The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
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 Along the tops Of the bars were deep layers of dust, further indication that the passage had lain long unused. As he pushed the massive obstacle aside it's great hinges. shrieked out in weird protest against this unaccustonn- ed disturbance. For moment Tarzan paused to listen for any responsive note which might indicate that the un- usual night noise had alarmed the fn- mates of the temple But as he heard nothing he advanced beyond the door Way
 Carefully feeling about, he fonnd himself within q large chamber, along the walls of which and down the length of che floor were piled many tiers Of metal ingots of an odd though uniform shape To his groping hands they felt not unlike double headed bootjacks- The ingots were quite hearys and but for the enormous mum Der of them he would have been posi- t1Fa that they were gold. But the thought of the fabulous wealth these tkousands of pounds of metal would 1asrvs rzpressrgted were they in reality gold almost convinced him that they 4nust be of some baser metal.
 At the far end of the cha1nter he discovered another barred door and the hope was renewed that he was travera- ing an ancient and forsotten passage. swaE to liberty. Beyond the door the pnssage ran straight as war spear, and 1t soon became evident to the ape man that it had already led him be- yond the outer walls of the temple.- 4f he buf kneW the direction it was leading him. H toward the west, then lie must also be bey ond the city's outer walls.
 With increasing hopes he forged ahead as rapidly as he dared until at the end of half an hour he came to am other flight of steps leading upward. At the bottom this flight was of com crete. but as he ascended his naked feet felt sudden change in the sub stance they were treading. The steps of concrete had given place to steps of granite. Feeling with his hands, the. apeman discovered that these latter were evidently hewed from rock, for there was no crack to indicate joint
 For 100 feet the steps wound srirally up unfil atza' sudden turning 9'aIzan came into naErow cleft between two rocky walls Above him shone the starry sky and before him a steep in cline replaced the steps that had ter minated at it's foot Up this pathway TarEan hastened and at its upper end came out upon the rough top of . huge granite powder.
 A mile away lay the ruined city Of Opar, its domes and turrets bathed in the soft light of tie equatorial moon. Tarzan dropped his eyes to the ingot he had brought away with him. For a moment he examined it by the moons bright rays, then he raised his head to look ouf upon the ancient piles of crum- bling grandeur in the distance
 Dpar,1 he unused, "Opar, the en- chanted city of a dead and for gotten. past The city of the beauties and the beasts. City of horrors and deaths, butclty of fabulous riches" The fn- got was of virgin gold
 The b0wlder on which Tarzan found himself lay well cut fin the plain be- tween the city and the distant cliffs he and his black warriors had sealed the moEufng previous To descend its rQugh and precipitous face was q task Of infinite labor and considera ble peril even to the ape-naan, but at last he felt the soft soil of the valley beneath his feet and without backward glance at Opar he turned his face toward the guardian cliffs and at a rapid trot set oH across the valley.
 The sun was just rising asehe gained the summit of the flat mountain at the valleys western boundary. Far be heath him he saw smoke rising above the treetops of the forest at the base of the foothills
 ssMan he murmured. ssAnd there, were fifty who went forth to track me down Can 1t be they2s
 Swiftly he descended the face Of the cIin and, dropping into a marrow ra- vine which led down to the far forest, he hastened onward in the direction of the smoke Strk1ng the forests edge about a quarter of a mile from the point at which the slender column arose into the still air, he took to the trees Cautiously he approached until there suddenly burst upon his view a rude boma, in the center of which. squatted about their tiny fires, sat his fifty black Waziri. He called to them in their own tongue, Arise, my chfI- Gren, and greet your kingr'
 With exclamations of surprise and fear the warriors leaped to their feet scarcely knowing whether to ice or not Then Tarzan dropped lightly from an overhanging branch into their
 midst When they realized that it was indeed their chief in the flesh and no materialized spirit, they went mad with joy.
 We were towards, oh, Waziri, :" cried Busuli we ran away and left you to your fate; hut when our panic was over we swore to return and save you, or at least take revenge upon your muEzzarers- We were but now prepar- ing <o scaIe the heights once more and cross the desoiate valley to the terrible city,
 Have you seen fifty frightful men pass down from the cliffs into this for est, my chIldren?'' asked Tarzan-
 Yes, Waziri, replied Busuli ssThey passed us late yesterday as we were About to turn back after you. They F,mF r,r7<sx-u WIZ, ,.1 <F,<,r,