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Chapter 1
I: Murder and Pillage
Tarzan returns to his farm to find it destroyed and his wife Jane murdered by German askaris under Hauptmann Fritz Schneider. He buries her and his loyal Waziri warriors, then swears a relentless oath of vengeance against the Germans. Stripping away his civilized veneer, he reverts to his savage jungle instincts and sets out on the trail of the killers, determined to exact a brutal revenge.
Chapter 2
II: The Lion's Cave
Tarzan continues his pursuit of Hauptmann Schneider, the German officer he holds responsible for his wife's murder. After a rainstorm obliterates the trail, he shelters in a cave that leads to a secluded gulch. He captures Schneider and forces him on a brutal three-day march, finally bringing him to the same gulch where a starving lion awaits. Tarzan reveals his identity as Lord Greystoke and forces Schneider to descend into the gulch, where the lion nearly catches him as he scrambles into a tree for safety.
Chapter 3
In the German Lines
Tarzan, still driven by revenge for his wife's death, struggles with his renunciation of humanity as he finds himself unable to ignore the plight of the British fighting Germans in Africa. He decides to aid the British, first checking on the German officer Schneider he left trapped with a starving lion, then killing a hyena and feeding the lion. After scouting the German lines, he meets British Colonel Capell and offers his unique jungle skills to help, revealing hidden machine gun emplacements and proposing a plan to clear a trench using his knowledge of the jungle and its inhabitants.
Chapter 4
When the Lion Fed
Tarzan awakens, hunts and kills six wild boars, skins them, and is approached by a lioness. He captures a lion alive by using pigskin bags to cover its head and paws, then tames it and leads it through the jungle. He evades a German patrol and returns to Colonel Capell's camp, where he explains the nature of the Mangani (great apes) and their unsuitability as sentinels.
Chapter 5
The Golden Locket
Bertha Kircher, a German spy, is trapped under her dead horse and threatened by Numa the lion. Tarzan intervenes, driving the lion away and freeing her. The chapter also reveals Tarzan's ongoing mission to capture the German spy and his discovery that Hauptmann Fritz Schneider, the murderer of his wife, still lives.

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I: Murder and Pillage

II: The Lion's Cave

In the German Lines

When the Lion Fed

The Golden Locket