The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
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head. small tIHeH-rfk tA IS Hi+ t"''s
like teeth bore evidence of his at
mau ancestry. ss did ha short
crooked less and l0nsr muscular.
.aprlkr arms, an sgautily hsiEreoN'
cryd as was hs toun,
. As his wicked bloodrimmrd eyes
watched the progress uf the party
arross the valley toWaru upar rNt
dsncrs o. his growing excitement
Nrru manifested In the increased
mpidlty Of his brrathinE, and low,
almost iuaudIblo grows that ISSUED
trum hLs throat. The stangvra were
too lar distant 90 D. rccogniahls
only as human beings, aud their
number 10 BE- roughly Appropriated
as hctwrtn two and three acurvr
Having assured himself Of thcae two
I facts tho watcher descended from
tho outer wall. crossed the space
between il and the inner wall
thru which no passed. aud al
rapid trot crossed the hruad avenue
beyond and disappeared within the
|erumbl.ug but stan magnificent tenn
plo beyond
/ Cadj. Tho high priest OF opar
squaued beneath th9 shade Of the
giant trees. which now ouisrcW
what had once been ono ~ tho
gauIcns ~ the ancient temple With
him were a dozen membcEs Of tho
lesser priesthood tho intimate
Iyrouits ~ tho high priest who Nrsv
startled 10y tbc sudden advent Of one
of The Interior members OF tho elan
|ot Opar. The fellow hurried breath.
.lcssly 10 CadI
| "CudL" hr cried STRANGE men
descend upon OIar. From tho
northwest they have come into tho
valley from behind the barrier cliffs
$50 q them AZ least. perhaps half
Iagain that number, saw them az
/ I watched from the summit Of the
outer wall. but further than they
aro msn / cannot say. FOR they are
IsM great distance away. Not
since the great Tarmans8ni came
among US last have there been
strangers within Opar
1T has been many moons since
THE great Tarmangani who called
himself Tarzan OF the Apes. was
lamong u" said CndJ, "Hs prom
issd tls 10 return before the rain 10
sea that no harm had bctullon La.
but be did not come hack and In
has always Insisted that no Ia dead.
Have you told any other Of what
you have seem he demanded. turn.
inE suddenly upon the messenger.
No" replied tho latter.
'GooI!s exclaimed CadI Come.
We viii all so 10 the outer wall
and see who il is who darcs enter
forbidden opar. and let no one
breathe a word Of what BlaEh las
told ~ until / give permission.
The word Of Cadi l. law until Ia
speaks. murmurcd one Of tho
priests.
/ Cadj turned Sowing face upon
the speaker. II am high priest Of
opar." he grow'ed. Who darca
dlsobey moT''
Hut La Is high priesicss, said
one. ''and the high prios,eea Is the
queen OF opar."
Hut the high priest can offer
whom ne will as racrificv n. the
chamber OF the Dead or 20 the
Flaming God. cadj reminded the
other neaningly.
I'VE shall keep silence. Cadi. re-
piled this priest. crinEinE.
sGoodr' gruwied Tho high priest
land led the way from the gardcu
J thru the corridors Of the temple
back toward the outer wall Of Opur
From here they watched the Hp
J preaching party that was In pla,r
J view OF them. far out across th'
] valley. The watchers conyersed in
low Rutturala In the language Of
the great apes. interpreted Will
which we're occasional words ant
J phrases Of strange tongue thai
were doubtless corrupted forms ol
the ancient language OF Atlantis
handed down thru countless genera
tons from their human prosenitor'
that now extinct race whose cities
and civilization lie buried deep BE-
. meath the tossing waves Of the ~
ilantic. and whose adventurous spirit
had. in remote ages, caused them
. to penetrate into the heart Of
, Africa in Bearth Of gold and to builc
: there. in duplication Of their fs'
home cities. the magnificent city oi
opar.
As CadJ and his followers watched
from beneath shaggy bross, th'
strangers piodded laboriously be
Z meath the now declining equatorial
sun across the rocky. barren valley
gray little monkey eyed them from
lnmidst the foliage OF ono OF the
giant trees that had forced It's was
thru the pavement Of the ancient
avenue behind them. a solemn
sad. faced little monkey II was. but
} like all his kind overcome BY curios
lily. and finally 10 such an extent
that his fear OF the fierce males
OF opar was so considerably over
come that he at last swung lightly
from the tree TO the pavement, made
his way thru the inner wall and
up the inside Of the outer wall to n
position in their rear where he
could hide behind one Of the mas.
siye granite blocks OF the crumbling
: wall in comparative safety from de.
lection. the while he might overhear
the conversation Of the Oparians,
all Of which that was carried ON in
the language Of the great apes he
could understand perfectly
The afternoon was drawing 10 a
close before the slowly moving com.
pany approaching Opar was close
,enough for individuals TO be recog
nizablc in any way. and the pres
entity one Of the younger priests ex
. claimed excitedly.
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