Tomba says he heard them say that, though we were gone, and
could not be killed, or sacrificed, the other two captives would
meet that horrible fate."
"Two other white captives in the hands of the red imps!" murmured
Tom. "We must rescue them!"
"You're not going to turn back now, are you?" asked Mr. Durban.
"No, but I will as soon as I look the ship over. We'll come back to-
morrow. And we'll have to make a day attack or it will be too late
to save them. Two other white captives! I wonder who they can be."
There was a big surprise in store for Tom Swift.
CHAPTER XXV
THE ROGUE ELEPHANT--CONCLUSION
Early the next day the airship was again afloat. The night, what
little of darkness remained after the rescue, had been spent in the
clearing in the dense jungle. Some slight repairs had been made to
the craft, and it was once more in readiness to be used in battle
against the relentless savages.
"We can't wait for darkness," declared Tom. "In the first place
there isn't time, and again, we don't know in what part of the
village the other captives are. We'll have to hunt around."
"And that means going right down into the midst of the imps and
fighting them hand to hand," said Ned.
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