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Tarzan looked at the other a moment in silence. It was beyond him to conceive

that a British officer should thus laconically speak of an enemy spy whom he had

had within his power and permitted to escape. "Yes," he replied, "I knew that she

was Bertha Kircher, the German spy?"

Is that all you knew?" asked Capell.

That is all," said the ape-man.

She is the Honorable Patricia Canby," said Capell, "one of the most valuable

members of the British Intelligence Service attached to the East African forces.

Her father and I served in India together and I have known her ever since she was

born.

"Why, here's a packet of papers she took from a German officer and has been

carrying it through all her vicissitudes-single-minded in the performance of her

duty. Look! I haven't yet had time to examine them but as you see here is a

military sketch map, a bundle of reports, and the diary of one Hauptmann Fritz

Schneider."

The diary of Hauptmann Fritz Schneider!" repeated Tarzan in a constrained

voice. "May I see it, Capell? He is the man who murdered Lady Greystoke."

The Englishman handed the little volume over to the other without a word.

Tarzan ran through the pages quickly looking for a certain date--the date that the

horror had been committed--and when he found it he read rapidly. Suddenly a

gasp of incredulity burst from his lips. Capell looked at him questioningly.

God!" exclaimed the ape-man. "Can this be true? Listen!" and he read an excerpt

from the closely written page:

"'Played a little joke on the English pig. When he comes home he will find the

burned body of his wife in her boudoir-but he will only think it is his wife. Had

von Goss substitute the body of a dead Negress and char it after putting Lady

Greystoke's rings on it--Lady G will be of more value to the High Command alive

than dead.'"

She lives!" cried Tarzan.

Thank God!" exclaimed Capell. "And now?"

I will return with you, of course. How terribly I have wronged Miss Canby, but

how could I know? I even told Smith-Oldwick, who loves her, that she was a

German spy.

"Not only must I return to find my wife but I must right this wrong."

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