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WRZAN THE TERRIBLE
Author o! the "Tarzan" Stories and the "Martian" Stories
the long knife -that had been hli
. mh fJin Impetuosity of n
. tin- - . - . ... ...
W" i .. k.oi hs rushed into mo ennm-
? ? ,if of rnn-sat to find him.
' r ! .l. t,.r.rlnirfi droDDcd behind
1 ...... .lurknesfl. Almost lm-
iin.iu - ,.
'",. .- .i,rA was a crasn 01 bioiic
Wv'wnre him followed a moment
rr: . .imllnr crash behind. No
l... nj .
KVf wldence was necessary 10 nn
O'1 ... ....mini flint lie wns
!ta i prisoner In Lu-don'a temple.
n.itood perfectly still where he hail
,,lt it the first sound of the descend
ilted "B ... , olll,i .
.. "v.e Imitated to the gryf pit.
SI. similar danger, as had occurred
" Lu-don had trapped hlra in the
a,ua... . r.t 1. h tnnd there
SeVdowly grew accustomed to the
'' l- U.nmn ntvnrn Hint
LAitil W. '""".. , pllflmb,r
Jim IDt was ""
ilV ' M. oncnln. though It mi
El minutes before he discovered It.'
Wr Tn the roof of the chamber he
'Eur discerned n gmau aperture, pos
T .1 t In diameter and It was
'Elk this that what was really only
uuer dsrKnesa ruiuu ........ .0
.netratlng Its Stygian blackness
I chamber In which ho wns lm-
.k. doors had fallen he had
tlti no sound, though his keen earn
....i .nlnMl In nn effort
Htr conlB1,u'
adiKOier ciuo w m u... .-
. ft, abductor of his mat.. Pres
ntlr be could discern the outlines of bis
Hun cell. " w8 a Brao" ruu"'' " .
... Ilun ttei tow " -.
1 .. ......4 MmiHnn
.- th mo uiuiwi .uu.".
he
1 .a h entire area of the floor.
rtlxc tSnti, directly beneath
La.5nui In the roof, was u trap, but
SSSefSiiVw was solid. Witt his
fflte it was only necesBnry to
K this ipot in bo far ns the floor
eoMBBed. The walls next re
8nd I hta attention. There were only
1 onenlnn. One the doorway
mi? which ho had entered and
Ilc the warrior had borne Jane Clay-
3These were both closed by the slabs
1 .. -Mfh the fleolng warrior had
eltued u he departed. ,,,..,
.!?)-. th hinh Driest. 1 eked his
hln llpi 'and rubbed his bony white
nods togetner in b"""'",. uo
at bote Jane Clayton Into his presence
ud laid her on the floor of the chamber
kefore him. , , t ,. .
"Good, l'an-sai: no cxcimmeu.
You shall be well rewarded for thia
Ftlce. SOW, It wo DUl nau iuu iuihu
or-nl'Otho In our power all I'al-ul-
Wot'
Ion would be at our feet."
"Muter, I have him!" cried
Pan-
'Whit!" exclaimed
Lu-don, "you
You have slain
Tell me. ray wonderful
it Tanan-Jad
Iti nfrhtni. 1.
).... toll TriA nnlplflv. lv hreuHt
IbuntlDg with a desire to know."
"I have taken linn alive, uu-uon,
it master." renlied Pan-sat. "He ib
t the little chamber that tho ancieuti
ijlltto trap those who were too power
Id to take alive in personal onrountcr."
"You haye done well, l'au-ent,
A frightened priest burst into the
pirtaent. "Quick, mabtcr, quick, he
in. the corridors are niieu witn mo
rtmon of .Ta-don."
You are mad," cried the high
rltst "My warriors hold the unlace
ad the temple."
"IiDeak the truth, muster." replied
it priest, "there urc warriors in the
Mridor approaching this very chamber,
Dd ttty come from the direction or the
wet passage nliicli leads hither from
ill city.
"It may be cen as he snys. ex-
'lalmed I'an-pat. "It was from that
direction that Tarzan-jnd-uuru wus
ombi when I discovered and trapped
ilm. He nas lendlnir his warriors to
literjholy of holies."
u-aon ran quickiv to the doorway
ifdlooied out into the corridor. At a
wet he saw that tho fears of thu
rllhttned nrlest wore well founded. A
Blown warriors were movlnpr along the
wwor toward iilm, but they seemed
1ntlSed and far frnm mini nf tliotn.
dTti. The high priest guessed that
wimea 01 tue leadership of Tarun
w were little better than lost in the
RSUOWn mazp.A nf thn Riilitprrnnnun
rfiacts of the temple.
cupping tack into the apartment he
dlSd A lpnthopn tlinnr. tKnf ilnnnniliul
wa the celling. lie pulled upon it
'"Piy and through the temple boomed
deep tones of a metal nolnor. Five
m the clanging notR rung through
corridors, then ho turned towurd
tttVO ririPKU "llril,,. II... .,.ir,n ,.,,,!
