The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1925, Page 10

4 Y eocar RICE BURROUGHS BEGIN HERE TODAY VOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) and ignorant followers, and sh guessed truly that ¢ would oi them against her should she fail this time im sacrificing the ape man to Flaming God. And was t effort to find an « from her dilemma that left less, for it was not in the heart of La to sacrifice Tarzan of the High priestess of a horrid cult tho she was,and queen of a race of half-beasts, yet she was a woman too, a woman who had love once and given that love godlike apeman who was wit her power, Twice before bh love had at Ins! nd La, the woma cism realized that she place the man sh she knew ve to night she was faced a problem that she felt almost beyond her powers of solution. The fact that 5 was mated with ¢ moved the last vestige of hope tha she had ever had of becoming th wife of the ape-man. Yet no less determined to save ‘Tarzan ‘wice had from a if it were passible. he saved her life, mad priest, and o In must. Then, to had gi her word that when Tarzan came again to Opar he came friend ship and would be received ship. But the inf was great, and she knew ¢ ce had been d tingly against the ape-man seen it in the attitude of her fol jowers from the very moment that /¢ they had placed Turzan upon a litter to bear him back to Opar she had seen it in the evil glances t had been fer they all that th t, new excu d way some that, she knew, they eagerly awa in her forth coming attitude toward Tarzan. It was well after midnight when came to her one of the priestesses | who remained always upon guart outside her chamber door “Dooth would speak with you,”’| Whispered the hand-maiden. | “It is late,” replied La, “and men ishe halted before Cadji “La loves this ape-man,”* |nim, it is only becnuse of fons of ‘PRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS loves hun atith— Cad), than she has ‘ever loved you. The ape-man knows | , and trusts her, are not permitted in this part of} the temple. How came he here and why?" “He says that he comes in the| service of La, who is in great dan ger,” replied the girl. Fetch him here, then,” sald Ls “and as you value your life see tha you tell no one “J shall be as voiceless az the |t, stones of the altar,” replicd the girl, as she turned and left the bringing Dooth, who halted a feet from the high priestess and tuluted het. La signaled to the gir! who had brought him, to depart, and then she turned questioningly to the mah. peak, Dootht “Ww he cormmanded it is not for me, @ lesser priest, to; question the thoughts or actg of my | high you.” “What do you mean, Dooth? Who. plots against me?" “Even at this minute are cads| pean his’ sleep by 's and Oah and several of the priests!of the doors of his prison cell and priestesses carrying out a plan heard the bott slipped be for your undoing. They are ting spies to watch you, knowing |aneignt that you would liberate the ape permit him to eseape will be the| easiest solution of your problem then those who watch you will re port to the people and to the priest that they have seen you lead the sacrifice to liberty. But even that| will and Oah and the others have placed | pon the trail from Opar many men in hiding, who will fall upon the ape-man and slay him before the Fiaming God has descended twice into the Western forest. In but one La of Opar.” “And what is ‘that way?" she asked “You must, with your own hands, | she r of our temple, #ac pe-man to the Flaming upon the rifice th Gos.” CHAPTER VUTI Mystery of the Past hg HAD breakfasted the following |y ind had sent Dooth|¢ ith food for Tarzan, when ther to her a young priest who AND OTP Tit GOLDEN | Jarzan® (Copy right °|MOM’N POP Dot Gets Pop's was | ne for ber inatrn: no intention of ah oe ; WHATS THR MATTER, OHH, JIMMIE = ¢ returned to Cudj est was much ¢ r his plan had teen now Not sq much to encompass the de-| Tarzan as to tend and people of fore had she seen so close 4 longed-for possibility of becom loves him better and because he! pe-man who shall tell him| she comes from la hag instructed chamber. Jout of Opar « A moment later she reiurned.