Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-20

Jeddak OF Heliun your grandfather, that
he may Frovel upon the ground in the
agony OF his grief. Tomorrow the torture
will commence; tonight thou art TAI
Eajus' Come ~
lie sprane down from the platform and
grasped her roughl, by the arm, but
scarcely had he touched her than leaped
between them.
My short sword. sharp and cleaning
was in my right hand; I could have
plunged It into his heart before he realized
that ! was upon him But as I raised my
arm 10 strike I thought of Tars Tarkas,
and, with all my rage, with all my hatred
! could not rob him OF that sweet moment
for which he had lived and hoped all these
long, weary years, and so, instead,
swung my good right first full upon the
point Of Tai Hajus' jaw. without sound
he slipped to the floor as one dead.
In the same deathly silence grasped
DeJah Thoris by the hand and motioning
TO Sola TO follow, we sped noiselessly from
/, the chamber and to the floor above. Tn
seen we reached a rear window. and with
the straps and leather of my trappings I
lowered first Sola. and then Dejah Thoris
to the ground below.
Dropping lightly after them. drew
them rapidly around the court in the
shadows of the buildings and thus we re-
turned over the same course / had so re-
Gently followed from the distant boundary
of the city,
We finally came upon my thoats in the
courtyard where ! had left them, and
placing the trappngs upon them, we
hastened through the building to the ave-
nue. beyond. Mounting Sola upon one
beast and Dejah Thoris behind me upon
the other we rode from the city of Tharl5
through the hills to the south
Instead of circing back round the city
TO the northwest and toward the nearest
waterway which lay so short distance
from us. we turned e. the northeast and
struck out upon the messy waste across
which, 200 weary miles away, lay another
main artery leading to telium.
No word was spoken until we had left
the city far behind but | could hear the
uuiet sobbing of Dejah Thoris as she
cung TO me with her dear head resting
against my shoulder.
"tf we make It, my chleftain. the debt
of Helium will be mighty one; greater
than she can ever pay you. Should we
not make It,, she continued, the debt is
no less though Helum will never know
for you have saved the last of our line
from worse than death"
I did not answer but instead reached
to my side and pressed the little fingers
OF her where they clung to me for sup
port, and then, In unbroken silence. we
sped over the yellow, moonlit moss. each
of us occupied with his own thoughts.
For my part ! could not be other than
joyful had | tried. with Dejah Thoris
warm body pressed close to mine. and
with all our unpassed danger my heart
was singing as gaily as though we were
already entering the gates of Heium.
our earlier plans had been so sadly
upset that we now found ourselves with
out food or drink. and alone was armed
We therefore urged our beasts to speed
that must tell on them sorely before we
could hope to sight the ending of the first
stage of our journey.
We rode all night and all the following
day, with only few short rests on the
second night both we and our animals
were completely tagged. and so we lay
down upon the moss and slept for some
five or six hours, taking up the journey
once more before daylight.
All the following day we rode and
when, late i'm the afternoon we had
sighted no distant trees, the mark OF the
great waterways throughout all Barsoom,
the terrible truth flashed upon us-we
were lost.
CONTINUED TOMORROW