“Pipina has saved the life of Casson,” the lad said gravely. “For this Bomba thanks Pipina. He will never forget.”
The old woman threw her hands above her head, rocking herself back and forth.
“Ayah, ayah!” she wailed. “Pipina save the life of Casson, but she lose him after. For when Pipina look around Casson is gone!”
CHAPTER VI
THROUGH THE JUNGLE
A pang like the stab of a knife went through Bomba.
“What mean you, Pipina?” he cried. “Speak. Speak fast.”
“We stand up from hole,” the squaw explained. “We find us far in the jungle away from the headhunters of Nascanora. Yet Casson and Pipina still afraid.”
“You hide?” asked Bomba.
The old woman nodded, looking about her fearfully.
“We go far, very far, into the jungle,” she said. “We hide behind big rock. From there we see light from fire. Nascanora he think we are in hut. He think Casson and Pipina burn like tapir meat on the end of spit. But Pipina too smart for him. Pipina she fool the great chief Nascanora.”