The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-16

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cipai warriors Of rslui.dcn gathered
In the great throne room Of the nal.
acc at A.iur upon the step. OF the
lofty pyramid and placing Ja-don AZ
the apex proclaimed him king. lfron
one side OF the old ohieftain stood
rarEan Of the Apes. worthy SON Of
Vic mighty ape-man.
And when the brief ceremony was
over and the warriors with appraised
clubs had sworn feaity 60 their new
ruler. Ja,don dispatched trusted
company TO fetch o-io-a and Fan. at.
lee and the women of his own house.
hold from Ja.iur.
And then the warriors discussed
the future Of ral.uidon and the
question arose a. to the administra.
ton OF the temples and the fate Of
the priests. who practically without
exception had been disloyai 10 the
government of tho king. seeking
always only their own power and
comfort and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. And
then Il was that Ja.don turned TO
rarzan. Let tho Dor.ul-otho trans.
init TO his people tho Wishes OF his
father" he said.
Your problem II Z simple one
said the ape man. IF you but wish
to do that which shall be pleasing In
tho eyes Of God. Your priests. TO
increase their power. have taught
you that Jad,ben Ohio Is a cruel god:
that his eyes love to dwell upon blood
and upon suffering. But the faisity
Of their teachings has been demon
strated to you today In the utter de-
feat OF the priesthood
Take then the temples from the
men and give them instead TO the
women that they may DO admins.
tered In Kindness and charity and
love. Wash the blood from your
eastern altar and drain forever the
water from the western.
once gave Lu-don the cppcrtu.
nifty 10 do these shinrs but he
ignored my commands. and again h
tho corridor Of socrifIce filled with
lts victims iiberats these from
every temple In PAi.ui-dou. Bring
offerings Of such SITS N your PEG.
pie like and place them upon the
affairs Of your sod And there he
win bless them and the priestesses Of
JAd-ben-otho can distribute them
among those who need them most
A. he ceased speaking a murmur
Of evident approval ran thru the
thrcng. Long had they been weary
Of the avartce and cruelty Of the
priests and now that authority had
come from . high source with .
feasible plan for Kidding themselves
OF the old religious order without
n~ceSsitating any change In tbs
faith Of the people they welcomed II.
And the priests" cried one. We
shall put them to death upon their
own altar II II pieas~s the Dor.ui.
Ohio to give tho word
Mo- cried TnrzAn- Lat no
more blood be spilled. Give them
their freedom and the right to take
NJ such occupation ~ they choose
That night . great feast was
spread IN tbs pat-e-dou ana for
the first tirue In history Of ancient
PAiukdon black warriors at In peace
and friendship with whita Ana
pact vas scaled between Js-dou and
Om-as that would svsr make his tribe
and tbs Hodon allies and friendA
II vas here that Tarzan learned
the cause Of Ts-den's failure 70 At.
tack at the stipulated time. A mes.
sengcr had come from JH-don carry.
ing instructions 10 delay The attack
until noon. nor had they discovered
until almost too late that the mes
senger was . disguised priest Of Luz
don And they had put him to death
and scaled the walls and come to
the inner temple court with not .
moment to spare.
The following day o-loa and Pan.
At.iee and the women Of Ja-don's
family arrived at tho palace az A.iur
and In tho great throne room Ia
den and o-lo-A were wed. and Om,as
and Pan-af.ice.
For = week TArsan and Jane and
Korak remained the guests Of ia
don ~ did Om-af and his black war.
riors. And then the ape-mAn an.
nounced that he would depart from
Psiul.dcn. Haxy In the minds Of
their hosts was the location OF
heaven and equally 10 the means by
which the gods Travelled between
their celestial homes and the haunts
Of men and so no questionings arose
when n was found that the Dor-ui.
Ohio with his mate and son would
travel over and across the mountains
and out Of Pzi-uldon toward the
north.
They went BY way Of the Kor.ui-ja
accompanied by the warriors Of that
tribe and . great contingent Of Flo
don warriors under Ta-dcn- The
king and many warriors and . multi.
tude Of people accompanied them be-
You'd the limits OF A.lur and after
they had bid them goodby and
Tarzan had invoked the blessings Of
God upon them the three Europeans
saw their simple. loyal friends pros.
trate in the dust behind them until
the cavslcads had wound out OF the
city and disappeared among the trees
Of the nearby forest
They rested for a day among the
Kor ia while Jane investigated the
ancient caves Of these strange poo