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


Each day food and water wcro
brought Tsrzan and slipped quickly
beneath the smaller door which was
raised sufficiently TO allow the stone
rrcentaeies 10 pass In. The prisoner
began TO believe that he was being
preserved for something beside
lions However. that was Inmate
| rial II they would but hold off for
ka few more days they Nigh, select
what fate they would---he would not
be there when they arrived 10 an.
ncunce il.
And then one day came ransat.
l-u.don's chief tool. 20 the city OF
Tu.lur. He came ostensibly with
fair message for Mosar from the
high priest at A-lur. isudon had de.
e1ded that Mo-sar should be king.
md he invited Mo.ssr 10 come at
rcc 70 Aalur. and then ran-sat. hsv.
- delivered the message. asked
hat he might so TO the temple OF
<uiur and pray. and there he sought
The high priest OF Tu.iur to whom
was the true message that Lu.don
had sent. The two were ciosetcd
alone In a little chamber and Pan
AZ whispered into the ear OF the
high priest
"Mosar wishes "a be king he
aid. and Lu-don wishes 20 be
king. Mo-sar wishes to retain the
stranger who claims to he the Dor
ufotho. and Lu-don wishes to kin
him. and now" he leaned even
closer TO the ear OF the high priest
Of Tufur. IF you would be. high
priest at A-iur 1t Is within your pow.
err
Pan-sat ceased speaking and walt.
ed for the others reply. The high
priest was visibly affected. To be
high priest at Aiur. That was al.
most as good as being king OF all
FaLuidon. for great were the pow
ers Of him who conducted tho sacri.
ficcs upon the affairs NJ A-lur.
'HowT- whispered the high priest
How may l become high priest at
Alur.-
Again Pan sat leaned close: Try
killing the one and bringing the
SY>xer to Asiur.- replied he. Then he
rose and departed. knowing that the
other had swallowed the bait and
could be depended upon 60 do what
ever was required to win him the
great prize.
n Nor was ran.sat mistaken other
than in one trivial consideration.
The high priest would indeed com.
init murder and treason to attain
the high office at A.lur; but he had
misunderstood which OF his victims
- - f..x -.
delivered 20 Lu.don. Pan-sat. know.
ing himself all the details OF the
planuings OF Ludom. had made the
cutie natural error OF assuming that
the other was perfectly aware that
only By publicly sacrificing the false
pCr-ui-otho could the high priest at
A-lur bolster hts waning power and
that the assassination OF Mo-sar. the
pretender. would remove from Lu.
4don's camp the only obstacle to his
combining the offices Of high priest
md king. The high priest at Tu-
S1ur thought that he had been com
mltssioned 10 kin Tarzan and bring
19p-sar to Alur. He also thought
TIT when he had done these things
~ would be made high priest at
~ bur: but he did not know that al
dy the priest had been selected
Do was 10 murder him within the
kour that he arrived at A.iur. nor
I'd he know that a secret grave had
been prepared for him In the floor
% q subterranean chamber In the
very temple he dreamed Of con.
tFoliing-
And 50 when he should have been
arranging the assassination OF his
bribed warriors thru the dark CORR.
doris beneath the temple 10 slay Tar.
ran In the Hon pit. Night had fall
en- A single torch guided the foot
steps Of the murdercrs az they crcpt
BteaIthily upon their eva way. for
they knew that they were doing the
thing that their chief did not want
oone and then guilty condolences
warned them TO stealth.
In the dark Of his cell the ape
man worked at his seemingly end
less chipping and scraping. His
keep ears detected the coming OF
footsteps along the corridor with !
out--footstsps that approached the
larger door. Always before they had
come to the smaller door--the foot
steps Of single slave who brought
his food. This time there were
many more than one and their com
ktng at this time Of night carried
mister suggestion. Tarzan con-
'tinued to work at his scraping and
chipping. He heard them stop be-
yond the door. All was silence.
broken only by the scrape. scrape.
scxsps Of the apeman's tireIess
blade
Those without heard II and liAen.
ing sought to explain H. They
whispered in low tones making their
plans. Two would raise the door
quickly and the others would rush
In and huri their clubs at the pris- |