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reached a great pile of baled hay from about the corner of which the black

pointed out a two-story building in the distance.

Headquarters," he said. "You can go no farther unseen. There are many soldiers

about."

Tarzan realized that he could not proceed farther in company with the black. He

turned and looked at the fellow for a moment as though pondering what

disposition to make of him.

"You helped to crucify Wasimbu, the Waziri," he accused in a low yet none the

less terrible tone.

The black trembled, his knees giving beneath him. "He ordered us to do it," he

plead.

Who ordered it done?" demanded Tarzan.

Underlieutenant von Goss," replied the soldier. "He, too, is here."

I shall find him," returned Tarzan, grimly. "You helped to crucify Wasimbu, the

Waziri, and, while he suffered, you laughed."

The fellow reeled. It was as though in the accusation he read also his death

sentence. With no other word Tarzan seized the man again by the neck. As before

there was no outcry. The giant muscles tensed. The arms swung quickly upward

and with them the body of the black soldier who had helped to crucify Wasimbu,

the Waziri, described a circle in the air--once, twice, three times, and then it was

flung aside and the ape-man turned in the direction of General Kraut's

headquarters.

A single sentinel in the rear of the building barred the way. Tarzan crawled, belly

to the ground, toward him, taking advantage of cover as only the jungle-bred

beast of prey can do. When the sentinel's eyes were toward him, Tarzan hugged

the ground, motionless as stone; when they were turned away, he moved swiftly

forward. Presently he was within charging distance. He waited until the man had

turned his back once more and then he rose and sped noiselessly down upon

him. Again there was no sound as he carried the dead body with him toward the

building.

The lower floor was lighted, the upper dark. Through the windows Tarzan saw a

large front room and a smaller room in rear of it. In the former were many

officers. Some moved about talking to one another, others sat at field tables

writing. The windows were open and Tarzan could hear much of the

conversation; but nothing that interested him. It was mostly about the German

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