The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-07

hlm ne SAW abe striuEg fiat
topp,sl toWra which ID seemed Co
hm misbt De- reached trum the roof
of tbe main building he saw, toe.
NangbCs ~ the ancient tuFs THAI
sometimes TOPPED the roof ITSELF
aud cxcopi Tor she dim lghi shin
INK thru sonic OF lbp palace win
daWs Dc saw NO signs ot li,r he
turned suddenly upon Jhe Uii mar.
n do not know sou. he said
but believe that I mas trust yau.
since after all biood tirs ar stuons.
and We are tho ouly men cf oar
r8Cc m this valley You mGht ssiu
something u favor by bglmyins
me. bus I cannot believe that you
VIII do ,J
~uu NOT fear. said ihc pid man
II hate them II / could helm you
I would but I know that there Is
no hope ot Success tor whatever
plan yuu mas have n mind the
Woman win never bt rescued. you
sM newer leave tbe Valley 90 the
lAlacc az Diamonds sou VIII newer
leave the palace itself unless the
Bolsani wish h."
The apt.mau gunprd "Nou have
tecn here so long. ne SiL that
son are beginning to assume the
attitude Of mind that Keeps the &c.
manganl in perpetual slavery n
YOU want % escape. come with me-
We may not succeed. bat at least
YOU viii have a better chnucr u
sou Try than Il you remained for
ever In this tower
The old man shook his head
mo" he said. III ~ hopeless n
escape had bccn possible I should
have been away from herc long
ago
Goodbye. then. said rarau, and
swinging ont % the window. he
clambercd toward the ROOF below.
along the tou, stem Of the old ivy
The old man watched him Tor a
moment until he saw him make
his way carefully across the roo,
ioWart the flnttoppcd tower whore
he hoped 20 find and liherate IA.
Then the old fellow turned and hur.
ricd down the crude stairway that
ros,e addcr.ilke 10 the center Of
he tower
Tartan made his way across the
uneven roof of the main building.
cambcriug up the sides o. its
higher elevations and dropping again
20 is lower levels as he covered a
considerable distance between the
cast tower and that flattopped
structure OF peculiar dcsign In which
IA was supposed 70 be incircerUted
Ills progress WAS slow. for he moved
xith the caution ot beast Of prey.
stopping often In dense shadows TO
listen.
when at last he reached the
,ower, he found that ii bad many
openings which we're closed ouly
with hanEiugs q heavy Japestried
stuff which he had seen ip the
tower. Drawing one OF these slight.
~ aside he looked within upon i
large chamber. bare q furnishings,
from the center Of which there pro
truded thru a circular aperture The
top u a stairway similar 90 that
he had assembled in the east tower.
There wns no one IN sight within
the chamber. and Tnrzan crossed
Immediately 70 the stairway Peer
ing cautiously into the opening.
Tarzan saw that the stairway de-
scended FOR "a great distance. passing
many floors. How far IL went be
could no, judge. except It seemed
likely that it pierced subterraHean
chambers beneath the palace.
Sounds Of life came W 20 him thru
the shaft. and odors. 700. but The
latter largely nulIined. insofar as
the scent impressions which ihey
offered Tarzan were concerned. BY
the heavy incense which peryaded
the entire palace
II was this perfume that was to
prove the ape.man's undoinE. for
otherwise his keen nostrils would
have detected the seen, Of "a near
by Gomangani The fellow lay
behind one OF the hangings at an
aperture In the tower wall He
had been lying 10 such a position
hat he had seen Tarzan enter The
chamber. and ne was watching him
now as the ape-man stood looking
down the shaft OF the stairway.
The eyes Of the black had at first
gone wide in terror at sight 81 this
strange apparition. the like Of
which ne had never seen before.
Had the creature been Of sufficient
intelligence TO harbor superstition.
he would have thought Tarzin
god descended from above But being
Of too low an order to possess any
imagination whatsoever he merely
knew that he saw strange crea-
iure. and that all strange creatures
must be enemies. he was convinced.
His duty was to spprise his mas
iers Of its presence IN the palace.
but he did not dare to move until
the apparition had reached sur
ficient distance from him TO insure
that the movements Of the Conan
eani would not be noticed BY the
intruder-he did not care 70 call at
tention TO himself. for he had found
that the more one effaced oneself
in the PRESENCE Of the Bolgani. the
less one WAS likely TO suffer For
a long time the stranger peere1
down the shaft Of the stairway.
and for long time the Gomangant
lay quietly watching him. But at
last the former descended the stairs
and passed out Of sight Of the
watcher. who Immediately leaped 70
his feet and scurried away across
the roof Of the palace toward a
large tower arising at It's western
end.
AZ Tarzan descended the ladder
the fumes Of the incense became
more and more annoying. Where
otherwise he might have inyesti.