Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
The Fear-Phantom
ThenMbongaemerged,alookofmingledwrathandsuperstitiousfearwrituponhishideouscountenance.Hespokeafewwordstotheassembledwarriors,andinaninstantthemenwereflyingthroughthelittlevillagesearchingminutelyeveryhutandcornerwithinthepalisades.
Scarcelyhadthesearchcommencedthantheoverturnedcauldronwasdiscovered,andwithitthetheftofthepoisonedarrows.Nothingmoretheyfound,anditwasathoroughlyawedandfrightenedgroupofsavageswhichhuddledaroundtheirkingafewmomentslater.
Mbongacouldexplainnothingofthestrangeeventsthathadtakenplace.ThefindingofthestillwarmbodyofKulonga—ontheveryvergeoftheirfieldsandwithineasyearshotofthevillage—knifedandstrippedatthedoorofhisfather’shome,wasinitselfsufficientlymysterious,buttheselastawesomediscoverieswithinthevillage,withinthedeadKulonga’sownhut,filledtheirheartswithdismay,andconjuredintheirpoorbrainsonlythemostfrightfulofsuperstitiousexplanations.
Theystoodinlittlegroups,talkinginlowtones,andevercastingaffrightedglancesbehindthemfromtheirgreatrollingeyes.
TarzanoftheApeswatchedthemforawhilefromhisloftyperchinthegreattree.Therewasmuchintheirdemeanorwhichhecouldnotunderstand,forofsuperstitionhewasignorant,andoffearofanykindhehadbutavagueconception.
Thesunwashighintheheavens
