"Yes, m'sieur," she responded; "they will kill me as well. Have

I not aided you?"

This put a different aspect on the matter. Tarzan had rather been

enjoying the excitement and danger of the encounter. He had not

for an instant supposed that either Abdul or the girl could suffer

except through accident, and he had only retreated just enough to

keep from being killed himself. He had had no intention of running

away until he saw that he was hopelessly lost were he to remain.

Alone he could have sprung into the midst of that close-packed

mob, and, laying about him after the fashion of Numa, the lion,

have struck the Arabs with such consternation that escape would

have been easy. Now he must think entirely of these two faithful

friends.

He crossed to the window which overlooked the street. In a minute

there would be enemies below. Already he could hear the mob

clambering the stairway to the next quarters--they would be at the

door beside him in another instant. He put a foot upon the sill

and leaned out, but he did not look down. Above him, within arm's

reach, was the low roof of the building. He called to the girl.

She came and stood beside him. He put a great arm about her and

lifted her across his shoulder.

"Wait here until I reach down for you from above," he said to

Abdul. "In the meantime shove everything in the room against that

door--it may delay them long enough." Then he stepped to the sill

of the narrow window with the girl upon his shoulders. "Hold

tight," he cautioned her. A moment later he had clambered to the

roof above with the ease and dexterity of an ape. Setting the girl

down, he leaned far over the roof's edge, calling softly to Abdul.

The youth ran to the window.

"Your hand," whispered Tarzan. The men in the room beyond were

battering at the door. With a sudden crash it fell splintering in,

and at the same instant Abdul felt himself lifted like a feather

onto the roof above. They were not a moment too soon, for as the

men broke into the room which they had just quitted a dozen more

rounded the corner in the street below and came running to a spot

beneath the girl's window.