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TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR

By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

SYNOPSIS Tanar it * warrtotf of Saxl. a country In Pellucidar. a strange world somewhere beneath the earth's crust. In an invasion Os a horde of savages called Korsars Tanar is carried awa7 on one of their ships. Stellara. supposedly the daughter ?f the Xorsar chieftain. The Cld. mafces riepds with him. A terrific storm comes up The Horsars abandon the vessel, leaving Tanar and itsUars behind. Tanar learns that Stellar a is not the daughter of The Cld. The Korser chief had stolen her mother from the Island of Amlocap previous to the birth of Stellara, but her mother had told her that her father was an Amiocapian chief named Fedol. The derelict ship drifts to the shores of Amlocap Tanar and Stellara even- a ♦utlly find Stellar's fatheT. A band of Korsars kidnaps Stellara. Tanar pursuing them, fall* into a deep w*ll. He finds himself in the underground world of the dread Burled People, bet later escapes to the outer world with a man tamed Jude, from the island of Time. He rescues Stellara from the Korsars Immediately afterward Jude st/ais her end carries her off to Hlme. Tadar pursues him. and lands on Hlme. Going through a forest, he ssves the hfe of a hov. Bala! who takes Tanar to his father. Scurr. chief of a village of cliff dwellers . . With the exception of Balal ar.d his sister. Gura. his family and the entire Village seem verv vicious, quarrelsome people Rcnrv ar.d his mate Slco. euarrel violently. Then, as Tanar is standing on the ledge In front of Scurv's cave, a man 2scends the cIHT. enters the next cave, attacks and kills the man there and. grabbing the woman hr the hair, drags her about shrieking and cursing. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE < Continued) As he watched her, he saw a man ascending also, but several ledges higher than the girl. The fellow came swiftly and noiselessly to the very ledge where Tanar stood. Paying no attention to the Sarian, he slunk cautiously along the ledge to t.he mouth of the cave next to that of "Scurv. Drawing his stone knife from his loin cloth, he crept within, and a moment later Tanar heard the sounds of screams and curses and then two men rolled from the mouth of the cave, locked In a deadly embrace. One of them was the fellow whom Tanar Just had seen enter the cave. The other was a younger man and smaller and less powerful than his antagonist. They were slashing desperately at one another with their stone knives. At this juncture, a woman came running from the cave. She was armed with the leg bone of a thag and with this she sought to belabor the older man, striking vicious blows at his head and body. This attack seemed to infuriate the fellow to the point of madness and, rather than incapacitating him, urged him on to redoubled efforts. Presently he succeeded in grasping the knife hand of his opponent and an instant later he had driven his own blade into the heart of his opponent. With a scream of anguish the woman struck again at the older man’s head, but she missed her target and her weapon was splintered on the stone of the ledge. The victor leaped to his feet and seizing the body of his opponent, hurled it over the cliff, and then, grabbing the woman by the hair, he dragged her about, shrieking and cursing, as he sought for some missile wherewith to belabor her. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO “TT is terrible,” said Tanar, nodJL ding toward the battling couple. Gura shrugged indifferently. “It is nothing,” she said. “Her mate returned unexpectedly. That is all.” “You mean,” asked Tanar, “that this fellow is her mate and that the other was not?” “Certainly,” said Gura, “but what can you expect, where there is nothing but hate?” and walking to the entrance of her father’s cave, she set the water vessel down, then she sat down and leaned her back against the cliff. Tanar, for the first time, noticed the girl particularly. He saw that she had neither the cunning expression that characterized Jude and all the other Himeans he had seen; nor were there lines of habitual irritation and malice upon her face; instead it reflected an innate sadness. Tanar crossed the ledge and sat down beside her. “Do you people always quarrel thus?” he asked. “Always,” replied Gura. “Why?” he asked. “I do not know,” she replied. **They take their mates for life and, though both men and women have a choice in the selection of their mates, they never seem to be satisfied with each other and are always’ quarreling, usually because neither one nor the other is faithful. Do the men and women quarrel thus in the land from which you come?” “No,” replied Tanar. “They do not.“ “But suppose that they find that

