Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-10-07


Shall Burn tho Eyes From His
Head"
-You are q brave people and you
love bravery. but where was your
mighty jeddak during the fighting to-
day7 did not see him In the thick
Of battle; he was not there. He rends
defenseless women and little children
In his lair, but how recently has one
OF you seen him fight with menf Why,
even l. q midget beside him. felled him
with a single blow OF my fist. Is II Of
such that the Thanks fashion their
jeddaks7 There stands beside me now
great Thark, mighty warrior and a
noble man. Chleftains. how sounds,
Tars Tarkas. Jeddak OF Tharkr
A roar Of deep-toned applause greet
ed this suggestion.
"It but remains for this council to
command. and Tai Hiatus must prove
his fitness to rule. Were he brave
man he would invite Tars Tarkas to
combat, for he does not love him. but
Tai Hiatus 10 afraid: Tai Hiatus, your
jeddak. 10 a coward. With my bare
hands I could kill him. and he knows
it,
After I ceased there was tense a.
fence, an all eyes were stveted upon
Tal Hiatus. He did not speak or move.
but the blotchy green Of his coun-
tenance turned livid. and the froth
froze upon his lips
"Tai Hajus." said Lorquns Ptomel IN
q cold, hard voice. never In my long
life have I seen jeddak Of the Tharks
90 Inundated. There could DO but one
answer to this srraignment. We walt
it, And still TIA, Hiatus stood as
though petrified.
"Chieftains" continued Lorquas
Ptomel, "shnll the jeddak. Tai Hiatus.
prove his fitness TO rule over Tars Tar.
kasr+
There were twenty chieftains about
the rostrum, and twenty swords
flashed high In assent.
There was no alternative. That de-
cree was fnnl, and SO Tai Hajus drew
his iongsword and advanced to meet
Tars Tarkas.
his foot upon the neck Of the dead
monster. Tars Tarkas became jeddak
among the Thanks.
His first act was TO make me q full
fiedged chieftain with the rank had
won by my combats the first few weeks
Of my captivity among them.
Seeing the favorable disposition Of
the warriors toward Tars Tarkas, as
well as toward me. l grasped the OPP
portunity to enlist them In my cause
against Zodanga. l told Tars Tarkas
the story Of my adventures. and In a
few words had explained TO him the
thought had In mind.
"John Carter has made a proposal"
be said, addressing the council. (which
meets with my sanction. shall put II
TO you briefly. Dejah ThOris. the
princess OF Helium, who was our pris.
Oner. is now held by the Jeddak Of 70
danga, whose son she must wed to
save her country from devastation at
the hands Of the Zodangan forces.
"John Carter suggests that we res
cue her and return her to Helium. The
loot OF Zodanga would be magnificent,
and have often thought that had we
an alliance with the people Of Helium
we could obtain sufficient assurance Of
sustenance to permit us to Increase
the size and frequency OF our hatch
ings, and thus become unquestionably
supreme among the green men OF all
Barsoom. What say your
Il was a chance to hght, an oppor-
tunity to loot, and they rose to the
bait as a speckled trout to fly.
In three days we were on the march
toward Zodanga. one hundred thou
sand strong, as Tars Tarkas had been
able to enlist the services OF three
smaller hordes on the promise OF the
great loot OF Zodanga.
We Travelled entirely By night, timing
our marches 90 that we camped dur
ing the day at deserted cities where
even to the beasts, we were all kept
Indoors during the daylight hours. On
the march Tars Tarkas. through his
remarkable ability and statesmanship
! enlisted ffty thousand more WARRIOR