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"First," whispered Om-at, "I will go to the cave of Pan-at-lee. Then will I seek the cave of my ancestors to have speech with my own blood. It will not take long. Wait here I shall return soon. Afterward shall we go together to Ta-den's people." He moved silently toward the foot of the cliff up which Tarzan could presently see him ascending like a great fly on a wall.
"It is great, but not too great," replied Ta-den. "I shall go." "And I shall go with you, if I may," said the ape-man, "for I must see this City of Light, this A-lur of yours, and search there for my lost mate even though you believe that there is little chance that I find her. And you, Om-at, do you come with us?" "Why not?" asked the hairy one.
At last Om-at returned and the guest sensed intuitively that he was in the presence of a great man among these people, possibly a chief or king, for not only did the attitude of the other black warriors indicate this but it was written also in the mien and bearing of the splendid creature who stood looking at him while Ta-den explained the circumstances of their meeting.
For a moment Tarzan examined the ground to the right and to the left, then he stood erect and looking at Om-at pointed into the gorge. For a moment the Waz-don gazed down into the green rift at the bottom of which a tumultuous river tumbled downward along its rocky bed, then he closed his eyes as to a sudden spasm of pain and turned away. "You mean she jumped?" he asked.
For a time silence reigned in the Kor-ul-ja. The tribesmen waited, looking now down upon the dead thing that had been their chief, now at one another, and now at Om-at and the two who stood upon his either side. Presently Om-at spoke. "I am Om-at," he cried. "Who will say that Om-at is not gund of Kor-ul-ja?" He waited for a taker of his challenge.
At their head came the stranger with the shiny weapon and on his right was Ta-den, the Ho-don, and on his left Om-at, the black gund of Kor-ul-ja.
Here the scent was fully as strong as upon the pegs and the ape-man moved rapidly across the ridge in the direction of the Kor-ul-lul. Presently he paused and turned toward Om-at. "Here she moved swiftly, running at top speed, and, Om-at, she was pursued by a lion." "You can read that in the grass?" asked O-dan as the others gathered about the ape-man. Tarzan nodded.
Encouraged by this first success Om-at followed them into the brush, his little company charging valiantly upon his either side, and loud and terrifying were the savage yells with which they pursued the fleeing enemy.
They will believe that there are more even than they see and then one who is swift will have time to reach the gorge and warn your people." "It is well," said Om-at. "Id-an, you are swift carry word to the warriors of Kor-ul-ja that we fight the Kor-ul-lul upon the ridge and that Ab-on shall send a hundred men."
One or two of the larger young bucks fidgeted restlessly and eyed him; but there was no reply. "Then Om-at is gund," he said with finality. "Now tell me, where are Pan-at-lee, her father, and her brothers?" An old warrior spoke. "Pan-at-lee should be in her cave. Who should know that better than you who are there now?
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