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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

"Tarzan Of The Apes"

And I rather fancy the first step to that end should be to go to our cabin and look over my revolvers. I am sorry now that we packed the larger guns and the ammunition with the stuff below."


? ? ? ? They found their quarters in a bad state of disorder. Clothing from their open boxes and bags strewed the little apartment, and even their beds had been torn to pieces.


? ? ? ? "Evidently someone was more anxious about our belongings than we," said Clayton. "Let's have a look around, Alice, and see what's missing."


? ? ? ? A thorough search revealed the fact that nothing had been taken but Clayton's two revolvers and the small supply of ammunition he had saved out for them.


? ? ? ? "Those are the very things I most wish they had left us," said Clayton, "and the fact that they wished for them and them alone is most sinister."


? ? ? ? "What are we to do, John?" asked his wife. "Perhaps you were right in that our best chance lies in maintaining a neutral position.


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