? ? ? ? "You certainly pulled me up into this tree just in time," said the professor at last. "I want to thank you. You saved my life."
? ? ? ? "But I didn't pull you up here, Professor," said Mr. Philander. "Bless me! The excitement of the moment quite caused me to forget that I myself was drawn up here by some outside agency--there must be someone or something in this tree with us."
? ? ? ? "Eh?" ejaculated Professor Porter. "Are you quite positive, Mr. Philander?"
? ? ? ? "Most positive, Professor," replied Mr. Philander, "and," he added, "I think we should thank the party. He may be sitting right next to you now, Professor."
? ? ? ? "Eh? What's that? Tut, tut, Mr. Philander, tut, tut!" said Professor Porter, edging cautiously nearer to Mr. Philander.
? ? ? ? Just then it occurred to Tarzan of the Apes that Numa had loitered beneath the tree for a sufficient length of time, so he raised his young head toward the heavens, and there rang out upon the terrified ears of the two old men the awful warning challenge of the anthropoid.
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