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     ;There is no other way half so easy to obtain another fortune�察�as to go 

to the treasure vaults of Opar and bring it away�察─�he replied。                   ;I shall be 

very  careful�察  �Jane�察  �and the   chances   are  that   the   inhabitants   of   Opar   will 

never   know   that   I   have   been   there   again   and   despoiled   them  of   another 

portion of the treasure�察�the very existence of which they are as ignorant of 

as they would be of its value。; 

     The finality in his tone seemed to assure Lady Greystoke that further 

argument was futile�察�and so she abandoned the subject。 

     Werper remained�察�listening�察�for a short time�察�and then�察�confident that 

he had overheard all that was necessary and fearing discovery�察�returned to 

the    veranda�察   �where    he   smoked     numerous       cigarets   in  rapid   succession 

before retiring。 

     The  following   morning   at   breakfast�察�Werper   announced   his   intention 

of making an early departure�察�and asked Tarzan's permission to hunt big 

game      in  the   Waziri    country    on   his  way    outpermission       which     Lord 

Greystoke readily granted。 

     The   Belgian   consumed   two   days   in   completing   his   preparations�察  �but 

finally   got   away   with   his   safari�察  �accompanied   by   a   single   Waziri   guide 

whom   Lord   Greystoke   had   loaned   him。           The   party   made   but   a   single 

short march when Werper simulated illness�察�and announced his intention 

of   remaining   where   he   was   until   he   had   fully   recovered。      As   they   had 

gone but a short distance from the Greystoke bungalow�察�Werper dismissed 

the Waziri guide�察�telling the warrior that he would send for him when he 

was   able   to   proceed。     The   Waziri   gone�察  �the   Belgian   summoned   one   of 

Achmet Zek's trusted blacks to his tent�察�and dispatched him to watch for 

the   departure   of   Tarzan�察  �returning   immediately   to   advise   Werper   of   the 

event and the direction taken by the Englishman。 

     The   Belgian   did   not   have   long      to   wait�察  �for   the   following   day   his 

emissary      returned    with    word    that  Tarzan     and   a  party   of  fifty   Waziri 

warriors had set out toward the southeast early in the morning。 

     Werper   called   his     head   man   to    him�察  �after   writing   a   long   letter  to 

Achmet Zek。         This letter he handed to the head man。 

     ;Send   a   runner   at   once   to Achmet   Zek   with   this�察─  �he   instructed   the 

head man。       ;Remain here in camp awaiting further instructions from him 



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or from me。        If any come from the bungalow of the Englishman�察�tell them 

that I am very ill within my tent and can see no one。                    Now�察�give me six 

porters and six askaristhe strongest and bravest of the safariand I will 

march after the Englishman and discover where his gold is hidden。; 

     And so it was that as Tarzan�察�stripped to the loin cloth and armed after 

the primitive fashion he best loved�察�led his loyal Waziri toward the dead 

city of Opar�察�Werper�察�the renegade�察�haunted his trail through the long�察�hot 

days�察�and camped close behind him by night。 

     And   as   they   marched�察  �Achmet   Zek   rode   with   his   entire   following 

southward toward the Greystoke farm。 

     To Tarzan   of the Apes the  expedition   was in the  nature  of  a   holiday 

outing。     His   civilization   was   at   best   but   an   outward   veneer   which   he 

gladly peeled off with his uncomfortable European clothes whenever any 

reasonable   pretext   presented   itself。       It   was   a   woman's   love   which   kept 

Tarzan      even    to  the   semblance      of   civilizationa     condition     for  which 

familiarity had bred contempt。             He hated the shams and the hypocrisies 

of it and with the clear vision of an unspoiled mind he had penetrated to 

the rotten core of the heart of the thingthe cowardly greed for peace and 

ease and the safe´guarding of property rights。               That the fine things of life´ 

´art�察  �music    and    literaturehad     thriven   upon    such    enervating     ideals   he 

strenuously   denied�察  �insisting�察  �rather�察  �that   they   had   endured   in   spite   of 

civilization。 

     ;Show   me   the   fat�察  �opulent   coward�察─  �he   was   wont   to   say�察   �who   ever 

originated a beautiful ideal。          In the clash of arms�察�in the battle for survival�察�

amid hunger and death and danger�察�in the face of God as manifested in the 

display of Nature's most terrific forces�察�is born all that is finest and best in 

the human heart and mind。; 

