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Gahan of Gathol saw that she did not recognize hi that had been upon his lips

"Be thou Tara of Helium or another," he replied, "is immaterial, to serve thus a red woman of Barsooirl was h the aperture after Ghek, and presently all three had quitted the apart corridors toward the tower Ghek repeatedly urged thereater speed, but the red men of Barsoom were never keen for retreat, and so the two that followed him moved all too slowly for the kaldane

"There are none to ith of the Princess by needless haste?"

"I fear not so much opposition ahead, for there are none there who know the thing that has been done in Luud's chaht; but the kaldane of one of the warriors who stood guard before Luud's apartment escaped, and youaid That it did not come before we left is due solely to the rapidity hich events transpired in the king's roo before we reach the tower they will be upon us from behind, and that they will coreat and powerful rykors I well know"

I have used the word king in describing the rulers or chiefs of the Bantoolish, nor does jed or jeddak of the red Martian tongue have quite the sa as the Bantoonificance as the English word queen as applied to the leader of a swar in fulfilment Presently the sounds of pursuit beca of accouter call to arms of the kaldanes

"The tower is but a short distance now," cried Ghek "Make haste while yet you may, and if we can barricade it until the sun rises we may yet escape"

"We shall need no barricades for we shall not linger in the tower," replied Gahan,more rapidly as he realized froreat nuo further than the tower tonight," insisted Ghek "Beyond the toait the banths and certain death"

Gahan smiled "Fear not the banths," he assured them "Can we but reach the enclosure a little ahead of our pursuers we have naught to fear from any evil poithin this accursed valley"