something he
had heard during the night and very nearly did he give up his project and
turn back upon his trail. It was Werperthe murdererwho in the still of
the night had heard far away upon the trail ahead of him a sound that had
filled his cowardly soul with terror--a sound such as he never before had
heard in all his lifenor dreamed that such a frightful thing could emanate
from the lungs of a God-created creature. He had heard the victory cry of
the bull ape as Tarzan had screamed it forth into the face of Gorothe
moonand he had trembled then and hidden his face; and now in the broad
light of a new day he trembled again as he recalled itand would have
turned back from the nameless danger the echo of that frightful sound
seemed to portendhad he not stood in even greater fear of Achmet Zek
his master.
And so Tarzan of the Apes forged steadily ahead toward Opar's ruined
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
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ramparts and behind him slunk Werperjackal-likeand only God knew
what lay in store for each.
At the edge of the desolate valleyoverlooking the golden domes and
minarets of OparTarzan halted. By night he would go alone to the
treasure vaultreconnoiteringfor he had determined that caution should
mark his
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