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they do not like each other?" insisted the girl. “Then they do not live together ” replied Tanar. “They separate and, if they care to, they find other “That is wicked,” said Gura. “We would kill any of our people who did such a thing.” a a m HPANAR shrugged and laughed. “At least we are all a very happy people,” he said, “which is more tfcan you ca say for yourselves.” The girl thought for some time. “Perhaps you are right,” she said presently. “Nothing could be worse than the life that we live. My mother tells me that it was not thus in her country, but now she is as bad as the rest.” “Your mother is not a Himean?” asked Tanar. “No, she is from Amlocap. My father captured her there when she was young.” “That accounts for the difference,” mused Tanar. “What difference?” she asked. “I mean that you are not like the others, Gura>” he replied. “You neither look like them nor act like them—neither you nor your brother, Balal.” “Our mother is an Amiocapian,” she replied. “Perhaps we inherited something from her.” “Do many of your men take their mates from Amiocap?” asked Tanar. “Many try to, but few succeed, for as a rule they are driven away or killed by the Amiocap warriors. They have a landing place upon the coast of Amiocap in a dark cave beneath a high cliff and, of ten Himean warriors who land there, scarce one returns.” For a few moments she was silent. “I should like to go to Amlocap,” she mused, presently. “Why?” asked Tanar. “Perhaps I should find there a man with whom I might be happy,” she said. Tanar shook his head sadly “That is impossible, Gura,” he said. “Why?” she demanded. “If you went to Amiocap, they would kill you.” “Why?” she demanded again. “Because, although your mother is an Amiocapian, your father is not,” explained Tanar. a a a “ r 1 'HAT is their law?” asked Gura, A sadly. “Yes,” replied Tanar. “Well,” she said 'with a sigh, “then I suppose I must remain here and seek a mate whom I shall learn to hate and bring children into the world who will hate us both.” “It is not a pleasant outlook,” said Tanar. “No,” she said, and then after a; pause, “unless ” “Unless what?” asked the Sarian. “Nothing,” said Gura. For a time they sat in silence, each occupied with his own thoughts, Tanar’s being filled to the exclusion of all else by the face and j figure of Stellara. Presently the girl looked up at him. “What are you going to do after you find Jude?” she asked. “I am going to kill him,” replied Tanar. “And then?” she queried. ‘I do not know,” said the Sarian. Ts I find the one whom I believe to be with Jude, we shall try to return to Amiocap.” “Why do you not remain here?” asked Gura. “I wish that you would.” Tanar shuddered. “I would rather die.” “I do not blame you much,” said the girl, “but I believe there is a way in which you might be happy even in Hime ” “How?” asked Tanar. Gura did not answer and he saw the tears come to her eyes. Then she arose hurriedly and entered the cave. a a a TANAR thought that Scurv never would be done with his sleep. He wanted to talk to him and arrange for a guide to the village of Jude, but it was Sloo who first emerged from the cave. She eyed him sullenly. ‘“You still here?” she demanded. “I am waiting for Scurv to send a guide to direct me to the village of i Jude,” replied the Sarian. “I shall not remain here an instant longer | than is necessary.” “That will be too long,” growled j Sloo, and turning on her heel she ; re-entered the cave. Presently Balal emerged. “When will Scurv send me on my way?” demanded Tanar, “I do not know,” replied the

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youth, “He Just has awakened. When he comes out, you should speak to him about it. He has just sent me to fetch the skin of the codon you killed.” After Balal departed, Tanar sat with his own thoughts for a long while. Presently Gura came from the cave. She appeared frightened and excited. She came close to Tanar and, kneeling, placed her lips close to his ear. “You must escape at once,” she said, in a low whisper. “Scurv is going to kill you. That is why he sent Bala! away.” “But why does he want to kill me?” “He thinks Sloo is in love with you,” explained Gura. “For when he awakened she was not in the cave. She was out here upon the ledge with you.” Tanar laughed. “Sloo made it very plain to me that she wanted me to be gone.” “I believe you,” said Gura; “but Scurv is anxious to believe anything bad that he can of Sloo, so your only hope is in flight.” “Thank you, Gura,” said Tanar “I shall go at once.” a a a that will not do,” said the -Lx girl. “Scurv is coming out here immediately, possibly before you could get out of sight, and in a moment he could muster a hundred warriors to pursue you, and furthermore you have no proper weapons with which to start out in search of Jude.” “Perhaps you have a better plan, then?” “I have,” said the girl. “Listen! Do you see where the stream enters the jungle?” and she pointed across the clearing at the foot of the cliff toward the edge of a dark forest. “Yes,” said Tanar, “I see.” “I shall descend now and hide there in a large tree beside the stream. When Scurv comes out, tell him that you saw a deer there and ask him to loan you weapons, so that you may go and kill it. Meat is always welcome and he will postpone his attack Upon you until you have returned with the carcass of your kill, but you will not return. When you enter the forest, I shall be there to direct you to the village of Jude.” “Why are you doing this, Gura?” demanded Tanar. “Never mind about that,” said the girl. “There is no time to lose,” and without further words she commenced the descent of the cliff face. Tanar watched her. Almost before he could realize it, she was at the bottom of the cliff and moving swiftly toward the foiest, the foliage of which scar--’,/ had closed about her when f :;urv emerged from the cave. Directly behind him was Sloo and Dhung, and Tanar saw that each carried a club, “I am glad you came out now,” said Tanar, losing no time. “I just saw a deer at the edge of the forest. If you will let - me take weapons, perhaps I can repay your hospitality by bringing you the carcass.” a a a SCURV hesitated, his stupid mind requiring time to readjust itself and change from one line of thought to another, but Sloo was quick to see the advantage of utilizing the unwelcome guest. “Get weapons,” she said to Dhung, “and let the stranger fetch the deer.” (To Be Continued! (Copyright. 1931. by Metropolitan Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.: Copyright, 1929. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.)

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