The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-12
c. mcclure q CO. s..,,s,.,ss.ss,,,ii;,;,.l


had been the custom OF the Ho.don
OF Pul.ul-don for countless ages. and
rash Indeed must have been the man
who would have attempted 10 inter
fere with the priests or their cero'
monies. That Ja.don never entered
the temple was well known, and that
hts high priest never entered the
palace. but the people came 10 the
temple with their votiVe offerings
and the sacrifices were made night
ana morning as In every other tenn
Pile In Pal.ul.don.
The warrior know these things,
knew them better perhaps than a
simple warrior should have known
them. And so Il was here in the
temple that he looked for the aid
that he sought in the carrying out
OF whatever design he had,
As he entered the apartment
where the priests were he greeted
them after the manner which was
customary in paluldon. but at the
same time he made sign with his
finger that might have attracted
little attention or scarcely been no.
ticed at all by one who knew not It's
meaning That there were those
within the room who noticed II aud
interpreted u was quickly apparent.
thru the fact that two OF the priests
rose and came close TO him as he
stood just within the doorway, and
each Of them. as he came. returned
the signal that the warrior had
made
The three talked for but a mo
meat. and then the warrior turned
and left the apartment A little later
one OF the priests who had talked
with him left also. and shortly after
that the other.
In the corridor they found the
warrior waiting and led him to
little chamber which opened upon
smaller corridor just beyond where
IL Joined The larger. Here the three
remained IN whispered conversation
for some little time and then the
warrior returned TO the palace and
the two priests 10 their quarters
The apartments OF the women OF
the palace at Jaiur are all upon
the same side OF long. straight
corridor. Each has a single door
leading into the corridor and at the
opposite end several windows over.
looking a garden. IL was in one of
these rooms that Jane slept alone
At each end Of the corridor was
single sentinel. the main body OF
the guard being stationed In a cham.
Der near the outer entrance to the
womsn's quarters.
The palace slept for they kept
early hours there where ia don
ruled. The pai-de-don.so OF the
great chieftain OF the north knew
no such wild orgies az had rssound.
ed thru the palace Of the king at
A-lur. Ja.iur was a quiet city by
comparison with the capital. yet
there WIS always a guard kept at
every entrance 10 tho chambers OF
Ja-don and his immediate family az
well as at the gate leading into the
temple and that which opened upon
the city
These guards, however, wer.
small. consisting usually OF not
more than five or six warriors. one
OF whom remained arxake while the
others slept. such were the condH.
tons then when two warriors pre-.
scented themselves. one at either end
OF the corridor. 20 the scntries who
watched over the safety OF Jane
Clayton and the Princess o-lo~a.
aud each OF the newcomers repeated
10 the sentlneIs the stsrcotypcsi
words which announced that they
were relieved and these others sent
TO watch In their stead. Never il a
warrior ioath to be relieved Of sen
try duty. Where, under different
circumstances he might ask numer-
GUS questions he is now too well
satisfied TO Acape the monotonics OF
that universally hated duty. And
80 these two men accepted their re.
lief without question and FASTENED
away to their pallets.
And then a third warrior entered
the corridor and all OF the nswcom.
ers came together before the door
of the aps-man's siumbcring mate
And one was the strange warrior WHO
had met Ja-don and Tarzan outside
the city OF Ja-iur as they had APP
preached II the previous day. and he
was the same warrior who had en-.
tered the temple a short hour before.
but she faces OF his fellows were un.
familiar. even TO one another, since
u II seldom that priest removes
his hideous headdrcss In the pres
ence even OF his associates.
silently they lifted the hangings
that hid the interior Of the room
from the view OF those who passed
thru the corridor. and stealthily
skunk within. Upon a pile OF furs
IN a far corner lay the sleeping form
OF Lady Greystoke. The bare feet
Of the intruders gave forth no sound
as they crossed the stone floor
toward her. A ray OF moonlight en-.
tering thru a window near her
couch shone fun upon her. revealing
the beautiful contours of an arm and
shoulder In cameo distinctness
against the dark furry pelt beneath
which she slept. and the perfect pro-
file that was turned toward the
skulking three.
But neither the beauty nor the
helpieasness Of the sleeper aroused
such sentiments OF passion or pity as
might stir In the breasts OF normal
men. To the three priests she was
but lump OF clay. nor could they
conceive aught Of that passion
which had aroused men to intrigue
and 10 murder for possession Of this
beautiful American girl. and which
even now was influencing the des-
tiny Of undiscovered Pal-ul-don.
Upon the floor Of the chamber
we're numerous pelts and az the lead.
er OF the trio came close TO the
sleeping woman he stopped and
gathered up one OF the smaller OF
these. Standing close to her head
he held the rug outstretched above
her face. Now" he whispered and
simultaneously he threw the rug