WW me," he directed.
Crossing the chamber lie paused
With a small doorway, the others
rant Jane Clajton from the floor and
Wlng him. TluouKh a uurrow enr-
Z'. endup a fllBht of Meps they went,
lUlUlir tO MM nn.l I.O n...l .l..l.ll..
j ,T " " '" "tu uiui uuuuiiiik
tnrough a maze of winding pas
HMya which terminated in a epiial
Ulrcise that gme foith at the ma
in,. the 8romnl within the largent
...! i!roltar C0Ult9 cIo8e hcsldo the
stern ajtar.
rom ail directions now.' in tho cor-
ami the grounds above.
i,"v" U Ul
won below
me Th taiih.i 1 1 . .
(hi .. . 1 . "urrying lootstcps.
'" Smokes of tho great gong hud
Boned the faithful to tho ifefenio of
rtHuVhV l".S.r,.v,? .,8. '.?W"- 'f"e
imiiu. , " -uv "uy cu tue less
miliar narrlura tn n. . . -.i
fi1',11'" who hod accompanied
Mjtrh.. T"r.'?.K'aBCiVC.. not on'y
. ii.; "",' hK.?.cr or
cjreumatances thov iiininOU
lit inW" lci th0 wy they ha
o! confin.W.h'n. ft? Med the nar-
"Itttir Vaf.1. 1 7"l".p..?tt"n!:
WAX n ,te8w.?!. 5.u?tr?ted
'elll Li . " enure cause lost,
wia.?,,,,k'd upon t,,e
"l Ji.dnn CIanK'ne of the temple
,, "don nsuiini thnt rr . .,
" Partr 1 . ,u l"ut "-arzan und
ohellsru,.lhl'ir initiul blow
ml t1'6',1 hiH " upon the
h lane, u,? tl,u cars of Lu-don in
r crlci i,?'c c'ourt Cl"" tho Bavoge
.. "its mat amiouii.H.i ti, i.i..i....
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amiouueed tin. iiPin,.!,.,.
k other n'iL.J'caTi,,K. Iu.it ami
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l,,td toiTrV?!6"" ,,,C W011mn h0
rect hl . rv. A'V" 'ersouauy
force
brolh th. . . Hn" ns llc linseed
,tcNam,.t'!"I'1,! Brouiiih he .lis-
of ti,I yicr ld ''rii the out-
f.lnil .i. " '" i"l'
-- u.ucc
lorridms be.
Rtmon, ; Ms'Vn "Rerb V 8,lt'u'1 th
Pw-nl-Olfn foll""u,! tl'ot the false
hti iLT".1 Krli 1 oi,,..
wa a prisoner In the
Ulltt (. iosn nlmu A .1....
u. ."""'U Krih ml... "...'" ' ""i
:". of . ., ,'u,:' uirned upon
ndbl.;;, '. 8.','il1 t up. He
'J." still ; I." ". .,0, nnout
i ... ;" "iiiioiu.
him
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THE VAGRANT DUKE
Story by Qcorgo Gibbs.
Begins on this page Monday next,
liove. Intrigue, adventure, crime.
Something doing every minute.
THE VAGRANT DUKE
.Tad-ben-Ollio." She spoke soothingly
tor sho had reason to know the terrors
of the mad frenty Into which trivial
things sometimes threw the Great God.
A priest burst suddenly through the
hnngings of the doorway and falling
upon his hands and knees rubbed his
forehead ogalnit the stone flagging.
O Jad-bcn-Otho," he cried, "the
wnrriors of .Ta-don have attacked the
palace and the temple. Even now they
urc fighting In tho corridors near the
(mine or L,u-ion, nnd the high priest
begs that you come to tho palace and
encourage your faithful warriors by
jour presence."
Obcrgab! Rprnng to his feet. "I am
Jnd-ben-Otho," he screamed. "With
lightning I will blast the blasphemers
who tlaio attack thc holy eitv of A-lur."
tor a moment he rushed aimlessly
and mndly about the room, while the
jiricjt aud the slave remained upon
hands and knees with their foreheads
agaliiHt the tlnor.
i '.'ComV". crlcd Okrgnui, planting n
vicious kick i" tho side of the slavo
girl. "Come! Would you wait here
all day uhilo the forces of darkness
b cm holm the City of Light?"
Thoroughly frightened oh were all
tl'OKo who were forced to fcerve the
(ireat tlod, the two arose nnd fol
lowed Obergatz toward the palace.
Above the shouting of the warriors
rotso constantly the rries of the temple
prlesU: "Jad-bcn-Otho is n prisoner
in the temple." The poruistent cries
1 niched even to the cars of the enemy,
us It wns Intended that they should.
CHAPTER XXIV
Tho Messenger of Death
FTUIE sun, rose to see the forces of
- Jn-don still held nt the pnlocc gate.
