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He will bring the antelope to me, said Tarzan confidently. With each degree
ofdarkness our spirits revive. I will take heralong with me to furnish milk for
the cub. We do NOT keep any eBooks in compliance with a particularpaper
edition. He sniffed at it and growled, and with baredfangs he eyed the three
wickedly. The beast was almostupon him and behind her he saw a tiny cub. Had he
known that there was one near he would havegiven it a wide berth. The old buck
movedslowly closer to Jad-bal-ja. Well, we have a native oven made of a
brick-lined pit.
With each degree ofdarkness our spirits revive.
All this
gormandizing oncoconuts and fish is making you liverish.
And equally
surprisingto them all was the manner of Tarzans education of the cub. To this
Heron Pratt replied with a piping laugh full of irony and contempt.
Perhaps I
have been along the reef as far as Turtle Islet andreturned with a heavy load
of fish.
It is not animal training, said the ape-man. I can never understand
it, commented Korak. Havent I been dozensof times to every island in this part
of the world? Hehalf rose from the table and leaned across it toward
her,menacingly.
Ill come back for you as soon as Ive gone on the slip and made
around of the Lower Group.
And equally surprisingto them all was the manner of
Tarzans education of the cub.
His eyes were still blazing, and his great frame
tremblingwith suppressed passion. The trouble withyou, John, I said, is that
you eat too much. The villagers were vying with oneanother to do them honor.
It
made no difference now that they had no safari, noaskari, nor any presents. I
tell you, said the man, that I do not see what we needof the others. It is not
animal training, said the ape-man. He jerked a thumb in the direction of
theanimal. It takes money to carry the plan through, she replied,and neither
you nor I have any money. All this gormandizing oncoconuts and fish is making
you liverish. The seas have swept two wide channels through it, giving it
theappearance of three small cays. Then we cover the oven with pieces of
roofing,heap sand on top, and heave a great sigh of relief.
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