Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1931 — Page 14

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tanar of pellucidar By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS “TARZaJPo? THE APES”

_ _ , BTOOPSIS ,** JJ .young warrior of Sari a PelfuGldar, a rtranao world n n \ l SKr* l>€ U ea,h the earth's crust In *n invasion of a hordeArf savage* railed I Tanar la carried away a ijlAjfo* l - on one of their ships. Ue jjj?.* friend In Stellara. supposedly the aars* ht Tof Tlw ct<l, chief of thc Kor * . * terrific storm comes up. Tho KorKt™ taka to the small boats, leaving T a ™J r ..fH behind. Tanar that Stellara Is not the daughter S.JTI* Cld. The Korsar chief had ltldher m other from the island of Amiocap previous to the birth of Stellsra. but her mother had told her that J?* r t, at 2F5 was *n Amlocaplan chief named Pedol. . % * strange chance, the derelict ship drifts to the (shores of Amiocap, but naLy* warriors, believing that Tanar and stellara are Korsars. mahe prisoners of them. They are taken before Zural. chief °f the village of Lar. Stellara tells him that her father Is S" Amlocaplan. but he refuses to believe her. The two prisoners are thrown *>to a dark hut. A girl natrfed Iytarl brings them food ana tells them that preparations are being made to burn them to death. Bhe plainly shows that £..** *ttractd to Tanar. which makes , Stellara very Jealous. Suddenly a terrific noise Is heard outside the hut. CHAPTER SEVEN (Continued) ‘‘A child nothing,” snapped Stellara. “She knew perfectly well what she was saying and it is quite apparent that you like it. Very well, when she conies to save you* go with her.” “You do not think that I intended to go with her alone, even though an opportunity for escape presented itself through her, do you?” demanded Tanar. “She told you that she would not , help me to escape,” Stellara reminded him. “I know that, but it would be only in the hope of helping you to escape that I would take advantage of her help.” “I would rather be burned alive a dozen times than to escape w'ith her help.”' There was a venom in the girl’s voice that had never been there before and Tanar looked at her in surprise. “I do not understand you, Stellara,” he said. “I do not understand myself,” said the girl, and burying her face in her hands she burst into tears. Tanar knelt quickly beside her and put an arm about her. “Don’t,” he begged; “please don’t.” She pushed him away from her. “Go away,” she cried. “Don’t touch me. 1 hate you,” Tanar was about to speak again when he was interrupted by a great commotion at the far end of the village. There were shouts and yells from men, mingled with thunderous noise that fairly shook the ground, and then deep booming of drums. Instantly the men, setting the stakes in the ground where Tanar and Stellara were to be burned, stopped their work, seized their weapons and rushed in the direction from which the noise was coming. CHAPTER EIGHT TANAR and Stellara saw men, women and children running from their huts, and all directed their steps toward the same point. The guard before their door leaped to his feet and stood for a moment looking at the running villagers. Then, without a word or backward glance, he dashed off after them. * Tanar, realizing that for the moment at least they were unguarded, stepped from the dark cell out into the open living apartment and looked in the direction toward which the villagers were running. There he saw the cause of the disturbance and also an explanation of the purpose for which the strange hanging barrier had been erected. Just beyond the barrier loomed two gigantic mammoths—huge tandors, towering sixteen feet or more in height—their wicked eyes red with hate and rage;* their great ; tusks gleaming in the sunlight; their long powerful trunks seeking to drag down the barrier, from the sharpened stakes of which tlieir flesh recoiled. Pacing the mammoths was a shouting horde of warriors, screaming women and children, and above all rose thc thundering din of the drums. Each time the tandors sought to force their way through the barrier, or brush aside the posts, these 'swung about so that the sharpened stakes threatened their eyes or pricked the tender flesh of their trunks, while bravely facing them the shouting warriors hurled their stone-tipped spears. • But however interesting or inspiring the sight might be, Tanar had no time to spare to follow the ; course of this strange encounter. •Turning to Stellara, he seized her hand. “Come,” he cried. “Now is our chance!” • And while the villagers were engrossed with the tandors at the far end of the village, Tanar and Stel*lara ran swiftly across the clearing

