Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-02-17

armed with a longsword and always
outclassed my adversary In agility
and generally in strength as we'll it
proved but chlld's play TO me. Time
and time again | won the applause Of
the bloodthlrsty multitude, and toward
the end there were cries that / be
taken from the arena and be made
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 l to fight the conqueror for
the liberty which was accorded the
final winner
Kantos Kan had fought several
times during the day and like myself
had always proven victorious, but oc-
casionally by the smallest of margins,
especially when pitted against the
green warriors. 1 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
| saw for the first time a trick Of
Marian workmanship 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 his
sword arm far behind him over his
shoulder and with a mighty sweep
hurled his weapon point foremost at
the green warrior It flew true as an
arrow and piercing the poor devils
heart laid him dead upon the arena.
Kantos Kan and I were now pitted |
against each other but as we APP
preached to the encounter ! whispered |
to him to prolong the battle until near /
ly dark in the hope that we might I
find some means Of escape. Just as |
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 / 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
Iessly into the sand Of the arena IN
the darkness which had now fallen
none could tell but that he had really
finished me. / whispered to him 10
go and claim his freedom and then
'ook for me In the hills east Of the
city. and so he left me.
When the amphitheater had cleared
crept stealthily 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
[antos Kan, but as he did not come
tarted off on foot in a northwest erly
Erection toward q point where he had
old me lay the nearest waterway. My
My food consisted Of vegetable milk
rom the plants which gave so boun-
eously Of this priceless fluid.
Through two long weeks I wan
ered stumbling through the nights
uided only by the stars and hiding
uring the days behind some protrud-
~ rock or among the occasional
Ills trayersed. Several times ! was
tackled by wild beasts; strange un-
luth mongtrositles that leaped upon !