La Grande evening observer., May 26, 1917, Image 4

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
Copyright by Frank A. Munio)' Co.
SYNOPSIS
John Cartor, who has been translated
twice to Mam, reiurna to eurth and leaves
the story of hla adventures with hie neph
ew, then goes again to Mara
Carter aide a Martian warrior fighting a
hordo of plant men. Ho discovers In the
warrior an old friend, Tare Tarkas.
Carter and Tarkas escape their enemies
by entering a hollow true and milking
their way to a cliff cave ahovo.
They explore the cove, and through a
secret door outer a mysterious chamber.
Unseen voices threaton them.
Quickly I walked" toward" tlie mourn
ful voice, but It hod ceased ere I reach
ed the further wnll, and then from tho
other end of the chamber cume another
voice shrill and piercing.
"Fools, foola!" it shrieked. "Thlulc
7e to defeat the eternal Inws of life
and death? Would cheat tho mysteri
ous Issus, goddess of death, of bcr
just dues? Did not her mighty mes
senger, tho ancient Iss, bear yo upon
her leaden bosom at your own behest
to the valley Dor? Think ye, O fools,
that Issus will give up her own?
Think ye to escape whence In all the
countless ages but a single soul bast
fled?
"Go back the way ye came, to the
merciful maws of tho children of the
tree of life or tho gleaming fangs of
the great whlto apes. There lies scedy
surcease from suffering. But insist in
your rash purpose to thread the gold
en cliffs of tho mountains of Otz,
past the ramparts of the Impregnable
fortresses of the holy thcrns, and
upon your way death In Its most
frightful form will overtake you."
And then the awful laugh broke out
from nnothor part of the chamber,
"Most uncanny," I remarked, turn
ing to Tars Tarkas.
"What shall wo do?" ha naked. "We
cannot fight ompty air. I would al
most rather return and face foes Into
whose flesh I may foci my bludo bite,
and know that I am selling my lire
dearly, than go down to that oblivion
which is evidently the fairest and most
desirable eternity that mortal man has
the right to hope for."
"If, ns you sny. we cannot fight
empty air. Tars Tnrkns," I replied,
"neither, on tho other hand, can empty
air fight us. I shall not be turned back
by wind, who hove faced and con
quered In my tlmo thousands of sinewy
warriors and tomporcd blades, uor
suull you, Thark."
"Hut unsoen voices may emannte
from unseen and unsceablo creatures
who wield luvhilblo blades," answered
the green warrior.
"Rot. Turs Tarkas!" I cried. "Thoso
Toices coma from beluga ns real as you
or I. In their veins flows blood that
mny be let es cnslly as ours. Tho fact
thnt they remain Invisible to us is the
best proof to my mind that tbey are
mortal, nor overly courageous mortals
nt that. Think you, Tars Turkns, Unit
John Carter will fly nt tho first shriek
of n cowardly foo who dure not conio
out into tho open and face a good
blade 1"
CHAPTER V.
A Close Call,
1MONO tho ornaments of Tars
Tnrkns' leather harness, which
Is tho only manner of clothing
worn by Mnrllans other than
enpos and robes of silk null fur for
protection from tho cold after dark,
was a Binnll mirror about tho bigness
of n lady's hand glass, which hung
midway between his shoulders nnd bis
waist ngnlust his broad buck.
As wo stood looking u round tho dim.
ly lighted apartment my eyes hap
pened to fall upon this mirror, nnd in
Its shiny surface I saw pictured n sight
that caused me to whisper:
"Move not, Tars Turkus! Move not
a muscle!"
He did not ask why, but stood llko n
graven iiuagu -while my eyes watched
tho strange thing that meant so much
to us.
What I saw was tho quick movement
of n section of tho wall behind mo, It
wus turning uin pivots, nnd with It n
oct Ion of tho floor directly In front of
It w-as turning, it was ns though you
placed a visiting card upon end on a
silver dollar thut you had laid flat upon
a table so that the edgo of tho card per
fectly bisected tho surface of tho coin.
Tho card might represent tho section
of the wall that turned nnd tho silver
dollar tho section of the floor. Both
were so nicely tilted Into tho adjacent
portions of tho floor and wall that no
crack had been noticeable In tho dim
light of the chamber.
