Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1931 — Page 18

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

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO JA and David were anxious to return to their mates, but Tanar and Stellara were supremely happy because they were together, and *>ura was content merely to be near Tanar' Sometimes she recalled Balal, her brother, for he had been kind to her, but Scury and Sloo and Dhung she tried to forget. Thus they were proceeding, a happy and contented party, when, with the suddenness and unexpectedness of lightning out of a clear sky. disaster overwhelmed them. They had been passing through a range of low, rocky hills and were descending a narrow gorge on the Sari side of the range when, turning the shoulder of a hill, they came face to face with a large party of Korsars, fully a hundred strong. The leaders saw and recognized them instantly and a shout of savage triumph that broke from their lips was taken up by all their fellows. David, who was in the lead, saw that resistance would be futile in the instant his plan was formed. “We must separate,'* he said. “Tanar, you and Stellara go together. Ja, take Gura with you, and I shall go in a different direction, for we must not all be captured. One, at least, must escape to return to Sari. If it is not I, then let the one who wins through take this message to Ghak and Perry. "Tell Perry that T am positive that I have discovered that there is a polar opening in the outer crust leading into Pellucidar and that if he ever gets in radio communication with the outer world, he must inform them of this fact. Tell Ghak to rush his forces by sea on Korsar, as well as by land. And now, goodby, and each for himself.” Turning in their tracks, the five fled up the gorge, and, being far more active and agile than the Korsars, they outdistanced them, and though the rattle of musketry followed them and bits of iron, and stone fell about them, or whizzed past them, no one was struck. Tanar and Stellara found and followed a steep ravine that led upward to the right, and almost at the same time Ja and Gura diverged to the left up the course of a dry waterway, while David continued on back up the main gorge. Almost at the summit and within the reach of safety, Tanar and Stellara found their way blocked by a sheer cliff, which, while not more than fifteen feet in height, was absolutely unscalable; nor could they find footing upon the steep ravine sides to the right or left, and as they stood there in this cul-de-sac. their backs to the wall, a party of twenty or thirty Korsars, toiling laboriously up the ravine, cut off their retreat. a a a THERE was no place in which Tanar and Stellara might hide. They were compelled to stand there in full view of the first of the enemy that came within sight of them, and thus with freedom already within their grasp, they fell again into the hands of the Korsars. And Tanar was compelled to surrender without resistance, because he did not dare risk Stellara’s life by drawing the fire of the enemy. Many of the Korsars were for dispatching Tanar immediately, but the officer In command forbade them, for it was The Cid's orders that any of the prisoners that might be recaptured were to be returned alive. “And furthermore,” he added, “Bulf is particularly anxious to get this Sarian back alive.” During the long march back to Korsar, Tanar and Stellara were kept apart, though on several occasions they were able to exchange a few words. “My poor Sariati,” said Stellara upon one of these. “I wish that you never had met me, for only sorrow and pain and death can come of it.” “I do not care,” replied Tanar, “if I die tomorrow, or if they torture me forever, for no price is too high to pay for the happiness that I have had with you, Stellara.” “Ah, but they will torture you—that is what wrings my heart,” cried the girl. “Take your life yourself, Tanar. Do not let them get you. I know them and I know their methods, and I would rather kill you with my own hands than see you fall into their clutches. “The Cid is a beast, and Bulf is worse than Bohar the Bloody. If you die by your own hand, I shall follow you shortly. And if there is a life after this, as the ancestors of the Korsars taught them, then we

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shall meet again where all la peace and beauty and love.” The Sarian shook his head. “I know what is here In this life,” he said, “and I do not know what there is in the other. I shall cling to this, and you must cling to it until some other hand than ours takes it from us.” “But they will torture you so horribly,” she moaned. “No torture can kill the happiness of our love, Stellara," said the man, and then guards separated them and they plodded on across the weary, interminable miles; B B B IJUT at last the long, cruel Journey was over. At the palace gate Stellara and Tanar were separated. She was escorted to her quarters by female attendants whom she recognized as being virtually her guards and keepers, while Tanar was conducted directly into the presence of The Cid. As he entered the room he saw the glowering face of the Korsar chieftain, and standing below the dais, just in front of him, was Euff, whom he had seen but once before, but whose face no man ever could forget. But there was another there whose presence brought a look of greater horror to Tanar’s face than did the brutal countenances of The Cid or Bulf, for,' standing directly before the dais, toward which he was being led, the Sarian saw David I, emperor of Pelucidar. Os all the calamities that could have befallen, this was the worst. As the Sarian was led to David’s side, he tried to speak to him, but roughly was silenced by the Korsar guards; nor were they again to be allowed to communicate with each other. Jke C W eyed them savagely, as did Bulf. “For you, who betrayed my confidence and abducted my daughter, there is no punishment that can fit your crime; there is no death so terrible that Its dying will expiate your sin. “It is not within me to conceive of any form of torture the infliction of which upon you would give me adequate pleasure. I shall have to look for suggestions outside of my own mind,” and his eyes ran questlonmgly among his officers surrounding him. “Let me have that one,” roared

