Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
PELLuC'ID.AR
Sequel to "At the Earth's Core"
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of the "Tarzan" Stories

glanced toward Juag. He was having a |
most exciting time. The fellow pitted |
against Juag was "A veritable giant he was |
hacking and hewing away at the poor slave
with a Misunderstanding knife that might |
have been designed for butchering masto- |
dons. Step by step he was forcing Juag
back toward the edge of the cliff with
fiendish cunning that permitted his adver-
sary no chance to sdc-step the terrible con-
sequences of retreat in this direction. | saw
quickly that in another moment Juag must
deliberately hurl himself to death over the
edge of the precipice or be pushed over by
his foeman.
And as l saw Juag's predicament I saw.
too. in the same instant way to relieve
him. 1.eaping quickly to the side of the
fellow | had just felled, I snatched up my
fallen revolver 1t was desperate chance
to take and realized it in the instant that
threw the gun up from my hip and pulled
the trigger. There was no time to ann.
Juag was upon the very brink of the chasm.
| His relentless foe was pushing him hard.
| beating at him furiously with the heavy
| knife
And then the revolver spoke-loud and
| sharp The giant threw his hands above
his head. whired about like a huge top,
and lunged forward over the precipice
And Juag?
| He cast a single affrighted glance in my
| drection--never before, of course had he
| heard the report of a frearm-and with a
| howl of dismay he, too, turned and plunged
head foremost from sight. Horror-struck,
| hastened to the brink of the abyss just in
time TO see two splashes upon the surface
| of the little cove below.
For an instant | stood there watching
with Dian at my side. Then. TO my utter
amazement | saw Juag rise to the surface
| and swim strongly toward the boat
The fellow had dived that incredible dis
| tance and come up unharmed,
I called to him to await us below. assur-
| ing him that he need have no fear of my
| weapon. since 1t would harm only my enc
mics He shook his head and muttered
something which | could not hear at so
great a distance ; but when pushed him he
| promised to walt for us. At the same
| instant Dian caught my arm and pointed
toward the village. My shot had brought a
| crowd of natives on the run toward us,
The fellow whom had stunned with my
javelin had reganed consciousness and
scrambled TO his feet He was now racing
as fast as he could go back toward MS
people 1t looked mighty dark for Dian and
me with that ghastly descent between US
and even the beginnings of liberty. and a
horde of savage enemies advancing at a
rapid run
There was but one hope. That was to get
Dian started for the bottom without delay.
| took her in my arms Just for an instant
| felt. somehow, that it might be for the
last time. For the life of me ! couldn't
see how both of us could escape.
| asked her If she could make the descent
| alone--if she were not afraid. She smiled
| up at me bravely and shrugged her shoul-
| ders She afraid, So beautiful Is she that
am always having difficulty in remember
| ing that she is a primitive, half-savage cave
| girl OF the stone age. and often hnd myseif
mentally limiting her capacities to those
of the effete and overciviized beauties OF
| the outer crust
And you?" she asked as she swung over
the edge of the cliff.
81 shall follow you after I take shot
or two at our friends" l replied. II just
want to give them taste of this new medi-
| cine which is going to cure Pellucidar OF
| all its ills That will stop them long enough
for me to join you Now hurry and tell
| Juag to be ready to shove off the moment
reach the boat, or the instant that 1t be-
| comes apparent that cannot reach IT.
You, Dian, must return to Sari If any
thing happens to me, that you may devote
| your life to carrying out with Perry the
hopes and plans for Pellucidar that are Sc
dear to my heart, Promise me. dear
She hated TO promise to desert me. nor
would she; only shaking her head and
making no move to descend. The tribesmen
| were nearing us. Juag was shouting up tc
+ ms from below. II was evident that he
. realized from my actions that / was at
tempting to persuade Dian to descend, and
that grave danger threatened US from
: above.
olive" he cried. "Dive'"
! looked at Dian and then down at the
: abyss below us. The cove appeared ne
, larger than saucer. HOW Juae ever nat
, hit 1t could not guess.
- "Dive :" cried Juag 1T is the only, way
, there is no time to climb down.