As the turn was half completed n
great Wast was revealed sitting upon
Its haunches upon that part of the re
volving floor thnt bad leeu on tho op
posite side before tho wall commenced
to move. When tho section stopped tho
beast was facing townrd nie ou our
side of the tmrtition.
But what hnd interested me most
was the sight that the half turned sec-
tion Cad presented through the opening
that it had made.
A great chamber, well lighted, In
which were sovcral men and women
chained to tho wall, and In front of
them, evidently directing and operat
ing the movement of tho secret door
way, a wicked faced mau, neither red
as are tho red men of Mars, nor green
as nro the green men, but white llko
mysolf, with a great mass of flowing
yellow half.
The prisoners behind him were red
Mortlons. Chained with them were
a number of fierce beasts.
"Watch tho wall at your end of the
chamber, Tars Tarkas," I cautioned.
So long as we remained each facing
an opposite end of the npnrtment no
attacks were mado upon us, so It was
quite clenr to me that the partitions
were in some way pierced that our ac
tions might be observed from without
At length a plan of action occurred
to mc, and backing quite close to Tors
Tarkas I unfolded by scheme in a low
whisper, keeping my eyes still glued
upon my end of the room.
The great Thark grunted his assent
to my proposition when I had dono
and in accordance with my plan com
menced backing toward the wall which
I faced, while I advanced slowly
ahead of him.
When he had reached a point some
ten feet from the secret doorway, 1
halted my companion, and, caution
ing him to remain absolutely motion
less until I gavo the prearranged sig
nal, I quickly turned my back to tho
door through which I could almost feel
the burning and baleful eyes of oar
would bo executioner.
Instantly my own eyes sought the
mirror upon Tars Tarkas' back. I had
not long to wait, for presently tho
goldon surface commenced to more
rapidly.
Scarcely had It Btnrtcd than I gave
tho signal to Tnrs Tnrltas, simultane
ously springing for tho receding half
of the pivoting door.
In llko manner the Thark wheeled
and leaped for the opening being mndo
by tlH luswlnglng section.
A single bound carried mo complete
ly through Into tho adjoining room
and brought mo fnco to fnco with tho
fellow whoso cruel face I had before
Been.
Ho was about my own height and
wall muscled and in every outward
detnll molded precisely as are earth
men.
At his Bldo bung a long sword, a
short sword, a dagger and one of the
destructive rndlnm revolvers that aro
so common upon Mars.
Tho fnet thnt I wus nnnod only with
a long sword nnd so according to tho
Inws and ethics of bnttle everywhere
upon Iliirsoom should only hnvo been
met with a similar or lessor weapon
Boomed to have no effect upon the
moral senso of my enemy, for ho whip-
It Did Not Take Me Long to Fall Easi
ly Into My Fighting Stride.
ped out his revolver cro T KaiT scarce
touched the floor by his side, but an
upporcut from my long sword sent it
flying from his grasp beforo he could
discharge it.
Instantly ho drew his long sword,
and, thus evenly nnned, wc set to iu
enrnest for one of tho closest battles I
have ever fought.
The fellow was a marvelous swords
man nnd evidently In practice, while I
hnd not gripped the hilt of n sword for
ten long years before that morning.
I Hut it did not take me long to fall
i Pnslly into my fighting stride, so that
In a few minutes tho mnn began to
.realize thnt he had nt last met bis
'match.
i Ills fnce beenme livid with rnge as ha
found my guard Impregnable, while
hlooi - lowed
from a dozen minor
wounds' upon bis fiice and body.
"Who are you, white man?" be
hissed. "That yon are no Barsoomlun
from tho outer world Is evident from
your color. And you nro not of us?"
Ills last stutemeut was almost a
question.
"What if I were from tho temple of
Issus?" I hazarded on a wild guess,
"fate forefend!" he exelulmcd, bis
face going white under the blood that
now nearly covered It
I did not know how to follow up my
lend, but I carefully laid the idea away
for future uso should circumstances re
quire It
His answer indicated thnt for all he
knew I might be from the temple of
Issus, and bo evidently there was a
temple of Issus, and in it were men
like unto myself.
Either this mnn feared the Inmates
of the temple or else he held their per
sons or their power in such reverence
that he trembled to think of the harm
and Jmljgnttles he had heaped upon
oTie of them.
But my present business with him
wus of a different nnture than that
which requires any considerable ab-
struct reasoning, it was to get my
sword between his ribs, and this I suc
ceeded In doing within the next few
seconds, nor was I an instant too soon.