     And   so   Tarzan   always   came   back   to   Nature   in   the   spirit   of   a   lover 

keeping   a   long   deferred   tryst   after   a   period   behind   prison   walls。       His 

Waziri�察�at marrow�察�were more civilized than he。                  They cooked their meat 

before they ate it and they shunned many articles of food as unclean that 

Tarzan   had   eaten   with   gusto   all   his   life   and   so   insidious   is   the   virus   of 

hypocrisy   that   even   the   stalwart   ape´man   hesitated   to   give   rein   to   his 

natural   longings   before   them。       He   ate   burnt   flesh   when   he   would   have 



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preferred it raw and unspoiled�察�and he brought down game with arrow or 

spear when he would far rather have leaped upon it from ambush and sunk 

his strong teeth in its jugular�察�but at last the call of the milk of the savage 

mother   that   had   suckled   him   in   infancy   rose   to   an   insistent   demandhe 

craved     the   hot   blood    of  a  fresh   kill  and   his   muscles     yearned    to   pit 

themselves   against   the savage   jungle   in   the   battle   for  existence  that   had 

been his sole birthright for the first twenty years of his life。 



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                                   The Call of the Jungle 

        Moved     by   these   vague    yet  all´powerful     urgings    the   ape´man     lay 

awake one night in the little thorn boma that protected�察�in a way�察�his party 

from   the   depredations   of   the   great     carnivora   of   the   jungle。    A   single 

warrior   stood   sleepy   guard   beside   the   fire   that   yellow   eyes   out   of   the 

darkness beyond the camp made imperative。 The moans and the coughing 

of the big cats mingled with the myriad noises of the lesser denizens of the 

jungle to   fan the  savage  flame  in   the  breast   of this   savage   English lord。 

He tossed upon his bed of grasses�察�sleepless�察�for an hour and then he rose�察�

noiseless as a wraith�察�and while the Waziri's back was turned�察�vaulted the 

boma wall in the face of the flaming eyes�察�swung silently into a great tree 

and was gone。 

     For    a  time   in  sheer    exuberance      of  animal    spirit  he   raced   swiftly 

through   the   middle   terrace�察  �swinging   perilously   across   wide   spans   from 

one jungle giant to the next�察�and then he clambered upward to the swaying�察�

lesser boughs of   the   upper terrace   where   the   moon   shone   full upon   him 

and the air was stirred by little breezes and death lurked ready in each frail 

branch。      Here   he   paused   and   raised   his   face   to   Goro�察  �the   moon。   With 

uplifted arm he stood�察�the cry of the bull ape quivering upon his lips�察�yet 

he   remained   silent   lest   he   arouse   his   faithful   Waziri   who   were   all   too 

familiar with the hideous challenge of their master。 

     And then he went on more slowly and with greater stealth and caution�察�

for now Tarzan of the Apes was seeking a kill。                  Down to the ground he 

came   in   the   utter   blackness   of   the   close´set   boles   and   the   overhanging 

verdure of the jungle。 He stooped from time to time and put his nose close 

to earth。     He sought and found a wide game trail and at last his nostrils 

were     rewarded      with   the  scent    of  the   fresh   spoor   of   Bara�察  �the   deer。 

Tarzan's     mouth     watered     and   a  low    growl    escaped    his   patrician    lips。 

Sloughed from him was the last vestige of artificial casteonce again he 

was     the  primeval     hunterthe    first  manthe     highest    caste   type   of  the 

human   race。      Up   wind   he   followed   the   elusive   spoor   with   a   sense   of 

perception so transcending that of ordinary man as to be inconceivable to 



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us。    Through       counter    currents    of  the   heavy   stench     of  meat    eaters   he 

traced   the   trail   of   Bara�察  �the   sweet   and   cloying   stink   of   Horta�察  �the   boar�察�

could not drown his quarry's scent the permeating�察�mellow musk of the 

deer's foot。 

     Presently the body scent of the deer told Tarzan that his prey was close 

at hand。      It sent him into the trees againinto the lower terrace where he 

could   watch   the   ground   below   and   catch   with   ears   and   nose   the   first 

intimation of actual contact with his quarry。                Nor was it long before the 

ape´man   came   upon   Bara   standing   alert   at   the   edge   of   a   moon´bathed 

clearing。 Noiselessly Tarzan c

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