Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1931 — Page 5

JAN. 31, 1931.

TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS "TARZAN OF THE APES ’

* _ SYNOPSIS Tanar la a warrior of Sari, a country Jo Pellucldar. a strange world somewhere Oeneath the earth's crust. In an invasion of a horde of savages called •orsera, Tanar 1< carried awav on one J* their ships SteUara, supposedly the daughter of the Korsar chieftain. The Cld. makes friends with him. , A terrific storm comes up The Knraara abandon the vessel, leaving Tanar and SteUara behind. Tanar learns that SteUara Is not the daughter of The Cld. The Korsar chief had kidnaped her bother from the islands of Amlcap previous to the birth of SteUara. but her mother had told her that her father waa an Amlocaplan chief named Fedol. The derelict ship drift* to the shores of Amlocap. Tanar and SteUara at first are thought to be Korsars and are made prisoners. But they escape and later find Stellara's father, who takes them to his village. A band of Korsars. survivors or the storm, raids the village and carries SteUara away. Tanar. pursuing them, falls into a deep well and finds himself in the underground world of the Buried People, or Corlples. These are repulsive creatures, who Uve In dark grottoes underground, and crave human flesh for their food. Tanar is captured and brought before Xax, ruler of one of the grottoes. He is thrown Into a cavern with other prisoners, all being saved for a feast. There la only one other human captive. man named Jude, from the Island of Hlme. The other prisoners are Corlples. CHAPTER FOURTEEN < Continued! “I was fishing in my canoe, ofl the coast of Himo,” continued Jude, “when a great storm arose which blew me across the waters and hurled me upon the coast of Amiocap. i had gone into the forest to hunt for food when three of these creatures fell upon me and dragged me into their underworld.” “And you think that there Is no escape?’’ demanded Tanar. "None—absolutely none." replied Jude. CHAPTER FIFTEEN IMPRISONMENT In the dark, illlighted, poorly ventilated cavern weighed heavily upon Tanar of Pellucidar, and he knew that it was long, for lie had eaten and slept many times and, though other Coripi prisoners were brought from time to time, there seemed not to be enough to satisfy Xax’s craving for flesh. Tanar had been glad of the companionship of Jude, though he never thoroughly understood the man,whose sour and unhappy disposition was so unlike to his own. Jude apparently haled and mistrusted every one, for even in speaking of the people of his island, he mentioned no one except in terms of bitterness and hatred. This attitude Tanar, however, generously attributed to the effect upon the mind of Himcan of his long and terrible incarceration among the creatures of the underworld, an experience which he fully was convinced easily might affect and unbalance a weak mind. Even in the breasts of some of the Coripi prisoners, Tanar managed to arouse sentiments somewhat analogous to friendship. Among the latter was a young Coripi named Mow, from the grotto of Ictl, who hated by all the Coripies from the grotto of Xax, and seemed suspicious of those from other grottoes. Though the creatures seemed endowed with few human attributes or characteristics, yet it was apparent to Tanar that they set a certain value upon companionship, and being denied this among the creatures of his own kind, Mow gradually turned to Tanar, whose courageous and happy spirit had not been dampened entirely by his lot. Jude would have nothing to do with Mow or any other of the Coripies, and he reproached Tanar for treating them in a friendly manner. “We are all prisoners together,” Tanar reminded him, "and they will suffer the same fate as we. It neither will lessen our danger nor add to our peace of mind to quarrel with our fellow prisoners, and I, for my part, find it interesting to talk with them about this strange world which they inhabit.” And, indeed, Tanar had learned many interesting things about the Coripies. Through his association with Mow he had discovered that the creatures were color blind, seeing everything in blacks and whites and grays through the skin that covered their great eyeballs. He learned, also, that, owing to the restricted amount of food at their command, it had been necessary to restrict their number, and to this end it had become customary to destroy women who gave birth to too many children, the third child being equivalent to a death sentence for the mother. n tt tt HE learned also that, among these unhappy Coripies, there were no diversions and no aim in life other than eating. So meager and unvaried was their diet of fish and toads and lizards that the promise of warm flesh was the only great event in the tiresome monotony of their existence. Although Mow had no words for love and no conception of its sig-

