Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
PELLuCIDAR
Sequel to "At the Earth's Core"
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of the "Tarzan" Stories

with the half.beastly roars and growls
of the brute-folk.
Did | take advantage of my opportunity?
| did not. Instead lured by the din of
| stroke. however feeble, against hated
| looja, | wheeled and ran directly toward
| the village
When | reached the edge of the plateau
| such a scene met my astonished gaze as
| never before had startled it, for the unique
| battle-methOds of the half brutes were
rather the most remarkable l had ever
| witnessed. Along the very edge of the
| clif-top stood thin line of mighty males
the best rope-throwers of the tribe.
| Few feet behind these the rest of the males.
| with the exception of about twenty. formed
| a second line. Still farther in the rear all
the women and young children were clus-
tered into single group under the pro-
| lection of the remaining twenty fighting
! males and all the old males.
| But it was the work of the first two
| lines that interested me. The forces of
| Hooja-a great horde of savage Sagoths
| and primeval cave men-were working their
way up the steep cliff-face, their agility
| but slightly less than that of my captors
| who had clambered so nmbly aloft.-even
| he who was 'burdened by my weight.
AS the attackers came on they paused
| occasionally wherever a projection gave
them sufficient foothold and launched ar
| tben, D,r,nn a. a,sn az ...,n - apoVe
| hurIaa to,,,.a. I .'.,. oa''ie po'h siues
I've h,n,am Sn;, %mu '.su..s .,. d. one anotner-
| brutes in the coarseness and vileness of
| their Viliticaton and invective.
| The 'fring-line' of the brute-men
| Wieloed no weapon other than their long
| hoer hooses' Wheh foeman came within
range OF theni moose would settle uner-
sn,sIy apou. mn, ana ne would be dragged
! fghting and Yelling TO the cliff uplaca
as oIcasiohahy occurred ne was quick
enous" 10 uraw ms khlte ana cut the rope
apoNe MN III which event he usually
| p,unseu uoWnWaro 10 no less certain
oea.h 'hah 'hat "hich awaited him above.
Those who were hauled up within reach
of the powerful clutches of the defenders
had the nooses snatched from them and
| were catapulted back through the first line
| to the second, where they were seized
and killed by the simple expedent of a
single powerful closing of mighty fangs
upon the backs of their necks.
But the arrows of the invaders were
taking much heavier toll than the nooses
| of the defenders and 7 foresaw that a,
was but a matter of time before Uooia's
forces must conquer unless the brute-men
changed their tactics. or the cave mon tired
| of tbe hattie
Gr-rr.gr was standing in the certer .,
the first line All about hin, were hou,aors
and largo Fragments of hroLe, roo,, :
approached him and. witbout a rord ,o,
njed a Iarpa mas ~ rocl. oysr tha - =,
the cliff II fell directly unon the Saad ~
of an archer, crushing him 10 instant de. VI
and carving his mangled cornse w;th -
to the bottom Of the decIIvitv ana an ,,s
way brushing three more Of the attackers
into the hereafter.
Gr-gr-gr turned toward me IN surnr,ss
For an instant he anpeared n do,,bt ths
sincerity of nv motives felt that nar>
hans INV time had come when he reanh "a
for me with one of his giant naws, hut :
dodeed him and running a seu, n.oas 3.
the right hurled down another n,iss,s ~
too did ,ts alIotted work of dastr,,c,,.,,
Then I nicked I'm smaller frapm.nts a,S
with ali the control and accmrac1 sn,
which 7 had earned Justly dessrvsd 30, ~.
in INV coIIesists davs 7 rained dowr ha;
of death mon those bensath me "a'
Gr-pr.er was conninp toward ~. ,s,,,
! nointed 70 the litter NJ rubhIe mnon ,h.
| CLIFTON.
"tJuri thssa down unor IN. on,,r
, cr,ad 70 hin, .TeII vo,,r NO arriors ,a II
roclss down unon thsnnr, ~ '"ro"
At NV words the other, NJ tbs Are, liz.
who had been interested snectators ~, rs ,n',
tactics, seized upon great boulders or Bit, ,hi