Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1931 — Page 11

FEB. 11, 1931

TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS TARZAN^OP*THeT APES"

SYNOPSIS . Tanar Is a warrior ol Sari, a country I in Pellucldar, a strange world somewhere beneath the earth's crust. In * invasion of a horde of savages called Korsars. he Is carried awav on one or : Uieir shies. Stellara. supposed.? the daughter of the Korsar chieftain, The Cid. nakes friends with him. A terrific storm comes up. Tr.e Korsars take to the small boats, lanar and Stellara are .est behind. Tar.ar P? ♦hat Stellara !*. not the daughter of The Cid. though the Korsar chief and all hit people believe her to be. He naa : toter. hrr mother from the ox Atr.iocao previous to the birch of Stellara, but her mother had told the girl tha. her father was an Amlocapian chief. The battered ship drifts to the shores of Amiocap. where Tanar and Stellara land A band of Korsars. : •he Bioodv. kidnap Stellara Tanar. pursuing them, falls Into a deep we,._ rie finds himself In the underground world of the Burled People, but escapes with a man named Jude, a native of tne island of Htme. _ . tv ,_ He rescue* stellara from Bohar the Bloody and kills him. The other r-or-aar* 'et sa'i for Korsar. Jude i teal Stellara anti carries he. tr to Himt Tanar pursu. him. land. on Hi in e, ands euided to J-des . iliaae bv a irtri r.amed Ours. Meat.whU . Jude *tes imprisoned Stellara in a cnee flu. re cos into the v.iiasr. Ste.lara sees Tar.ar and Gura approaching. notes an JOParent Intlmac- between .hem. and is filled with jealous? and anger. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE fContijiued' WHERE the steep ascent topped the summit of the clifT. bare reek gave bach no clew to the direction that Jude had taken, but , twenty yards further on. where the soft ground commenced again, Tanar picked up the tracks of the man, to which he called Gura’s attention. "Jude's footprints are here alone,’’ he said. “Perhaps the woman refused to go farther and he was forced to carry her.'’ suggested Gura. , “That is doubtless the fact,” said Tanar, and he hastened onward along the plain trail left by the Himean. The way led now along a well- j marked trail, which ran through a considerable area of bushes that j grew considerably higher than a | man's head. But Tanar did not 1 slacken his speed, his sole aim being to overhaul the Himean befpre he reached his village. As Tanar and Gura had capped the summit of the cliff and disap- ; pcared from view, eighteen hairy men came into view from the forest and followed their trail toward the foot of the cliff. They were bushywhiskered fellows with gay sashes around their waists and equally brilliant cloths about their heads. Huge pistols and knives bristled from their waist cloths, and cutlasses dangled from their hips—fate had brought these survivors of The Cid’s ship to the foot of the cliffs below the village of Carn at almost the same moment that Tanar had arrived. it tt a WITH sensations of surprise, not unmingled with awe, they had recognized the Sarian who had been a prisoner upon the ship and whom they thought they had seen killed by their, musket fire at the edge of the natural well upon the Island of Amiocap. The Korsars, prompted by the pernicious stubbornness of ignorance, were moved by a common impulse to recapture Tanar. And with this end in view' they waited until Gura and the Sarian had disappeared beyond the summit of the cliff, when they started in pursuit. One may not say how long Jude was in the village of Carn. but as Tanar and Gura reached the edge of the bushes and looked across the closing toward the walls of Carn, they saw r Jude sneaking from the city. Could they have seen his face, they might have noticed a malicious leer of triumph, and could they have known the purpose that had taken him thus stealthily to his native village, they might have reconstructed the scenes of the bloody episode which just had been enacted within the house of the Himean. But Tanar saw only that Jude, whom he sought, was coming toward him, and that Stellara was not with him. The Sarian drew Gura back into the concealment of the bushes that lined the trail which Jude was approaching. On came the Himean and, while Tanar awaited his coming. the Korsars were making their clumsy ascent of the cliff, and Stellara, sick from jealousy and tfnhappiness, leaned disconsolately against the cold stone of her prison cave. CH APT ER TWENTY - FOUR JUDE, unconscious of danger, hastened back toward the spot where he had left Stellara. As he came opposite Tanar, the Sarian leaped upon him. The Himean reached for.his knife but he was helpless in the grasp of Tanar. whose steel fingers closed about his wrists with such strength that Jude dropped his weapon with b cry of pain.