|one shall lead him hat her of treache: |do ituand the pirests and the ali Know," he said, “of La’s! shall demand the fife of La love for the strange ape-man, and|, rid of both of them.” 3. It is only cor m6] shait to serve, as those would do better /the morrow, | and before the Flaming ta serve who now plot against |coq pepe look upan a new high priestess | one|she took his hand, turned and le \t asure *ihim from the du winding, and equally down flights of age-old conerete/ied him thru the Stygian darkness} ness he could discern no p s, |steps, t man, because there will come tolnut he you one who will tell you that tolof gan opening that er a frusty hing How far they tray a wom-{eled tht Tarzan could not guess. He nad|/The fresh “Who | gleaned enough from Dooth, when|that they 1 you want of|the latter brought him his food,jof the ground, |to believe that in La he replied | friend who would ald him, for Dooth|#ince she-had led him trom his tel, had told him that she had saved|continued on in silence, following a ed feet upon the concrete floor, and then, out of the darkness. his name was whispered, This one will be sent by Cadj, and |, Tarzan of the Apes? is in danger,” ail you nothing, for CadJ|\the voice of the nocturnal visitor, but #0 heav- jiy was the air laden with” the pun-|so, the woman h perfume! came, from La, dy of the Woman|willingly. He could not but recall been anointed. there wig no distinguishing clue by which he sight Judie as to whether | ha persist in undertaking this third], There lg gne simple priestesses hie had knowp -upon the oceusion of his|after all, his y former Visits to Opar, or lstranger to.him the|him from Cadj when the latter had| devious trail that wound hither am) nostrils| discovered him unconscious in the|thitter in an atic fashion thru So into tho garage they hauled | gurage ¢ identity jdeserted boma of the Europeans,|# heavy forest choked with under thelr friend, “We'd better co and ee Dom who had drugged and left him. And|srowth, and always upward. “Well,” said he to himself, ‘‘At}Snow Man is getting. y only may you save yourself,|with which the } xecmed to have trip to Opar, he should mever again escape the toils of the fanatical. pr |. “to leadlof the Fie you from the pit slof course, expected to enter Opar,| lends, no matter whe but there seemed to hang over Groping ih|accursed city a finally found him Sena nan sled and haul him up the hill into|from knocking about, His arms leary e | : |the house : Pegi Piventaned cine tite, Ve arhcoh were on backward, and not quite} “We'll show 6 a ¢ i ei e'll_ show you how everytl Wet Aaved cosceah teas sari | Gimuca ey eee sat wa lifficult task. Even with | both of his tess had gone with him, | works,” they sald 7 cet OF weeat, from. the fergattan!tlaun and in thelr ‘natural ‘condition [te wid of a shovel and some sharp] But what eared het fun thane’ p a b Ravortinement, wtickis,, the best they.could do was| He was getting his wish. He was lm ets! pow are i & his wish. He was [fiddlers three, Just watch this THE SEATTLE STAR = bat $ ° ° 9 ex j t F y Ik | | *: Daily Doings of The Star’s Funny Folks \ Neen EEE es OUT OUR WAY : BY WILLIAMS;THE OLD HOME TOWN sY EEN —- -- 3 : , KE {WELL 1D CHANGE THET FUST WORD. £7 OES THIS SOUND } TH CHANDELIER BROKE LOC THIS HAS GOT } = be ; a “OV An WW LIGHTS wENTOUT. SOUNDS TO SToP | AY Le BETTUM. an’ TO Give THET “Ka TH’ NEXT TIME A) yd A \ GUN FELLER A FEW MORE SHOT ach iv OU \ \. -TamT ume HEO BE A } SHUT Down 1 dad SERBER \ TAGGERIN WITH ONLY ON HIS CREDIT /-— , Tit ALOON DOOR TWO SHOTS O LICKEH P -—'t nA im RIM r a) ' NO : —_ ’ 5 v4 » ide {| YOU SAY- MISTER * r BARKER IS ABOUT) 7 A) TOTHROW A FIT 2// / ij ’ —/Y s ‘ § c c 5 a r s P ' ‘ u “ ’ \ k e } , ARCHIE HENDERSHOT ForRqgoT To UNTIE HIS HORSES AND DROVE AWAY FROM THE DOLLAR STORE “TAKING ALONG THE MAIN = PART oF THE FRONT PORCH . Mls Opinion PoP HOW Do YOu LIKE MY NEW PARTY DRESS - 1 MADE Now STEP FORWARD ~ | BOOTS AND HER BU DDIES Enough Is Too, Much BOOTS - YoU RE My poor FEET! LIMPING ! 