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Schneider heard the noise of the opening and closing door behind him and

turned. At sight of this strange officer he dropped the girl and straightened up.

"What is the meaning of this intrusion, Lieutenant?" he demanded, noting the

other's epaulettes. "Leave the room at once."

Tarzan made no articulate reply; but the two there with him heard a low growl

break from those firm lips--a growl that sent a shudder through the frame of the

girl and brought a pallor to the red face of the Hun and his hand to his pistol but

even as he drew his weapon it was wrested from him and hurled through the

blind and window to the yard beyond. Then Tarzan backed against the door and

slowly removed the uniform coat.

You are Hauptmann Schneider," he said to the German.

What of it?" growled the latter.

I am Tarzan of the Apes," replied the ape-man. "Now you know why I intrude."

The two before him saw that he was naked beneath the coat which he threw upon

the floor and then he slipped quickly from the trousers and stood there clothed

only in his loin cloth. The girl had recognized him by this time, too.

"Take your hand off that pistol," Tarzan admonished her. Her hand dropped at

her side. "Now come here!"

She approached and Tarzan removed the weapon and hurled it after the other. At

the mention of his name Tarzan had noted the sickly pallor that overspread the

features of the Hun. At last he had found the right man. At last his mate would

be partially avenged--never could she be entirely avenged. Life was too short and

there were too many Germans.

"What do you want of me?" demanded Schneider.

"You are going to pay the price for the thing you did at the little bungalow in the

Waziri country," replied the ape-man.

Schneider commenced to bluster and threaten. Tarzan turned the key in the lock

of the door and hurled the former through the window after the pistols. Then he

turned to the girl. "Keep out of the way," he said in a low voice. "Tarzan of the

Apes is going to kill."

The Hun ceased blustering and began to plead. "I have a wife and children at

home," he cried. "I have done nothing, I--"

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