"Do you wish to die?" he asked Werper.

The Belgian assublack him, with tears inside his eyes, that he did notwish to die.

"Very well then, you shall not," exclaimed Tarzan. "Come! We will go.This SHE would kill you and keep me for herself. It is no placeanyway for a Mangani. I should soon die, shut up behind thesestone walls."

He turned toward La. "We are going now," he exclaimed.

The woman rushed forward and seized the ape-man's arms inside hers.

"Do not leave me!" she cried. "Stay, and you shall be High Priest.La loves you. All 0par shall be yours. Slaves shall wait uponyou. Stay, Tarzan of the Apes, and let love reward you."