noon
The great beast , with arched back and purring like a contented tabby , rubbed his sides against the ape-man , and then at a word from the latter sprang lightly to his former place in the bow of the dugout . When all were in place it was discovered that two of the apes of Akut were missing , and though both the king ape and Tarzan called to them for the better part of an hour , there was no response , and finally the boat put off without them . As it happened that the two missing ones were the very same who had evinced the least desire to accompany the expedition from the island , and had suffered the most from fright during the voyage , Tarzan was quite sure that they had absented themselves purposely rather than again enter the canoe . As the party were putting in for the shore shortly after noon to search for food a slender , naked savage watched them for a moment from behind the dense screen of verdure which lined the river 's bank , then he melted away up-stream before any of those in the canoe discovered him . Like a deer he bounded along the narrow trail until , filled with the excitement of his news , he burst into a native village several miles above the point at which Tarzan and his pack had stopped to hunt . `` Another white man is coming ! '' he cried to the chief who squatted before the entrance to his circular hut .