Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-26

my eyes MS ! thought of his love for
me. Shortly after this Dejah Thoris
and Sofa awakened. and II was decId-
ed hat we push on NJ once In an effort
to gain the hills.
We had gone scarcely q mile when
noticed that my thoat vas COM
mencing to stumble and stagger In
most pltiful manner. although we had
not attempted TO force them out OF a
walk since about noon of the preced-
ing day Suddenly he lurched wildly
TO one side and pitched violently to
The ground DeJah Thoris and I were
thrown clear of him and fell upon the
soft moss with scarcely jar: but the
poor beast was In pitiable condition.
not even being able to rise, although
relieved OF our weight Sofa told me
hat The GOODNESS Of the night. when II
ell together with the rest. would
loubtiess revive him. and so I decided
,ot TO kill him, us was my first inteu
ion, as had thought II cruel 10 leave
him alone there TO die of hunger and
tl'l We left the poor fellow To his
n; 3! pushed on with the one thoat
IA lcsi we could. Sofa and walked,
making Dejah Thoris ride, much
against her WILL In this way we had
progressed to within about a mile of
the hills we were endeaY0rlng to reach
when Delah Thorls, from her point of
vantage upon the thoat. cried out that
she saw a great party of mounted men
fling down from a pass In the hills
several miles away. Sofa and | both
looked In the direction she indicated,
and there, plainly discernible, were
several hundred mounted warriors.
They seemed TO be headed in Il south
westerly direction, which would take
them away from us.
They doubtless were Thark war.
ture us and we breathed a great sigh
of relief that they were travelling In
the opposite direction. Quickly lifting
Dejah Thoris from the thoat, COM
manded the animal to lie down and we
three did the same, presenting as small
an object as possible for fear of at
tracing the attention of the warriors
toward us.
AS what proved to be the last war
rior came into view from the pass, he
halted and, to our CONSERVATION, threw
his small but powerful fieldglass TO his
| eye and scanned the sea bottom In all
directions. AS his glass swung toward
us our hearts stopped In our breasts
and | could feel the cold sweat start
/ from every pore in my body.
Presently 1t swung full upon us and
stopped. Then he lowered II and
we could see him shout command to
the warriors who had passed from our
sight behind the ridge. He did not
! wait for them TO join him, however !;
instead he wheeled his thoat and came
tearing madly In our direction.
There was but one slight chance
and that we must take quickly. Rails
Ing my strange Marian rifle to my
shoulder I sighted and touched the
button which controlled the trigger /;
there was sharp explosion as the
missile reached its goal, and the charg.
ing chieftain pitched backward from
his flying mount.
Springing to my feet ] urged the
thoat to rise, and directed Sofa to take
Dejah Thoris with her upon him and
make a mighty effort to reach the hills
before the green warriors were upon
us. l knew that In the ravines and
gullies they might find temporary
hiding place, and even though they
died of hunger and thirst Ii would be
better so than that they fell into the
hands of the Thanks. Forcing my two
revolvers upon them as slight means
of protection, and, as last resort, as
an escape for themselves from the hor-
rid death which recapture would sure
ly mean, / lifted Dejah Thoris In my
arms and placed her upon the thoat be-
hind Sofa, who had already mounted
at my command.
"Good-by, my princess" whispered,
I'VE may meet In Helium yet. have
escaped from worse plights than this.
and tried to smile as lied.
what" she cried, ARE you not com
ing with us?"
How may !, 'Dejah ThOris1 Some
| one must IiOlu lutSC iti'p"p wa AN' "
while, and can better escape them
alone than could the three OF as to
gether"
She sprang quickly from the thOa'
and. throwing her dear arms about my
neck turned TO Sofa, saying with quie'
digAlty: Fly, Sofa Dejah Thoris re
mains to die with the man she loves
Those words are engraved upon m!
ieaFt Ali, gladly would l give up my
life a thousand times could l only heal
them once more but could not ther
give even second to the rapture OF
her sweet embrace, and pressing my
lips TO hers for the first time, pickle
her up bodily and tossed her to he
seat behind Sofa again, cOmmandin'
the latter in peremptory tones TO hole
her there by force, and then. slappln
the thoat upon the flank, ] saw then
borne away; DeIah Thoris struggling
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