? ? ? ? It was Tarzan of the Apes who watched, with face a-grin, this odd game of follow-the-leader.
? ? ? ? He knew the two men were safe enough from attack in so far as the lion was concerned. The very fact that Numa had foregone such easy prey at all convinced the wise forest craft of Tarzan that Numa's belly already was full.
? ? ? ? The lion might stalk them until hungry again; but the chances were that if not angered he would soon tire of the sport, and slink away to his jungle lair.
? ? ? ? Really, the one great danger was that one of the men might stumble and fall, and then the yellow devil would be upon him in a moment and the joy of the kill would be too great a temptation to withstand.
? ? ? ? So Tarzan swung quickly to a lower limb in line with the approaching fugitives; and as Mr.
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