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Led by a tribal chief and a band of warriors, who give an occasional worried glance back at the magic horse, Jack Armstrong, and his friends march toward their goal. Jack had fooled them into thinking the horse could talk, using a walkie talkie set. Approaching the village, will the talking horse prove just as effective?
The old peddler comes out and examines the horse. Will he find the radio set? Does he even know what it is? Uncle Jim questions him about the wristwatch, but the peddler doesn’t like white men. what will it take to get the old trader to talk?
Jack agrees to swap the pedometer for the watch. Does he have a trick up his sleeve? Does he plan on using the talking horse to get information about professor Lorrie? When the natives grab Michel, the hope of a talking horse in the Morel dialect is lost. Will uncle Jim’s rifle do any good?
Jack has a secret, and though our heroes are taken prisoner, he lets his friends know they have a friend in camp.
