Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-03

sumo or the warriors addressed me
as Dotar Sojat, a combination of the
Surnames of the two warrior chieftains
whose metal had taken, or. in other
words, whom ! had slain in fair fight.
AS Sarkoja talked with Fad he cast
occasional glances in my direction.
while she seemed to be urging him
very strongly to some action. paid
little attention to it at the time, but
the next day had good reason TO re-
call the circumstances, and at the
same time gain slight insight into
the depths of Sarkoja's hatred and the
lengths TO which she was capable of
going to wreak her horrid vengeance
on me.
We broke camp the next day at an
early hour and marched with only
single halt until just before dark. Two
incidents broke the tediousness of the
march. About noon we eSpied far to
our right what was evidently an incu-
hatOr and Lorquas Ptomel directed
Tars Tarkas to investigate 1t. The
latter took dozen warriors. includ-
ing myself and we raced across the
velvety carpeting of moss to the little
enclosure.
Tars Tarkas dismounted and exam
ined the Enclosure minutely. finally an
nouncing that it belonged to the green
men of Warhoon and that the cement
was scarcely dry where it had been
walled up
"Thav canne: he days march
ahead Of -" he exclaimed. the light
of battle leaping to his fierce face.
The york at the incubator was short
indeed. The warriors tore open the
entrance and a couple of them, crawl
ing in, soon demolished all the eggs
with their short-swords. Then re-
mounting We dashed back to join the
cavalcade. During the ride | took
occasion to ask Tars Tarkas If these
Warhoons whose eggs we had de-
stroyed were smaller people than
his Thanks.
Il noticed that their eggs were so
much smaller than those | saw hatch
ing in your incubator" l added
He explained that the eggs had Just
been placed there; but. like all green
Marian eggs, they would grow dur
ing the fve-year period of incubation
until they obtained the size Of those
! had seen Matching ON the day of my
arrival on Barsoom This was indeed
an interesting piece of information,
for it had always seemed remarkable
to me that the green Marian women.
large as they were. could bring forth
such enormous eggs as ! had seen
the four-f0ot infants emerging from
AS matter of fact, the new-laid egg
is but little larger than an ordinary
goose egg, and as it does not com
mence to grow until subjected to the
light Of the sun the chieftains have
little difficulty in transporting sew
eral hundreds of them at one time
from the storage vault to the incubat-
ors.
Shortly after the incident OF the
Warhoon eggs we halted 10 rest the
animals. and it was during this halt
that the second of the days interest
ing episodes occurred. was engaged
IN changing my riding cloths from
one of my thoats to the other. for
divided the days work between them,
when Fad approached me. and with
out word struck the animal ter
rife blow with hN 'ong-sword.
did not need 4 manual Of green
Marian etiquette to know what reply
to make, for, in fact. I was 50 wild
with anger that ! could scarcely re-
frain from drawing my pistol and
shooting down the brute he was but
he stood waiting with drawn long
sword, and my only choice was 10
draw my own and meet him in fair
fighr with his choice of weapons pr
a lesser one.
l chose the same weapon he Ind
drawn because he prided himself upon
his ability with it, and wished, If
worsted him at all, 10 do it with his
own weapon. The entire community
surrounded US, leaving a clear space
about one hundred feet in diameter
for our battle
Zad first attempted 20 rush me down
as a bull might a wolf, but ! was much
too quick for him, and each time I
side-stepped his rusbes he would so
lunging past me, only to receive
nick from my sword upon his arm 81
back. lie was soon streaming blood
from a half dozen minor wounds, but
could not obtain an opening to de-
liver an effective thrust. Then he
changed his tactics. and fighting warily
and with extreme dexterity, he tried
to do by science what he was unable
to do by brute strength.
We clrcled for some time without
doing much damage on either side; the
long, straight, needle-lke swords flash
ing In the sunlight and ringing out
upon the stiffness as they crashed to-
gether with each effective parry.
F::sally Zad, realizing that he was dr-
ing more than !, evidently decided 10
close in and end the battle in a final
blaze Of glory for himself; just as he