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Sfi?. n . that you t h fn-Wd be the Dor.uJ.Otho accord me the homage that Is fr; T.-.h.n.Otho charged mo spe- S o certain If ou e lit to ufa People. My A" experience o, SK that Jad.ben.Qtho chose S b. breathed the spirit of n w WB" .. ...!.. .t vnnr mother's uuuu . rf-- Into the knit. made THE GUMPSfrlte Toilers of the Sea PfS "irfeel of this statement, -!llr. ,narked '" tbc MprM' Suited .htopm of the now . .(. .eAmh1niP I'lflMt they knew how kingH were hai n- -":-;;,"'. ,, SJ babel Wonderful! A miracle! J this divine creature In whoso prcs L they stood 'knew all about it. tattle- he even dlscuwcd such mat l with tbeir god daily. If there had jX m atheist amons them before, ifiniltnostlc, there was none now, for Mthtyiiot looked with their own eyes tntte son of god? "ItlsF'H then," continued the apo fO, "that you should nssure yourself t$ I am no impostor. Come closer tint you may sec that I am not as nro Mi. Furthermore, it Is not meet that pa itand upon a higher level than tho id of your god." There was a sudden Knnbte to reach the floor of the tmt room, nor was Ko-tan far bo Ih'd his warriors, though he managed bhslntnin a certain majestic dignity ns I, descended the broad stairs that countless naked feet had polished to a (learning smoothness through the ngeft. "And dow," said Tnrzan as the king itood before him, "you can hnve no jpnbt mat I am not of the same race II yon. Tour priests have told you (lit Jad-ben-Otho is tailless. Tail It, therefore, must be the race of gods tilt iprlng from his loins. But enough ol inch proofs ns thc?e ! You know til power of .Tnd-bon-Otho; how his Hjttolnts gleaming out of the sky carry duthas he wills it; how tho rains come it his bidding, ana the fruits and the terries and the grains, the grasses, the trees and the flowers spring to life at UidlTlne direction; you have witnessed tirtb and death and thoso who honor their tod honor him because he controls tine things. How would it fare, then, lti an Impostor who claimed to bo the mii or wis all-powerful god7 This, an, ii til the proof that you require, lor ii ho would strike you down should you deny me, so would he strike down no wrongfully claimed kinship 1th him." This line of anrument helnir unnn- terible must needs be convincing. Imm could be no questioning of this Bttture's statements without fiho tacit ilolBlon of lack of falrti in the ora Upownce of Jad-be,n-Otho. Ko-tan ju satisfied that he was entertaining itlty, but as to just what form his erterUlnment should take he was rather a lojs to know. Ills conception of W had been rather a vague and hazy , uiQugn in common witn all prlra iut pwple his god Was a personal one, were bis devils and dembns. The Pleuures of Jad-ben-Otho ho had as WSM to bj the excesses which ho hlm wi enjoyed, but dovold of any unpleas ffmrT,c0. It therefore occurred to Pjatly entertained by eattnt eating quantities of everything that Ko- w 1 7 i and that bo had found m injurious; and thero was alio a J tht the wome.n of tho Ilo-don C" "uiowmg corn to soak in tho -iuOTient fnilts. to wliidi they h m added certain other ingredients best b.L i thei?aelvcs. Ko-tan knew M expcrlenec that n single draught of J Ptt liquor would bring happl Elril 8MCease from wowy. while IMaX i .e,cven a k,"5 to do m JIf thnk J dol"K or enjoying w2H?,?rro,Vht offering in dl- !!. A 5 v ,0J ot Ul Preceding ? goa, Ko-tnn rpnannn.l nn..U EM the pleasure without tho SI Lu.t '.uiA0 mediate present mtnmt)lTuot I'-l-ul-don had lur.."