Instantly the necessary orders were issued and priests and warriors
sought the temple exit in pursuit of the ape-man. His departing
words, hurled at them from the summit of the temple wall, had had
little effect in impressing the majority that his claims had not
been disproven by Lu-don, but in the hearts of the warriors was
admiration for a brave man and in many the same unholy gratification
that had risen in that of their ruler at the discomfiture of Lu-don.
A careful search of the temple grounds revealed no trace of the
quarry. The secret recesses of the subterranean chambers, familiar
only to the priesthood, were examined by these while the warriors
scattered through the palace and the palace grounds without the
temple. Swift runners were dispatched to the city to arouse the
people there that all might be upon the lookout for Tarzan the
Terrible. The story of his imposture and of his escape, and the
tales that the Waz-don slaves had brought into the city concerning
him were soon spread throughout A-lur, nor did they lose aught
in the spreading, so that before an hour had passed the women and
children were hiding behind barred doorways while the warriors
crept apprehensively through the streets expecting momentarily to
be pounced upon by a ferocious demon who, bare-handed, did victorious
battle with huge gryfs and whose lightest pastime consisted in
tearing strong men limb from limb.
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