The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 3, 1925, Page 10

7 by / EOGAR RICE —~“~ BURROUGHS BEGIN HERE TODAY YOW GOON WITH THE STOnY HA Strange AR AN height above mit him ‘to wall. The building wi was of great size, its ee over arte ucted with appearing to have been cons at various periods, and utt n a conglomera ing buildings and ot which were alike, th presented a rather p wh i tion about 10 feet high, by @ retaining wall of gran wide staircase leading to the ground level below. About the building were shrubbery and trees, some of the latter appearing to be of great antiquity, while one enormous tower most entirely covered by Ivy. the most remarkable feature building, however, lay and barbaric entation. into the polished granite of which it was composed was an in tricate mosaic of gold and diamonds result ect disregard to uniformity, n of cx r the towers, whole if some build a d bizarre appearance. T stood upon an artificls surrou' was By of the rich or glittering stones in countless thou sands scintillated from fac min and te arets, e dome: ed was occupied building h on wa The enclosure, which comr 15 or re most rrace upon whic d to walks, fi ornamental of the within the range of Tarzan’s vision, cemed to be given over to the rais ing of garden truck. In the garden and upon the terrace naked blacks, such as he had seen in the village where he had left La. There were both men and women, these were occupied with the of £ within th ome art by tr area below, while that which was and were ing of the gor Tarzan had these perforn the whom und med no } rather, their mann domineer were i similar those hich now rested in behind the Tarzan watched w trapped to rich orna upon the 4 erotch men ments, body of As the tre ipe-man. below emerged fr ah por und perhaps 15 fee high head-bands, feathers. scene him, width Th two supporting — tall A they emerged took post on either side of the their their mouths gave series of shrill bore marked resemblance to trumpet Immediate the blacks ce work and hastened the foot of the stairs descending from the terrace to the garden. Here they Bolgani wore white they hands to entrance, and cupping before voice cries that , to formed fines on either side stairway, and similarly the formed two lines upon the from the main portal to the way, foring a living aisie terrace taire from » 7, in its] st tect the (Copyright homage Je his triumphal ding. Tarzan of the gers thru his but finally he was forced to his in defeat could no explanation whatsoever for that he had witnessed. His curios Apes ran his fin ass of tousled hair head he however, he determined to and surrounding grounds his ity that the palace further way in search of a trail out of the inv before continuing on valley. | Leaving |where Islowly to circle the might exam |from the conc surrounding forest. He found the architecture equ: unique upon all sides, and that the garden ¢x tended entirely around the building, tho a portion upon the south side given over to which the body of B had cached it, he s the bullding ne it from all s foliage of the ling of the palace was kept. numerous goats and a consider flock of chickens. Upon ‘this several hundred such as he in the village of ¢ Gomangani. he took to he quarters of the black slaves, the arduous and the pens in were able sino, were ny who performed al menial labor connected with palace wall which sur ite lofty £ rounded the pierced by but a sin é enclosure which opened opposite the end of the This gate was large and of appearing to thstand the nd well palace | massive have been built to wi sault of numerous construction uid not but ha had interior upe-man cc opinion that it been instructed to the t forces equipped with heavy the protect hat such ted within the vicinity times Tarzan the had ever ex in h likely therefore tori eemed most un und that of conjectured wall and st unthinkable ubtiess, from of the Atlantians, perhaps, pro builders of the Palace of Diamonds from the well-armed forces that had come from / s to work the gold mines of Opar onize Central Africa While the the itself, suggested in Imost unbelievable age, in such an excellent state of rep that was evident that \they till inhabited by ra tional and intelligent creatures; while 1 the side Tarzan had gate were antiquity, the forg: con: ten tructed to and and to col and the ny wall gate lace yet they r it were south tower here ¢ under of Bolgani were unite blocks ‘upon in a number of the direction and jin and putting them lin p arzan had halted in to watch a tree near the east gate the life was so keenly piqued | THE SEATTLE STAR If You Don't Waa JOE QUINCE OF CouRSsE e YWu'VE AU WEARD ¢ WE Q CRYING TOWELS NCE | WE MIAMI T /-30 BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES fe } WHY, OEAR ~ THAT | ELC WAGAT THE PHONE ! + WAG “THE ALARM CLOCK — COME BUT ‘YouR, BREAKFAST \S GETTING AL CAD— WS A LITTLE BEAUTY NAP 2 THERE (GANT ANY USE OF MY GETTING 'HELLO! SOMEONE , WELL | , CAXED / ECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Hou, Jay! you hh ——~ 4) CANT GUESS WHAT | ( a J TM GONNA 6€T J KAIFES hye ON MY JL PONT BALL] _Bierupay RADIOS Fas _ a ae APE = MY Pops GONNA GET ME A BACYCLopEDIA |! AINT THAT ‘ IS WS Honest? GE! wish 2'0 68r ONS! ws ? “ — Believe This Go There Yourself \F You DONT WORRY YOOLL MISS YouR BARLY CLASS TWS MOBNING ! Aw HOWD YOO EXPECT PRETTY A DAY SEE? TO SLEEP-HERE LOOK WHAT & BEAUTIFUL MORNING “a YEAH ~1 KNOw )| HOw PRETTY IT St 1 Smy \1T BEFORE 1 | WENT To Bp, Me AW, YER TOO LIVTLE FoR A ENCYCLOPEDIA~ YOU WOULDNT KNOW HOW TO vA WELL! { JP RDE ( T WOULDNT, HUH ? FREDDIE OLSON CAN } ~ THis AINT A BICYCLE I'M TALKIN’ ABOUT = IT'S A BOOK! va yi! T GUESS IF ONE,r oA a” Tw 4 the ed by a detach 1 with ars. The of the ape-man nothi black ptt warriors, arr e-axes and anor and attitude black ie caravan vie than a plodding their stupt driv struck with no greater brutality shown than in the ord nary handling of beasts of burden the world the de meanor of the blacks was there any around, nor in indication of objection or re volt than you depicted upon the faces of a lon ne of burden bearing mules; to intents and they dumb, driven Slowly filed thru the nd from more purposes were they disappeared cattle gateway sight A moments later another of the forest and grounds, Thi med Bolgent black warrior Entirely crea came out passed Into the palace ted of ful and twice as with lsurrounded vere consi 50 a many and thene pears ax four brawny small litter, upon which about armed tures porter carry |was fastened an ornate cheat feet wide by four feet depth of approximately two ‘The chest Itself was of some and was nds and corners of to virgin gold} set many diamonds Tarzan conceive, but it was ered of great) value was evidenced by the precau-| |tions for safety with which it had} urrounded. The chest was | into the huge, at the northeast cor the entrance to first ob doors as lar ast gate itself. opportunity that jcould seize to accomplish It “SCENARIO SENT TO SAL | covered, flit ar une: eset a ATHERTON BY BEATRICE SUT Eh BBS, Cp ouea Sent SUMMERS, CONTINUED in which he had hens blush of he fon that colors the y she buries long, with a feet dark, reinfo what jin which |What the chest could not, of cour ED WURGLER, WHO DELIVERS WASHINGS For. HIS WIFE. KINDLED JHE FIRE IN THE KITCHEN STOVE WITH GASOLINE @ \0Re BY REA SERVICE INC. weather-worn wood, ed by w appeared be were contained cons been borne directly ivy-| covered tower ner of the which, first he} (Am intima Y | hole. his wife to kiss a flower Then, as luck would have it, that one man looks up, catches his wife's rees to left the body of the Bolgani ling this « his shoulder, returned to a point close above jtrail near the and, ing upon a moment when there wris | f across the table, has sooh lenves ie cate 1 lull in the traffic he hurled the| °°! - ooh < the cat very flattering to her, Whett: eh 04 to the portal as pos-| leat he portal a8 PO®) 4 favor, for she stretches her hand—| washes the sible pretty hand, by the we 5 Now r 1 he Way—| She across the table, and he gives her the them guess who if they can.’ (Continued woucucuen: “oh boy! with macaroni Bluhill doesnt cook stringy /M@neueuouene The appreci t ‘7 woman watches the | an, ac her cards falls with a thud The wife bows with a smile, nothing unusual is happening wome cheek the | face in the violets Evidently her hisband, who sits said something and has asked arrives metic down home, off her nied BUAL as clone la very thought the ape-man, “Ia¢| a slew their fellow} w their fellow] singte | his place. With a quick glance around to see that no one is looking, she quickly raises the flower to her lips and hands it back to him. His wife at the oth what screened by a lar down as she the look on her hus e presses the flower to his own lips before he carefully draws the blossom thru. his button tears gardenia which was lying at|eoiffure and arranges it in tho way. She divests herself of her est extravagance in the way of gown and pulls out one |soft white nun's veiling froc has Our Next Is no particular style, but whic rather tasteful, and suits her “What good did it dot” the drawn face in the mirror, you to try and bring youth ba you only cheated yourself, and husband, knowing that table, some fern, cowers | band's face uu are story of innermost emotions revenled by private letters) th and evidently his beautiful house of s if she face shed radiance of hair from its fashionable old new: her h is ek your old, NO-NO-IF ITS LAZY ED WURGLE! 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I do?" “What shall I do?" to think that it is only but she knows that {t ending of he husband comes comes forward with ca {sumption that all is as it has been s |and bends as if to give his wife the Never In his life has he asked} usual cool touch of his lips, she steps “Don't touch me!" she says. is the matter?” sks, with an elaborate show of sur: | “You Know very well what is the 1 saw you with that woman Why did you not tell ; that you wanted: youth? he husband looks at his wife in A : This scenario the woman one ro: As home eless he if answering erhaps that’s | he said them, seemed oman as a blow stand looking at each other blankly ks, They “What are| The swoman looks at him and says: t me to do? Service, Ine.) con: (Copyright, 1 N. B. A. Service, inc.) 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