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man saw that which gave him in.
slant pause; four full-grown lions
trailing the lioness.
The lioness was young and sleek
and the four males were in theii
prime-as handsome lions as he had
ever seen.S Three of the males were
scantily named; but one, the fore.
most, carried splendid black mane
that rippled in the breeze as he
trotted majestically forward. The
lioness halted hundred feet from
Tar1an, while the lions came or
past her and stopped few feet
nearer. Their ears were upstand-
ing and their eyes filled with Gu.
riosity. Tarzan could not even guess
what they might do. The lion at his
side faced them fully, standing
! silent now.
Suddenly the lioness gave vent
to another little. whine; and at that
Tarzan's lion voiced terrific roal
and leaped straight toward the
beast of the black name. The sight
of this awesome creature with the
strange face, dragging Tarzar
| after him, was too much for the
black name, and with a growl that
lion turned and fled, followed by his
companions and the she. =
Numa attempted to follow them
but Tarzan held him in leash, and
when he turned upon Tarzan in
Prage, the Ape-man beat him unmer.
cifully across the head with his
spear.
Shaking his head and growing,
the lion at last moved off again in
the direction they had been travel
ing; but it was an hour before he
ceased to sulk. He was very hun
CRY, half-famished, in fact, and
consequently ,of an, ugly temper;
yet he was so thoroughly subdued
by Tarzan's heroic methods of lion
tanning that he was, presently pac-
ing along at the Ape-man's side
like some huge st. Bernard.
TT WAS dark when, after a slight
delay because of'a Geman patrol
it had been necessary to elude, the
two approached the, British right
A short distance from the outer
British line of sentinels Tarzan tied
Numa to a tree and continued on
alone. He evaded sentinel, passed
the out-guard and support and by
devious ways came again to Colonel
Capell's headquarters, where, like a
disembodied spirit materializing
out of thin air, he appeared before
the assembled officers.
When they saw who it was that
came thus unannounced, they
smiled, and the Colonel scratched
his head in perplexity.
Tarzan smiled. "Do not blame
them," he said, "for I am not a
man. I am a Tarmangani. Any
Mangani who wished to could enter
youn camp almost at will; but if
you had them for sentinels, no one
could enter without their knowl-
edge"
What are the Mangani?" asked
the Colonel. perhaps we might
enlist bunch of the beggars."
Tarzan shook his head. "They are
the great apes" he explained,
-"my people; but you could not
use them. They cannot concentrate
long enough upon a single idea"
"You call them Mangani, and
yourself Tarmangani-what is the
difference?" asked Major Pres
wick. :
"Tar means white" replied Tar
zan, "and. Mangani means great
ape. My name-the name they gave
me in the tribe of Kerchak-means
White-skin. When | was a little
balu, my skin, l presume, looked
very white indeed against the beau
tiful black coat of Kala, my foster
mother; and so they called me Tar
zan the Tarmangani. They call,
you, too, Tarmangani," he concluded,
smiling.
Capell smiled. at is no reproach,
Greystoke," he said. "And by Jove,
it would be a mark of distinction if
fellow could act the part. And
now how about your plan p Do you
still think you can empty the trench
opposite our sector?"
SIS it still held by Gomangani'
asked Tarzan.
"What are Gomangani ?" inquired
the Colonel, at is still held by native
troops, if that is what you mean,
eyes," replied the Ape-man. "The
Gomangani are the negroes"
"What do you intend doing, and
what do You want us to do?" asked
Capell.
Tarzan approached, the table and
placed finger on the map. "Here
is listening-post," he said. "They
have nachine-gun init. A tunnel
connects it with this trench at this
point" His finger moved from place
to place on the map as he talked.
HGive me bomb, and when you hear
it burst in this listening-post, let
your men start across No Mans