The chained prisoners bad been
watching tho combat in tense silence.
Not a sound had fallen in the room
other thnn the clashing of our contend'
lug blades, the soft shuffling of our
naked feet and the few whispered
words we had hissed at one another
through clinched teeth the while we
continued our duel.
But as the body of my antagonist
sunk an inert muss to the floor a cry
of warning broke from one of tho
female prisoners.
"Turn! Turn! Behind you!" she
Bhrleked, and ns I wheeled at the first
noto of her shrill cry I found myself
facing a second man of the same race
as he who lay at my feet
The fellow had crept stealthily from
a dark corridor and was almost upon
me with raised sword ere I saw him.
Tars Tarkas was nowhere in Bight, and
the secret panel in the wall, through
which I hnd como, wns closed.
How I wished that he were by my
sldo now! I bad fought almost contln
ously for many hours. I bad passed
through such experiences and adven-
tures as most snp the vitality of man,
and with all this I had not eaten for
nearly twenty-four hours nor slept
I was fugged out and for the first
tlmo in years felt a question as to my
ability to cope with an antagonist But
there was naught else for It than to
engage my man and that as quickly
and ferociously as lay In me.
My only salvation was to rush him
off hla feet by tho Impetuosity of my
attack. I could not hope to win a long
drawn out battle.
But the fellow was evidently of an
ether mind, for he backed and parried
and parried and sldo stepped until I
was almost completely fagged from
the exertion of attempting to flnlsh him,
n was a more adroit swordsman, If
possible, than my previous foe, and I
mint admit that ho led me a protty
chase and in the end came near to
making a sorry fool of me and a dead
ns Into the bargain.
I could feel myself growing weaker
and weaker until at length objects com
menced to blur before my eyes, and I
"Release mo, and I will give you on
trance to the other horror chamber."
staggered nnd blundered nbout more
asleep than awake, nnd then it wns
that he worked his pretty little coup
that came near to losing me my life.
lie bad backed me round so that 1
stood In front of the corpse of his fel
low, and then ho rushed mo suddenly,
so thnt I was forced back upon It and
as my heel struck It the impetus of my
body tiling mo backward across the
dend mnn.
My head struck the hnrd pnvement
with a resounding whnck, nnd to thnt
nlouo I owe my life, for it cleared my
brnln nnd tho pnln roused my temper,
so thnt I wns equal for the moincut to
tenrlng my enemy to pieces with my
hnro hands. I verily believe that 1
should have attempted it hnd not my
right hnnd, in the net of raising: my
body from tho ground, como In contact
with n bit of cold metal.
As the eyes of tho laymnn, so is the
hnnd of the fighting mnn when It
conies In contact with nn Implement
of his vocntlon, and thus I did not
need to look or reason to know that in
my grasp was the dead mnn's re
volver, lying where It hnd fallen when
I struck it from him.
The fellow whoso nise hnd put me
down wns springing townrd me, the
point of his gleaming blade directed
straight at my heart.
As he came thero rang from his lips
the cruel and mocking onl of laughter
thnt I had heard within the chamber
of mystery.
.And so ho died, Ms .thin JUs purled
in "the shuri of "his hateful laugh, and
a bullet from the revolver of his dead
companion bursting In his heart
Ills body, borne by the Impetus of
bis headlong rush, plunged upon me.
The hilt of his sword must have
struck my head, for with tho Impact
of the corpse I lost consciousness.
It was tho sound of conflict that
roused me once more to tho realities
of life. For a moment I could neither
place my surroundings nor locate the
sounds which had aroused me.
Then from beyond the blank wall be-
sldo which I lny I heard the shuffling
of feet the onarling of grim beasts, tho
clank of metal accouterments and tho
henvy breathing of a man.
As I rose to my feet I glanced hur
riedly about the chamber in which I
had Just encountered such a wnrm re
ception. The prisoners nnd the savage
brutes rested In their chains by tho
opposite wall eyeing me with varying
expressions of curiosity, sullen rage,
surprise and "hope.
The latter emotion seemed plainly
evident upon the hnudBome and intel
ligent face of the young red Martian
woman whose cry of wnrnlng hnd been
Instrumental in saving my life.
