It seems that each green
warrior has certain objective points for his fire under relatively identical circumstances of warfare.
- Meetings of Relations and Friends.-Indian Sensibility.- Meeting of a Wounded
Warrior and His Mother.- Festivities and Lamentations.
To the beating of tom-toms, a lone
warrior, crouched half doubled, leaped into the firelight in the center of a great circle of other
warriors, behind whom stood or squatted the women and the children.
Instantly the red
warrior leaped for the aperture, while close behind him came Ghek.
He it was whom Tarzan had left in charge of the
warriors who remained to guard Lady Greystoke, nor could a braver or more loyal guardian have been found in any clime or upon any soil.
"Another white man, and with him are many
warriors. They come in a great war-canoe to kill and rob as did the black-bearded one who has just left us."
After a silence of a few moments, as if adjusting his thoughts, in order to make a suitable answer to the declaration their guests had just given, another
warrior arose, and placed himself in an attitude to speak.
But as two more of the plant men charged, the
warrior, who was now prepared by the experiences of the past few minutes, swung his mighty long-sword aloft and met the hurtling bulk with a clean cut that clove one of the plant men from chin to groin.
As the Heliumite watched he saw another green
warrior push his way forward toward the rostrum.
As the trapper approached, this
warrior maintained his calm upright attitude, discovering neither an eagerness to ascertain the character of those who advanced upon him, nor the smallest wish to avoid a scrutiny in his own person.
And now Tarzan saw that only a miracle could save Busuli, and with the same unconcern with which he had once hunted this very man he hurled himself into the path of the elephant to save the black
warrior's life.
Then was the prudent king, the hoary
warrior, sad of mood, when he learned that his princely thane, the dearest to him, no longer lived.