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gain entrance to the palace, but he had arrived at nothing which he considered
feasible when there came a loud knocking upon the door of the outer room.
For a moment no one spoke and then the young man raised his voice and cried
aloud to those without. Immediately Otobu sprang for the fellow and attempted to
smother his words by clapping a palm over his mouth.
"What is he saying?" asked Tarzan.
"
He is telling them to break down the door and rescue him and the girl from two
strangers who entered and made them prisoners. If they enter they will kill us
all."
"
Tell him," said Tarzan, "to hold his peace or I will slay him."
Otobu did as he was instructed and the young maniac lapsed into scowling
silence. Tarzan crossed the alcove and entered the outer room to note the effect of
the assaults upon the door. Smith-Oldwick followed him a few steps, leaving
Otobu to guard the two prisoners. The ape-man saw that the door could not long
withstand the heavy blows being dealt the panels from without. "I wanted to use
that fellow in the other room," he said to Smith-Oldwick, "but I am afraid we will
have to get out of here the way we came. We can't accomplish anything by waiting
here and meeting these fellows. From the noise out there there must be a dozen
of them. Come," he said, "you go first and I will follow."
As the two turned back from the alcove they witnessed an entirely different scene
from that upon which they had turned their backs but a moment or two before.
Stretched on the floor and apparently lifeless lay the body of the black slave,
while the two prisoners had vanished completely.
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