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"I haven't seen her," replied the Englishman, "since we were brought here. We

were taken into a building on the plaza close by and there we were separated. She

was led away by guards and I was put into a den of lions. I haven't seen her

since."

"How did you escape?" asked the ape-man.

The lions didn't seem to pay much attention to me and I climbed out of the place

by way of a tree and through a window into a room on the second floor. Had a

little scrimmage there with a fellow and was hidden by one of their women in a

hole in the wall. The loony thing then betrayed me to another bounder who

happened in, but I found a way out and up onto the roof where I have been for

quite some time now waiting for a chance to get down into the street without

being seen. That's all I know, but I haven't the slightest idea in the world where to

look for Miss Kircher."

Where were you going now?" asked Tarzan.

Smith-Oldwick hesitated. "I--well, I couldn't do anything here alone and I was

going to try to get out of the city and in some way reach the British forces east

and bring help."

"You couldn't do it," said Tarzan. "Even if you got through the forest alive you

could never cross the desert country without food or water."

What shall we do, then?" asked the Englishman.

We will see if we can find the girl," replied the ape-man, and then, as though he

had forgotten the presence of the Englishman and was arguing to convince

himself, "She may be a German and a spy, but she is a woman--a white woman--I

can't leave her here."

"But how are we going to find her?" asked the Englishman.

I have followed her this far," replied Tarzan, "and unless I am greatly mistaken I

can follow her still farther."

But I cannot accompany you in these clothes without exposing us both to

detection and arrest," argued Smith-Oldwick.

We will get you other clothes, then," said Tarzan.

How?" asked the Englishman.

Go back to the roof beside the city wall where I entered," replied the ape-man

with a grim smile, "and ask the naked dead man there how I got my disguise."

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