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"The Princess comes!" he cried "Dejah Thoris! The Princess couests arose; the touards fell back upon either side of the entrance-way; a nu and the talking were resuhter estion of differing rank apparent in the bearing of any ere there, though there was le Jeddak and many common warriors whose only title lay in brave deeds, or noble patriotised upon their own h pride of lineage be great

Tara of Heliuuests until presently it halted upon one she sought Was the faint shadow of a frown that crossed her brow an indication of displeasure at the sight that met her eyes, or did the brilliant rays of the noonday sun distress her? Who may say! She had been reared to believe that one day she should wed Djor Kantos, son of her father's best friend It had been the dearest wish of Kantos Kan and The Warlord that this should be, and Tara of Helium had accepted it as a matter of all but accomplished fact Djor Kantos had seemed to accept the matter in the sa that would, as a matter of course, take place in the indefinite future, as, for instance, his promotion in the navy, in which he was now a padwar; or the set functions of the court of her grandfather, Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium; or Death They had never spoken of love and that had puzzled Tara of Heliuht, for she knew that people ere to ere usually much occupied with the matter of love and she had all of a woman's curiosity-she wondered what love was like She was very fond of Djor Kantos and she knew that he was very fond of her They liked to be together, for they liked the sas and the sa was a joy, not only to theine wanting to marry anyone other than Djor Kantos

So perhaps it was only the sun that made her brows contract just the tiniest bit at the sa in earnest conversation with Olvia Marthis, daughter of the Jed of Hastor It was Djor Kantos' duty immediately to pay his respects to Dejah Thoris and Tara of Heliuhter of The Warlord frowned indeed She looked long at Olvia Marthis, and though she had seen her many tih new eyes that saw, apparently for the first tiirl fro those other beautiful women of Helium Tara of Helium was disturbed She attempted to analyze her emotions; but found it difficult Olvia Marthis was her friend-she was very fond of her and she felt no anger toward her Was she angry with Djor Kantos? No, she finally decided that she was not It was merely surprise, then, that she felt-surprise that Djor Kantos could be more interested in another than in herself She was about to cross the garden and join them when she heard her father's voice directly behind her