And then it was that at Om-at's command his warriors surrounded
a half-dozen of the most exhausted and made them prisoners.
It was a tired, bloody, and elated company that returned victorious
to the Kor-ul-ja. Twenty of their number were carried back and six
of these were dead men. It was the most glorious and successful
raid that the Kor-ul-ja had made upon the Kor-ul-lul in the memory
of man, and it marked Om-at as the greatest of chiefs, but that
fierce warrior knew that advantage had lain upon his side largely
because of the presence of his strange ally. Nor did he hesitate
to give credit where credit belonged, with the result that Jar-don
and his exploits were upon the tongue of every member of the tribe
of Kor-ul-ja and great was the fame of the race that could produce
two such as he and Tarzan-jad-guru.
And in the gorge of Kor-ul-lul beyond the ridge the survivors spoke
in bated breath of this second demon that had joined forces with
their ancient enemy.
Returned to his cave Om-at caused the Kor-ul-lul prisoners to be
brought into his presence singly, and each he questioned as to the
fate of Tarzan. Without exception they told him the same story--that
Tarzan had been taken prisoner by them five days before but that he
had slain the warrior left to guard him and escaped, carrying the
head of the unfortunate sentry to the opposite side of Kor-ul-lul
where he had left it suspended by its hair from the branch of
a tree.
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