01D “THAT 1b WS. Gur aitP, ALL OVER (— HOANALUE! ws WUZ JUST TALKIN ABOUT TH NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS WE ADS ERTS 7 DO YOU MAS ANY NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS, WLU WHAT RESOLUTIONS DID You MAKE FoR THIS YEAR, ALEK OW, LOTS OF 'EM= NOT T SAY ANY BAD WORDS AN ACT T' TALK BACK T ANY HOMER AN NEVER to live in a real house with Jt: rin’ vaults a portion of thelr rd | AY GRU Rat and not be alone any Mr. Snow Man had the Gime r.| ‘or more than an hour his guide with the moon and the stars.|his life. “This is what [call ‘What on earth are you doing, |i "he kept saying over children?” cried their mother from elf, “Toys and ; os uni oe Olive Roberts hale the porch when she saw them com-|children—or 1 should say ing door after door {ascending. a flight o ps they! yy ‘ 3 . : ing and dogs and toys are m TY ‘groaned upon|tnierged Into the centér ot’a cldmp! NO. 12—WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SNOW MAN | “Wwe are just bringing Mr. Snow|than the moon and. sti , thru which the pale light] ;Man in,” said Billie and Betty hap-|tum-te-tum! I'm sd happ’ moon was barely discernible. | pily. “He wrote us a letter saying |warm—and so sort of Sd air, however, told him| |that he was lonely. We're bringing |side! It must be my l him into the house.” i |ways knew T had a soft “No,”* said their mother, “take| After a while the ¢hi jhim into the garage. T am afrald|cailed in to get dressed: he is a little damp and wouldn't be} They took the toys afd g00d for carpet A stone floor’s|puppy dog along. The the thing. He “t spoil that.” was left alone on the sed fo on, thru & long, black cortid ges and corridors,|of und round — paskage tion, [of th and in w d reached the surface} d now the wom an, who had not spoken a word} at least it's warm! And I have roof | the Fairy Queen to the tal over my head. And _ pert the /haps he's sorry by this. ; children will stay and play with}he made his wish.” Pe pect “to be é i They left him on the sled, taking|them on the blue bu night expect to befall him 1 id of Blackheads, There was nothing left but a little Pile 6 of now iD out of which no chances of breaking the. rest of | soon they came to the nd: him, the Snow Man was. ow Mr, Snow Man,” said Betty. }open a little and they “We hope you are happy. We'll pre-| ‘There was nothing ber. tend you are Old King Cole and/tle pile of snow out of we'll have a party.’ Hlittle merry eyes lod - | They brought out Buster, the new | seemed to say, “We've beet twinkled | fuzzy Christmas puppy-dog, and ail | ho ’ seed a bit}the Christmas toys they could ing sald that she (Conti rzan followed her dd in Next Issue.) that never two little merry eyes loo nd he wondered jf,] that in tod “ . % fo was right, that|t¥o ounces of ealonite powder from any| No One saw Nancywind Nick and )to move him in’ pieces [aru sore-—xprinkte x i oom hot,|the Fairy Queen riding away on] But by and by, there he was wet cloth vel the blackhend Z bs be If leckh iis Two Spot, the butterfly, standing on the sled almost as good surprived hoy At least Blily ‘and Betty didn't, |48 new avpenred They were too busy. They were try-| His little pebble ey ing to lift Mr, Snow Man onto their |happily, altho they er ming God. He had not d) solve and disappenr. thi ries