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and entered the lush vegetation of the forest beyond. There was no trail and it was with difficulty that they forced their way through the underbrush for a short distance before Tanar finally halted. “We never shall escape them in this way,” he said. "Our spoor is as plain as the spoor of a dyryth after a rain.” “How else then may be escape?” asked Stellara. Tanar was looking upward into the trees, examining them closely. “When I was a prisoner among the black people with long tails,” he said, “I had to learn to travel through the trees, and this knowledge and the ability have stood me in good stead many times since, and I believe that they may prove our salvation now.” “You go, then,” said Stellara, “and save yourself, for certainly I can not travel through the trees, and there is no reason why we should both be recaptured when one of us can escape.” Tanar smiled. “You know that I would not do that,” he said. “But what else may you do?” demanded Stellara. “They will follow the we are making and recapture us before we are out of hearing of the village.” a tt n “’\ll7’E shall leave no trail,” said ’ * Tanar. “Come,” and leaping lightly to a lover branch, he swung himself into the tree that spread above them. “Give me your hand,” he said, rcacning down to Stellara, and a moment later he had drawn the girl to his side. Then he stood erect and steadied the girl while she arose to her feet. Before them a maze of branches stretched away to be lost in the foliage. “We shall leave no spoor here,” said Tanar. “I am afraid,” said Stellara. “Hold me tightly.” “You soon will become accustomed to it,” said Tanar, “and then you will not be afraid. At first I was afraid, but later I could swing through the trees almost as rapidly as the black men themselves.” “I can not take even a single step,” said Stellara. “I know that I shall fall.” “You do not have to take a step,” said Tanar. “Put your arms around my neck and hold tightly,” and then he stooped and lifted her with ins left arm while she clung tightly to him, her soft white arms encircling his neck. “How easily you lifted me!” she said; “how strong you are; but no man living could carry my weight through these trees and not fall.” Tanar did not reply, but instead he moved off among the branches seeking sure footing and secure handholds as he went through the forest. The girl marveled at the strength of the man. She had always considered him a weakling by comparison with the beefy Korsars, but now she realized that in these smoothly rolling muscles was concealed the power of a superman. She found a fascination in watching him. He moved so easily and he did not seem to tire. Once she let her lips fall until they touched his thick, black hair and then, just a little, almost imperceptibly, she tightened her arms about his neck. tt tt tt QTELLARA was very happy and then, of a sudden, she recalled Leteri and she straightened up and relaxed her hold. “The vile wanton,” she said. “Who?” demanded Tanar. “What are you talking about?” “That creature, Letari,” said Stellara. “Why she is not vile,” said Tanar. “I thought she was very nice and she is certainly beautiful.” “I believe you are in love with her,” snapped Stellara, “That would not be difficult,” said Tanar. “She seemed very lovable.” “Do you love her?” demanded Stellara. “Why shouldn’t I?” asked Tanar. “Do you?” insisted the girl. “Would you care if I did? asked Tanar, softly. “Most certainly not,” said Stellara. “Then why do you ask?” “I didn't ask,” said Stellara. “I do not care.” “Oh,” said Tanar. “I misunderstood.” and he moved on in silence, for the men of Sari are not talkative, and Stellara did not know wliat was in his mind, for his face did not reflect the fact that he was laughing inwardly, and, anyway, Stellara could not see his face.

HT'ANAR moved always in one direction and his homing instinct assured him that that direction lay toward Sari. As far as the land went he could move unerringly toward the spot in Pellucidar where he was born. Every Pellucidarian can do that, but put them on the water, out of sight of land and that instinct leaves them and they have no more cono"Dtion of direction than would y.u or I if we were transported suddenly to a land where there are no points of compass, since the sun hangs perpetually at zenith and there is no moon and no stars. Tanar’s only wish at present was to put them as far as possible from the village of Lar. He would travel until they reached the coast, for, knowing that Amiocap was an island, he knew that eventually they must come to the ocean. What they should do then was rather vague in his mind. He had visions of building a boat and embarking upon the sea, although he knew perfectly well that this would be madness on the part of a hill dweller such as he. Presently he felt hungry and he knew that they must have traveled a considerable distance. Sometimes Tanar kept track of distance by computing the number of steps he took, for by much practice he had learned to count them almost mechanically, leaving his mind free for other perceptions and thoughts, but here among the branches of the trees, where his steps were not of uniform length, he had thought it not worth effort to count them and so he could only tell by the recurrence of hunger that they must have traveled considerable distance since they left tile village of Lar. During their flight through the forest they had seen birds and monkeys and other animals and, on several occasions, they had paralleled or crossed game trails, but as the Amiocapians had stripped him of his weapons he had no means of obtaining meat until he could stop long enough to fashion a bow and some arrows and a spear. How he missed his spear! From childhood it had beer, his constant companion and for a long time he had felt almost helpless without it. He never had become entirely accustomed or reconciled to carrying firearms, feeling in the bottom of his primitive and savage heart that there was nothing more dependable than a sturdy, stone-shod spear. He had rather liked the bow and arrows that Innes and Perry had taught him to make and use, as the arrows had seemed like little spears. At least one could see them, whereas with thc strange and noisy weapons, which belched forth smoke and flame, one could not see the projectile at all. It was most unnatural and uncanny. But Tanar’s mind was not occupied with such thoughts at this time. Food was dominant. PRESENTLY they came to a small, natural clearing beside a crystal brook and • Tanar swung lightly to the ground. “We shall stop here,” he said, “until I can make weapons and get meat for us.” With the feel of the ground beneath her feet again, Stellara felt more independent. “I am not hungry,” she said. “1 am,” said Tanar. (To Be Continued) . (Copyright, 1931, by Metropolitan Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.; Copyright. 1929. Edgar Bice Burroughs, Inc.)

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