Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-03-26

the hope that some day that numeless
continent from which their race had
sprung would rise once more out Of
the sea and with slaves at the long
sweeps would send her caryen, gold
packed galleys forth to succor the
lOng-eXiled COlonists.
The coming Of Tarzan had aroused
within Las breast the wild hope that
at last the fulfllment Of this ancient
prophecy was at hand; but more
strongly still had it aroused the hot
fires of love in u heart that never 9th
erwise would have known the meaning
Of that all-consuming passion for such
a wOndrOus creature as La could never
have felt love for any Of the repulslve
priests Of Opar Custom, duty and re
liglous zeal might have commanded
the union; but there could have been
no love on Las part. She had grown
to young womanhoOd a cold and heart
less creature, daughter Of a thousand
other cold, heartless, beautiful women
who had never known love. And so
when love came to her 1t liberated all
the pent passions Of a thousand gen
eratlons, transforming La into a pulls
ing, throbbing volcano of desire, and
with desire thwarted this great force
Of love and genueness and sacrifice
was transmitted by its own fires into
one Of hatred and revenge.
1t was in a state Of mind superin-
duccd by these conditions that La led
forth her jabberlng company to re-
trieye the sacred emblem Of her high
Office and wreak vengeance upon the
author of her wrongs, lie should be
tortured. His should be a slow and
fr!ghtful death. His punishment should
be adequate to the immensely of his
crime. He had wrested the sacred
knife from La he had lain saCrilcgiOus
hands upon the High Priestess Of the
Flaming God; he had desecratcd the
altar and the temple. For these things
he should die; but he had scorned the
love Of La, the woman, and for this he
should die horribly with great anguish,
The march of La and her priests
was not without its adventures. I'M
used were these to the ways of the
Jungle, since seldom did any venture
forth from behind Opar's crumbling
walls, yet their very numbers protect
ed them and so they came without ia
talities far along the trail of TarZan
and Werper. Three great apes accom-
panied them and to these was dele
gated the business Of tracking the
quarry, a feat beyond the senses Of
the Oparians. La commanded She
was hard taskmaster too, for She
looked down with lOathlng and con-
tempt upon the misshapen creatures
amongst which cruel fate had thrown
her and to some extent vented upon
them her dissatisfaction and her
thwarted love. She made them build
her a strong protection and shelter
each night ard keep q great fire burn
Ing before 1t from dusk to dawn. When
she tired Of walking they were forced
to carry her upon an improylsed litter
nor did one dare to question her au-
thority or her right to such services.
For many days they marched the
apes following the trail easily and
going little distance ahead of the
body Of the caravan that they might
warn the others Of impending danger
1t was during a monday halt while all
were lying resting after Il tiresome
march that one Of the apes rose sud
denly and shifted the breeze In a low
cultural he cautioned the others to
silence and a moment later was SWING
ing quietly up wind into the Jungle
La and the priests gathered silently
together the hideous little men fin
gering their knives and bmdgeonS, and
awaited the return Of the shaggy an
thropoid.
Nor had they long to wait before
they saw him emerge from a leafy
thicket and approach them. Straight
to La he came and in the language of
the great apes, which was also the
language of decadent Opar, he adj
dressed her
"The great Tarmangani lies asleep
there he said, pointing in the direc-
ton from which he had just come.
Come and we can kill him.