Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of the Tarzan Stories
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MO sooner had Carthoris and the others
IN Joined me than we commenced the
transportation Of our men through the sub
merged passage to the mouth Of the gang
ways which led from the submarine pool
at the temple end Of the watery tunnel to
the pits Of Issus.
Many trips were required but ut last all
stood safely together again at the begin
ming OF the end OF our quest. Five thou
sand strong VIC were, all seasoned hEhting
men Of the most warlke race OF the red
men of Barsoom.
As Carthors alone knew the hidden ways
of the tunnels, we could not divide the
party and attack the temple at several
points at once as would have been most
desirable and so II was decided that he
lead us all as quickly as he could to
point as near the temples centre as pos
sible.
As we were about TO leave the pool and
enter the corridors an officer called my
attention to the waters upon which the
submarine foated At first they seemed
TO be merely agitated as from the move
ment Of some great body beneath the sur
face, and / at once coniectured that an
other submarine was rising to the surface
In pursuit of us but presently 1t became ap-
parent that the level Of the waters was
rising, not with extreme rapidity, but very
surely, and that soon they would overflow
the sides Of the pool and submerge the floor
of the chamber.
For moment did not fully grasp the
terrible import of the slowly rising waters.
1t was Carthorls who realized the full
meaning of the thing-its cause and tho
reason for it.
Haste % he cried 'If we delay we all
are lost. The pumps Of Omean have been
stopped. They would drown us like rats
In trap. We must reach the upper levels
of the pits in advance of the flood or we
shall never reach them Come"
Lead the way, Carthoris," | cried. 1--WE
shall follow"
At my command tho youth lcapcd into
one of the corridors and i'm columns Of
twos. and in good order, the soldiers fol-
lowed him, each company entering the cor
ridor only at the command of its dwar or
captain.
Before the last company filed from the
chamber tho water was ankle deep and
that the men were nervous was quite
evident Entirely unaccustomcd to water
except in quantities sufficient for drink
ing and bathing purposes, the red Martans
instnctively shranl{ from IL in such form
idable depths and menaclng captivity.
That they held themselves SO wen while
it swirled and eddicd about their ankles
spoke we'll for their bravery and their
discipline.
1 was the last to leave the chamber
of the submarine, and as [ followed the
rear of the column toward the corridor
] moved through water to my knees,
The corridor too, was flooded to the
same depth, for its floor was on Il level
with the floor of the chamber from which
It led; nor was there any perceptible rise
for many yards
The march of the troops through the
corridor was as rapid as was consistent
with the number of men that moved
through so narrow passage, but it was
not ample to permit us to gain appreciably
on the pursuing tide.
AS l cast about for some means of saw
ing as many as possible of the doomed
seemed to rise at steep angle at my
right.
The waters were now swirling about my