The old warrior had belzcd tho tall
Mructure that stood Just beyond the
palace, nnd at the wimmit of this he
kept n warrior stationed to look toward
the northern wall of the palace whore
Tn-den was to make his attack; but
nw tha mlnutci wore Into hours nn
flgn of the other force appeared, nnd
now in tho full light of the now sun
upon the roof of one of the palace
buildings appeared Lu-don, the hisli
priest, Mo-sar, tho pretender, nnd the
strange, naked figure of a man, Into
whoso long lmlr and beard were woven
fresh ferns nnd flowers, ftchlnd them
were banked a score of lesser priests,
who chanted In unison: "This is Jad-ben-Otho.
Lay down your nrms and
Mirrendcr." This they repented again
nnd nguln, alternating It with the cry .
"The false Dor-ul-Crtho Is n prisoner."
In one of thoso lulls which are com
mon in battles between forces tirmcd
with weapons that requlro great phys
ical effort In their use. a voice sud
denly aroso from nmong the followers
of Jn-don: "Show us thc Dor-ul-Otho.
Wo do not believe you. '
"Wnlt." cried Lu-don. "If I an
not produce him before the sun has
moved his own width, the gates of the
palace shall be opened to you and my
warriors will lay down their nrms."
He returned to one of his priests and
inued brief instructions.
Tho ape-man paced the confines of
his narrow cell. Bitterly he reproached
himself for the stupidity which had icu
bun into this trap, nnd et wos it stu
pidity? What else might he have done
other than rush to the succor of his
mate? He wondered how they had
i-tolen her from Ja-lur, and then sud
denly there Unshed to his mind the
fcuturcs of the warrior whom he had
just seen with her. They were stiange-
ly fumlliar. He racked his brain to
retail where he had seen the man be
fore and then it came to him. lie was
the strange warrior who had joined Ja
oon's forces outside of Ja-lur the day
thut Tarzan had ridden upon tho great
cryf from the uninhnblted forgo nest
to the Koe-ul-Ja down to thc capital
city of the chieftain of the north. But
wno could thc mnn be? Tartan knew
that never before that other duy had
he seen him.
Pic-ently he heard the clanging of n
gotig from the corridor without and
veiy faintly thc rush of feet, and shouts,
lie gucHsed that his wairlors had been
discovered nnd a light iu progress. He
fretted nnd chafed at the chance that
had denied him participation in It.
Azuln .uui nguln ho tried th doors
of his prison and the trap In tho center
of the floor, but none would glvo to his
utmost endeavors. Ho strained his eyes
toward tho ancrturc above but he could
pec nothing, und then he continued his
futile piicing to and fro like a caged
Hon behind its barn.
The minutes dragged slowly into
hours. Kuintly sounds came to him us
nf shouting men at u great distance.
The buttle was In nroeress. He won
dered If .Ta-don would he vlctoilous and
should he be. would his friends ever
ilmciiver him In thin hidden chumbcr In
the bowels of the hill Ho doubted
it.
And now on he looked again towaru
tho npeiture In the roof there appeuied
to be something depending through it
center. He eume doer and strained
his cjch to sec. Yes there was some
thing there. It appealed to bo a rone.
Tarzan wondered if it had been there all
the time. It must have, he reasoned,
since lie had heard no sound from above
and it '.vne so dik within the chamber
that lie might easily have overlooked
He raised his hand toward it. The
end of it wus just within his roach. lie
bore his weight upon It to bee If it
would hold him.
Then he roltused it nnd backed awuy,
still watching it. ns jou have seen an
animal do after Investigating some un
familiar object, one of the little traits
that differentiated Taran fiom othor
men, accentuntlns his similarity to the
savago beasts of his uatlvo jungle.
Again nnd again ho touched nnd teBted
the braided leather lope, and nlwoys
ho listened for uny warning sound from
above.
lie was very raictul not to step upon
tho trap nt any time and when finally
ho bore all his weight upon the rope nnd
took his feet from the floor he spiend
them wide apart so that if he fell ho
would fall astride the trap. The rope
held him. Theic was no sound from
above, nor any from the trap below.
Slowly and cautiously ho drew him
self upward, hand over hand. Nearer
and neater the roof he came! In a mo
ment his eves would be above the level
of the floor ubove Already his extended
arms piojccted Into the upper chamber
und then something closed suddenly
upon both his forcnims, pinioning them
tightl) nnd h-uviug him hanging In mid
air unable to advance or i client
Immediately a light appcured iu the
loom above him und piesontly he saw
the hideous mask of u priest peering
down upon him. In tho priest's hands
weie leathern thongs und these he tied
nbout Tarun's wrists and forenrms un
til they were imiipletely bound together
lioni his elhuwH iilmo-t to his fingers.
Behind this prlent Tnrnn presenth
niw ntlieiH nnil hoiiu several luid hold
of him nnd pulled him up through the
hole,
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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