WALKER OFFERS BIG HIT AT ENGLISH’S Judith Lowry and Other Favorites Will Be in the Cast Tonight of the Comedy, “It’s a Wise Child.” A T the invitation of C. Roltare Eggleston, manager of English's, the Cincinnati Stuart Walker company will come to Indianapolis tonight and Saturday, to present three performances of “It’s a Wise Child,” the hilarious Belasco comedy with wheih the Walker players recently broxe box office records at the Taft auditorium in Cincinnati. Helen Claire, attractive young New York actress, will be seen in the principal feminine role of “It’s a Wise Child,” with Victory Jory in one of the chief male parts. Others in the cast include Judith Lowry, Eleanor Shaler, Annabel Nation, Fred Stewart, Raymond Jones, Aldrich Bowker, William Lawson and Robert Bruce.

The comedy, which ran for a solid season at the Belasco theater in New York, later repeating its triumphs on tour, was written by Laurence Johnson, author of "What Anne Brought Home,” "Mary’s Other Husband” and "Back Seat Drivers,” and is said to establish a new “high” for consistent laughs. Joyce Stanton, a young, pretty and spirited girl, decides to break her engagement to G. A. Appleby, an older and more conservative type. She has fallen in love with Roger Baldwin, and determines to become engaged to him as soon as she obtains her release from Appleby. But the elderly suitor is adamant; he refuses to free her from the marital contract, and in order to force the issue, Joyce calmly announces that she is going to become a mother. Consternation breaks loose in the Stanton home, and every man about the premises is suspected of concealing his fatherhood. Even Roger Baldwin, Joyce's hero, deserts her when the situation gets uncomfortable. The social and business life of the town is actually threatened with disruption before James Stevens, the cool-headed family lawyer, steps in and clears the troubled minds of every one by calmly (and falsely) confessing that he is the father of Joyce’s mythical child. From this point on, the play races

Bulf, pointing at Tanar, “and I can promise you that you will witness such tortures as the eyes of man never before beheld; nor the body of man ever before endured.” “Will It result in death?” asked a tall Korsar with cadaverous face. “Os course,” said Bulf, “but not too soon.” B B B “X'vEATH is a welcome and longed■L' for deliverance from torture,” continued the other. ‘ Would you give either one of these the satisfaction and pleasure of enjoying even death?" “But what else is there?” demanded The Cid. “There Is a living death that is worse than death,” said the Cadaverous one. * "And if you can name a torture worse than that w*hich I had in mind/’ exclaimed Buif, “I gladly shall relinquish all my claims upon thto Sarian.” “Explain,” commanded The Cid. “It is this,” said the cadaverous one. “These men are accustomed to sunlight, to freedom, to cleanliness, to fresh air, to companionship. There are beneath this palace dark, damp dungeons into which no ray of light ever filters, whose thick walls are impervious to sound. “The denizens of these horrid places, as you know, would have an effect opposite to that of human compaiionshlp and the only danger, the only weak spot in my plan, lies in the fact that their constant presence might deprive these criminals of their reason and thus defeat the very purpose to which I conceive their presence necessary. 'A lifetime of hideous loneliness and tdrture in s fence and in darkness! What death, what torture, what punishment can you mete out to these men that would compare in hideousness with that which I have suggested?” After he had ceased speaking, the others remained in silent contemplation of his proposition for some time. It was The Cid who broke the silence. “Bulf,” he said, “I believe he is right.” (To Be Continued) (Copyright. 1931. by Metropolitan Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.: Copyright. 1929. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Inc.)

to an amusing conclusion, with laughter predominant. a b b Everything is set for the world opening of Booth Tarkington’s “Father's Son,” at the Circle. State and city civic and political leaders will be present. It is open to the public. The events start at 8 o’clock. Up to that time, “Cimarron” will be the offering. Other theaters today offer: Jimmie Hall at the Indiana, Baby Rose Marie at the Lyric, “Illicit” at the Apollo, “The Devil to Pay” at the Palace, “Sin Takes a Holiday” at the Ohio, movies at the Colonial and burlesque at the Mutual.

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TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION

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For the first year the cub had roamed at will about the Greystoke house and grounds. Now, however, he no longer slept at the foot of his master’s bed. He occupied a strong cage at the rear of the bungalow. The man and the beast seemed to understand each other perfectly. The way that the ape-man communicated his wishes to Jad-bal-ja bordered upon she uncanny. Yet nofie knew better than Tarzan|that a lion, wherever he may be* or however he nay have been raised, is still a savage.

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A prolonged dry spell brought disaster to the Greystoke crops. This, with various things beyond the ape-man's control, had reduced Tarzan’s wealth to all but a small income. “It looks very much,” he said to Jane one evening, “as though another trip to Opar was on the books.’’ “Don’t go,” she pleaded. “Twice you have barely come,away from that dreadful city with your life. We have comfort and happiness. Why risk these precious things for another attempt to raid the treasure vaults?”

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