It was several seconds before the
sounds upon the opposite side of the
partition Jolted my slowly returning
faculties Into a realization of their
probuble Import, nnd then of a sudden
I grasped tho fuct thut they were
caused by Tars Tnrkns In what wns
evidently a desperate struggle with
wild bensts or savuge men.
With a cry of encouragement I threw
my weight against the secret door, but
might as well have cssnyed the down
hurling of tho cliffs themselves. Then
I sought feverishly for the secret of
the revolving pnnel, but my senrcb was
fruitless, and I wns nbout to raise my
long sword against the- sullen gold
when the young woman prisoner called
out to me:
"Save your sword, oh, mighty war
rior, for you will need it more where
It will avail to some purpose. Shatter
it not against senseless metal which
yields better to the lightest finger
touch of one who knows Its secret!"
"Know you the secret of It then?"
I asked.
"Yes; reiense me and I will give
you entrance to the other horror cham
ber, If you wish. The keys to my fet
ters are upon the first dend of your
foemcn. But why would you return
to faco whatever other form of de
struction they have loosed within that
awful trap?"
"Because my friend fights thero
alone," I answered, as I hnstily Bought
and found the keys upon tho carcass
of the dead custodian of this grim
chamber of horrors.
There were mnny keys upon tho
ovnl ring, but tho fnlr Martian mnld
quickly selected that which sprung the
great lock at her waist, and freed, she
hurried toward tho secret panel.
Again sh sought out a key upon the
ring. This time a slender, needle like
affair which she inserted In an almost
Invisible hole In the wall. Instantly
tho door swung upon Its pivot nnd tho
contiguous section of the floor, upon
which I was standing, cnrrled me with
it Into the chamber where Tars Tar
kas fought
The great Thnrk stood with his
bnck ngninst an nnglo of the walls,
while facing him in a semicircle hulf
a dozen huge monsters crouched wait
ing for an opening.
Their blood streaked bends nnd
shoulders testified to the cause of their
wariness as well as to the swordsman
ship of the green warrior whose glossy
hldo bore tho snme mute but eloquent
witness to the ferocity of the attacks
thnt he hnd so far withstood.
As he snw mo enter a smile touched
thoso grim lips of his, but whether
tho smllo signified relief or merely
amusement nt tho sight of my own
bloody nnd disheveled condition I do
not know.
As I wns nbout to spring into the
conflict with my sharp long sword I
felt a gentle hnnd upon my shoulder
nnd, turning, found to my surprise thnt
the young wonum hnd followed me
Into the chamber.
Wnlt" she whispered, "lenvo them
to me," nnd, pushing past mo, she nd-
vnnced upon tho snarling banths.
When quite close to them she spoke
n single Martian word In low but per
emptory tones. Like lightning the
great bensts wheeled before her, nnd I
looked to see her torn to pieces before
I could reach her side, but Instead the
creatures slunk to her feet llko pup
pies thnt expected a merited whipping.
gam she spoko to them, but In
tones so low 1 could not cntch the
words, nnd then she started townrd
the opposite side of tho chamber with
the six mighty monsters trailing nt
heel.
Ono by one she sent them through
tho secret pnnel into tho room beyond,
nnd when the last hnd passed from the
chamber where we stood In wldo eyed
Amazement she turned nnd smiled nt
us nnd then passed through herself,
leaving us alone.
CHAPTER VI.
Tfhuvis,
OH a moment neither of ns
spoke. Then Tnrs Tarkas said
"I henrd the lighting beyond
the partition through which
yon passed, but I did not fear for you,
John Cartor, until 1 heard tho report
of n revolver shot. I knew that there
lived no man upon nil Ilnrsoom who
could fnce you with linked steel nnd
live, but the shot stripped tho last ves
tlge of hope from me, since you I knew
to be without firearms. Tell me of It."
I did ns he bade, and then together
we sought tho secret panel through
which I hnd Just entered the npnrt
ment the one nt the opposite end of
the rootifrom thnt Jhrough which the
ulll lul.l IL-n i.. otOWU CUUlpUUIOUB.
To our disappointment tho panel
eluded our every effort to negotiate Its
' secret lock. We felt that once beyond
It we might look with some little hope
for success for a pussuge to tho out
side world.
The fact that the prisoners within
were securely chained led us to bellovo
that surely there must be an avenue of
escape from the terrible creutures
'. which inhnblted this unspeakuble place.
