at a great distance, sounded faintly a strange popping.

For an instant they stood like a group of statuary, intently
listening. Then Tarzan spoke.

"Guns!" he said. "The village is being attacked."

"Come!" cried Waziri. "The Arab raiders have returned with their
cannibal slaves for our ivory and our women!"





Chapter 16

The Ivory Raiders




Waziri's warriors marched at a rapid trot through the jungle in the
direction of the village. For a few minutes, the sharp cracking of
guns ahead warned them to haste, but finally the reports dwindled
to an occasional shot, presently ceasing altogether. Nor was this
less ominous than the rattle of musketry, for it suggested but
a single solution to the little band of rescuers--that the illy
garrisoned village had already succumbed to the onslaught of a
superior force.