The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-03

tyle had battled.
5ut IL he could use his teeth ana
hands to advantage he found II even
better versed in the school Of savage
warfare to which he had reverted, for
TarZan Of the Apes closed with ] m
and they fell to the floor tearing and
yending at one another like two bull
apes. while the primitive priestess
stood fattened against the wall, watch
ing with wide. fear fascinated eyes the
growing. swapping beasts Mt her feet.
At last she saw the stranger close
one mighty hand upon the throat or
his antagonist and as he forced the
after blow upon the upturped face A
moment later he threw the still thing
from him. and. arising. shook himself
like a great lion. He placed a foot
upon the carcass before him and raised
his head to give the victory cry of his
kind. but us his eyes fell upon the
opening above him leading into the
temple Of human sacrifice he thought
better of his intended act.
The girl, who had been half para
lived by fear as the two men fought.
had just commenced TO give thought to
her probable fate now that, though re-
leased from the clutches of a mailman,
she had fallen into the hands of n
whom but a momen before she had
been upon the point of killing. She
looked about for some means of escape.
The black mouth of the diverging cor
ridor was near at hand. but as she
turned to dart into ii the ape-man'S
eyes fell upon her ana with a quick
leap he was at her side and n restrain
ing hand was laid upon her arm.
Watt said TarZan of the Apes, in
the language of the tribe of Kerchak.
The girl looked at him in ~astonish-
ment.
"Who are your she whispered. who
speaks the language of the first MANI
Il am Tarzan of the Apes" be an
swered in the vernacular of the anthro-
poids.
what DO you want of me-" she con-
tinued. For what purpose did you
save me from THAI
II could not see Il oma murderedf
il was Il half question that answered
her.
But what do you intend to do with
me now she continued.
Nothing" he replied, hut you can
do something with me-you can lead
me out of this place 10 freedom" He
made the suggestion without the slight
est thought that she would accede. He
felt quite sure that the sacrifice would
go on from the point where ii had been
interrupted if the high priestcss had
her way. though he was equally posi-
tive that they would find TarZan Of the
Apes. unbound and with a long dagger
in his hand. Il much less tractable vic.
tim than TarZan disarmed and bound.
The girl stood looking at him for a
long moment before she spoke.
You are a very wonderful man."
she said. You are such a man as |
have seer in my day dreams ever since
| was Il little girl. You are such a
man as | imagine the forbears of MY
people must have been-the great race
of people who built this mighty city in
the heart Of Il savage world that they
might wrest from the bowels of the
earth the fabulous wealth for which
Trey had sacrificed their fa- distant
civilization.
IL cannot understand why you came
TO my rescue in the first place. and
now | cannot understand why. having
me within yOnr power. you do not wish
to be revengel upon me for having
sentenced you to death-for having al
most put you to death with my own
hand"
II presume" replied the ape-man,
that YOU but followed the teachings of
your religion. 1 cannot blame you for
that. no matter what | may think of
your creed. But who are you-what
people have | fallen among?'
II am La. high priestess of the TEN.
pie of the sun. in the city of Opar. We
are descendants of II people who came
to this savage world more than 10
900 years ago in search Of gold. Their
cities stretched from Il great sea under
the rising sun To a great sea into which
the sun deScendS ut nigh: to cool his
flaming brow They Wee very riCl
and very powerful. hut they lived only
a few months of the year in their mag
niticent palaces here, the rest of the
time they spent in their native land
far. far to the north.
MANY ships went back and forth be
tween this new world and the OLD
During the rainy season thee were bui
few of the inhabitants W remained
here, only those who superintendent TIN
working Of the mines by the black
slaves and the merchants who had t.
stay to supply their wants and the sol
diers who guarded the cities and the
mines.
1T was at one of these times that tn,
great calamity occurred. When the
time came for the teening thousands
to return none came. For weeks the
people waited Then they sent out Il
great galley to learn why no one came
from the mother country. but though