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on the far side of the valley lay wha
appeared to be mighty city, its grea
walls. its lofty spires, its turrets. nina
rets and dOmes showing red and vel
low in the sunlight. Tarzan was We
too far away to note the marks Of ruiz
to him it appeared a wonderful city
OF magnificent beauty, and in imagina
ton he peopled It's broad avenues and
its huge temples with thrOng OF
happy. active people.
/ For an hour the little expedition
rested upon the mOuntaintOp. and then
Tarzan led them down into the valley
below. There was no trail, but the
way was less arduous than the ascent
of the opposite face of the mountain
had been. Once in the valley their
progress was rapid. so that it was still
light when they halted before the tow
ering walls of the ancient city.
The outer wall was fifty feet In
height where it had not fallen into
ruin. but nowhere as far as they could
see had more than ten or twenty feet
OF the upper courses fallen away. It
was still a formidable defense. On
several occasions Tarzan had thought
that he discerned things moving be-
hind the ruined portions Of the wall
near to them, as though creatures were
watching them from behind the bull
warks of the ancient pile. And often
he felt the sensation of unseen eyes
upon him. but not once could he be
sure that it was more than magma
ton.
That night they camped outside the
city. Once, at midnight, they were
awakened by shrill scream from be-
yond the great wall. It was very high
at first, descending gradually until it
ended In series Of dismal means. It
had strange effect upon the blacks,
almost paralyzing them with terror
while it lasted. and it was an hour be-
fore the camp settled down to sleep
once more. In the morning it required
considerable encouragement and ur9-
ing on Tarzan's part to prevent the
blacks from abandoning the venture
on the spot and fastening back across
the valley toward the clifs they had
scaled the day before But at length,
by dint of commands and threats that
he would enter the city alone, they
agreed to accompany him.
For fifteen minutes they marched |
along the face Of the wall before they |
discovered means of ingress Then
they came to narrow cleft about |
twenty inches wide. Within fight
Of concrete steps, worn hollow by CEN
turtles Of use, rose before them to dis
appear at a sharp turning Of the pas
sage few yards ahead
Into this narrow alley Tarzan made I
his way, turning his giant shoulders
sideways that they might enter at all.
Behind him trailed his black warriors. Il
At the turn in the cleft the stairs end
ed and the path was level, but It
wound and twisted In a serpentine
fashion, until suddenly at a sharp angle Ii
IT. debouched upon narrow court, II
lcrOss which doomed an inner wall II
equally as high as the outer This in II
Ter wall was set with little round tow
rs alternating along its entire summit
With pointed monoliths. In places these
lad fallen and the wall was ruined,
,ut it was in much better state of
reservation than the outer wall.
Another narrow passage led through
his wall. and at Its end Tarzan and his
warriors found themselves In broad
venue. on the opposite side of which
edif1ces of hewn granite
oomed dark and forbidding. Upon
be crumbled debris along the face of
he buildings trees had grown. and
ines wound in and out of the hollow.
taring windows, but the building d.
ectly opposite them seemed less over
rOwn than the others and in q much
etter state Of preservation. 1t was a
passive pile, surmounted by an enOr-
lous dome. At either side Of its great
ntrance stood rows Of tall pillars,
ach capped by huge, grotesque bird
arved from the solid rock of the mon
liths.
As the ape-man and his companions
TODD gazing in varying degrees Of won
erment at this ancient city in the
lidst OF savage Africa, several of them
ecame aware Of movement. within the
tructure at which they were looking.
i'm, shad0wy shapes appeared to be 4
loving about In the semidarknesS of
Re interior. There was nothing tangi-
le that the eye could grasp only an
ncanny suggestion Of life where It
eemed that there should be no life, for
wing things seemed out of place in