them up Rokoff gasped in horror.

Tarzan examined both the check and the other. He was amazed at
the information the latter contained. Rokoff had partially read
it, but Tarzan knew that no one could remember the salient facts and
figures it held which made it of real value to an enemy of France.

"These will interest the chief of staff," he said, as he slipped
them into his pocket. Rokoff groaned. He did not dare curse aloud.

The next morning Tarzan rode north on his way to Bouira and Algiers.
As he had ridden past the hotel Lieutenant Gernois was standing on
the veranda. As his eyes discovered Tarzan he went white as chalk.
The ape-man would have been glad had the meeting not occurred, but
he could not avoid it. He saluted the officer as he rode past.
Mechanically Gernois returned the salute, but those terrible, wide
eyes followed the horseman, expressionless except for horror. It
was as though a dead man looked upon a ghost.

At Sidi Aissa Tarzan met a French officer with whom he had become
acquainted on the occasion of his recent sojourn in the town.

"You left Bou Saada early?" questioned the officer. "Then you have
not heard about poor Gernois."

"He was the last man I saw as I rode away," replied Tarzan. "What
about him?"

"He is dead. He shot himself about eight o'clock this morning."