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I niflcance, Tanar was able to gather j from his remarks that this senti- ! ment did not exist among the Buried People. A mother looked 1 upon each child as a threat to her existence and a prophecy of death, with the result that she loathed I children from birth; nor is this strange, when the fact is considered 1 that the men chose as the mothers of their children the women whom ; they particularly loathed and hated since the custom of destroying woman who had borne three chil dren deterred them from mating with any female for whom they might have entertained any degree ; of liking. When not hunting or fishing, the I creatures squatted around upon haunches, staring stupidly and sullenly at the floor of their cavern. “I should think,” said Tanar to Mow, "that, confronted by such a ! bfe, you would welcome death in any form.” The Coripi shook his head. "I do not want to die,” he said. “Why?” demanded Tanar. "I do not know,” replied Mow. "I simply wish to live.” “Then I take it that you would like to escape from this cavern, if you could,” suggested Tanar. "Os course I should like to escape,” said Mow, “but if I try to escape and they catch me they will kill me.” “They are going to kill you anyway.” Tanar reminded him. "Yes, I never thought of that,” said Mow. “That is quite true; they i are going to kill me anyhow.” "Could you escape?” asked Tanar. "I could if I had someone to help me,” said Mow. “This cavern is filled with men who will help you,” said Tanar. tt ts tt *'T'HE Coripies from the grotto of X Xax will not help me,” said Mow, “because if they escape there is no place where they may go in safety. If Xax recaptures them they will be killed, and the same is true if the ruler of any other grotto captures them.” “But there are men from other grottoes here,” insisted Tanar, “and there are Jude and I.” Mow shook his head. “I would not save any of the Coripies. I hate them. They are all enemies from other grottoes.” “But you do not hate me,” said Tanar, “and I will help you, and so will Jude.” “I need but one,” said Mow, “but lie must be very strong, stronger than you, stronger than Jude.” “How strong?” asked Tanar. “He must be able to lift my weight,” replied the Coripi. “Look then,” said Tanar, and seizing Mow he held him high above his head. When he had set him down upon the floor again, the Coripi gazed at Tanar for some time. “You are, indeed, strong,” he said. “Then let us make our plans for escape,” said Tanar. “Just you and I.” said the Coripi. “We must take Jude with us,” insisted Tanar. Mow shrugged his shoulders. “It is all the same toi me,” he said. “He is not a Coripi, and if we become hungry and can not find other food, we can eat him.” tt tt u TANAR made no reply, as he felt that it would be unwise to voice his disgust at this proposal and he was sure that he and Jude together could prevent the Coripi from succumbing to his lust for flesh. “You have noticed the far end of the cavern, where the shadows are so dense that one may scarcely see a figure moving there?’” asked Mow. “Yes,” said Tanar. “There the dim shadows hide the rough, rocky walls and the ceiling there is lost in total darkness, but the ceiling is an opening that leads through a narrow shaft into a dark tunnel.” “How do you know this?” asked Tanar. “I discovered it once when I wes hunting. I came upon a strange tunnel leading from that along which I was making my way to the upper world. I followed it to see where it led and I came at last to the opening in the ceiling of this cavern, whence one may see all that takes place below without being himself seen. “When I was brought here as a prisoner. I recognized the spot immediately. That is how I know that one may escape if he has proper help.” “Explain,” said Tanar. “The wall beneath the opening is, as I have discovered, inclined back-

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ward from the floor to a considerable height and so rough that it easily can bt scaled to a little ledge beneath the opening in the ceiling, but just so far beneath that one may not reach it unaided. If, however, I could lift you into the opening you could, in turn, reach down and help me up.” “But how may we hope to climb the wall without be‘.ng seen by the guards?” demanded Tanar. “That is the only chance of cap- <;* that we shall have to take,” 1 Mo v. -It is very dark there and if we wait until another prisoner it; brought and their attention is diverted, we may be able to reach the opening in the ceiling before we are discovered, and once there they can not capture us.” tt tt n TANAR discussed the plan with Jude, who was so elated at the prospect of escape that he almost revealed a suggestion of happiness. And now commenced an interminable wait for the moment when anew prisoner might be brought into the cavern. The three conspirators made it a practice to spend most of their time in the shadows at the far end of the cavern, so that the guards might become accustomed to seeing them there. As no one other than themselves was aware of the opening in the ceiling at this point, no suspicions were aroused, as the spot where they elected to be was at the opposite end of the cavern from the entrance, which was, in so far as the guards knew, the only opening into the cavern. Tanar, Jude and Mow ate and slept several times until it began to appear that no more prisoners ever would be brought to the cavern; but if no prisoners came, news trickled in and one item filled them with such alarm that they determined to risk all upon the hazard of a bold dash for freedom. Some Coripies coming to relieve a part of the guard reported that it had been with difficulty that Xax had been able to suppress an uprising among his infuriated tribesmen, many of whom had conceived the conviction that Xax was saving all the prisoners for himself. The result had been that a demand had been made upon Xax for an immediate feast of flesh. Perhaps already other Coripies were on their way to conduct the unfortunate prisoners to the great cavern of Xax, where they would be torn limb from limb by the fierce, hunger-mad throng. And, true enough, there had been time for but one hunger before the party arrived to conduct them back to the main grotto of the tribe. tt tt tt is the time,” whispered X n| Tanar to Mow and Jude, seeing that the guard was engaged in conversation with the newcomers, and in accordance with their previously made plan, the three started without an instant’s hesitation to scale the far wall of the cavern. Upon a little ledge, twenty-five feet from the floor, Tanar halted, and an instant later Mow and Judge stood upon either side of him. Without a word the Coripi lifted Tanar to his shoulders and, in the darkness above, Tanar groped for a handhold. He soon found the opening into the shaft leading into the tunnel above, and, too, he found splendid handholds there, so that an instant later he had drawn himself into the opening and was sitting upon & small ledge that entirely encircled it. (To be continued) (Copyright. 1931. by Metropolitan Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.: Copyright, 1929. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Inc.)

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