? ? ? ? Their work done the sailors returned to the small boat, and pulled off rapidly toward the Arrow.
? ? ? ? The breeze had increased considerably, and as the smoke upon the horizon was now plainly discernible in considerable volume, the mutineers lost no time in getting under full sail and bearing away toward the southwest.
? ? ? ? Tarzan, an interested spectator of all that had taken place, sat speculating on the strange actions of these peculiar creatures.
? ? ? ? Men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle! How fortunate was he who lived in the peace and security of the great forest!
? ? ? ? Tarzan wondered what the chest they had buried contained. If they did not want it why did they not merely throw it into the water? That would have been much easier.
? ? ? ? Ah, he thought, but they do want it. They have hidden it here because they intend returning for it later.
? ? ? ? Tarzan dropped to the ground and commenced to examine the earth about the excavation.
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