?10 " high eminence. r ,vi,ni Mill. TH y!1. Kotnn offer thnn Otto,aABJMM "n to tho Dor oucend td so h?, '-vited Tnwnn A Tev nM0n? .1Jench tbat t0PPl SW S2hl-C k lhe 8tCI, Ww tho ttfimmifKo.',tai contlnued as " m u diMhiB .tl,rol,c' butTnr' i detaining (.and upon, bis !0"nhemai,fmSintUpo? a ,cvel w't' the S. Th. .. ntin?, hlm8e'f "Pon tho ' ffliT"mn' " 8od may )ku Place n?,HcrV!nt Inviting teas i,.p'?.ce ?.fc his side. Como. if,,! Votho!,.or you " fe"1 5ertPoMf,n,JP nrouse tho ?i0,'t makln, u,,an' but to do It ftfeff&ith n0""-L4 2ii5 , ,T the tlmo that ho V over "d .!n,!d 0m-nt 'ro' S,bJect h .""s'ous dlftcrcnco t,r wern tr "" "iter y taboo W totr. .1. e was thtnL ,...i.i. lVi !1. woriK Tii " ntlrtly r."iin..i i .'BKcstion UiLi "nqulsh his ihroue m .-A to his euest. On tho whole, however. the effect tmd been satisfactory, as he could sec from the renewed evidence of awe upon the faces of the warriors, At Tnrzan's direction the business of the court continued where It had been interrupted by his advent. It con sistcd principally in tho settling of dis putes between warriors. There- was present one who stood upon tho step Just below the throne find which Tnrzan was to learn was tho plnce reserved for the higher chiefs of tho allied tribes which matJo up Ko tan's kingdom. The one who attracted Tnrzan's attention was a stalwart warrior of powerful physique nnd mas sive, llon-llko features. lie was ad dressing Ko-tan on a question that is ns old ns government and that wlll,con tlnue In unnbatcd Importance until man ceases to exist. It had to do with a boundary dispute with one of his neighbors. The matter Itself held little or no in terest for Tarzan, but he was Impressed by the appearance of the speaker nnd when Ko-tan nddressed him ns Ja-don tho ape-man's interest was permanently crystallized, for Ja-don was the father of Ta-den. Tunt the knowledge would benefit him in any way seemed rather a remote possibility slnco he could not reveal to Ja-don his friendly relntlons with his son without admitting the falsity of his claims to godshlp. When tho affairs of the audience wers concluded Ko-tan suggested that the son Ot Jnd-ben-Otho might wish to visit tho temple in which were per formed the religious rites coincident to tho worship of the gTent god. And so the ape-man was conducted bv the king himself, followed by tho warriors of his court, through the corridors of thr palace toward tho northern end of tho group of buildings within the royal in closure. Tho temple Itself was really a part of tho palace and similar in archi tecture. There were several ceremonial places of varying sizes, the purposes of which Tnrzan could only conjecture. Each had an altar in the west end and another In the cast nnd were oval in f-lmpe, their longest diameter lying due cast and west. Each was excavated from the summit of a small hillock nnd nil wore without roofs. The western nltarH invariably wcro a single block of stone the top of which wns hollowed Into an oblong bnsln. Those nt the eastern ends wcro similar blocks of stone with flat tops and these latter, unliko those nt the opposite endi of the ovals, were invariably stained or painted a reddish brown, nor did Tnr nn need to examine them closely to be assured of what his keen nostrils already had told him that the brown stains were dried and drying human blood. Below these temple courts were cor ridors and npartments reaching far into tho bowels of the hills, dim, gloomy passages that Tarzan glimpsed as he was led from nlaco to nlacc on his tour of Inspection of the temple. A mes senger had been dispatched by Ko-tnn to announce the coming visit of tho son of .Tnd-bon-Otho with the result that they were accompanied through the temple by a considerable procession of priests, whoso distinguishing mark of profession seemed to consist in grotcequo headdresses; sometim.ea hideous faces carved from wood and entirely ton ceallng tho countenances of their wearers; or again the head of a wild beast cunningly fitted over tho head of a man. Tho high pricet alone woro no siu'h headdress. He was an old man with closo-sct, ciinninz eyes and a cruel, thin-lipped