Show what wonderful sort of creature Crea was this A notion nation to whatever horrible fate awaited him at the hands of this feared eared lemon of tho the woods why do yen not kill moll me lie asked why should I 1 kill you inquired tarzan you tou have not li harmed armeI moi me arid anyway you are already dying ding numa tho the lion has bal killed you I 1 would save you if I 1 could but that cannot ile he done why did you think I 1 would kill you for a moment the old man was silent when he spoke it was evidently titter lifter some little effort to muster tits hla courage 1 I knew you of old he said when alien you ranged the jungle in iho country of ibanga the chief I 1 was waa already a n witch doctor ahon v lion you slow slew kulonda and the others and when you robbed our huts and our poison pot at flat farat I 1 did not ironical er you but at last I 1 did the white shinned ape anpo that lived with the tha hairy apes and made life in merable in the village of the chief the for est god goa the kiewatt for whom we set food outside our gates mid who came and ate it tell me before I 1 die a aro re you man or devil tarzan laughed 1 I am a man he be wild the old fellow sighed and shook tits his head you y havo have tried tiled to save me from dumn lie he said for that I 1 shall reward you I 1 am a great witch doctor listen to nip me white mani man I 1 see sec had bad days ahead of jot you it Is writ in my own blood which I 1 have smeared apon pon my palm A god greater even than you will rise up and strike you down turn back 1 turn bock back before it Is 14 too late danger lies ahead of yon and danger lurks behind but greater Is the danger before I 1 see sec lie he paused and drew n long gasping breath then lie he churn crumpled into a little wrinkled heap and died tarzan wondered what else lie he had seen it was very tery late when tho the ape man reentered entered re the boina and lay down among his black warriors none had seen him RO go and none saw him return he thought about tho the warning of 0 tho the old witch doctor before lie ho fell asleep ind lie he thought of it again after he awoke but he did not turn back for he was wag un unafraid armId though had he known what lay in store tor for one ho he loved roost most in all tho the world ho he would have flown through the trees to her 61 aldo do and allowed tile gold of opar to remain forever hidden n in its forgotten storehouse li oue |