? ? ? ? With the report of his gun D'Arnot saw the door fly open and the figure of a man pitch headlong within onto the cabin floor.
? ? ? ? The Frenchman in his panic raised his gun to fire again into the prostrate form, but suddenly in the half dusk of the open door he saw that the man was white and in another instant realized that he had shot his friend and protector, Tarzan of the Apes.
? ? ? ? With a cry of anguish D'Arnot sprang to the ape-man's side, and kneeling, lifted the latter's head in his arms--calling Tarzan's name aloud.
? ? ? ? There was no response, and then D'Arnot placed his ear above the man's heart. To his joy he heard its steady beating beneath.
? ? ? ? Carefully he lifted Tarzan to the cot, and then, after closing and bolting the door, he lighted one of the lamps and examined the wound.
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