Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-26
CHAPTER xi.
Chained 10 Warhoon.

II mrst have been several hours be-
fore reganed consciousness. I was
-" auung n pile OF sleeping silks
md furs In the corner of a small room
in which were several green warriors,
and bending over me was an ancient
and ugly female.
AS opened my eyes she turned to
one of the warriors, saying:
ale will live, o Jed"
"'Tis WELL" replied the one so adj
dressed, rising and approaching my
couch, "he should render rare sport
for the great games
And now us my eyes fell upon him.
! saw that he was no Thark. for his
ornaments and metal were not of that
horde. He was q huge fellow, terribly
Scared about the face and chest, and
with one broken tusk and missing
ear Strapped on either breast were
human skulls and depending from
these a number of dried human hands
His reference to the great games of
which | had heard so much while
among the Thanks convinced me that
had but jumped from purgatory into
g;hcnna
was strapped securely to as wild
and unmanageable thoat as | had
ever seen, and with mounted war
rior on either side to prevent the beast
from boltlng. we rode forth ut furi
Gus pace in pursuit OF the column
Just before dark we reached the main
body Of troops shortly after they had
made camp for the night. | was i'm.
mediately taken before the leader. who
proved TO he the jeddak of the hordes
of WnrhOon.
Like the jed who had brought me,
he was frightfully SCARED. and also
decorated with the LAeastplate of hu.
man skulls and dried dead hands
which seemed to mark all the greater
warriors among the Warhoons, as well
rs to indicate their awful ferocity
which greatly transcends even that of
the Thanks.
The ieddak. Bar Comas, who was
comparatively young. was the object
Of the fierce and jealous hatred OF his
lieutenant. Oak Kova, the Jed who had
captured me, and could not but note
the almost studied efforts which the
latter made to affront his superior
He entirely omitted the usual for
NAL salutation ms we entered the pres
ence of the jeddak, and as he pushed
me roughly before the ruler he ex.
claimed in a loud and menacing voice ::
81 have brought strange creature
wearing the metal of a Thank whom II
Is my pleasure TO have battle with q
wild thoat ut the great games."
He will die as Bar Comas, your
jeddak, sees fit, II at ALL" replied the
young ruler. with emphasis and
dignity.
IF at all?" roared Oak Kova. by
the dead hands at my throat but he
shall die, Bar COmas. No maudln
weakness on your part shall save him,
o, would that Warhoon were ruled
by real jeddak rather than by a wa.
ter-hearted weakling from whom even
old Oak Koya could tear the metal
with his bare handsr
Bar Comas eyed the defiant and In
subordinate chieftain for an instant,
his expression one OF naughty, fear
less contempt and hate, and then with
out drawing weapon and without
uttering a word he hurled himself at
the throat Of his defamer.
never before had seen two green
Marian warriors battle with natures
weapons and the exhibition OF animal
ferocity which ensued was as fearful
thing as the most disOrdered imagl-
nation could picture. They tore at
each others eyes and ears with their
hands and with their cleaning tusks
repeatedly slashed and gOred until
both were cut fairly to ribbons from
head TO foot.
Bar COmas had much the better OF
the battle ms he was stronger, quicker
and more intelligent. II soon seemed
| that the encounter was done saving
only the final death thrust, when Bar
COmas slipped in breaking AWAY from
a clinch II was the one little opening
! that OAK KOva needed and hurting
himself az the body Of his adversary he
buried his single mighty tusk In Bar
COmns' groin AMI with Inst powerful
90 mued.)