The Herald. (Haileyville, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1921 Page: 3 of 8
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THE HERALD
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Edgar Ricc Burroughs
Author of
Jarzan Of Tfie Apes ^
Hlm'trcrttonj' by
IRWIN MYERS ^
A C . Mc Clu rg and Company
HEJWORD.—'The author tells of his
aintance with the hero of one of the
lemarkable adventures ever rtcord-
l rom u manuscript left by his friend
lis vividly set out the strange hap-
injgB which brought together a brave
nia gentleman and a Princess of
CHAPTER I.—In the Arizona hills, John
cart r, mining prospector and ex-Confed-
erate soldier, fleeing from a war party
of Apaches, lakes refuge In a cave the
atmosphere of which has a remarkable
^ Yieldl"S to Its Influence,
lie sinks Into unconsciousness, his last
* rentere'1 on the glow from the
Planet Mars.
i,CH.^P? ',':U, W-—Awaking, Carter real-
izes tnat lie has, in some incomprehensi-
ble manner, been transported to Mars.
He Is surprised by a party of armed Mar.
tlan warriors, who seek his life. He con-
vinces their leader, Tars Tarkas, of his
narmlcssness and is conveyed, a prisoner
to the Martian city.
CHAPTER III.—A
much the position of
set to guard him.
creature holding
i Jog on earth is
CHAPTER IV.—Three days later a fleet
of warships from the neighboring state of
Helium passing over the city, Is attacked
}'?' M captors, the grew Martians.
J he fleet is scattered and one of the air-
snlps captured. Among the prisoners is
a young woman of a race different from
green Martians and more closely re-
sembling the women of the earth.
V.—Carter ascertains thai
Pr'®oner name is Dejah Thoris
granddaughter of the Jeddak, or ruler!
of Helium. He also ascertains that ac-
cording to custom she Is doomed to die
by torture. In the council chamber he
talks with her and assures her of his
sympathy.
CHAPTER VI —The prisoner Is con-
?t!e j ,the guardianship of Carter's
friend, Sola, and the two prisoners plan
to escape before Dejah Thoris Is taken
before the supreme ruler of the green
Martians, Tal Halus
£r"u
i r*1thi?tT^R yi'I-—Sola confides to fsr-
the rest nf" .h ' a way diff«=''et't flow
having nniiu ,"i. Rreen Martian women,
fam? "' like them, a knowledge of her
father and mother. The reason nf s«,
koja-s enmity Is also revealed
"What would Dotar Sojut, Thark, ot
Dejah Thoris his captive?"
"Dejah Thoris, I do not know how 1
have angered you. It was furtherest
from my desire to hurt or offend you,
whom I had hoped to protect and com-
fort. Have none of me if It Is your
will, but that you must aid me in ef-
fecting your escape, if such a thing be
possible, is not my request, but my
command. When you are safe once
more at your father's court you may
do wjth me as you please, hut from
now on until that day I am your mas-
ter, and you must obey and aid me."
She looked at me long and earnest-
ly and I thought that she was soften-
ing toward me.
"I understand your words, Dotar So-
Jat," sUc rolled. "but you I do not un-
derstand, l'ou are a queer mixture oi
child and man, of brute and noble. I
only wish that I might rend your
heart."
"Look down at your feet, Dejah
Thoris; It lies there now where It has
lain since that other night at Korad,
and where it will ever lie beating
alone for you until death stills It for-
ever."
She took a little step toward me, her
beautiful hnntlg outstretched In a
strange, groping gesturo.
"What do you mean, John Carter?"
(lie whispered. "What are you saying
to «\e?"
"1 am saying what I had promlseq
myself that I would not suy to you, ft
least until you were no longer a cap-
tive among the green men; what from
your attitude toward me for the past
twenty days 1 had thought never to
say to you; I am saying, Dejah Thoris,
that I am yours, body und soul, to serve
you, to fight for you, and to die for
you. Only one thing 1 ask of you In
return, and that Is that you make no
sign, either of condemnation or of ap-
probation of my words until you are
safe among your own people, and that
whatever sentiments you harbor to-
ward me they be not influenced or col-
ored by gratitude."
"I will respect your wishes, John
Carter, because I understand the mo-
tives which prompt them, and I accept
your seA'lce no more willingly than I
bow to your authority; your word
shall be my law. I have twice wronged
you In my thoughts and again I aik
your forgiveness."
