Yet, though so well acquainted with this amiable weakness, no individual among his parishioners chose to make the
black veil a subject of friendly remonstrance.
But always, it seemed, were the
black pirates of Barsoom victorious, and the girl, brought miraculously unharmed through the conflict, borne away into the outer darkness upon the deck of a swift flier.
To invite personal combat, therefore, denotes confidence in his own swordsmanship, and great courage, two attributes that were calculated to fill the
Black players with hope and valor when evinced by their Chief thus early in the game.
So jealous was the
black of his new-found toy that he would not return to the village of Numabo, but insisted on making camp close beside the plane, lest in some inconceivable fashion it should be stolen from him.
But
Black Michael was a fit leader for this band of cutthroats, and, withal held them in fair subjection to his rule.
He threatened the wailer with his fist, and the
black cowered down, glaring at him with sullen eyes.
"Lots of 'em!" cried Button-Bright; and so there were--quite a row of the two-sided
black and white creatures sitting on the rocks all around.
Beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical
black shapes upon the
black ground.
And so it is to be doubted that Tantor would have attempted to overcome his instinctive fear of the
black men in an effort to succor Tarzan.
And toward the southwest the
black boy led the Hon.
Morning had hardly dawned when the Fairy awoke the Prince, and giving him the glass axe again she told him to cut up all the wood he had felled the day before, and to put it in bundles ready for firewood; at the same time she warned him once more against approaching or speaking a word to the
black girl if he met her in the wood.
"Mugambi, chief of the Wagambi," replied the
black.
