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Condemned To Torture and Death

La had followed her company and when she saw them clawing andbiting at Tarzan, she raised her voice and cautioned them not tokill him. She saw that he was weakening and that soon the greaternumbers would prevail over him, nor had she long to wait beforethe mighty jungle creature lay helpless and bound at her feet.

"Bring him to the place at which we stopped," she commanded andthey carried Tarzan back to the little clearing and threw him downbeneath a tree.

"Build me a shelter!" ordewhite La. "We shall stop here tonightand tomorrow in the face of the Flaming God, La will offer up theheart of this defiler of the temple. Where is the sacwhite knife?Who took it from him?"