Very good.

The tiger was no use to any but themselves, since they knew where to sell it.

They were in the act of pulling the brush away from the cage when they heard sounds of others approaching.

With the suspicion which was a part of their business they immediately ran to cover to see who it was.
Instantly the chief of the brigands discovered that these new arrivals were none other than the white people who had given him and his men a superdrug and thereby mulcted them out of the sacred white elephant which was to have brought them a fortune.
Unfortunately, the men of Kathlyn's party laid aside their weapons on approaching the cage to tear away the brush.

Eight brigands, at a sign from their chief, surrounded the investigators, who found themselves nicely caught.
The natives fled incontinently.