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had frightened their men about their fires at night; but he never had seen a man-
thing who made this sound that reminded him more of Numa angry than of a
man afraid.
When Tarzan had completed his repast he was about to rise and hurl a clean-
picked bone at the beast before he went his way, leaving the remains of his kill to
Dango; but a sudden thought stayed him and instead he picked up the carcass of
the deer, threw it over his shoulder, and set off in the direction of the gulch. For a
few yards Dango followed, growling, and then realizing that he was being robbed
of even a taste of the luscious flesh he cast discretion to the winds and charged.
Instantly, as though Nature had given him eyes in the back of his head, Tarzan
sensed the impending danger and, dropping Bara to the ground, turned with
raised spear. Far back went the brown, right hand and then forward, lightning-
like, backed by the power of giant muscles and the weight of his brawn and bone.
The spear, released at the right instant, drove straight for Dango, caught him in
the neck where it joined the shoulders and passed through the body.
When he had withdrawn the shaft from the hyena Tarzan shouldered both
carcasses and continued on toward the gulch. Below lay Numa beneath the
shade of the lone tree and at the ape-man's call he staggered slowly to his feet,
yet weak as he was, he still growled savagely, even essaying a roar at the sight of
his enemy. Tarzan let the two bodies slide over the rim of the cliff. "Eat, Numa!"
he cried. "It may be that I shall need you again." He saw the lion, quickened to
new life at the sight of food, spring upon the body of the deer and then he left him
rending and tearing the flesh as he bolted great pieces into his empty maw.
The following day Tarzan came within sight of the German lines. From a wooded
spur of the hills he looked down upon the enemy's left flank and beyond to the
British lines. His position gave him a bird's-eye view of the field of battle, and his
keen eyesight picked out many details that would not have been apparent to a
man whose every sense was not trained to the highest point of perfection as were
the ape-man's. He noted machine-gun emplacements cunningly hidden from the
view of the British and listening posts placed well out in No Man's Land.
As his interested gaze moved hither and thither from one point of interest to
another he heard from a point upon the hillside below him, above the roar of
cannon and the crack of rifle fire, a single rifle spit. Immediately his attention was
centered upon the spot where he knew a sniper must be hid. Patiently he
awaited the next shot that would tell him more surely the exact location of the
rifleman, and when it came he moved down the steep hillside with the stealth and
quietness of a panther. Apparently he took no cognizance of where he stepped,
yet never a loose stone was disturbed nor a twig broken--it was as though his feet
saw.
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