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‘‘What do you want?” he cried. "Where is Stellara?” demanded Tanar. “I do not know,” replied Jude. "You lie,” said Tanar. “I have followed her tracks and yours to the summit of the cliff. Where is she?” He drew his knife. “Tell me, or die.” “I left her at the edge of the cliff while I went to Carn to arrange to have her received in a friendly manner, i did it all for her pro- j tection. Tanar. She wanted to go; back to Korsar and I was out help- j ing her." "Again you lie,” said the Sarian; j "but lead me to her and we shall j hear her version of the story.” Sullenly the Himean guided them 1 back the path toward the cave j where he had left Stellara. while at ! the other edge of the bushes eighteen Korsars, warned by the noise of their approach, halted, listening, and presently melted silently from view in the surrounding shrubbery. They saw Jude and Gura and Tanar emerge from the bushes, but they did not attack them; they wanted to see for what purpose they had returned. They saw them disappear over the edge of the cliff at a short distance from the summit of the trail that led down into the valley. And then they emerged from their hiding places and followed cautiously after them. * a a JUDE led Tanar and Gura to the cave where Stellara lay, and when Tanar saw her, her wrists ] and ankles bound with thongs and j her cheeks still wet with tears, he i sprang forward and gathered her j into his arms. “Stellara!” he cried. "My dar-i ling!” But the girl turned her face ! away from him. "Do not touch me,”' she cried. "I j hate you.” "Stellara!” he exclaimed in’ amazement. "What has happened?” j But before she could reply, they i were startled by a hoarse command ] from behind them. Turning, they j found themselves looking into the j muzzles of the pistols of eighteen Korsars. "Surrender, Sarian!” cried the leader of the Korsars. Gazing into the muzzles of the j huge pistols, which equally menaced i the lives of Stellara and Gura, j Tanar saw no immediate alterna- j tive but surrender. “What do you intend to do with us if we do surrender? Do you ex- j pect to return to Korsar?” asked Tanar. "What is that to you, Sarian?” ! demanded the Korsar. “It has a considerable bearing upon whether we surrender,“ replied Tanar. “You have tried to kill me before and you have found that I am hard to kill. I know something about your weapons and your powder and I know that even at such close qua.ters I may be able to kill some of you before you can kill me. "But if you answer my question fairly and honestly and if your answer is satisfactory, I shall surrender.” a a \ AT Tanar’s mention of his knowledge of their powder, the Korsars immediately assumed that he knew that it was wet, whereas he only was alluding to its uniformly poor quality. So the spokesman j decided it would be better to temporize, for the time being at least. , “As soon as we can build a boat, j we shall return to Korsar,” he said. ; unless in the meantime a Korsar i ship anchors in the bay of Carn.” “Good,” commented the Sarian. j “If you will promise to return the | daughter of The Cid safe and un- : harmed to her people in Korsar, I will surrender. And you also must promise that no harm shall befall this other girl and that she shall be permitted to go with you in safety to Korsar or to remain here among her own people, as she desires.” “How about, the other man?” demanded the Korsar. “You may kill him when you kill me,” replied Tanar. Stellara’s eyes widened in fearful i apprehension as she. heard the l words of the Sarian and she found ! that jealousy was no match for true ! love. “Very well,” said the Korsar. “We ! accept the condition. The women i shall return to Korsar with us, and you two men shall die.” “Oh, no,” begged Jude. “I do not wish to die. I am a Himean. Carn is my home. You Korsars come there often to trade. Spare me and I shall see that you are furnished with more hides than you can pack in your boat, after you have built it.” The leader of the band laughed

in his face. ‘Eighteen of us can j take what we choose from the village of Carn,” he said. “We are j not such fools as to spare you that j you may go and warn your people. “Then take me along as a prison- j er.“ wailed Jude. “And have to feed you and watch' you all the time? No.” a a tt AS Jude spoke he had edged over into the mouth of the cave, where he stood half behind Stellara as though taking shelter at the expense of the girl. Suddenly, he turned, before any one | could prevent him- and disappeared j into the cave behind him. Instantly Korsars leaped in pursuit, j But when they emerged they were empty handed. "He escaped us.” said one. "This ; cave is the mouth of a dark, long tunnel with many branches. We j could see nothing and fearful that: we should become lost, we returned to the opening. We would better kill this one immediately before he has opportunity to escape too,” and the fellow raised his pistol and aimed it at Tanar, possibly hoping that his powder had dried. "Stop cried Stellara; jumping in front of the man. “As you all know, I am the daughter of The Cid. If you return me to him in safety, you will be well rewarded. I will see to that. You all know that The Cid was taking this man to Korsar, but possibly you did not know why.” “No,” said one of the Korsars. "He knows how to make firearms and powder far superior to ours and The Cid was taking him back to Korsar, that he might teach the Korsars the secrets of powder making and the manufacture of weapons that we do not know. If you kill him, The Cid will be furious with you, and you all know what it means to anger The Cid. But if you return him to Korsar, your reward will be much larger.” "How do we know that The Cid is alive?” demanded one of the Korsars; "and if he is not, who is there who will pay reward for your return, or for the return of this man?” "The Cid is a better sailor than Bohar the Bloody—that you all know. And if Bohar the Bloody brought his boat safely through the Amiocap, there is little doubt but that The Cid took his safely to Korsar. But even if he did not, even if The Cid perished, still will you receive your reward if you return me to Korsar.” “Who will pay It?” demanded one of the sailors. “Bulf,” replied Stellara. , “Why should Bulf play a reward for your return?” asked the Korsar. “Because I am to be his mate.” It was The Cid’s wish and his.” a tt a BY no change of expression did the Sarian reveal the pain that these words inflicted like a knife thrust through his heart. He merely stood with his arms folded, looking straight ahead. For a time the Korsars discussed Stellara’s proposition in low whispers and then 1 the spokesman addressed her. “But if The Cid is dead, there will be no one to reward us for returning the Sarian; therefore, we might as well kill him, for there will be enough mouths to feed durj ing the long journey.” (To Be Continued 1 (Copyright, 1931. by Metropolitan newspaper Feature Service. Inc.: Copyright, 1929. Edgar Kice Burroughs, Inc.)

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