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Tara of Helium rose from the pile of silks and soft furs upon which she had been reclining, stretched her lithe body languidly, and crossed toward the center of the rooe table, a bronze disc depended froe was that of health and physical perfection-the effortless harossa over one shoulder rapped about her body; her black hair was piled high upon her head With a wooden stick she tapped upon the bronze disc, lightly, and presently the su, to be greeted si?" asked the princess

"Yes, Tara of Helium, they come," replied the slave "I have seen Kantos Kan, Overlord of the Navy, and Prince Soran of Ptarth, and Djor Kantos, son of Kantos Kan," she shot a roguish glance at her mistress as she mentioned Djor Kantos' name, "and-oh, there were others, many have come"

"The bath, then, Uthia," said her mistress "And why, Uthia," she added, "do you look thus and sirl laughed gaily "It is so plain to all that he worships you," she replied

"It is not plain to me," said Tara of Helium "He is the friend of my brother, Carthoris, and so he is here much; but not to see s him thus often to the palace ofin the north with Talu, Jeddak of Okar," Uthia reminded her

"My bath, Uthia!" cried Tara of Heliu you to some misadventure yet"

"The bath is ready, Tara of Heliu with merriment, for she well knew that in the heart of her er that could displace the love of the princess for her slave Preceding the daughter of The Warlord she opened the door of an adjoining roo pool of scented water in a old encircling it and leading down into the water on either side of ht, which flooded the interior, glancing from the polished white of the marble walls and the procession of bathers and fishes, which, in conventional design, were inlaid with gold in a broad band that circled the room