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and that you must be destroyed"
And whCn will that be?' asked
Stellara.
"As soon as the hunters return
with food. We are going to have a
great feast and dance, but I shall
not enjoy it. I shall be very un-
happy, for do not wish to see
Tanar die"
How are they going to destroy
us?" asked the man.
Look" said the girl, pointing
through the open doorway. There, in
the distance, the two prisoners saw
men setting two stakes into the
ground. There were many who
wanted to give you to the Buried
People" said Lotari, "but zural said
that it has been so long since we
have had feast and dance that
he thought that we should cele-
brate the killing Of two Korsars
rather than let the Buried People
have all the pleasure, and SO they
are going to tie you to those two
stakes and pile dry wood and brush
around you and burn you to death"
Stellara shuddered. And my
mother taught me that you were a
kindly people" she said.
"Oh, we do not mean to be I'M
kind" said Letari, "but the Korsars
have been very cruel to us and zural
believes that the gods will take word
to the Korsars that you were burned
to death and that perhaps it will
frighten them and keep them away
from Amiocap."
TANAR arose to his feet and
Il stood very straight and stiff.
The horror of the situation almost
overwhelmed him. He looked down
at Stellara's golden head and shud-
oered. 'You can not mean" he
said, that the men of Aniocap in
tend to burn this girl alive?"
'Why, yes" said Letari. ut would
do no good to kill her first, for then
her spirit could not tell the gods
that she was burned and they could
not tell the Korsars."
"It is hideouS," cried Tanar; land
you, a girl yourself, have no SYM
pathy; have you no hearth"
Il am very sorry they are. going
to burn you" said Letari, but as
for her, she is Korsar and feel
nothing but hatred and loathing for
her, but you are different. I know
that you are not a Korsar and I
wish that I could save you"
will you-would you, If you
could?" demanded Tanar.
Eyes, but I can not. -
The conversation relative to es-
cape had been carried on in low
whispers. so that the guard would
not overhear, but. evidently it had
aroused his suspicion, for now he
arose and came to the doorway of
the. hut.
What are you talking about?" he
demanded. why do you stay in
here SO long, Letari, talking with
those KorSars? I heard what you
said and believe that you are in
love with this man"
w 4oO Al cAAls ACll1d1IOCO JIG
girl. do not our gods demand that
we love? What else do you live for
upon Amiocap but love?"
1.-THE gods do not say that we
should love our enemies"
'They do not say that we should
not" retorted Letari. eff I choose
to love Tanar it is my own affair.
CLEAR out!" snapped the warrior.
There are plenty of men, in lar
for you to love-
"Ah!" sighed the girl as she
passed through the doorway, "but
there is none like Tanar."
1.-THE hateful little wanton," cried
stellara after the girl had left.
acHE does not + hesitate to reveal
- what is in her heart, said
Tanar 1.-THE girls of Sari are not
like that. They would die rather
than reveal their love before the
man had declared his. But perhaps
she is only a child and did not
realize what she said"
(To Be Continued
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