Tarzan and His Mate Page #2

The map!

- Beamish!

- Coming, sir.

- They looked like slippery customers.

- That they were.

- Were Pierce and Van Ness in here again?

- Only for a moment, sir.

Saidi, send out the runners,

drum up the tribes. Get 300 boys.

- How long ago did they leave?

- Sun here, bwana. Three, four hours.

- How soon can we get started, Harry?

- With equipment, six hours.

They'll have 10 hours' start.

Let's go without safari.

We'd be outnumbered

and wouldn't have a chance.

Suppose we don't catch them.

What happens then?

I think I can find the barrier again.

But above that, Tarzan is our only hope.

- Come on, Saidi, keep them going.

- Yes, bwana.

- Saidi!

- Yes, bwana.

Give me a hand here. Here we go, boy.

Take him over here. Take that box.

Tell the boys to take a rest.

- What's the trouble?

- Bearers are done in.

I thought

we'd better give them a breather here.

Tell those boys to keep

the ammunition boxes out of the water.

Yes, bwana.

- How many men have we lost?

- Eight.

We figured 10 for the whole trek.

We didn't figure this pace.

Look at the condition they're in.

What is it?

They came across a white man's campfire

a few hundred yards ahead.

A white man's campfire?

Pierce and Van Ness.

- He says it's still warm.

- Still warm?

- Come on, let's have a look.

- All right. Go ahead.

- My gun.

- No.

If they're close, they'll hear us.

Easy, Martin.

How old do you think it is?

Take cover!

- Pierce and Van Ness?

- Couldn't be anyone else.

- Notice the delayed sound?

- About 500 yards off, I'd say.

- Shall we have it out?

- We'd better not.

The base of the Escarpment's clearer.

Rather meet them there.

All right. You know the country

better than I do.

- We'll parallel their trail.

- Right.

No use in walking into an ambush.

All right, boys, come on.

Saidi, get them on their feet,

and we'll swing off a bit to the left.

Yes, bwana.

I don't like the sound of that chant.

I've hated it for days.

This is different.

They're frightened about something.

What's with them?

- What's the matter, Saidi?

- Mutia.

What?

It is the Mutia.

- It isn't any too soon to suit me.

- And a day ahead of schedule!

Juju, that's why they're frightened.

We can't lose time

just because they're afraid.

- Come on, Saidi, get them going!

- Yes, bwana.

Boys, get on your feet.

There's nothing to be frightened of.

- What's the matter with him?

- He afraid of Mutia.

- Not go, bwana.

- Get into line.

- Drop that spear and get into line!

- No!

Anybody else that doesn't want to go?

- Saidi, take the lead. I'll stay back here.

- Yes, bwana.

- Whip would have done just as well.

- Perhaps you're right.

He could have carried 150 pounds of ivory.

- What's the matter, Saidi?

- Van Ness safari boy, bwana.

Gaboni kill.

- Gaboni?

- Yes, bwana.

Gaboni all time arrow here.

Couldn't be Gabonis.

They wouldn't leave the body here.

- Why not?

- They're cannibals.

First make kill. Bye, embark, come back.

The wound looks pretty fresh.

They can't be far away.

The map.

Pierce must have it.

I wonder if he got...

Is this it?

The part we don't need.

If they'd made the Mutia,

no tribe would've followed them.

Sacred ground.

- What's that?

- Drum. Gaboni, bwana.

It's pretty close.

- We'd better make a run for it.

- Right.

Come on, Saidi, get them going!

- Make a stand?

- No, that's what Pierce and Van Ness did.

All right, come on!

Bwana, Mutia!

The Escarpment! Come on!

- Here they come.

- They'll never follow. The Mutia is sacred.

- He was on the Mutia!

- Lucky superstition for us.

We're out of range now.

What about a breather here?

We've got to make the top before dark.

Come on.

- Keep them going, Saidi.

- Yes, bwana.

- What's the trouble, Saidi?

- Too hard, bwana.

Let them stay where they are

and pass the loads to the man ahead.

Yes, bwana.

- I hope we've got the worst behind us.

- We have.

Saidi, send the men for cover!

That's Tarzan! He's calling them off.

Come along.

No use in starting a riot, Martin.

Kill one, and we'll have to kill all.

Am I glad to see you!

You got here just in time.

That's it, Harry. I told you I'd come back.

- Come back?

- How's Jane?

Man.

Yes, Tarzan. This is Martin, my friend.

Martin my friend.

You don't know how glad I am

to see you, old fellow.

Harry, Martin, my friend...

- Tarzan.

- That's right. But where is Jane?

Where is she? How is she?

How are you? Very well. Thank you.

- Has anything happened to her?

- Much man.

Yes, Tarzan, that's our safari. But...

There she is now.

Cheetah!

Cheetah baby.

Harry, I'm so glad you came.

Jane, I was so worried about you.

- When I saw Tarzan alone...

- You're not wounded?

- No.

- I was frightened.

- We came as fast as we could.

- You knew we were coming?

Tarzan heard there was a battle,

and I thought it must be you.

- He was coming to help you.

- Martin my friend.

Jane, this is Martin Arlington, my partner.

I thought you were a myth,

and I'm still not sure.

I think I can understand that.

I hope this means

I'm accepted in polite society.

- Yes, you're one of our set now.

- Did you think I was never coming back?

I knew you'd be back.

But, you know, it's been a year!

It's been a long year, too.

There were times

I thought we'd never make it.

- Tarzan will guide you the rest of the way.

- He will?

- I promised Harry.

- That's perfect.

Jane, I want to talk to you for hours.

But some of my men are hurt.

I should take care of them first.

- Is there any water here?

- Yes, there's a stream over there.

- He says he'll help you with your men.

- That's fine. Come along.

You know...

even if there wasn't any ivory,

I'd be glad I made the trek now.

You'll be much gladder

when you see how much ivory there is.

Well, I can't say

I don't care about a fortune.

You're hurt.

- It's nothing, a Gaboni arrow.

- They're poisonous.

- Careful, Tarzan, it's hot.

- Hot?

Yes, it's coffee.

I don't think you'll like it, darling.

- Like it?

- You never drink anything hot?

- Never.

- Don't you miss it, Jane, things like this?

I must say, it is rather nice

to have a cup of coffee for a change.

Yes, Tarzan.

- Where is he going?

- To build a house.

- Build a house?

- It doesn't take Tarzan long.

We have a mansion in every glade.

You can't spend

the rest of your life camping out.

- Don't you ever want to come back?

- No, Harry.

Wouldn't it be nice to live

where there's a lot of other men around?

Just to remind the number one boy

that there's a number two?

And possibly a number three.

But on the other hand...

there are no other women here

to make a fool of my number one boy.

- Yes, I've noticed the scarcity of women.

- That's not very flattering to me.

Meeting you

is what made me conscious of it.

Like a hungry man

outside a restaurant window.

- Don't you miss the fun you used to have?

- I have fun.

Those June nights in England,

Murray's Club at Maidenhead.

- Moonlight on the Thames?

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