Agnln and again we turned from ono
door to another, from the baflling gold-
. ..no Ait1 nt ttia nhiimhop to,
i uTtB at Uo,otler'L Tnlly '."i."
When we hnd nbout given up nil hope
one of the panels turned silently to
ward ns, and the young woman who
had led away the banths stood once
more beside us.
"Who are you," sho asked, "and
what is your mission that you have the
temerity to' attempt to escape from the
valley Dor and the death you have
chosen?"
"I have chosen no death, maiden," I
replied. "I am not of Barsoom, nor
have I taken yet tho voluntary pilgrim
age upon the river Iss. My friend here
Is jeddnk of all theThnrks, and, though
be has not yet expressed a desire to
return to the living world, I am taking
him with me from the living He that
hath Inred him to this frightful place.
"I am of another world. I am John
Carter, prince of the house of Tardos
Mors, Jeddnk of Helium. Percbanco
some faint rumor of me may have
leaked within the confines of your
hellish abode."
She smiled.
"yes," she replied; "naught that
passes in the world we have left is un
known here. I have heurd of you,
mnny years ago. The therns have oft
times wondered whither you have flown
since yon bad neither taken the pil
grimage nor could be found upon the
face of Barsoom."
"Tell me," I said, "and who are you
and why a prisoner, yet with power
over the ferocious beasts of tho place
that denotes familiarity and authority
far beyond that which might be ex
pected of a prisoner or a slave?"
"Slave I am," she answered, "for fif
teen years a slave in tills terrible
place, and now that they have tired of
me and become fearful of tho power
which my knowledge of their ways has
given me I am but recently condemned
to die the death."
Sho shuddered.
"What death?" I asked.
"The holy therns eat bumnu flesh,"
she answered mo, "but only that which
has died beneath the sucking Hps of a
I Looked to Sea Her Torn to Pieces.
plnnt mnn flesh from which tho defil
ing blood of life hns been drawn. And
to tills cruel end I have been con
demned. It was to bo within a few
hours had your advent not caused an
Interruption of their plnns."
"Wus it then holy therns who felt
tho weight of John Curter's hand?" I
asked.
"Oh, no: those whom you Inld low
nre lessor therns, but of tio snme cruel
and hateful ruce. Tho holy therns
abide upon the outer slopes of these
grim hills, facing the broad world,
from which they harvest their victims
and their spoils.
"Labyrinthine passages connect these
enves with the luxurious palaces of
tho holy thorns, and through them
pass upon their many duties the lesser
therns and hordes of slaves nnd pris
oners and fierce beasts the grim in
habitants of this sunless world.
"There nro within this vast network
of winding passages and countless
chambers men, women and beasts,
who, born within Its dim nnd grew
some underworld, have never seen the
light of day nor ever shall.
"They are kept to do the bidding of
the nice of thorns; to furnish nt once
their sport nnd their sustenance.
"Now nnd ngalu some hapless pil
grim, drifting out upon the silent sea
from the cold Iss, escapes tho plant
men and the grent white npes that
guard the temple of Issus and falls
into the remorseless clutches of the
therns. or, as was my misfortune, Is
coveted by the holy them who chances
to bo upon watch In the balcony above
the river where It Issues from the
bowels of tho mountains through the
cliffs of gold to empty Into tho lost
sea of Korus.
"All who reach the vallev Dor are.
by custom, the rightful prey of the
plant men and the apes, whllo their
arms nnd ornaments become the por
tion of the thcrns, but If one escapes
the terrible denizens of the valley for
even n few hours tho therns may clnlin
such n one as their own. ,
"And ngnin the holy thern on watch,
should he see a victim he covets, often
tramples upon the rights of the unrea
soning brutes of the valley and takes
his jirize by Jfoul means If he cannot
guiiflt by fair.
"It Is said thnt occasionally some de
luded victim of Barsoomlan supersti
tion will so far escape the clutches of
the countless enemies that beset bis
path from tho moment that he emerges
from tho subterranean paBsago tnrougn
which the Iss flows for a thousand
miles before It enters the Valley Dor
as to reach the very walls of the tern
nlo of Issus. But what fute awaits one
thero not even the holy thorns may
guess, for who has passed within thosol
cilded walls never has returned to un
fold tho mysteries they have held since
the beginning of time.
