The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-06

lth yaIlsy looking f1G aag uut
OF tho valley of Opar where tbe
IIf, Or my companion VISA u tan
IEer Ana yout
90 am an old man rrpHri hs
Iolhsf raud 4 have tfsu bets ever
since I Waa b1F was d F.ue
lanay ou tbr ship lhat brought stan
Itsy tp Africa after the establish
Imsnt 10 the station GOA stanley
Pool. auB 4 came INTO tts lDtfroF
with him 1 went Out from camp
no hunt alone. one dlY { i0st ms
IWay and later nBs captured hy un
Inlrudly natives They took me
imrther into the interior 10 ihsii
lyuuEr. from which ! finally escaped
hut no utterly confused and l1H'
Ithut 1 had no ibea what direction
Lilo take "a find "a ilnIl iu tlc Coaat
ID wandered mus for months until
! finally upau un ateursel day
found an entrance 10 thia valley
o. not know wby they di not pu'
mo 90 leafh "a once bat they did
mot, aud later tbsy discovered mat
Inns knowledge eauld hr turned %
IadtautaRt go them Since then
have helped thrm ip their guaff} inr
land mining and bon their diamond
Ituuiur 1 have given them irpn
Idaus with hardened points and
IduIls tipped with diamonds Sow
lam practically oas u tAem, hat ul
wnsa ln ms heart has been thr hupf
Ithat some day / might escape from
I,hy valley hopeless hope. uho
I mas nsaurc you
rherg b. no way outr asked
ITarmu
Ther il way bot Il 10 alwsy
lzuarisd
~Whsrc Is itf sueusd fHT1aH.
li mIa continuation of one Of
lthe milne lunurt psasIuE entirely
Thru pa, mountain 10 THE valley be-
ynnd The mines have hfru worked
lbs the ANCESTOR Of thu mca for an
almost iueaieulabis lenEJh ~ ilmr
ITbe mountains are honey cpmbed
with their SHAFTS and tunnels Back
III the gold bearing quartz lies an
lsnormaua deposit Of altered pcua7
Iue. which contains diamonds ~
line search Tor which q evidently be
Imme necessary 10 extend ono 81 ms
ishafts % the opposite side Of ths
mountain. possibly Tor purposes Of
ventilation. This tunnel and the
Itnau leading down into ppar arr
the uniy means 81 inEresa % the
valley From time iHmemuriai ibeS
have kept the luhngi guarded. moV
particularly imagine. 10 prevent
lthc rsrapo ~ slaves than 90 thwari
the threads u an enemy since thef
bsUsye that There BE- no fear ~ The
latter emergency. Tho tran 20 ppa'
they d. not guard brcauHc ines
Hu longer for the OpArlauH, and
know quito well that none ~ fhe1
/ GomanEaui slaves would dare enter
ithe valley u the 6unwotHhIprn foi
Tho same reason. then. that th'
slaves cannot escape, We. too. must
! wmain prisoners here forever
'How uac tunnel guarded
asked Tpran
Two BoiEanl and "a dozen ct
more 0omanmni Warriors are al
says upon duty there replied ihe
old man.
rhv Comangani would like 9,
escapcg'
'-They have tried li many llme
Hin the past. am told replied th'
old man. 'tho neyep since ! hay'
lived here. and always they wer'
leaukht and tortured And an theb
lraae was punished and worked ih'
harder because Of these attempt
upon the part Of a few"
They ars numerous the Conan
gani1
There are probably 5000 % then
ia the valley. replied the old man
! And how many BoiEaui ,h'
ape man asked.
/ Between ten and eleven hun
drcd
"Flyc TO one, murmurcd Tarnnn
"and set they nrr afraid 20 attempt
10 escape
But you must remember SAT-
The old man. that the Holgani arr
tho dominant and intelligent race
iihe others ARE intellectually ut,l'
above the beasts of The forest
yet they are men, Tarzsn ne
minded him
"In figure only replied the old
man. They cannot hand togcthel
Jas then do. They have not as yc'
reached the community plane Of cyo
tuition II Is true that families
reside in single village. bat thai
idea. together with their weapons
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