The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-06

~ Continued From Yesterday
In a niche In the outer room. Just
beside the doorway leading 20 the
balcony. were neatly piled number
. Of rounded pegs from rs 20 20 Inches
In length. Selecting five Of these
ran-at-tec made them into a little
bundle about which she twined the
lower extremity OF her sinuous tail
and thus carrying them made her
way to the outer edge OF the bal.
Tony. Assuring herself that there
&,as none about 20 see. or hinder her
H<he took quickly 10 the pegs already
|sset IN the face OF the emf and with
she celebrity OF a monkey ciambcred
aloft to the highest row OF
pegs which she followed In the dtrec-
ton Of the lower end Of the gorge
for = matter of some hundred yards
Herr. above her head, were a series
Of small holes placed one above an
other In three parallel rows Cling
ing only with her toes she removed
kyp of the pegs FROM the bundle car
In her tail and taking one In
wo opposite holes OF the outer rows
~ far above her as she could reach.
Angling by these new holes she now
took one OF the three remaining pegs
IA each OF her feet. leaving the fifth
krasped securely In her tail. Reach
M above her with this member she
inserted the fifth peg In ono Of the
holes OF the center rows and then.
/, alternately hanging by her tail. her
feet. or her hands. she moved the
pegs upward to new holes. thus car
ryfng her stairway with her as abe
assembled
AT the summit OF the cliff a Enari.
I'd tree exposed its ,imeworn roots
shove the ,opmost holes forming the
hst step from the sheer face OF the
precipice to level footing. This wns
~ last avenue OF escape for mem
Leers Of the trfbe hard pressed by
nemies from below. There were
hree such emergency exits from the
ullage and II were death TO use them
"a other than an emergency. This
Fanatics well knew. but she knew.
! TOO. that II we're worse than death
- remain where the angered Es-nt
a ight lay hands upon her.
When she had gained the summit.
0Biri moved quickly thru the
hess In the direction OF the next
z8ke which cut the mountatnside a
- beyond kor-ul-ja- II was the
Kor-ui-lui. TO which
7h1 father md two brothers had been
bent BY Es-sat ostensibiy 10 spy upon
ythe neighboring tribe There WAS a
5rhance. a slender chance. that she
might find them: II not. there was
1the deserted Kor-ui-gryf several miles
beyond. where she might hide In
INFINITELY from man II she coul Jude
~ frightfui monster from which the
gtrge derived Its name and whose
presence there had rendered It's cave
uninhabitabie for generations.
PAn-at-iee crept steaithiiy along The
rim of the Kor.uI-iuL Just where
hur father and brothers would watch
ne did not know. Sometimes their
spies remained upon the rim. some
times they watched from the gorge's
bottom Pan-at-les was at a loss TO
know what 10 do or where TO go. She
|feit very small and helpless alone
/ In the vast darkness Of the night.
Strange noises fell upon her ears.
kThey came from the lonely reaches
III the towering mountains above her.
From far away in the invisible valley
from the nearer foothills and
once, in the distance. she heard what
she thought was the below OF a
bur gryf II came from the direc-
ton Of the Kor.ulgryf. She shud-
dered.
Presently there came TO her keen
yihIs another sound Something ap-
preached her along the rim Of the
gorge. IL was coming from above.
She halted. listening. Perhaps IT was
her father or brother. II was com
Ing close. She strained her eyes
thru the darkness. She did not move
--she scarcely breathed. And then,
ID. a sudden quite close II seemed.
xhere blazed thru the black night two
yellowgrecn spots Of fire.
Pan-atlee was brave. but az al
ways with the primitive. the dark
ness held infinite terrors for her. Not
alone the terrors Of the known. but
more frightful ones as welI-those
kf the unknown. She had passed
sru much this night and-her nerves
,ere keyed to the highest pitch
kaw, taut nerves. they were. ready
TO react in an exaggerated form to
the slightest shock.
VIC for a father and a brother and
7sze death instead glaring out OF
ks darkness Yes, Pan-at-lee was
brave. but she was not of iron. with
4 shrek that reverberated among the
hills she turned and fed along the
rim Of Kor-ul-lul and behind her,
ewiftly. came the devil-eyed lion OF
Hhe mountains Of Pal-uIdon.
Pan-at.lee was lost Death was In
sevitable. OF this there could be no
toubt, but to die beneath the rend.
yng fangs Of the carnivore, congeni-
Nal terror OF her kind--it was I'M
I hinkable. But there was an alter.
native. The lion was almost upon
her--another Instant and he would
xeize her. Pan-atlee turned sharply
10 her left Just a few steps she
took In the new direction before she
disappeared over the rim Of Kor.ul.
luL The baffled lion. planting all
four feet, barely stopped upon the
verge OF the abyss. Glaring down
= -fbe black shadows beneath he
\ Jhsrd an angry road.
Ysrn the darkness at the bottom
kor-ul-ja. om-at led the way tow.
ard the caves Of his people. Behind
him came Tarz5n and Taeden. Pres