"He is here. It may be that he is at headquarters. Many of the
officers go there in the evening to receive orders."
"Lead me there," commanded Tarzan, "and if I am discovered I will
kill you immediately. Get up!"
The black rose and led the way by a roundabout route back through
the camp. Several times they were forced to hide while soldiers
passed; but at last they reached a great pile of baled hay from about
the corner of which the black pointed out a two-story building in
the distance.
"Headquarters," he said. "You can go no farther unseen. There are
many soldiers about."
Tarzan realized that he could not proceed farther in company with
the black. He turned and looked at the fellow for a moment as though
pondering what disposition to make of him.
"You helped to crucify Wasimbu, the Waziri," he accused in a low
yet none the less terrible tone.
The black trembled, his knees giving beneath him. "He ordered us
to do it," he plead.
"Who ordered it done?" demanded Tarzan.
"Underlieutenant von Goss," replied the soldier. "He, too, is here."
"I shall find him," returned Tarzan, grimly. "You helped to crucify
Wasimbu, the Waziri, and, while he suffered, you laughed."
The fellow reeled. It was as though in the accusation he read also
his death sentence. With no other word Tarzan seized the man again
by the neck.
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