im, for at last Numa could stand it no
longer. His tail shot suddenly erect and at the same instant the wary
ape-man, knowing all too well what the signal portended, grasped the
remainder of the deer's hind quarter between his teeth and leaped into
a nearby tree as Numa charged him with all the speed and a sufficient
semblance of the weight of an express train.

Tarzan's retreat was no indication that he felt fear. Jungle life is
ordered along different lines than ours and different standards
prevail. Had Tarzan been famished he would, doubtless, have stood his
ground and met the lion's charge. He had done the thing before upon
more than one occasion, just as in the past he had charged lions
himself; but tonight he was far from famished and in the hind quarter
he had carried off with him was more raw flesh than he could eat; yet
it was with no equanimity that he looked down upon Numa rending the
flesh of Tarzan's kill. The presumption of this strange Numa must be
punished! And forthwith Tarzan set out to make life miserable for the
big cat. Close by were many trees bearing large, hard fruits and to
one of these the ape-man swung with the agility of a squirrel. Then
commenced a bombardment which brought forth earthshaking roars from
Numa. One after another as rapidly as he could gather and hurl them,
Tarzan pelted the hard fruit down upon the lion. It was impossible for
the tawny cat to eat under that hail of missiles--he could but roar and
growl and dodge and eventually he was driven away entirely from the
carcass of Bara, the deer. He went roaring and resentful; but in the
very center of the clearing his voice was suddenly hushed and Tarzan
saw the great head lower and flatten out, the body crouch and the long
tail quiver, as the beast slunk cautiously toward the trees upon the
opposite side.

Immediately Tarzan was alert. He lifted his head and sniffed the slow,
jungle breeze. What was it that had attracted Numa's attention and
taken him soft-footed and silent away from the scene of his
discomfiture? Just as the lion disappeared among the trees beyond the
clearing Tarzan caught upon the down-coming wind the explanation of his
new interest--the scent spoor of man was wafted strongly to the
sensitive nostrils. Caching the remainder of the deer's hind quarter
in the crotch of a tree the ape-man wiped his greasy palms upon his
naked thighs and swung off in pursuit of Numa. A broad, well-beaten
elephant p