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The question now revolved solely about her rescue He knehich tower she had been taken-that much and no more Of the number, the kind, or the disposition of her captors he knew nothing; nor did he care-for Tara of Helium he would face a hostile world alone Rapidly he considered several plans for succoring her; but the one that appealed reatest chance of escape for the girl should he be successful in reaching her His decision reached he turned his attention quickly toward the flier Casting off its lashings he dragged it out fro to the deck tested out the various controls The motor started at a touch and purred sweetly, the buoyancy tanks ell stocked, and the ship answered perfectly to the controls which regulated her altitude There was nothing needed but a propellor to ed impatiently-there must not be a propellor within a thousand haads But what mattered it? The craft even without a propellor would still answer the purpose his plan required of it-provided the captors of Tara of Heliuest that they had ships The architecture of their towers and enclosures assured hiht had fallen Cluros roderoar of a banth reverberated a the hills Gahan of Gathol let the ship rise a few feet fro a bow rope, he dropped over the side To tow the little craft was now a thing of ease, and as Gahan moved rapidly toward the brow of the hill above Bantoohtly as a swan upon a quiet lake Non the hill toward the tower diht the Gatholian turned his steps Closer behind hi banth He wondered if the beast sought hi sory beast of prey, for whatTara of Heliuuess; and so he hastened his steps But closer and closer careat carnivore, and now he heard the swift fall of padded feet upon the hillside behind hilanced back just in tie His hand leaped to the hilt of his long-sword, but he did not draw, for in the same instant he saw the futility of armed resistance, since behind the first banth cale alternative to a futile stand and that he grasped in the instant that he saw the overwhelonists