The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
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tnr anrHuHu o. obey bis rnfHtnani
shortly after rarEaus absence lat-
haI-ia escapes.
mo ape-mau tracks down a party
~ white people u BIO haty hrsu slaN
tug The luuElc btasta They well
coined him 10 their camp taAluE
Tar1 On tunyUHt IRWIN him tHE Tact
that they are after luEats. aut That
HaW kra. sur-tIme maid lu thr Grey
stoke household nopiug thn ape
mans Nuffer. EhrN flee ON tow ards
opar. With them 'a Estrbar Airanr
dt a Spaulard ~ unusual rHs aluue.
who T. masqurrsdius - atsAn.
hates Taruan plans 81 attack the
ape-mau and his followers Manu-.
little grey monkey. uFrTbrars cad
IFS plans. tir hastyuH 90 warn la
the hish pricstr.s, who 10 devoted 70
TarEan
Tho priests find the sensclrss body
% raFEan aud Cadt De- about to sac
ritico hiH O. the Flaming God W hen
thu hish priestrss saves thC ape
man
Sho has TarHan carried hack 70
prar and when be awakrns a shrIil
scream tells him that be ts once
more back iu the black piL Ia darrs
not show him loo much attention
or her life will b. forfeit She has
once ANDwrd her love for rarEan.
but the high priest demands her
hand lea marriage.
Now 10 oN wiru ruE sroUND
Above him. In her chamber in
tibet rmplc. la. the high prigstcss,
tossed upon n slcepless couch. she
knew an too well the temper OF her
people and the tucachcry % the high
priest cad She knew the religious
fanatictm which prompted the on
time maniacal actions % her besthj
and ignorant followers. and she
guessed truly that CadI would In.
flame them against her should she
fail this time In sacrificing the ape
man TO tho Flaming God. And it
was the effort 90 find an escape
from her dilemma that len her sleep
less. Tor Il was not In the heart Of
la 60 sacrifice TarEan OF the Apes
High priostess OF horrid cult,
tho she Was. and queen Of race
OF halfbcasts. yet she was a woman,
tho. woman who had loved but
once and given that love 90 tbs
gOiilke ape-man who wus again
within her power. Twice before had
he escaped her sacrificial knife; IN
the final instance love had a hast
triumphed over jealousy and fonaii.
cism and La. the woman. had
realized that never again could
she place In jeopardy the life q
the man she loved. however hope
less she knew that love to be.
Tonight she was faced with a
problem that she felt almost beyond
her powers OF solution The fact
that she was mated with cadj re
moved the last yestigc Of hope that
she had ever had OF becoming tho
wife OF the ape-man. Yet she was
no less determined TO save Tarzan
y IL were possible. Twice had
lie saved her life. once from "a
mad priest. and once from Tantor
in must. Then. too. she had given
her word that when Tarzan came
again 10 opar he came in friend
ship and would be received in friend.
ship. But the influence % Cad
vas great. and she knew that that
influence had been directed uuremii
tingly against the pe-man-she had
seen II in the attitude Of her FOL.
lowers from the very moment that
they had placed Tatzan upon a
litter to bear him back 70 opnr-
she had seen Il in the evil giances
that had been cast az her. Sooner
or iaier they would dare denouncc
her-aU that they needed was some
slight. new excuse. that, she knew.
they eagerly awaited In her forth.
coming attitude toward Tarzan. II
was well after midnight when there
came to her one Of the pries'esses
who remained always upon suorl
outside her chamber door.
',Dooth would speak with you, q"
whispered the hand-maiden.
1T is late" replied La. and MEN
are not permitted in this part Of
the temple How came he here.
and why7"
HE says that he comes in the
service OF La. who is in great dan.
ger" replied the girl
Fetch him here. then" said In.
and as you value your life see TINT
YOU tell no one"
Il shall be as voiceless az the
stones OF the altar" replied the
girl. AZ she turned and left the
chamber.
A moment later she returned.
bringing Dooth. who halted n few
feet from the high priestess and
taluted her. La signaIed 20 the girl
who had brought him. to depart.
and then she turned questloningly
10 the man.
Speak. Dooths' she commanded.
we ali know" he said, "of Las
lose for the strange ape.man, and
It g. not for nc, lesser priest. to
question the thoughts or acts Of my
high priestess. II Is only aor me
to serve, as those would do better
to serve who now plot against
you"
What do you mean, Dooth? Who
plots against me?"
Even at this minute are Cadj
and Oah and several Of the priests
and priestesses carrying out a plan
for your undoing. They are set
ting spies to watch you. knowing
that you would liberate the ape
man. because there viii come 10
you one who will tell you that 20
permit him to escape will be the
easiest solution Of your problem
This one will be sent by Cadi, and
then those who watch you will re-.
port to the people and to the priests
that they have seen you lead the
sacrifice TO liberty. But even that
win avail you nothing, for Cadj
and Oah and the others have placed
upon the trail from Opar many men
in hiding. who will fall upon tho
ape.man and slay him before the
Flaming God has descended twice
into the Western forest. In but one