Further conversation of a personal
nature was prevented by the entrance
of Sola, who was much agitated and
wholly unlike her usual calm and pos-
sessed self.
"That liorrible Sarkoja has been be-
fore Tal Hajus," she cried, "and from
what I hear upon the plaza there Is
I little hope for either of you."
"\\ hat do they say?" Inquired Dejatt
j Thoris.
I "That you will be thrown to the wild
I calots (dogs) In the great arena as
I soon as the hordes have assembled for
I the yearly games."
j "Sola," I said, "you are a Thark,
^ but you hate and loathe the customs of
. your people as much as we do. Will
[ you not accompany us In one supreme
effort to escape?"
I "\es," cried Dejah Thoris, "come
with us, Sola, you will be better off
among the red men of Helium than
you are here, and I can promise you
j not only a home with us, but the love
and affection your nature craves and
which must always be denied you by
the customs of your own race. Come
with us, Sola; we might go without
you, but your fate would be terrible if
they thought you had connived to aid
us. 1 know that even that fear would
not tempt you to Interfere In our es-
cape, but we want you with us, we
want you to come to a land of sunshine
and happiness, amongst a people who
know the meaning of love, of sym-
pathy and of gratitude. Say that you
will, Sola; tell me that you will."
"The great waterway which leads to
Helium is but fifty miles to the
south," murmured Sola, half to her-
self; "a swift thoat might make It in
three hours; and then to Helium it Is
five hundred miles, most of the way
through thinly settled districts. They
would know and they would follow us.
We might hide among the great trees
for a time, but the chances are small
Indeed for escape."
"Is there no other way we might
reach Helium?" I asked. "Can you not
draw me a rough map of the country
we must traverse, Dejah Thoris?"
"Yes," she replied, and taking a
great diamond from her hair she drew
She Drew Upon the Marble Fl^$r th#
First Map of Bartoomian T#fi;itory
I Had Ever Seen.
upon the marble floor the first map of
Barsoomian territory I had ever seen.
It was crisscrossed In every direction
with long straight lines, sometimes
running parallel and sometimes con-
verging toward some great circle. The
lines, she said, were waterways; the
circles, cities; and one far to the
northwest of us she pointed out as
Helium.
After studying the map carefully I
pointed out a waterway far to the
north of us which also seemed to lead
to Helium.
"Does not this pierce your grandfa-
ther's territory?" I asked.
"Yes," she answered, "but It ta two
hundred tnllea north of us."
"They would never suspect that we
would try for that distant waterway,"
I answered, "and that Is why I think
it Is the best route for our escape."
Sola agreed with me, and It was de
rMeil that we should leave Thark this
Same night: Just as quickly, In fact, as
I could find and saddle my thorns Sola
was to ride one and I'ejah Thoris and
1 the other; each of us carrying sufli
elcnt food and drink to last us fot
two duya, since' the animals could not
he urfced too rapidly for so long a die
tame,
1 directed 8ola to procced with De
Jab Thoris along one of the less fre-
quented avenues te the southern boun-
dary of the city, where 1 would over-
take them with the thoats as quickly
as possible; then, leaving them to
gather what food, silks and furs we
were to need. I slipped quietly to th.
leal of the first floor, and entered the
courtyard, where our animals were.
I called softly to my two beasts.
How I thanked the kind providence
which had given me the foresight te
win the love and confidence of these
wild dumb brutes, for presently froin
the far side of the court I saw two
huge bulks forcing their way toward
me through the surging mountains of
flesh. Opening the gates I ordered the
two great beasts to pass out, and then
slipping quietly after them I closed the
portals behind ine.
I did not saddle or mount the ani-
mals there, but Instead walked quietly
In the shadows of the buildings toward
an unfrequented avenue which led to-
ward the point where I had arranged to
meet Dejah Thoris and Sola. With the
hopelessness of disembodied spirits
we moved stealthily along the desert-
ed streets, but not until ,ve were with-
in sight of the plain beyond the city
did 1 commence to breathe freely. !
was sure that Sola and Deja Thoris
would find no difficulty In reaching our
rendezvous undetected, but with my
great thoats I was not so sure for my-
self, as It was quite unusual for war-
riors to leave the city after dark; in
fact there was no place for them to ge
within any but a !onh- ride.