mouth. At first sight of him Tarzan realized that hero lay the jrreatcHt dnnger to his ruse, for he tow at a gl'inci' that tho ratn was antagonistic toward him find his pretensions, and he knew, too. that doubtlias of all tho people of Pal-ul-don the high priest was most likely to harbor the truest estimate of Jad-ben-Otho, and, therefore, would look with suBptcloti on one who claimed to be tho son of a fabulous god. No matter what suspicion lurked within his crafty mind. Lu-don, the high prio of A-lur, did not openlv question Tnrzan's right to the title of Dor-ul-Otho, and it may be Unit ho was restrained by the same doubt'' which had originally restrained Ko-tim and bis warriors the doubt that ii nt the bottom of the minds of nil blas phemers even and which is based upon the fear that after all there may be a rod. So, for the time being nt least, Lu-don played Fnfe. Yet Tnrrnn 'knew ns well as though tho man had spoken nloud his Inmost thoughts that it wu in the heart of the high priest to tear tho veil from his imiwsturc. At the entrance to tho templo Ko tan had relinquished the guidance ot tho guest to Lu-don, and now the latter led Tarzan through thoso por tions of the temple that he wished him to see. Ho showed him the rrent rorm rwhere tho votive offerings were kept. girts from the barbaric chtetn of fal-ul-don and from their followers. Thei things ranged in value from presents of dried fruits to massive vessels of beaten gold, so that in tho great main store-, room and its connecting chambers and corridors was an accumulation of wealth that amozod even the eyes of the owner of the becret of the trcOBiuo vaults of Opar. Moving to and fro throughout the tcmnlc were sleek black Wnz-don slaves. fruits of the Ilo-don inlds upon the villages of their less civilized neigh bors. As they pasnid tho barred en trance to a dim corridor, Tnrznn s.iw within a great company of pithecan thropi of all n 2es nnd of both saxes, Ho-don fis woll ns Wax-dun, tln ma jority of them squatted' upon tho i-tonc floor In nltltudes of utter dejection, while siuuo paced back ami forth, their features stamped with tho dwpalr of utter hopeletnness. "And who ere theso who He hero thus unhappily?" he asked of Lu-dou. It wns tho flrnt quchtion that hn hail put to tho high priest since entering tho temple, and instantly bo regretted that he hod asked it, for Lu-don turned upon him a face upon which the ex pression of suspicion was but thinly veiled. "Who should know better than the son of Jnd-ben-Otho?" he retorted. "The quostlons of Dor-ul-Otho nre not with impunity answered with other questions," said the npe-mnu quietly, "and It may Interest Lu-don, tho high priest, to know that tho blood of a false priest upon the altar of his temple is not displeasing in tho eyes of Jad-ben-Otho.'' Lu-don pnkd as ho answered Tnr zan's question. "They nre the offerings whoso blood must rofresh tho eastern altars as the sun returns to your father at the day's end." "And who told you," asked Tarzan, ''that Jad-ben-Otho wns nlcaseil that his people wcro slain upon his altars? wnnt it you were mistnucnr "Then countless thousands have died in vain." Tcnlled Lu-don. Ko-tan and tho surrounding warriors and priests were listening attentively to tho dialogue. Homo of tno poor victims behind the barred gateway had heard, and rising, pressed closo to the barrier through which one was conducted just before sunset each day, never to return. "Libernto them !" cried Tarzan, with a wave of his hand toward the im prisoned victims of a cruel sunerstitlon. "for I can tell you In tho name of Jud-bcu-Utlio that you are mistaken OONTINUEDOMORROW imLJSL m.vw m &U BAX USH K1N6 - TrH 0U VHOTTV PROBLEM- AtL NOU JD IS Go OVK IN nWE KOfcHINfj THSOW YOVK UWE" AHt ?GH? THE REST. 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