Wait, I will fetch him so you may thank him."
? ? ? ? The frightened girl would not be left alone, so she accompanied Clayton to the side of the cabin where lay the dead body of the lioness.
? ? ? ? Tarzan of the Apes was gone.
? ? ? ? Clayton called several times, but there was no reply, and so the two returned to the greater safety of the interior.
? ? ? ? "What a frightful sound!" cried Jane, "I shudder at the mere thought of it. Do not tell me that a human throat voiced that hideous and fearsome shriek."
? ? ? ? "But it did, Miss Porter," replied Clayton; "or at least if not a human throat that of a forest god."
? ? ? ? And then he told her of his experiences with this strange creature--of how twice the wild man had saved his life--of the wondrous strength, and agility, and bravery--of the brown skin and the handsome face.
? ? ? ? "I cannot make it out at all," he concluded. "At first I thought he might be Tarzan of the Apes; but he neither speaks nor understands English, so that theory is untenable.
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