Bisbee daily review., 1914-06-25

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( the stone had caught at the very
edge Gingerly the apeman clambered
mp the frail rope. In a moment his
head was above the edge OF the shaft
rho court was empty. The inhabl-
tantg OF Opar were viewing the sacri-
ice Tarzan could hear the voice Of
/ 10 from the nearby sacridcial court
I The dance had ceased 1t must be
almost time for the knife 10 fan, but
even as he thought these things ne
was running rapidly toward the sound
/ of the high priestess' voice.
Fate guided him TO the very door.
way OF the great rooheas chamber.
Between him and the altar was the
| long row Of priests and priestessea
awaiting with their golden cups tho
splitting Of the warm blood OF their
/ victim.
/ Las hand was descending slowly to
/ ward the bosom Of the fruil. quiet fig
ure that lay stretched upon the hard
/ stone. Tarzan gave q gasp that was
/ almost a sob as be recognized the fea-
lures OF the girl he loved. And then
/ the scar upon his forehead turned to
/ a flaming band OF scarlet. a red mist
! foated before his eyes, and with the
awful roar OF the bull ape gone mad
he sprang like a huge lion into the
| midst Of the votaries.
/ Selling cudgel from the nearest
| priest. he laid about him like a verita-
BILE demon as he forged his rapid way
| toward the altar. The hand OF Ia
/ had paused at the FIRST noise OF inter.
/ ruphon. When she saw who the an.
I thor OF It was she went white She
/ had never been able 20 fathom the Sc.
/ cret OF the strange white mans es-
/ cape from the dungeon I'm which she
/ had locked him. She had not intend
/ ed that he should ever leave Opar for
| she had looked upon his giant frame
and handsome face with the eyes Of a
woman and not those Of a priestess.
/ In her clever mind she had concoct-
/ ed a story OF wonderful revelation
from the lips Of the flaming god him
self, I'm which she had been ordered
/ 10 receive this white stranger as
/ messenger from him TO his people on
/ earth That would satisfy the people
Of Opor. she knew The man would
be satisfied, she felt quite sure to re-
main and be her husband rather than
TO return 70 the sacrifcial altar
But when she had gone TO explain
her plan to him he had disappeared,
though the door had been tight locked
as she had left it, and now be had re-
I turned-materialize from thin air
/ and was killing her priests as though
they had been sheep. For the moment
she forgot her victim, and before she
could gather her wits together again
the huge white man was standing be
fore her the woman who had lain
upon the altar I'm his arms.
zone side, lap he cried. you saw
ed me once, and so I would not harm
you, but do not interfere or attempt to
follow, OF / shall have TO kin you also"
As he spoke he stepped past her to-
ward the entrance 20 the subterranean
vaults
"Who is sheT' asked the high priest
ess, pointing at the unconscious wo-
man.
rshe Is mine" said Tarzan Of the
/ Apes.
For a moment the girl Of Opar stood
wide eyed and staring. Then a look
/ Of hopeless misery sudused her eyes.
Tears welled into them, and, with a
little cry, she sank to the cold floor
just as a swarm Of frightful men dash
ed past her to leap upon the ape-man.
But Tarzan of the Apes was not
there when they reached out to seize
him. With a light bound he had dis
appeared into the passage leading TO
the pits below, and when his pursuers
came more cautiously after they found
the chamber empty but they laughed
and jabbered to one another, for they
knew that there was no exit from the
pits other than the one through which
he had entered. If be came out at all
be must come this way. and they
would wait and watch for him above.
And so Tarzan OF the Apes, carrying
the unconscious Jane Porter came
through the pits OF Opar beneath the
temple of the flaming god without
pursuit But when the men Of Opar
had talked further about the matter
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man had escaped once before into the
pits and though they had watched
the entrance, he had not come forth,
and yet today he had come upon them
from the outside They would again
send fifty men out into the valley TO
find and capture this desecrater of
their temple
After Tarzan reached the shaft be-
yund the broken wall he felt so posi-
tive Of the successful issue Of his flight
that he stopped TO replace the tumbled
stones, FOR be was not anxious that
any Of the inmates should discover
this forgotten passage and through II
come upon the treasure chamber II
was I'm his mind % return again TO
Opar and bear away a still greater
fortune than he had already buried In
the amphitheater Of the apes.
CHAPTER xviii
Love IN the Wilderness.
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trotted. past the first door and