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? ? ? ? Then, to his astonishment, a man slid to the ground from the elephant's back. Almost at once Malbihn recognized the strange figure as that of the creature who consorted with apes and baboons--the white warrior of the jungle who had freed the king baboon and led the whole angry horde of hairy devils upon him and Jenssen. Malbihn cowered still lower.

? ? ? ? "Where is the girl?" demanded Korak, in English.

? ? ? ? "What girl?" asked Malbihn. "There is no girl here--only the women of my boys. Is it one of them you want?"

? ? ? ? "The white girl," replied Korak. "Do not lie to me--you lured her from her friends. You have her. Where is she?"

? ? ? ? "It was not I," cried Malbihn. "It was an Englishman who hired me to steal her. He wished to take her to London with him. She was willing to go. His name is Baynes. Go to him, if you want to know where the girl is.


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