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The girl had staggered and would have fallen had not the ather herself then and bravely sought to stand erect without support A-Kor glanced at U-Dor "Knew you the woman was ill?" he asked

"Possibly it is lack of food," replied the other "She mentioned, I believe, that she and her companions had not eaten for several days"

"Brave are the warriors of O-Tar," sneered A-Kor; "lavish their hospitality U-Dor, whose riches are uncounted, and the brave O-Tar, whose squealing thoats are stabled within old, can spare no crust to feed a starving girl"

The black haired U-Dor scowled "Thy tongue will yet pierce thy heart, son of a slave!" he cried "Once too often uard thy speech as well as thy towers"

"Think not to taunt me with my mother's state," said A-Kor "'Tis the blood of the slave woman that fills my veins with pride, and my only shame is that I am also the son of thy jeddak"

"And O-Tar heard this?" queried U-Dor

"O-Tar has already heard it from my own lips," replied A-Kor; "this, andarm still around the waist of Tara of Helium and thus he half led, half carried her into The Towers of Jetan, while U-Dor wheeled his thoat and galloped back in the direction of the palace

Within the main entrance to The Tower of Jetan lolled a half-dozen warriors To one of these spoke A-Kor, keeper of the towers "Fetch Lan-O, the slave girl, and bid her bring food and drink to the upper level of the Thurian tower," then he lifted the half-fainting girl in his ar the spiral, inclined runway that led upithin the tower

So ascent Tara lost consciousness When it returned she found herself in a large, circular chaular intervals about the entire circu silks and furs while there knelt above her a young woe between her parched lips Tara of Helium half rose upon an elbow and looked about In the firstconsciousness there were swept fros of ht that she awoke in the palace of The Warlord at Heliu over her