"When you change your
hunting ground we will change ours, Meriem and I, and so remain
near you; but we shall not dwell among you."
Akut raised objections to this plan. He did not wish to be separated
from Korak. At first he refused to leave his human friend for
the companionship of his own kind; but when he saw the last of the
tribe wandering off into the jungle again and his glance rested
upon the lithe figure of the dead king's young mate as she cast
admiring glances at her lord's successor the call of blood would
not be denied. With a farewell glance toward his beloved Korak
he turned and followed the she ape into the labyrinthine mazes of
the wood.
After Korak had left the village of the blacks following his last
thieving expedition, the screams of his victim and those of the
other women and children had brought the warriors in from the forest
and the river. Great was the excitement and hot was the rage of
the men when they learned that the white devil had again entered
their homes, frightened their women and stolen arrows and ornaments
and food.
Even their superstitious fear of this weird creature who hunted
with a huge bull ape was overcome in their desire to wreak vengeance
upon him and rid themselves for good and all of the menace of his
presence in the jungle.
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