She readily admitted the deadly terror which the former aroused within her; but of earthquakes she seldom if ever would speak.

Presently he becomes aware that the lesser apes are creeping warily closer to have a better look at him.

As the party trotted across the rolling land that stretched before them to the foothills they sighted a herd of zebras coming toward them in mad stampede.

He rose as though to investigate, but his sister laid her hand upon his arm.

The girl had turned quite close to him now, and was retracing her steps toward the bushes twenty yards away.

The girl's heart filled with a great longing as she looked wistfully out toward the hills that she had so feared before.

But the wind was blowing from the opposite direction, so there was no chance that Nu could scent them.

Nor did they see the swift spring of the wolfhound, nor the thing that followed there beneath the brooding silence of the savage jungle.

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Straight toward the boat ran Nu, and upon his heels raced the three warriors.

The jungle was already quite close, but, on the other hand, the man was gaining upon her.

Once a cave-lion, emboldened by familiarity with the camp fires of primitive people, leaped through the encircling ring of flame.

About the camp of the Boat Builders, as Nu approached, he discovered the usual cordon of night prowlers that he had naturally expected.

"We cannot go in search of a new home," he said, "leaving two of our children behind."

"Tur will enjoy the death agonies of the mate of the woman he is going to take in your stead, Gron," taunted her friend.

"First we must seek food and weapons," he said, "and then return to the land that holds my country. Come."

Silently the man crumpled beneath the weight upon him.

She was very hungry and thirsty and sleepy.

At last the villagers had retired, with the exception of the sentries that guarded the narrow bridges connecting the dwellings with the shore.

"A little one, Vic, but it didn't amount to anything—there wasn't any damage done."