I reached the appointed meeting
place safeiy, but as Dejah Thoris and
Sola were not there I led my animals
iuto the entrance hall of one of the
large buildings. Presuming that one
of the other women of the same house-
hold may have come In to speak to
Sola, and so delayed their departure,
1 did not feel any undue apprehen-
sion until nearly an hour had passed
without a sign of them, and by the
time another half hour had crawled
away I was becoming filled with grave
anxiety, 'lhen there broke upon the
stillness of the night the sound of an
approaching party, which, from the
noise, I knew could be no fugitives
creeping stealthily toward liberty.
Soon the party was near me, and
from the black shadows of my en-
trance way I perceived a score of
mounted warriors, who, In passing,
dropped a dozen words that fetched
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my heart tiPan |n(0 ,he , of
head,
lit* would likely hnvt* nrrnnprd to
♦meet them Just without the city, and
I heard no more, they had
passed on; hut it was enough. Our
plan had been discovered, and the
chance? for escape from now on to the
ftwrful end would 1* small Indeed,
My one hope now was to return unde-
" ted to the quarters of Dejah Thoris
,on, whot fate had overtaken her
I'tit how lo do it will, lhose great
monstrous ihonts upon my hands, now
'lial Hi:' city probably was aroused by
knowled-,. „f ,„v os,vvus n
problem of no mean proportions.
Suddenly an idea occurred to me and
acting on my knowledge of the coil'
■itriKllon of I he buildings of these an-
,:'ut .Martian cities with a hollow
court within the center of each
qua re, I groped my way blindly
'" "Ugh the dark chambers, calling the
•iieat ibonis after me. They had dlfli-
uli.v In negotiating some of the door-
ways, but as the buildings fronting Hie
' It-Vs principal exposures were all do-
-luned upon ,i magnificent scale, they
•wre able to wriggle through without
sticking last ; and llms we finally
"-''de the inner court where I found,
•is I bad expected, the usual carpet of
oioss-iike vegetal ion which would
prove their food and drink until I
could return them to their own en-
closure.
Keniovlng the saddle trappings, I hid
them just within the rear doorway of
the building through which we had
ente.ed the court and, turning the
beasts loose, quickly made my way
across the court to the rear of the
buildings upon the further side, and
thence to the avenue beyond. With
only the slight chance of detection
which the necessary crossing of the
uvenues entailed, I made my way In
safety to the courtyard in the rear of
Dejah Thoris' quarters.
Here, of course, I found the beasts
of the warriors who quartered In the
adjacent buildings, and the warriors
themselves I m|ght expect to meet
within if I entered; but, fortunately
for me, I had another and safer meth-
od of reaching the upper story where
Dejah Thoris should be found, and,
after first determining as nearly as
possible which of the buildings she oc-
?«r | had observed them
before from the court side, I took ad-
vantage of my relatively great
strength and agility and sprang up-
ward until I grasped the sill of a sec-
ond-story window which I thought to
be in the rear of her apartment. Draw-
I Ing myself inside the room I moved
! Stealthily toward the front of the
| building, and not until I had quite
| reached the doorway of her room was
I made aware by voices that It was oc-
J cupled.
1 did not rush headlong In, hut lls-
j tened without to assure myself that It
j was Dejah Thoris and that It was safe
to venture within. It was well, Indeed,
that I took this precaution, for the
conversation I heard was In the low
gutturals of men, and the words which
finally enmo to me proved a most time-
ly warning. The speaker was a chief-
tain and he was giving orders to four
of his warriors.
"And when he returns to this cham-
ber," lie was saying, "as bo surely will
when he finds she does not meet him
at the city's edge, you four are to
spring upon him and disarm him.
When you huve lilm fast bound bear
him to the vaults beneath the Jeddrjk'g
quarters and chain him securely where
he may be found when Tal Hajua
wishes him. There will be no danger
of the girl returning, for by this time
she Is safe In (he arms of Tal Hajus,
and may all her ancestors huve pity
upon her, for Tal Hajus will hava
none; the great Sarkoja has done a
noble night's work. I go, and if you
fall to capture him when he comes, I
commend your carcasses to the cold
bosom of Iss."
CHAPTER X.
A Costly Recapture.
As the speaker ceased he turned to
leave the apartment by the door where
I was standing, but i needed to wait
no longer; I had heard enough to fill
mj soul with dread, and stealing quiet-
ly away I returned to the courtyard by
the way I had come. My plan of ac-
tion was formed upon "ie Instunt and,
crossing the square and the bordering
avenue upon the opposite side, I soon
stood within the courtyard of Tal Ha-
jus.
Continued Next Week.
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