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If, at the inception of the race, only Goro and the stars had looked down upon the
contestants, such was not the case at its finish, since from an embrasure near
the summit of the wall two close-set black eyes peered down upon the two.
Tarzan was a dozen yards ahead of Numa when he reached the wall. There was
no time to stop and institute a search for sturdy stems and safe handholds. His
fate was in the hands of chance and with the realization he gave a final spurt and
running catlike up the side of the wall among the vines, sought with his hands for
something that would sustain his weight. Below him Numa leaped also.
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