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Turan sought always ahead for signs of water Water theyplant which ly arid areas of Mars; but there was neither the one nor the other for these two days and now the third night was upon theirl did not co and his heart was heavy within him Ghek suffered least of all, and he explained to the periods without food or water Turan almost cursed hi away before his eyes, while the hideous kaldane seemed as full of vitality as ever

"There are circuross and hly developed brain"

Turan looked at hi Tara of Helium smiled faintly "One cannot blame him," she said, "e not a bit boastful in the pride of our superiority? When our sto to be said for their system," Turan admitted "If we could but lay aside our stomachs when they cried for food and water I have no doubt but that we should do so"

"I should never hty poor co a less desolate country and renewing again the hope that had been loithin the ahead

"Look, Tara of Helium!" he cried "A city! As I am Ga-as I am Turan the panthan, a city"

Far in the distance the do sun Quickly the man seized the control and the ship dropped rapidly behind a low range of intervening hills, for well Turan knew that they must not be seen until they could discover whether friend or foe inhabited the strange city Chances were that they were far from the abode of friends and so must the panthan move with the utmost caution; but there was a city and where a city ater, even though it were a deserted city, and food if it were inhabited

To the red man food and water, even in the citadel of an enemy, meant food and drink for Tara of Helium He would accept it fro as it was there he would have it-and there was shown the egotish Turan did not see it, nor Tara who caht have smiled had he kno