an expression of wonderment filled his eyes--of wonderment and sudden understanding. The forgotten name had reawakened the returning memory that had been struggling to reassert itself. The ape-man relinquished his grasp upon the throat of the Belgian, and leaped to his feet.


? ? ? ? "God!" he cried, and then, "Jane!" Suddenly he turned toward Werper. "My wife?" he asked. "What has become of her? The farm is in ruins. You know. You have had something to do with all this. You followed me to Opar, you stole the jewels which I thought but pretty pebbles. You are a crook! Do not try to tell me that you are not."


? ? ? ? "He is worse than a crook," said a quiet voice close behind them.


? ? ? ? Tarzan turned in astonishment to see a tall man in uniform standing in the trail a few paces from him. Back of the man were a number of black soldiers in the uniform of the Congo Free State.


? ? ? ? "He is a murderer, Monsieur," continued the officer. "I have followed him for a long time to take him back to stand trial for the killing of his superior officer.


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