"The templo of Issus Is to the therns
what the vnlley Dor Is lmnglned by the
peoples of the outer world to be to
thom. It is the ultimate haven of
neaco. refuge and happiness to which
they pass after this lifo and wherein
an eternity of eternities Is spent amid
the delights of tho flesh which appeal
most strongly to this rnce of mental
giants and moral pygmies.
"Tho temple of Issus Is, I tnke It
heaven within a henven," I sutd. "Let
us hope that thoro it will be meted to
the thcrns as they have meted It here
unto others."
"Who knows?" the girl murmured,
"Tho therns, I Judge from whnt yon
have said, aro no less mortal than we,
and yet have I always heard them
spokon of with the utmost awe ana
reverence by the people of Barsoom
as one might speak of the gods them
selves.
"The therns are mortal," she replied.
"They die from the same causes as yoiri
or I might those who do not live their
allotted span of life, 1,000 years. By
the authority of custom at that time
thev may tnke their way In happiness
through the long tunnel that leads to
Issus.
"Those who die before are supposed
to spend the balance of their allotted
time in tho tmage of a plant mnn, ana
It Is for this reason that tho plant men
are held sacred by the therns, since
they believe that each of these hideoiiB
creatures was formerly a thern.
"And should a plant man die?"
asked.
"Should he die beforo the expiration
of the thousand years from the birth
of tho thern, whoso Immortality abides
within him, then the soul passes Into
a great whlto ape. Should the ape die
short of the exact hour that terminates
the thousand years the soul Is forever
lost and passes for all eternity lntoj
the carcass of the slimy and fear
some stlian, whose wriggling thou
sands seethe In the silent sea beneath
the hurtling moons when ths sun has!
gone and strange shapes walk through
the valley Dor.
"Wo sent several holy thei-ns to" then
silinna today, then." said Tars Tarkas.
laughing.
"And so will your death be the more
terrible when It comes," said the!
maiden. "And come It will. You can
not escape'
"Ono has escaped, centuries ago,"
reminded her, "and what has been
done may be done again.'
"It Is useless even to try," sbo an
swered hopelessly.
"But try we shall," I cried, "and!
yon shall go with us, If yon wish,
"To be put to death by mine own
people and render my memory a dlsJ
grace to my family and my nation?
princo of tho house of Tardos Mors)
should know better than to suggest
such a thing.
Tnrs Tnrkns listened In silence, but
I could foel his eyes riveted upon me.
and I knew thnt he awaited my an
swer as ono might listen to the rend
ing of his sentence by the foremnn of
a Jury.
Whnt I ndvised the girl to do would
Beal our fate as well, since, if I bow
ed to the inevitable decree of nge old
superstition, wo must nil remain and
meet our fnto in some horrible form
within this nwful nbode of horror nnd
cruelty
"Wo hnve tho right to escnpo if we
cun," l nnswered. "Our own moral
senses will not be offended If wo suc
ceed, for we know thnt tho fabled life
of love nnd pence in the blessed valley
or uor is n ran it nnd wicked deception
"Wo know thnt the vnlley is not
sacred. Wo know that tho holy therns
are not holy; thnt they nre a rnce of
cruel nnd henrtless mortals, no more
cognizant of the renl life to come thnn
we.
"Not only is it our right to bend ev
ery effort to escape; it is a solemn
duty from which we should not shrink
even though wo knew thnt we should
be reviled nnd tortured by our own
peoples when we returned to them.
uniy thus mny we carry tho truth
to niose without nnd, though the like
llhood of our nnrrutlve belnc believe!
Is remote, we would be craven cownrds
were we to shirk the pluln duty which
conironts us.
"Again thero is a chance that with
the weight of tho testimony of several
of us tho truth of our statements mny
be accepted nnd nt lenst a compromise
effected which will result In the dis
patching of an expedition of inves
tigation to this hideous mockery of
Both the girl nnd the green warrior
oluuu auuuc in tuougnt lor some mo
ments. The former it was who eventu
ally broke tho silence.
"Never hnd I considered the mutter
In thnt light before," she snid. "In.-1
deed would I give my life a thousnnd
times ir i could but snve a single soul
from the awful life that I have led In
this cruel place. Yes, you are right
and I will go with you as far as we
can go, but I doubt that-we ever shall
escape."
I tumed an inquiring glance toward
the Thnrk.
"To the gntes of Issus or to the bot
tom of Korus," spoke the green war.
rtor; "to the snows joejortbjjjo
luonunued next week.)