Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-27

| developed that the stranger was in re-
ality the son of god. He felt uncom-
Portable In Tarsan's presence. and this
fnct rather. accentuated his doubt, for
presence Of a god. Now he saw way
to escare, ut least temporarily.
! II Will fetch them myself. Dor -ul-
Otho,' he said, and turning. left the
| apartment. His hurried steps brought
him quickly to the temple, for the
palace grounds of Tu-lur, which also
included the temple as In all Of the
don cities, covered n much smaller
area than those of the larger city of
A-lur. He found Lu -don's messengers
with the high priest OF his own tenn
commands of the ape man.
What do you intend to do with
himy' asked one Of the priests.
II have no quarrel with him" re.
piled Mo-sar. "Hc came In peace and
he may depart in peace, for who knows
but that he is indeed the Dor-ul-
I'VE know that he is not" replied
Lu- don 8 crnissary. 1--WE have every
proof that he is only mortal, strange
creature from another country. Al
ready has Lu don offered his life to
Jad- ben -Otho II he is wrong in his
belief thnt this creature Is not the son
OF God. II the high priest of A-lur.
VINO is the highest priest ot all the
high priests of Pnl-ul- don. is thus so
sure that the creature is an impostor as
to, stake his life upon Lis judgment, then
who are we to give crclencc to the
claims of this stl anger? No, Mo- -sar,
you need not fear him. lie Is only a
warrior who mny be overcome with
the same weapons that subdue your own
I e.. 4
command that he be taken alive l would
urge you to set your warriors upon
him and slay him. but tho commands
o. lu- don are the commands of Jad-
ben Otho himself"
liut still the remnant of a doubt stir
led within the coward!y breast OF Mo-
sar. urging him to let another take the
initiative against the stranger.
He is yours then" he replied. "to
do with as you will ! have no quarrel
with him. What you may command
shall ;, be the command of u5don, the
hish, priest, and further than. that I
shall have nothing to do in the mat
ter.
The priests turned to him who guided
the destinics of the temple at Tu -lur.
Havt you no plan?" they asked
High indeed will he stand in the coun-
sells of Lu don and In the eyes Of Tad-
bef- Otho who finds. the me ans to cap
ture this impostor alive
There is the lion pit" whispered
the high priest. 1T is now vacant and
what, will hold ia and jato will hold
this stranger If he is not the Dor -ul-
Otho.'
1T will hold him." said Mo-sar
doubtless, too, it would hold a sryf.
but first you would have to get the
gryf into it,"
The, priests pondercd this bit of wis
dom thoughtfully and then one of those
from A-lur spoke. 1T should not be
difficult he said, ''if we use the wits
that Jad ben -Otho gave us instead of
the worldly muscles which were handed
down to us from our fathers and our
mothers and which have not even the
power possessed by those of the beasts
that run about on four feet"
'Lu don matched his wits with the
stranger and lost" suggested Mo-sar.
But this is your own affair. Carry 1t
out as YOU see best 90
"At a -lur. 10 tan made much of this
Dor -ul Otho and the priests conducted
him through the temple. 1t would
arouse in his mind no suspicion were
you to do the same. and let the high
priest of Tulur invite him to the tenn
pie and gathering all the priests make
Jad- ben Otho. And what more nat
ural then that the high priest should
wish to show him through the temple,
as did Lu-don at A-lur when Ko- tan
commanded 1t, and If by chance he
should be led through the lion pit it
would be simple matter for those who
bear the torches to extinguish them
suddenly and before the stranger was
aware Of what had happened. the stone
gates could be dropped, thus safely Sc
curing him."
that let in light" interposed the high
priest, and even though the torches
were extinguished ne could still see and
might escape before the stone door could
be lowered
Send one who will cover the win
dows tightly with hides" said the priest
from A-lur.
THE plan is a good one," said Mo-
sar. seeing an opportunity for entirely
eliminating himself from any suspicion
of completely, "for it will require the
presence of no warriors, and thus with
only priests about him his mind will
entertain no suspicion of harm"
They were interrupted at this point
brought word that the Dor ul Otho was |
becoming impatient, and If the priests
from A-lur We're not brought to him at |
once he would come himself to the TEN.
pie and get them. Mo-aar shook his
head. lie could not conceive of such |
brazcn courage in mortal breast and |
glad he was that the plan evolved for |
Tarzan'" undoing did not necessitate
his active participation.
And so. while Mos left for a Sc
crct corner of the palace by round
about why. three priests were dispatch
ed to Tarzan and with whining words
that did not entirely deceive him. they ,
acknowledged his kinship to Jad- ben
Otho and begged him In the name OF
the high priest to honor the temple
with visit. when the priests from
-lur would be brought to him and
would answer any questions that he put
to them.
Confident that continuation of his
bravado would best serve his purpose,
and also that If suspicion against him
should crystalline into conviction on
the part of Mo-sar and his followers
that he would be no worse off In the
temple than In the palace. the ape man
haushtily accepted the invitation of the
high priest.
And so he came into the temple and
was received In manner befitting his
lugh claims. He questioned the two
priests of 4 lur, from whom he obtained
only repitition of the story that Mo-
sar had told him, and then the high
priest invited him to inspect the temple.
They took him first to the altar court,
of which there was only one in Tu -lur.
II was almost identical in every respect
with those at A-lur. There was a
bloody altar at the east end and the
drowning basin at the west, and the
upi1 fpi ha hao -