The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-22

/ less women l turned my head that /
might not see the horrid sight. The
| yells and laughter of the green horde
| bore witness to the excellent quality
of the sport and when ] turned back
to the arena, as Kantos Kan told me
it was over, I saw three victorious
calots, snarling and growing over the
bodies of their prey. The women had
given a good account of themselves.
Next a mad zitidar was Ioosed
among the remaining dogs, and so it
went throughout the long, hot, hor-
rible day.
During the day ] was pitted against
first men and then beasts, but as 1 was
armed with a lOngswOrd and always
outclassed my adversary in agility
and generally in strength as Well it
proved but childs play to me. Time
and time again 1 won the applause of
the bloodthirsty multitude, and toward
the end there were cries that I be
taken from the arena and be made a
member of the hordes of Warhoon.
Finally there were but three of US
left, a great green warrior of some far
northern horde, Kantos Kan, and my
self The other two were to battle
and then I to fight the conQueror for
the liberty which was accorded the
final winner.
Kantos Kan had fought seEeral
times during the day and like myself
had always proven victorious. but oc-
casional1y by the smallest of margins.
especially when pitted against the
green warriors. had little hope that
he could best his giant adversary who
had moved down all before him dur
ing the day. The fellow lowered near
ly sixteen feet in height, while Kantos
Kan was some inches under six feet.
AS they advanced to meet one another
1 saw for the first time a trick of
Marian swordsmanship which CEN
tered KantOs Kan's every hope of vic
tory and life on one cast of the dice.
for, as he came to within about TWEEN
ty feet of the huge fellow he threw mis-
sword arm far behind him over his
shoulder and with mighty sweep
hurled his weapon point foremost at
the green warrior. 1t flew true as an
arrow and piercing the poor DEVILS
heart laid him dead. upon the arena.
KantOs Kan and were now pftted
against each other but as we ap-
preached to the encounter I whispered
TO him to prolong the battle until near
ly dark in the hope that we might |
find some means of escape. Just as l |
saw the sudden coming of dark whis- /
pered to Kantos Kan to thrust his |
sword between my left arm and my |
body. AS he did so 1 staggered back |
clasping the sword tightly with my /
arm and thus fell to the ground with /
his weapon apparently protruding
from my chest. Kantos Kan perceived
my coup and stepping quickly TO my
side he placed his foot upon my neck
and Withdrawing his sword from my
body gave me the final death blow
through the neck which is supposed to
sever the jugular vein. but in this In
stance the cold blade slipped harm
essly into the sand of the arena. In |
he darkness which had now fallen
hone could tell but that he had really
finished me- I whispered to him TO
20 and claim his freedom and then
ook for me in the hills east of the
,ity, and so he left me.
When the amphitheater had cleared
crept stealth1ly TO the top and as
he great excavation lay far from the
'laza and in an untenanted portion of
he great dead city had little trouble
n reaching the hills beyond.
For two days / waited there for
1antos Kan, but as he did not come /
tarted off on foot in a northwesterly
erection toward a point where he had
old mo lQv fhn nearest wa forvxav Nv
nlv food consisted Of vegetable milk