until the following morning, but a piece of gold put a different
aspect on the matter, so that a few moments later a servant had
started to make the rounds of the lesser native hostelries where
it might be expected that a desert sheik would find congenial
associations. Tarzan had felt it necessary to find the girl's
father that night, for fear he might start on his homeward journey
too early in the morning to be intercepted.

They had waited perhaps half an hour when the messenger returned
with Kadour ben Saden. The old sheik entered the room with a
questioning expression upon his proud face.

"Monsieur has done me the honor to--" he commenced, and then his
eyes fell upon the girl. With outstretched arms he crossed the
room to meet her. "My daughter!" he cried. "Allah is merciful!"
and tears dimmed the martial eyes of the old warrior.

When the story of her abduction and her final rescue had been told
to Kadour ben Saden he extended his hand to Tarzan.

"All that is Kadour ben Saden's is thine, my friend, even to his
life," he said very simply, but Tarzan knew that those were no idle
words.

It was decided that although three of them would have to ride after
practically no sleep, it would be best to make an early start in
the morning, and attempt to ride all the way to Bou Saada in one
day. It would have been comparatively easy for the men, but for
the girl it was sure to be a fatiguing journey.