? ? ? ? A man at the bows was constantly heaving into the sea a rope to the end of which a small object was fastened. Tarzan wondered what the purpose of this action might be.
? ? ? ? At last the ship came up directly into the wind; the anchor was lowered; down came the sails. There was great scurrying about on deck.
? ? ? ? A boat was lowered, and in it a great chest was placed. Then a dozen sailors bent to the oars and pulled rapidly toward the point where Tarzan crouched in the branches of a tree.
? ? ? ? In the stern of the boat, as it drew nearer, Tarzan saw the rat-faced man.
? ? ? ? It was but a few minutes later that the boat touched the beach. The men jumped out and lifted the great chest to the sand. They were on the north side of the point so that their presence was concealed from those at the cabin.
? ? ? ? The men argued angrily for a moment.
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