The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

fullldn and MS party Wuen We LOOK
them from the Korsar ship that
brought them to Aniocap."
AT first I did not believe them"
said Fedol, but Stellara convinced
me that she is my daughter, just as
I can convince you Of the truth Of
her statement"
"How2" demanded the warrior.
by the birthmark on my left
shoulder" replied Fedol. Look at
it, and then compare it with the
one upon her left shoulder. No one
who knew Allara can doubt that
Stellara is her daughter, so closely
does the girl resemble her mother,
and being AlIara's daughter how
could she inherit the birthmark
upon her left shoulder from any
other sire than me?"
The warriors from Lar scratched
their heads. 1T would seem the
best OF proof, replied the warriors
spokesman.
ut is the best of proof" said
Fedol. 1T is all that I need. 1t is
all the people Of Paraht need. Take
the word TO Zural and the people of
Lar and I believe that they will &C
cept my daughter and Tanar as we
are accepting them, and 1 believe
that they will be willing to protect
them as we intend to protect them
from all enemies, whether from
AnniOcap or elsewhere.
Il shall take your message to
Zural," replied the warrior, and
shortly afterward they departed on
the trail toward Lar.
EEDOL prepared a room In his
Il house for Stellara and assigned
Tanar to large building that was
occupied by bachelors.
Plans were made for a great feast
to celebrate the coming of Stellara
and g hundred men were dispatched
to fetch the ivory and the most Of
the tandor that Fedol and Tanar
had slain.
Fedol decked Stellara with orna-
mentS of bone and ivory and gold.
She wore the sofest furs and COR
geous plumage of rare birds. The
people Of Paraht loved her and
Stellara was happy.
Tanar was accepted at first by
the men Of the tribe with some res
ervations, not untinged with sus-
picion. He was their guest by or
der Of their chief, and they treated
him as such, but presently, when
they came to know him and par
ticularly after he had hunted with
them, they liked him for himself
and made him one of them.
The Amiocapians were, at first,
an enigma to Tanar. Their tribal
life and all their customs were
based primarily upon love and
kindness. Harsh words, pickering,
and Scolding, were practically I'M
known among them. Those at
tributes of the softer side OF man
appeared at first weak and effemi-
nate to the Sarian, but when he
found them combined with great
strength and rare courage, his adj
iliration for the AmiocapianS knew
no bounds, and he soon recognized
in their attitude toward one an
other and toward life a philosophy
that he hoped he might make clear
to his own SarianS.
The An1iocapianS considered love
the most sacred of the gifts of the
gods, and the greatest power for
good, and they practiced liberty of
love without license. So that while
they were not held in slavery by
SenseleSs man-made laws, yet they
were pure and virtuouS to a degree
beyond that which he had known
In any other people.
With hunting and dancing and
feasting, with tests Of skill and
strength In which the men of
Amiocap commended in friendly
rivalry, life for Stellara and Tanar
was ideally happy.
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T ESS and less often did the
IL Sarian think of Sari. Some
time he would build boat and re-
turn to his native country, but there
was no hurry. He would wait, and
gradually even that thought almost
faded entirely from his mind. He and
Stellara were often together. They
found a measure of happiness and
contentment in one anothers society
that was lacking at other times or
with other people.
Tanar never had spoken Of love.
Perhaps he had not thought of love,
for 1t seemed that he was always
engaged upon some enterprise of
the hunt, or contending in some of
the sports and games of the men.
His body and his mind were
occupied condition which some
times excludes thoughts of love, but
wherever he went or whatever he
did the face and figure Of Stellara
lowered ever in the background of
his thoughts.
Without realizing 1t, perhaps, his